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WAYNE GARDNER
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MOVIE TRAILER RELEASED
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ayne Gardner is one of the most revered figures
in Australian motorsports. As the 1987 500cc
World Champion, Gardner became a household
name in Australia, mixing with movie stars, politicians
and celebrities with his first wife, Donna Forbes, con-
stantly by his side.
Gardner's life is now the subject of a feature movie,
WAYNE, by Transmission Films. It documents the
Wollongong resident's rise from the owner of a $5
minibike with a lawn mower engine to the high life
in Monaco as he engaged in legendary on-track
battles with his great rivals of the '80s including Eddie
Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Christian
Sarron, Mick Doohan and Kevin Magee.
Gardner now lives in Spain, having moved there a
number of years ago to further his son Remy's inter-
national racing prospects. Remy is now in his sec-
ond season with Tech3 Racing in the Moto2 World
Championship with a best result of fourth at the 2018
Argentina MotoGP.
The film is due for release in Australia on Septem-
ber 3, although nothing been announced regarding an
international release on a platform such as iTunes or
Netflix, etc. (Once we know what it is, we'll pass it on.)
Transmission Films are responsible for titles like
McLaren, the documentary covering the life of
McLaren Automotive founder Bruce McLaren, and
the 12 O'clock boys, which follows the notorious dirt
bike gangs of Baltimore. CN
DANI PEDROSA INTERVIEWS DANI PEDROSA!
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kay, this is one of the more bizarre interviews we
have published here at Cycle News. A rider of
Dani Pedrosa's caliber getting grilled by a journalist is
nothing new, but when the interviewer is himself, the
result is somewhat surprising.
Dani Pedrosa, three times a runner-up in the Mo-
toGP World Championship but also a three-time World
Champion in 250cc (2) and 125cc (1) competition is
hanging up his helmet at the end of this season.
In the proceeding eight minutes Pedrosa opens up
on how to deal with the fear that comes from racing a
MotoGP missile on the edge, and how he believes the
modern four-stroke era has masked the differences
between good and great riders compared to his for-
mative years on two-stroke motorcycles.
Pedrosa, still only 32, has spent his entire profes-
sional career of 18 years riding for the Honda factory
and was rumored to be switching camps to a satellite
Yamaha team before he decided to call time on his
career at the recent German MotoGP.
We think you'll be pleasantly surprised at this inter-
view. It could have been as cheesy as a feta factory
yet somehow remains intelligent, open and honest.
The MotoGP season is on its traditional summer
break and will reconvene for the Czech MotoGP at
Brno, August 5. CN
