The Race MotoGP Podcast

Who is to blame for Brazilian MotoGP chaos?

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP's first Brazilian Grand Prix in 22 years was an absolute wild weekend - with a litany of dramas ranging from floods to a sinkhole on the main s...

Will MotoGP teams regret 2027 signings already?

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP’s 2027 rider market moved VERY early… and then the season-opener might’ve come as a shock to some teams banking on their new signings hav...

Are Ducati and Marc Marquez in trouble in their MotoGP 2026 title defence?

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Aprilia beat the brakes off MotoGP's usual dominant force Ducati in a fascinating 2026 season opener - so how worried should Ducati and star rider Mar...

Our 2026 MotoGP season predictions

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This might not be the most unpredictable season MotoGP has ever gone into, but there is very good reason to expect a much more open and intriguing 202...

Winners and losers from 2026 MotoGP testing

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP’s 2026 pre-season is over, so with the shakedown and two main tests complete and the season-opening Thai Grand Prix looming next weekend, who...

Our take on MotoGP's axing of Philip Island + Which riders might be squeezed off the 2027 grid?

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP is dropping one of its most iconic and beloved tracks as Phillip Island loses the Australian Grand Prix to the Adelaide street track. But is it...

Is Ducati about to make a huge mistake and more of your rider market questions

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is Ducati taking a huge risk in potentially putting Pedro Acosta alongside Marc Marquez for 2027, especially when it still has Fermin Aldeguer on its ...

Alex Marquez and Ducati shine at Sepang - but has Bagnaia accepted 2027 exit?

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP 2026 roared into life with the three-day pre-season test at Sepang, set against the backdrop of more and more dramatics on the rider market.The...

MotoGP's mad start to 2026

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The first days of 2026 MotoGP testing have been dominated by talk of who's going where for 2027. There's a LOT for Val Khorounzhiy, Simon Patterson an...

Ducati’s 2026 MotoGP bike details and big Marquez admission

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A pleasing but not-that-different MotoGP 2026 livery took centre stage in Ducati’s launch event ahead of its latest title defence - but there was a ...

What we’ve learned from the first days of MotoGP’s ‘launch season’

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP is another step closer to the start of its 2026 campaign with the start of the ‘launch season’, with team presentation events held by Yamah...

MotoGP 2026 line-ups ranked from worst to best

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The 2026 MotoGP roster isn't all that different to how it looked last year - and the teams are all the same - but there's a lot of reason to feel diff...

Our Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our usual end-of-year tradition at The Race MotoGP Podcast continues in 2025, as we select our aggregate top 10 of the riders in the premier class thi...

What we’ve learned about a star MotoGP rookie’s adaptation and 2026 targets

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ahead of his MotoGP race debut in 2026, three-time World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu faces a weight of immediate expectation most rookies a...

Acosta to Ducati? And other early 2027 MotoGP rumblings

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 2027 rule changes mean MotoGP riders and teams are going to have to take massive early punts with their next deals.It’s kicking off already with...

Should Yamaha let Quartararo leave? Listener questions answered

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yamaha is embarking on a bold new chapter with its V4 engine - but how hard should it work to make sure Fabio Quartararo is part of that chapter?The R...

What we learned from day one of MotoGP 2026

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The traditional post-season MotoGP test at Valencia effectively kicked off the 2026 season, so Matt Beer has made an exhausted and hungry Simon Patter...

MotoGP 2025 ends with a big warning to Ducati

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez’s absence might make the end of the 2025 MotoGP season a deceptive picture, but Aprilia’s Valencia Grand Prix 1-2 and Ducati’s gene...

Can Acosta be a bigger 2026 threat to Marquez than Bezzecchi?

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Bezzecchi and Aprilia stole the show again in MotoGP, continuing their remarkable late-season run with an emphatic victory in the Portuguese Gra...

A major Ducati debut, plus five riders to watch as 2025 wraps up

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ducati's World Superbike star Nicolo Bulega is making his MotoGP debut in Portimão in relief of the injured Marc Marquez - and, even beyond him repla...

