TEN MINUTES WITH… JOSH BROOKES

FB: Last year must’ve been pretty tough. But just how difficult was it staying motivated to come out on top?

“There were a lot of layers to 2020 forus; early on we came over to England and Spain for testing, but we made the call to come back to Australia after it was announced that both the MotoGP and the second round of WSBK was cancelled. It seemed like a good idea as it would be better to be stuck there if things did go crazy; there’s far more things I can do, including earning money-myvisa in England only allows me to draw an income from racing. Sure, it was a gamble, but no one had any idea what was going to happen. We were pretty lucky at the beginning, as we didn’t have the