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the world. This is our second highlights programme from the Ulster | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
Grand Prix. We have another hour of rest taking motor cycling action. | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
You have got the best seat in the house. Set back and enjoy some | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
really special, really fast and really close road racing. He was | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
what's happened so far. The weather has got the better of | :01:06. | :01:25. | |
everyone. He has put on his tinted visor. Here they go. | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
That is one of the finest sites of any motorsport. | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
Bruce Anstey is not close enough. They crossed the line side-by-side. | :01:40. | :01:54. | |
The one that? 1000 of a second. It was a close old race! Away they go! | :01:55. | :02:04. | |
We all get ready to go again. The second chance but Lee Johnston. | :02:05. | :02:25. | |
The machine of William Dunlop has just exploded underneath him. It is | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
going to be a battle all the way to the end. Nearest the camera, | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
streaking into the lead. A massive lead, but there is a | :02:39. | :03:00. | |
proper scrap. Some thrilling racing so far. The racers or following in | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
the footsteps of many of the greatest ever seen. Some of the best | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
motor cyclists in the world have competed here down through the | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
years. This is a unique event steeped in history and heritage. We | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
have had all of the famous riders here down through the years. Joey | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
Dunlop. I can go on and on. Right through our own Philip McCallan, the | :03:31. | :03:39. | |
Dunlop rubber is. -- the Dunlop brothers. It has not been easy. We | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
had a complete wash-out in 2008. It almost brought the competition to | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
its knees. It is unbelievable. We have over 40 newcomers this year. 15 | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
countries represented. An international event. Massive crowds. | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
Absolutely, people coming from all over the world, Canada, America and | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
all over Europe. I have been in Dundrod | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
all over Europe. I have been in over 25 years. -- Dundrod and | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
District Motorcycle Club. 52 weeks every year. Maybe we get a week off | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
all stop but the work starts again. We are all volunteers. Up to | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
probably 100 people. What kind of things has the club done this year? | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
We have the Joey Dunlop grandstand. That was sold out before the event. | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
We have a number of seeded grandstands around the event and we | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
have added an extra TV screen. What other things would you like to do | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
around the circuit to improve it? Safety is my priority and Paramount | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
at all times. Anything that we can do at all to make it safer, we will | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
do it. The circuit itself, as far as road racing is concerned, is second | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
to none. But the campsites, things like that we seem to be struggling | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
with. It is the dream of every rider to ride around here. No writer has | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
ever come and said he does not want to go back. One of the most | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
successful riders in this event is Philip McCallan. You one around the | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
circuit board team times. It is great to see this race back where it | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
belongs. It certainly is. It is one of the top road races in the world. | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
The current generation of riders are giving us what we want. Thank you. | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
This is the race they all want to win. The feature event. The Ulster | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
Grand Prix. Here are some of the main contenders. Seven times a | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
winner. William Dunlop is at his peak. One victory behind him. That | :06:07. | :06:15. | |
will not sit well with brother Michael Dunlop. Lee Johnston has hit | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
form this year and he could be a winner in any race. Peter Hickman is | :06:22. | :06:35. | |
the fastest newcomer. Guy Martin loves this Grand Prix and has 11 | :06:36. | :06:44. | |
wins to prove it. Bruce Anstey has won this event a times already and | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
