Mamola 'looking at' Vermeulen.

Crash.Net, April, 2005

500cc GP hero, current Eurosport MotoGP commentator and rider manager for 'The Familie', Randy Mamola, was an interested observer at last weekend's Valencia World Superbike round - where Crash.net caught up with the American to ask, amongst other things, if he had spotted any future MotoGP stars.

"You've got some young people, Max Neukirchner and Chris Vermeulen, that are both 21-years-old, and you know Honda are looking at them," replied Mamola. "But even when you look at the Supersport and Superstock there are a lot of young people here that we don't even know about because they have not been picked up yet by the press.

"The one thing that Superbike riders might have an edge over 250 riders in Grand Prix is the fact that the bikes weight more and, as you know,...

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