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Book Synopsis46th YEAR - The longest running motorcycle sport yearbook. Largest edition ever at 328 pages. Independent and authoritative editorial combined with the finest action photography. For lovers of two-wheeled motorsport, MOTOCOURSE stands alone as the leading yearbook covering the sport. Since its launch 1976 it has evolved through the decades into the most authoritative chronicle on the FIM motorcycling world and key national championships. The 18-race MotoGP championship produced a fascinating mix of races which saw no fewer than eight different riders take victories in the first fourteen rounds, before the season climaxed in Valencia in November. Leading the way was the young Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, who on his Yamaha, managed to keep a phalanx of Ducati riders at bay, led by Peco Bagnaia, Jack Miller, Jorge Martin. Fascinating sub-stories abounded, with the triumphant return from injury by multiple champion Marc Marquez to win the German Grand Prix for Honda, and the strange melt-down by Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales who opened the season with a win in Qatar before an abrupt departure and swift re-appearance with Aprilia in mid-season. 2021 marked the last hurrah for the legend that is Valentino Rossi. “The Doctor” may have endured a low-key end to his illustrious MotoGP career, which has spanned an incredible twenty- six seasons, but his popularity around the world remains undiminished. Aside from the premier class, Moto 2 and Moto3 are given ample coverage, with KTM’s championship chasing pair of Remy Gardner and Raul Fernandez battling for the top prize before graduating to the premier class. In Moto3 a new star was born in the shape of rookie Pedro Acosta, who at just seventeen years of age has already been earmarked for promotion after just one year. Editor Michael Scott and Neil Morrison supply full reports on each Grand Prix, and Matt Birt brings us his usual run down on the comings and goings of each of the 11 squads in the Team-By-Team review, which has full personnel and technical specifications, the bikes being illustrated beautifully by Adrian Dean’s meticulously crafted drawings. Full coverage is given of the 13-round World Superbike Series in which Kawasaki’s defending champion Jonathan Rea faced a stern challenge from Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu and Ducati’s Scott Redding. All the races and the seasons bikes and riders are put under the microscope by Superbike top writer Gordon Ritchie who also covers the World Supersport class with Yamaha the dominant force. Peter McLaren provides full race results and lap charts from every round of both MotoGP and World Superbikes as well as complete points stable from all the major championships. The well of talent that eventually will become the cream of racing almost inevitably springs from the amazingly well-conceived Red Bull Rookies series, in which youngsters vie for supremacy on identical machines. The vastly experienced Peter Clifford charts the ups and downs of their close-fought battles. Sadly, because of the continuing pandemic, the Isle of Man TT did not take place for a second year in succession, but the well-funded and increasingly popular British BSB Superbike series continues to grow in prestige, with an ever-deepening field of talent competing across eight different classes throughout a weekend packed with action. MOTOCOURSE also covers the racing in the USA, via the Moto America Superbike series which saw Yamaha’s Jake Gagne emerging as a convincing winner in the Superbike class and Sean Dylan Kelly an equally dominant champion in the Supersport class.

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Book SynopsisOne Man’s Mountain’ is a powerful and energetic memoir describing how what seem to be distant and unachievable dreams can become real and develop into a life’s experience that is way beyond what was thought possible. The book depicts life’s experiences leading from war-time to normal peacetime living. An ordinary suburban lifestyle enables the writer to explore and adventure on two wheels and brings to life a competitive spirit, which causes the writer to see and develop an ambition. The goal to be achieved centres upon an island in the Irish Sea, yet seems beyond reach. The difficulty is that it combined the need to ride and earn a living! Yet strangely, work and play relate.

