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Abe, Japanese MotoGP, 2004

MotoGP » Abe: The race that changed my life...

Wednesday, 14th September 2005

Grand prix motorcycle racing arrived in Japan in 1987 and, for seventeen years, was held at the notoriously difficult Suzuka Circuit in the Mie Prefecture.

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Abe, who claimed 17 podium finishes during his GP career, would struggle to carry his 500cc two-stroke pace into the new four-stroke era and - after finishing 16th and 13th in the 2003 and 2004 MotoGP world championships - switched to World Superbike, with Yamaha France, for 2005.

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