INSPIRE June 2014

INSPIRE

INSPIRINGHEROES

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“Don’t dream it’s over”

Alex Zanardi

W E B E L I E V E I N C H A L L E N G E S A N D W I S H T O

WORLD’S FASTEST WOMAN ON A MOTORCYCLEMOTORCYCLE

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LESLIEPORTERFIELD

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You are not stepping back when the lightning strikes. You are not drenched in dread when the storm comes. You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it. You were given this life because you are brave enough to stand fearless before the giants.A hero is an ordinary Man who fi nds the strength to per-severe in spite of overwhelming hindrance. The hero is the Man who lets no obstruction prevent him from pursuing his intent. Don’t believe in misfortune, don’t believe in the unfavorable fate. Make the most out of your worst day, make it shine though the sun seems to walk away. Find the strength to carry on in spite of any impediment and be the hero of your own romance.We dedicate this issue to all those heroes, women and men who never gave up even when their World went tumbling down.

Enrico BarbieriEditor-in-chief

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THE WORLD OF REDBULL

Born in 1992 near Lille, Alice Arutkin started windsurfing when she was 10 years old at her home spot in the

North of France together with her dad and older brother. The family used to head to Tarifa every year for three weeks and spend their entire holiday surfing and windsurfing. Two times World Champion, nine times French Champion and 2007 Rookie of the year, Alice is one of a new wave of talented women in watersports. “You can be talented, but like any sport you still have to work hard to get to the top without leaving anything to chance. It takes physical training, a strict diet and plenty of practice” Alice Arutkin.Photographer: Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool

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BIKE & PEOPLE

PHARRELLtext: Inspire Team - photo:Justin Borucki

OInspIratIon can be

everywhere. If you’re brave enough to

transform an Idea Into realIty and wIllIng

enough to share It wIth the rest of the world,

good thIngs wIll happen. InspIred people InspIre others to pursue theIr

dreams that’s why InspIre magazIne pays trIbute to

the InspIrIng pharrell wIllIams

n May 12, 2012 Pharrell Williams created “i am OTHER” a creative venture and way of life. Its Manifesto, written by Pharrell himself tells so much about his creator. “I serve and represent the OTHERS because I am one myself. OTHERS def. expectations and stereotypes. We are curious, am-bitious, energetic and have every intention of sque-ezing the most out of life. Above all, we are indi-viduals. OTHERS don’t fit into categories. We are not jocks. Or skaters. Or musicians. Or students. Or technologists. Or audiophiles. We want to be all of the above and then some. OTHERS are a di-verse group of optimistic, bright minds connected by technology and a desire to make our mark, who together can advance culture and even humani-ty. OTHERS are not defined by demographics or geography. We have shared ideals, dreams and a vision for a new reality. OTHERS believe indivi-duality is the new wealth. Experiences are the new assets to acquire. Whoever is the most individual wins. i am OTHER celebrates people who push so-ciety forward. The thinkers. The innovators. The outcasts. History has proven that it’s the rule bre-akers who have the power to change the world. Be OTHER.”It’s not an easy task to spot just one definition for Pharrell Williams. He certainly is a singer, songwri-ter and record producer but there is so much more to add if you want to get the whole picture. Born April 5, 1973 in Virginia Beach, Virginia (United States) the oldest of three sons, in 1992 he helped producing what later became his first hit. Together with Chad Hugo they formed a hit-making duo cal-led Naptunes and with childhood friend Shay Ha-ley later gave birth to a chart-topping power trio called N.E.R.D. Twenty two years of writing and producing songs for the likes of Kelis, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Madonna did-n’t seem to stop his creative flow. Au contraire in 2013 Pharrell penned and performed a new origi-nal song for the sequel Despicable Me 2 the now World-famous, and this is really the case, Hap-py. To coincide with the single release, the web-site 24hoursofhappy.com was launched featuring what became “the world’s first 24 hour music vi-deo”. The original video spawned over 1500 covers on YouTube in which people from different cities throughout the world dance to the song. Inspired by this global phenomenon, a French couple laun-ched a website named wearehappyfrom.com that showcases all the re-makes uploaded to YouTube.

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“Americana” is the name that Doug Keim and Pharrell chose for their stunning work of art

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The city of Fukushima (Japan) was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 21st 2011.

The following day the Nuclear Power Plant located on the coast, 40km out of town, began releasing radioactive materials becoming the largest nuclear incident since Chernobyl. In an attempt to dispel the image of Fukushima as a gloomy and disaster-hit city, Hitomi Kumusaka put together a remake of Pharrell’s smash hit Happy. “With this video I want you to know that we are

also happy and healthy just like you. Please enjoy our dance and share our happiness!” said Kumusaka. As of June 2014, more than 1,500 videos had been created in homage to Pharrell’s global hit Happy, which itself has generated more than 300 million views on YouTube so far. Amongst the thousands of versions made by fans all around the globe, this one is really worth seeing.

“fuKushIma Is also happy!!”

