From a press release issued by HMC Milwaukee Ducati:

HMC DUCATI MILWAUKEE RACING ROLLS WEST TO LAGUNA SECA

HMC Ducati Milwaukee Racing – The Ducati Motor Holding (DMH) factory-backed Formula Xtreme 749R Dark racer rolls into Laguna Seca to compete in Saturday’s AMA Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme race.

Local Salinas native and Ducati star, Doug Chandler, will race the 749R Ducati on his home track at Laguna Seca. Chandler knows this track well and has won numerous times in the past.

The challenging and very technical track normally makes the going hard for the race technicians. The elevation changes and off camber corners creates difficulties in setting up the race bike.

“Since we have raced with Doug in the past and know what he wants, we will pull the base settings from our little black book with very little modifications,” explained Mitch Hansen, HMC Ducati Milwaukee team owner. “Then with Doug’s input in practice we fine tune the race set up. This is why we have been able to come out so very strong this year.”

The mechanical gremlin that raised there ugly head in the last round at Brainerd, Minnesota turned out to be a faulty sensor. “The problem only appeared in racing conditions,” stated Crew Chief Gary Medley. “It threw our computer mapping off by 50% and reduce the engine output by 3,000 rpm. At Laguna you will see the race bike coming off the corners faster and higher top speed.”

Doug Chandler will be signing autographs at the HMC Milwaukee Ducati transporter throughout the weekend and will be making a special appearance on Ducati Island to sign autographs for fans. Fans can win a Doug Chandler t-shirt by registering at www.hmcracing.com website.

Ducati Island, located in the infield of the racetrack between turns two and three, provides the Ducatisti parking, hospitality, and access to grandstands to all Ducati owners who show their Ducati key or proof of ownership.

From a press release issued by Bridgestone/Firestone:

Rio de Janeiro – July 4th, 2004 Rio Grand Prix Carneval for Bridgestone:Pole Position, lap record and first MotoGP victory Pole Position, new lap record and a maiden MotoGP victory: The Rio Grand Prix turned into carneval for Bridgestone. The first celebration of the weekend took place when Suzuki star Kenny Roberts stunned his competitors with a blindingly fast final lap in qualifying, taking a surprising pole position ahead of four Honda riders despite their superior engine power. The former world champion confirmed his good shape with seventh place in the race, his best result so far this season. But there was more to come for Bridgestone. Makoto Tamada had dominated the free practice session on Saturday morning, pushing his Camel Honda to the best lap time on a slick tire that had done 18 laps already. As race conditions could be expected to be similar due to the earlier starting time of 11.30 a.m. on Sunday, hopes for a strong result were high within Tamada’s team and his tire crew. But nobody dreamt of a display of such supremacy. Seventh after one lap, Tamada pushed ahead relentlessly, marking the new lap record on the Nelson Piquet race track in the battle with Valentino Rossi on lap seven. By mid-race, Tamada had taken third place from the current world champion, took second spot from Nicky Hayden soon after, and left the best for last:

Four laps from the end, Tamada swept past Camel Honda team-mate Max Biaggi in the last right-hand corner of the track, and extended his lead to more than two seconds by the time he crossed the finish line. The Rio success was the first ever MotoGP victory for Bridgestone and Tamada, after celebrating their first podium finish on the Nelson Piquet track last year. The pole position of Kenny Roberts was Bridgestone’s first best time in a MotoGP qualification, but not in the blue ribbon class of motorcycle racing: Jeremy McWilliams had ridden to pole position aboard a Bridgestone-fitted 500cc Proton KR 3 at the Australian Grand Prix 2002.

Makoto Tamada – Camel Honda – 1st position “I chose a new rear tire shape that was only introduced at Assen last week, so there were not so many compounds available. But from the first free practice session on, I knew that I didn’t have to keep looking because this tire performed flawlessly, and we concentrated entirely on a set-up that would suit this kind of tire – with a fantastic result in the end. My only worry was that the track temperature seemed to rise more than we had anticipated, but in the end, there was no problem – I had good and consistent grip on the rear, and I also had an advantage on the front. Whereas Biaggi was pushing the front in the long corners, I was able to keep my own tight line without a problem. Catching up to Max was a tough piece of work, but once I got close to him, he was easy prey – planned my move for the last right-hand corner on the track, and overtook easily. I decided to keep on pushing after that in order to make sure he couldn’t get back on me, but at the same time, I got very nervous. I never got nervous in my life before, but winning the first Moto Grand Prix is certainly something very special. I want to thank Bridgestone and my team for the great support I’ve had, and I want to dedicate this victory to my great friend Daijiro Kato. July 4th is his birthday, and since I saw this year’s Grand Prix calendar for the very first time, I really wanted to win this race for him. I am glad and relieved that it happened this way!”

