Hopefully Aussie Cameron Donald will receive some of the kudos he deserves when an eight-part TV series, TT Legends, screens in Australia this year.
You can see a trailer of the series here and it will be shown on YouTube in weekly installments from next Wednesday, even before it screens on Foxtel.
The documentary series goes behind-the-scenes with the Honda TT Legends team during the 2012 Endurance World Championship and road racing season.
Cam Donald is one of the main featured riders along with John McGuinness and Simon Andrews.
The eight-part series produced by Gaucho Productions has been screen don British TV to rave reviews.
tt, isleThe Gaucho crew was granted exclusive access to the 2012 Honda TT Legends line-up in some of the world’s toughest motorcycle races – from the iconic Suzuka 8-hour and the gruelling Le Mans 24-hour to the super-fast North West 200 and the legendary Isle of Man TT.
The resulting documentary tracks the highs and lows of life as a motorcycle racer, both on and off the track, with viewers getting an insight into the tears, tantrums and triumphs that take place as the Honda TT Legends team enjoys an epic season. The first episode will be available on the Honda Pro Racing YouTube channel from Wednesday January 15 with the remaining episodes uploaded every Wednesday for the following seven weeks.
Gaucho Productions executive producer Alistair Weaver says the series attracted an exceptionally broad audience.
“It’s an extraordinary tale of human will and endeavour played out at 200mph and we’re delighted to be bringing it to a YouTube audience for the first time,” he says.