0:00:37 > 0:00:42Welcome to Dundrod, home of the world's fastest road-racing circuit.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Coming up on tonight's programme,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49action from the final three races of the day,
0:00:49 > 0:00:54but already, it's been a blistering MCE Insurance Ulster Grand Prix.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Here's a reminder of the story so far.
0:00:57 > 0:01:03And it's go for Ulster Grand Prix 2016 and look at Peter Hickman!
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Oh, Peter Hickman! I think that was Michael Dunlop he flew past.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09And Hickman leads! Dean Harrison into second,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Dan Kneen's also up there in fourth.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Oh! And he's through!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Where did Hutchinson come from?!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24And they are side-by-side.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29And Hutchinson goes through.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Oh, big wobble from Hutchinson, as he takes the chequered flag!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Oh!
0:01:47 > 0:01:52Cummins just in third place, from Dean Harrison.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55What a move from Dan Kneen! He's taken both of them!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But it's Bruce Anstey still out in front.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Neil Kernohan, with a belter of a start.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- Wow! They touched! - Ooh, they touched!- They did!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We are on board with Dean Harrison. How tight is it through here?!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Hickman is getting mugged, though.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Hickman is going backwards.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Anstey's having a look at Hutchinson.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Will he get past? - Yes, he will!- Wow!
0:02:26 > 0:02:28And here goes Hutchinson.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30He is on the right side to make the move and he is through.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What a race! What a result!
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Phillip McCallen is alongside me on the grid.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46He's one of the most successful riders ever here,
0:02:46 > 0:02:47with 14 Ulster Grand Prix wins.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Phillip, some great racing already in Dundrod and more to come.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Yeah, it's been superb. Hutchy is in top form, with two wins,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Bruce Anstey is in top form, with one win. Things haven't went right
0:02:57 > 0:02:59for Michael Dunlop yet, so he wants a win,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03but this Supersport race is going to be even more exciting.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I think the dark horse in this race could be William Dunlop.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10William has a very, very fast 600 Yamaha and he wants a win,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12so I think we'd better watch out for William.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Bruce could be hard to beat again.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Bruce wants another win again
0:03:15 > 0:03:17and we've got Dan Kneen there, as well.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20We've got a few boys that definitely want to win.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23OK, let's get to the action and join our commentary team,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Dave Moore and Richard Nichols.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28There are a lot of people here who want to win.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30William Dunlop is on row two, though.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Ian Hutchinson has already won twice today,
0:03:33 > 0:03:34to make it seven in total.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Bruce Anstey, another winner.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37This is a busy grid, isn't it?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It is a very busy grid, a grid that has been held,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42a slight delay, because of rain at Deer's Leap.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Let's hope everything is dry by the time this one gets away,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46but look at those front three rows.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Plenty of potential winners, as Phil McCallen said.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And don't forget, there is a second wave, as well.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57They can win on corrected time, though that is pretty unusual here.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00It's a bit cooler than it has been, but the rain is holding off.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Watch the lights, get ready for the start.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Who is going to be quickest off the line, when we get going?
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Oh, Dean Harrison is looking good!
0:04:07 > 0:04:10So, too, Bruce Anstey, Ian Hutchinson...
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- but it's Conor Cummins!- Again!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Another great start from Conor Cummins.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Look at William Dunlop coming up behind Bruce Anstey.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19We're looking at Dean Harrison, we've a faceful of Dean Harrison.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21That is William Dunlop, is it? Yes, it is!
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Faceful of William Dunlop. - William Dunlop up into just...
0:04:24 > 0:04:27or just tucked into second place, in behind Ian Hutchinson.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- What are cracker! There's bikes everywhere!- Look at Hutchy go!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Look at Dunlop. Got a great start, didn't he, from row two?
0:04:32 > 0:04:37And Dan Kneen has been in the thick of it all through the racing today,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39but Hutchy, again, trying to make an early break.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Plenty of position changes further back, as well.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Next wave gets away.- Here we go.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Triple one, McCormack.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Mark Parrett and Dan Hegarty. Davy Morgan.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Deer's Leap.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Hutchinson from Dunlop from Anstey.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Cummins is there, as well...
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Sorry, Harrison back in fifth place.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59This is what it is like coming down the Deer's Leap.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Down and then it starts slowing for Cochranstown.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Unfortunately, William's brother, Michael Dunlop,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08is a non-starter for this race.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Oh!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13It's too close for 600 racing, that, isn't it?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19So, Hutchy from William, with that number 5 behind.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Bruce would like another Supersport win.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24It's a rare international road race in Northern Ireland
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- that hasn't got a Dunlop name at the top of...- Oh!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It's got a Dunlop name at the top of the leaderboard now, though,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33as William Dunlop, smooth as you like, through on Ian Hutchinson.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35The power of the Yamaha!
0:05:35 > 0:05:39A rare meeting without a Dunlop name on the top step of the podium
0:05:39 > 0:05:41and this is William's last chance, isn't it, really?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It is, really, yes. You wouldn't expect him to...
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I'm just holding my breath there, as they clip the kerb!
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Let's have a look again
0:05:49 > 0:05:52from Dean Harrison's perspective, off the front row.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54And a good getaway from Conor Cummins.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Here comes Hutchy blasting alongside him, coming through the pack.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Next, you just get a glimpse of Bruce Anstey. There he is.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Bruce Anstey in third, looking for win number two on the day.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Around Dawson's Bend to come, to complete the opening lap.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10It will be William Dunlop
0:06:10 > 0:06:12whose name will still be on the top of the leaderboard.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15It's Hutchinson, then it's Anstey.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Oh, and just a tenth of a second between them.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Cummins in fourth. In...
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Here comes Dan Kneen.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Man of the moment, for brave, as far as I'm concerned.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Just tucked up behind Dean Harrison, alongside him, almost, there,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32going towards Rock Bends, but not going to happen.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Hutchy has got a point to prove every time he gets on a motorbike
0:06:35 > 0:06:39and he is looking like a man who is about to prove it any moment now.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Over Deer's Leap, one of the most iconic parts
0:06:42 > 0:06:43of any racetrack around the world
0:06:43 > 0:06:48and I include Eau Rouge at Spa and the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50It's just as exciting as those!
0:06:52 > 0:06:55A slight gap from William Dunlop and, again, you are seeing
0:06:55 > 0:06:58the speed of Dunlop's bike in a straight line.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Well, we know it's very fast,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04we know that William Dunlop is a 600 expert.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07He keeps trying to win on big bikes and break away from that,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10but he is so good on these smaller bikes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Hutchinson looking to gain
0:07:12 > 0:07:15and Cummins, also, looking to gain on Anstey.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Harrison is coming up behind Conor Cummins.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Dan Kneen going along, as well.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Dan Kneen still stuck at the tail end of this little group, isn't he?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25More or less.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29And we are on board with him now, as he has another go at Dean Harrison.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It is difficult to get past, so it's the likes of the Lindsay Hairpin
0:07:33 > 0:07:35and the parts of the track where they have to slow
0:07:35 > 0:07:38that, sometimes, that's where moves will be made.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43It's a train, now, of high-speed 600cc motorcycles.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Looking back from Conor Cummins, at Dean Harrison.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Dan Kneen is the shadow behind him.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Well, Harrison is much closer this time around,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53going into the Lindsay Hairpin than they were on the opening lap
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and he's going to have a go up the inside of Cummins.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Into the hairpin, I think he's got him!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- He has!- It's not an easy thing,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- to keep it on the way out, though, is it?- No, it isn't,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06but I think Harrison will make that one stick.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09So, William Dunlop is our race leader, still.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12So, it was a tenth of a second first time around.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13It's two tenths this time,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16so Dunlop has only pulled out a tenth on Hutchinson.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18In fact, 1.5 seconds covering the top seven
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and that is Cummins going through.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25And now Dean Harrison wants a piece of the action, as well.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29So, Cummins through on Dean Harrison.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Ooh! Hutchinson!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Got him! And what a move!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36You don't see many moves there.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38This is into Leathemstown.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Hutchy bringing all his short-circuit experience to play
0:08:42 > 0:08:45here at the Ulster Grand Prix and it is the kind of place
0:08:45 > 0:08:48that you can do that, that rewards it,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51like the Alastair Seeleys at the North West chicane,
0:08:51 > 0:08:53are really pure invention, aren't they?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56But there are a lot of short-circuit moves available
0:08:56 > 0:09:00at the Ulster Grand Prix for a rider who is constantly
0:09:00 > 0:09:03elbow-to-elbow in the pack, week in, week out.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Hutchinson had great drive out of Leathemstown as well, didn't he?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08But William Dunlop, I think, will gain up the ground
0:09:08 > 0:09:12that he loses in those positions, because his bike is so fast.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15He's lost a little bit
0:09:15 > 0:09:19out of the corner, perhaps, has he, to Bruce Anstey?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Is Anstey closer to the back end of William Dunlop's Yamaha than he was?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Oh, this could be Dunlop!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26No, not close enough.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Oh!- Yes, it is! - Maybe, I don't think so.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I didn't think it was. You can see him twisting the throttle there,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33blipping the twistgrip.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And Bruce Anstey now trying to get through and we are back...
