how to become a professional motorcycle racer

In case you’re wondering why Valentino and Marc look so friendly, this pic was taken in 2015 pre-season testing. But they both have the power and fitness to win a MotoGP. Although it’s still on a machine and it’s still important to be talented, to be at the level to win you need to be physically prepared as well as skilled.”ĪBOVE: Rossi doesn’t look particularly strong, especially next to gym-honed Marquez. “Nowadays, we have to say, especially in the last five or ten years, we’ve seen a huge change in the physical preparation of the riders. What made a huge change then was opening the gas earlier, braking later – being brave.

“If you look back to the old days, you’d see riders smoking on the podium, drinking – they weren’t the same athletes.

“For sure, MotoGP is a different kind of sport from most others, because you have a machine with an engine – and you don’t have to use all the muscles you use in other sports. Hile Doctor Zasa and his team of physiotherapists admit you have to be in great physical shape, part of what draws them to motorbike racing is that it isn’t how fit and strong you are on a bike that decides whether or not you win it’s about talent. Perhaps not as strong as you think, says Dr Michele Zasa, boss of the Clinica Mobile, MotoGP’s in-house sports medicine clinic

Published: 23 April 2016 Updated: 23 April 2016

How to become a professional motorcycle racer