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Max to Supermax
By Gordon Ritchie on 28/03/2002 10:49:25
Four years into his 500GP career, and Max Biaggi still hasn't won the ultimate prize the sport can offer. In a couple of years, he lost to riders he is rated higher than by most. When will Max become more than just another factor?
-trick of Aprilia crowns before proving his quarter litre brilliance with another successful campaign on a relatively ordinary NSR250 Honda, and earning himself a promotion to the upper deck of Dorna's Magic Bus as a result. But could he become a winning 500 rider
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Made In Britain
By Gordon Ritchie on 01/09/2005 20:25:31
Britain can be considered, in many regards, as an epicentre of world racing. Come again?
and disordered facilities, but it is a race of major importance for Dorna. If not it would have been ditched long ago, such is the distance it lags behind almost every other GP venue.Where Britain has accelerated in recent years is in the standard of our domestic
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All The King's Men - Rossi's Entourage
By Gordon Ritchie on 23/06/2005 16:53:38
Being a MotoGP superhero makes Valentino Rossi very popular indeed. But all that fame can be a burden. Here we meet Vale's inner circle - the close allies who control and protect his image
by his own design, 'Rossimania' has created a monster. And with every race win, each new world championship, with every new market Dorna's commercial tin-opener exposes to the oxygen of MotoGP publicity, it just gets worse.And, of course, better.No wonder
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MotoGP Evolution - Race tech to the road
By Gordon Ritchie on 30/03/2006 12:18:23
Four years on from the advent of MotoGP, and with the 800cc formula beckoning, there's just one thing missing: the trickle-down of race tech to street bikes. Why?
had over 50 years of global exposure.The net result was more overall budget for racing - racing which would have more direct relevance to roadbikes in the future.For the promoters, Dorna, it was a way to kick-start the whole ailing yawn-fest, dominated
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