The reaction of the audience could have not been foreseen by anyone. What came right out of Phar-rell’s heart struck everybody in the heart. It’s the first time that planet Earth witnesses such a glo-bal response, attachment and affinity with a song. While we face a Global crisis we get asked one simple question: “How are you today?” The most spontaneous answer then becomes a life motto: “I’m happy”. During an interview with Pharrell, while discussing how he went from being just-a-guy in a band to the most-talked-about solo artist to date, American TV host legend Oprah Winfrey said “If you have the desire the Universe will rise up to meet you at exactly where you are.” Pharrell Williams adds: “You have to be unafraid to dream, and you have to be even more brave and gallant about blueprinting what you’ve envisioned. And that became clear to me”.In 2011 Pharrel Williams teamed up with RIDES magazine and New Jersey based certified Master Biker Builder Doug Keim of Creative Motorcycles to let his creative energy express in a different field other than music. “Pharrel’s vision was set in clas-sic American styling with a modern-day twist”, explained Keim. ”Much like today’s muscle cars that pay homage to the lines of their ancestors, our goal was to pull off current-meets-retro styling in motorcycle form” he said to RIDES magazine. “We chose the Cross Bones model from Harley-Davidson’s Softail family as our starting point,” states Keim. “Its frame and springer front end re-ally lent it to emulating the classic bikes Pharrell had researched and grown fond of ”. Pharrell lo-ved the vintage mid 30s feeling of the motorbike, ”When I create things I try to start from a fun-ctional perspective first, because through function you understand what the purpose is. The purpose is dictated by the ability of functionality and the capability of how far you can go” said Pharrell. Countless hours of hard work later they gave birth to their vision and named it “Americana”. A beau-tiful baby was born and later portrayed at its best by renown photographer Justin Borucki, with his world famous, hit-maker father sitting on top. We are Happy.

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Grand Prix

MotoGP RACE HIGHLIGHTS

Every MotoGP fan thinks about Jerez de la Fronte-ra as a place to visit one day. But the fi fth largest city of Andalusia, a municipality in the Cádiz’s

province, is an interesting place to see not only during the Grand Prix weekend. Jerez is mostly known as a capital of sherry, as even the name of the city came because of the famous fortifi ed wine, which originated from here. And also because of Flamenco dancing. Thinking about Jerez, you cannot for-get about being a center of horsemanship, as it is a home of a riding school comparable to the most famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna (Austria). If you have already seen all interesting buildings as the Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral, eaten the famous “Tapas” at its birthplace and drank some wine, why not play golf? The south of Spain has more than 200 golf courses. As Je-rez is located close to Cadiz, placed at the peninsula, there is also a possibility to do some watersports or fi shing.

THE BEST PLACE NOT ONLY TO START THE EUROPEAN PART OF THE SEASON BUT ALSO TO HAVE

NICE HOLIDAYS

SPAIN

text: Nelly Pluto-Prondzynska - photo: Milagro - Mirco Lazzari

After the beginning of the season took place outside of Europe, MotoGP returned to Je-rez de la Frontera for the fourth round of

2014. As the Spanish GP makes the beginning of the European season, there are about 200.000 fans over the weekend! On Sunday, in MotoGP class it was again a one-man-show. Starting from pole, fighting a little bit for the lead and final disappear – it’s all what Marc Marquez did there. For the only 21-years-old Spaniard, it was his Grand Prix start number 100 and in this special day he maintained 100% record in 2014, flying to his fourth straight win just as his fourth start from pole.In the end, Valentino Rossi scored second place fi-nish and had to hold off Dani Pedrosa for the last part of the race. The Italian came back to podium for the first time since Qatar, while a birthday-boy Jorge Lorenzo had to settle in fourth position at his 200th appearance.

MOTOGP PADDOCK COMES BACK TO THE OLD CONTINENT WHERE JEREZ HOLDS ONE OF THE MOST

POPULAR ROUNDS IN THE SEASON

MotoGP

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Stefan’s

RACE WEEK

While the whole round in Andalusia took part under the tropical heat, Stefan Bradl was not so enthusiastic after the fi rst two ses-

sions. He fi nished the fi rst day in eight place, but was also quite confi dent ahead of the rest of the weekend. Last year’s round in Jerez was one of the most diffi -cult in the entire 2013 season for the German rider, so he hoped for a much better result this time. Saturday went better for the Moto2 World Champion, while he missed the second row start by just 0.021s!On Sunday he made a decent start from the 7th spot on the grid, and was up in the leading group at the beginning. Then, completely unexpectedly he had to cope with the arm-pump problems. After a satisfying job he made at the start of the weekend, he has ex-pected a much more stronger result. Bradl managed to fi nish in tenth place, even if he was heavily affected by his arm’s problem.

THE TROPICAL TEMPERATURES AND ARM-PUMP PROBLEMS

HINDER STEFAN BRADL DURING SPANISH GRAND PRIX IN JEREZ


“I am very disappointed! After few laps I could feel a problem with my right arm similar to the one we had in the past with the arm-pump. This track is particularly demanding and I could not get the right feeling on bra-king and going on throttle so I just managed to finish this disappointing race. This unexpected problem destroyed my race and it’s not an excuse because we had the right pace to fight with the front guys. I had a successful surge-ry to cure this problem in November 2012 but I definitely have to see the doctors once I go back after the test tomor-row” – said Stefan after the race.

Behind

THE SCENES

text: elisa pavan - photo: Milagro - Mirco Lazzari

The sunrise is shining on Jerez circuit and Ros-si’s crew is ready for the action – the Biben-dum (Michelin mascotte) approves the blonde

cow-girl : a fl amenco outfi t would be more indicated for a Spani round anyway – Happy faces for the HRC engineers: Marc Marquez achicved his 4th seasonal victory- Lino Dainese (CEO of Dainese) arrives in Je-rez to support all the Dainese branded riders especial-ly The Doctor 46.

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Scott Redding is practicing yoga to remain focused before the race – Giacomo Agostini (15 times World Champion) looks speechless about the gold high-heels shown on the pit-lane: not easy to ride those shoes - Marc Marquez is happy to host two important guests in his garage: Mr Claudio Grotto (GAS Jeans CEO) and Alex Crivillé (2 time World Champion).

