MotoGP Features
In-depth MotoGP features and MotoGP exclusive articles from Crash.

'Only Suzuki, Yamaha don't have automatic MotoGP ride-height devices'
Alex Rins pushing for 'automatic' rear ride-height system at Suzuki, but has Ducati already moved another step clear with its latest MotoGP device?

2022 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown top speeds: Aprilia fastest
Aprilia heads the top speed charts during the 2022 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown test, Yamaha still playing catch-up?

KTM's MotoGP restructuring: 'The race team should race'
Pit Beirer explains how and why KTM is restructuring its MotoGP project for the 2022 season, bringing in Francesco Guidotti to join Fabiano Sterlacchini and making more use of Dani Pedrosa.

Brad Binder: Traction, braking, tighter lines, sleepless nights…
KTM's Brad Binder details rider and bike improvements as he seeks to build on sixth in last year's MotoGP world championship.

Francesco Guidotti: The MotoGP glue to keep KTM 'together'
New factory KTM MotoGP team manager Francesco Guidotti hired 'to keep everybody together… to have the right atmosphere, to be focused on the race'.

Oliveira 'too spiky' in MotoGP last season, 'I just couldn't do average'
Miguel Oliveira's 2021 MotoGP season was 'too spiky, either very good or very bad. I could never do average'

Binder brushes off Moto3 to MotoGP critics, 'stupid' to reject lifelong dream
Darryn Binder says it would have been 'stupid' to reject dream MotoGP chance with RNF Yamaha this season, feels many of his critics 'jumped on the bandwagon' after Portimao mistake.

Dovizioso: Follow each MotoGP bike's DNA, but use your special strengths
Andrea Dovizioso 'completely changed' braking as he adapts to the Yamaha and latest Michelin MotoGP rear tyre. More changes needed but - citing Jorge Lorenzo's eventual success at Ducati - he doesn't want to discard all his former strengths.

RNF: Binder's Moto3 fightbacks mean potential for 'something magical' in MotoGP
RNF team principal Razlan Razali explains moving Darryn Binder straight from Moto3 to MotoGP this year, recalls background to Fabio Quartararo signing in 2018.

Razali: Rossi, Dovizioso 'totally different comparison', can be title contender
Razlan Razali talks Valentino Rossi's tough final season and high expectations for Andrea Dovizioso in 2022 - confident Malaysians are 'craving' for MotoGP 'after two years of nothing'.

'More Ducatis, more problems' - MotoGP rivals wary of 8 Desmosedicis
Ducati Desmosedicis, which dominated the closing stages of last season, will fill one-third of the MotoGP grid in 2022.

'Humble underdog' RNF targeting 11-13 million MotoGP budget
RNF founder Razlan Razali working towards a budget of 11-13 million euros for the 2022 MotoGP season, 'humbled' by SRT results 'crashing down' last year, ready to be an 'underdog' that can 'afford to take risks'.

Valentino Rossi 'irreplaceable' in MotoGP, but 'all sports move on'
How big an impact will the retirement of Valentino Rossi have on the MotoGP World Championship?

Yamaha: 'One up - three down, Vinales crisis, weird MotoGP year'
Yamaha's Lin Jarvis reflects on a roller-coaster 2021 MotoGP season that brought title glory for Fabio Quartararo but also a shock split from team-mate Maverick Vinales and tough final campaign for Valentino Rossi.

MotoGP’s top 2021 storylines: Quartararo woe, Vinales exit, Marquez tow...
Five of the top storylines from the 2021 MotoGP season...

Casey Stoner: No edge of the track in MotoGP. No limit.
Casey Stoner believes asphalt runoff bordering the track creates more problems. Would like a 'big reduction' in MotoGP electronics; ' I want to see them sliding'

Satellite MotoGP teams: From 'filling the grid' to title dreams
Herve Poncharal charts the rising importance of satellite teams in the MotoGP world championship.

Rider down: MotoGP's future accident-detection system
MotoGP investigating an onboard system to automatically detect and communicate an accident ahead.

MotoGP engine list: Who used what during the 2021 season
The final tally of engine use for each rider during the course of the 2021 MotoGP season.

Does MotoGP need 'slide control' after Pol Espargaro's huge Valencia highside?
Pol Espargaro says high lean 'slide control' function should be added to MotoGP's unified electronics to avoid the kind of huge highside he suffered at Valencia.

MotoGP 2021: First half vs second half points performance
Rider points comparison between the first and second half of the 2021 MotoGP season.

2022 MotoGP World Championship - Final rider line-up
The riders and teams confirmed on the grid for the 2022 MotoGP world championship…

Petrucci 'last normal person to make it in MotoGP' - Miller: 'He's a legend'
Danilo Petrucci bids an emotional farewell to MotoGP saying he was 'the last 'normal person' that can make it'. Bagnaia and Miller disagree: 'The guy is a legend'.

'Great weekend, best race' - Valentino Rossi bids farewell to MotoGP
Valentino Rossi goes out in style during his final MotoGP race at Valencia; 'We enjoy like we win the championship! It's something I will never forget'.