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Mike Scott column - Mar 2006
By Mike Scott on 01/03/2006 11:10:41
Sito Pons packs up after 25 years and no-one wants Biaggi
Dumped ... Camel wanted Biaggi, however, Honda didn'tShock news: after 25 years, the Sito Pons Honda MotoGP team is to 'take a year off' after losing Camel sponsorship. Whether the team owner, a former double 250 champion, will be able to get back
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Mike Scott Column - Dec 2002
By Mike Scott on 10/12/2002 12:03:36
Learned elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, Mike Scott looks at the dumping by Yamaha of MotoGP's Max Biaggi
Let's assume that Max Biaggi is the second best GP rider in the world and the Yamaha the second best GP bike - behind, obviously, Valentino Rossi and the Honda. An over-simplification, for the sake of argument and not a million miles from the truth
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Mike Scott Column - Apr 2006
By Mike Scott on 01/04/2006 12:12:21
Biaggi gets a rough ride, Pedrosa gets to grips with the new RCV and Paul Denning washes his own underpants - Mike Scott explains what it's all about
IS THERE A rider in living memory who has been quite so thoroughly traduced and assassinated as Max Biaggi? He's a difficult character who had a bum year riding the factory Honda, but for a notorious prima-donna and machine-blamer, was actually
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MotoGP: Lorenzo equals Saarinen record
By Mike Scott on 31/03/2008 13:14:51
Rookie Spaniard matches late legend's record by qualifying pole in the first two premier class races of the season
Back-to-back poles for MotoGP rookie LorenzoJORGE LORENZO'S second pole in succession put him in exalted company. At Qatar he became the first class rookie to qualify on pole since Max Biaggi in 1998. At Jerez, he equalled the feat of Finnish giant
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MotoGP: Six more years please, Mr Rossi
By Mike Scott on 19/05/2008 10:17:25
Italian maestro needs to keep racing if he's to beat Loris Capirossi's 17-year record
days).Rossi currently lies sixth in the world, behind also Loris Reggiani and Max Biaggi, with his recent win in China giving him an 11-year and 260-day reign.
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Mike Scott Column - Jan 2005
By Mike Scott on 01/01/2005 14:26:43
Where did Honda go wrong?
wrong with Honda?Sponsorship, and consequences, is what. Honda had six quality riders. Three - Gibernau, Tamada and Biaggi - won races. Another came with credentials: double Superbike champ Edwards. Nicky Hayden was fresh off a first season of growing
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Mike Scott Column - Feb 2005
By Mike Scott on 01/02/2005 12:07:12
Mike Scott chews over the news in the MotoGP paddock
now he's on a Yamaha. Of expecting too much, I mean.But expecting him to beat Rossi on equal equipment? That's something else again.Non-testing times for Biaggi What an irony for Max Biaggi to survive a whole MotoGP season, then to break his leg on a
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Mike Scott Column - Oct 2001
By Mike Scott on 01/10/2001 11:10:30
Learned sage of Grand Prix Journalism, esteemed Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of racing, it's old fuzz-faceMichael Scott
't make up for by riding it harder. And both had careers that were both glorious in achievement, and punctuated by frequent injuries.The way this year has been going, it remains entirely possible that Max Biaggi will defeat golden boy Valentino one way
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Mike Scott Column - Feb 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/02/2002 11:36:05
Elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, ponders the cult of personality and what GPs would be like without it - stand up Michael Scott
fan base (rather smaller) for Max Biaggi, an enigmatic egoist who did not seem nearly as deep without the dynamic provided by the Rossi contrast.All things being equal, Rossi is likely to remain in situ for five years or so, before boredom and excess
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Mike Scott Column - Jul 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/07/2002 11:51:58
GP racing's learned sage tells us why Yamaha should learn to keep their mouth firmly shut
become somewhat muted.To some, excessive pre-season publicity was the venerable racing factory's biggest mistake with the new YZR M1, which was quickly nicknamed "Mission Impossible" by the Biaggi-friendly Italian press, when it finally faced
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