WORDS: JACK FAIRMAN
IMAGES: MILAGRO/SKY RACING TEAM VR46
A few years ago, I was compiling my own MotoGP bucket list. At that time, I was still yet to see an Italian MotoGP at Mugello. A seasoned veteran of the MotoGP Press box kindly advised me that top of that list, for any MotoGP nut for that matter, should be that trip, crucially, before Valentino Rossi retires from racing. Why? Well, simple. In his words “Once he’s gone, we’ll most likely never see scenes like it ever again. Think Beatlemania turned up to eleven.”