Schumacher Won’t Race MotoGP, Scooter Racing Still Viable
The dream may be over for those fans who thought Michael Schumacher could make a good showing in the world of MotoGP, unless of course they open up a scooter class.
Schumi casually dismissed the rumors that have been flying lately, somewhat egged on by his long-time manager Willi Weber, that he was attempting to make a comeback to the racing world by entering the MotoGP round at Mugello as a wild-card. Turns out it was the rumor that was the wild-card, as Schumacher took time during his Monday run of Ferrari testing in Barcelona, to call the story, "an absolute lie." Despite that cut and dry statement of fact, it didn't seem like the driver held any ill-will because of the false reports, as he went on to say, "At the most, I can race on a scooter." Now there's something that we would pay to see.
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Clint
I think the US could be a huge market for scooters if scooter racing was marketed well. Currently, only diehard greenies, teens who aren't old enough to drive but have parents who think they're (ir)responsible enough to have wheels, people who can't afford the already low prices of owning/operating a used car (or have enough DUIs to make a moped an attractive option), delivery people in urban environments, and a small group of diehard scooterists regularly use scooters instead of cars.
If scooter racing showed the public that scooters can be hightech, reliable, clean, and efficient performance machines instead of the popular misconception that they are all noisy, cheap, dirty, and slow mopeds, sales would take off.
Of course, Schumi would not be the one to spearhead this in the US. You'd need NASCAR guys riding scooters on a banked oval to make them "cool."
scooter
Scooter racing will probably become big over time. But should someone like Schumacher become involved it might explode overnight.
Handicap scooters
This was just a publicity stunt. The germans must have laughing, or crying when they read this.
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