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Titolo: Doohan smette? (Lungo e incomprensibile...)

Bazzicavo su Amasuperbike (
http://www.amasuperbike.com
) e ho trovato
fra le news il solito (per loro) contributo di Doohan, che scrive a
cadenza piu' o meno regolare per loro.
Ora, pur non volendo mettere in dubbio quanto riportato dal buon Zep
Gori qualche tempo fa, le parole che usa in quell'articolo, che
riporto qui sotto sperando che non si offendano, non sono - a mio
modestissimo parere - quelle di uno che ha voglia di smettere. Voi che
ne dite?
--- Inizio dell'articolo: NON venitemi a chiedere che c'e' scritto. Se
non sapete l'inglese saltate pure ---
Doohan Rides 
by mick doohan 
october 3, 1999 
I'm flying back to San Francisco on Tuesday to see the doctors who've
been looking after me. They'll take a look at the injuries and we'll
go from there. Hopefully all's okay and I won't need any more surgery,
because if I do, I won't be turning up to ride in South America. I'm
still not that special at getting around. If I'm on my legs too long,
I need to take a rest, and if I really stay on them too long, I need a
walking stick. 
After the crash at Jerez I really thought this would be a three-month
injury - fix the bone and get going again. But I broke the leg at the
knee joint and I've got nerve damage in the arm, so it's all taken a
lot longer than I expected. And I can tell you I've not had a lot of
enjoyment from sitting around and taking it easy! It was good to be at
Phillip Island over the weekend but it was the hardest race for me to
go along to because I realistically I though I'd be competing there. 
The last time I was at a race, at Donington in July, I wasn't
expecting to be racing, so it was no big deal being at a race but not
riding the bike. I had a lot of fun when I did a couple of laps for
the crowd on Sunday morning. Some TV guy said I must be a maniac for
taking off the way I did, front wheel in the air, so I guess that's
what I am! I probably should've gone a bit slower but riding bikes
fast is what's kept me in the sport for so long - I just love it. I
kept a little in reserve because I hadn't ridden for a while and the
bike wasn't set up, so I didn't want to flick it in too hard. I've
definitely still got the feel for it, though I couldn't move about too
well. 
I reckon I could race now and finish 11th or 12th but what's the
point? Mentally I feel the same as I did before the accident and I've
been in this situation before, where you try to make yourself do stuff
you can't, because you physically can't do it and then you end up
throwing yourself down the road. People would be saying 'what the hell
is he doing out there?'. As I've said before, I race motorcycles, I
don't ride them. 
All weekend at Phillip Island everybody was asking me about my future
and I'd say I'll know by the end of the month exactly what's going on,
whether I'll still be competing as a rider in 2000 or whether I'll be
involved in some other role. I still love everything to do with Grand
Prix and motorcycles, it keeps me excited, so I want to stay involved.
Honda have been really good. I've been keeping them informed of my
progress and they've put no pressure on me. I'd like to give them some
firm answers on my plans but I don't want to do that until I've hopped
back on the bike and decided whether I want to keep on riding into
next season. Whatever, they've said there's a bike there for me if I
do want to race. I've been talking with them a lot to see what can be
put together for next year. I guess it all depends on what I do,
whether I continue to ride or not. -- Mick Doohan 
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Ciao, Edo
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Edoardo Licciardello
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Gori qualche tempo fa, le parole che usa in quell'articolo, che
Fra quelli che gioiscono se Mick tornasse a correre ci sono anch'io. Le info
che avevo ricevuto (Costa, un paio di suoi meccanici, e la pierre HRC)
davano scontato che Mick volesse smettere come pilota. Tant'è che tutta la
stampa aveva interpretato così. In Australia invece c'è stato un insolito
attivismo di Mick, e gli stessi vertici di Honda pare che abbiano comunque
tenuto aperta una porta per lui (ci mancherebbe altro), tenendo la squadra
in pista per far provare Mick.
evidentemente ci sta ancora pensando e non è per niente sicuro che abbia
deciso di smettere.
ciao