Free preview: Our take on 2015's infamous MotoGP flashpoint

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been reliving MotoGP’s extraordinary 2015 season all year long in The Race Members’ Club and have reached the big flashpoints - the trilog...

Moto3 crash overshadows Bagnaia and Marquez’s big weekends

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pecco Bagnaia’s yo-yo MotoGP 2025 season was back on the up at the Malaysian Grand Prix - at least until a puncture intervened - while Alex Marquez ...

What Aprilia’s surge means for MotoGP 2026

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ducati had its worst MotoGP race since 2021 in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, while Aprilia dominated the whole weekend - with works rider Marco Be...

MotoGP without Marc Marquez - who'll benefit most?

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Marc Marquez sidelined for at least the next two grands prix, the rest of the 2025 MotoGP field heads to the Australian Grand Prix with a much cl...

Ducati's new crisis: Marquez injury and fresh Bagnaia row

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A week after Marc Marquez clinched the title and Pecco Bagnaia emphatically returned to form, everything went horribly wrong for the works Ducati Moto...

Marquez’s title but Bagnaia has the real big weekend

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While Marc Marquez clinched a very early and emotional 2025 MotoGP title at Motegi, it was his Ducati team-mate Pecco Bagnaia who actually dominated t...

Ducati’s new 2026 MotoGP hierarchy

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Alex Marquez gets upgraded to the same Ducati spec as brother Marc for the 2026 MotoGP season, The Race MotoGP Podcast delves into Ducati’s hiera...

Marquez's main 2026 threat? Bezzecchi's big weekend

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Bezzecchi didn’t quite win the San Marino Grand Prix, but across the Misano weekend he made life much harder for Marc Marquez than the runaway...

Bagnaia’s woeful new 2025 low raises huge questions

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez finally lost a MotoGP race for the first time in three months at Barcelona, but it was his brother Alex who beat him rather than his doub...

MotoGP 2026 line-up set - so how about 2027?

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The final pieces of MotoGP’s 2026 rider line-up have fallen into place, even if those last deals haven’t yet been announced.Is Miguel Oliveira’s...

Is Ducati too dependent on Marquez?

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A (contentious) new venue for MotoGP but exactly the same result, as Marc Marquez continued his dominant streak at Balaton Park.But with team-mate Pec...

Marquez's Austrian GP domination and Bagnaia's position at Ducati

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Pecco Bagnaia's latest MotoGP 2025 collapse - along with his post-race suggestion he is "running out of patience" - a sign his position in the fact...

Steiner to MotoGP + Our rest of 2025 wishlist

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As MotoGP 2025 prepares to resume from its summer break, the paddock looks poised to be joined by Formula 1 cult hero Guenther Steiner as his long-moo...

Five Marquez 'what ifs' that would've transformed MotoGP

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we asked for your questions about Marc Marquez in a competition to win a signed Insta360 Ace Pro 2 MM93 Edition camera, many of our absolute favo...

World Superbike special - Inside Razgatlioglu’s world

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s huge excitement over what World Superbike king Toprak Razgatlioglu will bring to MotoGP when he finally makes the move across in 2026 after ...

Marquez's Brno masterclass and Martin's surprisingly happy return

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez's fifth consecutive MotoGP weekend double has put him 120 points clear at the top of the standings - so how soon can he wrap up the title...

Sachsenring MotoGP mayhem explained

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez recorded a fourth consecutive sprint-grand prix double in MotoGP 2025 at the Sachsenring, to virtually nobody's surprise - but did he tak...

Yamaha and Honda’s slumps and 2026 rider changes

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Off-track, Honda and Yamaha are the key protagonists in the 2026 MotoGP rider market. On-track, they’ve both gone backwards again after their breakt...

Aprilia’s near-win and its Jorge Martin stand-off

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Use code 'THERACE' on this link to get the new Insta360 X5 action camera with a free Replacement Lens Kit: https://www.insta360.com/sal/x5?utm_term=TH...

