Simon Patterson

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Lives in a van and chases motorbikes around the world for fun and beer money. Freelance MotoGP journalist. Opinionated.

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1Sep 29, '24Marc pretty unhappy that the marshals didn’t have the correct fire extinguishers. Says his bike ended up badly damaged before they got the fire put out84.9×2M3k41495
2May 9, '24Holy shit. I’ve seen some things at road racing, but… my god. And incredibly, he walked away with bruised ribs.73.8×1.7M6k5791.1k
3Nov 16, '23The drive home from the circuit was interesting!50.4×1.2M4.8k177191
4May 31, '24Nope. Nope nope nope.34×799k4.3k229297
5Sep 27, '24Mandalika crowd problems continue. Main grandstand seats about 30,000 - and I reckon there's about 500 people in it right now. Spoke to many MotoGP mad locals who just can't afford32.6×765k6.6k2k423
6Jul 1, '24Exclusive: according to multiple sources, LEWIS HAMILTON is in talks to buy the Gresini Racing MotoGP team 🤯29×682k4.8k491268
7Sep 21, '25Endurance racing is a cruel sport. BMW, leading the race and the title, blow up after 23 and a half hours of the Bol d’Or, and lose both 😫🤯😭28.8×675k9k362530
8Sep 27, '24Lombok petrol station!27.8×653k6.3k679146
9Sep 1, '24Bagnaia strongly implying that Alex Marquez caused the contact deliberately. That he heard him behind opening the throttle, and that the data backs that up.19.9×468k2.8k259114
10Oct 13, '24ONCE AGAIN, the @OfficialBSB title is decided in the final corner of the season 👏17.1×401k3.7k399330
11Sep 13, '25You and your friends cheering a rider crashing is a really bad look for someone who is supposedly one of the all time greats of the sport16.7×393k3.5k435305
12Jun 25, '23Question to the FIM MotoGP Stewards: where's Martin's penalty?16.2×380k2.3k24215
13Oct 20, '23BREAKING NEWS: The Australian Grand Prix will take place not on Sunday, but on SATURDAY. The sprint will then be held, weather permitting, on Sunday16×375k2.4k28440
14Sep 20, '25Well that’s something you don’t see every day 😵‍💫15.2×356k5.8k165472
15Sep 27, '24Dear Mandalika circuit: THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT!14.5×341k4.2k1.3k114
16Nov 6, '24This is the most relevant piece of MotoGP technology to hit the consumer market in years13.2×309k2.7k169360
17Apr 30, '23ARE. YOU. FUCKING. JOKING?12.7×299k2.2k22522
18Jun 10, '24It’s official! Every single bike on the MotoGP grid will run a special retro livery for this year’s British Grand Prix in celebration of 75 years of Grand Prix racing!12.5×293k2.8k19647
19Nov 19, '24There’s Ducati red, then there’s Marc Marquez red 😂12.4×292k10k764271
20Aug 23, '25Acosta’s crash was very nearly a tragedy today. This circuit simply isn’t appropriate for MotoGP.12×282k2.3k158276
21Jun 4, '23What a fucking corner 🤯11.6×272k3.1k48784
22Mar 27, '25My timeline today is full of popular protests and police brutality in response cities that I love 😢 Belgrade, Istanbul, Jakarta11.2×262k15k4.4k298
23Sep 25, '24MotoGP in Indonesia just isn’t like anywhere else! 😍10.4×243k4.3k47359
24Oct 30, '24This is terrifying. It’s like something from an apocalyptic film. And it’s one of the roads out of Valencia towards the circuit10.3×242k2.2k339236
25Feb 13, '25Marc Marquez just did a full length race simulation and his AVERAGE lap time was within 0.2s of the fastest ever race lap 🤯10.1×237k3.5k240131
26Jun 3, '24JORGE MARTIN WILL REPLACE ALEIX ESPARGARO AT APRILIA FOR 20259.8×231k3.8k48085
27Jan 20, '25The perfect demonstration of being your own person instead of what the PR says to be. A bit of Lewis flare has turned an already big story into what's already possibly one of motor9.7×229k8k355183
28Oct 4, '23THIS IS NOT A DRILL MARC MARQUEZ AND HONDA ARE PARTING WAYS9.2×217k2.4k34821
29Mar 19, '22It's actually quite sad seeing so many empty grandstands seats when we know how crazy Indonesian fans are for MotoGP...8.9×013k2.5k207
30Jun 1, '24It has been eight years. The guy has suffered huge life changing injuries. He's riding an Italian motorbike, for an Italian team. He just gave us an amazing race. Fuck away off wit8.8×206k2.5k30068
