MotoGP at Sachsenring (2015)

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After three grands prix, the MotoGP season looks particularly interesting for fans of Valentino Rossi. For years I had  been considering going to see a grand prix before Rossi retires, but I had always postponed: the Italian GPs occur in summer, competing with various holidays and moreover they need to be programmed in advance. When I was in Frankfurt, I decided to go to see the German GP at Sachsenring. It was July 2015.

In order not to take holidays, I had decided to see only the race, not the qualifications. I had left on a Saturday afternoon and had spent the night in a small town near Gera, which seemed the closest town to the circuit: I discovered later that maybe Chemnitz would have been better. I left to the circuit on Sunday morning, with the goal of arriving for the MotoGP's warm-up, skipping the other two classes, too early. The goal turned out to be unrealistic: after a terrific jam in the last kilometres and parking almost in another Land (I do not know what distance it was, but well over 1km) I came just in time for the Moto3 race. So I hurried to reach my place, which was towards the beginning of the final straight, not too far from the line, but I found the stand,half-empty  while so many people were goind around across the countless booths (from gadgets to motorbike items, other than, of course food and drinks). Evidently so many people were there only for MotoGP and they didn't care a damn about Moto2 and Moto3. I also usually do not follow the other two classes, but I always think that if I paid for something, I watch it.

The Moto3 race was exciting, with many overtakings, even on the final straight, the Moto2 one a little less. Then it was time for the MotoGP: the grandstand was filled with flags and yellow caps with number 46. Yes, except in the "curves" of the other riders, the public was all for Valentino. And only a small part of the fans were Italian: at every overtaking I heard "Jawohl!". I did not imagine that there were so many fans of the Doctor among the Germans too. The race itself was not a great show: the first 3 positions were outlined before half, Marquez-Pedrosa-Rossi, and above all no overtaking, or almost, on the final straight. I came to the conclusion that, instead of the final straight, it is better to seat on a challenging curve: you see more overtaking. A forbidden dream would be to watch the Laguna Seca GP from the "corkscrew", but now they do not even do it anymore.

After the MotoGP two minor races were scheduled, but I had decided not to watch them in order not to come back too late. I should have thought, however, that if they had put those races at the end of the day there had to be a reason, and when I got to the car I found out right away: there was such a traffic jam that I left the car park not less than one hour and a half alter! I could just as well have watched those races, I'd have been more relaxed.

Strong with this experience, I am not abandoning the idea of ​​going to Mugello or Misano once. Rossi will still be at least for one year .