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Mick Doohan
Australian motorcycle racer
Michael Sydney DoohanAM[1] (born 4 June ) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racingWorld Champion, who won five consecutive cc World Championships.
Valentino rossi biography book After Doohan retired he went to work as a roving adviser to Honda's Grand Prix race effort. After Rossi's great win in Assen, bad luck struck when he crashed on lap five of the German round and was forced to retire. After his win in Malaysia, Rossi continued to impress by scoring a third place in Australia , a second place in Portugal and a final third place in the Valencian Community rounds. Retrieved 10 OctoberBiography
Originally from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Doohan attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace and Aspley State High School, Brisbane. He raced in Australian Superbikes in the late s, and also won both races as Superbike World Championship visited Oran Park in as well as the second leg of the Japanese round held earlier in the year.
In a break-out season he also won the final Australian motorcycle Grand Prix to be held in the TT format at Mount Panorama before the race became a round of the World Championship the following year and moved to Phillip Island. He is one of the few cc or MotoGP World Champions to have won a Superbike World Championship race.[2]
He made his Grand Prix debut for Honda on an NSR cc two-stroke motorcycle in Late in the season Doohan claimed his first victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on his way to third in the championship.
In , he was paired with his fellow Australian Wayne Gardner on a Honda RVFsuperbike and won the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
He competed successfully throughout the early s and appeared to be on his way to winning his first world championship when he was seriously injured in a practice crash before the Dutch TT. He suffered permanent and serious damage to his right leg due to medical complications and, at one stage, faced amputation of the leg.
At the time, Doohan was 65 points in the lead of the championship, but could not compete for eight weeks after the crash. After an arduous recovery, he returned to racing for the final two races but could not prevent Yamaha rider Wayne Rainey from winning his third consecutive title (by four points from Doohan). In he struggled with the healing of his leg and the ability to race the Honda at elite level, stating later that in that year it was all he could do to just keep his ride at Honda.
Mick doohan valentino rossi biography This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. Grand Prix motorcycle racing [ edit ]. Please help by adding reliable sources. Retrieved 16 OctoberIt was also during this time he switched to a left thumb-operated rear brake, as his right foot is no longer able to perform this function.[3]
In however, he won his first cc World Championship. Thereafter, until , he dominated the class, winning five consecutive cc World Championships. In , his most successful year, Doohan won 12 out of 15 races, finished second in another two, and crashed out of the final race of the season at his home GP while leading by more than six seconds.
In the Queen's Birthday Honours, Doohan was inducted as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to the sport of motor racing.[4]
Despite up to eight rivals on non-factory HRC Honda motorcycles Doohan's margin of superiority over them was such that in many races Doohan would build a comfortable lead and then ride well within his limits to cruise to victory.
Although pure riding skill clearly played a large part in his success, the ability of his chief race engineer, Jeremy Burgess, to perfect the suspension and geometry of a racing motorcycle may have given him an advantage over his rivals. Between and the bike was said not to have had many changes, with Honda engineers reportedly becoming frustrated at Doohan's reluctance to try innovations such as electronic shifting (it was only when Rossi came to Honda in that Honda engineers had their head with Rossi willing to try more innovations).[citation needed]
One notable trait of Doohan's post-crash riding style was the use of a thumb-operated rear brake developed during owing to the reduced range of motion in his ankle.
This was operated by a "nudge" bar similar to a personal water craft throttle, but mounted on the left handlebar. In Doohan had another accident, this time in a very wet qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Valentino rossi He then had back-to-back wins in Portugal and Rio , two second-place finishes in the Pacific and Malaysia , another victory in Australia and a second-place finish in the final race in the Valencian Community. BRA 4. Retrieved 17 March Rossi started fourth, but overtook teammate Lorenzo for third on lap two, then made a second pass stick for second position on lap seven.He again broke his leg in several places and subsequently announced his retirement. Jeremy Burgess, Doohan's chief engineer for his entire career, later became Valentino Rossi's chief engineer. After Doohan retired he went to work as a roving adviser to Honda's Grand Prix race effort. At the conclusion of the season, Doohan and Honda parted company.[5]
In June , Doohan made an appearance at the Isle of Man TT.
Doohan completed a parade lap, and was most enamored by the thrill and spectacle of the Snaefell Mountain Course.
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Cars
After his success in Grand Prix motorcycle racing he got a chance to test a Formula One race car, the Williams FW19, at Circuit de Catalunya (in Spain) in April He found the car difficult to drive and crashed against a guard rail.[7] In , Doohan drove a Mercedes Benz CLK55 AMG works rally car with his co-driver Mark Stacey in the Targa Tasmania rally.
He was in thirteenth place on day three when he crashed the car; he and Stacey were uninjured after the incident.[8]
Personal life
On 8 August , Doohan appeared in Darwin Magistrates Court to face charges over a weekend fracas at a strip club. He was fined $2, after pleading guilty to assaulting a bouncer and failing to leave a licensed premise.
No conviction was recorded.[9]
Doohan married Selina Sines, who had been his partner for the previous eleven years, on Tuesday 21 March , on Hamilton Island; the couple have two children, including racing driver Jack Doohan.[10]
Doohan helped design an IntaminMotorbike Launch Roller Coaster, named Mick Doohan's Motocoaster.
The ride is located at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[11] Doohan's name was removed from the ride's branding in May , and it is now known simply as Motocoaster.[12]
Honours
Doohan was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in and received an Australian Sports Medal in [1][13] He was awarded the "Key to the City" by the City of Gold Coast in [14] He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in [15] The first turn at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is named after him.
In as part of the Q celebrations, Doohan was announced as one of the Q Icons of Queensland for his role as a "sports legend".[16]
Career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
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By class
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) [17]
See also
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