0:00:37 > 0:00:40Those of us that are involved in any shape or form,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42we've been kind of brought up with it.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44It's a big family.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47It's part of our way of life.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- OVER TANNOY:- 'Here we go, guys. Let's get ready to go.'
0:00:50 > 0:00:52ENGINES REV
0:00:52 > 0:00:57It's the atmosphere we go for, on the tracks. Unbelievable.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I've been around the paddock from when I was in a pram,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03running up and down, stealing tools.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06And we've tools belonging to Joey Dunlop and...
0:01:06 > 0:01:08HE LAUGHS
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Road racing is something like a group
0:01:15 > 0:01:18which groups up people together, have something to follow.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22You have to be part of it. That's all you're asking for.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25You just want to be on the track on a race day.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28It doesn't matter what, and you want to go.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34The paddock, all of a sudden, nearly becomes like a festival.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37They're barbecuing and helping with bikes and stuff,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40so I do think, yes, it is very family-oriented.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45'People here are really good fans.'
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Thank you. Really appreciate it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49'They like the style of life, you know,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51'to be fans of the road racing.'
0:01:52 > 0:01:55It's as if we're approachable.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57We're just normal men, you know, like anybody else.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58It's just we race a motorbike.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05And the spectators respect people for doing it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Well, an accident can happen any time,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18but if you were in that frame of mind,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20you wouldn't take part in it.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28People start shouting about banning the sport.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Yes, we know it's dangerous,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32and we know if something bad was to happen to us,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35we're leaving our families and friends behind,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37but they understand that too.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39People outside don't understand that.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46The bike is kind of alive underneath you,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48so it's doing its thing, and you're trying to control it.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50You can't really afford to make a mistake.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54You're absolutely, you know, wide-awake, 100%.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57You know, it's scary sometimes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05CRASHING AND CLATTERING
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I just think I'm immortal.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I just think that I'm not going to get hurt,
0:03:46 > 0:03:47that it's not going to happen to me.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I can't get away from it. I really can't.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I just think it's just the buzz and the love for it that makes me go out
0:03:54 > 0:03:59and not think about the negatives of what could happen to me.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Probably get a wee bit nervous whenever we go to go.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06If I was to go out on the bike and have that mind-set,
0:04:06 > 0:04:07I know I'd be scared.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Every lap I'd go around, I'd be like,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11"Oh, God, I'm going to fall off."
0:04:11 > 0:04:15But, no, you just have to go out there with a clear mind.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It's crazy, the looks I get.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28Like, it's just disbelief, I guess, because I am a girl, obviously,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31and the fact that I'm so small too draws attention.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Everything that's done is done by my dad.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Dad prepares the bikes, cleans the bikes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Like, my dad is such a strong figure to me.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I suppose he's, like, my hero, in a sense.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55It was all through Dad.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Dad bought me a bike for my birthday,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01just out of the blue.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Then he made me get on it, and that was it.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09My mum, you know, she hates me doing it,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12but she comes to every race, cos if she didn't come,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15she would be beside herself, like,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19if anything was to happen to me and she wasn't there.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21She won't even watch me. She can't.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23She just can't bring herself to watch me.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Just when she goes out now,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30like, my heart is going 90 to the dozen,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and my stomach's churning,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and I sit like this here the whole time, which is good.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Yeah. Scary. Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Once the visor goes down,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I'll get a tap on the back from Dad and he'll give me a thumbs up,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and then I know that's it.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I'm like, "Right, this is... I have to do this."
0:06:03 > 0:06:04If I was to fall off,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06that's the first person that would come into my head,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08is my mum and my dad.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Especially my mum, because I know how much of a worrier she'd be.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14She's always going to worry. Always.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Always. But it's never...
0:06:16 > 0:06:18When I'm out on the bike,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21nothing is in my head, only that road.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32COMMENTARY OVER TANNOY
0:06:32 > 0:06:34ENGINES ROAR PAST
0:06:34 > 0:06:37That's it. She's round that one.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Did she not come around?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Did she not finish?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Melissa!