could make it nine. Here is the great coming up. Bruce Anstey is | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
simple position and ideally situated. Guy Martin is right behind | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
him and looking over his shoulder. -- is in pole position. A little | :07:03. | :07:13. | |
upset earlier Ron but there are six riders here who could win this race. | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
-- earlier Ron. Conditions are dry. You can see the gaps in the grid. | :07:20. | :07:28. | |
William Dunlop is a nonstarter. Peter Hickman in that orange jacket | :07:29. | :07:37. | |
inroad to. Get ready to start. The Ulster Grand Prix, the big feature | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
race of the day. Peter Hickman looking down and start -- checking | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
something. But we are ready. Who will get away first? Guy Martin. | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
Look at the job he has done. We will see some slipstream already. Bruce | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
Anstey goes up the inside. The Johnson is also looking menacing. A | :07:59. | :08:09. | |
cracking start for Ian Hutchinson. For those going down The Flying | :08:10. | :08:10. | |
Kilo. Guy Martin and Bruce For those going down The Flying | :08:11. | :08:20. | |
and Lee Johnston behind. Ian Hutchinson will be loving this. | :08:21. | :08:30. | |
Bruce Anstey providing the pictures. Michael Dunlop, look at him go. | :08:31. | :08:41. | |
Bruce Anstey bashing up Guy Martin. Dropping down to Deer's Leap. There | :08:42. | :08:50. | |
is lots of movement going on further behind. This is a replay of what | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
happened on Thursday night. It was all about Guy Martin and Bruce | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
Anstey. Afterwards Bruce said it was just a rehearsal. Waiting for | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
Michael Dunlop. Not a great start from him. Nice and dry. A right | :09:08. | :09:17. | |
turn. Write out to the edge, Bruce Anstey. What a surprise Peter | :09:18. | :09:31. | |
Hickman has been this year. All colours under his leathers. Huge | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
cuts on his arms. Here we go. Guy Martin, Bruce Anstey at the Ulster | :09:38. | :09:50. | |
Grand Prix. He does not want any of that cut and thrust, he wants it all | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
sorted and settled. We'll Bruce let him have it? Still damp under the | :09:55. | :10:04. | |
trees. Bruce Anstey might be a little bit damp after that. Guy | :10:05. | :10:12. | |
Martin, if he turns around now, he will see a different coloured crash | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
helmet coming towards him. Lee Johnston. Bruce Anstey has dropped | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
off the pace a little bit. These three breaking away. The Tyco Suzuki | :10:21. | :10:31. | |
Superbike is very fast. Guy Martin seems to love this track. Lee | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
Johnston as well. They will not block the much it Lee sticks it up | :10:38. | :10:45. | |
the inside of that hairpin. Always rises to the occasion. This is his | :10:46. | :10:54. | |
meeting. You can count on Guy Martin standing on the top of a podium. | :10:55. | :10:57. | |
This is the race that everyone wants. Patterns are being passed by | :10:58. | :11:17. | |
Peter Hickman. -- Lee Hutchinson. Guy Martin, Lee Johnston. They are | :11:18. | :11:29. | |
going over at the start finish line. As they go over the finish line, he | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
has set himself up for the -- be flying kilo. Bruce Anstey might | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
emerge at the head of this -- The Flying Kilo. He was thinking about | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
the other one. Just a little bit too late. He is up to second place, put | :11:51. | :11:58. | |
Lee Johnston back to third. Tracking Guy Martin as they head towards | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
Leathemstown. Heading up to the big corner, it is Deer's Leap. Flat on | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
your side at 180 mph, if you're not utterly committed when you get | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
there, it will go wrong. Michael Dunlop is not on the pace of the | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
front three. I do not know what the issues are. He will not be happy in | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
fourth place. Peter Hickman will be delighted. At the speed traps, it | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
was William who was fastest and he was knocking off 190 mph lapse back | :12:33. | :12:47. | |
to back. -- lapse. -- laps. It proves what you were saying about | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
the speed of the Tyco Suzuki. Bruce Anstey is looking fast around the | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
corners. Runs out widely, Johnston is looking for an opportunity. Lee | :12:59. | :13:05. | |
Johnston is doing well. He is going in pursuit of the number one | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
position. He really wants this big bike win. He has done it on the | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
little ones, he wants to do it on the big ones. He is in the | :13:14. | :13:23. | |
