Could not resist the temptation to hear MotoGP unsilenced bikes live so am here at Donington as I write. The MotoGP bikes sound great with the Ducati the noisest thing on wheels, outside a top fuel drag bike, yet. It rained for the first 20 minutes or so and Melandri on the 2 year old rebadged Kwacker was going round quick and neat.As soon as it dried out the pitch of the engines rose and it was time to put the earplugs in. The Yamahas flat drone makes it hard to tell if they are quick or not, the Ducatis are all blood and thunder and look a real handful, the Hondas are very neat and trim which makes you wonder why they are not doing better than they are and the Suzukis trundle round and round doing ok but looking just a bit off the pace.
Donington continues to be a shambles. Once again all the bikes are parked on shale, the car park attendants had no idea if Coppice was open to spectators. At the gate I was told to walk half a mile to another gate as his scanner was broken. Breaking it gently to him that the MotoGP bikes I had paid to see were imminently due out he turned a blind eye and I was in. Even the relentlessly partisan circuit commentator Fred Clarke seems to have had enough of the Donington fiasco announcing with exasperation that Radio Donington is not working on normal radio sets - you have to buy a Circuit Radio for a fiver. On this open practice Friday there is a fair crowd yet the goodie shops are mostly shut.
Good luck with Formula 1 Donington - bet you do not make the first race.
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