Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins says he wants to beat team mate
Chris Vermeulen in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix at Philip
Island.
The Anglo-American was beaten by Vermeulen at Laguna Seca
earlier this year and Hopkins is determined to settle the score.
Both men are competing for fourth position in the MotoGP
championship, which culminates in Valencia in just over three
weeks' time.
Hopkins, the man with the whitest teeth in motorcycling, is leaving
Rizla Suzuki at the end of the season to compete with Kawasaki in
2008's MotoGP series.
Vermeulen is to honour his hero, Barry Sheene, with a special
one-off paint scheme for Sunday's race. -visordown.com-
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