
Two hours after the second MotoGP practice for last weekend's German Grand Prix, I interviewed factory Movistar Yamaha's Valentino Rossi for Spain's Tele5 with the understanding that the full interview would also be available on Cycle World's website. The short televised version of the...
Max Biaggi is back. Exactly 986 days since his last race, the 44-year-old is returning to competition at Misano as a wild card for Aprilia, alongside Leon Haslam and Jordi Torres. Last time Biaggi raced was on October 7, 2012, at Magny Cours, France, where he clinched his second World Superbike...
Here in the US, Rolling Stone magazine may be a shadow of its past as the journal of the counter-culture, but the Italian version of RS were able to coax some very candid comments from Valentino Rossi about former rival and fellow World Champion Casey Stoner. Rolling Stone Italy is edited by...
Dani Pedrosa's story started with a special present: a pocketbike he received as a birthday present from his father Antonio when he was 4. By the age of 6, Dani had begun racing minibikes. Other bikes followed, other circuits and races, first for fun and then as a professional rider. A...
At Sepang in Malaysia, during the first pre-season MotoGP test, Jorge Lorenzo and his M1 Yamaha were flying and the reigning world champion was the fastest overall by almost a full second. Lap times and positions were far from definitive, however. The second outing at Phillip Island showed new...
There is no rivalry in MotoGP more bitter than that between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner, more bitter even than the one between Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. It has been a constant element in their relationship since Stoner won his first MotoGP title in 2007 (ironically, Stoner named...
Everyone knows that Honda Motor Company have, without a shadow of doubt, been the prime movers behind the return and development of four-stroke engines in the Motorcycle Road Racing World Championship in the past decade. The MotoGP 990 era (2002-2006) saw the Japanese manufacturer achieve their...