MotoGP Features

In the wake of Marc Marquez's stunning performance at the British MotoGP, just hours after dislocating his left shoulder, we look at six other heroic feats throughout the years.

"This year is a little different because Cal is doing so well and Bradley doesn't have the same spec as Cal, but next year Pol and Bradley will have exactly the same spec" - Herve Poncharal.

"We still talk a lot about that frame, why we never tried it - especially when we go to Jerez and we're not close to that lap time I did there" - Nicky Hayden.

Marc Marquez has astonished audiences around the world with an audacious start to the 2013 MotoGP campaign. Here, we compare his rookie year to those stellar first time efforts from the past.

MotoGP rider manager Phil Baker answers 13 questions covering the recent Le Mans and Catalunya rounds of the 2012 season...

MotoGP rider manager Phil Baker answers 13 questions following the first round of the 2012 season in Qatar...

Massimo Meregalli expresses his thoughts on the 2011 MotoGP World Championship season - his first as team director with Yamaha.

Andrea Dovizioso opens up about his hopes for the 2011 MotoGP World Championship, as well as his opinion of the new - and seemingly much improved - Repsol Honda RC212V.

Casey Stoner chats about his hopes for the opening round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship, his opinions of a four-day race weekend and expands on his Repsol Honda's 'rebound' issues.

The top 10 closest MotoGP races.

Valentino Rossi's Ducati MotoGP debut compared with Nicky Hayden, Marco Melandri and Casey Stoner before him.

Jorge Lorenzo 1st in Crash.net's top 10 MotoGP riders of 2010.

Randy de Puniet 9th in Crash.net's top 10 MotoGP riders of 2010.

Marc Marquez reveals the changes made for riding in the wet.

In a follow-up to the previous feature on Masao Furusawa (see separate story), Hyacintha Bonafacia spoke to the Yamaha MotoGP boss about Valentino Rossi's decision to join Ducati, Furusawa's own retirement and more...

Valentino Rossi has cited the impending retirement of Masao Furusawa as one of the reasons behind his decision to leave Yamaha and switch to Ducati at the end of this season.

""Maybe I could win this championship with Vale on the track. We will never know" - Jorge Lorenzo.

"If we're slower than the rest, who cares? We've switched all the electronics off. Why hide a character trait that the rider needs to learn?" - Tom Jojic.

Yamaha, which has completed a clean sweep of Riders', Constructors' and Teams' MotoGP World Championships in 2009, gave its annual YZR-M1 technical presentation on Friday night at Valencia (see below for more pictures).

The 2006 Portuguese Grand Prix remains one of the most dramatic races of the MotoGP era.

A Crash.net feature in which Bridgestone's Tom Tremayne interviews a MotoGP rider at each of the remaining 2009 rounds. At Indianapolis, it's Alex de Angelis...

A Crash.net feature in which Bridgestone's Tom Tremayne interviews a MotoGP rider at each of the remaining 2009 rounds. At Brno, it's Mika Kallio...

With ten of 17 rounds gone, the 2009 MotoGP World Championship is currently enjoying its summer break before round eleven begins at Brno on August 16. Here are some stats from the season so far...

The British round of the MotoGP World Championship will take place at Silverstone for the first time since 1986 next season, on a revised track layout 'very different to the bike circuit of even twelve months ago'.