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On the hills overlooking Belfast and a stone's throw from Lisburn is | 0:00:03 | 0:00:08 | |
the finest and fastest road racing circuit in the world. The Dundrod | 0:00:08 | 0:00:14 | |
track is venue from the Kinetica strip hire Ulster Grand Prix, this | 0:00:14 | 0:00:22 | |
year celebrating its anniversary. Welcome to this year's UGP. We have | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
another hour of fantastic action this evening. If it's anything like | 0:00:25 | 0:00:31 | |
the first three races, we're set for another 60 minutes of high | 0:00:31 | 0:00:41 | |
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octane drama to set the pulse It's victory for William Dunlop. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:13 | |
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We shuffle round and trying to push through. You're up the Deer's Leap | 0:01:30 | 0:01:35 | |
real fast. Good wheelie down in here. You get another good big | 0:01:35 | 0:01:43 | |
wheelie and now head to the next one. The right-hander. Head up for | 0:01:43 | 0:01:53 | |
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Ireland. Always damp below Ireland. Then we head for Joey's. Then | 0:01:55 | 0:02:01 | |
Jordan's Cross another fast right- hand bend at the top of the hill. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:11 | |
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Then we get the Wheeler. Real good drive to the last lap. It's hard | 0:02:12 | 0:02:17 | |
work. Lindsay hairpin, get it in, square it, get it out, don't let | 0:02:17 | 0:02:24 | |
anybody pass. Now we het up to the fast left, right, left. Next to | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
Dawson's Bend, a real class right- hander. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:36 | |
That's my winning lap. In amongst some of the big names of | 0:02:36 | 0:02:42 | |
the sport is a young man who has started to make a big impression. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:48 | |
Jamie Hamill ton who is rising through the road racing ranks. He's | 0:02:48 | 0:02:58 | |
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been learning his trade from a this year. From the start of the | 0:03:16 | 0:03:23 | |
season, you know, just been telling him to just feel his way into the | 0:03:23 | 0:03:29 | |
him to just feel his way into the road racing scene gradually. He's | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
such a legend and keeping such a close eye on me. It puts me under | 0:03:34 | 0:03:41 | |
pressure. I nearly get star struck whenever I'm racing with him. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
road really well. I feel maybe he's been pushing a bit too much at some | 0:03:45 | 0:03:51 | |
of the races. He's been off a few times. We were battling and having | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
a close race, I was going well. Then I made a mistake and I slipped | 0:03:55 | 0:04:04 | |
off. I wrecked the bike in the crash. It's took a lot to get it | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
rebuilt. Hopefully, what happened there, he'll have learned a lot | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
from that and I just keep telling him look, you're a young lad, you | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
have a load of time. Just get the experience and what the road race | 0:04:16 | 0:04:24 | |
scene is all about. Young Jamie Hamilton is on the | 0:04:25 | 0:04:32 | |
front row of the grid for the supertwin race. But his team boss | 0:04:32 | 0:04:38 | |
Ryan Farquhar is in pole position. He's looking for an incredible | 0:04:38 | 0:04:48 | |
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199th win on the Irish road racing scene. Win number 199 for Ryan | 0:04:49 | 0:04:56 | |
Farquhar is on the cards. He's made a big mistake by giving Jamie | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
a big mistake by giving Jamie Hamilton an identical bike. The | 0:04:58 | 0:05:05 | |
supertwins are in the first wave and the 250cc bikes in the second. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:11 | |
It will be the last 250 Grand Prix round this circuit. Two kinds of | 0:05:11 | 0:05:18 | |
history in the making as we prepare for the start. Conditions still | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
good. Still blustery. Wind might have dropped off a bit. It's dry | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
though. The roads are dry. There's no wet patches anywhere around | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
under the trees. Can you tip it in with total confidence. Adrian | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
Archibald carrying one of our cameras facing back at the pack: | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
It's all about the pack. Ryan Farquhar, they can't let him go, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:45 | |
guess what? They're letting him go. Jamie ham am into -- Jamie Hamilton | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
into second place. The front wheel of his bike was right up in the air. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
Now please blasting past Ryan Farquhar. The slipstream effect | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
there. The thing is Ryan Farquhar has, going into rock bend, has the | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
line, but he hasn't. The apprentice learning from the master. Here's | 0:06:03 | 0:06:13 | |
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Hamilton. Hamilton has beaten Farquhar fair and square this year. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
Didn't manage to repeat that. In fact had an experience on the floor | 0:06:27 | 0:06:34 | |
with that one. Just too close, this was shoulder to shoulder stuff off | 0:06:34 | 0:06:40 | |
the start line Paul Robinson doing the muscling, oh, goodness these | 0:06:40 | 0:06:46 | |
two head up to deerz Lee -- Deer's Leap. There's a sign there that | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
says 10% and there's a really sharp black and white right-hand turns | 0:06:51 | 0:06:57 | |
which shows you how sharp it is there. Farquhar oh, get back! | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
not sure if that was a tear off or was he Jess tick lating? You're | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
allowed to say that. Through the sweeping right hander. Right to the | 0:07:06 | 0:07:13 | |
edge of the circuit. That was close. Wow! A battle developing behind as | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
well. We're with Adrian Archibald. He's got number 44 coming up close | 0:07:16 | 0:07:25 | |
behind him. That's Ryan Kneen. So it's Farquhar from Hamilton. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:32 | |
Russ Mountford is there. Here comes the 250 battle settled in favour of | 0:07:32 | 0:07:39 | |
Paul Robinson at the moment. Who's that behind him? Seamus Elliott who | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
had a good race before. Jamie Hamilton losing touch with Ryan | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
Farquhar. The camera makes it look a big distance, but he's falling | 0:07:48 | 0:07:54 | |
back.. Yes. Robinson, Morgan, who crashed last year in dramatic | 0:07:54 | 0:08:04 | |
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fashion. This is Ryan Kneen. There's no-one behind Ryan Farquhar | 0:08:06 | 0:08:11 | |
now. He has made a bit of a lead for himself on the run up to the | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
