Seventeen years removed from his rookie season in the 500cc world championship, John Hopkins walks down the sun-bleached grid of the Circuit of The Americas a few minutes before the start of the 2019 Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas and just quietly looks around. Present to perform work...

Electronics technology has overtaken the "gladiatorial" element of riders doing battle in MotoGP, 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner believes.Gardner won his 1987 title with Honda during the two-stroke era of motorcycle grand prix racing, which featured bikes he describes as "vicious things, difficult to ride and aggressive." With four-stroke engines...

Valentino Rossi does not believe 2015 will have been his last chance to win another MotoGP world championship even though he will turn 37 next season.The Yamaha rider missed out on an opportunity to win his 10th grand prix motorcycle world crown – his seven in 500cc/MotoGP having followed one...