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Old 07-Sep-2004, 18:42
KeefyB KeefyB is offline
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Frankie was a factory Ducati rider in '98 alongside Troy Corser in Virgino Ferrari's team.The other works team that year was the Ducati Performance team with Foggy as the sole rider.
Frankie had a good chance of winning the title but blew it in the infamous Assen incident.That left Corser,Foggy and Aaron Slight to battle it out in the last round.Corser crashed in practice and was too injured to compete.Slights nerves got the better of him and he was way off the pace.Foggy did enough to win the title.
As good a rider that he is,I dont think that the Ducati factory will ever give him a ride again.He is very outspoken and has p*ssed off quite a few people.I also think that he revels in being the underdog.He loves getting one over on the factory and the fans love him for it.
Sounds like he'll be riding a Kwaka next year tho!
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