Mat Oxley

2 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Mat Oxley

“To me, Pecco is like a mosaic that you see in old churches – every year he’s able to add one or two new pieces to make the mosaic bigger.” So says Cristian Gabarrini, Francesco Bagnaia‘s crew chief since the twice-MotoGP world champion graduated to the premier class in 2019. So which particular piece of mosaic does Bagnaia need to add as he faces the toughest challenge of his career? He needs between one and two tenths per lap.

3 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Mat Oxley

Motorcycle racing is a nasty business, which is why many greatest racers indulge in questionable tactics. Following Marc Márquez’s COTA stunt, here are a few dodgy tales about former MotoGP kings Barry Sheene, Eddie Lawson and Phil Read No surprise that Sunday’s COTA grid turmoil has had many fans up in arms — were Marc Márquez’s controversial delaying tactics pure genius or reprehensible?

3 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Mat Oxley

MotoGP has been total war pretty much forever: knocking off your rivals, sleeping with their girlfriends, insulting them in media conferences and now dedicating your life to memorising all 374 pages and 110,000 words of the MotoGP bible, The FIM Grand Prix World Championship Regulations. Recommended by insomniacs everywhere. Marc Márquez has committed the rulebook, or most of it, to memory because it’s a weapon.

4 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Mat Oxley

Luca Marini’s 2024 season was very different to his 2023. He replaced Marc Márquez in the factory Honda squad, when the world’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer was at its lowest ebb, going without a single podium finish for the first time since its fabulous but ill-fated oval-piston NR500 of the early 1980s.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Mat Oxley

In Argentina on Sunday, Marc Márquez won his 90th grand prix, equalling 13-times 50cc and 125cc world champion Angel Nieto’s victory total. This is an important milestone, especially for a Spaniard, because Nieto laid the foundations of his country’s MotoGP domination, from his first world title in 1969 to his last in 1984.