The RIDER WHISPERER

The Story of Jeremy Burgess

By JOHN SMAILES

South Australian born Jeremy Burgess is universally regarded as the best crew chief ever in the high-risk, high-speed world of world championship Moto GP racing. Burgess has overseen 14 World Championship victories, been directly accountable for machines and riders that have won 157 MotoGPs and has amassed, by his count, close to 300 podiums. The three mega star riders on his CV, in order, are Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi. Burgess, now 72 and retired to his country property at Aldinga in the Adelaide Hills, forms a major part of the latest book Phillip Island: The Inside Story of Australia’s Fastest Racetrack, written by motorsport specialist John Smailes. The tome chronicles almost a century of racing on the circuit rated as the best motorcycle racetrack in the world and, in…

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Maxim Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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