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A four-gone conclusion? Maybe so, but let’s hand out the MGPNews Qatari awards. The Magic Carpet Award As we all know before the pro-oil Hummer SUV arrived to grace Qatar the main form of transport around the nation’s building sites was the magic carpet. Cheap, silent and with zero-emissions the rugs of the sky…
Ooh la la! With the recent splendid news that the French GP will remain on the MotoGP calendar for another five years we at MGPNews are honouring our allium-scented chums with our list of six Le Mans facts you probably didn’t know. Henri’s Gate The original Le Mans circuit was over 100 miles long…
The awards for the Grand Prix of the Americas are now in Smoked Meats Award Texans love barbequed meat. Those following the Lone Star pride fondly refer to steak as ‘the thinking man’s salad’ as the locals worship brisket like it’s the second coming of the Alamo. Meanwhile vegans go hungry. And rightly so….
Reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlıosdafsğlu has apparently put pistachio to parchment and signed for Honda MotoGP for the 2026 season. The move appears to be in response to the current state of World Superbikes where earlier in the Month the Turkish BMW rider bemoaned Ducati’s unfair dominance in the series so has switched to…
Miguel Oliveira, Portugal’s MotoGP star, is the unluckiest dude on two wheels. He may have skills—wins, podiums—but fate’s got a personal grudge leading to him being a magnet for hilarious disaster. Because of this we at MGPNews thought it would be an excellent idea to catch up with the diary entries of Miguel to find…
The awards for Agentinian GP are now in: The Tango Award The tango is a sultry, dramatic dance with enough hip action to put Jorge Martin back out of action for another two months. Originating from Argentina, it’s the perfect mix of passion and domestic violence set to music, where every sensual move screams, “I…
Before the season started the hen-pecked Italian Pecco Bagnaia comically put forward a scientific explanation to why he is usually a bit rubbish in the sprint races – a fact that technically lost him the championship last year. The tipsy driving Italian rubbished the common belief that his substandard Saturday races were because he couldn’t…
After the catastrophic results of the weekend Italy declared a week of official mourning. As the country struggled to come to terms with what had been witnessed many villages paraded effigies of Lady Madonna through the streets with the Antichrist and his younger slightly more rubbish brother depicted as cruelly mocking her. Even the Vatican…
Last month in Sepang Aprilia went on the offensive blaming Michelin for the crash that saw their prized asset Jorge Martin shipped off to A&E. Technically the Italian scooter manufacturer didn’t accuse the tyres directly, instead they went into ‘politician mode’ stating that Martin’s bone-splintering tarmac tussle wasn’t his fault or the bike. The French…
Pre-season testing doesn’t really mean anything. But let’s pretend it does! Winners Fabio Quartararararo After some impressive results in the ‘rubbish bikes and noobs’ shakedown test last month we were all expecting Fabio to turn up in Sepang and receive a reality punch right in his beret. But instead he continued his great form despite…