The day after the memorial service held for Nicky Hayden in Owensboro, Kentucky, this writer tracked down three-time 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts, the man who, for all intents and purposes, established America as a motorcycle racing a global superpower"Nicky Hayden was a racer," reflected Roberts of the 2006 MotoGP...

ABOVE: Surtees on route to the F1 world championship in Mexico in 1964.Former Formula 1 and motorcycle world champion John Surtees has died at the age of 83, his family have announced.A statement from the Surtees family says the 1964 F1 World Champion died peacefully in hospital in London on...

British motorcycle racing legend Geoff Duke – a six-time Isle of Man TT winner and world champion – has died at the age of 92.Duke was one of the first major stars of grand prix motorcycle racing in the 1950s. He made his name at the famous Isle of Man...

The 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz, spoke to RACER editor David Malsher about what we can expect to see in the 2015 MotoGP season which starts this weekend in Qatar. David Malsher: Before we get to teams and riders, is the Circuit Of Wales going to be viable, and...

MotoGP's return to Argentina has been given an official green light after the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit passed final homologation checks.The event was originally scheduled for 2013, before being postponed due to political tensions amid efforts to nationalise the Argentinean arm of the Honda MotoGP team's title sponsor Repsol.Several...

Dani Pedrosa's mentor Alberto Puig will step back from working with the Spanish rider to take a new role within Honda from 2014.Puig will supervise Honda's Asia Talent Cup and its recruitment of young riders, meaning he will end his direct relationship with Pedrosa after overseeing his whole MotoGP career...

Valentino Rossi says Marc Marquez has far greater self-belief than he did in his own rookie season.Marquez currently leads the MotoGP world championship in his first year, holding a 30-point advantage over Dani Pedrosa with six rounds to go. Rossi finished second as a 500cc world championship rookie in 2000,...