Cal Crutchlow might have waited 35 years from Barry Sheene last took a premiere class victory for Britain in MotoGP – but the LCR Honda rider’s victory at yesterday’s Czech Grand Prix bears an uncanny similarity with Sheene’s 1981 Swedish win – something highlighted when we delved into the MCN archives to find Sheene’s exclusive column in the 19 August 1981 edition of the paper! At last, the number one spot on the winners’ rostrum. It finally came together, unfortunately too late to anything sensational. So ling since I last won a GP I almost forgot what it was like! This year has been frustrating because nothing has gone right. As things were coming together as far as the...
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