top of the circuit. This the approach to the Lindsay hairpin, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
named after Darren Lindsay of course. Hard on the brakes. There's | 0:08:20 | 0:08:26 | |
a choice of lines, there's the Dunlop line and everybody's else's | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
-- everybody else's line. There is a bike behind him. He's right to | 0:08:30 | 0:08:40 | |
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check. So then, Russ Mountford, Ivan Lintin. That bike is closing | 0:08:43 | 0:08:52 | |
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in, Seamus Elliott. He has a lead there. A couple of seconds at least. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
Big battle forming behind him. You have to fancy Hamilton to pull away. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:05 | |
There's a four-way fight for third. It's led by Russ Mountford, is it? | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
Adrian Archibald, that's who we ride with. He goes past Mountford. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Lintin is behind them at the back of the pack. At the end of that lap, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
Ryan Farquhar 2.3 seconds. Then Hamilton a second ahead of | 0:09:18 | 0:09:25 | |
Mountford there. We're talking tense as we go through Rock Bends. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
Adrian Archibald having a good ride this afternoon. This is a scrap. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
This is going to go on to the end of the race. Any one of those could | 0:09:32 | 0:09:37 | |
be on the last step of the podium. Look how close they are. Ivan | 0:09:37 | 0:09:43 | |
Lintin right on the tail end there. Do check behind you because that is | 0:09:43 | 0:09:49 | |
a motorcycle right on your tail. Here's the 250 scrap. Robinson and | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
Morgan I remember them scrapping last year. It's the same 12 months | 0:09:52 | 0:09:58 | |
here. They are scrapping again. Pulling away as well. Over the line, | 0:09:58 | 0:10:06 | |
a tenth of a second between them. He's not the only one. No, Russ | 0:10:06 | 0:10:11 | |
Mountford. There he had a good Dundrod 150. A good southern 100 as | 0:10:11 | 0:10:18 | |
well. Now Ivan Lintin is getting involved, is he? How much fun are | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
supertwins. How right was Ryan Farquhar. Stephen said before the | 0:10:21 | 0:10:26 | |
race that he was the leading exponent that he was for a while | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
the sole exponent. He's pushed this as the successor to the two strokes. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
It really has risen to the occasion. Yeah, it's brilliant. Very good | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
class. We've seen the demise of the 250s. We're not seeing the demise | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
of Ryan Farquhar yet. He's talking about retirement, well, semi- | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
retirement. Look at this, the battle is with Kneen ahead of | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
Archibald. Lintin is ahead of Mountford. That's four people in | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
the fight for the last step on the podium. This is two people in the | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
battle for the top of the 250 podium. Russ Mountford it is again. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:08 | |
I think he's got him. He has. Ryan Kneen from Mountford, Morgan, still | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
with Robinson. He's close. Yes, I was going to suggest it might not. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:18 | |
He's going to pass Adrian Archibald? This is real nip and | 0:11:18 | 0:11:25 | |
tuck around here. Here's the race leader. Look at his lead. Jamie | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
Hamilton perhaps remembering that he covered himself with less than | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
glory by falling off when he should have been second last Time Out. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
Might be taking it steadier this time. I think Ryan Farquhar had | 0:11:37 | 0:11:44 | |
stern words for him as well. Nothing steady here. Oh, no. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:49 | |
This is Russ Mountford. He's in second place. Behind hum that four- | 0:11:49 | 0:11:54 | |
way scrap. It could be his braking style. He has a style of his own | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
Jamie Hamilton. He really screeching in applying as much | 0:11:58 | 0:12:03 | |
pressure to the brakes as possible. He's going to pass him. He's | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
shaping up for a pass. Yes, Jamie Hamilton last of the late breakers. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
Russ Mountford is there now. Ivan Lintin and then Ryan Kneen. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:17 | |
Archibald at the back of the scrap. It could be completely the other | 0:12:17 | 0:12:23 | |
way round. They are on the last lap. It's heads down across the line all | 0:12:23 | 0:12:32 | |
the way to the kilo. You don't know what's going to happen here. It's | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
Kneen. We're on board with Archibald. I think he's going to | 0:12:34 | 0:12:44 | |
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That is such a shame. That was a great battle. Polling in. Davey | 0:12:51 | 0:12:59 | |
Morgan would have wanted to win that. Fantastic. He was on the | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
podium at Cookstown earlier in the year. To win at the Ulster Grand | 0:13:03 | 0:13:11 | |
Prix, what a day that would be. Is that Archibald? Whiteford. Clinton | 0:13:11 | 0:13:21 | |
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came from the back. And he has stayed there. Kneen. The Double | 0:13:24 | 0:13:31 | |
winners. No, but yes! Supertwins have given Ryan Farquhar | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
this new lease of life. It has taken 20 years of him. This battle | 0:13:35 | 0:13:41 | |
for third place is taking 20 years off me. He has added 20 years to | 0:13:41 | 0:13:48 | |
all these boys. Oh! They say that there's so much fun to race, pack | 0:13:48 | 0:13:58 | |
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in like that. Adrian Archibald. He has been shuffled to the back. This | 0:13:58 | 0:14:08 | |
could all change in the next turn. Brian Deane, and Ryan Farquhar. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:18 | |
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Miles away. When number 199. Straight past Adrian Archibald. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:35 | |
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This shows how big a lead Ryan Farquhar has in the Super Class. We | 0:14:36 | 0:14:46 | |
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have lost Ivan. He was there, just now. Adrian Archibald. Here he | 0:14:51 | 0:15:01 | |
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comes. So fast, through there. Mountford. This is what got 10 past. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:10 | |
Ryan Farquhar, so much fun to race Alonso cheap. That is the beauty of | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
them. The number one for Ryan Farquhar. He takes the chequered | 0:15:13 | 0:15:23 | |
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flag. Second place... Jamie Hamilton. Oh, and a red flag, as | 0:15:27 | 0:15:37 | |
