MICHAEL SCOTT
Foreword by 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden
What Makes a Champion?
The Formula
Les Graham
FIRST CHAMPION AND A FJRST-CLASS GENTLEMAN
Umberto Masetti
ERRATIC GENIUS WHO WAS SCARED OF BIKE
Geoff Duke
John Surtees
Libero Liberati
Gary Hocking
Mike Hailwood
Giacomo Agostini
Phil Read
Barry Sheene
Kenny Robeds
Marco Lucchinell
Franco Uncini
Freddei Spencer
Eddie Lawson
Wayne Gardner
Wayne Rainey
Kevin Schwantz
Mick Doohan
Alex Criville
Kenny Roberts Jnr
Valentino Rossi
Nicky Hayden
Casey Stoner
The Nearly Me
Appendix One: The:champion bikes
Appendix Txo: Roll of Honour
Acknowledgements
Index
From Michael Scott, author of Haynes's highly successful biography of Barry Sheene, here is a fabulous series of character studies of the premier motorcycle racers, from bomber pilot Les Graham, who won the first 500cc World Championship in 1949, to Nicky Hayden, boasting the Number 1 plate in 2007 MotoGP, and on to the 2007 champion. Famous names like Mike Hailwood, Giacomo Agostini, Kenny Roberts Senior, Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi are studied, but so are lesser-known heroes who rode the storm to brief glory.