Whats the deal with the “Inner Paddock”?
The inner paddock, also called the “MotoGP Paddock”, is a small subsection of the paddock area. It is the long, narrow section between the garages and the MotoGP trailers. Scroll down to the track map to see exactly where it is. This area has an extra layer of security. SCRAMP changes how they manage it every year, so I am hesitant to guess how they will manage it in 2008. It is normally accessible to anyone with a paddock pass. However, It may be that it closes periodically, roughly for half an our on either side of any time the MotoGP bikes are on the track. That’s what they did in ’06 and said they would do in ’07. In ’06, people with passes to the Trophy Suite were allowed into the inner paddock even when it was closed to paddock pass holders, because the entrance to our suite was actually inside the inner paddock. This was a killer opportunity for autograph hounds. The teams and riders moved around much more freely during those times. For ’07 SCRAMP told me it would be the same as