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well. The end of the race. Do these boys know? The Red Flag? The red | 0:15:38 | 0:15:44 | |
flag coming out. That might change everything. What will that do to | 0:15:44 | 0:15:51 | |
the result? Somebody has got some sorting out to do. Davey Morgan, | 0:15:51 | 0:15:57 | |
still to come. Victory lap for Davey Morgan. The local boy, of | 0:15:57 | 0:16:04 | |
course. Yes! Lots of applause for that. He has raised so much money | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
for charity in recent years. Popular character with the fans and | 0:16:09 | 0:16:15 | |
in the paddock. Here are the results... Ryan Farquhar at the end | 0:16:15 | 0:16:19 | |
of three laps and then Jamie Hamilton. Ollie Linsdell back in | 0:16:19 | 0:16:27 | |
6th place. Officially on the record books, that is your 199th winner on | 0:16:27 | 0:16:33 | |
the Irish roads but you might say different? I have had 200 when's | 0:16:33 | 0:16:39 | |
but one of those was disqualified at Cookstown. Another fantastic day, | 0:16:39 | 0:16:44 | |
to get the trouble at the International and the Supertwins. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
Totally over the moon. Let's bring the young man and, Jamie. Good job | 0:16:49 | 0:16:55 | |
for the Ryan Farquhar team. You must be thrilled? Definitely. This | 0:16:55 | 0:17:00 | |
time last year I was standing watching Ryan Farquhar and Archer | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
bald and John Burrows going to the podium and thinking I would love to | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
be one of those boys. It is class to have one of those bikes on the | 0:17:07 | 0:17:14 | |
podium and for me to be one of the riders is even better. 199 race | 0:17:14 | 0:17:24 | |
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wins for Ryan Farquhar. 250s. They could well be on the way out. That | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
was a nice when that makes up for last year, when you fell off on the | 0:17:32 | 0:17:37 | |
last lap? The conditions are perfect today. Last year it was hit | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
and miss and I tried to push too hard into the hairpin but today | 0:17:40 | 0:17:46 | |
everything went well. Absolutely brilliant. Jivan and 50s, they are | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
restored in Ireland. Fitting that Davey Morgan has topped the podium. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:56 | |
A all the most legendary riders here is rumoured,. Back in the | 0:17:56 | 0:18:00 | |
1970s he dominated the Irish racing seen riding a Yamaha but he also | 0:18:00 | 0:18:05 | |
did compete one Another unique bike built right here in Northern | 0:18:05 | 0:18:11 | |
Ireland. Exactly 30 years later from his last winner at Dundrod, we | 0:18:11 | 0:18:19 | |
said Phillip McCallen to me 10 and find the bike. I'm here at the | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
scale of mechanical engineering at Queen's University to talk to | 0:18:22 | 0:18:28 | |
Rimmer, about the famous Queen's University Bathurst 500. Put away | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
in 1974 and the first time it has been fired up in 38 years is right | 0:18:31 | 0:18:39 | |
now... You were part of the team that research, developed and built | 0:18:39 | 0:18:49 | |
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this 500. Can you tell us how that I did raise other motorcycles as a | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
technician and Professor Blair was really into motorcycling and he | 0:18:53 | 0:18:59 | |
decided to build this 500 and he went ahead and build that single- | 0:18:59 | 0:19:04 | |
cylinder and the first time I went out on a bike, I won the race. It | 0:19:05 | 0:19:10 | |
was at Kirkiston. I believe the whole engine was researched and | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
built at Queen's University? Everything was designed and built | 0:19:14 | 0:19:22 | |
here. And all the machining was done in the workshop. In 1971, | 0:19:22 | 0:19:29 | |
Rimmer,, on that Queen's University developed Yamaha, he did beat the | 0:19:29 | 0:19:33 | |
full on factory boys at the Ulster Grand Prix and that was a kick- | 0:19:33 | 0:19:38 | |
start for me and had to be common fault? That changed everything. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
Emma had noticed what was happening in mechanical engineering and they | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
contacted the professor and they enunciated the research programme | 0:19:45 | 0:19:51 | |
that lasted several decades. The technology used to develop this, | 0:19:51 | 0:19:57 | |
that was state-of-the-art and was better than the factory teams. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
how did you get the team together to bring this bike back to life? | 0:20:01 | 0:20:07 | |
just decided it had history and with Queen's University and just | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
because it was completely built here, I thought it was the proper | 0:20:10 | 0:20:18 | |
thing to do. It must have been great to ride? I loved riding it. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
It has this wonderful steel frame and it was absolutely perfect. It | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
was lighter than those other friends. It would be the equivalent | 0:20:28 | 0:20:34 | |
of us nowadays buying a Honda and tuning up and beating Casey Stoner | 0:20:34 | 0:20:44 | |
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He had a huge smile on his face, hiring a spike up. Her imagine what | 0:20:48 | 0:20:58 | |
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it feels like to ride this around William Dunlop, who won the first | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
one, is in pole position. And his brother is alongside him on the | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
front row. Michael can enter this meeting injured that the couple | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
have slipped discs in his back. He had a crash in the Superbike race | 0:21:14 | 0:21:19 | |
at the hairpin and has hurt his arm further. Michael, what is the state | 0:21:19 | 0:21:27 | |
of play? I am on right, I am a bit sore. But I expected that, anyway. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:32 | |
No question that you were not going to ride? No, I am here and I am all | 0:21:32 | 0:21:40 | |
right. Unbelievable how that adrenalin will carry you through | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
the race and the whole day as well. A interesting to hear that Michael | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
Dunlop is thinking about that Superbike race more than Supersport. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
He said he was more comfortable on Superbike so you must look to the | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
likes of William Dunlop and Gary Johnson and Bruce Anstey as | 0:21:55 | 0:22:01 | |
potential winners. That is a bizarre list of them lining up | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
behind the Dunlop brothers. William hoping to repeat his earlier | 0:22:04 | 0:22:10 | |
victory. No-one has had two wins so far and William has won under his | 0:22:10 | 0:22:17 | |
back so far. And away we go. Gary Johnson? He might get onto The | 0:22:17 | 0:22:24 | |
Flying Kilo? He was sat on bicycle number two? Look at this. So seven | 0:22:24 | 0:22:34 | |
