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Silver Bullet is very grateful to receive this material from Desiree on John (Hopper) Hopkin`s MotoGP exploits and her own newsy, behind the GP scene reports.
Desiree will be providing Silver Bullet with her column on a regular basis.
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Wow, it was a good race!
A few days ago, John and Garry had a bet going. Who ever gets on the first two rows has to wear a wig. Thinking that neither one would get on, it wasn\'t a big deal. John made it and he had to wear the wig when the camera\'s were on him. It\'s an Elvis wig or more like a Gary Glitter wig. So on the grid, he wore it and I had a sign that said Happy Mother\'s Day on it. It was funny.
Anyway, John got a good start in the race, he was 3rd for the first few laps. After that, he started dropping off a bit and people were starting to pass him. We all just wanted him to finish the race, we couldn\'t understand why he was dropping off so bad. Other riders crashed abit, Checa crashed out and so did Sete in their home country race. Capirossi crashed out too, when he was out there, his tire was smoking everywhere. Him and Vale were coming around a turn and both of them were sideways, it looked cool. But he ended up going down, Bayliss stayed on but was falling back. He got 3rd over all.
One of the big battles was with John, Alex, Tohru, and Tamada. Alex got passed John, then Tohru and Tamada. Tamada was working up abit but Alex too him and then Tohru took him. So I believe it was Tohru, Alex and Tamada, then John. Shinya was making up alot of ground on John, my heart was pounding big time towards the end. But John held him and he got 7th. When he came in, he pointed down to his shifter and said it broke on the second lap. I don\'t know how he was shifting, and his exhaust blew a hole in it. It was crazy, he was riding a beat up bike. We were all happy for him though, he did good. Kenny I think got 12th or 13th. Nobu Aoki was holding strong with the 4 strokes on his 2 stroke. Melandri ran off the track, and Nicky crashed out. I think 4 people total crashed. It was a good race though, supposebly over 200,000 today. So many people, at 6 am they were with their stupid air horns and reving their bikes. It\'s so damn loud here, for sure one of the best races.
Well now we must pack and get ready to fly over to Barcelona for a two day test, then off to the Cannes Film Festival where the movie is going to premier. They say people get all dressed up there and it\'s a really big deal. I think I\'m going to role in jeans, tank top and flipflops. If they ask where I got my clothes, I\'ll say the thirft store!!!
Alright so another down and 13 to go.
Des
