MotoGP Features
In-depth MotoGP features and MotoGP exclusive articles from Crash.
Fermin Aldeguer sets 2026 MotoGP targets after “incredible” rookie year - Exclusive
Fermin Aldeguer talks rookie MotoGP season, 'breakfast' lessons from Marc and Alex Marquez, his 2026 goals...
Pirelli explains private testing strategy for 850cc MotoGP tyres - Exclusive
Pirelli explains why its MotoGP tyre development has shifted away from group tests and towards private 850cc outings.
Joan Mir: “Now I’m back to my natural style” - Exclusive
Joan Mir reflects on a "key" MotoGP season for Honda and a return to his natural, but high-risk, braking style.
Casey Stoner: Ducati MotoGP title “more difficult”, Honda crown “more important”
Casey Stoner reflects on his MotoGP titles at Ducati and Honda.
Jack Miller’s verdict on debut Yamaha season: “Fun year, but…” - Exclusive
Jack Miller reflects on his debut Yamaha MotoGP season: "You're just trying to play catch-up".
KTM faces one of MotoGP’s biggest fumbles as rider market frenzy nears
The 2027 rumour mill is already in full swing and Pedro Acosta will be at the centre of it until his future is secured. At this moment, all signs point to him leaving KTM. It’s a reality KTM must face up to now, but one that will lead to some serious soul-searching as it faces the prospect of one of MotoGP’s biggest fumbles…
850cc MotoGP: “Maybe an Inline4 would not be a bad idea!” - Exclusive
Former Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli explains why MotoGP has gone V4-powered, but the advantages may not be guaranteed in the 850cc era.
Davide Brivio: “However you look at it, Aprilia reduced the gap” to Ducati - Exclusive
Trackhouse team principal Davide Brivio says Aprilia “reduced the gap” to Ducati in MotoGP 2025, even if Marc Marquez’s injury clouded the picture.
Marco Bezzecchi Interview: "I went home and said, ‘yeah, it's possible’" - Exclusive
Marco Bezzecchi pinpoints the moment he knew it was possible to do something special at Aprilia in MotoGP this season.
Why Yamaha must consider the unthinkable for the sake of its MotoGP future
Fabio Quartararo’s MotoGP future will be one of the main talking points of next year’s rider market ahead of a 2027 grid reshuffle. He’s made his desires clear, but obvious tensions between himself and Yamaha may force the latter into doing something once thought unthinkable for the good of its own long-term future…
Sylvain Guintoli: “The Pecco story has been hard to watch” - Exclusive
Sylvain Guintoli says it was hard to watch Francesco Bagnaia persistent struggles in MotoGP this season, explains why “front-end feel is everything".
Alex Rins: “I haven't forgotten how to ride a motorbike!” - Exclusive
Alex Rins admits 2025 was “tough” but Mandalika speed showed he hasn't "forgotten how to ride".
What would the 2025 MotoGP season have looked like without Marc Marquez?
The 2025 MotoGP season was one of Marc Marquez’s most dominant, as he sauntered to a seventh world title with five rounds to spare. But we look at the hypothetical championship where Marquez wasn’t present, and just how much that would have changed things for Ducati and the rest of the field…
Aleix Espargaro “almost crying”: “It's amazing what Pol did”
Pol Espargaro’s return to the MotoGP track that nearly ended his career left his brother Aleix close to tears.
Pedro Acosta’s MotoGP season: From “Lost the plot” to “riding beautifully” - Exclusive
KTM crew chief Paul Trevathan explains how Pedro Acosta turned his 2025 season around from “a dark place and angry at the world” to “riding beautifully”.
Fabio Quartararo reveals MotoGP season he enjoyed more than his title year
Fabio Quartararo explains why 2019 was more enjoyable than his 2021 MotoGP title-winning year.
Why Ducati’s 2025 ‘crisis’ shouldn’t fool its swarming MotoGP rivals
Another successful season is in the books for Ducati, but the narrative is very much now about the threat being posed by Aprilia after its surge in the second half of 2025. Though there are reasons to be concerned within the Ducati camp, its rivals still face an enormous hurdle to dethrone the brand in 2026…
Two non-Ducati riders delivered the biggest MotoGP 2025 turnarounds
Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta produced the biggest second-half turnarounds of the MotoGP season.
The Moto2 champions Honda’s newest star hopes to follow - and some he doesn't
Diogo Moreira steps up to MotoGP as the reigning Moto2 world champion, joining an elite list of riders to have done so since the class came into existence in 2010. We look back over the performance of his fellow title winners in MotoGP, including those whose careers he’ll be looking to avoid replicating...
Jake Dixon on MotoGP slipping away: “It just hasn't worked out, I’m okay with that now”
Jake Dixon says he’s made peace with MotoGP slipping away as he prepares for a fresh start with Honda in WorldSBK.
MotoGP 2025’s biggest surprise may well be Aprilia’s next franchise hero
Marco Bezzecchi hasn’t not led a grand prix in two rounds now, after a lights-to-flag victory at the Valencia Grand Prix. It’s a performance that would have surprised at the start of the 2025 season. But now, not only does Aprilia have its de facto number one rider, but also its next potential franchise hero…
Johann Zarco tops 2025 MotoGP falls list with 28 accidents
Zarco tops the 2025 MotoGP falls list, Fabio di Giannantonio records the fewest crashes of the full-time grid.
MotoGP Concessions: What Honda loses by moving from Rank D to Rank C
Honda’s jump from MotoGP concession rank D to C removes several key advantages, including private testing with race riders and in-season engine development.
Valencia Friday pace suggests MotoGP 2025 has one last sting in the tail
MotoGP’s longest ever season comes to a close this weekend at the Valencia Grand Prix. There’s little left to fight for that matters in the grand scheme of things, but that shouldn’t diminish enthusiasm for the finale. A tight Friday at the Spanish venue is teeing up another three-way KTM-Aprilia-Ducati battle to bring the curtain down…