[vibbs]

Nice travelogue there. You sure had a great time.

On another note, the 'Saadanam kaiyyil unde' guy looked oddly familiar. Thats when I realised he is Christy. An online friend I made during Orkut days

The world is small.

[//M]

Wow such a brilliant thread krishnaprasadgg. This can't get better for a petrolhead.

I envy you for doing such a wonderful trip with the 'boys'. I am sure the Moto GP experience would have been truly surreal. Would love to see some videos from San Marino !

[krishnaprasadgg]

Originally Posted by sgm

Amazing travelogue krishnaprasadgg. I don’t remember seeing any other thread with so many clicks Looks like you had a well-planned but a tight schedule, visiting so many places. Amazing variety of cars, bikes and places.

“Sadanam kayyilunde” could not stop laughing, reminded me of the typical conversation among us when we were new to International travels What a “secret code” , finding the right person without a single word being uttered.

Thanks for the kind words sgm.
Yes it was a very tight schedule, we did not even have a single free/relax day during our trip. Everyday involved moving around checking in or out of hotels and lots of walking.

Haha. The code was a good touch. We lost the golden opportunity of a "Mukyamanthri raaji vekuka" card for the GP

Originally Posted by vibbs

Nice travelogue there. You sure had a great time.

On another note, the 'Saadanam kaiyyil unde' guy looked oddly familiar. Thats when I realised he is Christy. An online friend I made during Orkut days

The world is small.

Thanks for the kind words vibbs.

Man, such a small world indeed. I'll pass on the message to him.

Originally Posted by //M

Wow such a brilliant thread krishnaprasadgg. This can't get better for a petrolhead.

I envy you for doing such a wonderful trip with the 'boys'. I am sure the Moto GP experience would have been truly surreal. Would love to see some videos from San Marino !

Thanks for the kind words //M.
Oh it was a very surreal experience. Still gives me goosebumps thinking about the sounds of the machine and the electrifying and passionate crowd there.
I have some 5-6 videos with me, I'll upload them in some free time and post it up here.

Cheers
Krishna

[krishnaprasadgg]

Originally Posted by AltoLXI

Are you planning to update the France leg of your trip?

My friend has written about our France leg of the trip here. It's his personal blog.

Originally Posted by //M

Would love to see some videos from San Marino !

Here you go. All are short clips but I think it captures the spirit of it.

Moto E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyYNQVswcj0

Just before MotoGP starting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyYNQVswcj0

The MotoGP riders going out for formation lap. Watch till the end to see the welcome Rossi gets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywNVMtA6YsM

MotoGP Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvmVsZAP6oQ

The View while exiting the circuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiuWz24QC6Q

Enjoy

Cheers
Krishna

[forty6]

Lovely. There is something magical about watching a live MotoGp race. That too in Italy. That too the proverbial stone throw from Tavullia. That too if it is the first MotoGP race.


This reminds me of my trip to Bethlehem (it is what I call Tavullia) and Mugello.


Maybe it is time to stop conducting a pogrom of my time on Netflix and Youtube and probably honour the memory with a memoir.

Because god knows it is about time (It was 9 years ago.)


Thanks again for the flood of memories.


The Nurburgring is killer, both figuratively and realistically. It's on the bucket list, time to butcher the piggy bank.


Tkare.

[crazybiker46]

Nice thread, a welcome difference from family tour pics and this looks like a proper enthusiast trip.

Hopefully i will get to visit Italy soon, i've been to MotoGP at Qatar once in 2017, now since 2018 we cannot fly from Dubai to Qatar due to ban on Qatar by other GCC nations

I have been planning for a drive at Nurburgring for past 2 years and was hoping to do it in 2020. But corona had other plans

When i did my research on self driven trackday at Nurburgring, i figured out i need at least 50k aed (10 lakhs INR) balance on my credit card to take care of worst case scenario

1. Cheapest is a track spec Swift sport, Renault Clio or Ford Fiesta (6k euros minimum as security deposit)
2. Insurance only covers any damages to the car
3. If you crash into a barrier, you have to pay from your pocket for repairing the barriers (charges are per meter)
4. If you crash, then you need to call recovery truck and you've to pay for recovery truck and driver
5. What if you got hit by another car and then your car go and hit the barriers, still you have to pay for damages you make to the barriers
6. What if you hit another car and no other damages to track - If the other car is insured, you've some luck. Otherwise it needs to be settled depending on other driver. The website also says, you can go to nearest police station to sort out things if other person is not willing for an expected settlement amount.

[krishnaprasadgg]

Originally Posted by crazybiker46

When i did my research on self driven trackday at Nurburgring, i figured out i need at least 50k aed (10 lakhs INR) balance on my credit card to take care of worst-case scenario

Thanks for the kind words.

Now the points you have listed are very true, tbh it felt very intimidating to us even when we were in the taxi lap. The fear that something might screw up and cause a lot of expense, but once we did the lap it kinda got better. Yes, the risks are there, and yes it's very expensive if you crash. But the good part of the TF days is that you don't need to be driving/riding quickly to go around the track. Just take it easy and give way when faster vehicles come through. That's about it.

Now as far as other vehicles coming and hitting you, nothing much can be done about that. So it doesn't matter.

Cheers
Krishna