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Dan Kneen is going to go past Harrison, is he? No.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Again, this is it, you can gain in certain places on this track,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45but you don't actually get the opportunity to go through.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Sometimes, you can just accelerate on the wrong part of the circuit.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51From up here, it looks so wide and easy.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54And Dunlop is going to make a pass, I think, and stick it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- He is.- That's the power of his machine that I've been referring to.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00He just has that little bit more oomph than Hutchinson.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03So, the power of Dunlop against the guile of Hutchinson,
0:10:03 > 0:10:04I would say, in this one.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I was about to say that it's really difficult to pass up here,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and that William Dunlop just did it...
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Oh, a bit of movement going on behind them, as well.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19This is so manly this course,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- that's all I'm going to say.- This is a typical 600 race, isn't it?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Especially on the roads.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So, looking back from Cummins, he's defending his line this time.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Harrison won't get through.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34They are just on the gas the whole time, the 600s round here.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The Superbikes, you have to treat with respect,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38the Superstockers you can be a bit more carefree with,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41but these, you can just twist it open and keep her pinned.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Oh, they will still give you a ride, as well, these machines.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45They can be quite brutal.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48We have seen a little bit of movement in some of the bikes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Here they come out of Dawson's, to complete this third lap
0:10:51 > 0:10:56and start number four. It is still Dunlop from Hutchinson.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- And...- Dean Harrison again, is this going to happen for him?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I don't think so.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Well, he is doing what we just saw Ian Hutchinson try to do.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Hutchinson is trying to get as close to William Dunlop's rear
0:11:06 > 0:11:09as he can, as Dean Harrison takes it to the edge and goes past Dan Kneen.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11But Hutchinson is looking to tuck in
0:11:11 > 0:11:14behind Dunlop as much as he can as they go onto the straight,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16then try and use the slipstream to get past William Dunlop
0:11:16 > 0:11:19if he can. But he can't. Dunlop's bike is so fast
0:11:19 > 0:11:21that even Hutchinson can't get through.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Anstey having a look, I don't think he'll get past just there,
0:11:24 > 0:11:25maybe though there might be
0:11:25 > 0:11:27something happening here at Leathemstown.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Dan Kneen close to the back of Dean Harrison.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Hickman's said, "Enough's enough..."
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Where's he coming from?!
0:11:33 > 0:11:37He's been in seventh place from the start of this race.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39He's just taken two positions.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41But he might lose one to Harrison now,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44but I think he's just had enough of sitting at the back!
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Oh, and Hickman having a look over at Dean Harrison.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Oh, and that's close. That is very, very close.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56We're just getting our breath back here, as Dean Harrison...
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I'm just waiting for Hutchy to...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Yes. ..to do unto William as William has done to him.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02And he wants...
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I don't know whether he's thinking, "I'll wait and do it on
0:12:05 > 0:12:07"the last lap", or if he wants to try and make the break.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08I don't think he can make the break.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I think the issue is that none of this lot can get away from
0:12:11 > 0:12:16each other, so it's all going to be last lap desperado stuff.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Look at that, Dan Kneen's been shuffled back to seventh now
0:12:18 > 0:12:21as well! It is like card shuffling, isn't it?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And all the while, there in third place, Bruce Anstey,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26who we haven't seemed to mention much.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Just sitting there. We're riding with him now,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32tucked in behind Hutchinson. Hutchinson and Dunlop doing
0:12:32 > 0:12:36all the duelling, and Bruce Anstey looks like he's gone along
0:12:36 > 0:12:39for the ride, but he is ready and waiting to pounce.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Dean Harrison is riding really well actually. The thing you've got
0:12:45 > 0:12:46to remember about these races,
0:12:46 > 0:12:51people like the Williams and the Hutchies are riding at their best,
0:12:51 > 0:12:56but there are other people here riding at their very best in these
0:12:56 > 0:13:01circumstances, in this weather, and they're still not in this race.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02This is how tough it is at the front here.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05You've really got to be something special to be in this
0:13:05 > 0:13:07leading group of six or seven riders.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12So then, the Lindsay Hairpin. What will happen this time around?
0:13:12 > 0:13:17It doesn't look as if anyone is close enough to fashion a move.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20As I say that, Harrison is trying to take on Cummins again,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22but he's going to tuck in just behind.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25It's all happening at the back, as well.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Kneen, I thought might just lose out, but he's not,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29he's staying there, having a look at Hickman.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I think he'll do well to get past Hickman here, though.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Just tucked in alongside him, reading the dials.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37So, Ian Hutchinson again,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40see how he's trying to get on the back of William Dunlop?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43There's no need for him to try a move here.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46He wants to get as close to the rear of Dunlop as he can and then
0:13:46 > 0:13:51slipstream the move past him onto the Flying Kilo. Here they go.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54See how he tucks in? He's following on the same line.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Hutchinson pulling the pin, trying to get past, but he can't,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- that bike of Dunlop's looks just too fast.- Here comes Bruce!
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Bruce Anstey's using the slipstream, Anstey goes into second place.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Hutchinson might be able to fight back at Leathemstown.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Harrison in fifth, Hickman in sixth!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14HE LAUGHS
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Bruce getting creative now. He knows it's getting to the end
0:14:17 > 0:14:19of the race. He'd like to make this a double.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23William would like to take the win and make at least one addition
0:14:23 > 0:14:28to his trophy cabinet at the Ulster Grand Prix.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Had a quick check and tucked his head right back down behind
0:14:31 > 0:14:34the bubble, and he gets flat down on the bike, to make the most
0:14:34 > 0:14:36of all that lovely, lovely Yamaha power.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41And he's still got Bruce with him. Hutchy close behind.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44There's a gap now behind, back to Conor Cummins.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47But that could easily close back up again.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50We've seen gaps appearing and they all close back up.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52But this is, again, another wonderful race
0:14:52 > 0:14:55at the Ulster Grand Prix on the Dundrod Circuit.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58You can see why necks are craning from every vantage point.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00When you ride round the place,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03you can't have a bad race on a circuit like this, can you?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06And they're all having a brilliant race once again.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Gold medallists to a man, I've got to say.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10No spots of rain, either, this time.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13There was a little at Deer's Leap. It looks completely bone dry.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Oh, Hutchinson through on Anstey! Hutchinson up into second place.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- He sneaked that past Bruce, didn't he?- He did.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Brucey won't like that very much.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Oh, and Hutchy is already having a think about Dunlop, isn't he?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Dunlop just looked to bottom out
0:15:28 > 0:15:30there, as they went through Joey's Windmill.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34They're going up towards Jordan's. Through they go.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Looking back from Conor Cummins,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39but it's what's happening in front that we really want to have
0:15:39 > 0:15:41a look at, because Hutchy is getting very racy,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Hickman here getting even racier.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Well, there's plenty to look at, isn't there?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Everywhere you look something is going on.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51So, Hutchy still behind William Dunlop,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53didn't find the space he was looking for,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57but he definitely wants to get out in front and clear off again.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Hutchinson's got to try something different, because he knows he can't
0:16:01 > 0:16:04get out the slipstream onto the Flying Kilo,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08so maybe at the Lindsay Hairpin, something like that, is what
0:16:08 > 0:16:12would represent his best chance and then defend his position from there.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14He's still in second, behind Dunlop.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Dan Kneen must be really hacked off being where he is,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18cos he's ridden out of his skin.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20The man to watch though, Hickman, now up to fourth place.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24On the move. Can he get involved with the front three now?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- And here is...- Hutchy.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Again, looking to get on the back of Dunlop, as we said before.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31But he won't get past, unless he's going to get such
0:16:31 > 0:16:35a good tow that he's propelled past, using the slipstream to full effect.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I'll tell you what, Hutchy thought about that. He really did.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And now he's got the drive out of the corner.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47He won't get past, I don't think.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50He's probably giving Bruce the tow that helped Bruce slingshot
0:16:50 > 0:16:53past him before, and that's exactly what's happening once again.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57And back up into second place. Or does he?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- Hutchy ready for it. Got it covered. - Yes, he has got it covered.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And Hutchinson with plenty of momentum to pull up on to
0:17:03 > 0:17:05the rear of Dunlop and he'll be looking for the tow
0:17:05 > 0:17:08from Dunlop, as well, as they exit Leathemstown.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Dunlop just seems to leave the brakes,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13or certainly, slows a bit later.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Hutchinson's in front of them now as they go towards Leathemstown.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Oh, and he gets it all wrong.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20He's off, he's on the grass. What happened there?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- He got that braking very late. - Maybe he had an issue.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Oh, backmarkers, as well.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28I think Dan Kneen may have had some kind of issue there.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Let's have a look back. Looking for a way past.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Yeah, that's not a human mistake,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36that's something wrong with his bike.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Well, Dan Kneen off nice and gently at Leathemstown. If you're going
0:17:40 > 0:17:43to fall off anywhere round here, that's one of the good places.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Hutchy and Bruce Anstey, meanwhile, are carrying on
0:17:46 > 0:17:48like there's no tomorrow.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52And Anstey...
