May 16 2003

Cannes Film Festival 2003: FASTER steals the show

FASTER had its world premiere at the 2003 Cannes International Film Festival and Market. Before the premiere, we took over the Croisette and grabbed headlines all over the world with the 'Cannes Grand Prix'.

Riders and bikes
Olivier Jacque Yamaha M1
Colin Edwards Aprilia RS Cube
Alex Hoffman Kawasaki Ninja ZXRR
Loris Capirossi Ducati 999
Garry McCoy Kawasaki ZX6RR
John Hopkins Suzuki GSXR1000
Valentino Rossi Honda CBR600RR
Ewan McGregor Honda CBR600RR

Distance: 1.5 kilometres, from Port Canto along the Croisette to the Palais du Festival

Max speed: 40km/h

Result: noise, smoke and mayhem. Valentino Rossi finished last after arriving late.

Many thanks to: Team FB Honda for Ewan’s bike and for helping to make it happen; ProBike for Garry McCoy’s bike; Pascal Renaudin for letting us use the port; and Stephanie Dalgon for lending us her yacht. Merci a tous.

Thanks also, of course, to the MotoGP teams and riders, to all at DORNA and to Ewan McGregor.