Aprilia MotoGP launch today - will Bonora, Bezzecchi, Rivola, Martin and Sterlacchini have the best bike on the 2026 #MotoGP grid or will Ducati prevail again? Aero is Valencia tests spec. Expect something new when testing gets underway at Sepang in three weeks

New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! An hour plus of briliant questions - from our awesome Patreon supporters - and answers - from us. The usual twists, turns & tangents - from Toprak predictions to paddock sex scandals & from baggers to MotoGP data secrets oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

Ten years since Earth spun off its axis

"You take a bull, cut off its balls, then climb on its back." 2026 is the 25th anniversary of #MotoGP switching to big four-strokes! So what was the wildest - and coolest - motorcycle on the first 990 grid? " Step forward Aprilia's evil RS Cube 😎✊ www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

This will be the 25th season since #MotoGP switched to four-strokes. What was the wildest bike to line up on that historic 2002 grid? asks @matoxley.bsky.social go.motorsportmagazine.com/49...

New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast - this week it's #MotoGP riders versus #MotoGP journalists! Is it a dance or is it a battle? What are today's riders like to talk to? And what was it like in the old days, with Doohan, Schwantz etc, before PR people arrived? oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

One of MotoGP’s coolest superstars in one of the best interviews ever published. @matoxley.bsky.social revists a legendary Giacomo Agostini profile from racing’s golden age go.motorsportmagazine.com/3M...

And in the unlikely event of you not already having had enough of me... www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

The all-time record for #MotoGP world championship crashes has been, er, smashed. @matoxley.bsky.social on what's behind the 2025 crash stats for all 3 categories go.motorsportmagazine.com/3N...

The all-time #MotoGP crash record was smashed in 2025: 35 crashes at 22 rounds!😩And how come Moto2 riders are crashing 35% less than they used to? It's all here - so much pain but doesn't hurt to read it www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

It was nice reading, you explain things so clever that everyone can understand, not only on the book, every week on the blog too. Im reading it again!!

A new edition of MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography is now available for pre-order! The 1st edition sold out so quick that we decided to do a small 2nd edition print run, updated to the end of 2025 (1st edition ended at Motegi). Pre-order now for February delivery matoxley.bigcartel.com

The last Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast of 2025 🔥 Rating KTM, Aprilia & Ducati in the race for manufacturer glory: how come KTM never won a race, how did Aprilia's RS-GP get so good and what was wrong and right about Ducati's GP25? Apple, Spotify etc or... oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

CALLING ALL # MotoGP RIDERS - your job is to "race and skid and crash and then make love and drink wine" 🏍️💥💕🍷🎄🎅 www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

Christmas is officially here 🎅🎄because the 2025 edition of @Motocourse1 has arrived. And it's the awesome #MotoGP annual's 50th anniversary, which, coincidentally, exactly bookends my motorcycle-racing habit, from spotty 17-year-old to now 😎😎👊👊 www.iconpublishinglimited.com/products/mot...

Xmas Oxley Bom #MotoGP pod 🎅 Last 2 weeks we rated the riders' 2025 efforts. This week it's the manufacturers, starting at the bottom: Yamaha, Honda & some deep & meaningful chat about the mindboggling science of tuned mass dampers. Apple, Spotify etc or oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

Aaaand… the word we used the most in the Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast during 2025 was… 😅

Only 50 books left for UK Xmas orders - we’re upgrading all orders to 1st class post to ensure you get you book in time for Xmas 🎅🎄

That @matoxley.bsky.social bloke sure knows how to write a good book.

Gresini Racing's 2025 #MotGP season was their best ever, so now is a good time to recall 25 years of triumphs and tragedies with Carlo Merlini, the man who's kept the show on the road through the good times and the bad www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

We have fewer than 100 copies of the 1st edition of MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography left. We are selling these to UK customers only because no one else will get them before Xmas. We are upgrading UK customers to 1st class post, but you must order by Thursday 18th! matoxley.bigcartel.com/product/marc...

But copy and paste works. But I'll help you out and put in the space that Mat omitted: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8d...

Got a 6-page interview with the legend that is Hervé Poncharal in the new @BikeMagazine 😎 Hervé leaving the #MotoGP paddock is another landmark in the championship's long journey from rock and roll sport to big business. Hervé, I will miss you! 😢😢

New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast - in which we take apart the 2025 championship top ten, sinew by sinew, brain cell by brain cell: Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez, Bezzecchi, Acosta, Bagnaia, Di Giannantonio, Morbidelli, Aldeguer, Quartararo and Fernandez 😎✊ oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

8 minutes of beauty. A beaut cover of a beaut song which was used as the intro to the beautest movie 😎https://youtu.be/FI8d36w_ijw?si=l9ulwkqmRQsWC0sO

We're doing our final 2nd class Xmas post run of MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography next Tuesday, the 16th 🎅🎄 matoxley.bigcartel.com/product/marc...