0:17:52 > 0:17:57Hickman up into third. The man to watch. It would be remarkable
0:17:57 > 0:18:02if Peter Hickman stole this one, but he's coming up behind Hutchinson.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05He's in a podium place, from being seventh,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07which is no bad thing, at all.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Bruce has gone backwards.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Will Bruce Anstey be content with fourth place?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Is he that kind of rider?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Racing Bruce is here this weekend. It's the real one.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17He won't like that, at all.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18That won't help him.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Just snatched it a little bit on the edge of the Lindsay Hairpin.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25I think these boys are getting a little bit ragged now.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Oh, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31He's done it. He's done it! Unbelievable.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35He did it to Amor six years ago. He's done it to William Dunlop here.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38What a shame for Dunlop. It will be Ian Hutchinson.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41He's the only rider I've ever seen to pass at Dawson's!
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Hutchinson takes the chequered flag
0:18:44 > 0:18:46and what a shame for William Dunlop, in second place.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48That was superb stuff
0:18:48 > 0:18:50from Ian Hutchinson.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51That was the move
0:18:51 > 0:18:52of the meeting, so far.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54No Dunlop winner at the 600 race
0:18:54 > 0:18:56here at the Ulster Grand Prix, then.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It's Hutchy. Third of the day.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Talk us through that move late on to clinch it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06I, kind of, knew from first lap that I was strong there,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and watched him every lap into there and thought,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11"It's definitely on for me". There was nowhere else I could do it,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14cos anywhere I passed him, he'd just pass me down the straight.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17We were trying to get past down the start/finish straight,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20if I pulled out his slipstream, the 600s are all passing each other
0:19:20 > 0:19:23down that straight, but as soon as I pulled out, my bike stopped dead,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26so I just kept as close as I could and hoped that no-one else -
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Bruce or anyone - got involved on the last lap.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I knew I had to be on his back wheel into the hairpin
0:19:31 > 0:19:32to make it work, and the plan came together.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I'm sure William Dunlop would have taken second at the start,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38but given the circumstances, I think he'll be disappointed that
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Ian Hutchinson is taking the top step of the podium, after another
0:19:41 > 0:19:43thrilling Supersport race at Dundrod.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49So, another podium for Peter Hickman, who's become one of the
0:19:49 > 0:19:53stand-out performers on the roads over the last couple of seasons.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56The British Superbikes star picked up a win last year,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58at just his second visit to the Ulster Grand Prix,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01and already he's become a firm fans' favourite.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Peter, third time here and, judging by last year,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13you're starting to feel at home?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- LAUGHING:- Yeah, the Ulster Grand Prix's been good to me so far.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I had a really good first year,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21finished fifth in the Superstock and the Superbike race,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and then, last year, obviously, finished second in the Superstock,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27which I should have won, to be fair.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Ohh, it's Hickman from Johnston.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I think that's worked perfectly for Peter Hickman.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34That Superstock race was as tight as it gets.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Yeah, really tight,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38a lack of experience on my side really lost me the race.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I was leading coming out of the hairpin,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42which basically means the race is done,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46and I was a bit wide into Quarry bends, which in my head
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I seemed to think was the right line and, as I found it, it wasn't!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Let Lee slip up the inside.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Lee Johnston from Peter Hickman.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58What a great race to crack off the Ulster Grand Prix.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02But you learnt your lesson for the Superbikes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Exactly that. I learnt my lesson for the Superbike race
0:21:04 > 0:21:07later in the day and managed to get a first international road race win.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10It's going to be Hickman. Hickman will take the victory.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Is it going to do it to the line? Oh, and Hickman's sideways.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Hickman's got it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18What is it about this place that is special?
0:21:18 > 0:21:24Everything about it. The setting, the circuit, the fans.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28It's so, so fast. It all flows, I love circuits that flow
0:21:28 > 0:21:30and you can link one corner to the next all the time.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33That's a really good thing about the Dundrod Circuit.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35So, you had good results last year.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38how you feeling about this season and your chances?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Yeah, coming here for the first time with a new manufacturer,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Kawasaki, I'm here with GBmoto, and yeah, it's a really good team,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46a really good bike. We've been having
0:21:46 > 0:21:48a strong British Superbike season
0:21:48 > 0:21:50and, yeah, it's going to be different.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52It's the first time I've ridden this bike round here.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It's going to be good. I'm really looking forward to it.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Are you the kind of guy that sets yourself targets?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Not really got any sights, as such, for here,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03but obviously, I've been on the podium twice, now.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04I've had a podium and a win,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07so going backwards is failure, isn't it?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And we'll see Peter in the final Superbike race of the day.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Next up it's the Supertwins
0:22:15 > 0:22:19and, Phillip, not as fast as the big bikes, but noisy.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22They might be noisy, but they're very, very competitive.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24This is a pretty even field throughout.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26The boys have to ride them so hard -
0:22:26 > 0:22:28deep into the corners, hard on the brakes -
0:22:28 > 0:22:32just squeezing every little bit of power they can out of them.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35How important is it that this class is in the Ulster Grand Prix?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37This is a very, very important class,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40because it's much more affordable than a Superbike.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42It means a lot of people can get onto the grid
0:22:42 > 0:22:45that wouldn't normally be able to afford a Superbike.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Still great racing. Let's get to it and join Dave and Richard.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53And it's another interesting grid, with Derek McGee on pole position.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Dan Cooper alongside him.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Michael Sweeney and Derek Sheils making up that front row.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Yes, Dan Cooper had that big crash in the North West 200
0:23:02 > 0:23:05in this class. He injured his shoulders,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09but he says that he's ready to go the distance in this one.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Everybody there is in with a shout, I would say, in this leading group.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15You could see a winner off the second wave,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18but it's highly unlikely, so we're looking at these three rows
0:23:18 > 0:23:21to provide the winner for today.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26As we go. Watch the lights and wait for the start.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Oh! Right up in the air, Derek Sheils.- Derek Sheils.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Yeah, Derek Sheils, a front wheel, and that's cost him a good start.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34He looked to be on the power,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36but his front wheel went six foot in the air.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37No Ivan Lintin in this one, of course.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39He injured himself at Scarborough.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41As they come down The Flying Kilo for the first time.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43That has cost Derek Sheils. He has gone back.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47But James Cowton from row four!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Wow! Dan Cooper into second place,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52but James Cowton with a stunner of a start.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54There's a bit of swapping going on at the back,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57but that was the start of the afternoon, from James Cowton.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Here comes the second wave, with Ben Rea on the pole position.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03And away they go.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07As I was saying, unlikely to see winner from among that group.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11It's up here where we're probably going to see our winner.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14We're on board with Dan Cooper now, in second place.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17No dream start for our pole man, either,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Derek McGee. Didn't get away as well as he would have wanted.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22I'm still astounded that James Cowton...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I mean, you'd think, at speed, as well,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27he's managed to work his way through the group
0:24:27 > 0:24:30and get to the front from the fourth row of the grid.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Oh, that's Loughlin that's gone through!
