INTERVIEW
JEREMY BURGESS
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been preparing mentally for my
retirement for years and have said
before, never to fear the moment
because we all know from the
first day we walk into a job that
one day we'll walk out for good."
However, it was a forced retire-
ment for a man who first went to
Europe on a whim in 1980 "to see
the world," then became an inte-
gral part of Grand Prix racing's
most successful teams.
The ink had only just dried on
a Burgess one-year contract with
(Above) The good times: Burgess
and Rossi celebrate what was the
pairing's final victory – the Dutch
Grand Prix at Assen last year.
Burgess won titles before Rossi, including five with Mick Doohan.