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abreast. Just flying through with Conor Cummins right behind. Looking | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
down there and that is a great start for Bruce Anstey and Gary | 0:22:38 | 0:22:43 | |
Johnson. Bicycle number 17. He had a good Superbike race and he is | 0:22:43 | 0:22:53 | |
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looking to continue here as well. 65. No. 97, Seamus Elliott. Looking | 0:22:57 | 0:23:04 | |
down on this string of 600s. Already some passing going on. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
Johnson. Trying to push his way through. That is how close it is. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
And he has gone past. That is a cracking start. And Cooper. I | 0:23:15 | 0:23:21 | |
thought he was fading. On Bruce Anstey. Would they come from? Dan | 0:23:21 | 0:23:27 | |
Cooper. Well, we perhaps should not be surprised. But he is leading | 0:23:27 | 0:23:35 | |
them all round the circuit. We're looking back. They are bunching up. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
That is a nice little group, this type of racing always gives us | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
shoulder to shoulder stuff. Supersport, off on that high point | 0:23:43 | 0:23:49 | |
of the day. Supertwins, arguably contenders. Look at Bruce Anstey. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:55 | |
And Johnson. Having another cracking right. Dana Cooper lading. | 0:23:55 | 0:24:01 | |
Superb, sensational. Gary Johnson. Conor Cummins behind. 4th place. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:11 | |
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And everybody else lining up. 1, 2, 3... That was a great opening lap. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:22 | |
Cooper has lost the lead. Johnson has gone past him. I think we might | 0:24:22 | 0:24:29 | |
have to put our hands over our eyes. It is always somebody different. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:34 | |
Three abreast, going through Jordan's Cross. Here comes the | 0:24:34 | 0:24:41 | |
cavalry. Gary Johnson. They say that 600s are small bikes and it is | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
fun to steer them around. There is a lot more smoke than ever like to | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
see coming out of the back of that. That is a brand new machine from | 0:24:49 | 0:24:54 | |
Gary Johnson. He might be the brand new race leader. He goes past his | 0:24:54 | 0:25:02 | |
team-mate, Bruce Anstey. Gary Johnson. We will have to wait and | 0:25:03 | 0:25:11 | |
see as they go through Lynsey hairpin. Bruce Anstey. He gets away. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
That was excellent. He took it right out to the edge on the | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
approach. Gary Johnson, will he be the six different race winner we | 0:25:20 | 0:25:26 | |
have had today? Again, smoke coming out to the back. I am not convinced | 0:25:26 | 0:25:32 | |
at all. Look at the speed of Bruce Anstey in the slipstream. He is | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
sizing this up for a goal on The Flying Kilo. What about William | 0:25:36 | 0:25:45 | |
Dunlop? He won this first time out. He is really cranking this up. He | 0:25:45 | 0:25:50 | |
has the Padgett's Honda in front of them. B Johnson in 4th place. The | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
Tyco Suzuki of Conor Cummins back in 5th place. Here comes the | 0:25:55 | 0:26:00 | |
Catholic, as you said. Bruce Anstey to the front and William Dunlop. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
William Dunlop was one second behind and he has made that up. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:11 | |
That was getting interesting. has been even more interesting | 0:26:11 | 0:26:18 | |
since the start. Lee Johnson as well. On the 600 Honda. He will | 0:26:18 | 0:26:24 | |
have to do this all over again. Just a little bit of delay. Nothing | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
serious and we have been lucky in that respect during the course of | 0:26:27 | 0:26:32 | |
today. As we wait for the second start. And five laps and they're | 0:26:32 | 0:26:40 | |
off! Where is Dan could do? He came to the fore last time round. There | 0:26:40 | 0:26:50 | |
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he is. The Johnson and Ian Lougher, forcing his way through. Everybody. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
That is really telling. Conor Cummins, into third place. Ian | 0:26:53 | 0:26:59 | |
Lougher. That is a better start from him. William Dunlop, the | 0:26:59 | 0:27:05 | |
fastest 600, there. He leads. is a much better start, this time. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:10 | |
Bruce Anstey gets away really well. Bruce Anstey will stay with them | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
into the turns. Johnson going past Martyn. Ian Lougher. Better start | 0:27:14 | 0:27:23 | |
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imagine we'll have more of the same. All the new bits maybe being used | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
for the first time. There he goes. There goes Johnson. He's in fourth | 0:27:28 | 0:27:33 | |
place. We're on board with Gary Johnson. There's Michael Dunlop | 0:27:33 | 0:27:38 | |
back to fifth. Here's Deer's Leap. William Dunlop leads. He's tucked | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
down with Bruce Anstey right behind hum. Conor Cummins shaping up to | 0:27:42 | 0:27:47 | |
get a toe as well. Te turn right at the bottom of the hill. It's a one | 0:27:47 | 0:27:53 | |
liner really, this corner, no passing through here. Back with | 0:27:53 | 0:27:59 | |
Gary Johnson. He wants to smoke them all. William Dunlop smoked | 0:27:59 | 0:28:04 | |
them in the first 600 race. He's doing it again. Dunlop and Anstey | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
pulling away. Anstey very determined. Conor Cummins in third | 0:28:08 | 0:28:18 | |
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Look at the lead that William Dunlop has gone over Bruce Anstey. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:30 | |
That straight line speed, I've told you about, the Wilson Craig Honda, | 0:28:30 | 0:28:35 | |
he's got it. Gary Johnson the man in third place. A big gap back. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:41 | |
Even though it's a brand new 600... Lovely from William Dunlop. Bruce | 0:28:41 | 0:28:46 | |
Anstey is going well on 600. So much success on production thousand | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
machines and superbike. We sometimes forget how good he is on | 0:28:50 | 0:28:55 | |
the 600. You forget when Anstey is in sleeper mode, he can come out of | 0:28:55 | 0:29:02 | |
nowhere like a rocket. He rubs his eyes, gets on the bike and away he | 0:29:02 | 0:29:07 | |
goes. He's on the brake. He's closed the gap right up. William | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
Dunlop gets on the throttle earlier. Bruce Anstey made time in there. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
think he's got more usable power as well out of the turns. That's why | 0:29:16 | 0:29:25 | |
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Anstey has to stay with him to get the toe. Back we go Johnson. We saw | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
Gary Johnson take the third place from Conor Cummins. He's holding on | 0:29:30 | 0:29:35 | |
to it for the time being. Gary Johnson make a few teething | 0:29:35 | 0:29:41 | |
problems, perhaps, who is going to be in fifth place? It looks like | 0:29:41 | 0:29:46 | |