slipstream, heading up the hell, he needs to be closer. Bruce is close | :13:24. | :13:37. | |
-- hell. -- hill. I wobble from Guy Martin. Those white lines are tricky | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
when it is dry -- a wobble. It has stayed wet. It is Wheeler's Corner. | :13:45. | :13:55. | |
They start to drop back down. It is a 3-way fight. Dunlop is behind. He | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
might be closing in, Michael Dunlop. Lee Johnston hanging his foot off | :14:05. | :14:12. | |
the pedal. You would want to get off at Tornagrough, it is that kind of | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
corner. Lee Johnston, plenty of movement in that back wheel. One | :14:19. | :14:30. | |
chance between here and the start finish line. You're hoping to set | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
yourself up for a tie. Bruce needs to be close. Lee Johnston, the Joker | :14:36. | :14:44. | |
in the pack, Guy Martin knows what it takes to win and so does Bruce on | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
that Apple Bruce Anstey. Lee Johnston isn't yet to taste that. -- | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
Bruce Anstey. He has another marker. Michael Dunlop and the BMW has been | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
beyond the pace. The lap times are good. Bruce Anstey is going. He is | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
back in second. Here's the one watch. These are not 600s, boys | :15:12. | :15:21. | |
act-macro, an! That was all to play for. --!. Michael Dunlop's bike was | :15:22. | :15:39. | |
on pace for a lap. There is up -- that gap opening up and then it | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
closes and squeezes out Bruce Anstey. This is their first time. He | :15:43. | :15:50. | |
has never raced here before. He is fourth, and on the pace. He is | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
looking dangerous as Michael Dunlop always does. He cannot ride his way | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
out of whatever the situation is. They are trying to think of | :16:01. | :16:02. | |
out of whatever the situation is. make the bike do what he wants. They | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
have people from Germany, addressing the problem, when they find the key | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
and unlock it, that will be at. At the moment, it works well on long | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
circuits, but here, he has to work at it -- that will be it. Great | :16:19. | :16:27. | |
battle further back. It is not just these three providing all the | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
entertainment. Bruce Anstey is challenging Guy Martin. We look back | :16:31. | :16:39. | |
from the BMW and Peter Hickman. There is the external view. Steve | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
Mercer is looking for a way past. Have we got a two way fight? They | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
are heading out towards Ireland's Corner. Look at Michael Dunlop | :16:54. | :17:01. | |
heading -- hanging off the bike. Do not look over your shoulder, here | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
comes Michael Dunlop! Lee Johnston is gaining. There is Ian Hutchinson. | :17:08. | :17:14. | |
Nice to see him back at the Ulster Grand Prix. He has not had much luck | :17:15. | :17:23. | |
on the injury front. Bruce Anstey is closing in on Guy Martin taking Lee | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
Johnston with them. Lee Johnston has closed the gap. He has found a drive | :17:29. | :17:40. | |
up the hell. It is wet! -- hill. That was almost a bailing out | :17:41. | :17:47. | |
moment. Here we go again, this is unbelievable. Watch for the movement | :17:48. | :17:57. | |
in the bike. That unsettled him. -- unsettles. Did not like watching | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
that. It made me feel uncomfortable. Goodness knows what it made Lee | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
Johnston feline. It made him feel about -- made him feel like trying | :18:07. | :18:17. | |
for the full past -- pass. Dunlop is trying to gain positions. They are | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
moving into Lindsay Hairpin. They will have to start thinking about | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
their plans, what they are planning to do as the chequered flag | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
approaches. Seven laps in total, half race still to go. It will be | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
working out who is good where, who is quick where. Lee Johnston will | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
not get through. They are watching each other and seeing where the | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
bikes and tyres work best and where it is easy to cover. Guy Martin is | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
riding as hard as the other two. You get a glimpse of wobble here and | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
there. Guy Martin did a television series and had to get superfit. That | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
has really helped his racing. Lee Johnston had a look on Bruce Anstey. | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
Nothing is going to happen, perhaps a move at Leathemstown. A great duel | :19:20. | :19:26. | |