31Jul 25, '24View post on X8.4×197k2.9k41687
32Mar 21, '22Respect. Local kids have been chasing the paddock all week to buy bracelets from them - and rather than get annoyed, @FabioQ20 buys them all ice cream 👏🍦8.1×017k2.2k175
33Nov 26, '23Credit to Bezz for bringing a beer to his debrief. He’s fuming at Marquez for causing his crash, fuming at the stewards for not penalising him, fuming at Dorna for not replaying th8.1×191k2.6k20637
34Jun 3, '24Today, a MotoGP rider turned up to their media debrief wearing a pride flag. Small gesture, but a very cool one in a sport that’s still rampant with homophobia 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️7.9×186k3.6k182107
35Oct 24, '25Malaysian weather 😅7.8×183k3.7k36680
36Nov 17, '24Aleix, in response to Enea saying it wasn’t nice to end his career by riding for Jorge instead of fighting for third: ‘I was waiting for him to fight with me at the end, but he was7.5×177k3.2k198115
37Sep 1, '24The realisation that there’s no tear offs left 😂7.5×176k2.9k142157
38Sep 1, '24‘It’s clear to anyone who has raced a bike once that if you make a mistake you have to check who is coming behind. It’s impossible that Alex didn’t see. Either he is blind or he di7.3×172k2.5k24475
39Apr 23, '22Full Indonesia mode for the Espargaro family tonight 😂7.3×015k2.2k83
40May 8, '25THIS IS ROAD RACING 🤩🤩7.1×167k4.1k424309
41Nov 27, '23AND THERE IT IS! Marc Marquez is a Ducati MotoGP rider!6.5×153k3.1k23324
42Mar 28, '23💪💪💪 ⁦@polespargaro⁩6.4×151k3k16214
43Oct 5, '25'Please, no hard feelings towards Marco, nobody does it on purpose.' I wish a few others took the same approach 👏 Well said, champ.6.4×151k2.8k16441
44Jul 7, '24Alex losing his shit like he's just won a world championship might be the highlight of my day!6.1×142k2.6k14846
45Sep 8, '24If you booed Marc Marquez on the podium today, please don't come back for the second Misano race thanks5.9×138k3.5k23849
46Jul 14, '24I’m so happy that we’re finally getting to a place in motorsport where people feel safe enough to say ‘this is who I am’ ❤️🏳️‍🌈5.7×134k2.7k9428
47Apr 13, '25Bad to even worse. Six broken ribs for Jorge Martin5.6×133k2.3k15457
48Mar 16, '25'Marc is letting Alex win' Sure he is. That's why he's just had a huge out of the seat moment trying to catch him 😂5.4×127k3k11583
49May 11, '25The Duality of Man5.3×124k3.7k24889
50May 11, '25‘My dad does normally have a tooth! He lost it three days ago, and said he just wasn’t going to smile too much this weekend’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣5.0×116k3.4k14661
51Feb 15, '22I’ve learned a lot about buzzers in the past 24 hours… 😅4.7×06k2.3k723
52Jun 5, '24OFFICIAL: Marc Marquez will be a FACTORY Ducati rider in 2025 alongside Pecco Bagnaia4.6×109k3k24028
53Sep 29, '24Marc Marquez has STILL never finished a MotoGP race in Indonesia4.6×108k2.5k32542
54Feb 28, '25Oh god yes.4.6×108k5.3k253113
55Sep 22, '24The face of someone who just lost a fifth place because they ran out of fuel…4.6×108k2.5k17853
56May 25, '25Seriously. What fucking benefit do they bring? None. Yet week after week they endanger riders as well as ruining races like that. A Quartararo win today would have been huge for th4.6×108k2.4k33483
57Jun 21, '25Marc on being on a red bike this year: ‘today was the best day ever at Mugello, only 50% of the crowd booed me!’ 😂4.5×106k4k234115
58Nov 27, '23Its OFFICIAL! Fabio Di Giannantonio will ride a VR46 Ducati in 2024!!!4.4×102k2.8k2865
59Nov 28, '23He’s a Ducati racer now4.3×101k2.5k33323
60Jul 21, '24A MotoGP bike in a crowded lift 🤣#Suzuka8H4.2×98k3.6k351100
61Sep 30, '24Terima kasih, Indonesia! Sampai jumpa! 🇮🇩4.1×96k2.7k16323
62Apr 28, '24Fuck I love MotoGP3.7×88k2.6k60024
63Jul 17, '25He’s back!3.7×88k3.6k17727
64Sep 3, '23Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales have swapped bikes and are currently riding each others' machines home3.7×87k2.3k22725
65May 25, '25An emotional debrief. But he ended it smiling3.7×86k3k34980