Lee Johnston. At the moment Michael Dunlop is behind hum. He's going | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
through! Michael Dunlop is going to do this on the kilo. He's right | 0:29:50 | 0:29:56 | |
behind you. Here he comes. Last lap then. William Dunlop from Bruce | 0:29:56 | 0:30:04 | |
Anstey. Michael Dunlop still hasn't pulled this off. But now? No. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:14 | |
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now? Dunlop and Anstey, very wobbly on the brakes. He wasn't expecting | 0:30:15 | 0:30:21 | |
that was he. No, I wasn't expecting it. He got a bit a shock there. He | 0:30:21 | 0:30:26 | |
nearly ran wide of the exit. Back with Gary Johnson, fourth place. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
Six seconds behind Conor Cummins who is six seconds behind the front | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
two. Two tenths on this last lap before this one. This is the battle | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
for the lead. Behind it, who needs two strokes, when you have Gary | 0:30:37 | 0:30:47 | |
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Johnson? Perversely, it's suddenly gone all clean on me. A good | 0:30:50 | 0:30:55 | |
performance from Padgett's Honda. But it's this duo. He's closing, | 0:30:55 | 0:31:01 | |
Bruce Anstey is closing again. arms waving around the circuit. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
William Dunlop looks round. That could cost you the position, just | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
turning and looking back can hurt you. It will lose tenths. It's | 0:31:08 | 0:31:12 | |
being measured in tenths so far. Talking of intense this is Gary | 0:31:12 | 0:31:16 | |
Johnson, fourth place. Nothing really in front of him or behind | 0:31:16 | 0:31:21 | |
him. These two... Look at this. Bruce Anstey shadowing William | 0:31:21 | 0:31:31 | |
Dunlop on the last lap. Jordan's Cross. Gary Johnson with some of | 0:31:31 | 0:31:37 | |
those back markers. They'll be expecting this. A puff of smoke for | 0:31:37 | 0:31:41 | |
good measures in their faces. we go. Dunlop keeps looking round. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
He shouldn't do that. William, you shouldn't do that. Take your line | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
in the hairpin, Bruce. He'll be thinking brother Michael, how do I | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
cover this off. Whichever way I go I'm going to leave space for a | 0:31:54 | 0:31:59 | |
rider who has made the right decision on the way in. Bruce | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
Anstey has two possibilities, the hairpin and he could get in on the | 0:32:02 | 0:32:07 | |
exit from there. There we go Johnson. He's got him! Bruce Anstey | 0:32:07 | 0:32:13 | |
has got him. He leads from William Dunlop. Back to Gary Johnson. But | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
it's all eyes on Bruce Anstey and William Dunlop out front. Bruce | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
Anstey has got him on the hairpin. He slipped through. That's exactly | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
what William Dunlop was afraid of. This is the hairpin, this is | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
Johnson exiting there. Who will emerge in first place. Oh, they're | 0:32:28 | 0:32:34 | |
side by side. Anstey looks as if he's going to win. It I think Bruce | 0:32:34 | 0:32:39 | |
Anstey has got this one. There's no places left. Anstey's got the lead. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
He's got it and he's protecting the line. William Dunlop has got | 0:32:43 | 0:32:47 | |
nowhere to go. He's having a go. Bruce Anstey gets a win at the | 0:32:47 | 0:32:52 | |
Ulster Grand Prix yet again! Wow! Strike one for New Zealand. | 0:32:52 | 0:33:02 | |
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Another new winner. It's a day of Another new winner. It's a day of | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
just total excitement and upset. Bruce, congratulations, what a | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
finish. Oh, I couldn't believe it. It's like I was just hanging onto | 0:33:10 | 0:33:17 | |
him. He's riding really well, fast and smooth. Connor passed me. I | 0:33:17 | 0:33:23 | |
lost time. I had to get past him. I spent ages creeping up. I knew it | 0:33:23 | 0:33:27 | |
was coming down to the last lap. I was slow out of the hairpin. He got | 0:33:27 | 0:33:34 | |
the drive on the outside of me. I managed to sneak back up the inside | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
again. We passed each other three, four times in the last couple of | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
miles. Another win for New Zealand there, Bruce Anstey, who is also | 0:33:41 | 0:33:46 | |
officially the fastest rider to ever lap this circuit on an average | 0:33:46 | 0:33:51 | |
speed of just under 134mph. The Ulster Grand Prix is the fastest | 0:33:51 | 0:33:55 | |
road racing circuit in the world. But there were another couple of | 0:33:55 | 0:34:03 | |
world records attempted here this week. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
Usain Bolt couldn't do it, Michael Phelps couldn't do it at the | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
Olympics. But here they're trying to make three world records in two | 0:34:10 | 0:34:17 | |
days. We've decided to make the most | 0:34:17 | 0:34:22 | |
hotdogs in one minute, most cups of tea in an hour and break the | 0:34:22 | 0:34:29 | |
fastest road race lap record which the Ulster Grand Prix currently | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
holds. Who holds the records and what the aims of the next couple of | 0:34:32 | 0:34:37 | |
hours? Fplgts I think most people will know Freddie Flintoff. He held | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
the record for nine. Today we broke the record. We got ten hotdogs made | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
in one minute. There is an organisation in England who holds | 0:34:45 | 0:34:51 | |
cups of teas, which is 725. We have to beat that today. We hold the | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
current race record, so we're trying to beat that and push that | 0:34:53 | 0:35:02 | |
further. We have to do 725 and each one with a pot of four, so the pots | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
hold four cups of tea. Have you to pour for four cups, somebody else | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
comes in and does another four. We have to do that for an hour. It | 0:35:10 | 0:35:20 | |
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will be difficult to get. Owen and Johnson catering. It's the | 0:35:20 | 0:35:25 | |
future. What about me? You're leaving me out of this. I beat both | 0:35:25 | 0:35:34 | |
of you. No, this is like Owen and Johnson. There's no room for three. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
Sorry mate. You'll have to wait there. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:44 | |
This is the future? No garlic in that, mate.?. Can we cut because | 0:35:44 | 0:35:52 | |
that's disgusting. The existing lap record might be | 0:35:52 | 0:35:56 | |
broken in the last race of the 2012 Ulster Grand Prix. The times have | 0:35:56 | 0:36:00 | |
been down a little today because of the high winds here. It's still a | 0:36:00 | 0:36:06 | |
bit gusty. Let's find out. Guy Martin is in pole position. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:10 | |