between Steve Mercer and Derek McGee. The sheer speed of the BMW, I | :19:27. | :19:35. | |
am sure that helps. Here comes the sheer speed of Michael Dunlop on his | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
BMW and it is a fight between the gang of four, making their way up by | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
Leathemstown. Go on Michael, get in their! He is not that far behind up | :19:47. | :19:54. | |
the hill, it is still three on one. It is cranked so far over. You can | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
tell by his body language, Michael Dunlop is doing everything he can to | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
get that bike amongst these three. He was super quick out of Deer's | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
Leap. Here is Bruce Anstey on Guy Martin. Just tracking along, heading | :20:13. | :20:25. | |
towards that slow right-hander. Coming through Quarterlands, it is | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
Ireland's Corner next. Michael Dunlop is right off, all his weight | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
on the BMW. It is not doing him any good, he needs to be smoother than | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
that. He is a desperate man, you know at times, that is Michael. If | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
he is not winning, the world has come to an end. He is trying | :20:51. | :20:59. | |
everything he can to get up there. This is working, but he needs so | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
much confidence and a stable motorcycle. This is a Grand Prix | :21:04. | :21:12. | |
circuit in the hills above Belfast. You need to be absolutely sure about | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
your motorbike. How are this lot going? Just as good as the battle in | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
front, Steve Mercer and Derek McGee still behind Peter Hickman. What a | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
talent Peter Hickman -- Peter Hickman is for the future. What a | :21:27. | :21:35. | |
talent at the front. Four riders who are all capable of winning and all | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
more or less in range of winning. If the leading trio have any problems, | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
Michael Dunlop will be there. Did he get that wrong? I thought he was a | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
bit too wide. No, he got it absolutely perfect. He is looking to | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
see what is going on behind him. That must be a bit daunting when you | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
look around and there is the same bike right behind you, as close as | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
it ever was. It is starting to rain. That would be a spanner in the | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
works. Lee Johnston is still behind at the two guys in front, Guy Martin | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
doing all the legwork. Lee Johnston will not get past Bruce Anstey. Lee | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
Johnston wanted the success on the big bikes. He is having had good | :22:23. | :22:31. | |
tries. He has suddenly arrived -- having a good tries. The crowd are | :22:32. | :22:45. | |
urging their man on -- try. Here comes Bruce Anstey. That was brave | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
staff. Bruce has had enough following now -- staff. -- stuff. | :22:53. | :23:07. | |
Excellent work from Lee Johnston. It would be nice to see Lee Johnston on | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
the top step. This is the BMW working for Michael Dunlop, he needs | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
to get as close as he can. Fairy tales do not always happen in by | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
grazing, especially not road racing, but Michael Dunlop is within | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
striking distance of a podium place. He is closer than he has been, it | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
depends if he can then tame that as they go through Ireland's Corner and | :23:33. | :23:40. | |
Wheeler's Corner. -- maintain out. -- that. This is still a four way | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
fight. There are four of them in it and Michael Dunlop is close enough. | :23:49. | :23:55. | |
If I was Lee Johnston, I would be starting to worry. Michael Dunlop | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
has it up and working now. The track has tried out a bit. I think he is | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
able to ride it -- dried out. It seems to be working for him. | :24:14. | :24:22. | |
able to ride it -- dried out. It close enough? He could be. With the | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
rain on the windscreens, it is hard to tell. It | :24:30. | :24:30. | |
rain on the windscreens, it is hard harder and faster on a motorbike | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
than it really is, because you are getting it in your face at such a | :24:36. | :24:44. | |
speed. We saw it on Lindsay Hairpin, how bad this is. This is getting | :24:45. | :24:53. | |
serious. A big wheelie from Guy Martin. He has the Tyco Suzuki on | :24:54. | :25:03. | |
fire. He has lost four are five metres on the way up the hill. Lee | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
Johnston is still pressing Bruce Anstey. Guy Martin got that right | :25:08. | :25:16. | |