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THE INTERVIEW

PORTER

FIELD

LESLIE

text: Inspire Team - photo: Danny Fulgencio, Roman A. Peña

WORLD’S FASTEST WOMAN ON A MOTORCYCLE

Leslie set her first record on this Suzuki Hayabusa at 209mph

he Bonneville Salt Flats is a densely packed salt pan in North-Western Utah better known for being the place where land speed events take place every year from mid-August to early October. The salt flats were first used for motorsports in 1912 and

became extremely popular in the 1930s. Since then, numerous world land speed records have been set at Bonneville, where the smooth salt surface is ideal for racing. In 2008, Leslie Porterfield made history at the Salt Flats of Bonneville by becoming the fastest woman on two wheels.

Do you remember which was your first motorcycle?Leslie: Yes, it was an early 80s Farrago 1000, it was a Yamaha cruiser. I bought it when I was 16 and fell in love with it right away. I don’t come from a motorcycle family, I had never been around motorcycles, I just thought it would be a good means of transportation but later I started being attracted by motorcycle races.

What motorcycles do you own now?Leslie: I ride a CBR 1000 on the street and I still have my Turbo Charged Hayubusa that I have set records on and also a Turbo Charged Honda CBR1000, a beauti-ful prototype bike.

Let’s talk about your recordsLeslie: In 2007, I was aboard my Turbo Charged Su-zuki Hayabusa and I crashed at over 100 mph on the Salt Flats. I broke 7 ribs, punctured a lung and had a concussion. It took me a while to recover and I had to rebuild my race bike but I came back the next year and set the first record at 209 mph aboard the Turbo Char-ged Suzuki Hayabusa. I set that unfaired in the naked class (with no fairings). It was quite a struggle but I actually made history that year. I was the first woman to get into the Bonneville 200 miles per hour club abo-ard a conventional motorcycle. The same year I also set the production record at 192 mph aboard my CBR 1000 and in 2011 I bumped up that production record to 200 miles per hour.

What’s your top speed aboard your Hayabusa?Leslie: My top speed aboard my Hayabusa is 247 mph and I also got several records with it, I am in the Guin-ness Book of World Records as the fastest woman in the world on two wheels.

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In order to set a record at Bonneville there are two passes, the average between the fi rst and the second run sets the record.Leslie: That’s correct. And one of the biggest challenges is that you have to hold your top speed for a mile. Being on the salt is nothing like racing on pavement, it’s very slippery, it’s very hard to get traction, it’s defi nitely a big test of machinery.

How do you get ready for this sort of competition?Leslie: We run everything on the dino, we have gone to the wind tunnel many times to perfect our aerodynamics so there are a lot of things throughout the year that we do but there really isn’t a place to test where the circumstan-ces are like Bonneville. I did get some testing done on airstrips or runways, which really helped but nowhere is like the desert, you can’t replicate those circumstances. The things that work in theory or seem to work on pa-vement wouldn’t work in Bonneville. Luckily the event lasts for several days so it gives me time to go out and try something different.

It seems like you like getting your hands dirty and work on your motorcycles.Leslie: Oh yes, I am fascinated on how things work, I love working on bikes and I have a great team of people but I am defi nitely very hands on. I have learned over the years how to rebuild engines and fi x things, mostly when I was younger and had old motorcycles and was stranded on the side of a road, I had to learn how to fi x them so it’s something that I enjoy. I like to put on a dress and go out and be very girly but I also love to fi x things.

You are both beautiful and talented. You are an inspi-ration for younger generations.Leslie: I fi nd myself very fortunate to be able to follow my dreams and have the success that I have had. I went to Bonneville thinking that no one would really pay attention to what I was doing, it was just me and my passion. I didn’t expect it to be such a huge accompli-shment and quite a huge thing in the media. I am very honoured to be an inspiration to other people. I enjoy so much being able to help other riders, and I know that I have helped and mentored many other female riders getting into motorsports, it’s nice to be able to be a role model and an inspiration. I think it’s an encouraging thing for the sport in general.

We still don’t know what will happen next in the be-autiful life of Leslie Porterfi eld, but we know for sure that it won’t pass unnoticed.

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On her Honda CBR 1000RR Leslie set the production record at 200mph

EMPOWERYOUR

BIKE & PASSION

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a travel across chIna, IndonesIa and spaIn In order to re-dIscover a true classIc and to fInd out that countrIes wIth dIfferent languages and cultures may have a lot more In common than you eXpect

DREAMS

This World is a beautiful place. No matter where you come from. No matter where you live. It might be a small town in the middle of nowhe-

re or a huge Metropolis with millions of citizens but still we all might share a passion. Love’s got no bor-ders and dreams fly at the speed of sound. Sometimes the sound of your dreams is the roar of a small engine firstly built by Honda in the 1970s. The frame that held that engine formed a bike that was better known under the name of CB125. Three builders from three different countries have built the amazing custom bi-kes you see in these pictures.Valen Zhou from China, Agus Sudariswanto from In-donesia and Valeria Libano and David Borras from Spain.

Valen Zhou is a photographer born and raised in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. The way his work of art was di-scovered and later shown to the whole World is quite surreal. Valen’s girlfriend was studying in San Fran-cisco at the Academy of Art. As part of one of her projects for the journalism class she had to find a subject for an interview. Valen suggested her to con-tact the motorcycle historian Paul d’Orleans. When she finished the interview, Mr. d’Orleans asked the girl how she found him. She started talking about his boyfriend and his passion for motorbikes, then she showed the historian what Valen Zhou was working on at that time, a CB125 named Monstub, a mix of monster and cub “because it looks weird and has a small engine”. This is my boyfriend’s first handmade motorcycle. This Honda CB125 is from the first gene-ration built in cooperation with a Chinese motorcycle company. When Valen Zhou was about three years old, his father gave him a toy motorcycle and he li-ked it. The first real motorcycle he ever happened to see in real life was his Grandfather’s Chang Jiang 750. Eventually he became so obsessed with motorcycles that, on his 16th birthday he bought a Honda. ” He likes old things, because they have a story to tell and motorcycles have their own stories as well. Mo-torcycles might change owner but the stories are still there.” said his girlfriend Remo “ He has an anxiety disorder, and building that motorcycle helped him feel calm and deal with anxiety.”…“At the beginning of my boyfriend’s story, there was a little guy who just wanted a motorbike to ride. Now the boy has grown up and found his own way and style. The story never ends, we never know what will happen next, and that’s why he keeps chasing his dream of motorcycles.”

