Hideo Kanaya Partnered with Jarno Saarinen in the eventful 1973 season and soon showed himself as a very outstanding rider. I personally liked him very much and still regret that because of the tragic circumstances he never had the chance to convince history about his qualities that season. And even I had forgotten that Kanaya-san already came to Europe in 1972 and won straightaway the opening round on the Nurburgring in Germany with his factory TD3 250 ccm.........!