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Michael Scott Column - June 10
By Michael Scott on 30/06/2010 12:24:58
Honda’s MotoGP effort looks like turning into the same rider grudge match as Yamaha’s. If only it could produce similar results, so badly needed by the underperforming giant
predictably well, other names in the frame will be ones you’ve never heard of.Not unless you’re a close follower of Spanish national racing, anyway. I mean, so far we’ve had top drawer test performances from hot American Kenny Noyes – who I had heard of
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1983 San Marino GP - Down to the Wire
By Michael Scott on 07/10/2010 10:08:42
The San Marino Grand Prix, 4 September 1983
After deposing Barry Sheene for three straight championships, Kenny Roberts stopped winning the 500GP title after 1980. He remained King Kenny nonetheless. In racing terms, his status equalled that of Valentino Rossi.In 1982, injury at the British
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Michael Scott Column - May 03
By Michael Scott on 01/05/2003 14:39:38
The elder gentleman of GP racing on the latest invasion of the GP grids by talented American motorcycle racers
. By then Stevie Baker was pushing in, battling Sheene for the title in 1977, although without ever winning a GP.The US invasion really got going that same year, with the arrival of Kenny Roberts, who won the title three times straight. And the floodgates were open
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Michael Scott Column - Jul 03
By Michael Scott on 01/07/2003 14:55:17
MotoGP's main man on the issue of when is a prototype not a prototype?
, a different crank and barrel with a different bore and stroke, and a racing-style cassette gearbox), housed in a purpose-build Harris full race chassis, it complied with the letter of the new rules, if not the spirit. (Look to Kenny Roberts and his
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Michael Scott Column - Nov 03
By Michael Scott on 01/11/2003 15:28:18
Warning: Valentino Rossi is enjoying his racing again, so his rivals better watch out, says Mike Scott
Ryuichi Kiyonari's seventh GP, and the man he beat was Suzuki's Kenny Roberts Jr, a former World Champion.No wonder they're all a bit worried.
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Michael Scott Column - Dec 03
By Michael Scott on 01/12/2003 15:36:36
So riders, are being disqualified for over- taking and colliding with each other? But surely that's what racing is all about, says Mike Scott
be hit by this draconian punishment?We'll have to wait and see. Give the last word to Kenny Roberts Senior. Asked his opinion at a pre-Malaysian press conference, he replied: "In my day, they didn't have the TV cameras. You could knock people off anywhere
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Michael Scott Column - Mar 2009
By Michael Scott on 01/03/2009 09:51:33
As the storm clouds gather over the pits of MotoGP, Mike Scott tries to make sense of a crazy world that is going into meltdown.
with some 30 teamsters, from director Ichiro Yoda and manager Michael Bartholemy to the catering staff. And three riders, counting tester Olivier Jacque.John Hopkins switched to Kawasaki last year for big money after five years with Suzuki. Crash after crash
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Michael Scott Column - Apr 2008
By Michael Scott on 15/04/2008 13:14:45
Is Rossi over the hill? Is it time for the greatest motorcycle racer ever to move over gracefully and let the new guard through? Mike Scott ponders.
about the age deficit – he turns 29 mid-February, Stoner is 22 until October.The reign of year-after-year Champions does come to an end. For the previous two serial champs Doohan and Rainey, it was through injury; but predecessor King Kenny Roberts
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Michael Scott Column - Apr 2008
By Michael Scott on 12/04/2008 11:42:11
Is Rossi over the hill? Is it time for the greatest motorcycle racer ever to move over gracefully and let the new guard through? Mike Scott ponders.
about the age deficit – he turns 29 mid-February, Stoner is 22 until October.The reign of year-after-year Champions does come to an end. For the previous two serial champs Doohan and Rainey, it was through injury; but predecessor King Kenny Roberts
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Michael Scott Column - Jun 2009
By Michael Scott on 01/06/2009 14:35:11
MotoGP legend Scottie says that Dorna’s money-saving push is making the sport squeak
no question Kenny Roberts was a rookie. He came from nowhere to claim the crown hitherto worn by Barry Sheene.But there have been several notable rookie GP winners, such as Jarno Saarinen, who would have been Yamaha’s first 500-class champion if he had
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