Agus Sudariswanto is the owner of Daritz Design, and is an Indonesian self-made builder who grew up

Chinese builder Valen Zhou with his CB125

named “Monstub”

in Jakarta in a family with few resources. Agus, very skilled with paper and pencil, studied design with the goal of becoming a college professor but things did not work out the way he hoped, and after a professional adventure related to interior design was unsuccessful, he retraced his steps to transform into reality the bi-kes he dreamed of as a child. Viewing the fantastic care on the finishes in creations like this Honda CB125 from 1976, it is shocking to know the scarcity of the resources Agus works with. “Until recently I used a tree that was in the shop for tube bending the chassis, but I had to cut it because every day we need more space!” Although it is becoming a globally recognized firm, Daritz Design has not yet exported any of its bikes out of Indonesia – a situation that certainly will change soon.

Valeria Libano and David Borras founded El Solita-rio Motorcycle Company in Galicia, Spain. Valeria is a fashion designer and David is a motorcycle ad-dict. “The garage is our spiritual home where the constraints of traditional engineering inspire us and are regularly pushed by our imaginations” said the couple “Our desire is to create machines that have so much character, they feel alive, needing to be tamed. Anthropomorphic machines you must develop visce-ral relations with in order not to kill you.” The ma-chines that come to life from their visions are one of a kind. Words can’t describe what their imagination made possible. Among these three builders, David and Valeria are without any doubt the ones who have bu-ilt a greater audience. Thanks to their creative genius and great communication skills, El Solitario has ra-pidly become a very respected company proving once again that if you’re brave enough to fight for your dreams you will certainly succeed. These images are worth a thousand words.

“He likes old things, because

they have a story to tell...”

Hand built by photographer Valen Zhou this custom bike is

a real mystery when it comes to parts used for the re-design

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Grand Prix


Someone asked one day a former French president, Charles De Gaulle, about “how can one describe a country which has 365 kinds of cheese”? Many ye-

ars later it still doesn’t surprise anyone but they would like to fi nd an answer, as France is one the most visited tourist destinations. A home of Napoleon, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Tour de France and a Disney Resort has much more to offer.But to see the real beauty of this country, it is better to travel outside the places from the list “must see in France”. It is a home of many dreamers, revolutionaries, geniuses and artists. And as Le Mans is situated just two hours dri-ving from Paris, a city of love, there is no better place to connect your holidays with the Grand Prix weekend. In the evening you can relax with a glass of wine, as Fran-ce and wine make a natural paring. And also play boules (called also pétanque), as in this traditional French game players try to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small, wooden “jack”.

FULL OF HISTORICAL WONDER AND NATURAL BEAUTY, FRANCE IS A

COUNTRY WHICH HAS MORE TOURIST ATTENTION THAN ANY OTHER

FRANCE


Beating his rivals by almost 0.7s during the qua-lifying, on the road for fi fth consecutive pole po-sition, Marc Marquez did not have a good start

on Sunday. While Andrea Dovizioso took the lead from the front row start, a mistake sent #93 back to tenth place. In the meantime Valentino Rossi wrestled the leading position and Marquez started to overtake rivals. At the end of lap number 13, Marc was right behind Rossi and then took the lead from the Italian.From that moment, fans could only enjoy battle for third, which involved Pol Espargaro. The Spaniard fi r-stly battled with Stefan Bradl, then with Alvaro Bauti-sta. In the end Marquez crossed the line as a winner for the fi fth time in a row, beating Rossi and “SuperBauti”. It was not a good race for Pedrosa and Lorenzo, who fi nished in fi fth and sixth respectively. Do not forget about Colin Edwards, who after a technical failure on the last lap pushed his bike to the fi nish line, showing the “never give up” spirit!

THE LEGENDARY TRACK AT WHICH 24 HEURES DU MANS TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR IS ALSO A HOME OF

MOTORCYCLE FRENCH GRAND PRIX

MotoGP

RACEtext: Nelly Pluto-Prondzynska - photo: Milagro - Mirco Lazzari

Stefan’s

RACE WEEK

On Tuesday, just after the fi nish of MotoGP test in Jerez and after Grand Prix round three, Ste-fan Bradl underwent an operation. He came

to the legendary Le Mans circuit more than a week after the surgery to reduce the arm-pump syndrome in his right hand. Even if he was not fully fi t, he showed a good speed and was quite satisfi ed. Fourth spot on the grid was second best this year for the German, so he was confi dent ahead of the race.On Sunday he made a great start and was up in front for several laps. Fighting for the lead and showing a very good shape, he met some problems. He could not battle for podium fi nish, as he had some issues with the rear of his Honda RC213V. With the team he made a change between warm-up and race to fi nd more edge grip. He was quite fast on the new tyre, but as it drop-ped, he had to force with not enough traction out of the corners.

STEFAN BRADL SCORES A SOLID RESULT DURING FRENCH GRAND

PRIX AFTER STARTING WITH RECENTLY OPERATED RIGHT HAND


“Honestly I am not so happy today because the 7th posi-tion is not what we expected – said Stefan after crossing the fi nish line. - Maybe the problem is the change we made from the warm-up to the race on the rear suspension trying to fi nd more edge grip. Defi nitively we went in the wrong direction because at the beginning on a new tyre I was pretty fast, but after 6/7 laps I was not able to use my rear tyre out of the corners. I have tried to regain something on breaking but then I found my limit on the front, so Espar-garo and Bautista passed me. For the rest of the race I could not fi nd my pace and I managed to fi nish 7th. I am looking forward to Mugello GP because that’s one of my favourite tracks and we can go for more there”.