One record that Martin will be pleased about seeing broken is the | 0:36:10 | 0:36:16 | |
world record for making cups of tea. 788. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:21 | |
We've seen one lap record tumble. Michael Dunlop set his heart and | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
soul on 135. But it's not going to happen in this weather. Ryan | 0:36:24 | 0:36:29 | |
Farquhar is the only one who did it on the supertwins. The only lap | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
on the supertwins. The only lap record today. We may not get it in | 0:36:31 | 0:36:38 | |
this one either. Red lights on the right, eyes right. It's the last | 0:36:38 | 0:36:43 | |
race of the day. Six laps of the Dundrod circuit. Great start from | 0:36:43 | 0:36:47 | |
Farquhar down the outside. Then guy Martin, winner of the Ulster Grand | 0:36:48 | 0:36:57 | |
0:36:58 | 0:37:02 | ||
was through on the inside there. What a fantastic start from Guy | 0:37:02 | 0:37:08 | |
Martin. Lougher look in the mix there. That's Bruce Anstey that's | 0:37:08 | 0:37:13 | |
gone through. Ryan Farquhar passes William Dunlop. They're all passing | 0:37:13 | 0:37:18 | |
each other. It's Guy Martin who leads them. It's Gary Johnson there | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
in second. William Dunlop, race winner so far. We haven't had | 0:37:21 | 0:37:27 | |
anyone win two races, but we might get Gary Johnson winning this one. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:31 | |
He's right behind Michael Dunlop. We're with William Dunlop. This is | 0:37:31 | 0:37:37 | |
up towards Deer's Leap. Fast and furious on the opening lap. Guy | 0:37:37 | 0:37:43 | |
Martin, Gary Johnson, will it be a double for Michael Dunlop because | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
he won the Superstock. Ryan Farquhar tucked in behind. There's | 0:37:48 | 0:37:54 | |
Iain Lougher. William Dunlop is right behind Ryan Farquhar, knee | 0:37:55 | 0:37:59 | |
down, scratching around. On the power yet again. This is Iain | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
Lougher going past Lee Johnston on the Ducati. Another good showing | 0:38:02 | 0:38:12 | |
for him. He's had a good day at the racing has Lee Johnston. Martin, | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
the superbike race he won, double the prize money of this final race | 0:38:15 | 0:38:20 | |
of the day, but he'll still want to win. It What a great shot that was | 0:38:20 | 0:38:25 | |
there. They all went through, now then, we're looking at front, Guy | 0:38:25 | 0:38:33 | |
Martin from Gary Johnson, then Michael Dunlop in third. I've seen | 0:38:33 | 0:38:42 | |
a lot of John Burrows. He's not happy on that bike. It's the only | 0:38:42 | 0:38:46 | |
Bruce Anstey bike from two years ago. Where is the old Bruce Anstey | 0:38:46 | 0:38:51 | |
in that pack? We ride with William Dunlop. He has passed Ryan | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
Farquhar! That was an astonishing move from William Dunlop. A wobble | 0:38:55 | 0:39:02 | |
at the end there as well. So then top of the circuit, guy Martin | 0:39:03 | 0:39:10 | |
leads Gary Johnson. Behind that number nine, the almost crippled | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
Michael Dunlop. He can't stand up straight. He's almost in a sitting | 0:39:13 | 0:39:19 | |
position everywhere he goes. That's maybe why he's happy on the bike. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:24 | |
William Dunlop behind Conor Cummins. This is down to Lindsay hairpin. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:28 | |
Taking it out nice and wide. Then tucking it in nice and neat around | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
the turn, then on the power and out. Everyone pretty much of a muchness | 0:39:32 | 0:39:38 | |
there. That's the classic way to a hairpin. You can only do that when | 0:39:38 | 0:39:42 | |
you don't think Michael Dunlop is behind you. This is a replay of the | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
start of the race. Johnson seemed to have his hand on his leg there. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
This is the Flying Kilo on a superbike. Look at the people on | 0:39:49 | 0:39:55 | |
the right side, wow! Looking back from Iain Lougher. Oh, that was so, | 0:39:55 | 0:40:05 | |
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everybody. Guy Martin is well, the thing was he won the first race. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:19 | |
Michael crashed. At that time he was leading Michael Dunlop. It | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
wasn't as if Michael Dunlop threw the race away. I'm sure that | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
Michael Dunlop that was just a symptom of his symptoms and he just | 0:40:26 | 0:40:30 | |
couldn't hold that bike, the front tucked underneath him. He couldn't | 0:40:30 | 0:40:35 | |
hang onto it a moment longer. I wonder if he'll be trying to get | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
through and do what he normally does, likes to do, is get away, | 0:40:39 | 0:40:47 | |
build himself a cushion and not have to worry about that. Less than | 0:40:47 | 0:40:52 | |
a second between the top three at end of the first lap. Oh, he's | 0:40:52 | 0:40:57 | |
stopping, William's stopping. dear. William Dunlop was in sixth | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
place. Everyone else behind shuffles up once. There's Michael | 0:41:00 | 0:41:05 | |
Dunlop in third. We're riding with Iain Lougher as well. There's | 0:41:05 | 0:41:09 | |
William. Poor William Dunlop. His day will not end in the way he | 0:41:09 | 0:41:14 | |
wants it. That's his second retirement. Gary Johnston has a | 0:41:14 | 0:41:19 | |
look at Guy Martin there. That was almost a pass, wasn't it? Yes, | 0:41:19 | 0:41:27 | |
we're back with John Burr -- Burrows. They've spread out a bit. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
That's such a big corner. But they're all big here at the Ulster | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
Grand Prix. What the organisers do there at the top of Deer's Leap | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
there's a sign that says turn right, keep right, sharp right. They have | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
to take that away to give them a run off. It is so sharp into that | 0:41:43 | 0:41:50 | |
part of the circuit. This is going fairly sharp as well. Guy Martin | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
looking to become the first double winner of the day. We look back | 0:41:53 | 0:41:59 | |
from Iain Lougher's bike. No-one behind him now. Oh, yes there is. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
That's Bruce Anstey. He's got his win. He's got a win today, maybe he | 0:42:02 | 0:42:08 | |
doesn't need to try that hard in this one. Bruce didn't turn it on | 0:42:08 | 0:42:13 | |
when he wants to, but he doesn't seem to have the same legs that we | 0:42:13 | 0:42:18 | |
saw. Poor start from him. Yeah. The 600 was his moment of glory. Will | 0:42:18 | 0:42:23 | |
he be back next year? We'll have to wait and see. Gary Johnson looks | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
behind. There's Michael Dunlop. Anyone going into work this week | 0:42:26 | 0:42:33 | |
with a bad back, or not going into work because of that, Michael | 0:42:33 | 0:42:37 | |
Dunlop is making a mockery of that. William has suggested this week | 0:42:37 | 0:42:43 | |
that it's all an act. He's closing up on Iain Lougher. You have to | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
remember Michael Dunlop, he is at work. He can't phone in sick. This | 0:42:46 | 0:42:56 | |
