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The MotoGP Sepang Shakedown is a test aimed at the less interesting riders. Think of it as the kind of test that Ralf Schumacher would attend whilst his brother Michael stayed at home planning his next winter sports adventure holiday. The Shakedown gives us fans the first taste of MotoGP this year in a watered…
Monday morning Jan 20th. Instead of coffee brewing it was a fresh pot of outrage. BlueSky timelines were no longer about what people ate for breakfast but rather a 24/7 live feed of existential crises over Trump’s latest tweet. Safe spaces were popping up faster than vape shops, where you could go to escape the…
Friend of MGPNews Jorge ‘our boy’ Martin has made all MotoGP fans smile by deciding to race the number one plate on his Aprilia in 2025 before it’s handed back to Ducati at the end of the season. The Spaniard usually races with the number 89, which coincidentally is the number of times he punched…
We’re now at the most boring part of a MotoGP year…which given the 2024 season is quite a claim. Until testing finally happens in February all us fans can look forward to is seeing what minuscule design changes and new stickers each bike has for this season. But what if there was a way to…
Yamaha’s V4 appears The House of the Rising Beansprout has been suffering in MotoGP for quite some time. Once famed for their ingenuity, attention to detail and smooth faces the Japanese teams have been left behind and dishonoured of late leaving the great wave off Kanagawathe splashing over many mysterious three-quarter-human sized bags. For Yamaha…
Overrated F1 star Lewis Hamilton is said to have had ‘concrete discussions’ regarding investing in the KTM MotoGP team that’s rapidly heading to ‘the Third Reich’. Earlier in the year Hamilton, who doesn’t let anyone use his personal toilet as he’s scared of poo, was linked to buying into the Gresini Ducati team. Thankfully the…
Christmas is coming so we at MGPNews have intercepted some of your favourite rider’s letters to King Frog Santa for your entertainment. Dear King Frog Santa I’d like a different brother please. Preferably one that doesn’t keep showing me up. A.Marquez Well Alex this is a tricky one. After double checking Wikipedia it seems…
How do we know the MotoGP season is finally over? We start discussing the spray jobs on next season’s bikes as that’s the only thing of interest. In most cases it’s just a little tweak of the current livery so the lazy designers can claim their wages. However last season Trackhouse Racing performed an ‘anti-Yamaha’…
It gives us great pleasure to announce Johann Zarco as MGPNews’ 2024 rider of the year. The Frenchman had a stellar season that few saw coming – but how did he managed to sway our judges? Here’s the six top reasons Zarco won our most prestigious accolade. He’s French Being French immediately put Zarco…
Is KTM being flushed down the bog? Or can somebody roll up one sleeve and fish them back out of the U-bend like Ewan MacGregor in Trainspotting? Let’s investigate what’s going on with the Austrian brand. – What’s happened? The owners of KTM started acting like the people who buy their bikes. The management…