Behind

THE SCENES

Whilst Jorge Lorenzo is enjoying Nico Ro-sberg (Mercedes F1 rider) support, the LCR Honda’s Stefan Bradl is enjoying the

warmth of the French fans – The Sarron brothers (for-mer MotoGP riders) excited the crowd with a Tribute lap on Sunday and the little bikers had fun in a real MotoGP circuit: old and new school together.

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The current championship leader Marquez is asto-nished in front of this French supporters: must be a unique feeling to see what your abilities and charisma can do – Even Mr. Nakamoto (Honda HRC Vice Pre-sident) is grateful for all this affection – Between one practice and the other Valentino Rossi is experiencing a new job: aka DJ The Doctor 46!

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PHOTOGRAPHERGigi Soldano

THE RACING SPIRIT IN ONE SHOT

This awesome shot was taken at Mugello circuit in June 2014 after

the premier class Grand Prix.

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Grand Prix


If you like to travel across Italy, one of the best ide-as is to come to Mugello by camper and not only see the races. You can discover a natural beauty of

Tuscany, one of the most stunning regions in Italy with Florence as a main city. Thanks to its rich history and a lot of treasures, it has been described by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also considered as a birthplace of Renaissance art and architecture, and one of the most important cities in Italian fashion.The best-known part of Florence is the Santa Maria del Fiore, a domed cathedral known as The Duomo, which is the largest dome built in brick and mortar in the world, even 600 years after its completion! When you visit Flo-rence, do not forget to see the town hall of the city Pa-lazzo Vecchio, stand for a while on the only bridge, which survived World War II, the Ponte Vecchio and also to touch the nose of Fontana del Porcellino, which could give you some luck in the future.

A TRACK SITUATED NEAR TUSCAN HILLS AND ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD, MUGELLO WELCOMES THE FASTEST

RIDERS IN THE WORLD

ITALY


After the sixth round of the season 2014, everybody asks a simple question: is anybody capable of beating Marc Marquez? Will he win

all races this year? Starting from pole at a stunning Mugello circuit, the Spaniard again lost few positions. Quickly he maintained to be back in second place, right behind the leader Jorge Lorenzo. Even if “Por Fuera” had some problems in the beginning of 2014, at least at Mugello he was back on top. Many overta-kes between that duo fi nally saw Marquez taking his sixth straight win by just 0.121s over Lorenzo.But the hero for every Italian fan was of course Valen-tino Rossi. In his 300th GP start he was able to come back from disappointing 10th on the grid to third pla-ce on Sunday. And once again the sea of yellow-dressed people came to the start-fi nish line after the race. For them it was not so important that Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso completed the TOP5. Their hero “The Doctor” was back on the podium at Mugello!

A MARQUEZ-LORENZO DUO MAKE A SHOW AT MUGELLO CIRCUIT, BUT VALENTINO ROSSI ONCE AGAIN IS A

ROCKSTAR AT HIS HOME SOIL

MotoGP

RACE


Stefan’s

RACE WEEK

As Mugello is one of the favorite circuits for Stefan Bradl, he hoped for a good result and also to bounce back from two diffi cult races in

Jerez and Le Mans. Being in optimistic mood ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, the fi rst day did not go ac-cording to his plan, as rain in FP2 prevented riders to improve their settings. On Saturday morning the Ger-man rider crashed in FP3 in the fast corner number 13, while in the afternoon he couldn’t make the most from his bike.Sunday was also an unlucky day for Bradl, as he had a very strange crash in the morning warm-up. Fortu-nately he escaped any serious injury and was heading to the race considerably bruised. Stefan was stuck in the pack after the start from ninth place, but started to make up positions. Then, on the fourth lap he was hit by Cal Crutchlow’s bike, which resulted in another crash. It meant Stefan left Italy completely disap-pointed with a lot of pain and zero points.

THE HOME ROUND FOR LCR HONDA ENDS IN AN UNFORTUNATE WAY AS STEFAN BRADL WAS HIT BY

ANOTHER BIKE DURING THE RACE


“I am speechless – began Bradl on Sunday. – I was anxious to race here in Mugello but now I want to forget this weekend as soon as possible. This morning I had a massive crash in the warm up session and I had to deal with the pain in the race (especially the right arm and the elbow). The feeling with the bike was good but after the start, in the fi rst corner, I went wide loosing three posi-tions. After that I was preparing to overtake the guys in front of me but suddenly in the second chicane on turn fi ve Crutchlow crashed and his bike tumbled in the track and I was not able to avoid it. His bike hit me in the back and I had another big crash similar to this morning. This morning at 360° and this afternoon at 180° so I will le-ave Italy with zero points and a lot of pain. Once again I must thank the Team for their efforts and all the LCR supporters for their affection”.

Behind

THE SCENES

Loris Capirossi (Former MotoGP World Cham-pion) made a touching tribute lap on SIC bike who has been declared MotoGP Legend in front

of his national fans: always in our hearts! – Another Italian legend Valentino Rossi celebrates his 300th ra-ces whilst Andrea Iannone celebrates the MotoGP new lap record: 349.6Km/h

text: Elisa Pavan - photo: Milagro - Mirco Lazzari

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What a unique victory for Moto3 rider Romano Fe-nati at Mugello: in front of his home crowd and his Boss Valentino Rossi – after several crashes and some injuries Andrea Iannone realized a “good-luck” hel-met for Mugello round- Michel Fabrizio (SBK rider) jumped on Danilo Petrucci’s (injured) bike for the Ita-lian round: from one sport to the other but always on 2-wheels.

