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Post by Droog on Apr 30, 2018 23:27:00 GMT
I seem to remember more about seasons 1984 to 1998 than I do about racing over the last ten years.  33. Catalano 19. Mackenzie 8. Mamola 17. Duhamel |
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Post by pantah on May 1, 2018 17:25:22 GMT
Fuck sakes Droog. That's incredible
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Post by Droog on May 1, 2018 18:00:42 GMT
As I recall, the Budweiser sponsorship on the Roberts run Mamola bike was a freebie. As in they never stumped up any cash despite promises made. Or maybe I am remembering that slightly wrong? 92 was a good year for British wildcards. Foggy, Whitham and Rymer (the top three superbike riders from Britain at that time) all got a run out or two on Harris Yamaha's. Donington 92 for the GP was one of my favourite meetings I ever attended.
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Post by bella on May 2, 2018 11:56:17 GMT
John Reynolds 2nd from the back, Kev Mitchell with the pink number 4th in, Eddie Laycock 5th in, what do you reckon ?
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Post by Droog on May 2, 2018 14:18:17 GMT
31. Thierry Crine
18. Michael Rudroff
14. Dominique Sarron
32. Toshiyuki Arakaki
11. Eddie Laycock
26. Kevin Mitchell
15. Cees Doorakkers
22. Simon Buckmaster
24. Lucio Pedercini
John Reynolds rode for Padgetts in 1993 and 1994. Sarron and Arakaki rode the ROC Yamahas's in the Banco sister team to the Mackenzie and Duhumel pairing on the Yamaha France Banco bikes. As I recall, I think either Mackenzie or Duhumel tried out the ROC chassis at some point? Rainey switched from his factory Yamaha chassis to a ROC chassis mid season also but I think he reverted back to the updated official Yamaha chassis towards the end of the year.
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Post by bella on May 3, 2018 6:16:38 GMT
I remember Bob McLean got shafted by Serge Rosset when Mackenzie tried out the 94 ROC, Niall was sure they had a factory engine fitted just for the tests but then fitted the standard motor back in every ones bikes. I think it was the Slick 50 team bikes that were pretty crap.
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Post by neilf on May 3, 2018 8:10:08 GMT
Kind of related, but didn't Hodgson get a factory bike from Team Roberts for Mugello in '95 and promptly stuck it on the front row?
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Post by Droog on May 3, 2018 11:11:55 GMT
Yes he did. Roberts got him the opportunity so that the team could help with tyre testing.
Serge had access to factory engines and as you said, Mackenzie and the team felt duped.
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