0:07:26 > 0:07:30It was the last lap, and it just let this big, like, clatter out of it,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32so I just clutched it and pulled it in.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35So, Dad thinks it's the gearbox that's went in it.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37But I'm gutted.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Oh, well. Always next year, eh?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07It's strange. It's a bit like going into a fight.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Racing, that's what it is.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12You know, everybody is wanting the same piece of tarmac
0:08:12 > 0:08:15that you're wanting, only they want to get there first.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17You know, you just get nervous, you get the butterflies.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20And then when you're ready for watching the lights change
0:08:20 > 0:08:23or the flag going up and you're just sat on the clutch,
0:08:23 > 0:08:24then it's all focus.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32And then all that nerve just goes. It just turns into energy.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Yeah, you just... You get in for a fight,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43um, and you can get punched.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48When you're racing, anything could happen.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You have to be at one with the bike.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53You have to feel the road through the tyres and the handlebars.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I'd never fall out with a bike, cos she's bigger than me.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00You see these young'uns getting off their smaller bikes
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and they're kicking the bike, and I'm like, "Ooh, don't do that.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04"She'll get you next time." HE LAUGHS
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I think the radiator blew. The radiator.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Oh.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18No, I definitely need to get water in it, though.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I don't know. I think there's a leak somewhere.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Usually when I come back in, Jeanette's that full of relief,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I think she's happy just watching the race.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33You know, she wants me to do well, but if it was down to her,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36you know, she'd have me as a spectator watching everybody else.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Can you see it there? Get that other one there beside it as well.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Because you're that busy, you know,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46you bring the bike in and you're doing extra work
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and you're getting ready,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and then she'd get to the stage where she'd phone me and,
0:09:50 > 0:09:51"Oh, I've not heard from you."
0:09:51 > 0:09:55You kind of forget about the ones that are sat watching and worrying.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03He's born with race fuel in his blood.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08It's like a drug. It's in the blood, and they can't get it out.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Like Warren said, "If I could cut it out,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12"if I could stop myself doing this, Jeanette,
0:10:12 > 0:10:13"I would, but I can't."
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I'd love him to stop.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I really would, cos it really scares me.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Why would you race on crazy roads?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27You know, you wouldn't even do 50mph on some of these roads,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and some people are doing over 200.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31They're reaching 200mph.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Completely different way of life.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38He promised me glamour.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43I was thinking Lewis Hamilton kind of stuff and, you know,
0:10:43 > 0:10:44high heels and make-up.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Nah. It's wellies and raincoats.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54He has a very, very strong racing family.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58He couldn't do it on his own. I think he'd be too nervous.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00It's normal now.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It's a good life. Scary one.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07And you know, like I said, there is a dark side to it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I've seen it first-hand.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10But...
0:11:11 > 0:11:13..it's what we do.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- We've no choice. - SHE LAUGHS
0:11:16 > 0:11:18What else would you do on a weekend?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It was a farmer at the time,
0:11:33 > 0:11:38he raced scramblers, and I think he got me into motorbikes.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Got my first motorbike when I was about 11,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and used it up and down lanes around his farm.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46My mother wasn't happy. HE LAUGHS
0:11:46 > 0:11:48And my father, he had motorbikes before,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52so he was quite helpful and was able to work at them
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and showed me how to work at them.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02'I was 16 in my first race.'
0:12:02 > 0:12:05That should hopefully keep that from seizing.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08'It was a road bike just with the lights taped up.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11'Took it out and didn't think much of it against racing bikes,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13'but it didn't come last - about midfield,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15'so I was happy enough.'
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Will you start her, Andrew?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19At it ever since.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42But I do take it competitive. I like to win, if I can.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46You always want to win.
0:12:46 > 0:12:53You go out with the bike ready and good tailwind and you try your best.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55But some days, some days if it doesn't work out,
0:12:55 > 0:12:56it doesn't work out.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58There's no point in getting annoyed about it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- OVER TANNOY:- 'Last bikes in, if there's no breakdowns.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03'Time to get in for the next race. There's no messing.'
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I bring my children with me to the road races,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and treat it just like a wee holiday.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16And the children seem to like it.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21A man is not really as good as a woman bringing up children,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24but you just have to do your best.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27They help me as much as I help them, I'm sure.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30There's a lot of things that I can't do,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33and I have a different limb for racing
0:13:33 > 0:13:35which I can't even walk on.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Even before getting the leg off,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41the doctor said that he would make me a limb
0:13:41 > 0:13:42for the motorbike, so...
0:13:44 > 0:13:46..I'm quite happy with that.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I wouldn't like to see any of them getting injured.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I try to advise them, take up any other sport!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57HE LAUGHS
0:14:07 > 0:14:11We had to go on the hunt for a new engine, so we got one.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Things are going. It wasn't cheap, but we got there.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15We got there.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- OIL SIZZLES - Oh!
