[Ken Mason]

Rossi is having to work really hard this year to win isn't he? Really good racing.
The bikes sound so gorgeous but I wonder why they don't rev as high as the (much bigger) Formula One engines? In F1 they are limited to 19,000 rpm but those little 800 cc bike engines only seem to climb to around 16,000..
If my memory serves the four stroke Hondas Mike Hailwood rode at the Isle of Man TT were reaching those kind of figures in the sixties...