MotoGP Features
In-depth MotoGP features and MotoGP exclusive articles from Crash.

Should the Barcelona MotoGP start be moved after Catalunya carnage?
For the second time in as many seasons, the first corner of the Catalunya MotoGP round saw a multi-rider pile-up.

Catalunya MotoGP Rider Ratings: One perfect rider but Enea Bastianini and one other score 2.5
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the Catalunya MotoGP rider ratings after Aleix Espargaro claimed victory.

MotoGP: The questions left unanswered by Marco Bezzecchi’s decision
Marco Bezzecchi will remain with the Mooney VR46 team next season, meaning the Italian decided against a full factory Ducati MotoGP bike.

Two Ducati MotoGP seats are available in 2024, so the race is on...
With one Pramac Ducati seat available and another expected to open up at Gresini, we have put together a list of contenders to join the Italian manufacturer for the 2024 MotoGP season.

Austrian MotoGP Rider Ratings: Francesco Bagnaia the star performer but who disappointed in Austria?
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the rider ratings following the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring.

Jack Miller: ‘Fantastic’ if KTM sign a big name like Marc Marquez - we’ve made this bike desirable
Jack Miller feels the signing of rising star Pedro Acosta plus ongoing speculation over Marc Marquez is a compliment to KTM's work in making the RC16 one of the most desirable bikes on the MotoGP grid.

MotoGP: Joan Mir ‘didn't speak with Yamaha, still believes it can work with Honda’
Joan Mir feels former team-mate Alex Rins’ switch to the factory Yamaha team ‘will probably be good for him’ but insists he still believes in Honda’s MotoGP project.

Jack Miller: ‘Pretty cool’ to silence some critics, ‘now or never’ to join KTM in MotoGP
Jack Miller and KTM both came into the 2023 MotoGP season with plenty to prove.

Jack Miller: Pecco Bagnaia’s era, but 2023 MotoGP title not under Ducati’s control
MotoGP is in a very different era to when Jack Miller joined the premier class in 2015, with three new champions in the past three seasons and a grid that’s closer than ever.

MotoGP Rider Ratings Silverstone: One 10/10 grade as several riders impacted by collisions
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the rider ratings for the British MotoGP at Silverstone.

MotoGP: Marc Marquez or Pedro Acosta - who would have more success at KTM?
After rumours linking six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez with a switch to KTM, we analyse whether the Repsol Honda rider could do better than the Austrian manufacturer’s incoming hotshot Pedro Acosta.

Michelin: “This is the direction MotoGP should go…”
In a recent issue of the Crash.net MotoGP podcast, Scott Smart made the argument that the concept of tyre ‘performance’ needs to be redefined to help control MotoGP lap times.

Exclusive: Brad Binder: Blessing to have a fast MotoGP team-mate - and Jack Miller’s Ducati knowhow
Brad Binder is quick to credit new KTM MotoGP team-mate Jack Miller for helping confirm the direction needed for this year’s much improved RC16.

EXCLUSIVE - 'Best yet' Brad Binder: 'We have an amazing opportunity'
Brad Binder is feeling at his best in MotoGP, riding a KTM that has made ‘massive steps’: “We have an amazing opportunity right now and we need to seize it.”

MotoGP: Who are the riders that could replace Alex Rins at LCR Honda?
With speculation growing that Alex Rins could join Yamaha for the 2024 MotoGP season, here’s a list of riders that could replace him at Honda.

Sam Lowes: Acosta, Arbolino deserve MotoGP | ‘I can’t do that’ like Rins - Exclusive
Sam Lowes is sure that Marc VDS Moto2 team-mate Tony Arbolino will join Pedro Acosta in MotoGP, sooner or later.

Five MotoGP riders that have impressed and disappointed the most so far in 2023
The 2023 MotoGP season has reached its summer break with reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia in the driving seat, but who are the five riders that have impressed and disappointed the most?

MotoGP ‘all about qualifying now’, ‘like F1… big problem, boring’
Raul Fernandez and Aleix Espargaro fear downforce and dirty air prevents overtaking in MotoGP, leading to ‘boring’ races. Statistics show only one race win by a rider outside the top three after the opening lap.

Revealed: Alberto Puig's brutally honest reasons for Honda's fall from grace
While stressing that it didn’t happen overnight, Alberto Puig cites the Covid pandemic and Marc Marquez’s arm injuries as the main ‘coincidences’ behind Honda’s ‘downhill’ MotoGP fortunes.

"You don’t recognise yourself": Pol Espargaro makes "miracle recovery", 1.5cm shorter
When Pol Espargaro returns to MotoGP action, he will be 1.5cm shorter than before.

MotoGP Concessions for Honda, Yamaha ‘not discussed yet’
Could a change to MotoGP’s Concessions rules be in the pipeline to try and aid struggling Japanese factories, Honda and Yamaha?

Assen MotoGP Rider Ratings: Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi standout, but who suffered the worst grade?
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the rider ratings following a dramatic Dutch MotoGP at Assen

Sachsenring MotoGP Ratings: Jorge Martin gets 10/10 but which riders disappointed the most?
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the MotoGP rider ratings following an epic German Grand Prix which was one by Jorge Martin.

Mugello MotoGP Ratings: Francesco Bagnaia gets perfect grade but plenty given shock scores
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the rider ratings following a dominant win for Francesco Bagnaia at the Italian MotoGP.