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

Could crashes be the decisive factor in tense MotoGP title fight?
What's causing the crashes that could decide the 2024 championship?

Where are Marc Marquez’s best chances of a first Ducati MotoGP win in 2024?
The eight-time world champion has 10 rounds left in 2024 to break his victory drought

Why Yamaha targeting a KTM outcast as a MotoGP test rider makes sense
Augusto Fernandez hasn’t had a great time as a racer in MotoGP, but a Yamaha test role would be a good fit for both parties

Fabio Quartararo provides intriguing update about upcoming Yamaha engine
Fabio Quartararo: “I'm pushing to have it as soon as possible... I would like to have it tomorrow"

Aleix Espargaro’s theory on Ducati’s Sprint-to-Sunday MotoGP leap
Aleix Espargaro: “So this is why in the Sprints we can be closer, this is why also in the qualifying we can be closer. But then…”

Why Fabio Di Giannantonio’s new MotoGP deal should serve as a cautionary tale
Fabio Di Giannantonio is proof that young MotoGP riders need to be given more time

How do you solve MotoGP’s “ridiculous” qualifying tow tactics problem?
MotoGP qualifying tactics came under fire at Silverstone, but can anything really be done?

What MotoGP must do now to cash in on Silverstone’s retro fever
The excitement around retro liveries is something tangible for Dorna to cash in on for future years

Ducati faced with major management headache after Silverstone battle
Enea Bastianini win adds to issues as Ducati reckon with decision to pick Marc Marquez

Aprilia’s British MotoGP pole position masks ongoing race deficiencies
Here are the five main talking point after the Silverstone race

Silverstone MotoGP Rider Ratings: Perfect Bastianini bolts into title contention
Crash.net runs through the rider ratings for the 2024 British MotoGP at Silverstone.

What are Jack Miller's remaining options in MotoGP?
Jack Miller is down to two options in MotoGP, but will he remain on the grid?

Aprilia carbon fibre MotoGP frame ‘still under development’ | 2027 GPS sharing ‘better for the spectacle’
Aprilia's carbon fibre MotoGP chassis "still under development" but not ready to be raced: “It's a completely different animal".

Every MotoGP rider ranked 1-10 for their season so far
Crash.net ranks every MotoGP rider out of ten at the mid-season stage.

No changes in MotoGP Concessions rank at summer break 'window'
All five MotoGP manufacturers will remain at their current Concessions rank for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Bagnaia, Acosta: ‘Towing makes MotoGP look like Moto3’, ‘The young guys will copy us’
“I don't like that MotoGP looks like Moto3, and this is a big problem for me.”

German MotoGP Rider Ratings: Best scores of the season for three riders...
Crash.net run through the rider ratings for the German MotoGP.

Dutch MotoGP Rider Ratings: Worrying scores for under-pressure riders
Crash.net run through the Dutch MotoGP rider ratings following another dominant display from Francesco Bagnaia.

Aprilia: 2023 is the ‘real’ Marco Bezzecchi
Massimo Rivola: ‘The real Bez is the one of last year and not that of this year… There are signs of talent that are unequivocal’

Five riders that could replace Marco Bezzechi at VR46 Ducati
Marco Bezzecchi has opened the door for someone to ride a Gp24 Ducati after signing for Aprilia.

Pol Espargaro: Pedro Acosta’s progression ‘insane’, throttle-brake ‘like Valentino in Yamaha’
‘The way he's rolling the throttle and catching the brake, I saw Valentino doing in Yamaha’

Why KTM chose ‘strong riders’ over ‘schooling project’ for MotoGP 2025
‘It was a clear decision to go for results and not for another schooling program, but also, honestly, I don't see that next guy ready [in Moto2]’.

Top 15 riders fast enough to win at Mugello last season
The top 15 riders at this year’s Italian MotoGP - including Yamaha’s Alex Rins - were fast enough to have won the 2023 race.

KTM: ‘Special’ Maverick Vinales can be ‘almost unbeatable’
Pit Beirer: "We all know Maverick can do miracles... We have to make sure we can get this feeling out of him many, many times."