Hiroshi Yamada – Motorcycle Racing Manager – Bridgestone Motorsport “What a fantastic weekend: Pole position, lap record, victory, all of our riders within the point rankings, and three of them in the top ten – that is clearly our best result ever, and exceeds all our expectations. Makoto’s team did a marvelous job, squeezing more than 100 per cent of their performance out of our tires. Makoto himself was cool and concentrated and had things under control from the start to the finish. I want to thank the teams, the riders and all our people in the technical center who worked day and night to overcome the problems we have had at the Mugello Grand Prix. This weekend shows that we recovered completely, and it also shows the power of Bridgestone as a company. Our first target was a MotoGP podium which we achieved last year. Our second target was a MotoGP victory which happened today. From now on, we are working towards our ultimate goal of winning the MotoGP championship!”

Akira Nishimura – General Manager – Bridgestone Tire Corporation, said “This is our first victory in our third year in MotoGP racing, and we are extremely happy with today’s result. Makoto did a superb job and rode ggressively throughout the race. I thank everyone in Makoto’s Camel Honda Team and Pramac for all their hard work, and to Honda for always giving us excellent advice. With this victory as our motivation, Bridgestone will continue to further develop tires to contribute to the growth and success of the racing industry!”

Bridgestone Results: 1. Makoto Tamada (JAP) Honda, 44.21,976, 7. Kenny Roberts (USA) Suzuki, 44.45,469, 9. Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki, 44.49,778, 11. Alex Hofmann (GER) Kawasaki, 44.59, 689, 15. John Hopkins (USA) Suzuki, 45.32,272

Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Racer Mark Watts married Cheryl Hackett, June 27 in Barona, California.

Watts has raced on the Isle of Man 11 times and is the current WSMC 250cc Grand Prix Champion.

From a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing:

Hacking shooting for Laguna Seca Supersport record

Veteran could become first four-time winner of the race

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (July 6, 2004) – Jamie Hacking has an enviable record at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. The 33-year-old British-born racer stands alongside AMA Supersport racing legends Miguel Duhamel and Mike Smith as the only three-time winners of the Laguna Supersport race. On Sunday, July 11, at round 8 of the 11-race Pro Honda Oils Supersport presented by Shoei, Hacking could make history by becoming the first four-time victor in the class at Laguna Seca.

Hacking may have been the pre-race favorite coming into this weekend’s race, but a crash last week during testing left him with a broken collarbone. Immediately after the crash Hacking flew to California, to have his collarbone pinned. He plans on competing at Laguna Seca, but he’s sure to be in some discomfort trying to throw his factory Yamaha R6 around the challenging 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca circuit. If Hacking can overcome his injury to win at Laguna Seca it would be one of the biggest stories of the 2004 season.

Kawasaki teammates and brothers Tommy and Roger Lee Hayden are first and second in the AMA Supersport point standings. Tommy is on a three-race wining streak coming into this Sunday’s race. The competition in AMA Supersport racing is so intense that winning streaks of more than a few races are rare. In fact, if Hayden wins at Laguna he will be the first Supersport rider in nine years to string together four-consecutive race victories in a single season. Additionally, he would tie Aaron Yates for third on the all-time AMA Supersport wins list. Hayden is attempting to earn his first AMA championship after years of coming agonizingly close.

Roger Lee Hayden broke through to earn his first AMA national win in the Supersport race in Birmingham, Ala., in May. Since then the youngest of the racing Hayden’s, from Owensboro, Ky., has been a constant threat in the class. At Brainerd two weeks ago he nearly took the win, but was nipped by his oldest brother at the line. The Hayden battles harkens back to a few years ago when it was Nicky (now racing MotoGP for Honda) and Tommy going head to head for the championship.