last time, not making any mistakes this time. That will cost Lee | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
Johnston. That was lovely from Bruce Anstey coming into Lindsay Hairpin. | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
Lee Johnston will have dropped off the back of this. His momentum has | :25:28. | :25:34. | |
been caught. That will slow him. Here comes Michael. Here comes Bruce | :25:35. | :25:42. | |
Anstey, the fastest man around the Ulster Grand Prix circuit. That | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
record is still standing from 2010. The fastest man at the Isle of Man. | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
So smooth, Bruce, when you watch him race. Coming out of the slipstream, | :25:54. | :26:01. | |
is he ready for a rundown towards Leathemstown? This is a hard place | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
to pass. Not this time, he had to hold off. Lee Johnston is still | :26:07. | :26:14. | |
there. Where is Michael Dunlop? We will find out when they get down to | :26:15. | :26:21. | |
Leathemstown. Guy Martin will not be pleased if he should leave this race | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
for as long as he had and not end up on the top step. Bruce Anstey is | :26:26. | :26:34. | |
right up behind him. Bruce is fed up with waiting. This is definitely his | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
moment, out of the slipstream, what him pass on the right-hand side. Guy | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
Martin will not let him. Lee Johnston is joining back in again. | :26:45. | :26:51. | |
Three riders with Michael Dunlop. He has said goodbye to our podium | :26:52. | :27:07. | |
finish. This is Ian Hutchinson. The battle at the front is still as | :27:08. | :27:09. | |
tight as it was. Anstey was 25 we would be going this | :27:10. | :27:33. | |
is fantastic. He is showing there is plenty of life in the old dog yet! | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
Guy Martin might be having a little look up the inside. Lee Johnston | :27:38. | :27:45. | |
also has plenty of momentum. He is hanging on the coat-tails of Bruce | :27:46. | :27:54. | |
Anstey. Side-by-side. Such commit and at such speed on such a track. | :27:55. | :28:05. | |
-- such commitment. Up into second place. I think Bruce Anstey followed | :28:06. | :28:12. | |
the line of Lee Johnston. Guy Johnston -- Guy Martin is the one | :28:13. | :28:22. | |
that is benefiting. Into the hairpin. Bruce Anstey is close | :28:23. | :28:28. | |
enough. We have seen so many mistakes here in the past. So many | :28:29. | :28:37. | |
races won and lost at this hairpin. Michael Dunlop is desperately trying | :28:38. | :28:41. | |
everything he can in fourth place to get amongst the guys in front. Ivan | :28:42. | :28:50. | |
Lintin. He is closing, closing. He could be about to go past Ian | :28:51. | :28:51. | |
Hutchinson, but not this time. Time is running out at the Ulster | :28:52. | :29:09. | |
Grand Prix to decide a winner. Three candidates, possibly number four. | :29:10. | :29:18. | |
Lee Johnston needs to catch Guy Martin. Traffic in front of Guy | :29:19. | :29:26. | |
Martin and this could change everything. He is coming up on a | :29:27. | :29:35. | |
slow rider. No problems going past. A problem for Lee Johnston. I think | :29:36. | :29:40. | |
he has got to hold off. That has cost him. Look how close Bruce | :29:41. | :29:46. | |
Anstey is now. He certainly lost his momentum. His line was taken from | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
him momentarily but he is back into third place. Steve Mercer. What a | :29:53. | :30:02. | |
shame! He was going so well. He put so much effort into this weekend. | :30:03. | :30:06. | |
That is a disappointment for him and his team. But this is not | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
disappointing for any of us. It is wonderful. Guy Martin, do not look | :30:13. | :30:19. | |
around! He will not have time to look around. He needs to keep his | :30:20. | :30:24. | |
eye on what is happening. Seven laps of the Ulster Grand Prix. This is | :30:25. | :30:29. | |
the big one of the weekend and it is the one that everyone wants. They go | :30:30. | :30:36. | |
down to Ireland's Corner. Guy Martin still looking smooth. Bruce Anstey | :30:37. | :30:45. | |
is super-smooth. Look at that! Lee Johnston is trying and a bit more. | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
He has been watching Michael Dunlop! He could not take that any further. | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
Lee Johnston slides out, he glides out. He tucks it back in in time. He | :30:58. | :31:06. | |
was so lucky. That was very close to the hedge. Stay on the track! Bruce | :31:07. | :31:20. | |
Anstey tucked in behind Guy Martin. Plenty of movement. Bruce Anstey is | :31:21. | :31:26. | |
crowding Guy Martin now. More traffic to deal with. All! That was | :31:27. | :31:37. | |
so close! He had to think about that. He will do well to get past | :31:38. | :31:47. | |
that Tyco Suzuki. He has done it! That was tremendous. There are some | :31:48. | :31:53. | |
places on this course for overtaking is difficult. It was really hard | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
there. He was not expecting it. Neither was the crowd. Guy Martin is | :31:59. | :32:04. | |
very popular but when you see a move from Bruce Anstey like that... It is | :32:05. | :32:12. | |
not used, it is experience. Can Guy Martin close the gap? I think we | :32:13. | :32:15. | |
