2015 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
PREVIEW
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Champion Nicky Hayden back with higher hopes
than last year. "The engine feels more powerful,"
Hayden said, after the first test. Ex-Superbiker
(and former 250 rider) Eugene Laverty is his Drive
M7 Aspar teammate; while Czech law graduate
Karel Abraham returns in his independent team.
All eyes will be on the fourth: class rookie Jack
Miller, who has leapfrogged
direct from narrow defeat for
the Moto3 title into the premier
class, bypassing the usual
Moto2 apprenticeship entirely.
Miller carries the hopes of a
nation that produced such
great champions as Wayne
Gardner, Mick Doohan and
Casey Stoner—a heavy burden
for one aged just 20.
"THE GP15 MISSED THE FIRST
TESTS, BUT BLAZED INTO THE
SECOND ROUND WITH BOTH
RIDERS, THE ANDREAS—
DOVIZIOSO AND IANNONE—
FAILING TO MENTION UNDERSTEER
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIVING
MEMORY, AND THE LATTER ENDING
UP A CLOSE FOURTH OVERALL."
(Top) Aleix Espargaro
leads Suzuki's
campaign in its long-
awaited return to the
MotoGP paddock.
(Below) For 2015
Scott Redding moves
up to a factory Honda
RC213V with the
Estrella Galicia Marc
VDS team.
