MotoGP Honda history repeating as Marquez mirrors Doohan’s return Marc Marquez is preparing to return to MotoGP after a more complex injury recovery than expected. Three decades ago, a previous Honda superstar had a similar – and even more grim – experience. But Mick Doohan certainly wasn’t slow when he returned
MotoGP Why Yamaha risks Zarco repeat with Morbidelli Having let Johann Zarco slip after two strong satellite campaigns, Yamaha should be concerned about forfeiting Franco Morbidelli, too
MotoGP Is this 16-year-old the future of MotoGP? An extraordinary last-to-first Moto3 win means 16-year-old rookie Pedro Acosta is being tipped as a future MotoGP champion. But many other sensational young winners have failed to make it stick
MotoGP How Petronas nearly signed another MotoGP star before Rossi Two years before Valentino Rossi accepted the Petronas Yamaha ride, a fellow star had turned it down – changing MotoGP history in the process
MotoGP Crunch time for Dovizioso’s chance of a quick MotoGP return On Monday Andrea Dovizioso will try Aprilia’s MotoGP bike for the first time in a test that could be anything from future quiz question oddity to the three-time championship runner-up’s route back onto the grid and the team’s route to the podium
MotoGP Marquez injury saga: How a crash escalated into painful debacle By the time Marc Marquez takes to the grid at Portimao next weekend, 518 days will have passed since he last finished a MotoGP race. Even before his Jerez crash, he and Honda were in trouble. And things got much worse in the five months from that fateful race day tumble. Simon Patterson charts the f
MotoGP Marquez cleared to return to MotoGP racing Marc Marquez will end his near-nine-month MotoGP racing absence at next weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix, having been given medical clearance to return after his long injury battle
MotoGP New track tipped to be MotoGP ‘icon’, but UN condemns project The MotoGP organiser Dorna has visited the site of Indonesia’s under-construction circuit on the island of Lombok this week, while the United Nations has condemned the construction and called for Dorna to break ties
MotoGP A dozen crashes, 0 points – A MotoGP team’s nightmare start LCR Honda had a brilliant 2020 MotoGP season. So far in 2021, it’s just crashed and crashed and crashed
MotoGP What Aprilia’s Qatar results mean for its Europe prospects Aprilia wasn’t quite in the podium hunt in Qatar – but is there reason to believe it can finally grab MotoGP silverware in Europe?
MotoGP How Pramac built its KTM-flavoured 2021 MotoGP dream team With a wholly new MotoGP rider line-up and limited off-season testing, Pramac’s start to 2021 was not supposed to go as well as it has
MotoGP Can Moto2’s ‘wrinkled’ star upend MotoGP’s youth revolution? In any normal year, if a rider had dominated the start of the Moto2 world championship by taking two victories from two pole positions, there would already be talk about where they’re going to fit into the MotoGP grid for the following season. Yet, despite MarcVDS rider Sam Lowes showing exactly why
MotoGP Doha GP’s other big incident makes Miller/Mir more infuriating The lack of action regarding the Miller/Mir Doha GP flashpoint was puzzling in the moment – and deeply frustrating in a wider context
MotoGP Doha Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP rider ratings Simon Patterson ranks the MotoGP field’s performances in the Doha Grand Prix – with some rookies and underdogs shining, while many who flopped in the opener still struggle to impress
MotoGP ‘Something is going on’: Riders bewildered by Qatar form MotoGP has spent its entire 2021 season so far in Qatar, yet so many riders are nowhere near finding a consistent rhythm at the circuit
MotoGP ‘Born to ride’ – The rise of MotoGP’s rookie Doha GP poleman Both a top prospect and something of a qualifying specialist, Jorge Martin was always going to score a MotoGP pole sooner rather than later
MotoGP Rossi’s latest MotoGP nadir: Just a slump or his new normal? Valentino Rossi’s 21st place on the Doha Grand Prix grid is his worst-ever MotoGP qualifying performance. Many are now writing him off for good. Is that fair?
MotoGP MotoGP’s latest Yamaha engine scare explained A Yamaha spitting out smoke in Doha GP Friday practice evoked a worrying sense of deja vu – but Franco Morbidelli says it’s no cause for worry
MotoGP Morbidelli explains ‘rough’ comment about Yamaha support Petronas Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli has dialled back comments he made last weekend following a disastrous opening round of the 2021 MotoGP season at the Qatar Grand Prix
MotoGP MotoGP’s serial underachiever seems to have cracked his code Every year Maverick Vinales declares that he’s figured out a change of approach that will stop his MotoGP title bid flopping. And every year so far, disappointment has followed. Yet something feels different about 2021
MotoGP Did Ducati’s new MotoGP roster pass or fail its first exam? Each of Ducati’s six riders either made their MotoGP debut or their debut with a new team in the Qatar GP. Did the reshuffled roster convince?
MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP rider ratings A 10 out of 10 and two 1/10s on the other end of the spectrum. Here are Simon Patterson’s MotoGP rider ratings after the Qatar opener
MotoGP Mir wanted to ‘destroy everything’ amid fraught MotoGP opener MotoGP champion Joan Mir was so angry about Suzuki’s Qatar qualifying performance he wanted to “destroy everything”, and then two Ducatis forced him from second to fourth in the final metres of the race. Yet he ended the weekend feeling “positive”
MotoGP What caused a MotoGP favourite’s nightmare season opener One of the favourites for the 2021 MotoGP crown, Franco Morbidelli has had a shocking start to the season in the Qatar GP
MotoGP Everything we know about MotoGP’s Drive to Survive rival MotoGP’s head of media Manel Arroyo talks to The Race about the series’ planned new rival to F1’s Drive to Survive series
MotoGP Yamaha’s masterplan to win Qatar GP with a ‘slow’ bike Yamaha’s chances of victory aren’t guaranteed in the Qatar Grand Prix, but its MotoGP riders have a masterplan to make the most of their ‘slow’ bike
MotoGP Rossi doubts his qualifying pace will carry into MotoGP opener Valentino Rossi’s fourth place on the grid for his first MotoGP race with Petronas SRT has raised his fans’ hopes. But he’s warned he may well go backwards on Sunday
MotoGP We rank the 2021 MotoGP line-ups from worst to best After a winter of rider moves, the MotoGP grid has a very different look as its 2021 season begins. We rank every team’s line-up from worst to best
MotoGP What Aprilia’s current MotoGP riders make of Dovizioso’s test Aprilia’s lead rider Aleix Espargaro is delighted at the prospect of three-time MotoGP runner-up Andrea Dovizioso testing – and maybe racing – for the team
MotoGP Aprilia working on plan for Dovizioso to race from mid-season Aprilia is already putting a plan in place for Andrea Dovizioso to continue testing its MotoGP machine and then to potentially replace Lorenzo Savadori in its race team during 2021
MotoGP How Rossi’s new MotoGP team rose from nowhere Petronas SRT Yamaha was a sensation in its first MotoGP season, a winner in its second, and will field Valentino Rossi in its third. This is the incredible story of how it was created
MotoGP The Moto2 2021 riders set for a MotoGP future With MotoGP getting nearly all of its rookies from Moto2, it’s a given that much of this year’s intermediate-class crop will be MotoGP riders before too long
MotoGP Every Qatar MotoGP race ranked Qatar’s Losail track is a good choice for the opening two grands prix of the 2021 MotoGP season, as it very rarely holds a dull race. We ranked every Qatar GP so far
MotoGP ‘Just a game’ – Rossi and Morbidelli’s plan to avoid conflict Best friends becoming MotoGP team-mates can be harmonious, or a recipe for disaster. Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli want to ensure it’s the former
MotoGP Marquez still not fit enough to race in MotoGP openers Marc Marquez will miss at least the first two rounds of the 2021 MotoGP season as he is not sufficiently recovered from last year’s injuries, despite his recent superbike tests
MotoGP MotoGP 2021: Ten potential Qatar GP winners, title wide open Three (maybe four) Yamahas, three Ducatis, one Suzuki, a Honda and even an Aprilia could win MotoGP’s Qatar Grand Prix season-openers over the next two weekends. After that, absolutely anything can happen
MotoGP Rossi’s replacement faces the most pressure in MotoGP 2021 Fabio Quartararo has been sensational in MotoGP so far, but his 2020 season collapsed amid hot-headedness and Yamaha woes. Now he’s replacing Valentino Rossi in the works team
MotoGP Six reasons why Suzuki is still MotoGP title favourite MotoGP champion Suzuki was quiet in testing as Yamaha and Ducati flew, and all eyes were on Marc Marquez’s preparations to return. But there are solid reasons why Suzuki will be very hard to topple in 2021
MotoGP Dovizioso and Aprilia may actually be a match made in heaven Andrea Dovizioso chose unemployment over racing for Aprilia in 2021. Now, with his routes back into MotoGP narrowing, he’s going to test its bike. A desperate gamble, or a potential dream match?
MotoGP Miller is proving Ducati’s radical shake-up was worth it Ducati’s radical rider shake-up made the relatively young Jack Miller its de facto team-leader. But he’s already proving his worth and starts 2021 among the title favourites
