Don't blame him if he did! He's got a bright future in Telly so why risk losing it all for death at every corner TT racing?
Ye, he said he was considering retiring this year but then the BMW came along for Tyco which convinced him to do another season.
Good luck to him.He is as fast as the other big boys, he just hasn't got to the top step yet.A few rostrums to his credit though,nothing wrong with that.His banter is as good as his riding imo.
I know this will come over the wrong way, but I think he is more successful in many ways than John McPint and Michael Dunlop in terms of media coverage, PR, TV minutes and general public awareness. I know John McG. done amazing things but he's not a household name - maybe its timing with the media, the mutton chops or general 'wiredness' of Guy but somehow he is capturing the interest of the public, perhaps like Barry Sheen did in the past ? He has the chance to hand up his leathers and do trucks and TV work for many a year while developing his Red Torpedo / bobble hat business etc. He is a great role model for those who shine in engineering / mechanics rather than A level grades / Uni points as a solid career choice
Short of winning the TT senior race, he has nothing to prove in the bike racing. He has won pretty much everything else, it is just that the senior TT is the one that all road racers want to win.
He's just quoted that there'll be 'certain events' he's likely to give up. Which leaves a lot of doors open.
I saw an interview he did in NZ over xmas and was asked about the Tyco/BMW thing. He said that before the deal came along he was going to pack in mainstream racing and concentrate on work and doing other stuff. But he has decided to give it one more year and see if the BMW can get him the elusive superbike and Senior TT then see what he wants to do afterwards. Obviously he's had more time to think about things and decided that he's going to do stuff away from mainstream racing anyway. There was a quote from him in one of the papers a day or two ago where he said that he didn't go to the Gold Cup anymore as the organisers were selling him as a commodity, "come and meet Guy Martin etc" and thats not what he wants to do, all he wanted was to turn up and race, meet a few fans on his terms, not be paraded like a trick pony. I've read his autobiography and it's quite revealing into his reasons why.
I just enjoy seeing and hearing about him and what he's doing no matter what it is. But I would love him to win a Senior TT just to top off his racing career
Three sides to every story Tom. It was after reading it and hearing his reasons for some of his 'seemingly' prima donna behaviour, I began to wonder if I'd not given Michael Dunlop a fair enough crack of the whip.
TBH...after watching various interviews and youtube videos then watching "Road", MD's "attitude" seems a lot more understandable. Certainly a lot of Irishmen have a f*%k you cockiness and confidence, couple that with the family and lifestyle he's had and the things he has seen, holding his father as he dies on a racetrack. People forget that he's still only 25, coupled to a live for the moment view on life. IMO last years TT when he saw his brothers bike in bits as he went by obviously shook him up. The parc ferme video seemed to show that off the bike he is human and probably has a softer side that he tries to keep away from the public.
