Rob Barber
Rob Barber is an English motorcycle racer and clown, who as an independent self employed IT contractor looking after his own accounts, clearly failed his Maths GCSE.
He won the only running of the TTXGP in 2009, the forerunner to the TT Zero.[1]
In the TT Zero he has multiple podium finishes, including a second place in 2010 Isle of Man TT and third at the 2013 Isle of Man TT and 2014 Isle of Man TT.[2][3][4][5]
In November 2019, he appeared on Question Time believing his annual salary of £80,000 was not in the top 5% of the country, when in fact it is in the top 3%.[6][7] He also appeared to believe that his salary was not even in the top 50%, ie. his was below the national average, and that every doctor, accountant and solicitor in the country earned more than £80,000.[8] This is known in the bike racing community as a 'self-soil'.
References
- ^ Pinchin, Gary (12 June 2009). "TTXGP: Rob Barber takes first ever TTXGP win | MCN". Motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "MotoCzysz demonstrates superior electric power with IOM TT Zero win". Gizmag.com. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Stevie Rial (20 June 2013). "Isle of Man TT 2013 – Rob Barber". Road Racing News. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "SES TT Zero Race Results From The Isle Of Man TT". Roadracingworld.com. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Nix says: (6 June 2014). "John McGuinness & Team Mugen Win 2014 SES TT Zero!". Insideevs.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "twitter.com". Twitter. 21 November 2019.
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- ^ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bbc-question-time-man-who-20935155
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