FORMER WORLD 500cc GP Champion Kevin Schwantz has been doing the diplomat thing for the up-coming MotoGP race at Indianapolis, this time espousing the virtues of the track.
Speaking last night he said: "I think the layout is great, and for the spectators to come here to the United States and see for the first time 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP all together here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – the mecca of motorsports – is just great.
"We talk about racing inside an oval or at a speedway and it's typically not a very well laid-out venue, and this track has gone to all expenses and have cut no corners to try to make this the best possible motorcycle event here in the United States.
"The entrance into the first turn here is going to be a spot where guys are not necessarily going in and having to out-brake, but getting a drive and a bit of a draft and going up and taking that spot.
"Now the guy trapped on the outside is going to have to hold that line all the way around back to that first tight little right-hander that there is. Not to say that it can't be done, but it would take a brave man to try it."
