Don’t worry about Turn Five. You kinda just go
straight past it without any turning going on
because you’re still kinda coming out of Honda
all the way until you start coming into Turn Six.
Turn Six is Siberia. And it’s called that
because lots of people have died in Siberia
and been eaten by wolves and bears.
It’s a stupid corner and one which racers will
tell you is best taken “flat out in fourth”.
They’re lying. If you can take Siberia flat
out in fourth then you need to call the
Factory Ducati MotoGP team and tell
them Lorenzo rides like a gibbon and you’ll
take his place for a million Euros less.
Basically, Siberia is the kind of corner you need
to exit wide. How you do that is entirely your
business. I like to do it slowly and with dignity, but
if you’re feeling salty, then get on the power early
and let the bike drift out wide, but haul back some
before you go onto the grass. That’s where the
wolves and bears are. Oh, and the geese, which
are the size of wolves and bears. But they’re worse
because they fly. And they do that at random
intervals which have nothing to do with there
being a motorcycle near them. Sometimes they
fly when there is a bike and sometimes they fly
when there isn’t a bike. It’s always their call.
Remember, there are lots of geese. They
can afford to lose a few of themselves to
attrition, so they don’t care if they die.
So now out of Siberia hard on the gas and some
righteously fast left-r