Doohan: I thought about return
MotoGP legend Mick Doohan, who was chasing a sixth consecutive 500cc world tit🎀le when he suffered a career-ending accident during qualifying❀ at Jerez in 1999, has revealed that he almost made a comeback several years later.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the 44-year-old Australian - who won all his titles for Honda - made the admission after watching s💟even ti🌜me F1 champion Michael Schumacher complete the second race of his comeback.
The SMH rꦚeports that Doohan was contacted 'a few years' after his enforced retirement, by a 'satellite Honda team'.
MotoGP legend Mick Doohan, who was chasing a sixth consecutive 500cc world title when he suffered a career-ending accid▨ent during qualifying at Jerez in 1999, has revealed that he almost made a comeback several years later.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that th🍨e 44-year-old Australian - who won all his titles for Honda - made the admission after watching seven time F1 champion Michael Schumacher complete the second race of his comeback.
The SMH reports that Doohan🌼 was contacted 'a few years' after his enforced retirement, by a 'satellite Honda team'.
"I told them to give me some time to think about it," Doohan is rep🌼orted as saying. "I don't think it would have taken me long to get up to speed - I hadn't forgot𝄹ten how to ride a bike."
But he then added: "I was quite relieved whe๊n the team found someone, anꦿd I could then stop thinking about it."
Doohan is third, behind only Giacomo Agostini (8) and Valentino Rossi (7), in terms of premier-class world titles, a position he also holds for premier-class rac൲e wins, thanks to his 54 victories.
However, Doohan still holds the all-time ဣrecord for premie🅰r-class poles, with 58 to his credit compared with 48 for nearest rival Rossi.
P🐓eter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Val♏entino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