0:24:32 > 0:24:34I think Derek McGee is suffering a bit,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37because he's going backwards instead of forwards.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41I'm still astounded at what we just witnessed with Joe Loughton.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43He was on the back row of the grid with James Cowton.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And here he goes again, on James Cowton.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Let's have a look at the start, though.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49This was the start of the day, wasn't it?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51James Cowton just got a blinder off the back row.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Yeah, and he got a nice big bit of road ahead of him.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56I thought he may have weaved his way through,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58but he managed go up the left-hand side of the track.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02And look at the power of his machine, the John Burrows machine.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05That's some power, isn't it? Straight to the front.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08And now, Loughlin in second place.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09He obviously saw James Cowton do that
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- and thought, "Oh, I'll have some of that, as well."- Definitely!
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Unbelievable. That move at Cochranstown, though,
0:25:15 > 0:25:16to go past Dan Cooper.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Let's see what kind of response Daniel Cooper's got.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Straight up the inside. - That's what he's got.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So, I think Loughlin... judging by that,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I think he fancies his chances on the brakes, perhaps.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Oh, he's... He's trying to find a way around.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33He is, isn't he? As Daniel Cooper tries to pressure James Cowton.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35James Cowton can't believe this.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38He'll have started this one on row four along with Joe Loughlin
0:25:38 > 0:25:40thinking, "Let's hope I can get in the lead group,"
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and here he is, leading. Dan Cooper, this is great to see.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Dan Cooper, the former British 125 champion.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51And he is just challenging...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53and passing.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Sorry, I closed my eyes for a moment, there.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I did pause for breath.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01You've got to do that on Supertwins. There is no backing off, is there?
0:26:01 > 0:26:02There isn't.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05You've got to drive straight in and hard on the brakes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Oh...!- Like that. - That's Loughlin again.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11What a lunge that was from him.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Boy, oh, boy, he's taking chances.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16So, Dan Cooper was first, then second, then first,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18then second, then third and...!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Loughlin runs a bit wide,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I think James Cowton will get on the gas better
0:26:22 > 0:26:23and find a way past him.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Braving it on the inside. He's taking a bit of a chance.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Oh, no, no!- Showing Joe Loughlin the way to do it.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Sorry, Rich. No, I can't believe that's so close!
0:26:32 > 0:26:33And Loughlin, again.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40I don't know if that is bonhomie or foolish
0:26:40 > 0:26:44or amazing riding from Joe Loughlin.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45We're on board with Derek McGee,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48trying to pick up the pieces,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51having began this one in first, on the pole position.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Derek Sheils, meanwhile, has worked his way up into fourth.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57So, Derek Sheils is getting in the picture now, as well.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Dan Cooper could be about to lose third place.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Derek McGee about to show us his qualifying form
0:27:02 > 0:27:04as he heads back towards the front, perhaps.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Sheils is the man who's making...
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Oh, Dan Cooper through on the inside! I breathed in.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12He missed him. Ah!
0:27:12 > 0:27:15So, then, I could try and give you a race order,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17but it will change by the time I get to the end of it.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21It is Cowton from Cooper from Sheils, then Loughlin.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23And Joe Loughlin's the man to watch.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25What will he be like into Leathemstown?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27James Cowton just pulling away again
0:27:27 > 0:27:30and this is Sheils, perhaps, looking for a move on Cooper.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It's not going to happen. Here comes Loughlin...
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- Oh!- Oh!
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Wrong side! No, he's gone the wrong way round.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- He's on the grass.- Yeah. - But he's still going.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Oh, and they're not happy.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Derek Sheils not happy there.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- A bit wild, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47He put his hand out and gave him a look to say, "What are you doing?"
0:27:47 > 0:27:52I think Joe Loughlin. Well, I don't know if it was a wise move to do,
0:27:52 > 0:27:57- but certainly...- A great deal more enthusiasm than experience, I think.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Yah. I think you're right.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Anyway, he's still upright.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Thankfully, everyone else is upright.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05That could've been a bit worse.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09This is it again, on board with Dan Cooper.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Look for Loughlin, there.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Oh...- He went right between them, didn't he?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16He nearly, nearly took out James Cowton.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19He obviously... Obviously, he's confident on his brakes,
0:28:19 > 0:28:23but those lunges... And they'll unsettle the other riders, as well.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I mean, there's unsettling riders and there's unsettling riders,
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- and, you know...- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30But he's back in, he's tucked in behind.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Right back on the tail end of it, I think.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- Hasn't dampened his enthusiasm, has it?- No.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36But will he have learned his lesson?
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Here comes Dan Cooper.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- Trying to draw alongside.- It's going to happen, it's going to happen...
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- It's happened.- Yeah, he's got the line, hasn't he?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Dan Cooper goes back to the front of the field,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51for the time being, anyway.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Loughlin, again, trying to get up through.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Derek McGee, from pole, still in the middle of this pack.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Wants to get back near the front and try and reclaim his first place
0:29:01 > 0:29:04that he lost almost as soon as the race started.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07James Cowton, though, trying to reclaim the lead
0:29:07 > 0:29:09that he lost a couple of seconds back.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- He's going alongside Dan Cooper... - He's got him.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14..and Coops goes back into second place!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16These are two riders, don't forget,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18that have had big accidents this year.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Dan Cooper at the North West 200, James Cowton at the Isle of Man TT.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27James Cowton was a very lucky man at the Isle of Man TT.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Dan Coops as well, I suppose, at the North West.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Both of them racing flat-out.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Derek Sheils could be the man to watch here.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38He might just let them sort themselves out and find the gap,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41if they leave one, but there's hardly any enough room
0:29:41 > 0:29:43to thread the proverbial needle through these two,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45when they're this close together.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47But Sheils is up there. Here comes Loughlin.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Derek McGee on the outside, keeping well out of his way.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Ooh!- Through on the inside of the Lindsay Hairpin he goes.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Loughlin just messed that up, I think,
0:29:54 > 0:29:56because of Derek Sheils just ahead of him.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01I think maybe he's heeded the advice from Derek Sheils earlier on.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02He may well have calmed down a bit
0:30:02 > 0:30:04and Derek McGee now trying to get back at it.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09Coops leads it and seems to be hanging on to it for the time being.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12But it's James Cowton behind him and guess who in third place?!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15The very nature of this track, you can see how the bikes -
0:30:15 > 0:30:17not just in the Supertwins, but in other classes, as well -
0:30:17 > 0:30:20it looks like they are gaining, but they have to shut off,
0:30:20 > 0:30:23because they can't get through at the speeds they're going at.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Over the line, side by side, Cowton and Cooper
0:30:25 > 0:30:28and here comes Sheils, trying to get the slipstream.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Sheils has been building up to this
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- and that wasn't close enough, I don't think.- It's Cooper.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Cooper's not going to get much of a tow, either.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39James Cowton's got this one in the bag, going down to the...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Oh, no - to the bottom of the hill,
0:30:41 > 0:30:46where Loughlin is so deep on the brakes every other lap.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48He's right behind them now.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- That's Derek Sheils in third place. - Sheils is definitely...
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Oh, I think that's a problem for Loughlin, by the looks of things.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59He had his hand up and he may have gone off, there.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Race leader remains James Cowton.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04They have done a bit of shuffling behind, I think,
0:31:04 > 0:31:05as they stepped out of his way.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07I think there'll be one or two quite happy
0:31:07 > 0:31:09to see the back of Loughlin!
0:31:09 > 0:31:14So, past Adam McLean and on with the chase.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Ooh, McGee trying to make it a four-way fight at the front.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19It's a three-way at the moment.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Derek Sheils still on the back of Dan Cooper and James Cowton.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Up towards Ireland's.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27They're close together again, this top three.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29And Sheils is right in there.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Now, then, we've seen Cooper going past, going up here.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Are we about to see it again?
