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I spent a good proportion of my youth convinced I was going to make it to MotoGP. Unfortunately, I didn?t even come close, for a number of reasons. But now I?m older and wiser, I?ve got half an idea what those reasons were. And because I don?t want anyone else to make the same mistakes as me, on their journey to MotoGP stardom, I?ve put together this list of instructions. If you nail every last one of these, there?s every chance you might just make it to MotoGP?

Start racing young

If you?re not racing by the time you?re six years old, you?ve probably left it too late. And if you?re a teenager by the time you first throw your leg over a bike, forget it. No, your racing career really needs to start as soon as possible, preferably after a couple of years wobbling round the garden on a P-Dub, or similar.
Starting young doesn?t just give you the advantage of having more time to make it to MotoGP. What it also does is tune your bones, your muscles and your senses, syncing them with the action of riding a motorcycle, whilst they?re still developing. If you start young enough, your body will grow into everything it needs to be to race bikes. Probably.

Practice, practice, practice

If you seriously want to make it to MotoGP, you have to dedicate your life to it. You?ve got to get good and stay good. And stay fit. That means racing every weekend, whatever the weather, and practicing during the week.

If you go to any r...