[kropotkin thinks...] - 2020 Qatar Friday Round Up: New World Riders, Riding At Night

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There is nothing like the sight of racing motorcycles entering a track for timed laps to bring a circuit alive. If yesterday, the atmosphere was best described as eerie, the baritone roar of a pack of Moto3 bikes was enough to snap the MotoGP paddock out of its malaise. We went from wandering around looking lost to watching the timing screens, and jumping out of the way of bikes as they entered the pits.

Walking up and down pit lane, and with a chance to focus on Moto2 and Moto3 exclusively, a few things catch your attention. First, the luxurious space afforded to the MotoGP teams: each MotoGP rider has a garage to call their own, giving bikes, riders, and mechanics plenty of space to move around in. The Moto2 and Moto3 riders have vastly less room, with three two-rider teams squeezed across two garages. That forces mechanics to squeeze Moto2 bikes (as wide as most MotoGP machines) in between concrete pillars and the thin partition walls used to separate the teams, and give them somewhere to display their sponsors' names.