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Gran Premio De EspaƱa 2009: 03 May

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This event took place 03/05/2009

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Winner: Valentino Rossi

Guest Speaker

Julian Ryder

Julian Ryder
Julian Ryder has been a motorcycle racing fanatic since the early 1960s. Few areas of the sport have escaped his insightful scrutiny; but he is best known as the Eurosport commentator (with Toby Moody) on MotoGP since 2000. His effervescent reportage on MotoGP became an iconic staple of English-speaking fans world wide. He is also one of the star writers in the sport: the author of the official MotoGP season reviews since 2004, the history of the World Superbike Championship and contributor to many magazines and web sites (including USA and Japan)
Julian will be launching our special edition of the
2008 MotoGP Season Review.

Jerez - Fun we had in 2009

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view down main straight from VIP Village bar
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The most popular X1 grandstand.  Long views and great atmosphere
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The small X0 stand - super view of penultimate corner and closer to bikes than X1
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Team Haouje sadly retiring again...
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Bradley gives Randy a few pointers after his 2-up ride
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Danny Webb arrives late for the race...
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Happy Bradley on victory lap
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Bradley and team embrace in park ferme
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Bradley shares his feelings with the world
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We hear 'The Queen' at a Grand Prix!
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Post race Bradley and Randy were all smiles - needless to say friends all over the world were calling!
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Jules Cluzel happy on his 2nd row qualification
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Eric meets his hero Simoncelli
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Bart and Stephen lunching with San Carlo
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...and catch the MotoGP practice
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Gillian and Chris do final inspection of Alex's bike
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...and they even get pit boss to take a shot of Tony...
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...getting interviewed
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A personal private pit tour.
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...ending on the pit wall!
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We voted the San Carlo girls as the best of the paddock
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A warm welcome for Heather and Eric
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...who also votes for San Carlo girls
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Our Japanese agent agrees...!
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The VIP Village with its awesome vantage point
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VIP Village staff..
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The terrace on the VIP
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We had a few Rossi fans this year...
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..who were not disappointed with the results! (n.b. not flag signed by Rossi and Agostini.  You can bid for this at our Brno auction for Riders for Heatlh)
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Makes a great skirt as well!
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Sotner (first podium at Jerez!), Rossi and Pedrosa in park ferme (our VIP suite is just above it)
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Rossi tells us about his day
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when they all go up to the podium, who gets left behind?
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Another happy VIP crowd
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The blusens girls were eye-catching as well!
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Not to mention the bwin.com lassies
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The Rookies line up for the first race. Austrian Nico Thoni to fore, with Sturla Fagerhaug to his left
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Our sponsored American Benny Solis (winner of 2008 AMA Rookies Cup)
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Brit Harry Stafford on his way out to the grid.  Little did we suspect that this was to end in the hospital leaving a very worried audience. He was ok in the end!
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Rookies race start
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Rookies on first lap, South African Matt Scholtz already far in front
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Start of second half of race after red flag. Note Harry's (number 24) 4th position to be blank
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Our sponsored Australian Dylan Mavin didn't have a great weekend; starting near back; but got a couple of points and more confidence in bike
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A proud and happy Danny Kent takes home some well deserved hardware!
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Danny (right) and Sturla meet Scott Redding on their way from the press conference
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Julian holds forth at the Hacienda
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Julian launches our private edition of his 2008 MotoGP season review.
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The band...
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Julian makes another point (or is that a pint?)
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All parties attending received one of the books; oddly enough they all wanted it signed!
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Midnight at the Hacienda...
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Sunset a from the Hacienda
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We were very unhappy on one of our minibusses home... :-)  [we tend now to use more smaller vehicles to get a better group experience]
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The Villa Jerez, our Deluxe hotel and venue for the Sunday sherry tasting
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Drinks anyone?
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The 'before' picture.
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...and not too long 'after'
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Daniel provides free refills of one a favourite 30yr old Palo Cortado
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Pretty much bike city outside our door.  The pubs were super.
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A special guest was Ben Shore (right, with managing director Gordon Howell), winner of the charity 2008 Fantasy GP Competition; beating several thousand participants to win a trip with us to Jerez.
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Launch of Dr Costas new book at Jerez; on stair from top/right Vermeulen, Melandri, (unknown), Costa, (unknown), Rossi, Agostini, Pedrosa, Hayden, Lorenzo, Locatelli
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The view from the Especial grandstand on the always exciting final corner 'Ducados'
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Ahh.. the Ducati girls...
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The Rookies station
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Entrance to the Hacienda, 16th c Moorish architecture
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The early arrivals got more drinking time in under the sun!
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The Hacienda facade
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The Trophy room...  In 2008 this was a popular spot - this year weather was too nice to go indoors
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Our guide Hana (right) and guest Marinka enjoy the Hacienda
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Seville
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The famous bull ring in Seville
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It was the annual Seville festival; this dress was commonplace!
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Lunch in the fair grounds
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A little theatre
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The grand entrance to the main fair ground
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Enjoying happy hours at the Estacion
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The Estacion
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One of several happy tables!  (The outdoor bar filled many a jug!)
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The Paella.
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Village bar
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England, Scotland, Finland, Canada, USA, and Czech Republic invade Villamartin!
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Hey! I only authorised beer & wine! :-)  They all made it back in one piece...
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