Has anyone seen Faster the 2011 movie?
I can't remember the name of the Australian racer but he use to get the back out all the time sliding about and riding like a loon ala Stoner.
He use to battle it out with Wayne Rainey didn't he? In that movie I think its them two, the aussie rider says he was talking to Rainey and this was after his crash I think that left him in a wheel chair. Rainey said it doesn't look like you are enjoying racing any more if you aren't enjoying it you shouldn't be doing it. That along with the tragic accident that left Rainey in that wheel chair helped him in his decision to retire from racing.
I am not 100% sure if it was that aussie guy but it was def Wayne and I instantly thought of this after that accident.
I am unsure how much Rossi is enjoying racing now doesn't seem to be himself at all the last year or two has been awful he has just unfortunately been directly involved in an accident that see a very close friend get killed.
If retiring doesn't cross his mind I would not be surprised. Yes they are racers and they know the risks but seeing the risks first hand and being involved is completely different.
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After a quick google it wasn't that Australian guy but Kevin Schwantz
He culminated his career in 1993 by winning his first and only 500cc World Championship.[2] After suffering through a crash infested 1994 season, the injuries he had incurred over the years began to take their toll on him,[2] as did the career ending injuries suffered by his rival Rainey, at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Early in the 1995 season, after a conversation with Rainey,[5] Schwantz decided to retire from motorcycle competition.
I can't remember the name of the Australian racer but he use to get the back out all the time sliding about and riding like a loon ala Stoner.
He use to battle it out with Wayne Rainey didn't he? In that movie I think its them two, the aussie rider says he was talking to Rainey and this was after his crash I think that left him in a wheel chair. Rainey said it doesn't look like you are enjoying racing any more if you aren't enjoying it you shouldn't be doing it. That along with the tragic accident that left Rainey in that wheel chair helped him in his decision to retire from racing.
I am not 100% sure if it was that aussie guy but it was def Wayne and I instantly thought of this after that accident.
I am unsure how much Rossi is enjoying racing now doesn't seem to be himself at all the last year or two has been awful he has just unfortunately been directly involved in an accident that see a very close friend get killed.
If retiring doesn't cross his mind I would not be surprised. Yes they are racers and they know the risks but seeing the risks first hand and being involved is completely different.
*edit*
After a quick google it wasn't that Australian guy but Kevin Schwantz
He culminated his career in 1993 by winning his first and only 500cc World Championship.[2] After suffering through a crash infested 1994 season, the injuries he had incurred over the years began to take their toll on him,[2] as did the career ending injuries suffered by his rival Rainey, at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Early in the 1995 season, after a conversation with Rainey,[5] Schwantz decided to retire from motorcycle competition.
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