Looking Ahead
This morning a friend on Twitter asked his fellow MotoGP fans how they’re spending the weeks between races. I happen still to be going through images from the last THREE races. I’ve got to refine my workflow, no doubt about that.
Rolling!
Had a real treat yesterday, having been invited to a movie set by some friends who are working on their independent film, Kilo. This project is a kind of follow up to the Film Racing winner, Sweep, which, like the other films in this national contest, was produced in 24 hours. Rather than retell the […]
Day of Champions, 2009
One of the benefits of my participation in the Day of Stars at Laguna Seca was thinking to ask if I could somehow be involved in the upcoming Day of Champions event at the British Grand Prix, since I was already planning to cover that race weekend for MotoGPMatters. My friend Mark and I had […]
A little help from my friend
Last post I tried to describe where I was standing for the Donington races, and my friend Mark just posted a panorama on his Flickr page that shows this better than I did. Click on the photo above to see the large version. Right in the middle of his panoramic image, at the end of […]
Mr. 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 […]
Once more with feeling
Raining off and on here for the last MotoGP race at Donington. The general consensus in the media center seems to be that SIlverstone will be better as far as facilities go, but that motorbike racing will likely not suit what is essentially a car track. As the racing is what matters to me, I […]
Into 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 […]
auf Wiedersehen
I’m sitting in the Frankfurt airport, in the same area as when I was waiting to go to Qatar, this time waiting for my flight to London and next weekend’s British GP at Donington Park. The announcer just called for the flight to Doha to board, and though I hope to go back to Qatar […]
Old Habits Die Hard
Apparently I’m in what used to be East Germany. One of the veteran MotoGP photographers was telling me last night about the huge crowds they used to have here at the Sachsenring, until one year’s result had 300,000 fans singing the anthem of West Germany, which the powers that used to be did not find […]
Friday morning
Sometimes it’s the details that tell the story. Driving in this morning I passed several police checkpoints. Some cars were diverted to side roads, others let through. I assume it was my P1 parking sticker that got me through the various stacks of German police vehicles, but I don’t know for sure why some cars […]