Day 3: Brno MotoGP Practice

Leisurely breakfast in the hotel then off to see practice. You have to pay 100 Kr (£2.20) for parking, but it is quite secure, with lots of police guarding the bike park, and you have to show you bike doc's (V5 etc) to get the bike out.

The Rossi fan club is very organised and arrives early to secure a good place for the days practice.

In the dying moments of final practice John Hopkins falls from the Rizzla Suzuki and has to find a slower way back to the pits.



In the excitement some fireworks set fire to the grass in front of one of the grandstands, a fire engine has to attend to put it out and this is only practice. How mad will they go when the racing actually starts tomorrow?

After practice I ride into Brno centre and blag a free session on the internet at the tourist office and book a hotel in Graz, Austria for Sunday night after the race. Lots of police around Brno and on the way back to the hotel I get stopped at a road block and have to show bikes V5, driving licence, green card insurance and passport.