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German pilots are only supporting actors in MotoGP. Talents lack role models and often lack money. Former world champion Stefan Bradl wants to change that – he jumps over his shadow for that.
Name: Stefan Bradl. Place of birth: Augsburg. Greatest success: motorcycle world champion. Conclusion: failed. Says who? Says Stefan Bradl. “I’m one of the stars that flashed,” says the 33-year-old Honda test driver of the FAZ. “But I didn’t make the breakthrough to take my sport to another level in Germany.”
No role models, no imitators, no interest in motorcycling. Bradl explains that there hasn’t been a regular German driver in the two-wheeler premier class MotoGP for years. “The hero,” says the former Moto2 champion, “we have been missing in Germany in recent years.” Bradl wants to change that.