29:23The Brutal Truth About MotoGP Nobody Tells You
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Fans know the red factory Ducati leathers, and the face looks like Márquez. The image is pure MotoGP glamour, flat out with the tyre spitting dirt. The title says there's a brutal side nobody mentions, and nothing in the picture says what.
'Brutal Truth' promises something hard to hear, and 'Nobody Tells You' tells fans who watch every race that the broadcasts leave it out.
The rear tyre fills the foreground, spitting dirt, so the speed reads at feed size, and the rider looking back at you gives it a face fans know.
When your insider view contradicts how your field looks from outside, show the glamorous version at its most exciting. Let the title promise the hard truth behind it, and keep that truth out of the image.
Show the glamour, and promise the hard truth behind it.
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