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Me and My Motor: Suzi Perry on bikers, the Beeb and Bon Jovi

Published 16 February 2016
By Dominic Tobin
For three years Suzi Perry, 45, was the BBC’s face of Formula One. Tomorrow she starts a week of presenting the BBC Radio 2 early breakfast show.
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