Mike Hailwood: A Motorcycle Racing Legend

Woollett, Mick; Agostini, Giacomo [Foreword]

ISBN 10: 1859606482 / ISBN 13: 9781859606483

Editore: Haynes Pub Group, 2000

Jacket has minor wear, edges are lightly worn, spine has superficial damage due to sticker removal, binding sound, glossy pages have a slight warp, internally clean. Mike Hailwood has been described as the greatest rider in the history of motorcycle racing. At the age of 18, he was already a British champion in four classes. At age 21, he won his first World Championship. He would go on to claim eight more world titles in the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc classes. This definitive history of the millionaire's son who earned a reputation as one of the sport's nice guys, covers Hailwood's British championships and early Continental races in 1959 and 1960, before going on to examine his rides with MV Agusta and Honda in 1960 and 1961; his small-class endeavors with EMC, MZ and Benelli; and his return to Honda and four more world titles from 1966 through 1968. Although Hailwood enjoyed modest success in Formula 1 auto racing, this book focuses solely on his motorcycle career, to which he made a spectacular return in 1978, winning the Isle of Man TT aboard a Ducati and smashing the lap record the following year en route to winning the Senior TT title. Codice articolo 241215020

Riassunto:

Mike Hailwood has been described as motorcycling's greatest rider. At the age of 18 he was already a British champion in four classes, and three years later won his first World Championship. An all-rounder, he took a further eight world titles in the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc classes.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Mike Hailwood: A Motorcycle Racing Legend
Casa editrice: Haynes Pub Group
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good