have seen a race winning move from Bruce Anstey. Bruce Anstey is going | :32:16. | :32:22. | |
to win again. Coming down the hill. There is only one chance here on the | :32:23. | :32:28. | |
last lap. You say that. He has to slow down. You can climb into the | :32:29. | :32:33. | |
corner but you have to slow down. Bruce Anstey... And Guy | :32:34. | :32:40. | |
corner but you have to slow down. but he was not close enough. Lee | :32:41. | :32:44. | |
Johnston gets third place. He will be pleased. Michael Dunlop comes in | :32:45. | :32:54. | |
a fighting for. Michael Dunlop seven seconds off the top spot. Peter | :32:55. | :33:00. | |
Hickman, what a performance from him. Bruce Anstey, congratulations. | :33:01. | :33:07. | |
You getting better with age? I think so. I really | :33:08. | :33:11. | |
You getting better with age? I think changed a few things. It was a | :33:12. | :33:24. | |
really good race. I tucked inside, I tried to hold on. Guy Martin, a | :33:25. | :33:30. | |
great race. You and tried to hold on. Guy Martin, a | :33:31. | :33:41. | |
went head-to-head. He is wonderful. Absolutely great to race with. I am | :33:42. | :33:48. | |
gutted that I finished second! But it is good to be part of it. | :33:49. | :33:55. | |
gutted that I finished second! But you could not have given that any | :33:56. | :34:05. | |
more effort. I picked a safe bet. The last lap, I had nothing left to | :34:06. | :34:15. | |
give. The next race is for the Supersport machines. You should we | :34:16. | :34:19. | |
be looking not for? It will be a tough decision. Bruce Anstey is a | :34:20. | :34:24. | |
double winner so far. Guy Martin is in the frame as well so far. Let's | :34:25. | :34:36. | |
not forget Lee Johnston. He has had two podium finishes so far and he | :34:37. | :34:40. | |
wants that win. He would be very popular. Time to join our | :34:41. | :34:45. | |
commentators. What a grid we have on the second | :34:46. | :34:49. | |
time of asking. Lee Johnston, William Dunlop. Bruce Anstey, it Guy | :34:50. | :35:01. | |
Martin. Ivan Lintin. Michael Sweeney. Any one of those could be a | :35:02. | :35:11. | |
winner today. We get ready for the start. Watch the lights. He will get | :35:12. | :35:19. | |
the best start? It looks like it is Lee Johnston. Bruce Anstey is coming | :35:20. | :35:37. | |
through. They are just flying past! Still managing to hold on. We look | :35:38. | :35:48. | |
back from the bike of Lee Johnston. A gap on the third row of the grid. | :35:49. | :35:54. | |
William Dunlop from Bruce Anstey. Guy Martin. Lee Johnston. Pick any | :35:55. | :36:02. | |
one of your usual suspects as we head up the hill. Elbow to elbow at | :36:03. | :36:16. | |
this point. Bruce Anstey is down! He has gone down quite hard. Instant | :36:17. | :36:24. | |
replay. A great solution from the marshals. Ian Hutchinson is down as | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
well. They could not sort themselves out. Ian Hutchinson cannot leave | :36:30. | :36:36. | |
that. He did everything to avoid the accident of Bruce Anstey. Red flag, | :36:37. | :36:48. | |
instantly. Lee Johnston expressing what everyone thought about that. I | :36:49. | :36:52. | |
think everyone got up and walked away. It is the bike that did the | :36:53. | :37:02. | |
damage. Derek McKay does not want to get involved with Bruce Anstey. The | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
bike just comes back in and then it skids. Does Steve Mercer Get | :37:09. | :37:19. | |
Involved? There is debris everywhere. Hutchinson helping out. | :37:20. | :37:39. | |
That is a blocked track. Because of the long delay dealing with bad | :37:40. | :37:45. | |
accident, the second Supersport race will not be run. There is a record | :37:46. | :37:51. | |
number of newcomers among them a rising young star. Glenn Urban is | :37:52. | :37:56. | |
having a tremendous season on the short circuit. He decided to | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
continue a family tradition and try out road racing. We followed him on | :38:01. | :38:11. | |
his debut. -- Glenn Erwin. I always wanted to have a go at it. My father | :38:12. | :38:21. | |
was a road racer. He has a number of records. He has a lot of history and | :38:22. | :38:26. | |
a lot of people know him. If you are going to go and do a race, you must | :38:27. | :38:32. | |
have good backing. It is brilliant. How are you feeling about being here | :38:33. | :38:37. | |
and competing in your first road race? I was furry nervous yesterday | :38:38. | :38:43. | |
before the first session. I have not felt that nervous in a long time. I | :38:44. | :38:51. | |
never thought I would qualify in a good position today. Do you think | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
you have taken to road racing a lot quicker than you thought? Yes, | :38:57. | :39:01. | |
definitely. But when I think about it, it is to have wheels, it is a | :39:02. | :39:08. | |
track. You do not want to crash. You will get in trouble with your team. | :39:09. | :39:12. | |
I need to be a little bit more reserved. What are your ambitions | :39:13. | :39:19. | |
this week? If you asked me yesterday, I would say top ten. But | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
every racer races to win. If you get on that great thinking you want to | :39:27. | :39:30. | |
be in sixth or seventh, then think on. It is a beautiful sunny evening. | :39:31. | :39:38. | |
The super Twins get under way. Lee Johnston in the pink helmet. Getting | :39:39. | :39:45. | |
swamped by the grid. Glenn Erwin getting off to a reasonable start. | :39:46. | :39:59. | |