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Never

SurreNder

THE TRUE HEROES

text: Inspire Team - photo: Courtesy of Diversamente Disabili

SOME PEOPLE HAVE AN INNATE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO SITUATIONS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE

CLOSE TO DEATH IN ORDER TO FIND YOUR TRUE SELF AND RISE AGAIN STRONGER THAN EVER

Riders parade during the 2014 Di.Di. Days event in Vallelunga

It ain’t over till it’s over they say. You never have to give it up they say.People like you never wonder why this hap-

pened to me, never complain and never surrender.“You are the hero of your own romance, do you remember?”It’s 2011 and summer is in bloom while the 36 years old Emiliano Malagoli pulls the throttle on his Ducati. The air is fresh and the stars mesme-rize from above the Italian sky. August is just a bunch of hours away while he crashes with his motorcycle. The ambulance arrives, but he has already lost way too much blood, the first aider keeps on talking to him but suddenly he faints.In the emergency room the surgeon works inces-santly and finally rescues him.He’s still alive, but his right leg is gone forever.When you happen to find yourself in such a situa-tion you just have one chance, you have to fight back. Never feel miserable, desolate or heartbro-ken, never succumb. We all have the right to cry at times but we also have the responsibility to forget the bitter taste of tears. “Live each day as if it were your last” they say. Have you ever really had the faculty to deeply understand the meaning of this sentence. Maybe not. “Enjoy every single day and live it to the fullest” is a great life motto but it’s pretty hard to make it your own unless you really know what it means to be close to lose it. I mean, your life. Emiliano nods while we talk about it: “You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone and when you happen to catch life while it’s fading away, you suddenly see it crystal clear.” Don’t waste your time, don’t grumble and don’t lose the tremen-dous opportunity to feel happy.If you’ve got the will you can achieve it. Emiliano is determined, before the accident he was into amateur motorcycle racing and he has not the slightest intention to surrender. He wants to ride again. Something magic happens when he meets Matteo Baraldi another young Italian cen-taur who, after loosing his right arm in a crash, could get back on his motorcycle and race again. In 2013 the duo sets up a non-profit organization called “Di.Di. Diversamente Disabili” (Differen-tly Disabled). Their association aims to promote sport activi-ties among the physically impaired people. De-dication is the key to success and since its start “Di.Di. Diversamente Disabili” (Differently Di-sabled) has achieved way more goals than you would imagine. Being in a team and racing toge-

ther means to share a unique experience and be able to talk about the issues of everyday life. It’s a great way to show others that being physically impaired doesn’t mean to be abandoned or left out from the world. The Di.Di. Bridgestone Cup for example, is reser-ved exclusively to the disabled riders. The event consists of two matches taking place at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit near Rome and at the glorious Mugello Circuit near Florence. The participants are broken down into a range of classes based on the disability they have and then they are pla-ced in a classification within that range based on their level of impairment. Emiliano Malagoli de-veloped this system together with Igor Confortin, Italian Parasnowboard Team coach. They race, they feel free, they are happy.Racing is a passion and everyone has the right to climb on a motorcycle and being able to feel the wind on his face. In order to help all those who never rode a bike before, “Di.Di. Diversamen-te Disabili” has also a dedicated driving school. Being both “differently disabled”, Emiliano and Matteo give an enormous support to the guys and girls who approach themselves for the first time to the world of two wheels, while three other “unimpaired” instructors complete the roster.As if all these activities were not enough, “Di.Di. Diversamente Disabili” has also another remark.Together with Handytech, an Italian company that builds special needs vehicles, they developed adaptive technology to improve the mobility op-tions for those who want to cruise the streets on a motorcycle. It’s not the first time that we see a motorbike spotting two small wheels on its sides. What is revolutionary here is that you don’t need to buy a brand new, fully equipped bike, instead they aim to put on the market a kit that can be installed on every pre-existing machine. The dri-ver will autonomously be able to lift or lower the extra wheels when needed simply by pressing a button, for example when approaching a traffic light. In these pictures you can see the first pro-totype mounted on a Honda. This is impressive. Their ambitions to achieve their goals and their ability to believe in themselves are remarkable. Emiliano Malagoli and Matteo Baraldi’s motiva-tion to strive for excellence can serve as inspira-tion for all kind of people, everywhere.

Italian company Handytech built this prototype kit that allows the

user to autonomously lift or lower the extra wheels when needed

During the Di.Di. Days events, professional riders give the chance, to those physically

impaired people who can’t drive, to experience the beauty and

adrenaline of motorcycle racing in a safe environment

A smile is worth a thousand words. Two friends enjoy their moment at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit before heading to the track for their run

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND FAMOUS VINTAGE CAR RACE IN

THE WORLD THAT HAS LOST NONE OF ITS FASCINATION

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND

text: Tanja Haydn

CARS & DREAMS

Such a thing can only exist in Italy: An entire weekend traf-fic in half of the country is pa-ralyzed, inner cities are locked, roads are blocked and highways made tight. But instead of honking and cursing, the Italians stand on the roadside and cheer, swing thousands of flags, inhale

this incredible mixture of hot gas, burnt oil and tires screeching and celebrate a furious horsepower-party: It’s Mille Miglia-time, and once again 400 race cars plunge into an adventure that lasts 1.000 Miles. To many it seems like an eternity and at the end it again went way too fast…

