MotoGP Why is Crutchlow back on the pace? Cal Crutchlow managed to return to the sharp end of the MotoGP world championship for the first time this season in yesterday’s qualifying at Le Mans for the French Grand Prix
MotoGP Suzuki’s qualifying trade-off looking costly at Le Mans Suzuki’s title contender Joan Mir paid for the GSX-RR’s qualifying weakness at Le Mans, but it may be a necessary evil
MotoGP MotoGP tipped to feature single VR46 Ducati entry in 2021 Valentino Rossi’s VR46 squad could field Moto2 frontrunner Luca Marini on a single Ducati in MotoGP in 2021
MotoGP Smith stars and shunts amid new Aprilia line-up intrigue Bradley Smith started Le Mans MotoGP Friday fastest, then crashed. But he still regards it as a “fabulous” day. Will this be his final weekend on the grid?
MotoGP A beautiful rollercoaster – MotoGP’s verdict on Algarve The MotoGP grid is almost universally excited to be heading to Algarve for the final round of the 2020 season after many of them had their first chance to try the track yesterday
MotoGP Six Yamaha MotoGP staff in COVID quarantine Six members of Yamaha MotoGP personnel including M1 project leader Takahiro Sumi will watch this weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans not from the track but from quarantine
MotoGP What must Quartararo do to become France’s hero? France leads the MotoGP world championship with Fabio Quartararo going into this weekend’s Le Mans race, but so far it’s seemed to be Johann Zarco who’s captured the nation’s affections
MotoGP The age of MotoGP ‘Sunday men’ is over MotoGP is closer and more spectacular than ever. But the way the championship has evolved is hurting some of its best racers, including Valentino Rossi – who can’t rely on Sunday magic to make up for poor qualifying anymore
MotoGP Lorenzo’s test raises more questions about Yamaha’s strategy Jorge Lorenzo’s finally having his first proper outing in his Yamaha MotoGP test role today – but on a year-old bike. Simon Patterson asks why the team isn’t making proper use of the three-time champion
MotoGP From COVID to a Ducati MotoGP deal – Martin’s crazy year Brought through the ranks by KTM, but about to get his MotoGP chance with Ducati. Fighting for the Moto2 title, then sidelined by COVID. Jorge Martin is having a strange, but also brilliant, 2020 season
MotoGP Why Rossi + Morbidelli is a ‘no filters’ dream team One of the biggest incentives for Valentino Rossi to join Petronas SRT was the chance to team up with his protege Franco Morbidelli. Simon Patterson looks at what will be a unique relationship in the 2021 MotoGP line-up
MotoGP What does Honda quitting F1 mean for its MotoGP team? Honda has announced it is bowing out of the four-wheel kind of grand prix racing – but does the F1 exit mean anything for its MotoGP team?
MotoGP Petronas Suzuki, VR46 Yamaha? MotoGP set for 2022 shake-up The dust has barely settled on the 2021 MotoGP silly season and already the shape of the 2022 grid is being hotly debated. And Valentino Rossi’s at the centre of it again, but in a different role
MotoGP Every time Dovizioso’s been taken out since 2015 Andrea Dovizioso has an unfortunate habit of being wiped out of MotoGP races. After the latest such incident cost him the championship lead, we look back at half a decade of Dovizioso misfortunes
MotoGP How Ducati suddenly went from rider crisis to bright future The news it would lose Andrea Dovizoso meant Ducati faced a MotoGP rider crisis. Instead it ended up with a youthful, future-proof line-up
MotoGP More 2021 rider market twists ahead of Ducati announcement The chances of Valentino Rossi’s Moto2-leading half-brother Luca Marini being on the MotoGP grid in 2021 have increased as Ducati prepares to announce the next stage of its rider line-up
MotoGP Why Rossi’s Petronas SRT deal took so long to sort It’s been clear for most of 2020 that Valentino Rossi was heading to Petronas SRT Yamaha for 2021. Simon Patteron explains why it took so long for the deal to be finalised, and why SRT thinks Rossi will have more fun next year
MotoGP How Honda missed out on a shock Barcelona MotoGP win Honda is generally written off as a MotoGP victory contender these days, but Takaaki Nakagami had a very real shot at changing that with his 2019 LCR bike at Barcelona
MotoGP Is this Valentino Rossi’s best chance to finally win again? Back on the front row, competitive all weekend and strong on race pace, Valentino Rossi has a very real shot at ending his three-year win drought at Barcelona
MotoGP Why Rossi’s new team won’t let him bring his whole crew Valentino Rossi’s core crew has traditionally moved from team to team with him, but his new MotoGP employer Petronas SRT isn’t allowing that. Boss Razlan Razali explains why
MotoGP Rossi’s team swap masterstrokes so far – and when it backfired Petronas SRT will amazingly only be the fourth team Valentino Rossi’s been with as he heads into his 22nd year at the top of MotoGP. Almost all of his previous team switches have paid off – with one messy exception