66Sep 28, '25I normally hate overly scripted title celebrations. But I fucking LOVE this. Pure emotion.3.6×85k5.1k352316
67Sep 5, '24Marquez went to his old Repsol Honda garage after the Aragon win to tell them that they were an important part of it as well3.6×84k2.6k19844
68May 12, '24Fuck I love MotoGP3.5×83k2.3k60812
69Sep 8, '24Marc Marquez: 1043 days between last Honda win and first Ducati win Also Marc Marquez: 168 hours between first Ducati win and second Ducati win 🏆🏆3.5×81k3.2k28537
70Feb 27, '25Marc Marquez: ‘I texted him [Martin] this morning and told him to respect his body, because I did not respect mine’3.5×81k2.3k17273
71May 2, '22Wow. WOW. Suzuki will LEAVE MotoGP at the end of 2022. Just had it confirmed by some of the team. They were told today.3.3×05.1k97259
72Sep 1, '24‘He deserved the win. He was the best this weekend. And today he showed that he’s still there.’3.3×76k2.7k29551
73Apr 14, '24WHAT. A FUCKING. RACE.3.2×74k2.5k27010
74Nov 19, '24Pedro’s back to #373.2×74k2.8k12035
75Feb 7, '25‘From 2019 to 2024 we improved six tenths, and from 2024 to 2025 we improved eight tenths’3.0×71k2.4k14045
76Nov 19, '24Wow. Aleix Espargaro, Honda rider!3.0×70k2.4k11235
77Nov 18, '24Might be a factory Ducati rider now, but doesn’t mean he can’t still catch up with his old mates!2.9×68k2.4k14266
78May 11, '25JOHANN. ZARCO. WINS. IN. LE MANS. 🤯🇫🇷🤯🇫🇷🤯🇫🇷🤯🇫🇷🤯🇫🇷2.9×67k3.6k24526
79Aug 31, '24‘Glad I won a sprint before him’ ‘He said he won a race after 1042 days and I told him no, he won a sprint’ 😂😂😂 Brothers!2.8×67k2.2k15052
80Jul 18, '25Some politicians turn up on Sunday and spend the day in VIP hospitality. Not Czech President Petr Pavel though, who is both a huge fan and a keen photographer!2.7×64k2.4k12378
81Dec 29, '21There’s a point when you have to wonder why an accused paedophile is trying to use loopholes rather than just trying to defend himself. Especially when it’s all taxpayer funded.2.7×04.8k1.2k40
82Aug 5, '21It’s official: Valentino Rossi will retire at the end of the 2021 MotoGP season2.4×03.5k1.1k32
83Feb 12, '22Welcome to Kuta Lombok! This is my ride every morning from hotel to circuit, to give you an idea of what ⁦@themandalikagp⁩ is like!2.1×03.8k69260
84Mar 23, '22So many things went wrong at Mandalika... but there's one root cause to all of them: hubris1.8×02.5k826164
85Mar 31, '22Two cargo planes full of MotoGP freight trapped in Kenya. Those Binder boys will try anything to have an African Grand Prix, eh? 😂1.8×03.1k78726
86Sep 28, '25🏁 THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN SPORTING HISTORY IS COMPLETE 🏁 ✨ Marc Marquez is, finally, after 1778 days, four surgeries, and countless pain, once again WORLD CHAMPION ✨ 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇�1.8×42k2.3k32140
87Feb 12, '22What a place! 🤩1.7×03.9k38611
88Jun 26, '22Why Maverick Viñales left Yamaha for Aprilia, in one shot. Family.1.5×03.5k33817
89Mar 16, '22Love Indonesia, love Lombok. But I’m not sure that Lombok is the MotoGP venue that Indonesia deserves…1.5×02.5k50881
90Nov 6, '22The last photo I’ll take of these beautiful things 😞1.3×03.1k24818
91Mar 21, '22Terima kasih dan selamat tinggal, Indonesia! See you next time!1.2×02.7k22111
93Apr 3, '22ALEIX ESPARGARO IS A GOD DAMN MOTOGP RACE WINNER1.2×02.7k2531
94Oct 22, '22Points scored in the last three races Marquez 44 Bagnaia 32 Espargaro 12 Quartararo 8 Tell me again why MM93 won't be a title contender next year?1.1×02.4k25320
95Nov 25, '21Amazon and MotoGP have finally confirmed what we all know: an eight-episode, 50 minute documentary series coming soon1.1×02.3k22613
96Feb 13, '22One last sunrise over the circuit before heading for home. Indonesia, you have been glorious!1.1×02.3k2995
97Dec 10, '20It’s officially official: @SkyRacingTeam are a MotoGP team!1.0×02.4k1864
98Nov 14, '21Long live the king! 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑1.0×02.4k2458
99Oct 25, '22It’s all kicking off 🤣1.0×02.1k20624
100Feb 11, '22First ever lap of Mandalika on a MotoGP goes to @Rins42!0.9×02.1k1752

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