A NEW LIGHT SHINES IN THE DESERT NIGHT
Vast football-stadium style lamps illuminated the Losail
racetrack from the startline to the first corner this evening,
to allow the three permanent riders on the Security Commission
(Valentino Rossi, Kenny Roberts Junior and Loris Capirossi)
try out the circuit during the hours of darkness, to evaluate
the feasibility of holding races at night. (The test was carried
out between 18.30 and 19.00, in full darkness).
Loris Capirossi took part in this interesting experiment,
completing a total of four laps on a road going Ducati 999R,
the headlamps of which proved to be indispensable for those
parts of the track without the benefit of artificial lighting.
LORIS CAPIROSSI
"It would be possible to race here during the night but
they need to improve the illumination which, at the moment,
doesn't allow us to ride safely. Shadows, that depends on
the light position, create some problems and also braking
markers are not clearly visible.
Anyway, if the lighting was improved, it would become possible
to race here at night.
If they would organize a night event, free practices would
begin at 6.30 pm and all the rest of the schedule would be
delayed as a result.
Before the next tests or next year they will illuminate all
the track and we will have the chance to test, in the dark,
in better conditions and with our own MotoGP bikes".
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