We dropped half an hour down the road to catch up with the 7-time World Champion at his beautiful home on the outskirts of his native Blackburn. Life as it is now, to stories from the glory days of WorldSBK, his brief encouter with 500cc Grand Prix racing and his love for the TT.
Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
01:36 Life after racing
03:10 Best memories of the early days
07:49 The Honda RC30
11:10 The last of the all-rounders
13:43 Best TT memories
18:25 500cc British GP 1993
21:26 Why didn’t the Grand Prix dream happen?
24:37 First impressions of the Ducati 916
27:02 That first WorldSBK title in ’94
29:16 The importance of family in your career
32:20 What prompted the move to Honda?
33:51 I knew I was going back to Ducati
37:12 Which WorldSBK title gives you most satisfaction?
38:22 Who was your strongest rival in the mid-90s?
39:49 Brands Hatch…
43:51 Best-ever race?
48:50 Hodgson and Toseland arrive in WorldSBK
50:02 Foggy Petronas, would you make that same decision again?
50:38 Do you want to be involved in racing again?
51:14 Do you still watch on TV?
51:54 The Tommy and Glenn Show in BSB!
54:16 Favourite race bike of your career?
55:23 Winning the Le Mans 24hr
56:08 Oliver’s Mount
58:10 Tell me one thing about you that nobody knows…
58:26 Tell me one thing you wish you’d enjoyed more
59:18 What’s the last entry on your google search?
1:00:00 What annoys you most in life?
1:01:00 When was the last time you changed your opinion on something or someone?
1:01:46 Most embarrassing moment?
1:02:18 Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
1:02:49 You’re in the van, radio up to 11, what are you listening to?
1:03:27 Favourite corner, and why?
1:04:22 Best Hire Car Story
1:05:31 Outro
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9 Comments
11:56 What?
Self righteous, sanctimonious a#*hole Foggy I wouldn't even put you in my top ten riders.
Great interview Dave and what a treat to hear from the great Carl Fogarty a truly great champion of our time and the intensity and pressure of fighting to win a good honest interview on all the good and bad decisions he made through his career he is always so interesting to hear from and his opinions on the current championships are great to hear I would love to hear more from him on what's going on now especially what he thinks of Marc Marquez on the Ducati which from I have caught so far is a very exciting prospect .👌👍
Thanks for that Dave. Interesting interview with Foggy. I’ve seen him a few times over the years. He’s mellowed a little, but his self belief hasn’t wavered. He must have been difficult to work with in a team, it seems there is lots of blaming machinery. Not a great lot of respect for other top class riders either. Though, as I say, interesting nonetheless. 👍🏻
Yes that guy haul ass Peace out
Still up he's own arse.
Cheers Dave, great flashback to the 90’s. I knew him as a kid , my dad did a bit alongside his, he always even at 5 or 6 twisted that throttle quicker than the rest of us ( on a Honda monkey bike too ) 🤷. Talks the talk even now but has the history to back it up I suppose .
I never took any interest in WSB and Carl's career there, in the mid 90s I was exclusively following road racing. Carl is always interesting to listen to, even though I don't always agree with what he says, because he has opinions and is prepared to state them. I think many people see his roads career as maybe less significant than his short circuit years and they've been overshadowed. That's a great shame as he did great things on the roads and deserves a place up there with the best. There's a tendency in recent years to idolise some of the other road racers from that period and put them on false pedestals. The fact of the matter is that Carl and Hizzy moved the bar way up out of reach of the others for a few years, they were in a class of their own, and when they left the roads frankly it was second rate for a number of years. The riders left were very second class for quite a while. It was a truly fantastic but all too brief period in road racing and arguably places like the TT took over 20 years to regain that standard of competition. Road racing fans from a certain era remember Carl very fondly.
Brilliant interview. Carl has mellowed with age – thanks for the memories. Brands Hatch SBK weekends 94-99 were epic