inside Issue 114, DECEMBER 2008
James Ellison
Career opportunities
• MotoGP : HONDA MUSEUM
• Road : CAMERON DONALD
• TESTED: DUCATI 848FX
• WSB : TOMMY HILL
PLUS:
• ARCHIVE : ROGER MARSHALL
• AMA : SUPERBIKE MELTDOWN
• MotoGP : HECTOR BARBERA
• Road : MERVYN WHYTE TO QUIT
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November 2008 | Product news
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Brands axed!
13 November 2008 |MCR News
In a shock announcement which is set to reverberate around the world, Brands Hatch has not been included on the 2009 FIM World Superbike Championship calendar meaning British fans will be denied of seeing the strongest line-up of British riders in both WSB and WSS for years...
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Eurosport extends BSB deal
13 November 2008 | MCR News
Following its acquisition of exclusive live rights at the start of the 2008 season, Eurosport will continue broadcasting the British Superbike Championship for a further two seasons after renewing its exclusive live rights deal with MotorSport Vision...
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Troy and Ruben happy on their debut
13 November 2008 | Press Release
The two day test at Valencia was the first time that BMW Motorrad Motorrad Motorsport’s new riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus rode the new S1000RR and at the end both riders left in a very positive frame of mind. Both Troy and Ruben were immediately able to get right down to business and start working with the bike and start their new challenge...
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Larry Carter
IT’S THE PITS...
So that’s it then, Rossi’s World Champion again and save a dogfight at Laguna Seca, does anyone else think that MotoGP has been a bit of an anti-climax this again this season?
I say again because the way Stoner ran away with the title in 2007 was also less than spectacular from a punters point of view and having read adverse comments in a few publications recently, the jewel in the two-wheeled crown has started to became about as predictable (albeit still eons more entertaining) as Formula One.









