Randy mamola biography

Achieving 57 podiums across four different manufacturers and finishing third in the world on three occasions with separate teams, Randy Mamola is widely regarded as the greatest Grand Prix racer never to win a premier class title. In a world championship career spanning 13 years, Mamola locked bars with copious racing legends including; Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey the list goes on… before moving into testing role and later a career in television.

Although finishing his last competitive GP race years-ago, Mamola remains heavily imbedded within the MotoGP circus; moving on from 10 years of Eurosport coverage to present Spanish television, as well as comparing talks with VIPs during race weekends and riding the explosive two-seater Ducati MotoX2 MotoGP bike. The good thing about my life and the way that the racing works is I can take four or five months off in the off-season and pick and choose what I want to do with my time.

Away from his work on screen, Mamola is also in the gifted position of still being able to throw his leg over a fully-fledged MotoGP machine when hosting passenger rides on the Ducati MotoX2.

Randy Mamola (born November 10,

Despite being modified to accommodate a brave passenger, the American rider insists they are just as much the race thoroughbred as a single-seater. We will hit mph two-up at Silverstone. Alongside riding this passenger-friendly missile, Mamola like many riders of his era will also be invited to classic events, allowing him to his own former machines and rekindle his love affair with the brutal powerband of a GP bike.

Spending such a large portion of his life in the Grand Prix paddock has also given Mamola a unique insight into the series — viewing the changes in both regulation and popularity of the sport over almost four decades first hand. The race track back then was nearly 8km long and it was full the whole way around. News Editor, trackday fan, lover of 90s sportsbikes.

Published: 17 November By Dan Sutherland News Editor, trackday fan, lover of 90s sportsbikes. Mamola at Spa-Francorchamps in