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Donington MotoGP part 2 Wow!What can I say,......awsome!!!! A great day at the GP despite the rain.Great to meet up with all the DSC peeps and a big thanks to the Norfolk crew who dragged themselves out of bed to save us a prime spot. Highlights for me, The morning warm ups and the practice starts right in front of us.As Guido said,it was worth the admission price alone.The bikes were spinning up on the wet track. Bmw Boxer Cup,The last lap,last corner.:o:o:o:D:D:D Stephane Mertens,still bonkers after all those years racing,was never gonna make that move work! The 125's:yawn:Bit boring. The 250's,A great ride from Aoyama.Bog last on lap 2 after crashing at Goddards,fought his way through to ninth.The ride of the day. MotoGP, Great rides from Hodgy and Shakey.How we cheered when Shakey got past Tamada.Another lap or two and he would have taken Biaggi.Great to see Colin Edwards first GP podium.And as for Vale,............amazing,is there anything this guy cant do!?Nice burnout in front of us too. The Bikes, The sheer speed,noise and exitement these bikes generate cannot be measured.The guys that ride them are gods. All this and a great ride home.:D:D:D |
Did you see the SS race? What happened to the 2 JHP riders? |
I believe both crashed.The weather was appalling for the race.Lafferty finished,but way off the winner Karl Harris. |
what a day!!!!!! Meet up at 6am!!! Little detour to avoid the M1 being closed between junction 1 and 2, easy ride up there having a few stops first being to meet Redruth. Then we illustrated our faith in mankind by following the only guy with us of non- British birth to the track, Philipe :) well it made me smile, thanks Philipe, - he then finds us a great parking spot right by the gate :) we park up, - I take forever to get all my locks sorted out but still :) We get in the gate, webby goes to the helmet park, we go in the tee shirt tent next door looking out for him, we come out and can't see any familiar faces, and no mobile signal :sniff: Such is life. Wander over to the track and somehow end up inside a Honda hospitality area with a great view over the Old Hairpin. MotoGP warm up in the rain, - Rossi follows Shakey to learn the lines in the wet!!! Shakey bins it. :(:( Boxer Cup, well I thought it would be exiting, - but we had to wait for the last lap, last bend. 125's. They illusttated what a awful extension the bit from esses onn is, as it splits up the action, Jorge Lorenzo, he is a future star. 250's. Again too split up for great racing. MotoGP :o:o:o:o OMG!!!!!! What a noise, far better than last year. The new Desmosedicci is amazing. The sound of Edwards and Setes Hondas between the Old Hairpin and Starkeys bridge, - awsome. Quickest 45 mins I can remember. Supersport. Stuart Easton was doing well until he went down. R6 Cup, - way to wet for good racing. Journey home. Not good left at 7pm, better than last year getting out of car park but still not great. M1 South was filter all the way, stopped for food, got home at midnight. Cream crakered today. |
He he. Me and Desmondo had it cracked this year. We left the circuit at 5pm and were in the car at 5.20pm, then I was sitting at home in Essex with a cuppa by 8pm! Cracking day out, but a shame we didn't meet up with more DSC'ers in the Ducati area. Just need to get my 3 rolls of film developed to see if I managed to take any decent pics! |
:D Cracking day out... and whilst I'd heard they were loud.. nothing prepares for how raucous they are... :D Got the parking bit too a tee - arrived in time for the boxer cup, saw people parking on the grass right outside the main entrance so did a quick U-turn, much to the annoyance of the guy directing traffic, who tried to tell people the Police would be towing away this row of 30-odd bikes.. haha.. Left straight after the GP, and was safely tucked up at home by 5:30 with not a drop of rain... Fan-bl**dy-tastic!! :D:D:D |
Great day, sorry never gotto say hi to all, although did catch up with a few. |
Great racing.... Spent me day at the esses with the Norveners as couldn't keep up with the Survern b*ggers (only jesting - chain probs) ... 'me laddo enjoyed it as well, looking forward to getting his bike soon. Ian that MS doesn't have Italian GPS does it? lol Well I had Edwards & Bayliss, and one of them came close - but Rossi is still the master. Shakey had a good ride as well. couple of more laps and he would have had Biaggi :biaggi:. As KeefyB said in the 250's one of the biggest cheers was for Aoyama as he clawed his way back up the field after binning it - great ride. Some of the temper tantrums were extremely funny as well. :lol: Left just after the Main event and home by 8.20 even after a stop for pies... Great day... (apart form the weaving ********s on the M1).... Cheers Paul |
