
We were promised a storm on Friday, and we got one. But it was a media storm, rather than a thunderstorm, with riders finally free to speak about the situation at Aprilia. That's not to say the weather wasn't an issue: rain fell during Moto2, wreaking havoc on the field. That would have as many...
The grid for the 2015 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix will be more of the same, with the HRC Hondas of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa comfortably on top. Marquez is clear of Jorge Lorenzo's 3rd-place Yamaha by 0.302 seconds. The big surprise? Danilo Petrucci, once a lost lad on a sputtering CRT,...
Occasionally in this world, team sports produce individual accomplishments that stay etched in people's minds for years. We know that Marc Marquez qualified on pole at the Sachsenring for the seventh consecutive time. We know that he won at the Sachsenring for the seventh consecutive time. We...
Is there such a thing as an Alien? The provenance of the term is uncertain, though most people believe that it was coined by Colin Edwards in 2009, after he kept finishing in fifth place behind Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo, and Dani Pedrosa. Whatever he tried, he could not stay...
The German Grand Prix arrives in the midst of a two-races-in-68-days drought; there are simply no opportunities to play catch-up until mid-August. Then, beginning with the newfangled Austrian Grand Prix, the grid confronts an eight- races-in-77-days stretch, culminating at Sepang at the end of...
With defending champion Marquez seizing the lead in the 2017 championship and the season standings tighter than wallpaper, MotoGP leaves for its seemingly endless summer vacation on a high note. After nine races, 10 points separate the top four riders. We have our third series leader in three...
My intuition said that MotoGP Assen would deal out an unjust round of cards proved true indeed, with the characteristic rain visiting the track in force on race day. The grid started the race on wet tires, and it could be taken for granted that strong wet weather riders such as Rossi, Dovi and...