Bradley Smith is "Rookie of the Year" in MotoGP 125cc Championship

Bradley Smith is "Rookie of the Year" in MotoGP 125cc Championship

Bradley Smith, the 15 year old Oxfordshire schoolboy received his trophy for Rookie of the year at the MotoGP awards ceremony in Valencia on Sunday.

It is great that an English younster has made it to international level, when the competition for places at this level is so tough, as is the financial cost on parents and supporters helping Bradley get to this position.

It takes a massive amount of determination and hard work to make it on the international motorcycle racing scene, for each youngster like Bradley who makes it, their are hundreds who don't.

I wrote an article for inter-bike last year about what it takes to enter the world of motorcycle racing at amateur level entitled So you want to be the next Valentino Rossi? which gives some insight into just how tough and expensive it can be, even getting on the bottom rungs of the racing ladder.

Bradley has had a fantatsic first season in MotoGP and I look foward to seeing how well he can do in the 2007 MotoGP championship.

Ride safe!

Jon Booth
webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk