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This is not a MotoGP rider...
Words: Boris Mihailovic Photos: Todd Sutherland, Ben Wilkins
Want to know how a MotoGP rider
laps PI so quickly? Us too. This is how
a normal human rides a lap...
Lap record holder Marc Marquez
Photo: Nick Edards
The motorcycle lap-record around
Phillip Island is held by the current
World MotoGP Champion, that
salty Spanish smile-fest, Marc
Marquez. It’s a ridiculous 1:28.108.
His MotoGP mates are only a few
tenths of a second slower. So
according to the laws of physics,
that’s how fast a human being can
currently fire a motorcycle around Phillip Island.
But not this human being.