MotoGP Features

It was set to be a topic which would dominate in the opening rounds of the 2020 MotoGP season as Valentino Rossi took his time to decide the next step in his illustrious career. But that call could already have been made.

Unpicking the Andrea Dovizioso enigma has remained an intriguing prospect throughout the Italian’s career from his quietly impressive early years in MotoGP’s premier class to emerging as Marc Marquez’s major world title rival.

With the 2020 MotoGP season delayed during the coronavirus crisis, the race calendar is set to undergo a major reshuffle.

The Marc Marquez we see at the track has become a very familiar figure highlighted by his unique riding style, impossible saves and aggressive racing which, more often than not, results in the Repsol Honda rider ending the weekend on the top step of the podium.

MotoGP's initial response to the coronavirus crisis will be a technical freeze until the 2022 season , but the cost-cutting measures can't end there.

MotoGP’s silly season had been set to erupt and rumble on throughout 2020 but with the campaign postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic all plans have been put on hold.

Turning up to Le Mans in May 2012 the rumours were rife about Casey Stoner considering retirement from MotoGP as defending world champion aged just 26.

With MotoGP producing arguably its most competitive era of racing, the 2019 season saw plenty of races decided on the last lap and on many occasions the final corner. Here’s a recap of those dramatic moments from last year.

In MotoGP’s ever-expanding race calendar, a return to Brazil has always been pinpointed as a key event to give the sport opportunity to flourish and relay roots in South America.

As the most successful MotoGP manufacturer in the sport’s history, Honda has plenty of superstar riders to pick from across the decades.

'The engineers have worked a lot, especially on aerodynamics,' KTM MotoGP star Pol Espargaro said recently.

From the 2000 British Grand Prix to the 2017 Dutch TT (and counting), Valentino Rossi tops the all-time list for most world championship race wins in MotoGP’s premier class to give him a multitude of options for which could be his best.

With Suzuki celebrating its 100 th anniversary and 60 th year of racing, it is the perfect time to look through the history of the Hamamatsu team.

Eight different manufacturers have achieved world championship glory in the premier class, either in its 500cc or MotoGP guise, and history has given a fair indication of which brand can be considered the best of the best - along the riders who guided them to the historic feats.

The Indonesian MotoGP comeback has been a long-held ambition for organisers and stakeholders in the sport, but the reality of putting on a race in one of the most bike-mad countries in the world has proven to be an almost impossible challenge.

Since the first world championship in 1949, MotoGP has grown and developed to become a global sport travelling to all corners of the planet, but can you name all of the destinations?

While MotoGP riders gain most of the focus when it comes to ‘Greatest of All Time’ debates, especially in the modern era, manufacturer success is often seen as a secondary consideration.

A little over 12 months ago, MotoE’s existence looked in serious danger before it had truly begun when a massive fire during the Jerez pre-season test gutted all the bikes and equipment.

For the first time since 1982, MotoGP is returning to Finland to race at the purpose-built KymiRing in the latest expansion to the sport’s horizons as organisers look to old and new destinations.

Joan Mir says that last year's huge Brno accident has given him a better perspective of the important things in life, as MotoGP remains on due to the coronavirus.

Three weeks is a long time for a lot to happen in any sport but in this unprecedented period amid the coronavirus pandemic MotoGP’s picture changes even quicker.

The start of the 2020 MotoGP season was set to decide Valentino Rossi’s next steps in his illustrious career but with the coronavirus pandemic overtaking all matters the Doctor’s decision must remain on hold.

As questions on the MotoGP calendar continue to mount at the same rate as the coronavirus spreads, the 2020 race schedule is likely to suffer major alternations and the unfancied reality of cancelling races.

Like the rest of the world, MotoGP is being rocked by the impact of coronavirus and health measures installed to fight the spread of COVID-19.