Mat Oxley

Gresini Racing's money man Carlo Merlini recalls the highs and lows experienced by MotoGP's top indie team, from winning 26 MotoGP races and four world titles in the smaller classes to losing Daijiro Kato, Marco Simoncelli and Fausto Gresini

MotoGP has always required self-sacrifice and always rewarded its fastest survivors with gold, glory and everything else. This interview with MotoGP’s biggest winner of all time paints a perfect picture of the risk and reward equation in racing’s golden age

Aprilia’s RS-GP has utterly dominated the start of 2026, so how did MotoGP’s smallest manufacturer get here and what does Ducati need to do to close the gap?

The current constructors' championship doesn’t make any sense because it only judges the performance of each manufacturer’s fastest rider, which entirely defeats the point

Ducati celebrates its centenary this year, but the company only started making motorcycles after Allied bombers destroyed its Borgo Panigale factory, which was manufacturing munitions for the German military

The reigning champ has had a tough start to his seventh title defence, so what’s the problem – the rider or his motorcycle?

MotoGP's manufacturers are currently at war with Liberty Media, the championship's new owners, so now is the time for the riders to unite and fight for their rights

A dangerous corner sequence at Balaton has yet to be fixed and there’s been talk of a MotoGP race at the Miami F1 venue – two more reasons for riders to unite for their own good

Last weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix was another reminder that some things in MotoGP need to change

Bitter MotoGP rivals Aprilia and Ducati continued their feud at Mugello, where Aprilia won its first Italian Grand Prix and took its fifth victory from the first seven races of 2026. So what’s the beef between the two Italian brands?