Bagnaia's final hope extinguished? Mugello reviewed

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Use code 'THERACE' on this link to get the new Insta360 X5 action camera with a free Replacement Lens Kit: https://www.insta360.com/sal/x5?utm_term=TH...

BONUS: Scott Redding's career of might-have-beens

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s an extended preview of a bonus episode available in The Race Members’ Club on Patreon ahead of Mugello - an exclusive one-on-one with MotoG...

Our final verdict on the 2025 Isle of Man TT

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With another running of the Isle of Man TT complete, Megan White and Simon Patterson look back on all the action for a special edition of The Race’s...

Razgatlioglu's Yamaha move - all the repercussions

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s finally happening: after so many years of rumour and flirtation, the World Superbike Championship’s breakout superstar Toprak Razgatlioglu is...

Has Bagnaia really saved his MotoGP season?

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Use code 'THERACE' on this link to get the new Insta360 X5 action camera with a free Replacement Lens Kit: https://www.insta360.com/sal/x5?utm_term=TH...

How every MotoGP team should solve its 2026 rider market problem

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The MotoGP rider market was supposed to be pretty settled heading to 2026, but it’s actually gone crazy - and not just because of Jorge Martin’s a...

Martin's stunning Aprilia deal statement

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jorge Martin has officially communicated to the world that he expects to be a free agent at the end of the 2025 MotoGP season thanks to a clause in hi...

Quartararo's heartbreak, Aprilia's relief and a Ducati shocker

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Use code 'THERACE' on this link to get the new Insta360 X5 action camera with a free Replacement Lens Kit: https://www.insta360.com/sal/x5?utm_term=TH...

Bonus: How the big names prepare for the Isle of Man TT

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With excitement building ahead of this year’s Isle of Man TT, The Race’s Simon Patterson spoke to some of the event’s biggest names about their ...

Why is Bagnaia’s season going so badly?

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most people predicted that Marc Marquez’s arrival in the factory Ducati MotoGP team was going to be bad news for Pecco Bagnaia, but this bad?Ducati’...

New Martin bombshell + MotoGP’s mad French GP

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Use code 'THERACE' on this link to get the new Insta360 X5 action camera with a free Replacement Lens Kit: https://www.insta360.com/sal/x5?utm_term=TH...

Free preview: Looking ahead to the Isle of Man TT

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy a free preview of the first episode of our mini series on the Isle of Man TT, available exclusively to members on Patreon.With a month to go unt...

What's so unique about Quartararo's MotoGP situation

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Fabio Quartararo the first truly elite MotoGP rider to be trapped in the series' midfield for as long as he has been?Host Valentin Khorounzhiy disc...

The problems even Ducati has to solve

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ducati’s 100% win rate in the 2025 MotoGP world championship masks the fact it’s not actually ever managed to race its full 2025 bike spec, its su...

Could Marc Marquez blow the MotoGP title?

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez has won three of the 2025 MotoGP season’s grands prix so far but crashed out of the other two - and that means he’s once again lost t...

The biggest question facing every MotoGP manufacturer right now

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ahead of the European leg of the 2025 MotoGP season kicking off at Jerez, what is the biggest question facing every manufacturer?Megan White and Valen...

BONUS: Qatar GP rider rankings Q&A special

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's no MotoGP race this weekend, so as a bonus we thought we'd share Val's Qatar GP rider rankings Q&A, which is usually members-only content....

Vinales and KTM's Qatar GP dream dashed while Martin gets hurt again

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A frenzied Qatar Grand Prix weekend is discussed on the latest edition of The Race MotoGP Podcast, with Maverick Vinales stealing the spotlight away f...

New Razgatlioglu MotoGP intrigue + Martin's return

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

World Superbike Championship superstar Toprak Razgatlioglu is being linked to MotoGP yet again - but this time with a twist.Simon Patterson, Val Khoro...

