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

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.

MotoGP title chase: Wide open with 9 races to go
With four different winners from the opening five races, and reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez ruled out of contention, the 2020 title race looks wide open.

Styrian MotoGP Winners & Losers - The Rise of the Underdogs
The Styrian MotoGP delivered its third first-time race winner in five races with Miguel Oliveira taking the spoils... but who else shone in the Austrian hills?

Styrian MotoGP: Yamaha: Why Vinales used 'standard' brakes
Valentino Rossi, Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli switched over to an evolution Brembo front braking system, after overheating problems at the opening Red Bull Ring MotoGP round.

Styria MotoGP, Austria: Yamaha withdraws engine request, 'can manage'
Yamaha has withdrawn its request to replace valves on its 2020 MotoGP engines, saying it was unable to provide the documents requested and now knows how to manage the situation for the remainder of the season.

Austrian MotoGP - The Winners and Losers
We won't be forgetting the 2020 Austrian MotoGP in a hurry... but who came away as the weekend's big winners and who lost out?

Austrian MotoGP: Rivals react to Dovizioso-Ducati split
Some of Andrea Dovizioso's MotoGP rivals were unsurprisingly asked for their opinions following Saturday's surprise news that the Italian has decided to end the uncertainty over his Ducati future by informing the factory that he will not continue at the team in 2021.

Austrian MotoGP Preview: KTM's time to shine, now or never for Ducati
We're still recovering from the Czech Republic MotoGP but we're now straight into the Austrian MotoGP, the newly victorious KTM's home venue...

KTM's Pit Beirer: 'We started in MotoGP with nothing'
Rookie Brad Binder made history for KTM with a stunning debut victory, from seventh on the grid, in last Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP.

Czech Republic MotoGP: The Winners & Losers
It's fair to say not even the most ambitious of scriptwriters could have plotted a more remarkable set of results in the Czech Republic MotoGP... but who in particular stood out and who was left scratching their heads?

Brno MotoGP: Will the 'Rossi-style' Yamaha work at Brno?
Valentino Rossi and his Monster Yamaha crew 'pushed hard' to go their own way with bike set-up, before ending the Italian's 17-race podium drought at Andalucia last weekend. Rossi had been caught in a Catch-22 situation heading in to round two.

Andalucia MotoGP: Who improved going back-to-back at Jerez?
What changed during MotoGP's first-ever back-to-back races at the same (Jerez) circuit?

Andalucia MotoGP - The winners... and the losers
Fabio Quartararo may have repeated victory but it was a different story for others in the Andalucia MotoGP - here are the winners and losers...

Andalucia MotoGP: Yamaha engine situation 'cause for concern'
Celebrations for Yamaha's first MotoGP 1-2-3 finish since Australia 2014 at Jerez on Sunday were tinged with concern at having already 'lost' three engines.

Jerez MotoGP: Ducati ride-height system helps 'attacking, defending'
While other manufacturers are now introducing their own holeshot devices for one-off use at the start of a MotoGP race, Ducati's ride-height system remains a step clear by also being operational on other parts of the track.

Morbidelli talks new MotoGP contract, 2020 goals, future team-mate…
On the eve of his return to a MotoGP bike during Official testing at Jerez on Wednesday, ahead of this weekend's Spanish season-opener, Franco Morbidelli spoke about his contract extension with Petronas Yamaha, goals for this season and the prospect of VR46 mentor Valentino Rossi being his future