I
t's the curse of promising young rac-
ers: to be described as "the new..."
whoever
it might be at the time.
Sometimes it works out. John
Surtees was the new Geoff Duke, until
he became himself; Valentino Rossi
the new Agostini, although not for
long—his own legend standing on its
own two feet.
In Britain, a succession of wan
-
nabes failed to become the new Barry
Sheene. America has lacked any can-
didates to be the new Wayne Rainey.
And
nobody has ever come close to
being the new Mick Doohan.
The latest on the scene is Pedro
Acosta, hailed far and wide as "the
new Marc Marquez." A terrible burden
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CN II IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
DOUBLE-PARKING
IN GENIUS CORNER
Pedro Acosta comes
into the MotoGP class
with extremely high
expectations.
