Last day at the GP today (and therefore last day with no power we hope!!). Pack the van up so we can leave asap after the race, and also decide to move it to an empty field just by the access road, where a few other cars and vans are, so that we can make a quicker exit.
Go and find our seats on the siberia stand – it’s quite windy but the sun is out so it’s not too cold and we settle into our seats – Lou with a padded seat cushion, Ieuan doesn’t want one! About 50,000 people are here today (up 150% on last year due to the fact that the World Champ is an Aussie). We watch the support races and the main races, plus a jet display an open topped car procession of the MotoGP riders (our very own Chaz Davies (pictured) seeming quite bemused by it all), as well as stunt riders (some better than others!) plus our 3rd opportunity to see 3 Aussie bike heroes (Doohan, Beattie & Magee).
The racing is dry but in the 125’s Bradley doesn’t do that well, coming 16th with Pescek first. In the 250’s Lorenzo of Lorenzo Land comes first by a mile and came and planted his Lorenzo land victory flag right in front of where we were sitting! In the bike bikes, Stoner led from the off, and with Hayden chasing, but Hayden went out after a while due to a bike problem. Rossi challenged but ended up 3rd, with Capirossi 2nd.
The Aussies were loving Stoner's win, (including the drunkards sitting in front of us who were so drunk, they missed sitting in their fold up seats every time they stood up then sat down again!) so we took the opportunity to make a quick exit whilst they all swarmed up the track towards the podium.
We get to our van and take 15 mins to get out of the circuit, and after that, the roads were pretty clear. We got to Mornington in a couple of hours and booked into a nice campsite, did some laundry and had tea.
Go and find our seats on the siberia stand – it’s quite windy but the sun is out so it’s not too cold and we settle into our seats – Lou with a padded seat cushion, Ieuan doesn’t want one! About 50,000 people are here today (up 150% on last year due to the fact that the World Champ is an Aussie). We watch the support races and the main races, plus a jet display an open topped car procession of the MotoGP riders (our very own Chaz Davies (pictured) seeming quite bemused by it all), as well as stunt riders (some better than others!) plus our 3rd opportunity to see 3 Aussie bike heroes (Doohan, Beattie & Magee).
The racing is dry but in the 125’s Bradley doesn’t do that well, coming 16th with Pescek first. In the 250’s Lorenzo of Lorenzo Land comes first by a mile and came and planted his Lorenzo land victory flag right in front of where we were sitting! In the bike bikes, Stoner led from the off, and with Hayden chasing, but Hayden went out after a while due to a bike problem. Rossi challenged but ended up 3rd, with Capirossi 2nd.
The Aussies were loving Stoner's win, (including the drunkards sitting in front of us who were so drunk, they missed sitting in their fold up seats every time they stood up then sat down again!) so we took the opportunity to make a quick exit whilst they all swarmed up the track towards the podium.
We get to our van and take 15 mins to get out of the circuit, and after that, the roads were pretty clear. We got to Mornington in a couple of hours and booked into a nice campsite, did some laundry and had tea.
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