A Moto2 Grand Prix winner and MXGP rider and British Champion: they have more in common than you’d think. We chatted to friends Sam Lowes and Tommy Searle about pressures, friendship and banter
Searle & Lowes: Brothers of a Boiling Pot
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MotoGP Blog from OTOR #138: Maverick for Alien status?
David ponders on whether Maverick Viñales can yet enter the upper elite of MotoGP after a swift and impactful rise through Grand Prix that resulted in a landmark win last weekend; as much for the 23 year old as Suzuki…
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…
Mint! Sam Lowes talks life at the top in Moto2
“He loves it…” was Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Tommy Searle’s description when asked of friend and occasional co-trainer Sam Lowes. The Grand Prix winning motocrosser was speaking in the general sense and the truth is that you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more irrepressible, buoyant, appreciative and friendly rider in the MotoGP paddock than the 25 year old. Read on…
MotoGP Blog from Gavin Emmett & OTOR #130
Gav Emmett’s new Blog and some MotoGP insight on the recent mini flurry of movements (or not) involving Honda, Yamaha and soon Suzuki…
Lorenzo leaves, Rossi plants it at Jerez and MotoGP warms-up in first Euro stop
Yamaha were again protagonists at a Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain for different reasons. Jorge Lorenzo’s career path dominated build-up to round four and Valentino Rossi’s fondness for Jerez lead to just his third Pole since 2010. ‘Sideways’ Sam Lowes mastered Moto2 while the ‘new’ Rossi, sixteen year old Nicolo Bulega, was the quickest from the frenzy of Moto3…
Exclusive feature interview with Scott Redding
From the inimitable style, the sense of humour to the body ink and the unwavering belief, Scott Redding is one of MotoGP’s very few outward individuals and we had the privilege to chew over some of the adversity and issues surrounding ‘45’ through lunch in Qatar…