Marquez's bizarre MotoGP controversy explained

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez’s 2025 MotoGP winning streak ended with a crash from the lead at Austin, but that wasn’t actually the most attention-grabbing part of...

Who’s in most trouble in MotoGP 2025 so far?

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two rounds into the 2025 MotoGP season and it’s a great year to be a Marquez. Almost everyone else has work to do.But who’s in most trouble?That’...

Marquez vs Marquez for the 2025 MotoGP title?

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez declared his brother Alex to be his main 2025 MotoGP title rival after their battle for victory in the Argentine Grand Prix.Was he gettin...

The massive MotoGP change coming for 2027

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP’s 2027 rules reset has become even more seismic with the news the substantial technical regulation changes will coincide with Pirelli ousting...

How ominous was Marquez's Thai dominance?

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It wasn’t just Marc Marquez dominating the 2025 MotoGP season-opener - it was the Marquez family, as his brother Alex not only backed him up in qual...

Martin's new injury and KTM's huge vote

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Race MotoGP Podcast (part-)convenes for an emergency episode in the lead-up to the 2025 season opener in Thailand.Valentin Khorounzhiy and Simon P...

Our MotoGP 2025 Top 10 predictions

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the massive grid shake-up and a wild winter of injuries and financial catastrophes, MotoGP enters its 2025 season this weekend with a lot of unk...

Why Ducati's dropped its 2025 MotoGP bike after testing

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ducati ended the 2025 MotoGP pre-season by going back to its 2024 engine and chassis - permanently in one case, probably temporarily in the other.But ...

Yamaha vs Ducati? Our MotoGP test one verdict

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yamaha was the big winner of the first full MotoGP test of 2025, with genuine evidence of a breakthrough over the winter and Fabio Quartararo looking ...

Martin out! MotoGP 2025's brutal start

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Three riders are out injured after only one day of MotoGP 2025 pre-season testing proper, headlined by world champion Jorge Martin.Simon Patterson joi...

Why Yamaha looks poised to leave Honda behind

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP’s fallen/recovering giants Yamaha and Honda held back to back 2025 season launch events in the final days before pre-season testing begins in...

Crisis-hit KTM's bullish start to 2025

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At a time when you might’ve thought it would want to avoid too much questioning given its parent company’s financial crisis, KTM boldly made its e...

Changes at KTM - but could Rossi make a play for Acosta?

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As KTM prepares to launch its 2025 MotoGP campaign under the cloud of insolvency, is a series legend trying to lure away the Austrian firm’s greates...

Introducing... MotoGP 2015 Revisited

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re winding the clock back to the epic and hugely contentious 2015 MotoGP season in a series of mini-podcasts exclusively for The Race Members’ ...

Ducati launch: Inside Marquez and Bagnaia's debut as team-mates

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Patterson reports from a pause in the four days of festivities, multiple unveilings and ski races that kicks off Ducati’s 2025 MotoGP season t...

Martin's debut in Aprilia colours as MotoGP launch season kicks off

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Race MotoGP Podcast's coverage of the 2025 launch season begins with a two-for-one special, covering the presentations of Aprilia and its satellit...

Our bold 2025 predictions

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Race MotoGP Podcast has a reputation for making bold predictions, and a record that varies between getting them spookily spot on and wildly way of...

Latest on KTM crisis

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP starts 2025 with huge uncertainty surrounding how long one of its most important manufacturers will be on its grid at all, as more details of K...

Everything we got right (and wrong) about MotoGP 2024

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Race MotoGP Podcast is always fond of a predictions episode and in 2024 we did quite a few. But this year we're holding ourselves to account and r...

Exclusive interviews with all the Honda and Yamaha riders

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Honda and Yamaha used to monopolise the MotoGP title fights. Now they’re mocked as having their own ‘Japanese Cup’ at the back of the field, as ...

Exclusive interviews: Life with Marc Marquez + Espargaro’s farewell

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During the winter The Race MotoGP Podcast is bringing you a host of exclusive interviews with key riders across the main show and MotoGP Extra in The ...

