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III IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
A
fter racing resumes with
the back-to-back Czech
and Austrian GPs, and
in the weekend before lining
up for the GP of Great Bumps,
make that Great Britain, there is
a significant interval for GP test
teams.
Bradl, Pirro, Smith and co.
will be going for gallops at the
all-new Kymiring, in preparation
for the Finnish GP joining the
calendar next year.
The track, which took a year
longer than initially predicted to
be completed, looks good, and
the venue likewise. Many are
the memories of the old Finnish
GP at Imatra, where the wacky
public-roads track (which in-
cluded a rail level crossing), and
the obvious danger of the forests
lining the 3.076-mile (4.950-km)
track were measured against a
load of fun among the hard-par-
tying locals. It was last used for
the premier class in 1981.
But this new race will bring the
calendar up to a full 20, which
is a lot, albeit one short of this
year's F1 routine, cramming 21
races into more or less the same
time span as MotoGP's 19.
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
When is enough, enough?
Is it possible to have
too many races in one
season?
