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III IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
W
ho deserves what in
racing? Some an-
swers are obvious.
Marc Marquez deserves all the
support and success he enjoys.
Valentino Rossi deserves all
the adulation. World champions
of every hue deserve to make
enough money to retire comfort-
ably. And every one of them,
every rider fast enough to even
qualify for a GP, deserves the
fullest respect.
What Cal Crutchlow didn't
deserve was such bad ankle
injuries in the Australian GP that
he will almost certainly lose out
on his excellent fifth overall in
the championship, and also
the position of top Independent
Team rider.
Nor does he deserve the
painful surgery and lengthy
rehabilitation that will follow. And
you could say the same thing
about pretty much any rider who
gets hurt while racing. Though
to be honest there are some
who often seem to be looking
for trouble.
But deserving has nothing to
do with it.
What does determine one's
WHEN BLIND LUCK CATCHES
YOUR EYE…
