![]() Working with Chrissy from such a young age meant that Zoe spent a lot of time with Chrissy's family too, and she considers them almost as her own. Zoe added: "It was always quite hard for me to get my head round, he's a star at the top level but to me he's still the same Chrissy I met when he was 12 years old, racing a little Aprilia round circuits up here." "Whenever it comes to motor racing, bike racing, Chrissy is always there."Ĭhrissy's success continued to build in recent years, to the point where he became a British superbike rider, the highest national level of motorcycle racing. I'm only a few years younger than his parents, but Chrissy and I became firm friends and he's been a huge part of my life for the last ten years of my life. She said: "I started working with him when was 16 or 17 in the first year of his A-levels.Ĭhrissy Rouse and his sister Grace (Image: Bonnie Lane) She continued following Chrissy's budding racing career, and was asked by his family to do his press in the 2012/13 season. Zoe recalls a "cute little kid with loads of curly hair" who looked like Rossi himself. Zoe first met Chris when working for the Sunday Sun after his dad, Martin, had called up to say his son would be racing with Valentino Rossi, regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle riders of all time. Read more: Newcastle motorcycle racer Chrissy Rouse, 26, tragically dies after crash during Bennetts British Superbike Championship Zoe Burn, who became friends from Chrissy after managing his PR for several years and watch him progress into a British superbike racer, is devastated by the death of her friend. He passed away surrounded by family at Queens Medical Centre/University Hospital in Nottingham on Thursday October 6. A close friend of Chrissy Rouse has described the late motorcycle racer as "kind and gentle" following his death aged 26.īurnopfield rider Chrissy crashed on the opening lap of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship Race at Donington Park on Sunday October 2. ![]()
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