Ians Ramblings Ian's ramblings, daily, ish

MotoGP Donnington Park 2009

It's the last year that the MotoGP will be held at Donnington Park this year, so I wanted to make sure I didn't miss seeing it when it is so close to my place.

I decided to go to the qualifying and free practice instead of the main race because I would be able to actually take photos and would also not matter so much if I didn't know what was going on..

Here are a couple photos I took of Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso.

Unfortunately I had to take all my photos through an annoying wire fence, they seem to have come out ok though, it must be a nightmare for people who don't have manual focus or a forgiving auto focus. I still some how managed to take around 500 photos though so still sifting for good ones amongst them.

Next time I may have to ask for press accreditation from work to get some really nice pics!
I think it might just be because I had not really been to Donnington Park before but getting any info about the times etc was sparse to say the least.

I had a great day though so hot and sunny might even have a bit of sunburn boo ah well!

Great to see the 250s as well, I believe it is their last year of racing, certainly with two stroke engines, they are deafening hehe.

Well even though it was just qualifying the place was packed, the car park was full of bikes, was just hoping one didn't tip over otherwise it would have been a very expensive game of dominos..

The results for the day are available here.