know what sort of an actor he might have become, after a captivating start in his first three films. That is why he can be an icon. He never had a chance to mature, but he also never had the chance to let his talent down.Motorcycle racing has its ever-young

't actually work out too well for young riders. Instead the front end is populated largely by seasoned veterans, who lay on superb close tactical racing. James Whitham is a prime example. It doesn't even work as a feeder class to the big-bore Superbikes, let

.One inevitable result would be to sideline the last remaining two-stroke classes, the 250s and 125s. Which seemed something of a pity. Two-strokes may be irrelevant, but these are proper racing machines - with fully adjustable suspension and gear ratios, and so

the rest are enjoying the well-developed 2005 machine. Including his young superstar team-mate Dani Pedrosa.Problem is, the new bike seems to be a right handful, and with nobody else able to give a second opinion this leaves Hayden out on a limb. Or, say

Michael Barrymore) are more interesting and amusing than machines - increasingly so, I surmise, as the sophistication and electronics of internal combustion carry the engines further and further beyond the reach of the ordinary man.And the cult

another broken bone - his kneecap.Repsol might have chosen better wording for their official announcement of this fact. The news was conveyed under the headline "Breaking News".Britain's shame in racing is that talented young riders like Bradley have to go