THERE HAVE BEEN A number of top-notch Australian motorcyclists across our history and across all racing events and types.
In this piece we offer a top 7 (in no particular order) and invite you to submit your votes for the additional two. Details at the end.
1. MICK DOOHAN
Mick Doohan, an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, is widely regarded as one of the greatest racers in history. He won five consecutive 500 cc world championships from 1994 to 1998 and was the first rider ever to win more than four in a row.
Doohan was born in Queensland, Australia and started his professional career racing for a full factory Yamaha team. After three successful seasons with the team, he signed with Rothmans Honda and became part of the Honda Team. It was here that Doohan achieved his first world championship victory in 1992 and won those five consecutive grand prix titles from 1994 to 1998. Mick went on to become one of only two riders ever to win five consecutive world championships, alongside Italian great Giacomo Agostini.
Doohan became the first rider to win all of his 10 grand prix victories on Honda machinery during his career. His record-breaking achievements have made him one of the greatest racers ever seen. Mick Doohan’s career came to an end in 1999 following a crash that left him with severe injuries that ended his