Aye, another superb day out. Even the rain didn't dampen the enthusiasm and it makes it all the better with far more knowledgeable people around to explain the finer points. Aoyama's ride in the 250's was awesome, his bike sounded really crisp, and much louder than anyone elses, until some of the eagle eyed amongst us noticed that his silencer had fallen off. Still didn't stop him outbraking people into Goddard's despite having taken a tumble there. The MotoGP bikes were just incredible. So much more so than last year. Highlights for me...well, I'm not a big Rossi fan - I've never really liked it when anybody or any team works their way into a totally dominant position. Schumacher is the absolute epitome of this at the moment but there are other examples from recent years...Manchester United, Pete Sampras, Tiger Woods...you get the picture. Having said all that, Rossi was just superb. Totally dominant. I never thought I would be a Ducati fan cheering myself hoarse willing an Aprilia on either, but Shakey closing down and taking Tamada was brilliant to watch. Hodgson and Xaus must be chuffed to bits to have finished ahead of Biaggi, who just didn't seem to have any answers, and there was an extra cheer when Hodgson went ahead of Xaus. Bayliss had a solid race, and looked pretty spectacular firing it out of the esses, but little Loris must've been a bit dissapointed to have found himself going backwards from first place down to seventh. Both of them must've been cheered by the improvement in form though. The twin pulse engine sounds terrific. What amazed me was how totally different it sounded from the scream of Hodgson and Xaus' bikes, just from a different firing order (all right I know it's more complex than that). Had a good run home, really enjoyed it, although we got all strung out in traffic. Not difficult squirting past most cars, but harder getting through the little knots of bikes we kept coming across. Some were easily overtaken, like the bloke who was still wearing his polythene mac streaming out behind him like batman...others were a pain, like the guy on a superscoot who gave fil2 some grief about 'cutting him up' in Melton, and another guy on a GPZ who came past me up the inside going through Melton, bazzed through the town ignoring all the speed limits and zipped off out of sight. I came up behind him about two minutes later as he virtually parked his bike on every damp corner... I would just like to give Jools 'middle finger' award of the day to the **** in the BMW 5 series out in the countryside between Melton and Oakham who was second in a queue of 40mph traffic. I had just zipped by two or three cars in this queue on the way down into a dip, and was just coming up the other side with about 50 metres to go until a solid white line on my side before a blind crest. I was level with the beemer, and already off the throttle, just ready to cruise past him and pull into the 15 yard gap between him and the leading car (with plenty of time before the solid white and the crest). As I pulled level, he glanced at me, shoved it down a cog and accelerated hard to close the gap to less than a bike length - leaving me with no option but to try some kamikaze braking on slippery roads or open the taps again. If in doubt gas it! |
But it didn't stop the BHC and Norfolk members having a good laugh at the GP. Dispite the rather damp conditions, whether riding up at 0530 in the morning or on trackside. We all got a good position on the exit to the Esses thanks to the Norfok boys, Sparkin,Tart, The Greek.KeffyB and Marko spared no horses in getting there in the morning, which ment Jools,Kelly ,Phil,Myself and Rob with Butch and two other riders meeting up with a lonely Red Seb at Oakham on the dot at 0630 (On the dot Ill have you no Mr Barnard) Thankfully, because Red Seb took us in a quick way that I would have not known about. It was a long day but well worth a soaking for, lasting memory's of grown men tryng to get into a carrier bag out of the rain:lol::lol: I being one who all these years having carried waterproofs everwhere was hoping for better weather which didnt materialize. Live and learn. Good to have WJB , Jennifer Fatduke and Son sharing the BHC DSC hospitality suite with Special guest star Guido and Pop joining us to .Heading of homewould bound at about 1900 we had a more dry than wet ride back. Thanks to Marko who lead us on some entertaining roads with little traffic after splitting of at Oakham.   Not exactly Singing in the Rain but at least still smilling |
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I thought the most exiting race was actualy the BMW Cup. I sat in the infield grandstand and saw some great action all day. Thankfully everyone got up and walked away. The M1 South bound was just a joke with all the "Slow Que ahead signs" No sooner had you got to the 2End" sign than the message would appear on the next sign. There was some excuse for this past the accident but it seems that soon as you get to within a few miles of a junction the hold up starts.This doesn't occur on the continent so is it the bad design of British jnctions or just crap British drivers? Of course it could be a combination of both Ithink I will give Donnington a miss next year and put the money towards a visit to ireland to see some real road racing |
