Alex Whitworth

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Alex Whitworth

Junior Content Writer

Alex has been working in the motorcycle industry for as long as he has been at Visordown, which has been since March 2022 so we'll let you work it out from there. He's the new guy. He'd be fetching us all coffee 'round the clock if he wasn't based in the arse end of nowhere. We joke - he has (some) other uses, like tapping out numerous stories on various subjects somewhat frequently. 

Before Visordown, Alex wrote about motorcycle racing in other places and worked on racing broadcasts at national championships (thankfully not in front of the camera) while completing a journalism degree at university into which he shoehorned motorcycles at every possible opportunity: MXGP, BSB, WorldSBK, Motorcycle Live - they all appeared in his academic work somewhere.

Frustratingly, Alex's love for racing originated in - brace for it - cars. A trip to Donington for the BSB race in 2011 saw him realise that there was a far more interesting, exciting, and substantial world of racing outside of F1, and he became a fan of motorcycles. But that was 11 years ago, and he still doesn't ride! What's wrong with him? This is a serious question. Will he ever ride? Could Marc Marquez win outside of HRC? What would Jonathan Rea do on a MotoGP bike? All great questions, and we might never know the answers to any of them. But we think that, with sufficient peer pressure, we can get him on two wheels in a safe enough manner. If it happens, you'll find out about it here on Visordown.

Articles by Alex Whitworth
BSB Oulton Park marks the second round of the 2024 season, with Ryan Vickers holding the points lead after the Navarra opener
KTM is reportedly preparing to enter the Supersport class of production racing, and could even make its debut in BSB
A new agreement has been reached between Dorna Sports and the TT Assen circuit for the Dutch track to continue hosting MotoGP and WorldSBK
The UK Motorcycle Action Group has announced its decision to leave the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations
A Ducati 750 Imola Desmo similar to the bike used by Paul Smart in the 1972 Imola 200 on is set to fetch a huge sum at auction later this month
The new Caberg Drift Evo II is billed as the Bergamo company’s new flagship sports-touring helmet and features some innovative safety tech
Red Bull and Billy Bolt, arguably the UK’s most successful current motorcycle racer, have partnered on a new race: Red Bull Tyne Ride
The MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix produced one of the most intense battles of the 2024 season, and gave some interesting insights
Spy shots have revealed two new bikes on the way from GasGas, both using a familiar twin-cylinder engine
Some of the roads that had their speed limit changed from 30mph to 20mph last year in Wales are set to have that change reversed
MotoGP returns to Europe this weekend to for the Spanish GP in Jerez. Jorge Martin leads by 21 points ahead of MotoGP Spain.
Dani Pedrosa has been promoted to third place in the MotoGP Sprint at Jerez after Fabio Quartararo was penalised for an illegal tyre pressure  
Yamaha has confirmed three wildcard appearances for Cal Crutchlow, including at the British MotoGP at Silverstone
A new drone from Red Bull is capable of flying at over 200mph, and can give better-than-ever views of motorcycle racing
Richard Cooper will race the inaugural National Sportbike Championship this year aboard a PHR Performance-prepared Triumph Daytona 660
Biker Fest International celebrates its 38th edition in 2024, remaining in its traditional home of Lignano Sabbiadoro in Udine
The new Alpinestars Tech-Air 7x is aimed at the race track and comes with multiple charges and significant upper body coverage
New patent filings indicate a Yamaha electric motocross bike is coming nearer to being production-ready
The Ducati Sweet Lamb Adventure Academy has been opened at the mid Wales facility, with bookings now open
Kawasaki has announced it will be leaving WorldSBK in 2025, to an extent. A motorcycle with a Kawasaki engine and Bimota chassis will be used
Route 66 has become a myth in the modern world, but it still exists in reality and you can still ride it with Harley-Davidson
Yamaha and Pol Tarres have made history by winning the Morocco Desert Challenge on a rally-prepped version of the Tenere 700
A motorcyclist has been killed in the US after a collision with a Tesla car which, at the time of the collision, was using its Autopilot feature
WorldSBK’s annual Assen trip produced events that could make even the most hardened atheist a believer in 2024
The KTM 450 Rally Replica is back in 2025, with the newest version year undergoing the biggest changes for the model since 2020