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…
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…
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…
Offspring to ‘re-spring’: Eli Tomac talks about the mindset, the focus and the factors that have led to a powerful 2022 AMA Supercross campaign. We also find out a lot more about the new FIM Supercross World Championship and see what’s new from Troy Lee Designs and Scott Sports
Supercross ventured back to its most northern and western point for the first time in two years but there was no shift from the central crux of the championship as Eli Tomac continues to soar in 2022. Words and thoughts from a first SX experience since 2019. Steve Matthes also writes about ET as Lewis Phillips says one particular rider in MXGP shouldn’t be written off just yet…
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.
I hope I wasn’t alone in feeling Valentino Rossi’s long farewell was in danger of being slightly overblown last weekend.
