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Hello everyone around the world.

Well unfortunately John didn’t make any ground on the grid but he did pretty good. He crashed on the hot lap so it put him out. He was going good too, he had a fast time going with two blue helmets but it showed on TV he lost the front tire and slid out. Bummer deal but as long as
he gets a good start I think he’ll make up ground.

Gaz did alright, there are few two-strokes in the top 10. Jeremy McWilliams pulled it together, so did Jurgen vd Goorbergh. Barros was on it again, Biaggi, Kato, and Rossi was 8th. The “Flamboyant Italian” seems to have his work cut out for him now that everyone is getting 4-strokes. Not to mention Bridgestone tires are coming around for McWilliams.

OJ and Nakano received 4-strokes this race but it seems as though it hasn’t done much, ’cause they still ended up the same place they usually are at. So maybe it may be them, or they need “time to adapt.” Who knows, eh? Shit–just jump on and ride hard, you got the power!

Alright, enough with the smart-ass remarks, which are true anyway.

Sorry for the late briefing of yesterday’s Q-session. I wrote it when I got back to the hotel, and I thought I sent it but apparently I didn’t.

The weather here is nice, by the way, a bit cooler then when we last came. I bet in Kuala Lumpur it’s pouring down rain. One thing about here is you never know where a storm will be, it could be anywhere. The track is on the other side of the airport, so if it says rain on the forecast, it could rain at the airport but blow right by the track. It’s crazy. So far it’s been pretty good, hopefully it will stay tommorrow.

Catch ya later.