MotoGP Features

It took a long time to happen, but team bosses admit the compulsory single ECU has been good for MotoGP.

"We're learning how to tame it and get it in the right working area, because it does have its own power band!" - Bradley Smith.

"It's smooth, it's easy, it's very calm to ride. It's nothing like what I've had before in MotoGP" - Exclusive interview with Jack Miller at the private Jerez MotoGP test...

The final 2017 MotoGP rider line-up, following the announcement that Karel Abraham will return to MotoGP with the Aspar team...

"You can't compare Valentino's situation with Honda, to Jorge's position with Yamaha; we are allowing him to do the two days at the Valencia test. We think it's reasonable" - Lin Jarvis, Yamaha.

MotoGP to trial technology that allows teams to send 'text messages' to their riders when out on track.

Preliminary discussions have been held over the viability of sending messages to riders' dashboards during a race; riders split on whether it's help or hindrance.

Sky VR46 team boss Pablo Nieto tells Crash.net the team were forced to suspend Romano Fenati after the Italian received several warnings for his behaviour.

"The problem is there are only 30-35 riders on the grid. If there were 2-3,000 it'd be Indian riders 1st-2nd-3rd!"

Should the Sachsenring's Waterfall corner be modified and are MotoGP top speeds too high?

Winning - by any means possible...

The riders who brought real changes to motorcycle grand prix racing.

A wide ranging interview with Repsol Honda team principal Livio Suppo, whose star rider Marc Marquez leads the MotoGP standings by 48 points.

"We are quite proud that it was a difficult decision for Maverick" - Davide Brivio, Suzuki.

'There have been lots of technical rule changes but three are milestones that have shaped how the bikes perform.'

"It's not Formula One, but for sure now if we can have direct communication with the pit box it can be a lot more easy" - Valentino Rossi.

"In the end everybody was looking at the performance, not at the safety" - Davide Tardozzi, Ducati.

"Eugene is not someone who just relies on natural ability. He's almost like a computer. He rides on facts and figures" - Michael Laverty.

Guest blog by Graeme Warring, developer of the MotoGP Championship Quest app...

"So the question is do you want to be fast, or do you want to keep your position?" - Jarno Zaffelli on 'new' Turn 15 at Sepang.

"I want Chaz to keep his Ducati deal, and put him in Pramac. Why not? But the likelihood of it happening is very very unlikely" - Cal Crutchlow.

"We cannot accept that an incident without any serious consequences is taken as a pretext to try and bring a halt to development in a field which Ducati began before anyone else, in full compliance with existing regulations, and which as a result has given us an advantage over some of our competitors" - Gigi Dall'Igna, Ducati.

"It would not be fair to ban winglets with immediate application, [unless] on safety grounds"

Wings are sprouting on bikes across the MotoGP grid... but do they really work in the two-wheel world? We take a technical look at the pros and cons.