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Cowton knows he's there.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40You can hear it and feel it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45See how much space even a small bike like a 650 takes
0:31:45 > 0:31:47when it's cranked right over on its side.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50It uses up half the width of that road, there,
0:31:50 > 0:31:51makes passing really difficult.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Even though it looks simple from up above in the helicopter,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- it really isn't.- I'll tell you what we have got, Rich,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00yet another fantastic race here at Dundrod.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03The Supertwins delivering. This is fantastic, isn't it?
0:32:03 > 0:32:04The really good thing about this,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07and I don't mean this unkindly, is Hutchy can't win this one,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- cos he's cleaning up at the moment.- Yes!
0:32:09 > 0:32:11It'll be nice to see a different person on top of the podium,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13just for a bit of variety.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16This is Michael Sweeney with a little bit of a problem,
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- which is a shame for him.- Yes, he was on the front row, wasn't he?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20He was.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21And he's now parked it.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- How nice would it be to see James Cowton take this win?- Or Dan Cooper.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Derek Sheils is looking to take Dan Cooper.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34He's taken him... Or has he?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36He's looking to go down between the pair of them.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Oh, great try from Derek Sheils.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41They disappeared behind the bushes!
0:32:41 > 0:32:44There's nothing between them.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I think Sheils is just edging it, as they go downhill.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Cowton is away and up the front, but... Yes, it is Sheils through.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Yeah, at the left-hand side, going into the turn.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57James Cowton will be unaware of what's going on.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00I think he'll be best not to know what's going on behind him.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02But Derek Sheils, great from him.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05What kind of response will we get from Dan Cooper?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Well, here it is.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08- Straight away.- Amazing,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10he's got such good drive out of the turn there.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12So, that says a lot, perhaps, about his machine,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14prepared by him and his dad.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Just a small outfit for Daniel Cooper.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18A family-run team.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Derek McGee on the back end of that little group.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Cowton is actually making the break, now.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28I think Sheils and Dan Cooper are actually slowing themselves down
0:33:28 > 0:33:30while they do this.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- That was very firm, wasn't it? - Yes, it was.- Very firm, indeed!
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Derek Sheils just hanging on to the position there.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Knee out for Cochranstown.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40James Cowton, though, still out in front.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43A little bit of a gap, perhaps.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Maybe this will work in his favour,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47all the squabbling that's going on behind,
0:33:47 > 0:33:48but it is bunching back up,
0:33:48 > 0:33:52with Paul Jordan on the tail end of this little group of six riders.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55They do sound a bit agricultural. I am...
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I know what everybody says
0:33:57 > 0:34:00when they say there's no comparison between the noise they make
0:34:00 > 0:34:02and the noise a 250 two-stroke delivers,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- but, on the other hand, the racing's so good, isn't it?- It is.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08It's just as exciting as 250 and there's Derek Sheils to prove it.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Yes, Derek Sheils goes through into second place on Dan Cooper.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I was going to suggest that Dan Cooper, again,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15would get past Cowton.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Well, Sheils has been looking very racy, hasn't he?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20For the last couple of laps.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23And Cooper is going straight back at him.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Dan Cooper just finds places, an immediate reply,
0:34:26 > 0:34:29and that is, allegedly, the way to do it.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Not to wait, but to get straight back at it
0:34:31 > 0:34:34before the man in front's had a chance to make the break
0:34:34 > 0:34:36or settle down into his new position.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40What a wonderful inclusion in road racing the Supertwin class has been.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Absolutely fantastic. And look - they're passing each other
0:34:44 > 0:34:46like the two-strokes we're used to seeing, like the 250s,
0:34:46 > 0:34:49like a hornets' nest, almost, you know?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52This is probably a good moment, Dave, to say good evening
0:34:52 > 0:34:54to the man who more or less invented this.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Ryan Farquhar, I know, will be watching this Supertwin race.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Should be racing here.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Don't think his racing career is going to be reborn again,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04but you will never get rid of him from the racing paddock
0:35:04 > 0:35:07and nobody will disappointed by that.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Now, then, here comes Cooper. Will he fill the screen?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Derek Sheils trying to go through, as well.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16It's Cooper who's through, so, Cooper back in the lead.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23So, Dan Cooper from James Cowton. Absolutely fantastic.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24Here comes Cooper. Cowton in second.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Sheils in third. McGee back in fourth.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30That's the gap. Around they come.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31- Ooh, Derek Sheils.- Last lap flag.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35He's alongside already.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38That's a good drive out of that last corner for Derek Sheils.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Cowton, though, goes straight past Dan Cooper.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42That was the slipstream.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- That was the slipstream. - That was lovely, wasn't it?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- Yeah, I'm sure Cooper would have felt that.- Another gear.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48He would have felt a little tug back.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50And Derek McGee. I think that's Adam Maclean
0:35:50 > 0:35:53that goes through on Derek McGee.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54And he's said enough is enough.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59Oh, he's showing lots of speed, trying to close that down.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Oh, a back marker is in the way, as well.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- So, it's all going to get very racy...- Oh!- Oh, no!- Cooper.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08I think that's benefited Cooper. I think Cowton's lost out.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12No, Cowton still leads. It looked like Cooper got through on him.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15That was an exciting moment for everybody,
0:36:15 > 0:36:17especially whoever that was
0:36:17 > 0:36:22that just got bombed by the entire leading pack, there.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24But Cowton still in the lead.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26This is last lap, remember, so this is where it all counts.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Dan Cooper's had a way of sneaking past people.- Oh, it's Paul Jordan.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Sorry, it was Paul Jordan. I said it was Adam McLean, it's not.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36My apologies. It's Paul Jordan that's up into third place.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Well, at last, the result that he's been waiting for.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Perhaps we'll see Paul Jordan on the podium, if they stay like that,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44but there's still about five miles to go!
0:36:44 > 0:36:47There's Derek Sheils going past Paul Jordan.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50So, Sheils back into third place.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55So, Cowton from Cooper, in first and second.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Derek Sheils is right behind.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Then Paul Jordan. Then Derek McGee.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03That is the battle that...
0:37:03 > 0:37:06The group that's still battling for every step of the podium.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09It's open to anyone, I think, at this point in time.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13You can't say of any one of these riders, "He will get him here,"
0:37:13 > 0:37:15or, "He will get him there."
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Daniel Cooper's trying to think, "Where can I do this?"
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Ride off line and have a look round, and see if that was a gap -
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- and it wasn't.- They're just kicking lumps out of each other.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25James Cowton... Now, we've seen Cooper...
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Here he comes.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- Here he comes. - ..do this a few times.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31That's Jordan's cross. Oh, that's close!
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Cooper's through.- Cooper's through.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35So, Dan Cooper is now the race leader,
0:37:35 > 0:37:37but there are plenty of opportunities
0:37:37 > 0:37:39for James Cowton to hit back.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Don't forget, Derek Sheils is in there, as well.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43So, too, Paul Jordan.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Ooh, and that's McGee, is it?
0:37:45 > 0:37:46- Yeah.- That's come in, as well.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Derek McGee was on the tail end of this group...
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- So, he could... - ..earlier on. Here we are.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54A big, bold move at the hairpin, perhaps.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Oh, this is Tornagrough!
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Sheils on Jordan.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04It is Cooper, Cowton and Derek Sheils. First, second and third.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- What a fantastic final lap this is turning out to be.- Oh!
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Derek Sheils - the front end of that was banging his teeth out.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15It was, but Cooper is the man who leads out of the Lindsay Hairpin.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Now, then, James Cowton's the only man, I think,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20that could pass Dan Cooper from this position.
