Questions asked at parties: number nine: “Do motorcycle grand prix racers get paid millions like F1 drivers?” My reply’s been the same for years. Racing…
Pounding through the powder on a crisp winter’s day aboard a motocross bike is now what dreams are made of. But three years ago I’d never even…
After pole position and three wins at the South Australian round of the ASBK Supersport championship held at The Bend Motorsport Park, I’m feeling pretty good (Cru…
Back when he was just a boy, rather a strange one but very, very fast, the Spanish used to call him “’Round the outside”. For obvious reasons. In…
After a wildcard in the final round of the WorldSBK 300 in Jerez last October I signed up for the 2018 season with the Netherlands-based Nutec-Benjan-Kawasaki team. We…
So let’s begin by expressing the opposite: I have vast reserves of respect for Valentino – for his talent, his racecraft, his intelligence, his breadth of vision –…
My son obtained his motorcycle L-plates recently. It was entertaining to watch because he has been riding dirtbikes since he was six, and road racing for the…
What a shocker of a weekend I had last time out at The Bend. We battled with a revolving door of technical issues in our four days at…
I came to the UK two years ago as an Australian champion and with the best wishes of some of our greatest riders; Troy Bayliss, Jason Crump,…
It’s been a torrid time for sports scandals. Thanks to the Australian cricket team and the merciless revelations of long-lens TV cameras. You’ll all know the details: heck,…
Not many people amass 36 years’ involvement in racing –12 years as a rider, winning three Australian Grands Prix at Bathurst, and 24 working for premier-class GP teams,…
We were on our way to Bathurst, NSW, when we stopped for a feed at Pie in the Sky at Bilpin, on Bell’s Line of Road in the…
