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Round 9 !iach.enring Round 10 Au~odroRl Brno !iach.enrlng, 6erlTlany Date of Race: July 18 TicketlnfornLation:(49)8976762467 Address: Hohenstein-Emsthal Germany Brno, Czech Republic Date of Race: August 22 Ticket Information: (42) 0546216345 Address: Masarykuv Okruh P.O. Box 1, 641 00 Bmo 41 Czech Republic Last Year's Winners: Mick Doohan (500cc) • Tetsuya Harada (25Occ) • Tomomi Manako (12See) Last Year's Winners: Max Biaggi (5OOcc) • Tetsuya Harada (25Occ)' Marco Melandri (12See) Mick Doohan won his 50th 500cc Grand Prix at the new Sachsenring circuit last year in front of 64,000 race fans. The 2.179-miJe race track is situated some 60 miles from Dresden and is a IS-minute drive from Chemnitz, known as Karl-Marx Stad before the unification of Germa ny. Brno played host to World Championship motorcycle racing from 1930 to 1982 on the old street circuit before the new, state-of-the-art facility made its debut in 1987. The 3.35-mile race track is located 135 miles from Prague and 105 miles from Vienna, though there is a small international airport in Bmo. Round 11 Au~odroRlo Enzo e Dino Ferrari IlTIola, It:aly Date of Race: September 5 Ticket Information: (39) 054231444 Address: Viale Dante 40026 !mola (Bo), Italy Last Year's Winners: Mick Doohan (500cc) • Valentino Rossi (25Occ)' Tomomi Manako (I25cc) The 3.061-mile Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari sits in the small town of lmola, the only town 10 the world whose plan was drafted by Leonardo da Vinci. Located just 2J miles from Bologna, !mola is a festive place to visit during Grand Prix week. lf you go, do yourself a favor and have at least one meal at the Molino Rosso. Round Ii! Circui~ Ricardo TOrRID Valencia, !ipaln Date of Race: September 19 Ticket Infonnation: (34) 963863200 The Grand Prix of the Community of Valencia will be Located on a new circuit in the southea t region of Spain. The track is located in Cheste, just 12 miles from the city of Valencia. Round 13 Phillip 1.land Circui~ Phillip 1.land, Au.t:ralla Date of Race: October 3 Ticket Information: (61) 359522710 Address: RMB 500 G.P Cowes, Phillip Island Victoria 3922, Australia Round 14 WelkoRl WelkolTl. !iout:h Al'rlca Date of Race: October 10 Ticket Information: (27) 573524222 Last Year's Winners: Mick Doohan (5OOcc) • Valentino Rossi (25Occ) • Masao Azurna (I25cc) The 2.76-mile Phillip fsland Circuit is located near the town of Cowes on Phillip Island, roughly 87 mill'S from Melbourne. The Island fills up quickly at Grand Prix time, so advance reservations are a must - unless you're prepared for the daily drive in from Melbourne or its surrounding communities. If you get tired of watching Mick zoom around his hOlJ1e race track, you can watch the local penguins make their daily trek to their homes on nea.roy Summerland Beach. This year's South African Grand Prix will take place on the circuit of Welkom. Much like the new Spanish round in Valencia, infonnation on the circuit at press time was limited. We do know, however, that the track is located some 155 miles from the city of Johannesburg.