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is how he makes his money. These Martin still from Gary Johnson, | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
does not look any different from the same position on this track | 0:43:05 | 0:43:10 | |
from the previous lap. No-one seems to have gained or lost anything. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:15 | |
They have broken away from Conor Cummins. Six tenths at the end of | 0:43:15 | 0:43:22 | |
the last lap and it will probably be the same again. Oh, collar | 0:43:22 | 0:43:27 | |
Commons, crosses the line. And he is 1.5 seconds behind the man in | 0:43:27 | 0:43:33 | |
third place. Still that lead for Guy Martin over Gary Johnson. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:38 | |
changing about, I think, there. Ryan Farquhar, still behind Conor | 0:43:38 | 0:43:43 | |
Cummins but still there. That leading breakaway group. If you're | 0:43:43 | 0:43:53 | |
not with them out, you never will be. Not yet halfway. Guy Martin. I | 0:43:53 | 0:43:56 | |
think he may be did not brake as well into that as well as he wanted | 0:43:56 | 0:44:03 | |
to. Gary Johnson was very small -- berries with. Much smoother into | 0:44:03 | 0:44:13 | |
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Leathemstown. He loses on the exit speed. Deer's Leap. I caught a | 0:44:15 | 0:44:20 | |
glimpse of Bruce Anstey at the back. Conor Cummins is chucking that Tyco | 0:44:20 | 0:44:27 | |
Suzuki at the course. They climb on to the Deer's Leap. Into | 0:44:27 | 0:44:34 | |
Cochranstown. Maybe Gary Johnson? Going back to Ian Lougher and Bruce | 0:44:34 | 0:44:40 | |
Anstey. Coming out of Deer's Leap. There is nothing in this for Bruce | 0:44:40 | 0:44:46 | |
Anstey. He can close up but then he drops back again. Michael Dunlop, | 0:44:46 | 0:44:53 | |
still behind Gary Johnson. And away towards the corner. Ian Lougher, | 0:44:53 | 0:44:59 | |
there is a change going on under the trees. Michael Dunlop trying to | 0:44:59 | 0:45:04 | |
go past Gary Johnson. He needed to be on the inside. There was no room | 0:45:04 | 0:45:12 | |
for Dunlop. He had the power. is Bruce Anstey, fading away. This | 0:45:12 | 0:45:20 | |
is a big climb. It is all uphill. Dunlop has not given up his chance | 0:45:20 | 0:45:26 | |
at second place. He has got the past. Under the trees, when he | 0:45:26 | 0:45:32 | |
comes out he will be in front. powered through. He will still be | 0:45:33 | 0:45:38 | |
in second place... That was very decisive from Michael Dunlop. Gary | 0:45:38 | 0:45:42 | |
Johnson will have to get back now or settle for third place because | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
Michael Dunlop has got Guy Martin in his sights. Bruce Anstey has got | 0:45:47 | 0:45:56 | |
Ian Lougher in his sights. What will happen? Between these? How | 0:45:56 | 0:46:01 | |
will that one pan out? Michael Dunlop, he is definitely closing in. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:06 | |
Around Lynsey hairpin and that is brilliant for Michael Dunlop. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:12 | |
did not give one millimetre. He might have gained slightly. I have | 0:46:12 | 0:46:16 | |
a feeling at the start of this that Michael Dunlop might just shoot | 0:46:16 | 0:46:20 | |
into the distance. You might see that distance of five seconds but | 0:46:20 | 0:46:26 | |
it is turning into this three-way scrap. Just starting to ease off. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:33 | |
From Gary Johnson. He can see a chance for the lead and he will | 0:46:33 | 0:46:39 | |
ride the wheels from that machine. In pursuit of Guy Martin. Guy | 0:46:39 | 0:46:43 | |
Martin has been riding very well. He has been riding better and | 0:46:43 | 0:46:49 | |
better. He is in the best form this year. But he has his work cut out, | 0:46:49 | 0:46:58 | |
even though he won that earlier race. And almost one second back to | 0:46:58 | 0:47:03 | |
Gary Johnson. He has lost a lot of time and a lot of road. This man | 0:47:03 | 0:47:08 | |
has closed up with Guy Martin. In that trio, Gary Johnson has stayed | 0:47:08 | 0:47:15 | |
where he was and Michael Dunlop has got Guy Martin firmly fixed. Just | 0:47:15 | 0:47:20 | |
getting ready to pull the trigger. At the start of the Michael Dunlop | 0:47:20 | 0:47:24 | |
had been beaten by Guy Martin and he said he would see big sponsors | 0:47:24 | 0:47:28 | |
and wins this year. He will win the ones that matter. And that is what | 0:47:28 | 0:47:32 | |
will be going through his mind right now. Guy Martin seems to have | 0:47:32 | 0:47:38 | |
his front wheel planted. Dunlop comes back on the back wheel. Over | 0:47:38 | 0:47:46 | |
the front, it is about four feet off the ground, Deer's Leap. And | 0:47:46 | 0:47:54 | |
this is it. Bruce Anstey. Still cannot get past Ian Lougher. And | 0:47:54 | 0:47:59 | |
Michael Dunlop cannot get past Guy Martin. He is close. Still plenty | 0:47:59 | 0:48:05 | |
of time. One is going to happen on the slipstream? Gordon has Cross is | 0:48:05 | 0:48:10 | |
a crucial part of this section. It is all about Guy Martin defending. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:17 | |
Michael Dunlop looking behind. With Ian Lougher and Bruce Anstey. He | 0:48:17 | 0:48:23 | |
got a very big drive on the Ian Lougher. Again, he is much closer. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:29 | |
He has to drop back. Has Bruce Anstey missed his gears? Possibly. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:38 | |
He lost a place. I to the trees. It is Dunlop. He was leading. There he | 0:48:38 | 0:48:46 | |
is. Yes, Dunlop leads and then Guy Martin, what has Guy Martin got? | 0:48:46 | 0:48:51 | |
Listen to the grounds! Michael Dunlop had the slipstream. He has | 0:48:51 | 0:48:57 | |
just done that again. Look at him moving around on a motorcycle. It | 0:48:57 | 0:49:02 | |
hurts Alonso much just to walk. I'd bet there was a huge cheer at the | 0:49:02 | 0:49:05 | |
grandstand from those watching this on the big screen when Michael | 0:49:05 | 0:49:09 | |
Dunlop went past Guy Martin. This is John Burrows. There is a battle | 0:49:09 | 0:49:17 | |
developing up ahead. Ian Lougher has got at number 15. We have just | 0:49:17 | 0:49:21 | |
seen him going past Bruce Anstey and Bruce Anstey is still there. He | 0:49:21 | 0:49:25 | |
has possibly just dropped his throttle or something. He has got | 0:49:26 | 0:49:32 | |
it. Harrison, one of that bunch of newcomers in this event. I think we | 0:49:32 | 0:49:37 | |
will see him going even quicker in years to come. Guy Martin going | 0:49:38 | 0:49:42 | |
quicker. I think Michael Dunlop has got this. Especially after the big | 0:49:42 | 0:49:46 | |
Superbike race earlier on. He will not want to give this up and Guy | 0:49:46 | 0:49:50 | |
Martin will have to put in the writer's life to get past Michael | 0:49:50 | 0:49:56 | |
Dunlop as they come over the line. The distance? Just two-tenths of a | 0:49:56 | 0:50:01 | |
second. That is how close this is. Gary Johnson dropping back towards | 0:50:01 | 0:50:05 | |
Conor Cummins as well. There is a bit of history, there. Here comes | 0:50:05 | 0:50:11 | |
Guy Martin. Along The Flying Kilo. Harrison. Bruce Anstey. Having | 0:50:11 | 0:50:17 | |
trouble getting past. He did not want to give away that place. | 0:50:17 | 0:50:22 | |
is the Ulster Grand Prix, battles going on everywhere. There is a big | 0:50:22 | 0:50:28 | |
crowd this year. A great start from Michael Dunlop. Superb racing from | 0:50:28 | 0:50:33 | |
Guy Martin. And Harrison. Lots of entertainment all the way through | 0:50:33 | 0:50:37 | |
