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Mike Scott Column - Jun 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/06/2002 11:48:52
Learned sage of Grand Prix journalism and editor of Motocourse, Mike Scott looks at the impact of the first four-stroke GP of recent times at Suzuka in Japan
they are racing.The two types were remarkably close on lap times - particularly since the new-generation even-beefier rear four-stroke Michelin tyres have paid dividends to two-strokes as well. Capirossi's two-stroke NSR sat on pole right until the closing minutes
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Mike Scott Column - Oct 2002
By Mike Scott on 10/10/2002 11:57:29
Learned elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, Michael Scott gives his half-term reports on the new four-strokes. Now pay attention at the back!
Half-term report. And here are the results of the new MGP 990cc four-stroke class.Honda. Dux of the class. Wrought a wonderfully compact and integrated concept, and made very few errors, once Rossi had tested and told them to knock the power down
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Michael Scott Column - Nov 2001
By Mike Scott on 01/11/2001 11:16:18
Elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, laments the demise of the 250GP class in British racing
come in the future."It was four years ago Yamaha's then chief of racing, Toshimitsu Iio, articulated this thought, at the same time as he was breaking the first news of the forthcoming four-stroke takeover of the 500 class, striking the death knell
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Michael Scott Column - Jul 02
By Michael Scott on 01/07/2002 14:31:00
There is a new trumpeting sound to be heard at the GPs. It comes not only from the high-level four-into-one tailpipe of Yamaha's new four-stroke GP bike, but also from the same factory's publicity machine. Though, after the first few races, this has
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Mike Scott Column - Jun 2006
By Mike Scott on 01/06/2006 12:16:27
Bearded GP paddock oracle Mike Scott tells all
a bloody nose from the upstarts.The common thread is that all three came up through the smaller classes, 125 and 250. On two-strokes. Pedrosa had never raced a four-stroke. Yet they've adapted much quicker to the big 990s than any of the four-stroke
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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
There is a new trumpeting sound to be heard at the GPs. It comes not only from the high-level four-into-one tailpipe of Yamaha's new four-stroke GP bike, but also from the same factory's publicity machine. Though, after the first few races, this has
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Mike Scott Column - Apr 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/04/2002 11:45:33
Elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, Mike Scott dissects the future of motorcycle racing
Never be in any doubt as to who is driving the changes in racing, the four-stroke GP bikes in particular. It is the industry, most especially the Japanese industry, led in turn by Honda. And the goal is clear - to rationalise a World Championship
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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
Like it or not - and why wouldn't you - we are heavily into an era of personality in racing. I predict this will survive even the surge of technical interest that the new proto four-strokes will bring with them. People, some of them (not including
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Michael Scott Column - Jun 03
By Michael Scott on 01/06/2003 14:47:14
The elder gentleman of GPs on the serious issue of safety in the wake of Daijiro Kato's fatal crash
-season tests at Barcelona.)Trouble with Valencia is ... a GP bike is almost always on the brakes there. Even the 125s accelerate fast enough to minimise the gaps between the many looping corners. A booming big four-stroke covers the tortuous track in a series
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Mike Scott Column - Mar 2005
By Mike Scott on 01/03/2005 16:55:01
Boot camps
front-row, and Nakano Kawasaki's first four-stroke rostrum, all on Bridgestones. The Bridgies were a bit now-and-then, but when good they were mighty good. The important thing now is not how much better they will have become, it is that Ducati has
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