Still no Moto Guzzi sightings.

you don't make yer comeback in some place like Qatar

Italians have a sense of the dramatic. After campaigning to have the 2009 Italian round to be moved to Monza, the Guzzi factory will be a last minute entry, sweeping to a super pole, then topping it off with a double victory, leaving the racing world drubbing their lips with their index fingers.
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