MotoGP A dozen crashes, 0 points – A MotoGP team’s nightmare start LCR Honda had a brilliant 2020 MotoGP season. So far in 2021, it’s just crashed and crashed and crashed
MotoGP What Aprilia’s Qatar results mean for its Europe prospects Aprilia wasn’t quite in the podium hunt in Qatar – but is there reason to believe it can finally grab MotoGP silverware in Europe?
MotoGP How Pramac built its KTM-flavoured 2021 MotoGP dream team With a wholly new MotoGP rider line-up and limited off-season testing, Pramac’s start to 2021 was not supposed to go as well as it has
MotoGP Can Moto2’s ‘wrinkled’ star upend MotoGP’s youth revolution? In any normal year, if a rider had dominated the start of the Moto2 world championship by taking two victories from two pole positions, there would already be talk about where they’re going to fit into the MotoGP grid for the following season. Yet, despite MarcVDS rider Sam Lowes showing exactly why
MotoGP Doha GP’s other big incident makes Miller/Mir more infuriating The lack of action regarding the Miller/Mir Doha GP flashpoint was puzzling in the moment – and deeply frustrating in a wider context
MotoGP Doha Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP rider ratings Simon Patterson ranks the MotoGP field’s performances in the Doha Grand Prix – with some rookies and underdogs shining, while many who flopped in the opener still struggle to impress
MotoGP ‘Something is going on’: Riders bewildered by Qatar form MotoGP has spent its entire 2021 season so far in Qatar, yet so many riders are nowhere near finding a consistent rhythm at the circuit
MotoGP ‘Born to ride’ – The rise of MotoGP’s rookie Doha GP poleman Both a top prospect and something of a qualifying specialist, Jorge Martin was always going to score a MotoGP pole sooner rather than later
MotoGP Rossi’s latest MotoGP nadir: Just a slump or his new normal? Valentino Rossi’s 21st place on the Doha Grand Prix grid is his worst-ever MotoGP qualifying performance. Many are now writing him off for good. Is that fair?
MotoGP MotoGP’s latest Yamaha engine scare explained A Yamaha spitting out smoke in Doha GP Friday practice evoked a worrying sense of deja vu – but Franco Morbidelli says it’s no cause for worry
MotoGP Morbidelli explains ‘rough’ comment about Yamaha support Petronas Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli has dialled back comments he made last weekend following a disastrous opening round of the 2021 MotoGP season at the Qatar Grand Prix
MotoGP MotoGP’s serial underachiever seems to have cracked his code Every year Maverick Vinales declares that he’s figured out a change of approach that will stop his MotoGP title bid flopping. And every year so far, disappointment has followed. Yet something feels different about 2021
MotoGP Did Ducati’s new MotoGP roster pass or fail its first exam? Each of Ducati’s six riders either made their MotoGP debut or their debut with a new team in the Qatar GP. Did the reshuffled roster convince?
MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP rider ratings A 10 out of 10 and two 1/10s on the other end of the spectrum. Here are Simon Patterson’s MotoGP rider ratings after the Qatar opener
MotoGP Mir wanted to ‘destroy everything’ amid fraught MotoGP opener MotoGP champion Joan Mir was so angry about Suzuki’s Qatar qualifying performance he wanted to “destroy everything”, and then two Ducatis forced him from second to fourth in the final metres of the race. Yet he ended the weekend feeling “positive”
MotoGP What caused a MotoGP favourite’s nightmare season opener One of the favourites for the 2021 MotoGP crown, Franco Morbidelli has had a shocking start to the season in the Qatar GP
MotoGP Everything we know about MotoGP’s Drive to Survive rival MotoGP’s head of media Manel Arroyo talks to The Race about the series’ planned new rival to F1’s Drive to Survive series
MotoGP Yamaha’s masterplan to win Qatar GP with a ‘slow’ bike Yamaha’s chances of victory aren’t guaranteed in the Qatar Grand Prix, but its MotoGP riders have a masterplan to make the most of their ‘slow’ bike
MotoGP Rossi doubts his qualifying pace will carry into MotoGP opener Valentino Rossi’s fourth place on the grid for his first MotoGP race with Petronas SRT has raised his fans’ hopes. But he’s warned he may well go backwards on Sunday
MotoGP We rank the 2021 MotoGP line-ups from worst to best After a winter of rider moves, the MotoGP grid has a very different look as its 2021 season begins. We rank every team’s line-up from worst to best