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Book SynopsisThe Spanish rider Carlos Checa triumphed in the 2011 World Superbike Championship aboard the Italian Ducati. Second and third places in the standings went to the excellent Marco Melandri, in his first year in the SBK series, and to Max Biaggi, winner of the 2010 edition. The 2012 season opened at Philip Island in Australia, inaugurating a championship that will also see a race in Russia at the brand-new Moscow Raceway. Once again, this edition of the Superbike World Championship Official Book is intended as the reference volume for the world of production-derived" racers, the bikes that have for many years now represented the beating heart of motorcycle sport, combining fierce competition with high technology, without neglecting the close ties with road-going machinery. Race by race, the book describes the 2012 season, above all through the spectacular photos taken by Fabrizio Porrozzi, complemented by the ever-pertinent texts of his brother Claudio. As well as reporting on the major championship, the book also features chapters devoted to the other categories (Supersport, Superstock 1000, Superstock 600) completing the packed World Championship programme.

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Book SynopsisSince its first release in 2008, the official book of the Superbike World Championship has been an indispensible resource for all fans of the championship reserved for production derived bikes, the championship for bikes you can buy from your local dealer. Like every year, this book opens with a chapter devoted to the winner of the World Championship title. Plenty of space has been devoted to reports on the 12 scheduled races of the 2015 season, and to the bikes and riders that constitute the fundamental pieces in the complex SBK jigsaw. The "strong suit" of the official book, one of the parts that will delight fans of the series, is without doubt the one dealing with the engineering of these authentic jewels, described in the most minute detail - thanks to the contributions of specialists working for the various teams - and illustrated with numerous photos revealing all the secrets of the championship's leading players. The chapters on the "other world championships," Supersport and Superstock 1000 and 600 complete a book that should be on the shelves of every true fan.

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Book SynopsisThe 2018 FIM Superbike World Championship will go down in history as the season Jonathan Rea became the new, undisputed King of WorldSBK. A fourth consecutive World Championship title saw Rea reach seventy-one career wins, surpassing the longstanding record set by Carl Fogarty. Standing on the podium twenty-two times in 2018, the quadruple champ was unstoppable, starting the season steadily before building an unassailable 545 points advantage by the time the final chequered flag was waived. Records were also broken in qualifying. Tom Sykes, also Kawasaki mounted, became the most successful rider in Tissot-Superpole, ending the season with forty-eight career Pole Positions. The highs and lows from all thirteen rounds are relived like never before in this official season review. Full analysis of WorldSSP, WorldSSP300 and STK1000 are also included, as is a look at each of the manufacturers that took part in all four championship classes. Exclusive photos, as well as dedicated sections that look back at the history of WorldSBK, the tyres, and the Champions, make the 2018 World Superbike Official Yearbook one for your collection!

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Book SynopsisRelive the highs and lows of a thrilling WorldSBK season in the Official 2019 Yearbook, including round by round analysis of all three World Championship classes. Whether you are a fan of Kawasaki or Ducati, green or red, Rea or Bautista, 2019 had something for everyone and ultimately produced one of the greatest duels in WorldSBK history. A look back through the World Superbike archives, as well as an in depth look underneath the fairings of all seven manufacturers that took part in the three World Championship classes enhances what is a must read for any fan. Each World Champion has a dedicated chapter, with a comprehensive rider guide and exclusive never seen before photos. All of the statistics, all of the records as well as a look back at the riders who remain iconic as far as WorldSBK is concerned are all included in the Official Yearbook of the 2019 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship.

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Book SynopsisRelive all the most important moments of the last two WorldSBK seasons in the 2020/2021 Official Yearbook, which includes the analysis of every single round and of all the different classes of the Championship. While the 2020 season saw yet another success for the Rea-Kawasaki duo which, among the Manufacturers, prevailed by only one point over Ducati, the 2021 World Championship lived on the close fight between the "usual" Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu with the Yamaha. But the World Superbike 2020-2021 The official book, in addition to the sports news, also reviews the technical aspects of the motorcycles protagonists of the World Championship, dedicating a specific chapter to the World Champion and not neglecting statistics and records, all using a photographic repertoire of extraordinary charm and suggestion.

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