The Yamaha team is stacked with the likes of Hacking, Aaron Gobert and Jason DiSalvo, all in the top five of the point standings. There’s slated to be one more contender on a blue bike this weekend when Aussie veteran Damon Buckmaster makes his return from injury. If Buckmaster is healthy expect him to be a leading contender. “Bucky” has scored inside the top five at the Laguna Seca Supersport race three times in the last five years.

Suzuki riders have struggled at times in the series this year. Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies won the Infineon Raceway round in Sonoma, Calif., but since then has not finished better than sixth. Look for the Texan to try to make a strong showing this weekend. Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Steve Rapp, ranked seventh, has also had an up and down 2004 campaign. The native of Northern California hopes to have a good race in front of friends and family at Laguna Seca. And finally there’s Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates. The third ranked AMA Supersport racer of all-time and former series champ has had a sub-par showing in the series this year. He would love to win this race at Laguna Seca again as he did back in 1997.

Others to watch for at Laguna include veteran privateer Michael Barnes on the Prieto Racing Yamaha and Aussie Ben Attard on the Corona Extra Suzuki.

The Laguna Supersport final will be featured on SPEED Channel on Tuesday, July 13 at 12 p.m. EST, as part of the network’s popular Two Wheel Tuesday motorcycle programming lineup.

For ticket information contact Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at (800) 327-SECA or visit www.laguna-seca.com

From a press release issued by Ducati Corse:

DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM STAYS ON AT RIO FOR SUCCESSFUL DAY’S TESTING

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Monday 5 July 2004 – Ducati Marlboro Team testing concluded successfully today at Rio de Janeiro’s Nelson Piquet Circuit, following on from yesterday’s fourth place for Loris Capirossi in the Rio GP, the Italian team’s best result of 2004.

Troy Bayliss today focussed on further back-to-back tests with the two different types of engine he used over the weekend. The Australian rider completed 45 laps of the track and carried out a long-run with the Four Pulse engine and one with the Twin Pulse. Troy was able to confirm that the Desmosedici GP4 with its Twin Pulse unit was easier to ride and allowed him to maintain a rapid pace with less physical effort. Troy’s best time today with the Twin Pulse engine was 1:50.2.

Loris Capirossi completed just nineteen laps and mainly concentrated on testing cycle parts and electronics. The Italian continued development work with the new irregular firing order Twin Pulse engine, with which he made an encouraging debut at Assen and with which he confirmed to be a further step forward here at Rio. Loris’s best time was 1:50.4.

Partially cloudy skies but warm weather, unusual for the Brazilian winter (air 26° C/track 33°C), characterised the one and only scheduled day’s testing at the Rio circuit and the Ducati Marlboro Team will return to Italy tomorrow.

As confirmation of the major commitment being made by Ducati Corse in MotoGP, while the Ducati Marlboro Team was hard at work in Brazil, the development team was down in Mugello today with tester Vittoriano Guareschi, who will also remain at the Tuscany circuit tomorrow to test new electronic components.

The next race for the Ducati Marlboro Team is at the Sachsenring (Germany) on July 16-18, round 8 of the 2004 MotoGP World Championship.

From a press release:

Croft Circuit
Croft on Tees
North Yorkshire
England

Monday 5th July

DerbyPhoenix Club Motorcycle Races
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th July 2004

MORE TWO WHEELED ACTION AT CROFT

The 2004 season continues in style this weekend at Croft Circuit when rounds nine and ten of the Derby Phoenix Motor Cycle Club road race championships take place at the North Yorkshire track on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July.

The club has attracted a capacity entry for the two day meeting with a host of club regulars set to mix it with a smattering of track specialists in the action which is sure to be fast and furious.

All solo classes are represented including the ever-popular 600cc Steel Frame series and Formula 750 class whilst the sidecars will be out in force with both F1 and F2 teams vying for honours.

The headline race over the weekend will be fifth round of the ACU/FSRA Super F2 Sidecar Championship which sees championship leaders Roy Hanks and Dave Wells go into the race with a mere one point advantage over Nigel Connole and Dennis Lowther.

