The legend of Max matures with age
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 10:35 GMT
The legend of Max matures with age
As big names in modern racing go, few are bigger than Max Biaggi, a rider who is simply getting better and better as he approaches his 40th birthday in a couple of years. His WSB career has been a remarkable one already, having ridden for not only three different manufacturers in three years, but on three different configurations of machine - a straight four Suzuki, a privateer Ducati vee twin and now an Aprilia vee-four.
Max has been a podium finisher on all three types and having now made 79 WSB race starts, he has taken a remarkable total of 32 podiums, including four wins. His podium total even after only three years is the 16th best in WSB's entire history, and his podium percentage rate is a very strong 40.50%!
Max has two races of the 2009 season left to improve those statistics, but there is currently one glaring omission from his otherwise impressive list of achievements. In three years Max has never won Superpole, not even once. For the moment...
