I don't really socialise with any of the racers off the track. One problem is that the British market for motorcycle sales is not as good as, for example, America, Spain and Italy. The first few laps are vital because if you lose too much time in the first few laps, as we've seen with Biaggi with the slow starts, it is then very difficult to catch these guys up at this level. I used to ask him if he was scared about something terrible happening to him and he used to reply 'No, the thing I'm most scared about is coming second.'
"Teachers didn't pressure you or anything, like some make out," she says. I was like: 'What?! Motorcycle News Awards - James Toseland. Men and Motors.
At this speed stupid things popping into your head fortunately doesn't happen - one thing I've really worked on is my concentration throughout the race. "That's why, first and foremost, I tend to think of myself as Georgian.
We'll come to their relationship later though. "It was completely up to you how much you got from it.
last year | 5 views. He will hope to boost his chances of a second world title and delight the British fans when he races at Silverstone this weekend.
Probably about 10 sets of leathers and about 20 sets of knee sliders.
This is only the fourth year of WSB racing for Ten Kate but it's the first year really that they have had a complete competitive package. I just find that a bit simplistic; it almost shows disregard for the songwriting craft. Making the bikes more standard would definitely make the racing cheaper but at the moment we don't have too many problems financing the racing at SBK level, unlike the racing at MotoGP. I just touch wood that I can stay away from these injuries because I would be heart- broken if I couldn't play the piano. No, it's just the experience of racing for so long and I'm used to being in that mindset for the length of the two races on Sunday which I can only put down to experience and my own personal mentality. Not at all. Motorbikes To be competitive in MotoGP you need the whole package with the bikes and the team behind you that is also capable of winning, as well as the rider. This year has been unbelievable for the new Supersport riders coming into the Superbike arena - Leon Camier, Tom Sykes, Karl Crutchlow.
Motorbikes "It may not sound much but things were tough and that part in the Christmas production gave my self-esteem a big boost. My dad was especially aware, as he worked as a heart specialist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, but you must remember I was only about 10 or 11, so I wasn't old enough to be going out at night when I might, perhaps, have seen some things. There'd be these massive blackouts and the schools would frequently be forced to close. "I know it's not very rock 'n' roll, but coming from the background I had come from, I was determined to make the most of every opportunity. The 2004 world champion rides for the Ten Kate Honda team and is leading the 2007 championship standings. It's not very professional. I never noticed that really until I moved to Northern Ireland and everything seemed so vibrant due to its intense colour; I'm talking road signs and small things like that. Superbike racing is a production-based championship and should always be the cheaper way to go racing.
"The Melua family may have left one conflicted country for another (albeit slightly less dangerous) one, but on the whole young Katie picked up a predominantly positive vibe from Belfast.If our city has occasionally found the derogatory and undeserved term 'grey' attached to it, it was a land of astounding vibrancy to impressionable new eyes accustomed to Soviet Eastern Europe. "I don't have any plans to slow down," she insists. In fact, ever since I arrived in the UK, a land with so much possibility, I've tried to put 110% into everything I've done. Singer Katie Melua has tied the knot with former World Superbike champion James Toseland. Indeed the same could very much be said of Melua independently and her music.
NI minister brands his church 'homophobic' in plea to marry same-sex couples At the same time, nobody wants to see World Superbikes going back to the days where if you are not on a Ducati you are not able to be competitive.
What is James Toseland's birthday?