ged edges, that means they're
also living on their nerves, taking
risks that would turn a normal
person's knees to jelly—a prob-
lem, if you're scraping them on
the asphalt on
every turn.
Putting their egos on the line,
in public, week after week, fac
-
ing not just humiliation if they
get
beaten, but also serious
damage to life and limb if and
when it goes wrong, as now and
then it definitely will.
And some of them are doing
it not for minimal wages but
actually negative wages—those
Moto2 and Moto3 hopefuls
whose only way in is to pay
for an often sub-standard ride,
hoping someone will notice how
I
t is that time of year again and
for me, as editor of the Moto-
course annual, it is time to
select my top 10 of the year.
Oh, the arrogance of it. Just
who do I think I am?
We have some 100 riders in
all three MotoGP classes, all—
well, living the dream, of course.
But it's a dream with some jag
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BY MICHAEL SCOTT
TEN FOR THE AGES
Marc Marquez easily
makes the author's
annual MotoGP top-
10 list for 2024.
