The penultimate round of 2016 MXGP throws up one of the most curious events in recent years: a Saturday night spectacle at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. What to make of the Grand Prix of Americas? We asked the organisers and offer an opinion…
August 2016
MXGP title party on ice? First day at Assen…
Tony Cairoli might miss out on a second FIM World Championship for the first time since 2004 but the Sicilian is not going out with a whimper. Reaction and views from Assen today…
MotoGP new boys as KTM show off RC16: Reaction
KTM splashed their orange colour over a large portion of the first Austrian round for nineteen years. Here is what was asked and what was said at Spielberg for the official unveiling of their RC16 racebike…
The will & the way: How Jake Nicholls rose again in MXGP
Team turmoil and a return to form from some of the darkest voids a professional sportsman can enter: there is little doubt that Jake Nicholls and Hitachi Construction Husqvarna are one of the stories of the year so far. Here is the inside line…
Gavin Emmett’s MotoGP Blog #137: Crutchlow’s hour
Superb words from Gavin Emmett after a milestone for British motorcycle racing and Cal Crutchlow last weekend in the Czech Republic and the eleventh round of MotoGP
The View: Factory Yamahas from the only side that counts
A set of handlebars is a pretty busy place these days. We decided to investigate what factory Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Romain Febvre see and have to deal with and how they like their M1 and YZ450FMs to be ‘dressed’…
Should MXGP shape-shift for a bold new future?
Can MXGP tackle the future with a four moto format and limited chances for more/better live TV exposure? It was a questions we asked in the paddock and here is the reaction…