of Valentino Rossi raises a plethora of names from the mists of motorcycle racing history: Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood, John Surtees, Geoff Duke.Nowhere is this collision of ancient and modern more appropriate than at Misano. For of the many tracks with a

for the 2008 MotoGP championship will be laid over the next few weeks, and it starts on Sunday, at Le Mans. There's a long hard road ahead, and what better place to take the first step than at a track so steeped in legend? Read more articles by David Emmett

had suffered in his collision with Hopkins, and Miguel Duhamel, the Canadian veteran who has been 39 years old for as long as most people can remember, pulling into the pits after 10 laps, never coming to terms with his bike, and afraid of either

-corner collision between Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau in 2005, when both men aimed for the same spot of tarmac and Rossi came out on top.Spanish fans and media were desperate for this dry spell to end, but with two Spaniards on the podium at Qatar three weeks