the field. Lots of scrapping going on. A this be a scrap that | 0:50:37 | 0:50:42 | |
everybody is interested in. This is the battle for the lead of the | 0:50:42 | 0:50:46 | |
final race of the day. With the second Superbike race, looking for | 0:50:46 | 0:50:51 | |
the first double win and that must happen now. It will be Michael | 0:50:51 | 0:50:56 | |
Dunlop or Guy Martin. Or Gary Johnson! Anything could happen. | 0:50:56 | 0:51:01 | |
This is a last gasp move, who knows? Harrison is really picking | 0:51:01 | 0:51:06 | |
up the pace. One to watch for the future. We will be hearing a lot | 0:51:06 | 0:51:10 | |
more about that man, I am sure. Bruce Anstey pushing back into the | 0:51:10 | 0:51:20 | |
distance. Harrison, very keen on taking us back to Ian Lougher. The | 0:51:20 | 0:51:26 | |
this is a fall off Deer's Leap. he has gone through. He worked and | 0:51:26 | 0:51:31 | |
very nicely. Back with Dunlop and Guy Martin, under the trees they go. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:38 | |
Oh! He has been a mistake. Is that Jordan's Cross? He has gone through, | 0:51:38 | 0:51:44 | |
Michael Dunlop made the mistake but he welcome back. No, no... So, Guy | 0:51:44 | 0:51:49 | |
Martin leaves. Wow! He would have to put in the lap of his life and | 0:51:49 | 0:51:53 | |
it looks like he is doing that. What response will be get from | 0:51:53 | 0:51:58 | |
Michael Dunlop? We know what to expect. And straight back in front. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:04 | |
Watch him when he comes out of the trees. So, Michael Dunlop, past Guy | 0:52:04 | 0:52:12 | |
Martin, retakes the lead. This is a scratchy corner. The Lynsey hairpin | 0:52:12 | 0:52:16 | |
will be interesting. That was just before Jordan's Cross, when that | 0:52:16 | 0:52:24 | |
happened. So, then. Guy Martin using every inch. Ian Lougher. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:34 | |
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Harrison. They will have to wait and see. He is going past him, now. | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
Did I say that Bruce Anstey was falling off the back of this | 0:52:37 | 0:52:44 | |
battle? Here he is! He has got no brakes! How does he dropped back | 0:52:44 | 0:52:49 | |
and then have to regather? The lap record holder, of course, around | 0:52:49 | 0:52:56 | |
the Dundrod circuit. 33.9 mph. And then on the bike at Bruce Anstey. | 0:52:56 | 0:53:05 | |
John Burrows, he bought at machine from the TS boys. The same again. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:10 | |
Michael Dunlop. Right out to the edge. Hanging off the bike. | 0:53:10 | 0:53:16 | |
drifts. Michael Dunlop does drift a lot of the time. The last lap. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:22 | |
Cannot be any more exciting than the one we have had? Guy Martin, | 0:53:22 | 0:53:31 | |
The Flying Kilo. Dunlop gets across him. Into the rock section. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:37 | |
Suddenly, he came, whoosh! We are not for another classic last lap of | 0:53:37 | 0:53:40 | |
the Ulster Grand Prix. How many times have we seen this in the | 0:53:40 | 0:53:45 | |
past? Dunlop, Guy Martin. Guy Martin is riding fairly well, | 0:53:45 | 0:53:52 | |
indeed. But a man in front is injured, he is hurting. Can he keep | 0:53:52 | 0:53:56 | |
this up? He will be feeling this at the moment. He will feel it when | 0:53:56 | 0:54:01 | |
the race is over and he gets off. He will then have trouble. Look at | 0:54:01 | 0:54:07 | |
that power, up to the top of Deer's Leap. Super-fast. The world drops | 0:54:07 | 0:54:13 | |
away. Guy Martin on the back wheel this time. Michael Dunlop, planted | 0:54:13 | 0:54:18 | |
firmly on the floor. The final time. Cochranstown. Don't dare take your | 0:54:18 | 0:54:28 | |
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eyes of these two riders. We have to be on Carrigard for Michael | 0:54:28 | 0:54:33 | |
Dunlop being passed by Guy Martin going up towards Wheelers. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:40 | |
tenths and a second. That is a great battle for third place. That | 0:54:40 | 0:54:45 | |
history and mentioned in this race, with Gary Johnson taking out Conor | 0:54:45 | 0:54:48 | |
Cummins. Maybe some payback from Conor Cummins if he can get past | 0:54:48 | 0:54:55 | |
him. Out of Leathemstown... Towards Deer's Leap. To wards the top of | 0:54:55 | 0:55:00 | |
the hole. Now, towards the slipstream. Danger area! Back | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
markers. And they are through. Plenty of opportunities for Guy | 0:55:05 | 0:55:10 | |
Martin to get past Michael Dunlop. And it goes on and on. Through | 0:55:10 | 0:55:16 | |
Joey's Windmill. Oh! Guy Martin at Jordan's Cross. They come out of | 0:55:16 | 0:55:21 | |
the tree $:/STARTFEED. It's Guy Martin! Guy Martin is through and | 0:55:21 | 0:55:29 | |
Michael Dunlop, up towards Wheeler's... It is still Guy Martin. | 0:55:29 | 0:55:34 | |
We have got the hairpin and The Quarries. My God Dunlop can get | 0:55:34 | 0:55:41 | |
past. What a finish this is for the Ulster Grand Prix 2012. My God | 0:55:41 | 0:55:44 | |
Dunlop is thinking about this hairpin, when they get there. He | 0:55:44 | 0:55:50 | |
did it twice to William Dunlop last year. In exactly the same way. | 0:55:51 | 0:55:56 | |
crash the first time. Or on the inside. Look at that! He has pushed | 0:55:56 | 0:56:05 | |
him wide. That was very Michael Dunlop! Guy Martin's and Anton... | 0:56:05 | 0:56:10 | |
He was not expecting that at all. In The Quarries, this is the | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
opportunity for Guy Martin. It will be Michael Dunlop who is going to | 0:56:13 | 0:56:19 | |
win. At his two wins. He isn't close enough. He will not get him. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:24 | |
It is only a Dunlop mistake that will hand 10 victory. He went into | 0:56:24 | 0:56:29 | |
that hairpin with the classic line, done and dusted, no room for | 0:56:29 | 0:56:33 | |
anybody, even Michael Dunlop. But there was. And there is the | 0:56:33 | 0:56:40 | |
chequered flag. I wonder what Guy Martin has to say about that! | 0:56:40 | 0:56:45 | |
Cubicle, collar Commons gets third place from Gary Johnson, only just. | 0:56:45 | 0:56:53 | |
Ryan Farquhar... But the winner, Does that top of a pretty good | 0:56:53 | 0:56:58 | |
season? Yes. I have come to groups with everything and it has been | 0:56:58 | 0:57:03 | |
great. Thankfully, the team worked really well. I think a lot of | 0:57:03 | 0:57:07 | |
people had their suspicions that the team did not work at all. But | 0:57:07 | 0:57:11 | |
we have proven that we can win at international level. And with the | 0:57:11 | 0:57:20 | |
best. He has been on his backside once already today! He is a Man of | 0:57:20 | 0:57:23 | |
the Match and he deserves this left. By that brings us to the end of | 0:57:23 | 0:57:28 | |
what has been a fantastic Ulster Grand Prix. Six different winners. | 0:57:28 | 0:57:33 | |
You don't get much better? A and Michael Dunlop, the double. He came | 0:57:33 | 0:57:37 | |
here to win five races but there are five other people with the same | 0:57:37 | 0:57:41 | |
idea. He picked up the double, one in the first race and the last race. | 0:57:41 | 0:57:45 | |
The boy has shone brightly today. The Ulster Grand Prix has | 0:57:45 | 0:57:49 | |
established itself over the past years as one of the best courses in | 0:57:49 | 0:57:54 | |
the world. It produces this fantastic racing. This is a grand | 0:57:54 | 0:57:57 | |
prix road race and that is what this track gives you. The fastest | 0:57:57 | 0:58:00 | |
road race in the world and we have proven it is one of the most | 0:58:00 | 0:58:04 |