Originally Posted by The Phantom
If the Donington GP is anything like the Australian GP, the problem is probably the morons in the crowd who aren't really into bike racing but who go just because it's a big occasion to go to - and get pissed and act like d$#@heads.
This element of the Philip Island crowd caused a huge police crack-down in Cowes, the main township on PI. To give you an idea of what Cowes used to be like - after the 1998 GP, I and my mates rode into Cowes, where the main street was competely blocked off to all but bikes and pedestrians. The night before (Sat night) we'd been there and saw all sorts of shenanigans - burnouts, wheelies etc - but it seemed a bit quieter on the Sunday afternoon. But I wanted to do a burnout to finish off what I'd started outside my mate's holiday house the night before :D so I rode up to a cop and said 'is a burnout ok mate?'
He replied, 'sure, just use your head mate', so I rolled away about 10 metres, and lit it up for a minute or so :burnout: The cop and his colleagues clearly enjoyed it as much as anyone else.
The following year, that sort of stuff disappeared, and I was there and saw the reason why - carloads of idiots causing trouble, and ruining the whole thing for the bikers.
Sounds like football hooligans have decided that MotoGP is yet another good occasion to get smashed?