Isle of Man TT 2019
Today should have been the start of practice for TT 2020. The riders should have been preparing to launch themselves down Bray Hill for the first time in 12 months, for some for the first time.Â
Today should have been the start of practice for TT 2020. The riders should have been preparing to launch themselves down Bray Hill for the first time in 12 months, for some for the first time.Â
Recording breaking, incredible, mind-blowing, heartbreaking, devastating are all words that come to mind when I think of TT 2018. I’m not sure if I can remember a TT with better weather.
The Isle of Man TT is widely acknowledged as the most demanding motorcycle road race on earth for both rider and machine.  For a motorsport photographer, the 37.75-mile course offers a wealth of opportunities…
After three years, forty races and tens of thousands of photographs, my time as a full time MotoGP photographer came to an end when the chequered flag dropped at Valencia in 2016. Actually, it would be a couple of hours later…
TT 2017 has come and gone and I’ve had plenty of time to reflect on what was an emotional, at times testing but otherwise fantastic 2 weeks on the Road Racing Capital of the World. The fickle Manx weather meant the bikes…
The dust has long since settled on the 2016 Isle of Man TT and what a TT it was.  The weather was amazing, probably the best I can remember. The pace on track was red hot with lap records being smashed out of sight...
The Southern 100 on the Isle of Man is one of my favourite events of the year. The 2007 Southern 100 was the first race I covered as an accredited photographer, which turned out to be a painful memory for me…
The 2010 Isle of Man TT will go down as one of the greatest in TT history. It was the year Ian Hutchinson won a record-breaking 5 races.  Of those 5 wins, 3 of them finished with a combined winning margin of 5.80 seconds.  That is a…
Shortly after qualifying for the 2015 German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, I sat down with Aspar MotoGP Team rider, and class rookie Eugene Laverty, to get some insight into how a MotoGP rider prepares for a race.  On race day I also…
After 13 races, 4 continents, 10 countries, 48 flights, 4 ferry journeys, and a train ride. It was time to pack my bag for the last time and take my final four flights of the 2014 MotoGP season. I had been looking forward to the Valencia…
From the cool of Melbourne, it was on to the heat and humidity of Malaysia, for the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang Circuit. Clare and I arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday evening. For our first two nights, we had decided to stay…
At this point, I have to come clean and confess that Cal Crutchlow’s crash on the penultimate lap of the race was my fault. With a lap to go, Stephen and I started to walk back to the paddock to photograph the podium...
I travelled into the track on Friday and Saturday with The O’Stig in full race mode both days, pushing the little Panda to its limits on the tight twisty roads between Beceite and Alcañiz. Before announcing our arrival into the circuit car park with a nice handbrake slide towards the parking space.
I had been looking forward to going to Silverstone, but not because it’s a great track to photograph. I was looking forward to it as I was able to pack everything into my own car, catch a ferry to Liverpool and drive down. No airport hassles, no hire cars, and no language barriers.
The worst part of any MotoGP weekend is, without a doubt, the travelling. Sitting around airports is monotonous, especially when travelling alone. No matter how meticulously you prepare, something will almost certainly come along and throw a spanner in the works.Â
Sitting down to write about Catalunya has proven difficult. As far as Grand Prix weekends go it went without a hitch. I did have a minor problem with the GPS when I arrived in Barcelona. I entered the coordinates to my hotel and it came up with an address in Zaragoza 5 hours away.
When the calendar for the 2014 MotoGP season was announced one race immediately jumped out, Mugello. This would probably not be for the reason that everyone would assume after all Mugello is one of the most popular races on the calendar. It stood out as it was bang in the middle of the Isle of Man TT races.
Le Mans is a legendary name in motorsport best known for the 24-hour car race. The Bugatti Circuit layout used for MotoGP only utilises a small section of the famous old circuit but it still has huge appeal for the fans, the vast majority of whom choose to camp.