of beyond.Then, there's Laguna Seca. Located close to San Francisco, probably the largest sportbike market in the US, it is a glorious, rolling track, featuring one of the most exciting sections of the season, the notorious Corkscrew, a gut

THE SEQUENCE of pictures below show the aftermath at the top of the Corkscrew. The Hoff was left with a gash in his hand that Randy Mamola described as 'a serious gunshot wound'. Oooh nasty...Guintoli, who was to blame, was devastated

at Laguna Seca, especially the most famous part of the US track: the Corkscrew.“I have always heard about Laguna Seca's and the Corkscrew myth, I cannot wait to face it and see if the change of direction and the subsequent fast downhill take your breath away

position even with a big crash and at the end got a podium."The Corkscrew is the possibly the most famous corner on the calendar, Jorge continued: "Laguna is amazing; for the American style and atmosphere, but above all because of the corkscrew. I think

, including the world-renowned Corkscrew which initially takes riders uphill to facea blind crest be fore sending them spiralling downhill in thrilling fashion.Bridgestone has only tackled the MotoGP challenge of Laguna Seca on two previous occasions, so

"Turn six is the left hander before the Corkscrew. You don't need to go to the paint on the entry, hold it around three-quarters of the track width, then bring it back left so you can get the Corkscrew right. Don't worry about the Corkscrew itself

, the Corkscrew, and many nice memories, including one of the best races of my career, in 2008. In any case, it’s always a pleasure to race in the United States because the motorcycle world here is really nice. Of course I’m even happier that Jerry has returned

As neither the 125GPs or the Moto2 classes race at Laguna Seca, Stefan Bradl smartly used his time between the Le Mans and Catalunya Grand Prixs to learn the California track and the Corkscrew ahead of the US GP on July 29th.Riding a loaned

in this. At the beginning, I was really worried because it was my first race in MotoGP, I was on a complicated track, the race was 32 long laps, and along with the notorious corkscrew, I was pretty worried. "I got a fantastic start, but then I made a

in the first six or somethin' races of the year in World Superbike but I realised that I couldn't have done any more, so why be pissed? As long as I'd given my all, I was happy. So, did you see the pass? I put it onto Valentino going into the Corkscrew