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

Valencia MotoGP: Vinales: 2020 Yamaha a mistake, spotted problems from Sepang
After pinballing up and down the MotoGP results all year, Maverick Vinales is now in no doubt that "we made a mistake" when selecting the 2020 Factory-spec Yamaha: "Last year's bike was more competitive in all the tracks, not only a few."

Mir puts one hand on MotoGP title: European MotoGP Winners & Losers
Winner Joan Mir & Suzuki

European MotoGP: Yamaha 'we did not switch valves', Marquez 'penalty ridiculous'
Yamaha's penalty for breaching the MotoGP engine homologation rules has been a hot topic among their rivals at Valencia. The factory lost constructors' and teams' points for the engines used at the opening Jerez round - p

Can Mir become MotoGP's first champion without a win?
With three rounds remaining, Suzuki's Joan Mir holds a 14-point lead at the head of the MotoGP World Championship standings.

Is Marc Marquez’s absence the reason for MotoGP’s wild year?
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez has been out of action since breaking his arm in the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix and there are now doubts about whether he will even return this season.

Yellow flag clampdown causes further controversy at Aragon MotoGP
MotoGP's clampdown on riders improving their lap time while passing yellow flags caused further controversy in qualifying at Aragon last weekend.

Miller: 'Pretty cool' if Mir takes MotoGP title without a win
Eight different riders have won MotoGP races so far this season but world championship leader Joan Mir isn't one of them.

No wins, no problem for Joan Mir: Aragon MotoGP Winners & Losers
Suzuki shines in Spain as Alex Rins scores its first win in more than 12 months and Joan Mir - despite being win-less in MotoGP - leads the standings with four races to go

Petrucci thrills, Rossi spills, Suzuki chills: French MotoGP Winners & Losers
The French MotoGP throws the formbook out of the window (again) as Danilo Petrucci makes it seven winners in nine 2020 MotoGP races... so who were the big winners and losers?

Pedrosa: Marquez is one rider, still two others on podium…
The aftermath of reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez's broken arm has been a season of six different race winners (four of them first-time winners) and 13 podium finishers during the eight rounds so far.

MotoGP 2020 engine list so far: Used, Withdrawn...
The following table summarises the engine situation for each MotoGP rider, after eight of 14 rounds.

The 2021 MotoGP rider line-up is almost complete... so who goes where?
The 2021 MotoGP grid is almost complete following a brace of Ducati announcements; Several big movers ensure that while 2020 may not be over yet, we're very ready for 2021

Aprilia thanks MotoGP rivals for piston change permission
Among the measures taken by the MotoGP manufacturers in the wake of the Covid pandemic was a cost-cutting technical freeze on engine and aerodynamic development. Having only rolled out its brand-new RS-GP in January and e

Quartararo on the up, Dovi down and out - Catalunya MotoGP Winners & Losers
Is the 2020 MotoGP World Championship finally beginning to take shape after Fabio Quartararo wins and Andrea Dovizioso has a shocker... but who were the other winners and losers from the Catalunya MotoGP?

Catalunya MotoGP: Morbidelli: I had a phone call, it was Spike Lee
Franco Morbidelli's inspiring message on his special Misano MotoGP helmet design resulted in a phone call from none other than film director Spike Lee.

Catalunya MotoGP: Marc Marquez talks recovery, 'strange' season, Portimao 'hope'
The Repsol Honda team has released the following Q&A with injured six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, in which the Spanish star provides an update on his healing arm fracture and gives his thoughts on the 2020 season to date, responds to those that say the Honda 'is made only for

Rossi: No VR46 MotoGP team in 2021, 'have to understand' for 2022
Valentino Rossi isn’t ruling out a MotoGP move for his VR46 team but said it won't happen for 2021, when the focus is on trying to secure the Avintia Ducati place for his brother Luca Marini.

Winners & Losers: Rossi's pupils become the masters at Misano
The San Marino MotoGP proves wholly unpredictable once again but who emerged from the first Misano race as our big winner and who were the big losers?

'Old school' Valentino Rossi would welcome radios in MotoGP
Valentino Rossi may be a self-confessed 'old-school' rider but he would welcome the introduction of rider radios in MotoGP.

Stoner: Difficult to call 2020 MotoGP season a 'world championship'
While the 2020 MotoGP season has been 'fantastic' to date, Casey Stoner feels that calling it a world championship is 'difficult'.

MotoGP: Vinales' brakes: Brembo gives suggestions, but teams decide
Maverick Vinales' brake failure in the Styrian MotoGP race was down to 'an incorrect choice of brake specification despite Brembo's clear suggestions'.

MotoGP heart rate: 'Vinales has bigger stroke, less rpm!' - Miller
Ever since MotoGP's TV graphics began broadcasting some live heart-rate data in 2019, Maverick Vinales has been significantly lower than the other riders.

Concessions: KTM can develop its MotoGP engine until 2021
With three MotoGP podiums - including two victories - already this season, plus a further rostrum at Valencia 2018, KTM has now sailed past the threshold of 6 Concession points.

Crutchlow: 'If I didn't love it, I wouldn't still be here'
With just seven points from the opening five rounds, Cal Crutchlow had little reward for racing throughout his recovery from a fractured left wrist at the MotoGP season opener.