John and his Italian counterpart Rafaelle may come from different cultures and climates , but the pride they have in their crews is obvious in their words . “ I am very proud of my marshals , I love my team ,” said Rafaelle in summation , having just arrived at an Italian championship round at Misano as I spoke to him on the phone . He was starting another busy race weekend alongside his friends and colleagues . “ I have been Race Director of the Misano circuit since 1999 , with my team of marshals . Many of them are still the same people , with the addition of the new ones - younger people year-by-year .” To maintain standards , despite all the collective experience under those orange overalls in Italy , training is important . “ To maintain a good level of professionalism we have three briefings per year ,” said Raffaele . “ One at the beginning , the second one of the WorldSBK event which is normally in June and the third one is for the MotoGP™ event in September .” It is very important to remember that organising things with military precision in mind come the races , takes time . A lot of time and prep , it appears . “ Normally , I would have briefing with the medical team on the Monday before , to co-ordinate the marshals and medical teams ,” said Rafaelle . “ That is very important for the medical team and the Chief of each marshal ’ s post . Tuesday , we have a meeting only with the Chief of Post . They are like ‘ The Generals ’. You cannot have control over 300 marshals but you can have a very deep control over 16 Chief of Posts . On Wednesday I have a briefing with the rest of the team , normally 250 people . The last briefing will be held the evening before the races , only with the grid marshals , to understand the job for all the sporting and safety aspects of the race grid .” Such is the professionalism of marshals in regular WorldSBK countries ,
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