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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
at extremely high speed. For the same reason, one must include Phillip Island. Here and in Holland there is plentiful run-off. But accidents at these circuits, the only ones with lap records faster than 105mph, are often injurious simply because of the high
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Michael Scott Column - Jul 02
By Michael Scott on 01/07/2002 14:31:00
been upgraded, and remembering that an unsuccessful racing machine may only be a few hundredths short of a successful one, these small things might be enough to make a big difference. One must hope so, for the factory team, whose faces are in danger
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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
been upgraded, and remembering that an unsuccessful racing machine may only be a few hundredths short of a successful one, these small things might be enough to make a big difference. One must hope so, for the factory team, whose faces are in danger
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Michael Scott Column - Mar 10
By Michael Scott on 20/03/2010 11:21:19
Savage and sensible cuts in pre-season testing suit old-timers but not rookies. An early return to a 1000cc gathers pace and Rossi eyes Ago’s 122 win record
concocted fastest-lap contest to kick-start the year with a prize, one BMW car. The entire GP circus would pack up in Qatar to come to Spain, then pack up again to go back to Qatar. Stupid, really. Especially since they would be back in Spain in a few weeks
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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
up: this is the new era. And the Japanese GP was the first inkling of what it will be like.The short answer, after the closest qualifying in history and a breathtaking race, was: fantastic. The new bikes look and sound marvellous, are extremely fast
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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
.The return comes in the nick of time for the statistics. At the end of last season, the US still led the number of top-class wins, with 150, achieved in an amazingly short time span between 1976 and 2000, by just nine riders. But Italy is just one race behind
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Mike Scott Column - Jan 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/01/2002 11:19:17
Old Scotty finds out 500cc GP riders are definitely a breed apart
suddenly becomes possible, with an extra degree of lean, a scrub of (hang on) front, and a tweak of throttle.Our lap time was 1:56.6 - 22 seconds off the record. To put it in perspective, a 500 one-up, going for it, will do that same lap time ... in the wet
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Michael Scott Column - Sep 10
By Michael Scott on 02/08/2010 13:25:28
Doyen of Grand Prix journalists, editor of Motocourse and man tight on the inside of GP racing, Scotty finally endures the living nightmare of a ride on the back of a 500 two-stroke
scrub of (hang on) front, and a tweak of throttle. Our lap time was 1:56.6 – 22 seconds off the record. To put it in perspective, a 500 one-up, going for it, will do that same lap time... in the wet. This fact alone puts a measurement on what it must
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Michael Scott Column - May 10
By Michael Scott on 29/05/2010 12:04:51
MotoGP struggles to find a workable format for modern times while the Moto 2 class is in disarray as riders struggle to squeeze enough speed from their new machines
for the payment of a fixed amount of money.Thus thoroughbred grand prix racing threatens to become a combination of bargain basement and high-flown irrelevance all moulded into one. Three different types of bikes, all with different performance parameters, trying
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Michael Scott Column - Feb 10
By Michael Scott on 20/02/2010 10:55:03
If you’re British and want a half-decent ride in a Grand Prix class, you’d better have a big bag of sponsor’s money. But if you happen to be the ever-so-humble Ben Spies...
himself in advance during the race, as the rider who took the “can’t” out “these 800s can’t overtake one another”. He’d qualified ninth but dropped to 11th in the early laps as he became accustomed to Bridgestone tyres he was using for the first time, on a
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