MotoGP Features
In-depth MotoGP features and MotoGP exclusive articles from Crash.
MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix: What we learned in Friday practice
Jorge Martin is gritting his teeth to try and keep his MotoGP title hopes alive. But Friday at the 2026 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix has firmly put Marc Marquez in a prime position to extend his championship lead to such a degree that Martin’s efforts will be all for nothing…
Why Jorge Martin’s injury is the least of his worries in Marc Marquez title battle
Marc Marquez emerges from a bittersweet Australian Grand Prix with his biggest championship lead to date, as well as an opponent in Jorge Martin who may not race this weekend in Malaysia due to injury. While Martin’s injury woes are a problem, his title hopes have been dealt a deeper blow he will find hard to recover from…
Valentino Rossi vs Marc Marquez at Sepang 2015: MotoGP's craziest weekend
It began in a cloud of haze and ended with two of MotoGP’s all-time greats at ‘war’. Buckle up for deep dive into the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Sepang 2015: The sad reality still haunting Valentino Rossi from MotoGP’s biggest fallout
Saturday 25 October 2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of the infamous clash at Sepang between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. It is a moment that continues to reverberate throughout MotoGP. Marquez and Rossi’s paths have gone in wildly different directions since, but the real tragedy of that day haunts the latter the most…
MotoGP Australian Grand Prix: What we learned in Friday practice
The MotoGP title fight heads to Phillip Island for the final time. As poor weather looms over the Australian Grand Prix, Aprilia and Marc Marquez look poised once more to do battle. Here’s everything we learned from Friday practice…
MotoGP 2027: The big rider market winners and losers
The 2027 MotoGP grid is finally set, with a number of high-profile names moving brands, while existing race winners leave the championship altogether and new faces step up. But who walks away from the rider market merry-go-round as a big winner, and who has lost out…
The complete 2027 MotoGP rider line-up
All team line-ups have now been confirmed for the 2027 MotoGP World Championship, the debut season of 850cc engines and Pirelli tyres.
Marc Marquez taught Jorge Martin a harsh lesson at the Indonesian GP
Marc Marquez has come through his worst track on the MotoGP calendar without losing any points to Jorge Martin in the championship standings. On a weekend that Aprilia dominated, Martin learnt a tough lesson on what a title battle with Marquez actually means…
MotoGP Indonesia: What we learned after Friday practice at Mandalika
Aprilia has made a flying start to the Indonesian Grand Prix weekend, but it faces a potential double headache from one of its own and from Marc Marquez. Here’s everything we learned from Friday practice at the Indonesian Grand Prix…
MotoGP’s F1-fuelled identity crisis is getting worse amid sprint qualifying outcry
Opinion: MotoGP’s new weekend format has gone down poorly among fans and a lot of the riders, following its announcement this week. While there are many issues that arise in its wake, one of the biggest is the glaring identity crisis the championship is suffering as it tries too hard to ape its four-wheel sister series F1…
Why Marc Marquez was right to shun MotoGP’s kart race in Japan
Opinion: Marc Marquez turned some heads with his ‘stunt double’ for a pre-race kart event on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix. His absence copped him a slap on the wrist from the championship. But his reasoning for doing so was sound, while also hinting at just how much pressure the 2026 title battle is beginning to place on him…
MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix: What we learned from Friday practice
The races are coming thick and fast now to the end of the season, with the Japanese Grand Prix representing a crucial round for Ducati and Marc Marquez in their title ambitions. After Friday practice, Alex Marquez led the way. Here’s everything we learned…
Marc Marquez returns to scene of his greatest triumph facing make-or-break race
Marc Marquez returns to Motegi almost exactly a year on from his seventh MotoGP title success, in the wake of the most difficult period of his career. Buoyed by the memory of that day, his Japanese Grand Prix in 2026 has an altogether different feeling about it, as his title hopes face an important test, argues Lewis Duncan…
Why Marc Marquez is right to consider Pedro Acosta a real MotoGP title threat
After 56 MotoGP races, Pedro Acosta is finally a winner, having taking a maiden triumph at the Austrian Grand Prix. It’s a result that closes the circle for KTM and Acosta, as he prepares for his exit to Ducati next year. But more than once in Austria Marc Marquez considered his future team-mate a title rival in 2026. And there’s good reason to listen to him…
The ace card Pedro Acosta holds as his best MotoGP win chance looms
Pedro Acosta was comfortably quicker than the field across both MotoGP practice sessions on Friday at the Austrian Grand Prix. It feels like he is on course for his best chance yet at a maiden victory. While there is a clear riding advantage, Acosta can also take profit of something his main rivals can’t come Sunday…
Misano exposed the one Aprilia MotoGP weakness it can do nothing about
Aprilia should have won at least one of the races staged at the San Marino Grand Prix last weekend. Instead, it had to watch Marc Marquez sweep another round and vault to the top of the standings. While Jorge Martin’s woes were out of its control, Marco Bezzecchi’s collapse in the main race highlighted the major weakness Aprilia engineers won’t be able to account for…
How Marc Marquez can deny Aprilia home MotoGP success at Misano
The opening day of the San Marino Grand Prix has laid out an enthralling duel between Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi. Aprilia holds the upper hand at the Misano circuit, but Ducati isn’t far behind. Marquez has a chance to win at Misano, but he won’t do so by trying to beat Aprilia at its own game…
KTM MotoGP riders to regain 500rpm at Misano?
Pol Espargaro explains why restoring 500rpm would help KTM’s MotoGP acceleration, gearing and corner performance rather than simply improving top speed.
Marc Marquez wasn’t MotoGP’s biggest winner at the Aragon Grand Prix
Marc Marquez delivered on what was expected of him at his beloved Aragon last weekend, as he narrows his deficit in the championship standings. While it was a hugely significant result, arguably the biggest winner in the Spanish desert last weekend was Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi…
The signs that suggest Marc Marquez holds critical Aragon MotoGP advantage
Marc Marquez hadn’t been beaten to the top of an Aragon Grand Prix session as a Ducati rider until Friday at the 2026 event. Despite this, pace analysis shows he holds an advantage ahead of a critical weekend in the destiny of his world title battle…
Interview: What you’ve forgotten about MotoGP’s underrated champion
Exclusive interview: Joan Mir has endured some lean years since winning an unlikely world championship in 2020. Now off to pasture new in 2027 with the Gresini MotoGP team, he goes with only one goal in his mind - and that’s not to prove anything to anyone but himself…
Andrea Iannone on the “big fight” behind historic Ducati MotoGP win
Andrea Iannone and Marco Rigamonti chose a soft rear tyre just minutes before Ducati’s breakthrough 2016 MotoGP victory.
Exclusive: Fabio Quartararo talks Yamaha exit and Honda move
Exclusive interview: Fabio Quartararo spoke to Crash.net at the British Grand Prix about his highly anticipated move to Honda, his struggles to remain motivated at Yamaha, and why stepping away is a gamble worth taking…
The worrying MotoGP trend beginning to show for Ducati after Silverstone
The 2026 MotoGP season resumed with the British Grand Prix, and Aprilia delivered on the pre-weekend promise of a clean sweep of pole, sprint victory and main race win. It did so as Ducati experienced one of its worst showings of the season, opening up the title battle in a way that should concern the brand…