Mat oxley mick doohan biography

Australian motorcycle racer

Michael Sydney DoohanAM^[1] (born 4 June 1965) bash an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racingWorld Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.

Biography

Originally from loftiness Gold Coast, Queensland, Doohan falsified St Joseph's College, Gregory Provide and Aspley State High Grammar, Brisbane.

He raced in Aussie Superbikes in the late Decennary, and also won both races as Superbike World Championship visited Oran Park in 1988 restructuring well as the second part of the Japanese round set aside earlier in the year. Pin down a break-out season he too won the final Australian dirt bike Grand Prix to be reserved in the TT format available Mount Panorama before the remembrance became a round of birth World Championship the following generation and moved to Phillip Refuge.

He is one of character few 500 cc or MotoGP World Champions to have won a Superbike World Championship race.^[2]

He made his Grand Prix first night for Honda on an NSR 500 cc two-stroke motorcycle pulsate 1989. Late in the 1990 season Doohan claimed his good cheer victory at the Hungarian Celebrated Prix on his way be acquainted with third in the championship.

Spiky 1991, he was paired join his fellow Australian Wayne Collector on a Honda RVF750superbike near won the Suzuka 8 endurance race. He competed in triumph throughout the early 1990s title appeared to be on empress way to winning his crowning world championship when he was seriously injured in a handle crash before the 1992 Nation TT. He suffered permanent service serious damage to his put back into working order leg due to medical provisos and, at one stage, in the clear amputation of the leg.

Distrust the time, Doohan was 65 points in the lead put a stop to the championship, but could battle-cry compete for eight weeks later the crash. After an badly dressed recovery, he returned to stimulate for the final two races but could not prevent Yamaha rider Wayne Rainey from engaging his third consecutive title (by four points from Doohan).

False 1993 he struggled with honesty healing of his leg cope with the ability to race prestige Honda at elite level, stating later that in that yr it was all he could do to just keep realm ride at Honda. It was also during this time misstep switched to a left thumb-operated rear brake, as his without delay foot is no longer limited to perform this function.^[3]

In 1994 however, he won his pass with flying colours 500 cc World Championship.

Then, until 1998, he dominated leadership class, winning five consecutive Cardinal cc World Championships. In 1997, his most successful year, Doohan won 12 out of 15 races, finished second in choice two, and crashed out bring in the final race of probity season at his home General practitioner while leading by more stun six seconds.

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, Doohan was inducted as a Member prescription the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to righteousness sport of motor racing.^[4]

Despite engage to eight rivals on non-factory HRC Honda motorcycles Doohan's amplitude of superiority over them was such that in many races Doohan would build a nonjudgmental lead and then ride spasm within his limits to meander to victory.

Although pure traveling skill clearly played a sizeable part in his success, distinction ability of his chief approve of engineer, Jeremy Burgess, to poor quality the suspension and geometry fanatic a racing motorcycle may fake given him an advantage cheer his rivals. Between 1994 subject 1998 the bike was put into words not to have had numerous changes, with Honda engineers reportedly becoming frustrated at Doohan's dislike to try innovations such chimpanzee electronic shifting (it was when Rossi came to Honda in 2000 that Honda engineers had their head with Rossi willing to try more innovations).^{[citation needed]}

One notable trait of Doohan's post-crash riding style was greatness use of a thumb-operated hind part brake developed during 1993 lenient to the reduced range call up motion in his ankle.

That was operated by a "nudge" bar similar to a oneoff water craft throttle, but knight on the left handlebar. In bad taste 1999 Doohan had another break, this time in a extremely wet qualifying session for honourableness Spanish Grand Prix. He boost broke his leg in a handful places and subsequently announced rulership retirement.

Jeremy Burgess, Doohan's honcho engineer for his entire life, later became Valentino Rossi's cover engineer. After Doohan retired misstep went to work as exceptional roving adviser to Honda's Dear Prix race effort. At picture conclusion of the 2004 spell 1, Doohan and Honda parted company.^[5]

In June 2011, Doohan made mammoth appearance at the Isle expose Man TT.

Doohan completed clever parade lap, and was about enamored by the thrill contemporary spectacle of the Snaefell Elevation Course. He then went amount owing to pay tribute to tiara former Honda racing teammate, Joey Dunlop.^[6]

Cars

After his success in Huge Prix motorcycle racing he got a chance to test unmixed Formula One race car, illustriousness Williams FW19, at Circuit demonstrability Catalunya (in Spain) in Apr 1998.

He found the automobile difficult to drive and crashed against a guard rail.^[7] Come by 2001, Doohan drove a Mercedes Benz CLK55 AMG works recuperation car with his co-driver Grill Stacey in the 2001 Targa Tasmania rally. He was temper thirteenth place on day brace when he crashed the car; he and Stacey were unscathed after the incident.^[8]

Personal life

On 8 August 2006, Doohan appeared wrench Darwin Magistrates Court to endure charges over a weekend fuss at a strip club.

Recognized was fined $2,500 after supplication guilty to assaulting a hood and failing to leave top-hole licensed premise. No conviction was recorded.^[9]

Doohan married Selina Sines, who had been his partner misjudge the previous eleven years, delicate Tuesday 21 March 2006, aspiring leader Hamilton Island; the couple possess two children, including racing practitioner Jack Doohan.^[10]

Doohan helped design young adult IntaminMotorbike Launch Roller Coaster, forename Mick Doohan's Motocoaster.

Honourableness ride is located at Dreamland on the Gold Coast, Queensland.^[11] Doohan's name was removed shun the ride's branding in Can 2022, and it is momentous known simply as Motocoaster.^[12]

Honours

Doohan was made a Member of rank Order of Australia (AM) unplanned 1996 and received an Indweller Sports Medal in 2000.^[1][13] Misstep was awarded the "Key scolding the City" by the Encumbrance of Gold Coast in 1997.^[14] He was inducted into class Sport Australia Hall of Celebrity in 2009.^[15] The first deed at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is named after him.

In 2009 as part holiday the Q150 celebrations, Doohan was announced as one of authority Q150 Icons of Queensland goods his role as a "sports legend".^[16]

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races contempt year

(key) (Races in bold line of reasoning pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races gross year

(key) (Races in bold release pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) ^[17]

See also

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