Should MotoGP switch to pedal power during the fuel crisis?
What’s happening? With the punch-up in the Middle East showing no real signs of stopping, the entire western world is being plunged into an energy crisis which could seriously limit our morning oat lattes. With the US having poked the Persian hornet’s nest, Iran decided to close the Strait of Hormuz faster than a KTM…
MotoGP COTA: Winners and Losers
MotoGP visited the land of The Donald (and also The Mickey and The Pluto) for the rootin’ tootin’ United States GP at the Circuit Of The Americas (formerly known as the Circuit Of The Mexicos). The track changes from year to year due to subsidence so bad that it has turned the trackside railway into…
Exclusive: Phillip Island Emails Revealed
Thanks to our elite team of investigative journalists, MGPNews can exclusively reveal a cache of emails that may explain the reasons why Phillip Island has been dropped from the MotoGP calendar from 2027. The heavily redacted emails consist of correspondence between major MotoGP figures and the new head of communications at the Aussie circuit. …
Winners and Losers: Thailand
Winners Aprilia: Dare we dream? It’s not that we want Ducati to fail…well maybe it actually is, but more than anything MotoGP fans deserve at least one other manufacturer capable of regularly winning. And we at MGPNews couldn’t wish for a better choice than Aprilia. Why? Because their bike looks like the lovechild of a…
Farewell Phillip Island, hello Adelaide: MotoGP’s guide to ruining a perfect thing
It’s only gone and happened. Labia Media have officially dumped the best track on the MotoGP calendar and will replace it with a coma-friendly street circuit in 2027. Seriously? What’s happening? We find out… So what’s this Phillip’s Island place? Ask any true MotoGP fan what their favourite track is and most would say…
Have Yamaha built a turd?
February’s three day MotoGP test at Sepang was our first real look at all the 2026 riders and machines in action. There were many talking points, but none louder than Yamaha’s sorry state. The Japanese firm turned up with their all new-shiny Temu-Ducati hoping to turn the tide on their wilting performances…only to find themselves…
Quartararararo ditches Yamaha for Honda…but why? We explain!
In news no one expected (or could be bothered thinking about) Fabio Qaurtararararo has decided to leave his failing Japanese Yamaha team at the end of the season for the failing Japanese team Honda in 2027. But why would he do that? Isn’t that like refusing to eat Polish food only then to switch to…
Should MotoGP Concussion Rules Apply To Franky Morbidelli?
The MotoGP authorities have recently released the new set of Concussion Protocols that will apply to the sport from this season onwards. Should they apply to Franky Morbidelli? What’s changed ? Just like grief can be divided into 5 stages, it turns out that concussion management can be divided into 9 R’s, which are outlined…
MotoGP Bump-Start Ban Breakdown: Behind The Barriers
Bump-starting a crashed bike has been a common sight in MotoGP for many years, but the rules have changed. From now on, riders will first have to let the marshals push the bike behind the barriers. Only then can they try to restart the bike in safety before rejoining the race. How will this bump-ban…
Commentator’s cheesy clichés – we list the best!
Commentators. Using their expert knowledge of racing and free food passes they’re the essential connective-tissue between what’s happening on track and us – the stupid viewer. But do they have a tendency to over cliche? We at MGPNews think so! So here’s our definitive guide to the top MotoGP commentator cliches and what they actually…
