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

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.

RIDER RATINGS: 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 - Exclusive
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.

Joan Mir ‘didn't speak with Yamaha, believes it can work with Honda’ - Exclusive
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 - Exclusive
Jack Miller and KTM both came into the 2023 MotoGP season with plenty to prove.

Miller: Pecco’s era, but title not under Ducati’s control - Exclusive
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.

RIDER RATINGS: 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.

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” - Exclusive
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.

Brad Binder: Blessing to have a fast team-mate - and Jack’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 - Brad Binder: 'Wow, this thing's an animal!' How KTM turned it around
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.”

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.

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 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?

RIDER RATINGS: Bagnaia and 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

RIDER RATINGS: 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.

RIDER RATINGS: Full marks for one rider but plenty of shocks
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the rider ratings following a dominant win for Francesco Bagnaia at the Italian MotoGP.

'Redefining tyre performance key to future MotoGP speeds'
By the end of this year, the MotoGP manufacturers and Dorna are expected to have agreed on the future technical rules for the 2027-2031 contract cycle.

Is the Marc Marquez of old back? Why Honda can’t lose him
Marc Marquez may have ended the French MotoGP in the gravel trap, however, the eight-time world champion put his rivals on red alert after another impressive showing aboard a Honda that’s clearly lacking performance.

Sprints have saved Bagnaia, but Bezzecchi clear on Sundays
Five rounds into the 2023 MotoGP season and reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia is leading the standings despite having scored just 94 out of a possible 185 points.