Today in Estoril,the Ilmor has presented a new 800cc MotoGp bike with which intends to start a new adventure after almost 15 years in F1 and Indy Racing League. For this new challenge they company has chosen the Australian racer Garry McCoy, also nick named Manone (Big Hand)by the Italians during his years in Italy racing for the NCR Ducati.
McCoy is not new to the MotoGp circus: he raced the 500cc before with Honda and then with Kawasaki from 1998 to 2003. During those years he experienced some good results mixed with some important injuries (ankle and wrist).
In 2005, after ending the WSBK in 6th place, McCoy left Ducati to pass to the Foggy Pedronas Team. The challenge with 3 cylinders, 900cc, lasted only one year and in 2006 he went back searching for a new bike and a new challenge.
Regardless of the ups and downs in his career, Garry McCoy is well known around the world especially for his spectacular way to …
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Friday, October 13, 2006
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He's a pretty amazing little rider, even if he does hurt himself a lot.
The bit from the movie "Faster" where he's sliding sideways with the front wheel off the ground is incredible!
With the direction the motogp is evolving I was wondering why they picked a guy good in drifting vs. an emerging 250cc rider, but then I recalled that he has been successful in 125cc
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