0:38:20 > 0:38:21Can he get close enough?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24We're following the race leader, as he goes towards the chequered flag,
0:38:24 > 0:38:26and what a result this would be for Dan Cooper.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30On the floor at the North West 200, after that big, big crash.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Cowton's got more to worry about,
0:38:31 > 0:38:34as he's got Derek Sheils trying to ride round the outside of him.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36And he's ridden round the outside of him.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Derek Sheils has done the Hutchy move, up into second place.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40It's Cooper, though.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43It's Dan Cooper who's going to win his first big international win.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45What a battle for second place, as well.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46It will be Sheils from Cowton.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Jordan will take fourth. But it's Dan Cooper.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53What a result for him and his team.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Fantastic racing, again, at the Ulster Grand Prix.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58The Dundrod circuit delivers once more.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02That was a fantastic last mile or so, wasn't it?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Cooper from Sheils. James Cowton third.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Paul Jordan hanging on to fourth, from Derek McGee.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09And then, Adam McLean.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10So, it means a lot.
0:39:10 > 0:39:16Yeah, you know, in the North West, I thought I could have won,
0:39:16 > 0:39:20you know, and it didn't happen, because I had a crash with Ryan.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23So, I really wanted to prove a point today.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24When I got into the race,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I thought, "I'll just sit here in second,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30"and then, on the last lap, get in front and try and break."
0:39:30 > 0:39:33And that's what I did. And it worked, like, you know?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Makes it sound like science,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38but you all saw that was black magic from all of them.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40It's a magic result for Dan Cooper
0:39:40 > 0:39:43at the end of what's been a difficult year for him.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44Top work from Derek Sheils
0:39:44 > 0:39:47and a great result for James Cowton, in third place.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56These fans all have their favourites out on the grid,
0:39:56 > 0:39:58but what about the riders themselves?
0:39:58 > 0:40:03We asked some of the stars of 2016 about their road racing heroes.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07My road racing hero is Dave Jeffreys.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10I worked for the family business and saw DJ coming through
0:40:10 > 0:40:14to win three TTs each year for three years running.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16It was amazing to watch him.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21My favourite racing hero probably of all time is Joey Dunlop.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23I grew up watching him.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25In New Zealand we used to get the old videos come in
0:40:25 > 0:40:28from the '80s onwards and watching Joey, I don't know,
0:40:28 > 0:40:30he's my favourite rider.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34My road racing hero is John McGuinness,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37because he's fast, smooth, consistent and enjoys his food.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41My hero would be David Jeffreys.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43The reason behind that is because, as I grew up as a kid,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I used to stand at Scarborough
0:40:45 > 0:40:48and watch him at the TT and see everything he's done
0:40:48 > 0:40:49and he's achieved great things.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52It's always nice for someone that's local to follow, really.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55When I used to watch when I was younger,
0:40:55 > 0:40:56that's the only person I wanted to win
0:40:56 > 0:41:00and if anyone beat him, I wasn't happy. So, he's the man.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Nobody picked Phillip McCallen. Controversial.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Phillip, last Superbike race of the day,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11last chance for the riders to make their mark.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13It's going be a hard, tough race.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16I think, to be honest, Hutchy has to start favourite.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17He's had three wins already,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20so we have to put him in for a number one spot.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Anstey has one win already. He wants another one.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Peter Hickman had a Supersport race. He's on form, wants that win.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32And let's not forget about Michael Dunlop. He never gives up.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35And what about that lap record, is it going to go?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Yes, the boys are all on form. The bikes got used to them.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41It's going to be fast. Yes, it is going to go this time.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Can you pick us a winner?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- I'm good, but I'm not that good.- He IS good.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50For the final time, let's get to it and join our commentary team,
0:41:50 > 0:41:51Dave and Richard.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Well, they've been Superpole sorted for this.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01That puts Bruce Anstey in pole position, from Michael Dunlop,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Peter Hickman and Ian Hutchinson.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- The rest of them also Superpole sorted behind.- Yes.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Conor Cummins, Dean Harrison, Dan Kneen potential race winners.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10My money's on Michael Dunlop for this one.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11He's not won today.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15- He will be bursting... - Absolutely, yes.- ..to get this one.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19There hasn't been a Dunlop winner all day, in fact.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20It's been Hutchy's day.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22This is Michael's chance to change all that,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- as the final race of the day gets underway.- Hickman.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Peter Hickman goes off the line like a bullet!
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Dean Harrison, from row two, up into second place.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Looking back from Dan Kneen... Not a great start.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Dean Harrison up the inside. He's going to lead, is he?
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Yes, he is.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41So, Dean Harrison, absolutely fantastic.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Peter Hickman there, as well.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45And Dan Kneen just ahead of Dan Cooper.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47That was Gary Johnson just behind.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Conor Cummins on the right of the picture, going past us, I think.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54As the second wave gets underway, David Jackson in pole position
0:42:54 > 0:42:57from Mike Booth and Richard McLoughlin on the far side.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Ryan Kneen, there, bike 32, got away well off the grid,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03but it's Dean Harrison who leads them.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Not for long, though.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06There goes Hutchinson.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Just so smooth, wasn't it? There's so much power in that bike.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Yes, Ian Hutchinson into the lead from Dean Harrison,
0:43:12 > 0:43:15but Harrison will have hope, of course, now.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17He's not won a race today.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20I don't think he's even been on the podium today, either.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21That's Dunlop in third place.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Hickman's gone back to fourth. Anstey is fifth.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Cummins is sixth, Johnson is seventh and then Dan Kneen in 8th.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29I'll tell you what, that's all right for Gary Johnson,
0:43:29 > 0:43:32parachuted into this event to replace Lee Johnston,
0:43:32 > 0:43:35who broke his collarbone in practice on Wednesday night.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Gary Johnson's straight on to those bikes, sorted himself out,
0:43:38 > 0:43:43found the settings, and is putting in incredible performances
0:43:43 > 0:43:44in every race.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Dean Harrison, though. We've not really spoken much about him today.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50He's had a cracking year. Arguably his best so far.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Peter Hickman, as well, in fourth place.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54He's been out of luck today.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55He'd love to finish the day with a win.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58So many stories to be written here at the Ulster Grand Prix.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02But Ian Hutchinson, well, he's the man of the meeting already, for me.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Three wins, looking for the fourth.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06It'd be hard to say at this point in time
0:44:06 > 0:44:08that he's not going to get the fourth in this one,
0:44:08 > 0:44:11but we don't have a Dunlop winner today
0:44:11 > 0:44:15and Michael Dunlop is the man, the only one, who can change that,
0:44:15 > 0:44:17and he's thinking about it already.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20The Hawk BMW is fast. Michael Dunlop is fast.
0:44:20 > 0:44:25He's also a breathtaking joy to watch and he is so determined.
0:44:25 > 0:44:26Here comes Michael Dunlop!
0:44:26 > 0:44:29Whoa! Blasts past Dean Harrison.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Michael Dunlop does not want to get caught out this time.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35He's got a fairly decent start in this one. The opening lap.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37And that's just cruising home.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- Number 20, there, was... - Phil Crowe.- ..Phillip Crowe, yes.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43He's had a bit of a disappointing day.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48So, Hutchinson... And Michael Dunlop does not want to see
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Ian Hutchinson disappearing into the distance,
0:44:51 > 0:44:54but he is. That's a big, big gap on this opening lap.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Hickman, there, in fourth, behind Dean Harrison.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Bruce Anstey trying to make his way through, if he can,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02then it's Cummins and Dan Kneen.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05Well, no sign, yet of the Bruce Anstey "rocket ship" Honda.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08That's got to take part in the proceedings, as well.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Michael Dunlop's not a long way back from Hutchy
0:45:11 > 0:45:14and Dean Harrison's looking very good, as they sneak through, there.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Dan Kneen on the inside, there, of Conor Cummins.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19The two Manxmen having their own little duel.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21They've done very well today.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23This has been Dan Kneen's best meeting ever, I think.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Certainly been his best meeting of the year,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29considering he's missed a couple, and he was riding so well last year,
0:45:29 > 0:45:31he's managed to get back up to that same pace,
0:45:31 > 0:45:33which is sometimes very difficult to do.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Sometimes takes a little bit longer,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38but he's just stepped right back into the same form.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41He had that little off, before, on the 600,
0:45:41 > 0:45:43said there was no gear there.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48He just had to. He couldn't stop it, off it went, just rolled it off.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50- So, then...- Down the hill they go.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54- Lap number two. Here comes Anstey. - Bruce is coming.- Yes.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Ooh, super power from the Honda. Absolutely blasting through.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Conor Cummins, on his Honda, wants a little bit of the same.