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Before the race, before she'd go out,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22she'd go to a wee corner and just sit in quiet and maybe,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I don't know, think about things, or whatever, you know.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Then it's just, "I'm off to get my leathers on," and away she goes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I haven't even had it tested yet, the new engine,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35so I'm hoping to expect...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39..good performance.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- ENGINE REVS - Where's Dad?- What?- Where's Dad?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46What happened?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's stalled, for some reason. I don't know why.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06And then it was panic stations to get back down
0:15:06 > 0:15:08to get it started again.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22It's been all I've known all my life, is motorbikes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I know I'm 25 years old.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30There's girls that were in school with me, they're all married,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33they've got kids, but I have no ties like that.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38I have no kids, I have no husband, no boyfriend.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Racing is my love, but until such times
0:15:46 > 0:15:49that I have to give it up, yeah, I will.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53But at this present moment in time, I'm sweet.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I'm sweet.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Wrecked.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I'm relieved at the finish, because from all the bad luck
0:16:20 > 0:16:25that we have been having, but thankfully it was all right.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Sometimes I think when things like that happen,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30it's a sign - "Don't go out."
0:16:30 > 0:16:32But, no, it was good.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Good. Thank God.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08He went out, and me and Bayliss were hanging over the fence.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Next minute, there was a red flag,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and Bayliss shouts, "Mummy, that's Daddy.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21"I bet you that's Daddy that's come off."
0:17:21 > 0:17:23So, walked over to one of the officials and I asked,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26you know, I said, "What happens if one of your riders come off?"
0:17:26 > 0:17:28You know, "How do you know if it's them?"
0:17:28 > 0:17:30So he asked me what it was. I said, "It's 333."
0:17:30 > 0:17:33"Oh, it's yours." And that was it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39And then this woman came up and said,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42"You know, Warren's had an accident. They're dealing with him."
0:17:42 > 0:17:46To me, dealing with someone at the side of the track means nothing.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Until I see him, then I know myself that he's OK, then.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I just wanted to know if he was breathing.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Broke the wrist. Just sort of diagonal crack.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05The hip had come out and it had broke in three places.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07They sedated me and popped it back in again.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I woke up in the ambulance on the way to Tallaght Hospital.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I think Jeanette cried a couple of times,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and probably the biggest one was Bayliss.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20He was very quiet.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I remember coming back in the ambulance.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23I sort of leaned over.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I was in the bed thing and Bayliss was strapped
0:18:25 > 0:18:28into one of the ambulance seats.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32And I was more concerned for him that I was myself, you know.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35He just looked white.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38So, I remember sort of leaning back and taking his hand, and I says,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40"Are you all right?" And he was like, "Yeah."
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Racing is a damn good sport.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Course it is. We have so many friends.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57But they take people that you really care about.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00You know, don't stand at the track and get excited.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Do you know, if anyone hurts themselves,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05you grieve and you mourn for the people
0:19:05 > 0:19:07that you've lost in that community.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11But some people don't get...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13A lot of people don't get that. "Why would you do that?"
0:19:13 > 0:19:15"Why would you risk your life?" "Are you selfish?"
0:19:15 > 0:19:17"Do you not love your family?"
