Over the weekend I watched Faster, an “in-depth look at the MotoGP world championship, an event watched by more than 350 million people worldwide and considered the pinnacle of motorcycle sport.” At one point it shows John Hopkins playing MotoGP and comparing it to real life. He crashes and when his character reappears on the bike he says something like “man, stay down, take the rest of the day off.” Yet, when you see someone slide out in MotoGP they hop up as soon as they stop and run to their bike. If it’s still ridable they speed off on it. He said the only thing real in the game is the tracks. He can play the game to familiarize himself with the tracks.
Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP five years in a row. 2001-2005.
Last year Nicky Hayden won. Now he’s the center of the new MotoGP ’07 trailer.
This year’s MotoGP starts in four days. Woo hoo!