Mike Hailwood: A Motorcycle Racing Legend - Hardcover

Woollett, Mick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1859606482 ISBN 13: 9781859606483

Publisher: Haynes Pub Group, 2000

Synopsis

Mike Hailwood has been described as the greatest rider in the history of motorcycle racing. At the age of 18, he was already a British champion in four classes. At age 21, he won his first World Championship. He would go on to claim eight more world titles in the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc classes. This definitive history of the millionaire's son who earned a reputation as one of the sport's nice guys, covers Hailwood's British championships and early Continental races in 1959 and 1960, before going on to examine his rides with MV Agusta and Honda in 1960 and 1961; his small-class endeavors with EMC, MZ and Benelli; and his return to Honda and four more world titles from 1966 through 1968. Although Hailwood enjoyed modest success in Formula 1 auto racing, this book focuses solely on his motorcycle career, to which he made a spectacular return in 1978, winning the Isle of Man TT aboard a Ducati and smashing the lap record the following year en route to winning the Senior TT title.

About this edition

• Publisher: Haynes Pub Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1859606482
• ISBN 13: 9781859606483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208