Ballet for the insane

The dance kicks in as I enter the first corner. The universe tilts one way, and then the other, and the forces that hold it in place are my precise friends. Space opens up. Objects float by. Nothing surprises, and I forget that the bike is not me, or that I’m here against the doctors’ orders. I exit the corner and I’m exactly where I need to be. This place of short relationships and no children is my theatre. The track is my stage. And I am in a long and beautiful dance with death, a ballet for the wonderfully insane.

The French Motorcycle Grand Prix takes place in May at Le Mans on the Bugatti Circuit. Just over four kilometres long, it allows for a maximum speed of 310 km / hr.   

Images: Teaser Matthieu Pelletier, Masthead Box Repsol