MCN Sport magazine on sale now

Published: 17 November 2009 Updated: 19 November 2014

The bikes | The riders | The inside story

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MCN Sport is back bigger and better than ever – a lavish limited-edition magazine bringing you the bikes, the riders and the inside stories from the 2009 season, as witnessed by the best writers and photographers in the world.

Go inside Rossi’s mind as he reveals just what he’s thinking about his rivals, racing and his need to breed, and reveals some private pics and the stories behind them.

Find out how a butterfly’s wingbeat cost James Toseland his ride. Discover the inspired new tricks Valentino’s using to keep a nose ahead in the era of electronic assistance, and just how the 800s are now going faster than the 990s in the corners AND the straights.

Introduced by Rossi, it’s out now priced £4.50 in your local WHSmith or any good newsagent. If they can’t find it, quote barcode 977147376800101.

The Rossi Interview
The world champion talks frankly about how he’d cure MotoGP’s ills, why he could fix the fussy Ducati and why he needs a woman.

Incredible action shots
Like this one – It’s the first Irish National event of the season and Michael Dunlop’s first 600 road race of the year, so you’ll forgive him for taking things a bit easy…

Rossi on Rossi
Valentino grants MCN Sport an exclusive look into life off the track for the most famous bike racer on earth.

Schwantz on Spies
The 1993 500cc World Champion has been a career-long mentor to MotoGP debutant Ben Spies. Here Kevin Schwantz analyses just why he thinks the WSB champ can go all the way.

The making of Lorenzo
No girlfriend, no mobile, no email, no father: it took a kill-or-cure regime of isolation to turn Jorge Lorenzo into the only rider to challenge Valentino Rossi for the 2009 MotoGP title.

MotoGP tech highlights
The fastest-developing bikes in the world exposed: how to get 217mph from 800cc (and go quicker round the corners AND the straights than the 990s).

You’ve got the winner, the fastest, the runner-up and the newest WSB bike to choose from. But which would you go fastest on?

19 wins, 136 points clear, 2000rpm to spare
Camier’s Yamaha R1 and it’s destruction of the field is the story of BSB in 2009. But the revelation it was running short of its potential will destroy his rivals’ spirits all over again…

By Guy Procter

The bikes | The riders | The inside story