In a thrilling were expected to be the dominant force once more, but an accident in the opening round saw him side-lined for much of the season and left him with but a slim chance of retaining his MotoGP crown. Other riders stepped up in his absence and shared out victories. all took to the top step of the podium. The emergence of as a race winning machine saw both join the list of first time winners, in a close fought battle for supremecy throughout the whole of the MotoGP field. Once again, defied the years to remain at the sharp end of the grid, whilst the Suzuki pair of Alex Rins and Joan Mir both looked equally capable of adding to the list of winners in an enthralling contest for the title. Editor Michael Scott provides a . where Italian riders were contenders to clinch the Moto2 crown, whilst hotly disputed the Moto3 title. In 's dominance was challenged by , with looking to retain his championship title for the sixth successive year, ahead of the chasing pack including . No book covers the motorcycle racing world in as much detail as MOTOCOURSE, which, in addition to the two major world series covers .  Incredible value for money, with 304 large-format pages, bursting with over 450 stunning colour photographs from the world's finest photographers, MOTOCOURSE covers it all. No wonder MOTOCOURSE is regarded worldwide as