In December 1925, four young men from Brescia, Franco Mazzotti, Aymo Maggi, Renzo Castagneto and Giovanni Canestrini swore to make their home-town a center of motor sport by organizing a race. It should be a road race - mostly on dirt roads - and will start and end in Brescia. Two years after the start of the considerations, on March 26, 1927 - the time had come: In Via Rebuffone there was the kick-off for 77 cars. The inaugural race won an OM (Officine Mec-

chaniche: Italian car and truck manufacturing com-pany) of Brescia with the factory riders Ferdinando and Giuseppe Morandi Minoia in a time of 21 hours, 4 minutes and 48 seconds and an average speed of 77 km/h. Even today at the historic edition of the race start, number 1 always deserves an OM. Just three ye-ars later, the average was 100 km/h. Since its premiere in 1927 almost exclusively Italians won the race with local brands such as Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Ferrari, but also Mercedes won twice, in 1931 with Rudolf Caracciola and 1955 with Stirling Moss. He started on May 1, 1955 early in the morning with the starting number 722 with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR and reached after 10 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds the finish line. The average speed of almost 157.62 km/h was the fastest ever driven on this route.Thirteen years later, Rome was set as a turning point of the route, which is till now a highlight of the Mille Miglia. As length of the route, there were approxima-tely 1.600 km or about 1.000 English miles. In 1957, after the MM took place 24 times, the race was held for the last time. A serious accident of the Spaniard Alfonso de Portago had cost several lives.

Since 1977 the Mille Miglia was re-established as a re-gularity race for classic and vintage cars. They can only take part if produced no later than 1957 and were registered to the original race. Every year in May the spectacular classic car tour follows the footsteps of the famous endurance race and has lost none of its attraction. Because almost only race cars are permit-ted, the field could not be more spectacular: Ferrari, Maserati and Mercedes from the fifties are fighting for the best times. In the pre-war rating old Alfas, Fiats and Bugattis start and again between, thumps throu-gh a huge Bentley on the runway, an Austin Healy or a MG. As colorful as the cars are, also the field of the drivers is. It ranges from celebrities like Jay Leno, or Jochen Mass to TV-celebrities such as Jeremy Irons and Adrien Brody. You see participants from all over the world like South Africa, Russia, Japan or China and the USA. But the ultimate brand has constancy: Nobody made the Mille Miglia as fast as Stirling Moss. The record he made in 1955 no one can break, it’s a record set for eternity. The Mille Miglia is the mother of all road races, a dre-am for any driver, you just have to be part of it. When you see the most beautiful cars of all times, you just can’t stop clapping enthusiastically with a smile on your face…

Two Italian contestants during the 2013 edition of the 1000Miglia

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The 1000Miglia attracts celebrities from allover the World. Top to bottom left: Jacky Ickx and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, Jeremy Irons and Charlie Turner, Jacky Ickx, Wolfgang and Ferdinand Porsche, Adrien Brody and Esmeralda Bra-jovic, Top to bottom right: Jay Leno and Ian Callum, Karl Scheufele and Albert Carreras, Bruno Senna and Martin Brundle, Erìc Thevenet and Paloma Picasso

Rudolf Caracciola and Wilhelm Sebastian pictured

on their Mercedes-Benz SSKL Spyder after winning the 1931

edition of the 1000Miglia

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Vintage EmotionsKEVIN SCHWANTZ

Kevin James Schwantz was born on June 19, 1964 in Houston (Texas). As his pa-rents had a motorcycle dealership, it was

not a surprise that he’s been put on two wheels very early. He started to ride motorbikes soon after he could ride a bicycle, and as his father Jim said one day: „It was just a matter of months or even weeks”.

His first bikes were very small, about 3.5 or 5 hor-sepower, with a foot brake. It did not take a long time for Kevin to learn riding. But one day he got

a Honda 50 Mini Trail and while happy of having much more power, Schwantz Junior quickly started to ride on it. But as Honda was more like a normal bike, it also had the hand brakes. Nobody thought that maybe Kevin’s arms are too small to brake, but they realized it too late… Turning the throttle was nice, but when he tried to stop the bike, he realized he had a problem. Kevin’s “race” ended in riding – and finally stopping – into the fence!

Even if he rode motocross for many years, while at school Kevin was more interested in other sports,

FROM DRIVING INTO A FENCE TO A MOTORCYCLE WORLD CHAMPIONKEVIN SCHWANTZ SCORED JUST ONE WORLD TITLE, HE STILL IS

REMEMBERED IN THE PADDOCK AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FORMER-RIDERS

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like tennis or soccer. It meant he did not have enough time to train and ride. Motorcycle riding became serious after finishing the school. In about two years from that moment, and about 12 months when he did the first taste of tarmac at the Aqua-fest, Kevin did a debut test for Yoshimura Suzuki at Willow Springs. It was the moment when he’d started to use number #34 – the same as his uncle Darryl Hurst used while racing – which remained with him for his whole career. And while still being a maniac of knee dragging and wheel hopping – as he did in the dirt track – he looked like a real racer.

After a few years spent in the national cham-pionship, in Superbike series, kid-Schwantz – as he was called then – lost an AMA 1987 title to Wayne Rainey. In the meantime he made his debut at Assen Grand Prix, in 1986. Then, and one year later, he made a few wild card ap-pearances until debuting as a full-time rider in 1988. Always loyal to Suzuki, Kevin spent his whole ca-reer in GP, in 500cc class, with Suzuki.

It did not take a long time until Schwantz got his first win, as he made a specta-cular impact to the ca-tegory with a victory at the Suzuka circuit in the opening race! He repeated such success also in the fol-lowing year, when he also won in Japan. It was already his third win, as in the debut season he also scored a triumph in the wet German GP. Even if he had won six races in 1989, once again he couldn’t get the title and the situation got similar 12 months later. Schwantz just had too many crashes and mechanical failures, much more than his archrival Wayne Rainey.

To the two-man battle from the previous three seasons, in the beginning of 1991 somebody new came – Mick Doohan. Even if being so fast and absolutely talented, Kevin couldn’t match his ri-val’s consistency. Many years later, a consistency is still a key to success and even if you don’t win a lot of races, but finish on top positions in all of them, you can dream of being a world champion. Once again, in 1992 – Kevin’s fifth full season in

500cc – he wasn’t able to win the title, as an injury broke his plans. It’s worth to notice that from 1990 to 1992, #34 increased his winning tally to 19 and also 21 more visits on the podium.

