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
MotoGP returns to Europe this weekend to for the Spanish GP in Jerez. Jorge Martin leads by 21 points ahead of MotoGP Spain.
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
Patent filings reveal a semi-automatic transmission being developed for the Yamaha MT-07, and other bikes using the CP2 engine
New breakdown data published by the RAC could show that the condition of roads in the UK is improving 
Tommy Bridewell was in the leading group in just his second race with Honda when a quickshifter failure caused him to retire
The European motorcycle industry has announced support for a push towards increasing the sustainability of urban transport
The Yoshimura SERT Suzuki team was triumphant for the 10th time at the Le Mans 24 Hour, after the first half of the race was dominated by Yamaha
A new touring bike from Germany is actually only sort-of-new and sort-of-from-Germany - China is the origin
The 2024 British Superbike Championship kicks off this weekend with BSB Navarra, as the series races at the Spanish circuit for the first time
The 2024 World Superbike Championship resumes this weekend in Assen. as the Dutch WorldSBK marks round three of the season
The new Mutt DRK-01 very much sticks with the old-school styling the brand has become known for, but features a new engine
Devon & Cornwall Police’s new simulator is intended to improve the hazard perception and therefore safety of inexperienced motorcycle riders
The 2024 Yamaha MT-09 is one of two powered two-wheelers from the Iwata marque to have won a Red Dot Design Award