0:46:00 > 0:46:01Trying to go past Dan Kneen.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04It's Hutchinson from Dunlop. Slight gap back to third,
0:46:04 > 0:46:05Dean Harrison.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Hickman coming under pressure from Dan Kneen and Conor Cummins now.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12Peter Hickman's about to get caught up in this Manx-only battle.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Well, the thing is, with Peter Hickman,
0:46:14 > 0:46:17he is on a Superstock bike. These are all Superbikes.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19He's losing out on the straight line speed,
0:46:19 > 0:46:22and, certainly, that will matter a lot at Dundrod.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24So, great effort from Peter Hickman,
0:46:24 > 0:46:26but he'll do well just to stay with this lead group.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30Yeah, he's having to ride it really hard, go long into the corners.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33It doesn't get the punch off the corner, either,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36so he loses ground on corner exits.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40And as we've seen, that's one of the things this bike does really well.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43We began the day with Ian Hutchinson versus Michael Dunlop.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45It looks like we could end the day
0:46:45 > 0:46:47with Michael Dunlop versus Ian Hutchinson, as well.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49Here comes Dunlop!
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Catching, as they go down towards Cochranstown.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53I don't think he'll make a move there.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Bruce Anstey goes through.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59So, Anstey into third, Harrison back to fourth.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04So, then, Michael Dunlop is closer to Ian Hutchinson this time around
0:47:04 > 0:47:06than he was on the previous lap.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10I think Michael Dunlop... I still pick him for this one.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Everybody's got their 50p on Michael Dunlop.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15He been a hard man to beat on the big bikes this year.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19- It has been done today. - Yeah, the only man, really,
0:47:19 > 0:47:21that has beaten him has been Ian Hutchinson,
0:47:21 > 0:47:23that's the man that's in front of him right now.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25So, can Hutchy make that two in a row
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and can he make it four wins in a row?
0:47:28 > 0:47:31That's the second wave we're looking at, at Deer's Leap.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Back with the race leaders.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Michael Dunlop will be happy where he is right now.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- He'll be even happier now!- Yes.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40But Bruce Anstey could be about to mug both of them.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42So, I think Hutchinson's made a mistake there.
0:47:42 > 0:47:43Must have missed a gear.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47Must have been something for Ian Hutchinson, for that to happen.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51- Dan Kneen's got Conor Cummins banging on the back door.- Yes.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53He was tapping...
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Not tapping. He was banging quite loudly.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58So, back to the front
0:47:58 > 0:48:01and it should still be Michael Dunlop from Bruce Anstey.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Ooh, I think Bruce Anstey's got ideas about that.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06I think it'll be Michael Dunlop from here on in, now.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10Michael Dunlop. Now he's got to the front, he will take some passing,
0:48:10 > 0:48:12the mood that he'll be in.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14But having said that, Bruce Anstey into Tornagrough.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16But look, again, Michael Dunlop's trying everything
0:48:16 > 0:48:18to preserve the number one position.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Dean Harrison still not out of it in fourth place,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23but you, kind of, look at it and think,
0:48:23 > 0:48:27"Well, it's the front three that were fastest in qualifying."
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Obviously, Hickman's on the Superstock, but...
0:48:29 > 0:48:32I tell you what, this circuit doesn't do for Michael Dunlop
0:48:32 > 0:48:33what some of the others do,
0:48:33 > 0:48:36because this is a racer's circuit. It's smooth and perfect
0:48:36 > 0:48:39and what you really need is to be smooth and perfect
0:48:39 > 0:48:42and Michael Dunlop's won so many races this year
0:48:42 > 0:48:44by riding a bike like he hates it
0:48:44 > 0:48:46- and wants to bang it on the ground.- Yes.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49He's saying to everybody behind him, "If you want to race with me,
0:48:49 > 0:48:51"you've got to ride like this, or I'm going to win."
0:48:51 > 0:48:53- Yeah. - This isn't that kind of circuit.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55So, he's got to really adapt himself to this.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57He's really got to think about what he's doing.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- He can't do things like this.- Maybe.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01I think you might be doing him a slight injustice.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04The old Michael Dunlop... he's certainly smoother now,
0:49:04 > 0:49:06but you can see that he's wrestling that power.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09You have to wrestle these BMWs, they are so powerful.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Ian Hutchinson wants to get past Bruce Anstey if he can.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13We might just see the power of the BMW on the Honda,
0:49:13 > 0:49:16but, no, it's the Honda going past the BMW. Michael Dunlop.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18- Both.- Dunlop's been mugged.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22- Wow, I wasn't expecting that. - Some slipstream magic at work there.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Michael Dunlop back to third.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27I know they were tinkering around with the bike after the earlier race
0:49:27 > 0:49:29but it looks like it's not worked.
0:49:29 > 0:49:34I'm astounded they went past him like that and also they can't...
0:49:34 > 0:49:37He was up through the gearbox, so it wasn't a mistake
0:49:37 > 0:49:39by Dunlop that allowed Anstey and Hutchinson through,
0:49:39 > 0:49:42but it's Bruce Anstey that now leads.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44By a growing margin, as he goes up the hill.
0:49:44 > 0:49:45That thing is very powerful, indeed.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49That's 75, Mike Booth. That's off the track.
0:49:54 > 0:49:59It's spectacular entertainment all the way around this circuit.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03We're only seeing a fraction of the race action on TV.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06That's the nature of spectator sport.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09If you want to see the best of it, you've got to be a spectator.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12The future of the Ulster Grand Prix was in doubt some years ago,
0:50:12 > 0:50:15but this is why everybody fought to keep it going.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16What fantastic fare this is.
0:50:16 > 0:50:20What wonderful entertainment racing is around the Dundrod circuit,
0:50:20 > 0:50:24as Conor Cummins looks to get past. But you can see, because of the
0:50:24 > 0:50:26nature of the track, it's so fast and flowing.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29Those gaps open and close so quickly, don't they?
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Little tiny adjustment of the throttle and you drop back
0:50:31 > 0:50:34four or five bike lengths and you have to do it all again.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Bruce has got Hutchinson stalking him. Michael Dunlop, I still think,
0:50:38 > 0:50:42is struggling to be third at the moment. Dean Harrison and Dan Kneen
0:50:42 > 0:50:46behind might well start thinking, "Well, he's only Michael Dunlop.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49- "We can pass him, if we want to." - Mm, only Michael Dunlop.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Here he comes and he'll try everything.
0:50:51 > 0:50:57He'll leave the brakes as late as he can. He's a quality, quality racer.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00You can see there. Obviously, I think his machine is not quite
0:51:00 > 0:51:04matching those of the two in front of him, but he's doing all he can.
0:51:04 > 0:51:09And trying... He is trying, busting a gut to get that bike
0:51:09 > 0:51:11and he won't want Ian Hutchinson beating him.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13There's been so much between them this year
0:51:13 > 0:51:16and he will not want Hutchinson to beat him again.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I think even Michael Dunlop would settle for second,
0:51:19 > 0:51:20as long as Hutchinson was third.
0:51:20 > 0:51:24I tell you what, Bruce and Ian Hutchinson
0:51:24 > 0:51:27are starting to ride very, very hard indeed.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Those two, who are both normally so stylish and neat, are both
0:51:30 > 0:51:31starting to moving a lot,
0:51:31 > 0:51:35the bike is working really hard under both of them.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39They are racing absolutely to the edge of the envelope.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42It's when they get to the bit past that that it gets really,
0:51:42 > 0:51:46- really exciting.- The wind is blowing straight into their faces
0:51:46 > 0:51:47as they go up the Flying Kilo.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49You can see how they were getting buffered by it.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53Now, Hutchinson on Anstey, I think he's got him. He has.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Ian Hutchinson goes past.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Hutchinson into first place, Anstey into second.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Will Michael Dunlop appear in the picture any moment now?
0:52:00 > 0:52:03Ooh, just for a moment. So, he's still there.
0:52:03 > 0:52:09- Michael Dunlop in third place, but different race leader.- Deer's Leap.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11The front goes light, that's what they say
0:52:11 > 0:52:14when they go over Deer's Leap. It's about six feet off the ground
0:52:14 > 0:52:17and in danger of diving off into the nearest bush.
0:52:17 > 0:52:18If Dan Kneen and Conor...