Practice starts on Saturday at 9.30am and 12.00 noon on Sunday with racing immediately afterwards on both days.

Adult admission is just £6.00 on Saturday and £12.00 on Sunday with accompanied children under 15 admitted free on both days.

From a press release issued by FGSport:

2004 FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 7 Laguna Seca, USA 9 – 11 July 2004 – PREVIEW

SBK MAKES ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE USA

ONE OFF: As the 11-Round 2004 World Superbike Championship heads off on its seventh outing of the season the latest fight for supremacy will take place at the wondrously unique Laguna Seca circuit, just inland from the Monterey Peninsula, in Northern California.
Laguna is one of the most challenging circuits imaginable, its tortuous layout rolling up and down the sides of a dried out lagoon bed that gives the circuit its Spanish derived name – ‘Dry Lagoon’.

The 3.160km circuit features arguably the most famous corner in World Superbike racing, the endlessly dramatic Corkscrew. This precipitous corner is so called because the riders have to plunge their machine off the edge of a ridgeline of tarmac, diving down what is a 90 degree left hand corner, only to flick immediately right at the base. The Corkscrew is just one of many difficult and unique obstacles to a good lap time at this most specialised of race circuits, a true visual feast for enthusiasts of bike racing.

OPEN HOUSE: After the first six rounds of World Superbike competition have been completed, and a total of 12 races have taken place, no fewer than six riders have scored at least one win so far.
The most successful of those is championship leader Regis Laconi (Ducati Fila) with a total of five wins. Despite his full hand of wins, and his four from six score of Superpole successes this year, Laconi only leads his team-mate, James Toseland, by a slender three points. Toseland’s single win at Valencia and his happy habit of taking podium finishes, even when he is not 100% happy with his machine set-up, has kept him fully in the championship hunt. The Ducati Fila duo are finding the challenge of the 2004 series a tough one, especially as all riders on all machines now have the same pool of available tyres, from solus supplier to the championship, Pirelli.

CLOSER: Noriyuki Haga (Renegade Ducati) has had a glorious comeback to World Superbike this year, the 29-year-old rider for the British-based Renegade team enjoying three wins so far, the most recent at Silverstone in early June. Lying in third place in the championship, only 32 points from the lead, Haga is an old hand at Laguna, having won races in 1998 and 2000. His recent charge to the higher echelons of the table has come coming despite a rash of four DNFs, unwelcome happenings that he and his team hope they have now seen the back of.

NEW HEAD BOY: Chris Vermeulen has had good reason to celebrate recently, taking his first championship race win in Superbike, after a glorious win in the overall World Supersport Championship in 2003. His Ten Kate Honda team, like Vermeulen himself, has made the jump to Superbike for the first time this year, running the all-new Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR. He sits fourth overall, only two points behind Haga and 34 points from the top of the current table.
The revised SBK rules have evened out the competition in World Superbike this year, with all machines allowed to be of 1000cc capacity. Irrespective of engine configuration air-intake restrictors have been abandoned this season.

OLD MASTER: As the Laguna event approaches Pierfrancesco Chili (PSG-1 Ducati 998RS) sits fifth in the championship race after some superb rides, only marred by more than his fair share of DNFs. The most experienced rider of all, Chili has recently turned 40-years-old, but has been a race winner in SBK as recently as Misano this year, and a Laguna Seca race winner in 2003. He is only one of three current SBK riders to have won on previous visits to Laguna.

NEW TEST FOR GAZ: Garry McCoy (Xerox Scuderia Caracchi Ducati 999RS), a former MotoGP and proven SBK race winner, is one of the most experienced riders of all, but Laguna will be another unfamiliar event for him, even if he has raced on the Laguna layout, in his 125cc GP days. McCoy has already joined the 2004 SBK race winning crew, thanks to his race two success on home soil in Australia.

COEUR DE LEON: Leon Haslam, son of British racing hero Ron, has been making a strong reputation for himself in World Superbike since his full-time induction into the series this year. Having taken a podium finish of third at Oschersleben, and win the most recent British Superbike Championship outings, Leon’s pace of progress has been an impressive factor in the rejuvenated SBK class.

