1998 – the best year for racing?

Both at home and abroad, 1998 brought out the best in the three major championships: Grand Prix, WSB and BSB. Back in the late 1990s, 500cc GPs were still the playground of the unassailable Mick Doohan who’d won 12 of the previous year’s 15 races – 10 in a row – and turned the title into a one long victory lap. In 1998 he had a slightly harder time; Max Biaggi, fresh from taking four 250cc world titles in a row, sensationally won first time out on a 500 at Suzuka (the last class rookie to do so). But Doohan returned to form for the rest of the season, taking eight wins and the title for the fifth and final time. Over in 250s, a young snapper called Valentino Rossi,…

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Practical Sportsbikes (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2018

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