The Race MotoGP Podcast
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The Race MotoGP Podcast
Everything you need to know from the fascinating world of MotoGP racing, with host Matt Beer, The-Race.com's MotoGP correspondent Simon Patterson and MotoGP editor Valentin Khorounzhiy, plus special guests. We'll be talking about all the races, the big storylines, and taking the occasional trip back...
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Isle of Man TT 2026 review: Dunlop, Harrison and bad weather dominate
Jordan Moreland, Megan White and Simon Patterson recap the 2026 Isle of Man TT races, which saw bad weather impact race week, but two riders take all...
Aprilia wipeout and Marquez dominance change the MotoGP season
The Balaton MotoGP weekend could barely have gone worse for Aprilia: its title challenging factory pair wiped out by another Jorge Martin first-corner...
Aprilia shows Ducati what it’s missing
An Italian rider wins MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix for an Italian team - that used to be Ducati’s story, but this time it was Aprilia and Marco Bezzecc...
Marc Marquez is back... can he still be 2026 champion?
Marc Marquez is back in the MotoGP field for the Italian Grand Prix after his latest surgery, and in his absence his championship situation hasn't act...
What MotoGP must learn from terrifying Catalan GP crashes
The outcomes of MotoGP’s twice red-flagged 2026 Catalan Grand Prix could have been so much worse, with Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco beginning their r...
How Marquez's injury transforms the MotoGP title race
An Aprilia riders' title looks almost inevitable after a French Grand Prix weekend in which it locked out the podium - and Marc Marquez went out injur...
Will MotoGP miss wildcards after banning them for 2027?
MotoGP is banning wildcards for the advent of its new rules in 2027 - but why, and how much will they be missed?
Val Khorounzhiy is joined by Si...
Ducati wins Spanish GP - but how bad is Marc Marquez's latest title blow?
Marc Marquez claimed one of his unlikeliest wins ever during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend - yet his title hopes look more troubled than ever four ro...
The real cost of Vinales’ new injury blow and no room for Bulega?
MotoGP 2026 resumes at Jerez this weekend but it’s doing so without Maverick Vinales due to his latest fitness blow - and, as Simon, Val and Matt expl...
Who is the most valuable rider in MotoGP right now?
Much of the MotoGP grid for 2027 and beyond appears to have been sorted behind the scenes, with more of the dominos falling into play as the 'restart'...
Debating MotoGP's best and worst rider moves
With MotoGP on an unscheduled spring break, we figured it was time to revisit the modern-era history of blockbuster rider moves - particularly those t...
Marc Marquez's 2026 MotoGP problems are getting worse
The Circuit of the Americas was supposed to properly kickstart Marc Marquez's MotoGP 2026 title bid - but instead Aprilia only pulled further clear.
What’s going on with MotoGP’s frozen 2027 rider market
After a wild pre-season flurry of news about riders agreeing 2027 MotoGP deals and big moves, we’ve had barely any actual announcements of those deals...
Who is to blame for Brazilian MotoGP chaos?
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?
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 having pu...
Are Ducati and Marc Marquez in trouble in their MotoGP 2026 title defence?
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
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
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’s...
Our take on MotoGP's axing of Philip Island + Which riders might be squeezed off the 2027 grid?
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
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?
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.
MotoGP's mad start to 2026
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
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 lo...
What we’ve learned from the first days of MotoGP’s ‘launch season’
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 Yamaha sa...
MotoGP 2026 line-ups ranked from worst to best
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
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
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
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...
Should Yamaha let Quartararo leave? Listener questions answered
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?
What we learned from day one of MotoGP 2026
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
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 general wo...
Can Acosta be a bigger 2026 threat to Marquez than Bezzecchi?
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
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 replac...
Free preview: Our take on 2015's infamous MotoGP flashpoint
We’ve been reliving MotoGP’s extraordinary 2015 season all year long in The Race Members’ Club and have reached the big flashpoints - the trilogy of t...
Moto3 crash overshadows Bagnaia and Marquez’s big weekends
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 ha...
What Aprilia’s surge means for MotoGP 2026
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?
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
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
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
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 hierarc...