The chosen one (report)

A few too many days late (you will have to forgive me, but the last few days have been absolute mayhem...) I am here to report on the BMW test day at the Jarama racing circuit.

The day started with a short briefing in which we were given some notions on how to ride in a circuit (optimal track use, etc) and the basic rules of the "game" (no overtaking, follow the monitor, the group in which you ride will go as slow as the slowest one in it, there are four groups depending on speed - I chose the second fastest... just not to overstep my bounds... -, etc... the normal stuff). This briefing lasted for a half an hour.

After the briefing we were finally shown to our bikes, we each rode the one we had chosen and we placed ourselves in the groups.

... aaand we were off!!!! (remember... the one with the yellow crash-helmet)

This is what one looks like after riding (if only for a few laps) in a racing circuit.

This is the gang of good people, all good friends, who accompanied me in such a celebrated ocasion. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

The little ones also had their fun moment, of course!

... and the not so little, hehehehehehe

Naturally... after the effort, we need to replenish energies... with good food!!

The photos were taken by our great journalist, Oshita who naturally took advantage of the situation by staying well behind the camera. It was hard but we finally captured her...

... well... more or less...

And El Prenda was our (movie) camera extraordinaire for the ocasion and was kind enough to record some very good videos. These are a couple of the best.

In this one I'm riding second, just behind the monitor.


And in the penultimate lap (I think). In this one I'm sixth. Pay close attention to the sound of the bike as it exits the bend. 1200cc/165BHP sound this good...


And here you can see something like what I was seeing from my bike:


Naturally... I'm dying to repeat the experience. As soon as I can, which will be real soon...