Today started out very soggy... both from the excesses of the DOC party last night; as well as torrential rains in the morning.

 In fact, no one who was part of the DOC community actually even got to the track till early afternoon, and I didn't see most of our crew there all day.
 I did meet up with my buddy Alfie from DOC San Diego, who was talking to Chris, Ducati North America's Experiential Marketing Manager.

Chris slipped me a paddock pass (sort of backstage access to the racing paddock), and Alfie loaned me an extra one, so my girlfriend and I took off to see some of the racers in between qualifying (where I met and took a selfie with Danilo Petrucci above).
 I quickly found the Mission Winnow tent, where I could see Claudio Domenicali sitting with Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovisioso sitting in the tent behind me. 
 I geeked out for a while until the racers came out,
 
Remy Gardner of Moto2 was giving an interview for BT Sport,
 while Jack Miller (no longer driving a Lamborghini) signed autographs for fans.
 
I watched the second half of qualifying,
 as the weather had much improved.
 Later that night, after I got back to the hotel, I couldn't seem to get past a familiar looking crew crowding the bar.
 Turns out it was the entire crew from BTSport!










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