Tag: Yamaha
Sometime the Biggest Battles Happen Off the Battlefield
In my capacity as a journalist in the MotoGP paddock, I do my best to refrain from sympathizing more with one rider than another or becoming a fanboy of anyone in particular. In fact this is often pretty easy, because behind the scenes glimpses into the riders’ personalities when they are temporarily out of the […]
Read MoreSo Nice To See Your Friends Do Well
I have no closer connection to any MotoGP team than the French Tech 3 squad, having interviewed Guy Coulon several times for MotoMatters.com and gotten to know the press officer and team principal fairly well last season. Now that they have two of the premier class’ three American riders, I watch their progress with even […]
Read MoreFire In The Desert
The story of Rossi’s glowing brake discs For a year I had a unique photograph. As far as I could tell, after searching everywhere I could think of, I was the only one who’d gone to the entrance of Turn 1 at Losail in 2009 and captured the glowing brakes as the MotoGP riders as […]
Read MoreRitual
We had a pleasant but strange drive back from the track just before 5AM this morning. The sun was rising to our left, barely perceptibly at first, but the soft blow glow on the horizon grew stronger as we approached downtown Doha. I was sorry we’d missed the morning call to prayer: I quite like […]
Read MoreWorking Late
The demise last year of the Friday morning practice session means that day 1 in Qatar doesn’t start until well into the evening, and with one practice session per class we were done and heading back to the media center just before midnight. BMW is a series sponsor of MotoGP, and Losail has the nicest […]
Read MoreIn the club, at least for now…
Instead of staying in a hotel this year, I’m sharing an apartment or sorts (it’s a room in a Residence Hotel) with a fellow photographer, Andrew Wheeler, whose work has probably had more influence on me than any other sports shooter. I’ve known him in person for several years and it was largely his offer […]
Read MoreQatar Redux
I used to think that San Francisco to Europe was a long flight. But San Francisco to Qatar? When you get to Europe, you’re almost halfway there. From take-off at SFO to landing in Doha (with the odd stay on he plane lay-over in Riyadh): 23 hours of travel time. To make that trip you […]
Read MoreBack in the saddle…
It’s almost that time again! The 2010 Grand Prix season starts in just under two weeks at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar, and I’m very excited to be returning to this unique place for the season opener. It’s going to be great to be track-side and in the paddock of the highest level […]
Read MoreMr. Lucky
Not Valentino—if anything he was a bit short on luck yesterday, finding himself on the pavement after fighting into the lead of the last British GP at Donington Park. I mean me, since I still sometimes can’t believe it when I find myself trackside at another MotoGP event or speaking to someone who not long […]
Read MoreInto each life…
It’s the middle of summer in England, so we got very wet yesterday. But once again, being ready for the rain made all the difference. It’s worse for the teams as setting up the bikes is harder, and of course in the wet, anything can happen as far as race results. But it’s sunny this […]
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