The phrase ‘winning isn’t everything’ is usually applied as a salve to those smarting from defeat, but Dunlop tells us that recent champions Peter Hickman and Jeremy Guarnoni had thoughts other than victory in mind when crossing the finish line in the 6 Heures Moto de Spa-Francorchamps. According to the tyre maker, the goal for the “two seasoned racers” that day “wasn’t to win the race.” It was “to test tyres.”
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