FRESH MOTORVATION: With a new engine spec in their armoury of weapons to take to Laguna the Foggy Petronas Team, running the technically innovative Petronas FP-1 triple, have many reasons to look to the American Venue as a potential source of more podium finishes.
Troy Corser is one of the trio of former Laguna race winners in this year’s Laguna contest, and thanks to a Superpole win in Oschersleben and a second place race finish at Misano, his hopes of similar performances are well founded. His team-mate Chris Walker is hoping to have recovered from his most recent catalogue of injuries in time to be a force at Laguna, looking to add to his single podium finish so far.

MARTIN AND MARCO SHOW: DFX Ducati Sterilgarda riders Steve Martin and Marco Borciani have shown well this year, with Martin even looking capable of wins on his fully private 999RS machines. His single podium thus far may be added to at Laguna, while Borciani waits his first turn at a top three finish.

FOUR SQUARE: The privateer four-cylinder equipped riders in the championship this year will be looking to Laguna as an opportunity to score worthwhile championship points. Big capacity fours are already a proven entity in SBK and in the American Superbike series, which runs in parallel with the SBK version at Laguna once more this year. Best hopes for SBK success in America are the Bertocchi Kawasakis of Mauro Sanchini and Ivan Clementi, while for Suzuki Sergio Fuertes’s MIR Suzuki has already made some ripples in the big Superbike pool. The Chinese backed Zong Shen Team, featuring Piergiorgio Bontempi and Warwick Nowland on Suzuki GSX-R1000s, has also been in the privateer mix all season, and they embark on yet another new adventure in SBK with their first trip to Laguna Seca.

In 2003 the Superbike World Championship achieved the following:
– More than 2-billion worldwide television viewers
– Live broadcasts on 85 television networks covering 170 countries
– 1,950 broadcast hours with a television media value in excess of US$ 590-million
– 1,000,000 race spectators
– More than 32-million Internet page views on www.worldsbk.com

From a press release issued by Munroe Motors:

Let’s go Racin’…

Munroe Motors goes Superbike racing this coming weekend July 9th to 11th at the Laguna Seca AMA/World Superbike round – on a new 2005 Ducati 999R.

The world press launch for the new 999R is being held on Thursday July 10th, the day before the start of the AMA/WSB race weekend. Michael Lock and John Porter of Ducati North America agreed to lend Munroe Motors one of the press launch R’s to race in the AMA Superbike round.

“We have been racing our 2002 Ducati 998S for the last couple of years in selected AMA Superbike rounds – with a best result of 10th at Sears Point and 11th at Virginia in 2002” said Nick Hayman, Munroe Motors’ business manager. “We raced a 2003 999R last year in Formula Extreme at Laguna, after being denied a Superbike entry at Sears Point because the 999 was not homologated for Superbike. But this year, these 999R’s are the homologation units that allow Eric Bostrom to race his factory model, so I know the AMA are letting us in this time!”

The street-legal 2005 999R has a number of exciting improvements over the last model from 2003 – in fact the exact details are under a strict gag order until the launch is finished. “We’ll have just enough time to throw on some race bodywork, wheels and a pipe before practice starts on Friday morning” said Matt Prentiss, Munroe’s technical boss. “We’re guessing at around 140 horsepower and, realistically, we’re hoping to achieve a top-15 finish to showcase the speed and handling of Ducati’s flagship sport bike”.

Having just come back from the Isle of Man, where he won 2 Silver Replicas and continues to be the fastest American in the history of the T.T., the team’s rider, Tom Montano, is equally excited. “We’ve had a lot of success with Ducati over the last few years” he said. “This 998-based engine is the dominant twin-cylinder motorcycle engine in road racing worldwide, and the 999 chassis is extremely predictable and easy to ride.”

Practice kicks off on Friday morning, and the AMA Superbike race is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, right in between the two rounds of the World Superbike races.

From a press release issued by Kawasaki Racing Team:

NO REST FOR FUCHS KAWASAKI AS TESTING CONTINUES IN RIO

Less than twenty four hours after competing in the gruelling conditions of the Rio Grand Prix, Fuchs Kawasaki riders, Shinya Nakano and Alex Hofmann, were back on track at the Nelson Piquet circuit on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, testing new engine and chassis components, as well as evaluating the latest tyres from Bridgestone.

For Alex Hofmann, the main focus of today’s test was on evaluating revised fuel injection mapping, aimed at improving throttle control and power delivery out of the corners. The 24-year-old German also tried minor suspension and chassis changes during four hours and 48 laps of testing at the 4.9km Nelson Piquet circuit.

Faster today than he was in yesterday’s Rio Grand Prix race, Hofmann declared himself satisfied with the improvements made to his Ninja ZX-RR out of the turns. But the Fuchs Kawasaki rider remains convinced that more power needs to be found from the 990cc, inline four-cylinder ZX-RR motor for the straights.

Shinya Nakano started today’s one day test in Rio de Janeiro by evaluating the new fuel injection components that his Fuchs Kawasaki teammate used to such good effect during the Rio Grand Prix. Like Hofmann, Nakano also tested revised fuel injection mapping, before moving on to evaluate minor chassis changes and the latest rear slicks from the Fuchs Kawasaki team’s tyre partner, Bridgestone.

Nakano also tested a revised front fork on his Ninja ZX-RR, which has been designed to give the rider a more progressive feel from the front of the bike. The 26-year-old Japanese rider was positive about the changes, finding the new fork to be an improvement over the old, especially under braking.

The next round of the MotoGP World Championship takes place at the historic Sachsenring circuit in Germany on July 18th.

Alex Hofmann: 1:51.42 (48 laps)
“We tested some revisions to the engine management system today, which gives us a little more torque at the bottom end of the rev range. Together with the revised engine components we’ve been running this weekend, these changes have definitely made an improvement, making it a lot easier to control the power out of the turns. But being able to exit the turns faster doesn’t make up for the fact that we still need to find some more power for the straights. My times today were faster than in the race yesterday so, overall, I’m happy with the progress we’ve made and I’m looking forward to getting back to Europe and starting the preparations for my home Grand Prix at Sachsenring in two weeks time.”

Shinya Nakano: 1:51.31 (58 laps)
“I was disappointed with my result in yesterday’s race. I am very keen to give the team a good result in their home Grand Prix at Sachsenring so today we have concentrated on improving the bike in a number of areas. Overall I think we’ve succeeded, as my lap times were more consistent than they were in the race yesterday. We also tested some new fuel injection parts with positive results, and I think we’ll use these new parts at Sachsenring. The new fork we tried today was also an improvement, giving a more progressive feel under braking. So, overall, I’m happy with what we’ve achieved today; we’ve collected a lot of important information that will prove useful to my mechanics as they work to improve the bike for the next race in two weeks time.”

From a press release issued by Ducati Germany and forwarded by Ducati North America:

Christian Pfeiffer again on Top!

Just one week after winning the European Championship Title, German Ducati Rider Christian Pfeiffer takes the victory at the first leg of this year`s Stuntriding Worldchampionship in Czechia.



About 15.000 enthusiastic spectators in Bechyne experienced the biggest and most thrilling Stuntriding Competiton ever. In total 57 Riders from 15 nations gathered 100 km south of Prague, to compete in the first of two rounds of the 2004 Stuntriding Worldchampionship. Even the „Godfather of Stundriding”, Brasilian Legend AC Farias accepted the challenge after a “break” of three years being out of competiton.

After the first qualifying round, where the top twelve riders had been established, Christian Pfeiffer ended up in second position, while Humbert Ribeiro from Portugal was leading the competition. But in the final round of freestyle riding the 34-year old from Halblech, Gemany squeezed out an amazing effort and wrenched the victory with a spectacular performance in front of the screaming public. With a stunníng creativity, a perfect execution and his famous grin on the face, Ducati Pilot Pfeiffer send Humbert Riberio to a second and strong performing Brasilian AC Farias to the third spot.

Christian Pfeiffer now holds the best chances to defend his Worldchampionship Title he won in 2003 at the same place. Before the second and final leg of this years Championship on 30-31 October in Donington Park/GB, todays world best Stuntrider will complete many more training sessions. Don`t miss the opportunity to see him „at work”during the german MotoGP round at Sachsenring in front of a crowd of 200.000 race fans.