2011
Pirelli
A Fairy Book Ending
Pirelli Diablo Rosso II
Miller Motorsports Park, Utah
May 31, 2011
By Sam Q. Fleming
Stefania Mascuillo, Pirelli Street Platform Manager – Photo by SPQF
An Inside Look at MotoGP
Behind the Garage Door with Ben Spies and Tom Houseworth at the Gran Premio d' Italia at Mugello – Tuscany, Italy
By Samuel Quarelli Fleming & Melissa Berkoff
Yamaha Factory Racing invited Roadracing World editors Sam Q Fleming and Melissa Berkoff to be embedded with Ben Spies' MotoGP squad at the 2011 Mugello race. This level of access has never been granted to any journalist in the past. Some access was restricted to allow Spies to focus on his race routine and to preserve technological secrets from Sam and Melissa's trained eyes and ears. The following series of articles convey the exotic, and the familiar, about racing motorcycles at the highest level.
Deux ex Machina
Mugello, Part 2
An Inside Look at MotoGP
Behind the Garage Door With Ben Spies and Tom Houseworth at the Gran Premio d' Italia at Mugello, Tuscano Italy
By Samuel Quarelli Fleming & Melissa Berkoff
Saturday evening at Mugello. Ducati stand is just above the light in the center of the
picture, a new permanent grand stand (center left) spells out "Mugello Circuito", rider
RV are center right, the track is in the foreground and the row of hospitality tents are
lit up and inviting, as long as you have the correct credential.
Mugello, Part 1
An Inside Look at MotoGP
Behind the Garage Door With Ben Spies and Tom Houseworth
at the Gran Premio d' Italia at Mugello, Tuscany, Italy
By Samuel Quarelli Fleming & Melissa Berkoff
Yamaha Factory Racing invited Roadracing World editors Sam Q. Fleming and Melissa Berkoff to be embedded with Ben Spies' MotoGP squad at the 2011 Mugello race. This level of access has never been granted to any journalist in the past. Some access was restricted to allow Spies to focus on his race routine and to preserve technological secrets from Sam and Melissa's trained eyes and ears. The following series of articles convey the exotic, and the familiar, about racing motorcycles at the highest level.
The Mugello racetrack with a full paddock and empty hills on Thursday evening before
the start of the Grand Prix d' Italia in the humidity-filled rolling hills of Tuscany, Italy.
GSXR 600/750
As Goes GSX-R, So Goes The Nation
Barber Motorsports Park
February 28, 2011
Motorcycles occupy a strange spot in the American household budget. Whereas in many places in the world a motorcycle is considered a household transportational necessity, in the US they have increasingly become a lifestyle product to be procured after the necessities such as a car and a flat screen TV. Back before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) the motorcycle industry was buoyed, like many things in the US, by cheap and easy loans. Whether the money was borrowed outright to buy the motorcycle or financed with a home equity loan, it was simple and straightforward to walk into a dealership and ride out with a new monthly payment and a shiny status symbol.