What KTM crisis means for MotoGP

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can KTM's MotoGP programme continue when its parent company is in a financial crisis headlined by €3billion of debts?Special guest Markus Zoerwe...

We debate the top 10 MotoGP riders of 2024

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranking the top 10 riders of the wild 2024 MotoGP season was not easy - and there's plenty of disagreement about it on The Race MotoGP Podcast.It's a ...

What we learned from day one of MotoGP 2025

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 2025 MotoGP season effectively began two days after 2024 finished, with everyone back on track for the Barcelona test - and 12 riders having their...

So satellite riders CAN win MotoGP championships

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Despite Simon Patterson's years of predictions on The Race MotoGP Podcast that satellite riders can't win championships, Jorge Martin has done just th...

We predict the MotoGP title showdown outcome

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is a satellite rider about to win the MotoGP world championship (and prove The Race MotoGP Podcast's Simon Patterson very wrong)?It's advantage Jorge ...

MotoGP title rivals' crazed Sepang duel explained

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP title rivals Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia treated us to some of the most extraordinary wheel to wheel racing of the 2024 season in the Malays...

How Martin and Bagnaia are handling crazy title fight pressure

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 2024 MotoGP title fight packed so many more twists into the Thai Grand Prix weekend even though it ended with Pecco Bagnaia only three points clos...

Marquez's improbable win and Martin's growing lead - Australia analysed

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jorge Martin has 20 points in hand over MotoGP title rival Pecco Bagnaia with three rounds to go in 2024 - but will he regret the five points Marc Mar...

The radical efforts to topple Ducati

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Ducati dominates not just the 2024 MotoGP season but inevitably also discussion on The Race MotoGP Podcast, we banned ourselves from talking about ...

Acosta's errors and Ducati GP23 'downgrade' - Japan review

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pecco Bagnaia put on a clinic in MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi - but was he the only real winner on a particularly drab Sunday of premier-cla...

What are Martin and Bagnaia doing? Mandalika reviewed

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The latest swings in the 2024 title fight give The Race MotoGP Podcast panel Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer plenty to debate and puzzl...

Last lap controversy and Bagnaia's disaster

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Jorge Martin barged aside for the race win on the final lap and Pecco Bagnaia crashing out, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix wasn't a great one for ...

The early signs of what MotoGP will be like in 2025

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

MotoGP's 2024 title fight is still raging on, but its 2025 season is beginning to take shape in the background - with several important developments o...

What was Jorge Martin thinking?

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Will Jorge Martin's disastrous pit decision in the San Marino Grand Prix prove decisive in the 2024 MotoGP world championship fight?At least one membe...

Our verdict on crazy Bagnaia shunt and Marquez's wins

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Marquez is finally a MotoGP race winner again, but his utter domination of the Aragon Grand Prix weekend was slightly overshadowed by his brother...

The non-Ducati stars of MotoGP 2024

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Ducati monopolising the wins and even the podium finishes so emphatically at present, The Race MotoGP Podcast throws the spotlight on the rest of...

Is nationality not talent deciding MotoGP's 2025 line-up?

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A less-than-thrilling Austrian Grand Prix meant plenty of interest in off-track MotoGP matters at the Red Bull Ring as the final pieces of the 2025 li...

A MotoGP exile on his surprise return

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh from returning to MotoGP as Yamaha's stand-in rider, Remy Gardner is our special guest on this week's episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.The 202...

Title fight twists + Poor British GP crowd

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just when some people thought it was all over and Pecco Bagnaia was going to cruise to the 2024 MotoGP world championship, the British Grand Prix rewr...

Our bold predictions for the rest of the MotoGP season

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Race MotoGP Podcast is always fond of a provocative prediction, so naturally with the season about to resume for its second half at the British Gr...

Who'll be squeezed off the MotoGP grid for 2025?

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the 2025 MotoGP rider market reaches its final stages, The Race MotoGP Podcast looks at who might be ousted from the field after 2024 and who's lik...