Yamaha rider, Michael van der Mark, has said he was tasked with curbing Lewis Hamilton's enthusiasm for motorbikes during his Superbike track test. The five-time World Champion has always had a passion for motorbikes and often turns up to race weekends on a two-wheeler from his vast collection. But all did not go quite to plan recently when he suffered a small crash at Jerez whilst riding a Yamaha YZF-R1 at a private test. He escaped with no injuries, but Van der Mark has given an insight into what it was like working with Hamilton as he swapped Formula 1 cars for motorbikes. “Lewis already did two track days on his bike [before] and the people of his team were a little bit concerned...
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