MotoGP What Aprilia’s current MotoGP riders make of Dovizioso’s test Aprilia’s lead rider Aleix Espargaro is delighted at the prospect of three-time MotoGP runner-up Andrea Dovizioso testing – and maybe racing – for the team
MotoGP Aprilia working on plan for Dovizioso to race from mid-season Aprilia is already putting a plan in place for Andrea Dovizioso to continue testing its MotoGP machine and then to potentially replace Lorenzo Savadori in its race team during 2021
MotoGP How Rossi’s new MotoGP team rose from nowhere Petronas SRT Yamaha was a sensation in its first MotoGP season, a winner in its second, and will field Valentino Rossi in its third. This is the incredible story of how it was created
MotoGP The Moto2 2021 riders set for a MotoGP future With MotoGP getting nearly all of its rookies from Moto2, it’s a given that much of this year’s intermediate-class crop will be MotoGP riders before too long
MotoGP Every Qatar MotoGP race ranked Qatar’s Losail track is a good choice for the opening two grands prix of the 2021 MotoGP season, as it very rarely holds a dull race. We ranked every Qatar GP so far
MotoGP ‘Just a game’ – Rossi and Morbidelli’s plan to avoid conflict Best friends becoming MotoGP team-mates can be harmonious, or a recipe for disaster. Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli want to ensure it’s the former
MotoGP Marquez still not fit enough to race in MotoGP openers Marc Marquez will miss at least the first two rounds of the 2021 MotoGP season as he is not sufficiently recovered from last year’s injuries, despite his recent superbike tests
MotoGP MotoGP 2021: Ten potential Qatar GP winners, title wide open Three (maybe four) Yamahas, three Ducatis, one Suzuki, a Honda and even an Aprilia could win MotoGP’s Qatar Grand Prix season-openers over the next two weekends. After that, absolutely anything can happen
MotoGP Rossi’s replacement faces the most pressure in MotoGP 2021 Fabio Quartararo has been sensational in MotoGP so far, but his 2020 season collapsed amid hot-headedness and Yamaha woes. Now he’s replacing Valentino Rossi in the works team
MotoGP Six reasons why Suzuki is still MotoGP title favourite MotoGP champion Suzuki was quiet in testing as Yamaha and Ducati flew, and all eyes were on Marc Marquez’s preparations to return. But there are solid reasons why Suzuki will be very hard to topple in 2021
MotoGP Dovizioso and Aprilia may actually be a match made in heaven Andrea Dovizioso chose unemployment over racing for Aprilia in 2021. Now, with his routes back into MotoGP narrowing, he’s going to test its bike. A desperate gamble, or a potential dream match?
MotoGP Miller is proving Ducati’s radical shake-up was worth it Ducati’s radical rider shake-up made the relatively young Jack Miller its de facto team-leader. But he’s already proving his worth and starts 2021 among the title favourites
MotoGP Dovizioso to join Aprilia for three-day MotoGP test Ex-Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso will take up Aprilia’s offer to sample its MotoGP bike in an April test at Jerez
MotoGP Out of the darkness: MotoGP has the real Rossi back for 2021 Predictions that swapping to Petronas Yamaha would revitalise Valentino Rossi look like they’re coming true. What can he achieve in the 2021 MotoGP season, and what does it mean for his future?
MotoGP Marquez MotoGP return talk intensifies as he hits the track The chances of Marc Marquez returning to MotoGP action for the Qatar Grand Prix season-opener are increasing as he intensifies his on-track training
Formula 1 Why MotoGP took different stance to F1 in vaccine dilemma While Formula 1 declined Bahrain’s COVID-19 vaccine offer, MotoGP took a different stance in Qatar – or at least, most of its riders did
MotoGP Is KTM’s sudden MotoGP plight as bad as it looks? One of MotoGP’s usual frontrunning teams has been conspicuously miles off the pace in testing – and then lost its last chance to improve thanks to sandstorms. So why is KTM so relaxed?
MotoGP Super-fast Yamahas risk being swamped in MotoGP races Yamaha looks like the team to beat on raw pace going into the 2021 MotoGP season. But all that speed risks going to waste because of the bike’s lingering key deficit
MotoGP Marquez fit for ‘gradual’ MotoGP return but no timeline set Marc Marquez has been declared fit to ‘gradually’ return to MotoGP action with Honda after a satisfactory check-up on his broken arm. But no timeline has been set for when he’ll be back on the grid
MotoGP Vinales leads Yamaha 1-2-3 on day two of second MotoGP test Maverick Vinales headed a Yamaha 1-2-3 on the second day of MotoGP’s second 2021 pre-season test in Qatar
