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Mick
Doohan
Australia
5 times world 500cc motorcycle champion
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4 June, 1965 |
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| 1988 |
- wins
both races at Oran Park, world superbike championship; Yamaha
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| 1989 |
- first
500cc GP race at Japan GP with Honda
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| 1990 |
- first
podium finish at German GP
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| 1992 |
- major
accident and injury at Assen that nearly ended his racing
career
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| 1994 |
- 1st
world championship with Honda
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| 1995 |
- 2nd
world championship with Honda
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| 1996 |
- 3rd
world championship with Honda
- awarded
Order of Australia
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| 1997 |
- 4th
world championship with Honda
- 12 wins:
GP record, most 500cc wins in a season
- 12 poles:
GP record, most poles in a season
- total
340 points: GP record, most points in a season
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| 1998 |
- 5th
world championship with Honda
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| 1999 |
- out of
racing due to an accident at Jerez Spanish GP - major leg
injury
- announced
retirement
at the end of 1999
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| 2000 |
- team
manager
- a new Honda 500 factory team with V Rossi as the lead rider
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| 2001 |
- Honda
General Manager Racing
- overseeing factory riders including the new world champion
Valentino Rossi
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| 2005 |
-
leaves Honda after 15 years
(JAN, 2005)
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