SuperBike Magazine September 2020
Loads of content to keep any motorcycle enthusiast entertained!
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72 <strong>SuperBike</strong><br />
walks out. There were six Japanese<br />
engineers sitting around the table<br />
and they didn’t know what to do,<br />
what to say or what had just happened.<br />
With his talent, he should’ve<br />
been world champion, but it was<br />
never going to happen.”<br />
Before Gobert, Shenton had won<br />
world titles with Spencer, Gardner,<br />
Schwantz and Kork Ballington. So<br />
who was the best of them all?<br />
“In terms of fantastic natural<br />
talent I’ll be a bit controversial and<br />
say that Freddie was second. The<br />
guy with the most natural talent was<br />
Gobert, but he didn’t realise what<br />
he had and he wasn’t able to apply<br />
it. At the other end of the spectrum,<br />
and he’ll hate me for saying this,<br />
was Gardner. He beat the other guys<br />
by sheer guts and bloody-minded<br />
determination. He had to really work<br />
at it and apply himself. Then you’ve<br />
got someone like Kevin in the middle<br />
who had the talent, worked at it and<br />
applied it.”<br />
Celebrating Kenny Roberts<br />
Junior’s 2000 world title, with<br />
team manager Garry Taylor and<br />
Suzuki race chief Mitsuo Itoh<br />
Shenton and Kevin Schwantz working to win the 1993 500cc<br />
world championship<br />
Anthony Gobert
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