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The World Motorcycling Championship Bible. All the categories, all the races, all the results. 17th June 1949, Douglas, Isle of Man - 29th October 2000, Phillip Island, Australia: the motor cycling road racing championships had just celebrated its 51st anniversary. There have been a large number of publications written about this period in several countries. All of a high quality, each with its own philosophy. That to be in found in "Continental Circus" is simple, even if it was the hardest to come up with. It would gather together complete results of all the races of the world championship, in each category, including those that no longer feature in the current Grand Prix calendar. The era would also be illustrated with photos, portraits and action shots of all the world champions from 1949 to 2000. There was really only one choice as to the right person for the job, the Swiss Maurice Büla. He attended his first grand prix in Berne in 1949, before becoming a player as sidecar man to the unforgettable Florian Camathias and also as a solo rider. Now he has become the living memory of the Continental Circus, having photographed all the greats. This book is his heritage. It will permit future generations to remember. The research work is unique in its complexity and its precision.