Michael "Mick" Sydney Doohan, AM is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships. Only Giacomo Agostini with eight and Valentino Rossi with seven have won more premier class titles.
I use to think all road racers were nuts. You know racing around a track at that speed
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A lot of fun when you get it right but the other side if the coin is when you crash
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Fact
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Currently maintaining an involvement in GP racing as General Manager of Racing for Honda Racing Corporation. [2005]
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Was considered to be part of the "Golden Era" of motorcycling racing, the late 80s and the early 90s which included Eddie Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Kevin Schwantz, and Wanye Rainey all of them had great skills which made for some vary memorable moments
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After the 1992 crash which almost cost him his life he had his right leg surgically attached to his left leg (which he was in danger of losing) to increase blood flow to speed up recovery
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In 1992 he crashed and broke his right leg and missed four races while recovering from the injury. Left with a restricted range of movement his team created a hand-operated rear braking system to his Rothmans Honda so he could continue racing.
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Began riding motorcycles at the age of nine
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Was considered to be part of the "Golden Era" of motorcycling racing, the late 80s and the early 90s.
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In 1999 he suffered a broken right leg, shoulder, and left wrist, when he crashed his Repsol Honda at 200+km/h at Jerez, Spain. He was immediately brought to the U.S. after the accident for corrective surgery which included inserting two plates and 12 screws in his right leg, and a plate in his left forearm. Toward the end of the year he announced his retirement due to injuries from his crash
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Was looked after by special surgeon Dr. Claudia Costa
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Formula 1: Ten Sport
2005-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Expert Comments
Australian Story
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Getaway
2007
TV Series
Himself
What a Year
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Faster
2003
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
20 to 1
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Bike Torque International: 1.10 as Himself - Host
Faster (2003) as Himself
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene (2007) as Himself
$5 Million
