Once again we speak to two riders at the opposite ends of the career span. Justin Brayton chats about a career in the fiercest cauldron of supercross while MX2 world champion Maxime Renaux talks about a ripe graduation to MXGP and burning the vapour trail even brighter through Grand Prix.
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Time Lines: Andrea Dovizioso and Darryn Binder on their varying thirst for MotoGP
Fielding two riders at the extreme stages of their MotoGP careers is just one aspect of why the WithU Yamaha RNF team are unique on the Grand Prix grid. We speak to both as Neil Morrison writes about Ducati’s decision-time and David Emmett laments the erosion of overtaking in the premier class. Steve English also pops up with a WorldSBK point of view…
Believing is belonging: MXGP delivers an upset
Calvin Vlaanderen decimated the results sheets in Sardinia for the eighth round of 2022 MXGP and while the win was unexpected, the manner of his superiority was a shock. What was behind this sudden burst? Lewis Phillips also writes about his MXGP riders are subverting traditional routes in the series…
You got the look: MotoGP bike design
Each MotoGP season brings forth fresh team launches. The events themselves strive for novelty or originality but the unveiling of the race bikes can often be underwhelming. Perhaps it’s trickier than we think to design a striking shape and livery? We asked some experts…while Neil Morrison provides his take on the whole Suzuki saga
How to chase perfection?
Was the Italian Grand Prix an exercise in futility for anybody outside the Tim Gajser/HRC runaway train? Even the mix of conditions at Maggiora did not dent the rails. We also talked with the MXGP world champion ‘in waiting’ to ask about winning unabashed…
And then there were two
There wasn’t a single position change for the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix but the chase was captivating all the same, and Jorge Lorenzo arguably fills the definition of the latest MotoGP ‘Legend’. New MotoGP reading for the first instalment of the 2022 May edition…
Leading them all to Chase
Chase Sexton is supercross greatness in the making: a sumptuous mix of style, speed and ridiculous potential. We sat down with HRC’s star only a few weeks after he claimed his first 450SX Main Event win to ask where it all came from. Also in this magazine segment Steve Matthes examines the Jason Anderson/Kawasaki effect in 2022…