Bautista excited to race the famous Corkscrew at Laguna Seca

Rizla Suzuki has crossed the Atlantic to prepare for the next round of the MotoGP World Championship to be held at Laguna Seca in America.

Álvaro Bautista will be heading the famous Californian circuit to race for the first time in his career. He has visited the 3,610m track as a spectator before, but has never raced there – due to the fact that 125 and 250cc machines haven’t travelled to Laguna with the MotoGP class. Bautista will be looking to learn the 11 corners of the circuit very quickly, especially the feature section of the track – The infamous ‘Corkscrew’.

Laguna Seca is situated near the town of Monterey in California, just a few kilometres from the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the shortest lap distances on the calendar and because of this the riders will face the most laps in any race this season, when they tackle 32 circulations of this very demanding circuit.

The action begins at Laguna on Friday with an hour of practice in the afternoon, followed by a further hour in preparation for the race on Saturday morning. The afternoon will see qualifying take place as the riders battle it out for the best grid position for Sunday’s main event, which will get underway at 14.00hrs local time (21.00hrs GMT).

Álvaro Bautista:
“I am really looking forward to going to Laguna Seca, it looks like an amazing track and very complicated. I have been there before, but never raced, so this is a completely new experience for me. The Corkscrew is quite a scary looking turn, so I cannot wait to get my bike down that – I am sure it will be a fantastic feeling. I know it will be difficult this weekend, but we will continue with the way we have been working recently and carry on learning what the bike and I am capable of doing.”

Source: Rizla Suzuki MotoGP