Dan The Flying Kilo. -- going down. He seemed to get swallowed up. Here | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
comes Lee Johnston. Perfect conditions. Over the hill at | :40:05. | :40:10. | |
Jordan's Cross. Lee Johnston very much the man of the moment. This | :40:11. | :40:17. | |
could turn out to be his race. Into the Lindsay Hairpin. It is Lee | :40:18. | :40:25. | |
Johnston. A little bit twitchy. He is twitching away. Into the dirt! No | :40:26. | :40:48. | |
catching Lee Johnston. Into the Lindsay Hairpin. A fast approach. He | :40:49. | :40:57. | |
knows how to ride a motorbike. But he has to catch the man in front. | :40:58. | :41:12. | |
Johnston wins it and the rest of them are side-by-side. It was a race | :41:13. | :41:18. | |
of two halves. I thought I did enough in the last lap. I made a | :41:19. | :41:25. | |
mistake. I gave to many in the end. They had all passed me before I even | :41:26. | :41:28. | |
came out of They had all passed me before I even | :41:29. | :41:31. | |
experience. It bodes well for They had all passed me before I even | :41:32. | :41:36. | |
Saturday. I know that I am strong, I know that I am weak. Let's see how | :41:37. | :41:43. | |
he gets on in this next race. I am sure he will have learned plenty as | :41:44. | :41:48. | |
he tries to get his first podium at the Ulster Grand Prix. The race will | :41:49. | :41:51. | |
he tries to get his first podium at be run in very difficult conditions. | :41:52. | :41:59. | |
It is raining heavily. it is completely different to the way it | :42:00. | :42:05. | |
was on thursday. this is the least of glenn erwin's problems. he is | :42:06. | :42:08. | |
leaving the line without starting the race -- glenn erwin. -- glenn | :42:09. | :42:31. | |
erwin. what a grade we have got. -- what a grade. That did look good. | :42:32. | :42:48. | |
Was that John Walsh? It is Ivan Lintin. It is getting a bit murky. | :42:49. | :42:56. | |
They're heading towards Leathemstown. He has been swallowed | :42:57. | :43:03. | |
up by the rest of the pack. An itchy trigger finger at the start, did not | :43:04. | :43:09. | |
get away so cleanly. We are looking at the man ahead with James Cowton, | :43:10. | :43:15. | |
he had a couple of wins on Thursday. He is a rising star. Out in front, | :43:16. | :43:22. | |
Ivan Lintin. He is such a versatile rider. This is his class. He is | :43:23. | :43:30. | |
bombing away at the front. Connor Behan him, he is there. He is not | :43:31. | :43:54. | |
happy. He is coming under pressure, he has not got away with that. It is | :43:55. | :43:59. | |
wet through here. That was a little bit of dust on that 600 tumble. | :44:00. | :44:05. | |
Nothing serious. I was getting concerned about the rain. We are | :44:06. | :44:18. | |
back on board with James Cowton. Here is the man still dominating the | :44:19. | :44:21. | |
pays, Ivan Lintin, he will take some catching. -- pace. He has quite a | :44:22. | :44:33. | |
lead. That is a great lead. He has just torn off. We saw him win here | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
last year. How delighted was he then? Certainly further back, | :44:39. | :44:49. | |
Sweeney, Connor Behan, battling it out. Connor Behan showed up on top | :44:50. | :44:54. | |
form at the North and then had a little tumble which spoiled him -- | :44:55. | :45:10. | |
North West. That was rather close. He tucks in behind Connor Behan. | :45:11. | :45:18. | |
Connor Behan gets on the power. They are quick, but not as quick as the | :45:19. | :45:24. | |
Supersport. 140 mph through the speed trap. Nice bikes to ride, but | :45:25. | :45:29. | |
not a handful as James Cowton tries to find way past Connor Behan and I | :45:30. | :45:34. | |
think he done it. Connor Behan has the left-hand side, but he was not | :45:35. | :45:45. | |
giving that up. Lindsay Hairpin. Look at the gap. Ivan Lintin, | :45:46. | :45:52. | |
goodbye everyone else, I am off! It is not nice here. Are we looking at | :45:53. | :46:04. | |
the first, second and third as they stand? Ivan Lintin, Derek McGee | :46:05. | :46:10. | |
behind him. A battle developing about third place, these two seem to | :46:11. | :46:14. | |
be coming forward is a bit. It is still wet here. Dash-macro/ | :46:15. | :46:25. | |
dash-macro/ it could be Christian Elkin. That | :46:26. | :46:54. | |
was a good start from him. Such a bizarre start. Too late for anyone | :46:55. | :47:29. | |
to catch the man at the front. Ivan Lintin is so good off the line. At | :47:30. | :47:36. | |
the North West he almost forgot he was in the lead. He needs to keep | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
his head down. I do not think you will do that again. It is a murky | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
afternoon here in Ulster and the clouds are closing in and the rain | :47:48. | :47:53. | |
is closing them. No one is closing in on Ivan Lintin. You get this | :47:54. | :48:07. | |
corner right and it is lovely to see. Ivan Lintin does not need to | :48:08. | :48:15. | |
hurry. There he goes, McGee is a second place, Christian Elkin is in | :48:16. | :48:24. | |
third place. It is a struggle to know where to look or who to look | :48:25. | :48:31. | |
out for. This lead of Ivan Lintin's is so huge and James Cowton seems to | :48:32. | :48:39. | |
be taking the fight for words. Those early pioneers of super twin | :48:40. | :48:46. | |
racing, then along came Ryan Farquhar, they were not happy when | :48:47. | :48:51. | |
he got involved, because he was a quality racers. -- supertiwn. Jim | :48:52. | :49:17. | |
Smith has designs on the podium. Christian Elkin, we have seen him | :49:18. | :49:22. | |
