Motocourse 50 Years of MOTO Grand Prix: the Official History of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hazelton Publishing (UK)
- Publish date: 08/01/1999
Description:
The 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle season was the fiftieth since the creation of the FIM World Championships in 1949. Although the sport has seen massive changes in the last half-century -- most notably the emergent dominance of Japanese manufacturers in the 1960s -- it has also enjoyed a remarkable degree of continuity. For the sport is still the domain of major bikemakers eager to promote their marques with machines that are obvious descendants of the race bikes of the 1950s.
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Rather than offering a simple recap of all 50 seasons, this huge retrospective captures the romance and legend of these rocket-like bikes and their daredevil riders. Readers will witness the sport's development from '49 to the present in the context of such manufacturers as Norton, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Honda and Ducati, as well as riders like Agostini, Hailwood, Redman, Rainey, Doohan and Fogarty. A wealth of photography is supported by rare race posters and advertisements, and an authoritative narrative is peppered with sidebars highlighting major technical developments and the sport's human side. Like no other Grand Prix motorcycle history ever attempted!
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