'Moto GP is about the individual's story, the battles between the
individuals, the different personalities, the different men that are
striving for one goal, to win the world championship'. Freddie
Spencer, three-time world champion
Since its earliest beginnings on public road courses to today's
purpose-built championship courses, Moto GP has always been about one
thing: pushing man and machine to new heights of performance.
Telling the story of how leading manufacturers such as Yamaha, Honda and
Suzuki, have strived to build the perfect machine, and detailing the
incredible rivalries of such sporting legends as Kenny Roberts and Barry
Sheene, Freddie Spencer and Eddie Lawson, Valentino Rossi and Jorge
Lorenzo - to name just a few - Phil Wain uncovers the stories behind
historic races, the innovations that made the best bikes on the grid and
describes the infamous moments in which riders were made champions.
Moto GP is a photographic celebration of the heroes, bikes and
circuits that have defined the adrenaline-soaked world of motorbike
racing.