Bagnaia’s all new scientific excuses
Before the season started the hen-pecked Italian Pecco Bagnaia comically put forward a scientific explanation to why he is usually a bit rubbish in the sprint races – a fact that technically lost him the championship last year. The tipsy driving Italian rubbished the common belief that his substandard Saturday races were because he couldn’t…
MotoGP Thailand Review: Gulf of Agura
The Thai MotoGP from Buriram brought us a mixture of surprises and total lack of surprises. The word “Gulf” featured prominently, so lets classify the winners and losers based on their similarities to various gulfs of the world. Gulf of America The world’s newest gulf didn’t even exist until a few weeks ago. Since then,…
Word on the street: How is Italy coping?
After the catastrophic results of the weekend Italy declared a week of official mourning. As the country struggled to come to terms with what had been witnessed many villages paraded effigies of Lady Madonna through the streets with the Antichrist and his younger slightly more rubbish brother depicted as cruelly mocking her. Even the Vatican…
MotoGP Thailand: How Bad Can It Be?
Is the Thailand MotoGP round going to suck? If so, how badly? Let’s find out in this exclusive preview! Ducati The Bolognese factory didn’t even need to upgrade their machinery, as the GP24 already laps faster than a Valentino Rossi fan telling you about The Doctor’s favourite colour. Spanish Antichrist Marc Marquez should romp home…
The most evil tyres in history – do Michelin’s MotoGP tyres stand up?
Last month in Sepang Aprilia went on the offensive blaming Michelin for the crash that saw their prized asset Jorge Martin shipped off to A&E. Technically the Italian scooter manufacturer didn’t accuse the tyres directly, instead they went into ‘politician mode’ stating that Martin’s bone-splintering tarmac tussle wasn’t his fault or the bike. The French…
Exclusive: Ducati Launch New GP25 Lawnmower Range!
MGPN can exclusively reveal that Ducati are about to launch a new range of lawnmowers powered by the Ducati GP25 engine. We caught up with our secret Ducati source to find out what’s going on in the Bolognese grass-care department. Q: What’s the story? Why is Ducati launching a range of lawnmowers? A: Well,…
Winner & Losers – Sepang Test
Pre-season testing doesn’t really mean anything. But let’s pretend it does! Winners Fabio Quartararararo After some impressive results in the ‘rubbish bikes and noobs’ shakedown test last month we were all expecting Fabio to turn up in Sepang and receive a reality punch right in his beret. But instead he continued his great form despite…
Sepang Shakedown Lowdown – all you need to know
The MotoGP Sepang Shakedown is a test aimed at the less interesting riders. Think of it as the kind of test that Ralf Schumacher would attend whilst his brother Michael stayed at home planning his next winter sports adventure holiday. The Shakedown gives us fans the first taste of MotoGP this year in a watered…
What if Donald Trump takes over MotoGP?
Monday morning Jan 20th. Instead of coffee brewing it was a fresh pot of outrage. BlueSky timelines were no longer about what people ate for breakfast but rather a 24/7 live feed of existential crises over Trump’s latest tweet. Safe spaces were popping up faster than vape shops, where you could go to escape the…
He’s number one! Jorge Martin set to use the best number
Friend of MGPNews Jorge ‘our boy’ Martin has made all MotoGP fans smile by deciding to race the number one plate on his Aprilia in 2025 before it’s handed back to Ducati at the end of the season. The Spaniard usually races with the number 89, which coincidentally is the number of times he punched…
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