LET’S FLY AWAY!
We’re in the midst of the ‘flyaways’ – the now quadruple-header of long-haul races, spread over four weeks, taking in Thailand, Japan, Australia and Malaysia – swiftly bringing the season towards its climax in Valencia.
DORNA MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
W O R D S: J A C K F A I R M A N I M A G E S: R O B G R AY / P O L A R I T Y
Rossi’s looking to Yamaha for answers.
’Do I look very ‘appy?’
On your Marc! Championship number seven looks a done deal.
It has often been a championship-defining period of the season; pick up an injury and you can easily miss three back-to-back races. Get on a winning run and you can have it all but sewn up by the time you land back in Spain. The volatile climate in the Far East has thrown many a curve ball at the championship contenders over the years, not to mention Philip Island’s unpredictable spring weather making the circuit ride like Mugello in June one minute, or Anglesey in December the next.