0:19:18 > 0:19:21You run the risk of dying, leaving your children to grow up
0:19:21 > 0:19:23without a father or a mother.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Warren doesn't love Bayliss any less because he races a motorbike.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Warren absolutely adores me.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31He doesn't love me any less cos he gets on a bike
0:19:31 > 0:19:33and goes at stupid speeds, runs the risk.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36It's what he does.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42And if you can't understand that, then you just don't get it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55That's more or less the damage. Front screen, stuff like that.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57It's all very cosmetic kind of stuff,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00so she got away with it better than I did...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02which is not the way it's supposed to happen.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08It does carry risk.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Are you going to fix this?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11'But, you know, a lot of things in life do.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Are you?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17My brother Karl, he passed away in 2005.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Your uncle.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22'He had an aneurysm in the brain.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27'Just one day working away and he just dropped. That was it.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28'He ended up in hospital'
0:20:28 > 0:20:32for, I think, it was a week on a life-support,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35but in my opinion, he was already gone.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Yeah. That was a tough time.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Carries me on the bike. Mm-hm. Yeah.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I look at the things that he didn't get to do,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and that sort of motivates me to do what I like to do,
0:20:57 > 0:21:01if you know what I mean, in the racing side of things.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Do what you can while you can.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26BERT: Once you do get into a race,
0:21:26 > 0:21:31everything is coming that fast, and you have to be more alert.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Trusting yourself and the other competitors.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43If you're going to be competing tightly
0:21:43 > 0:21:45riding alongside somebody,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48you sort of need to know their capabilities, too.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00My accident that I had, it wasn't really my fault.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05A brand-new motorcycle and it was my first outing on it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10It had new tyres and new suspension and felt comfortable with it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14And the race was going quite well. I was about halfway into it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Coming down the end of a straight, went to turn into a junction,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21and unfortunately another competitor had fell off his motorcycle
0:22:21 > 0:22:24and that hit my leg.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26CRASHING AND CLATTERING
0:22:31 > 0:22:33That was that.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I got up and danced about and got my helmet off,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and I didn't think my leg was all that bad, I suppose,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49with adrenaline, shock, whatever.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54I can remember the clamp going onto my leg, and that's about it.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It wasn't really until I woke up in hospital
0:23:00 > 0:23:04that I realised when I saw the leg in a cage how bad it was.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Took, I suppose, maybe a week of seeing different specialists
0:23:13 > 0:23:15to see what they were going to do
0:23:15 > 0:23:18or what was possible to be done with the leg.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23But, unfortunately, it was in that bad a shape that it had to come off.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33I had been hoping maybe within three months or six months
0:23:33 > 0:23:38to be better again and be able to ride my motorbikes and stuff again,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41but I did try in between times when I had no limb
0:23:41 > 0:23:43of trying to ride a motorbike on the road.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Just wanted to see, could I still do it again
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and wasn't scared of it.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55It's just something you have to get over and get on with it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52We've been through tough times together before. It's awful.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Mal came down here on the Saturday night
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and stayed and all, and...
0:24:57 > 0:25:01..he left on Sunday, and I wished him luck, you know,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03for the North West and everything, you know...
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Oh, Jesus.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09No, it's definitely been hard. Um...
0:25:11 > 0:25:15It's still, like... It's still very raw.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21The relationship we had, like,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23it wasn't a serious relationship or anything.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It was such a short space of time.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Like, it was just his mentality and his personality.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Just his aura, it was just... It was unreal.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38And it's just so sad that he was taken just far too soon.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42He was going to get this tattoo whenever he came back,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45his sugar skull on the top of his helmet.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48And then obviously after Mal had passed,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I kind of thought to myself,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53"I wouldn't mind getting a wee tattoo or something,"
0:25:53 > 0:25:56just for him, really.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01That was definitely fitting for him, anyway.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Mal would never want anybody to, like,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13feel down and out about racing.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17To be honest, the racing, like,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20it gives me something to focus on as well.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Otherwise, I'd just lock myself in my room.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31We are selfish people because
0:26:31 > 0:26:35we could go out and not come back again.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Because I've had, like, some tragedies happen
0:26:39 > 0:26:43within the sport and it's been so close to the heart,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46that has gave me a mind-set that, yeah,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48like, I do need to think of me.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54WARREN: You invest so much,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57and different times... I've had two crashes in a day.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I remember another time where I had three crashes in a day,
0:27:00 > 0:27:02you know, and still, your last race, you go out
0:27:02 > 0:27:04and you're still fired up and you're still going.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07This is probably the worst I've ever got injured,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10so that's been a bit difficult to sort of get through,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11this last few weeks.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27If you think about that at the time when you're road racing,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29if you're thinking about other things,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31then you're not really concentrating
0:27:31 > 0:27:33and you'd probably be more of a danger to yourself
0:27:33 > 0:27:35and everybody around you.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38So, yeah, you've got to block it out.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44He said just on the speaker there I got sixth. That's dead on.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I'll take that.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51It's his passion. Absolute passion. He deserves it.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I just want it for him so badly.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Very proud of him.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Very, very proud of him.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- Does that mean you owe me money? - Superstar.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08BERT: 44 years of age now.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14A lot of competitors have went on till they're 70.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17When you have that passion for something,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19it does keep you going.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22The wintertime is miserable.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Ah, just auld dark, cold days.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30We can look forward to the springtime.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34You look forward to the next season and look forward to the next race.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Motorbikes and madness. HE LAUGHS