0:52:18 > 0:52:22Conor Cummins, sorry, are travelling back to the Isle of Man together
0:52:22 > 0:52:25after this one, they will have plenty to talk about, won't they?
0:52:25 > 0:52:30Won't they? It's been an exciting and action-packed final race
0:52:30 > 0:52:35of the day. The weather threatened, but could not stop us.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39And now Hutchy wins number four of the day.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Bruce hunting win number two of the day.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Michael Dunlop looking for win number one of the day.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48So, then, the Lindsay Hairpin.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51We've not seen as much overtaking on the Lindsay Hairpin
0:52:51 > 0:52:53as I thought we would have done today.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56We've seen one or two moves, but everyone seems to generally tuck in
0:52:56 > 0:52:59as they are doing this time, as they go around.
0:52:59 > 0:53:00- Oh, Dean Harrison!- Oh, dear.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03He was defending quite hard from Dan Kneen on the way into
0:53:03 > 0:53:06the Lindsay Hairpin and he just got that one a little bit wrong.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08He got his back wheel into the dirt there.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Such a shame, because it's the last lap
0:53:10 > 0:53:13and he's lost an awful lot of ground.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15When it's going this fast at the front,
0:53:15 > 0:53:19you aren't going to make that up in a lap and he was looking so strong
0:53:19 > 0:53:23and well on course for a good finish. Such a shame for him,
0:53:23 > 0:53:27but it hasn't taken the pressure off up front, has it?
0:53:27 > 0:53:30- Back on it, though.- Conor Cummins sliding it slightly there.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Bruce Anstey still the fastest machine in this.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36He went through the speed trap earlier at 199.2.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40Not quite the fastest that we saw Peter Hickman doing earlier today.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43But Hutchinson versus Anstey. It's between those two
0:53:43 > 0:53:47for the final victory at the Ulster Grand Prix of 2016.
0:53:47 > 0:53:52Hutchy goes across the track, trying not to give Bruce a tow up the hill.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55That's how he got passed on the previous lap.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58He doesn't want to do the same for Bruce.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01And now, Hutchy crossing track.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Flames out of the exhaust, as well, from Ian Hutchinson.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Michael Dunlop, I think, will have to settle for third.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10If Michael Dunlop had anything to challenge the front two,
0:54:10 > 0:54:13we would've seen it by now. Conor Cummins in fourth.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16He could well be third, by the end of this lap.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18He looked like he was on a bit of a charge there.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Yeah, he has got Dunlop in his sights.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Well, another great race and it isn't over yet.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27We still have half a lap or so to do
0:54:27 > 0:54:30and Hutchy will be wishing it could unfold really quickly
0:54:30 > 0:54:32and get to the end, so he can see
0:54:32 > 0:54:34that fourth chequered flag of the day.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Bruce Anstey is close enough.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39Michael Dunlop is definitely close enough.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Not sure whether Dunlop is close enough now.
0:54:41 > 0:54:42He's close enough to Bruce Anstey,
0:54:42 > 0:54:44but it'd be something to reel him in.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47I think it will take a mistake from one of them
0:54:47 > 0:54:49to allow Michael Dunlop to get through now.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50We'll have to wait and see.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53Has Ian Hutchinson just got enough of a cushion
0:54:53 > 0:54:56over the man chasing him, Bruce Anstey?
0:54:56 > 0:55:00Has Hutchy saved a little something for the final lap
0:55:00 > 0:55:03or has Bruce been waiting for his moment?
0:55:03 > 0:55:08I think Michael Dunlop will run out of racetrack before he catches up
0:55:08 > 0:55:11with these two. You're right. Not quite enough.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Another half a lap maybe and he might have done it.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Again, I don't think, as you say, the bike is quite up to it, anyway.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Oh! Plenty of movement under Ian Hutchinson's machine
0:55:20 > 0:55:24and that has allowed Bruce Anstey to gain some ground on the race leader.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Ian Hutchinson, of course, four wins today
0:55:26 > 0:55:29would put alongside the likes of Guy Martin and Phil McCallen,
0:55:29 > 0:55:31in terms of the number of race victories at one meeting
0:55:31 > 0:55:34at the Ulster Grand Prix. They're running out of corners, though.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36Michael Dunlop will try everything he can
0:55:36 > 0:55:39to leave it on the brakes. Bruce Anstey has gained that gap
0:55:39 > 0:55:40on Ian Hutchinson,
0:55:40 > 0:55:43as they come down to the Lindsay Hairpin for the final time,
0:55:43 > 0:55:45not just in this race, but today at the Ulster Grand Prix.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Michael Dunlop round the outside of Bruce...or not.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52He's going to try and swing it through, get on the gas early.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Can he do it? No, he is too far behind.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57This is it, I think. No, the gaps are just too big
0:55:57 > 0:55:59between the three of them.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01So, then, it is going to be Ian Hutchinson.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03Bruce Anstey is just not close enough.
0:56:03 > 0:56:04It will take a momentous mistake,
0:56:04 > 0:56:06but here comes Ian Hutchinson.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08He'll will win the fourth race of the day.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11A Superbike race win yet again for Ian Hutchinson.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Second place for Bruce Anstey. He shouldn't be disappointed
0:56:13 > 0:56:16- with that, but he probably will be.- Oh! The lap record's gone.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19The lap record has gone. 134.08.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Remarkable! He won't know that yet, but Ian Hutchinson
0:56:22 > 0:56:24has smashed the lap record.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28Well, it was a great race and that really puts the marker on it.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30That really sets it up for what it was.
0:56:30 > 0:56:35That's how hard they were battling and I was about to say
0:56:35 > 0:56:38Michael Dunlop will hate finishing in third place.
0:56:39 > 0:56:44A little bit of action further down the field, as four riders exit.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46Ooh! A high side from Dominic Herbertson.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Ooh, that did hurt, they all do.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54That's a shame. He's been having quite a good meeting so far.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57There is the man of the moment, the man of the meeting.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Big burn-out from Ian Hutchinson.
0:56:59 > 0:57:00He takes the victory
0:57:00 > 0:57:02and a lap record again and we have witnessed
0:57:02 > 0:57:05him taking it from Bruce Anstey.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Indeed. It was standing since 2010.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10Michael Dunlop, as I say, unhappy in third.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14Four races in a day at the Ulster and a double Superbike win.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17I'm not sure if I've had a double Superbike anywhere before
0:57:17 > 0:57:20and Supersport, Superstock, won on every class -
0:57:20 > 0:57:22it's just been a dream day, really.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24- And the fastest man ever on the road.- Yeah.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26I was thinking after the first race,
0:57:26 > 0:57:29I can't believe we're not going as fast as we did in 2010,
0:57:29 > 0:57:33but the last lap, I came on to the line with plus 0.03,
0:57:33 > 0:57:34so I thought, "Try and get your head down
0:57:34 > 0:57:36"and do everything perfect."
0:57:36 > 0:57:40Champagne time. We've been treated today to some great racing.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43Haven't we? Ian Hutchinson is Man of the Match
0:57:43 > 0:57:47and you can see exactly why I think there are so many men of the match
0:57:47 > 0:57:49that I wouldn't like to choose ONE.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53Phillip, what a finale!
0:57:53 > 0:57:56We have had a superb day's racing.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58It's just been marvellous.
0:57:58 > 0:58:02Hutchy has had four wins. Bruce has had one win.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06The Dunlops have had some seconds and thirds between them.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09- What more would you want? - You called it - the lap record gone.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Yeah. I mean, 134mph.
0:58:11 > 0:58:15No race will ever catch up with the Ulster Grand Prix.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18What a day's racing we have had at Dundrod.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20We will leave you with the best moments
0:58:20 > 0:58:22from the Ulster Grand Prix 2016.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24From everyone here, it's bye-bye.
0:58:24 > 0:58:30# And what is love, if you're still searching for something?
0:58:30 > 0:58:36# And what is love if it's building up to nothing?
0:58:36 > 0:58:38# We'll never see how far we've come
0:58:38 > 0:58:41# If we keep looking at the sun
0:58:41 > 0:58:46# So what is love, if we're still searching for something?
0:58:46 > 0:58:51# Get higher, higher, higher
0:58:51 > 0:58:53# But we're still not high enough... #