Qatar 2022 for the first round of the longest season on record, a 2021 Ducati Desmosedici triumphed, a refined 2021 KTM RC16 finished on the podium at a track where the Austrian bike had never entered the top five and the most radical overhaul of Honda’s twenty-year-old RCV concept took third place on the podium. For one brand and team time stood still. Full reaction inside. Get scrolling.
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Even better than the real thing?
FQ20. Is the hype real this time? Can Yamaha start to dream? Neil Morrison was in Portugal for the last round of 2021 MotoGP and thinks this season could be a pivotal one for the 22 year old Frenchman
MXGP talk about 2021 Oman opener
MXGP could make an unusual first stop for the 2021 season with the inaugural Grand Prix of Oman set to open the 20 date calendar. What’s the story?
Light for the red, white and blue?
Joe Roberts’ speed and achievement at the Grand Prix of Qatar might be the first shoots of a rebirth for the USA in MotoGP. Neil Morrison was at Losail and digs deep to see if there is potential behind the reawakening
The Final Act
GeeBee’s Blog from the depths of a wet Qatar and a damp end to another Green WorldSBK season. Losail was again victim to an unexpected climate as Superbike flicked the umbrella on a couple of ‘eras’ in the desert
5 things you might not have known about Michelin & MotoGP
A third season now for the French firm as the sole tyre supplier in Grand Prix and one of the key ingredients in how and why MotoGP has become unmissable. Here are a few things we found out about Michelin & MotoGP in Qatar and ahead of round two in Argentina this weekend
Beasts of the Arctic
Saddle swapping/confirmation is currently rife in MotoGP with just one race in the books for 2018. David Emmett has a look at whether Johann Zarco’s muted switch to Repsol Honda could be a winner or a waste