[kropotkin thinks...] - Whither JB? The Mysterious Future Of Jeremy Burgess

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As the moment approaches that Valentino Rossi is expected to announce that he will be joining Ducati, speculation is turning to the future of his crew chief, Jeremy Burgess. The Australian veteran has been Rossi's crew chief since the Italian moved up the then 500cc class with the HRC-backed Nastro Azzurro team, and has been with him ever since. Burgess followed Rossi from Nastro Azzurro to the factory Repsol Honda squad, and from there to Yamaha, where he helped Rossi become just the second rider in history to win back-to-back championships on two different machines.

So the paddock at the Sachsenring saw a string of journalists sidling up to Jerry Burgess to make discrete enquiries about what his plans were for next year. But Burgess has been in the paddock for a very long time, and has mastered the art of the Sphinx-like response, that supplies little in the way of information and leaves everything to the imagination of the journalist concerned.

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