have some great battles -- James Cowton. Christian Elkin still a two | :49:23. | :49:48. | |
stroke Staller earlier in the race. Once you have the bug, you do not be | :49:49. | :49:53. | |
able to seem to get rid of it. This is so accessible. It is tightening | :49:54. | :50:00. | |
up. It is no longer the cheap and quick fixed that it was when Ryan | :50:01. | :50:06. | |
Farquhar first envisioned it. As soon the big-name teams started | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
playing this feels, the cost of entering goes up. -- Fielden. It is | :50:12. | :50:29. | |
still Ivan Lintin at Leathemstown. -- field. Can he catch McGee? Ian | :50:30. | :50:50. | |
Morrell, another of the Reagan here in Northern Ireland. -- regulars. | :50:51. | :51:04. | |
140 mph. That is so fast, because the Superbikes, super stocks and | :51:05. | :51:17. | |
super sports, it makes it look slow -- superstocks. -- supersports. | :51:18. | :51:28. | |
Riding hard is the attraction. -- superstocks. -- supersports. | :51:29. | :51:34. | |
performance was hampered by its comparative lack of power. You need | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
to ride it as hard as you know how. Great way to expand your skills and | :51:40. | :51:41. | |
to ride it as hard as you know how. a great way to see top riders | :51:42. | :51:47. | |
battling it out each other. It is all about control. We are back with | :51:48. | :51:56. | |
Ivan Lintin. Derek McGee in second place, it looks as though he may | :51:57. | :52:01. | |
have broken Christian Elkin and James Cowton. Derek McGee is a | :52:02. | :52:05. | |
regular here. It would be great to see him on the podium. Ivan Lintin | :52:06. | :52:11. | |
knows it is up to him. There is no one behind him. Christian Elkin is | :52:12. | :52:22. | |
now dropping off the pace of James Cowton. Derek McGee looks as if he | :52:23. | :52:29. | |
is still edging ever so quickly, further ahead of James Cowton. Looks | :52:30. | :52:36. | |
further ahead than he is. Here they come in and Christian Elkin is still | :52:37. | :52:41. | |
there. He has lost momentum and that will cost him. He lost the speed | :52:42. | :52:52. | |
around the turn. He is right on the power, finding his way past Timothy. | :52:53. | :52:59. | |
Paul shoesmith goes past the Frenchman. -- Shoesmith. I do not | :53:00. | :53:14. | |
think anyone will change this now. Christian Elkin, there is too much | :53:15. | :53:21. | |
to do for him to make up that gap. James Cowton, we are looking at Ivan | :53:22. | :53:36. | |
Lintin, and Derek McGee. It looks like being another victory for Ivan | :53:37. | :53:44. | |
Lintin at Don dropped. Just flows through Leathemstown -- Don dropped. | :53:45. | :54:01. | |
-- Dundrod. He will not be as pumped as this man. There is nothing quite | :54:02. | :54:05. | |
like winning races to get you in the mood for the next green light. Not | :54:06. | :54:12. | |
even bothering to turn around. He knows the gap. He is out into the | :54:13. | :54:20. | |
realms of the teams. He will win this by about 13 seconds at least as | :54:21. | :54:27. | |
long as nothing changes. He has not put a foot wrong. James Cowton is | :54:28. | :54:31. | |
third, Christian Elkin should be arriving in the picture in fourth | :54:32. | :54:37. | |
position any minute now. Some are in the middle of that, we have seemed | :54:38. | :54:42. | |
Derek McGee. Ivan Lintin would not see him if he turned around now. He | :54:43. | :54:50. | |
was through Ireland's Corner before the number to bike comes around. | :54:51. | :54:54. | |
That was Christian Elkin disappearing up the hill. This is | :54:55. | :55:00. | |
James Cowton. Quarterlands, it does not sound too clever. It sounds | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
clunky, but apparently it is all right. There is Christian Elkin. | :55:06. | :55:51. | |
Number 17. Is it brightening up? Lindsay Hairpin for the last time in | :55:52. | :55:56. | |
this race. This is a time when he will be hearing funny noises. Such a | :55:57. | :56:03. | |
nice guy, Ivan Lintin. Lots of success on Supertiwns and it will | :56:04. | :56:11. | |
continue here. A good result for McKinstry Racing and nice to see the | :56:12. | :56:23. | |
supporters carry on winning. Sam Dunlop will win that battle. Here | :56:24. | :56:30. | |
comes the man on his way to the chequered flag. 12 seconds or so. No | :56:31. | :56:52. | |
one is there. Congratulations, you hit the front and never looked back | :56:53. | :56:58. | |
stop I did not think I would get away. I thought it would be the race | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
on Thursday, everyone together. I started looking behind me and not I | :57:04. | :57:11. | |
would maintain the gap. -- and I thought. That brings us to the end | :57:12. | :57:18. | |
of the Ulster Grand Prix. Difficult conditions and difficult | :57:19. | :57:20. | |
circumstances for the organisers having to deal with the crashes but | :57:21. | :57:24. | |
they got there in the end. It was superb this year. Things went wrong, | :57:25. | :57:30. | |
but a lot of things went right. We had new faces in the international | :57:31. | :57:35. | |
scene, we had Bruce Anstey picking up a two more wins. He is still | :57:36. | :57:44. | |
going home happy. Even though he will go home a little bit sore after | :57:45. | :57:48. | |
that crash. I hope you have enjoyed the action, we will be back here | :57:49. | :57:54. | |
next year, but from that -- for now, it is goodbye. | :57:55. | :59:00. | |
One, two, three, four. Here they come! | :59:01. | :59:06. |