But 1993 was a breakthrough year for Schwantz, as he won the opener round and finally combined his raw speed with consistency. His only retirement came at Donington Park, where Mick Doohan hit him and it resulted in an injured wrist. Kevin be-gan the round in Italy, with 11 points gap to his main rival in championship, Wayne Rainey. Race number 12 of that season had tragic consequen-ces, as Wayne fell from his Yamaha and was pa-ralyzed since then. The #34 took finally the world title in one of the cruelest circumstances as you can imagine. Many times Kevin told that he would

rather prefer to not win the title and have Wayne in a good shape. He felt strange when people congratulated him, whi-le he won not in the way he would have liked to.

Trying to defend the title in the next season, some accidents, broken bones and just two wins prevented him of doing that. The year 1995 was his last in Grand Prix, while the victory at Do-nington Park in 1994 was his 25th and the last one. But what pushed Kevin to stop racing was not

just the injuries or poor results, but it was also the accident of Wayne. In the beginning of 1994 he had decided that if he would not feel comfortable enough or motivated, then he would think about stopping. He did that in 1995.

The big passion to motorcycles is also the reason why, at the age of 49, he decided to take part in Suzuka 8 Hours. And even if he’s been retired for many years, he still was able – with Yukio Kaga-yama and Noriyuki Haga – to take the third place!

Kevin was one of the leading riders in the “golden era” of 500cc class. An American with a lot of raw speed, talent and passion. A person who loved, and still loves motorcycles and everything what comes from racing.

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Schwantz riding on a historical RGV Suzuki in the early 90’s

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The brakes are the most important active safety of a car. However, many drivers do not seem to understand it well. According to a statistics,

about 40% of the defects detected on the car after a road accident are related to the brakes. It is not enou-gh to bring the car to the shop when something goes wrong. Care should be taken earlier for your car secu-rity feature before facing an accident. The braking sy-stem is the vehicle’s most important safety item: have the brakes checked at least once a year!Discover he everything about a good maintenance schedule of the main brake components. When you will learn how simple it is, you’ll wish you’d been doing it all along. Your vehi-cle’s brakes consist of five main components: brake pads, rotors, cali-pers, lines, and a master cylinder. Here is how each part works.Your vehicle’s brakes operate hydraulically, using a fluid to transfer the pressure of your foot on the pedal to the ac-tual brakes on the whe-els. The master cylinder is the starting point of that power flow. If the master cylinder is faul-ty, it can’t give enough power to push the fluid to the brakes, so you should always inspect the master cylinder and brake lines for damage. Additionally, inspect your brake fluid for cle-anliness. Once you know your fluid is clean and the master cylinder and lines are operating pro-perly, you should check the mechanical parts of the brakes.Brake calipers, pads and rotors all work together to stop your vehicle. When you step on your brake pedal, the master cylinder sends fluid to the brake calipers which squeeze together, exerting pressure on the brake pads. It’s important to inspect your calipers often for

signs of wear or damage.When the calipers squeeze, the brake pads clamp down on the rotors in order to slow your car. If your brake pads are worn, they can’t make a smooth connection with the rotors and this can actually damage your ro-tors. Rotor repairs can be very costly so always make sure your brake pads are sized to specifications and they’re not worn down too far. Sticking to the schedule specified in your owner’s ma-nual will keep you from forgetting when it’s time to service your brakes. If you are not sure when to repla-ce your pads or fluid, a good rule of thumb is to inspect your brake pads for wear about every 12,000 miles,

or at least once a year. Ask your service technician to inspect your brake fluid at each oil change. If the bra-ke fluid is dirty, you should replace it. If you can’t tell or you wish to replace it on a regular basis, many manufacturers recommend replacing brake fluid every 20,000 to 25,000 miles, or at least every other year. In addition to the brakes, there are some other ele-ments that influence the braking that you must keep in perfect condition during summer. Keep an eye on the state and the pressure of your tires because they determine the effective-ness of the braking, since one of their functions is to convey the power and bra-king. Be also careful about the road conditions: there are types of asphalt which grip better than others and the weather also affects the braking efficiency and ca-pacity. Exercise caution to the first drops of rain – mi-

xed with dust and dirt of the driveway, they turn into a strong slider. At last, be sure headlights and brake lights are working: when you’re braking it is important that drivers behind you can see in due time that you are slowing down.

Take care and do also check the ABS before leaving on your holidays! The ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) is a braking system that allows the wheels, that when they stop they do not block, and therefore they con-tinue turning and obey to the turn that is marked to them from the steering wheel. The right way to stop a car equipped with ABS brakes is to hit the brakes and do not release pressure until the vehicle has stopped. Du-ring braking the ABS will be activated and a vibration will be felt in the pedal. This effect of the car is to tell us that the ABS is wor-king.To obtain an effective braking system you must step on the brake pedal with the for-ce from the outset, while stepping on the clutch. In performing this maneuver, the car will respond to its maneuverability and achieve its arrest in a shorter space.


Team LCR is extremely grateful to all the friends and brands involved in our projects. With your hard work, support and passion, you keep on making us bigger as a MotoGP team. Your efforts also helped us in giving birth to an amazing magazine, we’ll be forever thankful.

Life is a race, let’s get inspired. We keep on running!

CREDITS

editor-in-chiefENRICO BARBIERI

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coordinatorLUCIO CECCHINELLO

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art directoremanuele vallorani

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production directorerrico gasperoni

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contributorsmassimo visconti, elisa pavan, tanja haydn,

nelly pluto-prondzynska

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