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Day 7 - MotoGP

The focus of the entire trip! Up early to have breakfast and then walk a few hundred metres up the road from Lilka's house to catch one of the free buses that run between the city centre and the circuit. There's room on the first one and ten minutes later we are following a huge crowd to the viewing area G. We set up camp at the top of the bank about half way up the hill that sucks the power from the small classes. We are in the braking area for the series of bends that lead into the start and finish complex. Although I managed only three  laps here before the brakes on my Cavalcade overheated I can't remember any of it now! We see Moto2 and MotoGP warm-up and then a couple of Ducati's do some warm-ups. These are the pillion ride bikes with Randy Mamola and another rider. All the commentary is in Czech and German so we have no real idea what is going on! The 125 race is pretty close run all through as is the Moto2. But the MotoGP starts close. Lorenzo leads the three Re...