Day 4: Brno MotoGP Race Day

My hotel is about 20 km south of Brno so its a short motorway ride to the track. On the way I join thousands of other bikes from Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria in a 100 mph charge to Brno. Arrive bright and early at the turn off to the track , I was OK until about 2 miles to go then total chaos, bikes, cars and coaches everywhere, but I get through OK to the car park, then a long walk to the track. Racing gets under way and its the 125 cc race that gets the crowd really going as they cheer on a heroic five way battle that includes the Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi and the local boy Lucas Pesek who fights his way onto the podium for 3rd place, the crowd goes totally bonkers.


Rossi had a very bad day on the Yamaha by his standards and struggled to finish seventh, his team mate Colin Edwards suffering a rare fall on lap two.

After the excitement of the days racing its always an anti climax as you dash to the bike park and fight with everyone else to get out, which thankfully didn't take too long.

Then back to the hotel just to pick up my bags and it was back on the road south to Slovakia, past Bratislava, then onto Vienna and my hotel in Graz, southern Austria a trip of about 250 miles.