A superbike race 2 win at the Ulster Grand Prix followed for Martin after his consistent TT. He finished second in the opening superbike race behind Bruce Anstey on the Padgetts racing Honda Fireblade.

The Boat that Guy Built". BBC History Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 23 February 2010. Colombia is the perfect place to grow cocaine,” says Martin. That’s never going to stop. The only way around it is to control it, to legalise it. I’ve never taken drugs. I don’t need any more highs in my life. I don’t have all the facts to hand, and I don’t have an educated comment. But surely to legalise it, that would get rid of all the killings.” a b c d e "Guy Martin on his Volvo: the fastest car in Britain". Sunday Times Driving. 15 October 2014 . Retrieved 4 April 2016.This first episode begins with Guy testing every piece of equipment in his own workshop to find out which items use the most electricity. Horrified by what he’s now having to pay for power, Guy tries to work out the reasons behind his big bills. He starts at his local power station – which also happens to be the country’s biggest. He works deep inside Drax in Yorkshire, operating its mills and boilers to see how the wood pellets it burns are actually turned into electricity – and finds out why that process is so controversial. Along the way on his energy adventure, Guy climbs to the top of a pylon to try his hand at being an electrical grid linesman, one of the riskiest maintenance jobs in the world, before then helping an explosives team demolish one of Britain’s oldest coal-burning power stations – moving the country closer to Net Zero emissions in the most spectacular way possible. Prior to that crash, during the Superbike race, Martin received a 30-second penalty for exceeding the posted pit lane speed limit of 60km/h by just 0.112km/h. Had he not received the penalty, his overall time would have been 1:46:48.05 and put him in 2nd place, behind Ian Hutchinson who finished with a time of 1:46:31.82.

McNair, Andrew (14 November 2014). "Speedster comes up short in record attempt". dailyrecord . Retrieved 4 April 2016. Martin converses like he rides a motorbike. The pedal is to the floor, and there are lots of twists and turns. A few years ago, he was diagnosed with mild autism – what used to be known as Asperger’s. It’s a subject he is understandably fed up with talking about (he has characterised the diagnosis as “a load of tripe”). He’s generally not keen on self-analysis and is uncomfortable with being regarded as a celebrity. Guy Martin joins the two-year restoration of an early model of Supermarine Spitfire (Spitfire Mark Ia), N3200, squadron code 'QV', that had buried in a French beach for 46 years after being shot down during the Dunkirk evacuation, and tells the " Boy's Own"-style story of its pilot, Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson. Saltwater corrosion ensured very little (if anything) was safely usable on the end aircraft.

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Guy Martin (born 4 November 1981) is a British former motorcycle racer and heavy vehicle mechanic who became a television presenter. [2] In July 2017, Martin retired from motorcycle racing. Sweeting, Adam (14 March 2016). "David Coulthard and Guy Martin, interview: the boy racers who turned down Top Gear". The Telegraph . Retrieved 8 April 2016. Martin was introduced to his factory BMW S1000RR Superbike during a day's testing at Kirkistown on 7 May, in preparation for the team's campaign at the Vauxhall International North West 200 for the opening practice session on 12 May. Martin's arrival at the triangle circuit generated the usual media interest, however the attention continued following some controversial comments concerning the circuit by Martin. On return from a practice lap on his Supersport machine, Martin was briefly interviewed by BBC Sport presenter Stephen Watson. [58] Struggling to qualify, Martin said he was "bored" riding the course, citing the number of chicanes which had been introduced in an effort to improve safety. [58] As on previous occasions this resulted in Martin's team boss, Hector Neill, again having to rally to his rider's defence.

While completing his apprenticeship as a lorry mechanic, Martin raced motorbikes in his spare time. [7] Martin returned to the Isle of Man at age 16; overhearing lorry driver and amateur racer Baz Kirk discussing his plans to race in the 1997 Manx Grand Prix with his father, he was offered the chance to assist him as a race mechanic. [12] Having engaged Andy Spellman as his advisor and agent in 2009, Martin worked with North One Television producers James Woodroffe and Ewan Keil, as he has done to the present day. Martin's first appearances on TV documentaries were on programmes based around his passion for engineering rather than his love of adrenaline sport, The Boat that Guy Built airing on the BBC in 2011, and How Britain Worked on Channel 4 in 2012. [7] His thrill-seeking side later emerged with the production of the series Speed with Guy Martin, first airing on Channel 4 in 2013. [7] Uncomfortable with presenting to camera or working from a script, his preferred style is to improvise his dialogue, and work by responding to questions from crew off camera. [8] Guy Martin to join Williams Martini Racing Pit Crew for the Belgian GP williamsf1.com, 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017 Guy travelled to Latvia to investigate the history of the Latvian side of his family – his deceased maternal grandfather, Walter Kidals, was a Latvian who had come to Britain in 1947 as a refugee from World War II. The family knew little about his story, even his wife had been unaware he was an orphan. Born Waldemars Kidals, the programme found that in 1941 he had been conscripted into the Latvian Legion, part of the Axis Forces when Nazi Germany had occupied Latvia, and later spent two years in a Belgian prisoner-of-war camp. Having been exonerated by the post-war trials, and with Latvia now part of the Soviet Union, all surviving former Latvian conscripts were allowed to settle in the United States and Britain as political refugees – Walter opted for the UK, travelling to Hull. [4] [123] Following claims made in his 7 April 2015 Sunday Times review of the Aston Martin Vanquish, in which he recounted testing the car on an early morning lap of the TT course, police opened an investigation. Driving almost the full length of the TT course (joining at Quarterbridge garage and finishing at Governor's Bridge), he said he was impressed at how fast it really was, reaching 180mph down Sulby Straight and becoming airborne at Ballacrye corner, resulting in "something like a 22-minute lap". [33] On 27 May, police confirmed that after taking advice from the Attorney General's Chambers, they would be taking no further action, while reminding residents and visitors that "Where there is no upper speed limit, road users must at all times be aware that there is a fine line between what is fast and what is dangerous." [131] A few days later in a radio interview, Martin repeated the claims, and stated he had not broken the law as he had only reached high speeds on derestricted roads (i.e., those with no upper speed limit). [132]We want to ensure it can do over 200mph so we’re doing tests now to work out what we need to do,” Rotron Executive Chairman, Gilo Cardozo, told MCN. “The first thing was to break the speed record for large rotary engine bikes which was 172mph and actually done by Stuart Garner at Bonneville.” Martin also competed as part of a Pedal Car Racing team in the 24-hour, 2015 British Pedal Car Championship event at the Shenington Kart circuit on 27/28 June, as part of the Team JMC/Hope Factory Racing Team. He swore. He described things as “mint” or “mega”. He visibly lit up at any opportunities to get his hands dirty or cause mischief. This was accessible pop science, delivered with a wolfish grin. Martin agreed a new deal for 2015 with TAS after the team agreed a new equipment deal with BMW Motorrad, to ride the BMW S1000RR alongside William Dunlop. [19] Martin was prepared to retire had TAS not chosen to switch to BMW, believing he had raced the Suzuki as hard as he could. [8] [20] With the new bike, he ran his fastest ever lap of the TT circuit in June 2015 – 132.398 mph – just outside the outright lap record. [21] Following on from the Cookstown meeting, Martin was set to campaign in all the main races at the North West 200, as a prelude to working up for the Isle of Man TT. However, during the Supersport race he crashed. As a consequence, he was left with a suspected head injury, which resulted in his team manager, Philip Neill, withdrawing Martin from the remainder of the racing programme. [50]