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TT 2026 over for me - sitting on the Steam Packet watching the island fade into the darkness. It's been a blast, but it's already on to the next adventure: the Odesa Half Marathon this weekend! paypal.com/pools/c/9pSTsj…
Simon Patterson
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Simon Patterson
@denkmit
Lives in a van and chases motorbikes around the world for fun and beer money. Freelance MotoGP journalist. Opinionated.
- Respect. Local kids have been chasing the paddock all week to buy bracelets from them - and rather than get annoyed, @FabioQ20 buys them all ice cream 👏🍦
- My timeline today is full of popular protests and police brutality in response cities that I love 😢 Belgrade, Istanbul, Jakarta
- It's actually quite sad seeing so many empty grandstands seats when we know how crazy Indonesian fans are for MotoGP...
- Endurance racing is a cruel sport. BMW, leading the race and the title, blow up after 23 and a half hours of the Bol d’Or, and lose both 😫🤯😭
- The perfect demonstration of being your own person instead of what the PR says to be. A bit of Lewis flare has turned an already big story into what's already possibly one of motorsport's most iconic photos
- Mandalika crowd problems continue. Main grandstand seats about 30,000 - and I reckon there's about 500 people in it right now. Spoke to many MotoGP mad locals who just can't afford tickets. General admission tickets are €30 on an island where monthly minimum wage is €150.
- I’ve learned a lot about buzzers in the past 24 hours… 😅
- Holy shit. I’ve seen some things at road racing, but… my god. And incredibly, he walked away with bruised ribs.
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- Well that’s something you don’t see every day 😵💫
- There’s a point when you have to wonder why an accused paedophile is trying to use loopholes rather than just trying to defend himself. Especially when it’s all taxpayer funded.
