Mat Oxley
@matoxley.bsky.social
MotoGP journo since 1988, Isle of Man TT winner, 2nd Le Mans 24 hours, 3rd Endurance World Championship. Visit https://matoxley.bigcartel.com to pre-order my Marc Márquez biography
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Mat Oxley
@matoxley.bsky.social
· Dec 30
matoxley
Books about motorcycle racing from racer-turned-writer Mat Oxley
matoxley.bigcartel.com
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
Blimey, Jorge Martin - and Aprilia - can't catch a break. Confirmation that Martin will miss the Sepang tests (3-5 February), following further surgeries to his left scaphoid (fractured in a supermoto crash last February) and right collarbone (broken at Motegi last September)
January 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Blimey, Jorge Martin - and Aprilia - can't catch a break. Confirmation that Martin will miss the Sepang tests (3-5 February), following further surgeries to his left scaphoid (fractured in a supermoto crash last February) and right collarbone (broken at Motegi last September)
New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! What will the 2027 #MotoGP bikes be like? We've spoken to senior factory engineers who've been computer-modelling these machines for almost 2 years. They say the 850s will be harder to ride & better for overtaking. YESS!!!! oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! What will the 2027 #MotoGP bikes be like? We've spoken to senior factory engineers who've been computer-modelling these machines for almost 2 years. They say the 850s will be harder to ride & better for overtaking. YESS!!!! oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...
Mind-boggling story of an Old Believer family escaping the sins of mankind... "Whole communities locked themselves in their village churches and set them aflame... The Lykovs survived on straw and leather shoes. Agafia, the youngest Lykov, had never seen a wheel"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot
The long read: In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a century later, one of them is still...
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Mind-boggling story of an Old Believer family escaping the sins of mankind... "Whole communities locked themselves in their village churches and set them aflame... The Lykovs survived on straw and leather shoes. Agafia, the youngest Lykov, had never seen a wheel"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Pirelli have big plans for when they become the #MotoGP tyre supplier at the end of this season. They want to get rid of the hated tyre-pressure rule, bring back qualifying tyres and much more
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
Pirelli's MotoGP plans: 'We don’t want to keep the tyre-pressure rule'
When Pirelli becomes MotoGP tyre supplier next year, it wants to get rid of the hated tyre-pressure rule, bring back qualifying tyres and much more…
www.motorsportmagazine.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Pirelli have big plans for when they become the #MotoGP tyre supplier at the end of this season. They want to get rid of the hated tyre-pressure rule, bring back qualifying tyres and much more
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
Reposted by Mat Oxley
🗣️ "Finally the dream has come true"
We're weeks away from finding out just how fast Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is in a GP, writes @matoxley.bsky.social , although the superbike star says 2026 is a #MotoGP learning year
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4j...
We're weeks away from finding out just how fast Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is in a GP, writes @matoxley.bsky.social , although the superbike star says 2026 is a #MotoGP learning year
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4j...
MotoGP’s great unknown: How fast really is Toprak Razgatlıoğlu?
Razgatlıoğlu says 2026 is for adaptation, team-mate Miller explains why a Yamaha V4 is a must, and Yamaha race boss tells us why they’re not stealing a march on their rivals by racing their 850 in 2026
www.motorsportmagazine.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 AM
🗣️ "Finally the dream has come true"
We're weeks away from finding out just how fast Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is in a GP, writes @matoxley.bsky.social , although the superbike star says 2026 is a #MotoGP learning year
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4j...
We're weeks away from finding out just how fast Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is in a GP, writes @matoxley.bsky.social , although the superbike star says 2026 is a #MotoGP learning year
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4j...
New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! Talking about... riders who've had out-of-body experiences while racing, why Phillip Island may lose its its Grand Prix (guess!), MotoGP team crash-damage budgets, are these the last days of World Superbike and much more
oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...
oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...
January 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
New Oxley Bom #MotoGP podcast! Talking about... riders who've had out-of-body experiences while racing, why Phillip Island may lose its its Grand Prix (guess!), MotoGP team crash-damage budgets, are these the last days of World Superbike and much more
oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...
oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...
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
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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...
January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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
January 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
MotoGP bikes 25 years ago: 'You take a bull, cut off its balls, then climb on its back'
2026 is the 25th anniversary of MotoGP’s switch to big four-strokes, the championship’s biggest technical revolution of all time. Honda’s RC211V was the best motorcycle on that historic 2002 grid, but...
www.motorsportmagazine.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM
"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...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
Reposted by Mat Oxley
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...
go.motorsportmagazine.com/49...
MotoGP bikes 25 years ago: 'You take a bull, cut off its balls, then climb on its back'
2026 is the 25th anniversary of MotoGP’s switch to big four-strokes, the championship’s biggest technical revolution of all time. Honda’s RC211V was the best motorcycle on that historic 2002 grid, but which was the year’s wildest MotoGP bike?
www.motorsportmagazine.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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...
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...
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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...
Reposted by Mat Oxley
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...
@matoxley.bsky.social revists a legendary Giacomo Agostini profile from racing’s golden age
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3M...
A MotoGP rider’s job is to ‘race and skid and crash and then make love and drink wine’
MotoGP has always required self-sacrifice and always rewarded its fastest survivors with gold, glory and everything else. This interview with MotoGP’s biggest winner of all time paints a perfect picture of the risk and reward equation in racing’s golden age
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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...
@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...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
A history-making MotoGP season: the best of Mat Oxley in 2025
It's been another year of MotoGP exclusives, explainers and analysis from Mat Oxley. Here are five of his best columns from 2025
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And in the unlikely event of you not already having had enough of me...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
Reposted by Mat Oxley
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...
@matoxley.bsky.social on what's behind the 2025 crash stats for all 3 categories
go.motorsportmagazine.com/3N...
MotoGP 2025 crash report: a new all-time record but Moto2 crashes down by 35%
Moto3’s Cormac Buchanan breaks Sam Lowes’ all-time record, while Moto2 riders crash much, much less, thanks to the arrival of Pirelli, which spells good news for MotoGP riders from 2027
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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...
@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...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
MotoGP 2025 crash report: a new all-time record but Moto2 crashes down by 35%
Moto3’s Cormac Buchanan breaks Sam Lowes’ all-time record, while Moto2 riders crash much, much less, thanks to the arrival of Pirelli, which spells good news for MotoGP riders from 2027
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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...
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
Reposted by Mat Oxley
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!!
Im reading it again!!
too.im
December 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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!!
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
matoxley
Books about motorcycle racing from racer-turned-writer Mat Oxley
matoxley.bigcartel.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...
December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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...
🏍️💥💕🍷🎄🎅
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
A MotoGP rider’s job is to ‘race and skid and crash and then make love and drink wine’
MotoGP has always required self-sacrifice and always rewarded its fastest survivors with gold, glory and everything else. This interview with MotoGP’s biggest winner of all time paints a perfect pictu...
www.motorsportmagazine.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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...
🏍️💥💕🍷🎄🎅
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...
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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...
December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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...
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 🎅🎄
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...
MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography ORDER NOW!
This is the only MARC MÁRQUEZ biography that tells the full story from minibikes to winning the 2025 MotoGP championship. The book is written by...
matoxley.bigcartel.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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 🎅🎄