MotoGP Rossi officially joins Petronas Yamaha for 2021 Valentino Rossi will stay in the MotoGP world championship until at least the end of 2021, with the satellite Petronas Yamaha team officialy confirming his signing on Saturday ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix
MotoGP Honda and LCR staff in quarantine amid positive COVID-19 tests There has been an outbreak of coronavirus within the MotoGP paddock, with a number of Honda Racing Corporation personnel in mandatory quarantine after a positive test for COVID-19
MotoGP How Barcelona practice highlighted a major 2020 curveball The 2020 Ducatis looked meek on the first day of the Barcelona MotoGP weekend, but their struggles highlighted a major feature of the revised calendar
MotoGP Tech3 KTM set to lose Red Bull backing amid Honda rumours Tech3 KTM boss Herve Poncharal has confirmed his team is likely to lose its Red Bull title sponsorship for 2021 – and it looks like it could be heading for what’s currently Repsol Honda
MotoGP Marquez returns to MotoGP paddock, Le Mans comeback rumoured Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has visited the paddock for the first time since suffering damage to his badly-broken right arm after attempting to come back from injury at the second round of the 2020 season
MotoGP Rossi to take three Yamaha crew members to Petronas Valentino Rossi says he will take three of his current Yamaha MotoGP crew members with him to Petronas Yamaha in 2021, as he prepares to announce the deal in the very near future.
MotoGP Why MotoGP still needs Valentino Rossi – for now Valentino Rossi’s deal to stay in MotoGP for 2021 is a relief for a championship that’s thriving but hasn’t found a way to replace its biggest icon – yet
MotoGP Marquez defends Honda’s tricky bike again, but is he right? Despite his injury and repeated criticism from other riders about how hard the current-spec Honda bike is to control, nine-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has defended the machine again. But is he correct to do so?
MotoGP Crutchlow set to miss fourth MotoGP race through new injury LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow is set to miss this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix after a fall in the paddock caused ruptured ankle ligaments, having missed the last two MotoGP races recovering from arm pump surgery
MotoGP Marc Marquez gives comprehensive update on his recovery Marc Marquez has provided a detailed update on how his recovery from the injury that has ruled him out of the 2020 MotoGP championship fight is progressing
MotoGP How MotoGP’s worst team transformed itself Avintia before 2020: MotoGP’s worst team. Avintia now: Polesitter, podium-finisher, key Ducati team and potentially running rising stars from Moto2 and VR46 in 2021. Simon Patterson heard from colourful team boss Ruben Xaus about the transformation, and whether Avintia really has a long-term MotoGP
MotoGP Aprilia says it won’t wait for Iannone beyond 2020 Andrea Iannone’s fate and future as an Aprilia MotoGP rider will be conclusively decided one way or another in October, team boss Massimo Rivola tells The Race
MotoGP Morbidelli: Surprise Spike Lee call a ‘happiness injection’ Franco Morbidelli has revealed that he’d received a congratulatory call from Spike Lee following his maiden MotoGP win
MotoGP Rossi finally seals 2021 MotoGP deal, announcement this week Valentino Rossi’s delayed 2021 MotoGP deal with Petronas SRT Yamaha is finally complete and will be announced this week, according to The Race’s sources. And it’s just a one-year contract ahead of an expected 2022 grid shake-up
MotoGP Did visor tear-offs take both Pramac Ducatis out at Misano? Francesco Bagnaia believes a discarded visor tear-off caused his crash from the Misano MotoGP lead, and Pramac knows that’s why his team-mate Jack Miller retired
MotoGP Yamaha’s overtaking problem could wreck its title bid Yamaha may have won four of the seven 2020 MotoGP races so far, but the bike’s inability to overtake is a significant hurdle for the team’s title bid, say both Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo
MotoGP MotoGP has a new title favourite – and he hasn’t won a race yet The 2020 MotoGP title fight got even closer at Misano, with four riders within four points at the top now. One of them has the consistency and momentum the other three lack
MotoGP Does Alex Marquez and Honda’s sudden pace mean anything? Alex Marquez and Honda were quickest in the Misano MotoGP warm-up. Is this a sign of hope at last? No, says Simon Patterson
MotoGP Why Misano 2 may be MotoGP 2020’s biggest dogfight yet Six days of track time including a race and a test – MotoGP riders have never been as well prepared for a race as they are for Misano today, and that’s resulted in a ferociously close pack