Sorry Ian don't know what happened there. Ruth and I came out of the helmet park and all we could see was Phillipe and his mate, couldn't see you anywhere!! We ended up not far from the big screen and so could see the track and follow the race on thescreen. What a sound though - will I ever forget it? No deffo not. Journey home was c**p, left after the Supersport race (which Simon Andrews won) and eventually managed to crawl in at 10 pm after 4 1/2 hours. Ruth apologies for losing you on the way home and it was a surprise to catch up with you as you pulled into the services - we'd stopped at Watford Gap and I'd had enough by then!!! |
No worries Webby. Memorable moments of the day: the way you can turn your back for two minutes and people who've followed you for 100 miles evapourate in a totally enclosed area, finding a superb position where we could watch the bikes on craner curves and then turn round and watch the racing on the big screen, and then watching that reasonably uncluttered spot become a mass of like minded bodies that you could barely pick your way through to get a cup of tea! the amazing noise of the bikes and the crowd, the adulation for Rossi and Edwards, and, in spite of getting left behind in the bike traffic, being one of thousands of bikers leaving the park and riding home. The whole day, my first proper biker's day out at the races, I won't forget that for a long time! :sing::sing::D |
Jools:- Apparently Rossi posted a reply: :lol: |
:O) Highlights .. I think they have all been covered (though noone mentioned the peculiar abscence of air horns this year {thank god}). If you go by car , park in the last field you come to and turn RIGHT at its top .. this brings you out by the south circuit side toilets and routes you ONTO the track .. you'r suposed to come off it at the esses and out to main gate. Total elapsed time since entering car to arriving at gate 10 minutes :O) :O) :O)). Since the B*****D organisers were so condescending When I informed them my ticket was stolen (but couldnt prove it .. tent unzipped etc...). We decided to decided to fek coming off at the esses and have a free lap .. definitely a highlight. |
Great to catch up with a few more DSCers. Sorry I didn't get down to the DUK hospitality, but the views and sounds from the esses after last year were far too good to pass up again. Highlight for me was the sound of Bayliss' and Capirex's Desmosedici's on overrun into Goddards and getting Tino's Doughnut on video at the end... Watch this space..Will post it once I get the footage off to Desmondo. See the still below for a taster.... P1sser of the day had to be getting 3 miles up the M1 from Jnctn 24 on the way home and hitting dry roads and glorious blue sky, all after spending the whole day in the drizzle and wet....Why couldn't it have made it that extra 3 miles south...... Roll on next year...... [Edited on 26-7-2004 by Guido] |
Hi guys yeah it was still a top days racing, I was lucky enough to have made it down on Fri and Sat too although I missed Day of Champions this year. The Dukes do sound awesome with that twin pulse motor. Shame I never made it over to the Ducati hospitality area either but I did bump into Jasper in the Donington members enclosure. It was stil busy when we left at 9pm after wandering around in the paddock/pit lane for an hour in the rain after security had gone home ;) Anyway roll on Brands this weekend, me and Nelly will be there from mid-morning Friday so don't plan a trip to Cornerspeed this weekend. Come on JT !!!! |
Great day, those £3 bin liners were a savyer.... thanks Dad for putting those pics up......... :o C y'al soon K |
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Parents, don't ya just love 'um! :lol: |
Had an excellent weekend apart from the inclement weather on the way back home. Racing was superb especially the brits and ducati finally getting near the front. Think the only way to stop Rossi is to make Biaggi ride pillion - lets face it after that performance it would be his only chance of a podium. Best part for me was the welcome (and food) from fellow DSCers in particular Scott and family. There were many others but sadly the stella has erased my ability to remember more than one name at a time.Campsite (Pigpen) was like some biblical famine scene with alcohol and my personal gratitude to the organisers for allowing us to drag our worldy belongings 1/2mile. Roll on next year:sing: |
Had an excellent race day. Made my way down to the Ducati plot by Macleans and simply waltzed in (without a pass - all 5 of us). The wearing of Ducati T shirts must have done the trick. So we were able to view without being crowded and help ourselves to the free crisps/soft drinks etc. Not the best viewing spot down there but not the worst either. You can see most of craners, and then the two lefty handers after the old hairpin and right round Macleans. I had a portable mini TV which I used to watch the rest of the circuit anyway. :P The GP bikes were amazing. Different altogether from the 500's a couple of years back. If you haven't been yet, then you need to. |
Great day out, the rain wasn't a downer as the racing was excellent :lol:. Got a pic for ya aswell. Xaus coming out of the chicane. Revs/Rob :lol: |
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