Simon Patterson
@denkmit.bsky.social
Lives in a van and chases motorbikes around the world for fun and beer money. Freelance MotoGP journalist. Opinionated. https://linktr.ee/denkmit
It’s official: Raul Fernandez has secured his two-year contract extension from Trackhouse Racing and will remain with the Aprilia satellite team until the end of 2028
Official: Pol Espargaro WILL replace Maverick Vinales at this weekend’s British GP. BUT - the press release stresses that it’s only for this weekend as Mav continues to recover from injury
Michael Dunlop well on his way to win number five of the day at the Mid Antrim 150, and setting lap times like a metronome
One of the pacesetters I followed in half marathons in Kyiv and Odesa was killed last night. She was a medic. She was 20 years old. She responded to the scene of a russian attack, and russia ‘double-tapped’ - hit it again specifically to kill first responders. Fuck russia.
This weekend, road racing mechanic in a muddy field for Michael Dunlop… Next weekend, racing at Silverstone alongside MotoGP in British Talent Cup 😂
Should we do a deeper dive into national road racing on the YouTube channel?
Where else would you find the world’s greatest road racer but in a muddy field? 😂
The first stage of the TT’s sustainability review into sidecars is out, and I’m about to get stuck into the report, but… this is your headline!
It’s kind of funny, as a motorsport journalist, watching football have a civil war over someone proposing the exact model that F1 and MotoGP has used for decades 😂
The 2027 MotoGP season will start with the Thai Grand Prix on 7 March. Would presume we’ll go straight from there to Qatar for round two at the end of Ramadan.
Iker Lecuona will step in to replace Fermin Aldeguer at the British Grand Prix next weekend. Recovery going well for Fermin, though, and he’s been given the OK to start riding again from August 15 in preparation of an Aragon return.
We will be joined at #SilverstoneGP by our supported British woman racer Chloe Jones! She will be assisting all our guests at the event. We are doing some fundraising for her: Thursday 6/8 fundraising dinner in Newport Pagnell: ppt.gp/chloe WIN two paddock passes in raffle: ppt.gp/chloeprize
Thinking of friends in Ukraine tonight as they prepare for a massive russian attack 🫂🇺🇦
Have discovered a new level of training hell today: VO2 max and blood lactate testing 🤢
Feels like about time MotoGP made some decisions. Fans, teams, and staff are booking flights and hotels not knowing if there’s going to be a race or not (and Qatar is currently the same weekend Bahrain WEC was scheduled for)
We've been talking about the 2008 Grand Prix season on the podcast, and the 125cc entry list from that year is maybe the craziest thing I've ever read 😂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Gr...
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season - Wikipedia
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Lots of talk this weekend about F1 going back to Sepang to replace Bahrain… but no news yet on whether MotoGP is still planning on Qatar actually happening or not.
Newcomer win at Armoy for Richard Cooper, ahead of another super close battle for second between Mike Browne and Paul Jordan!
Just horrid news. Ian was a staple of Pole Position’s MotoGP tours as well as a veteran TT marshal. Awful 😞
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Amazing end to the opening night of racing at Armoy, with Paul Jordan taking the supersport win from Mike Browne by 0.2s. One win apiece after Browne’s supertwin victory and the main event tomorrow!
We lost the best friend you could ever dream of having this week 💔💔💔
Reduce reuse recycle 😂😂 By my eye, they’ve been updating the date since 2021!
Big couple of days. 3129 kilometres (1956 miles) in 48 hours. 29 hours moving, average speed of 104kph (64mph).
The UK is the most hateful place on earth to drive. Awful drivers, awful roads, awful rules