Was Jorge Martín's title defence the worst in #MotoGP history? @matoxley.bsky.social on the reigning champion's 21st place finish go.motorsportmagazine.com/4p...

@matoxley.bsky.social Santa has come early! Very grateful that the print size is appropriate for (ahem) mature readers. Sadly, I now have to give it to my wife so she can wrap it and give it back to me on Christmas Day.

Was Jorge Martín's title defence the worst in #MotoGP history? 🤔https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/motogp/was-martins-title-defence-the-worst-in-motogp-history/

Blimey, only got a couple of hundred copies of MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography left 🤯🤯✊✊ matoxley.bigcartel.com/product/marc...

Only just got around to watching this. It's as good as all the others 👏 Best bits are MM93 & Bulega joking about MM taking Bulega out at the WDW. And Bagnaia talking about the first laps of sprints. "They are out of their minds. There are absurd things." www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-m...

Occasionally, people say to me, "Hey, Mat, you wanker, how many books have you written now?" I think this is the answer, unless I missed any out 😎😎✊✊ matoxley.bigcartel.com

New Oxley Bom MotoGP podcast! We called this one Flickering Lightbulbs💡because we're analysing the riders who finished #MotoGP 2025 from 11th down: Binder, Zarco, Marini, Bastianini, Mir, Miller, Vinales etc. Apologies if we've been rude about anyone 😅 oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

Buy this book. You won't regret it

Got it, read it, great chronicle. In fact I struggled to put it down after starting.

My MM93 biography is now available in French 🇫🇷 🇫🇷🇫🇷 Marc Marquez, Légende du MotoGP amzn.eu/d/cD380Ok

🚨Thanks to everyone who's bought MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography - hope you're enjoying it. We've sold more than 3/4 of the books, so get a move on if you want a copy. Also, calling the USA - if you want your book for Xmas, order it by Tuesday the 9th 🚨 matoxley.bigcartel.com/product/marc...

All set for #MotoGP season #39 😇

Pedro Acosta was a #MotoGP star aboard his steadily improving KTM in 2025 @matoxley.bsky.social discovers how the team went backwards to go forwards and what it'll take to win again go.motorsportmagazine.com/3K...

What did KTM do to the RC16 to get Acosta back to the front of #MotoGP? It's all in here, including some top talk about mass dampers: "We need to control the frequencies, to basically not have a party between all the different resonances." 🥳🕺💃😅 www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! Our first live podcast, recorded at the @BikeShedMC with @2WheelsforLife and @KeithHuewen 😎 2 hours and 45 minutes of chat about all things MotoGP. Please support donate.twowheelsforlife.org/public/ Listen via Apple, Spotify etc or www.buzzsprout.com/admin/218150...

Here's a post-season shocker 🔥 #MotoGP may ban Aprilia's leg wings, which played their part in the RS-GP's 3 victories from the last 4 races. The wings are a safety concern, say Dorna, Race Direction and IRTA, but what about holeshot devices and so on? www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! A deep-dive into last week's first 2026 tests - what tricks are Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, KTM & Yamaha engineers working on for next year and what was Toprak up to with his unusual cornering lines? Apple, Spotify etc or oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

It’s a miserably cold and rainy evening in London, but I’ve got myself @matoxley.bsky.social latest work, and a hot mug of tea. Life is good!

Another excellent indepth story from @OntrackOffroad 😎 Talking with the Aspar team about bringing up young riders, its rider training programmes in Spain and China (USA next), the future of Moto2 and Moto2 and much more www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

🏍️ Le 19 novembre, partez à la découverte de la fabuleuse destinée de l'un des plus grands pilotes de #MotoGP de l'histoire. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘇, 𝗹𝗲́𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗣, de @matoxley.bsky.social, en librairie la semaine prochaine. Dispo en précommande dès maintenant ! #MarcMarquez #MM93

If you're at the NEC next Friday, the 21st, I'll be on the main stand at 13:00 talking #MotoGP with the estimable James Whitham. We will be chatting about the 2025 championship & addressing the great debate: who's the GOAT? VR46 or MM93? Come and heckle!

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month… Never forget. (Siegfried Sassoon fought in the infantry on the Western Front in WW1. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in 1916.)

Portimao #MotoGP analysis! Bezzecchi made history for Aprilia, because the RS-GP finally has a rear end to match its awesome front end 😎 Meanwhile the factory Ducati team scored its first grand prix point since MM93 won the title in September 😅🤯 www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

Massive thanks to Honda UK for lending me this mental machine. It's soooo much fun, a 1.8-litre magic carpet ride. I so so so want one. Please buy more books!