I WAS working in an ironmonger’s shop when I met Ron Haslam. I was studying dance and had visions of doing that as a career, and I was only 15 at the time while he was 20.I was dating a friend of his called Tony, I felt bad about it but couldn

on that because I just wanted to be known as a normal person, which I was at school. But once I started to get on the TV it was a bit different.You got a podium in your first years’ racing in 2007. Are you going to win a race in 2008?I’m sure going to try.  I hope

and Chrysler asked me to join them. I requested work in the Advanced Studio, it was the R&D area and I got to do the wild stuff! Unfortunately eleven months later the company was in dire straits and made 20,000 people redundant, I had about five weeks

It was a last minute decision to take a holiday on the bikes with the boys. We looked at package holidays to beaches but my sons Cameron, 12, and Tobias, 8, wanted an adventure and my wife Nova felt the same. In three days, the trip was organised

?Did you used to get grief at school because of your pianist habits?No, because I didn’t tell anyone! No-one really knew because I was really conscious about it. When mates would say, ‘you coming out to play footie’ you don’t want to go ‘actually I’ve got a

not like this. I know this is what some people think of Parisians, but we are not all this way.When did you go professional?I went Pro just two years ago, before that I was at college. I stopped school so I could go riding every day. My parents were happy

for the first time in 1987 things changed," says Magee. "At only my second ever GP, at Assen, I qualified second."Being drafted into Kenny Roberts' Lucky Strike Yamaha squad in 1988 looked like a dream for the young Kevin, but it seemed clear to outsiders

At the Grand Prix de France at Le Mans, Valentino Rossi participated in a Monster Energy interview with MotoGP commentator Gavin Emmett to answer questions sent in by fans. He revealed his thoughts on recent developments, whether he can win

involvement stopped, but in 1998 I felt the need for a hobby and I wondered if there was a way I could get involved again. I remembered the marshals and called Bemsee's Bernadette who said, 'Come along, we'll look after you'. And they did.Do you get paid

.You look like you're pretty much at home on the Guzzi in the film. How long have you been riding?I've been riding since I was about 17. Just little 50cc bikes and 125s, though. When I was a kid you could ride them without a licence. And I've got a Peugeot