:00:12. > :00:17.Regretfully, I Young rider from Bolton, 20-year-old Malachi
:00:18. > :00:24.Mitchell-Thomas lost his life on Saturday's racing in the NorthWest
:00:25. > :00:30.200. He was a rising star of the sport. His family has expressed the
:00:31. > :00:32.wish that we continue with our highlight shows from the races both
:00:33. > :01:21.tonight and tomorrow evening. There is possibly nowhere more
:01:22. > :01:28.picturesque than the north coast of northern Ireland. Renowned for
:01:29. > :01:33.beautiful beaches, amazing views and famous landmarks. But for one week
:01:34. > :01:38.every year, the stunning scenery is complemented by speed.
:01:39. > :01:47.One of Northern Ireland's biggest, fastest and most famous sporting
:01:48. > :01:58.events comes to town. A road racing extravaganza, the International
:01:59. > :02:00.NorthWest 200. Welcome to this year's Vauxhall International
:02:01. > :02:05.NorthWest 200. Here is what is coming up tonight. We have got two
:02:06. > :02:15.more thrilling races for you in the super sports. And the Superstock
:02:16. > :02:19.classes. Quite extraordinary. We need the local rider hoping to be
:02:20. > :02:25.fighting fit with the help of world champion boxer Carl Frampton. And we
:02:26. > :02:28.have been to London to see a road racer honoured with one of
:02:29. > :02:35.motorsport's most prestigious awards.
:02:36. > :02:43.So far we have had some thrilling racing and has to remade as a local
:02:44. > :02:55.man became the Frederic Besnard most successful rider. -- became the
:02:56. > :03:05.NorthWest 200's most successful rider.
:03:06. > :03:13.Alastair Seeley, history maker. Has it sunk in? Only really this morning
:03:14. > :03:17.when I woke up and read the text messages and the Facebook account.
:03:18. > :03:22.Last night I had to check when I crossed the line to see if I was
:03:23. > :03:25.really over. Everybody was waving in the grandstands and the crowd was
:03:26. > :03:29.going mad. When I came into the enclosure that is when I realised
:03:30. > :03:35.what I have done. I saw my dad, my friend Danny, on the whole team. It
:03:36. > :03:39.is something special, to be treasured. A lot of hard work and
:03:40. > :03:44.effort went into being in this place. A dream come true. What is it
:03:45. > :03:51.like to beat the great Robert Dunlop? Obviously, the near miss
:03:52. > :03:56.registry -- is legendary in this country. He did a lot of winning. It
:03:57. > :04:01.is nice to be mentioned in the same breath as Robert Dunlop. I love this
:04:02. > :04:09.event, the atmosphere. I come here with great equipment, great team. We
:04:10. > :04:21.got the 16 wins on the Kawasaki last night. I feel good.
:04:22. > :04:29.Alastair Seeley's win means he has been a winner the NorthWest 200 for
:04:30. > :04:34.an amazing nine years in a row, another record. He has got plenty of
:04:35. > :04:40.top-class opposition here today. Peter Hickman is A* from the British
:04:41. > :04:45.Superbike championship. John McGuinness, one of the sport's most
:04:46. > :04:49.celebrated riders. Ian Hutchinson is back to his best after a career
:04:50. > :04:57.threatening injury. Michael Rutter, 13 time NorthWest 200 winner. Martin
:04:58. > :05:04.Jessopp is still in search of his first win. County Fermanagh's Lee
:05:05. > :05:12.Johnston leads the Northern Ireland challenge. Along with alimony
:05:13. > :05:15.Brothers William Dunlop and Michael Dunlop, both with four previous
:05:16. > :05:22.north-west victories. And there is extreme macro, an impressive
:05:23. > :05:29.debutant. -- Malachi Mitchell-Thomas. Alastair Seeley is
:05:30. > :05:35.in pole position for the next race, the super sport. I am joined by
:05:36. > :05:45.Philip McCallan. How good can the wizards get? He is real good. Years
:05:46. > :05:50.ago, Carl Fogarty, Joey Dunlop wed the benchmark for the NorthWest 200,
:05:51. > :05:57.but this year it is Alastair Seeley. Could he equalled your record of
:05:58. > :06:03.five wins in a day? I hear he said, but he cute! I don't think he will.
:06:04. > :06:09.Thank you, Philip. The Triangle Circuit is almost nine miles long.
:06:10. > :06:17.Long-on closed public roads called rain and Portrush. -- called rain,
:06:18. > :06:22.Portstewart and Portrush. It has a great mix. Time to join a commentary
:06:23. > :06:29.team, Steve Parish and Richard Nicholson.
:06:30. > :06:39.Perfect weather to go racing on the north coast. A 20 mile in our
:06:40. > :06:43.tailwind. This is the first race on Saturday, five more after this.
:06:44. > :06:48.Martin Jessopp surprised a lot of people with his speed this week.
:06:49. > :06:52.There are any number of contenders who could be in with a shout.
:06:53. > :06:58.Michael Dunlop you can see getting prepared. He will say that this
:06:59. > :07:03.would not be Alastair Seeley's record pricking win. The bookies
:07:04. > :07:09.have put odds on it. He is on pole position. Martin Jessopp alongside
:07:10. > :07:15.him. William Dunlop on that very fast Yamaha. Peter Hickman is having
:07:16. > :07:23.a great week. Michael Rutter seems to be inspired. Jeremy McWilliams,
:07:24. > :07:34.Bruce Anstey also the, another proven winner. This could be a
:07:35. > :07:38.really good week for him. Ready for the start. You will get away first?
:07:39. > :07:46.Alastair Seeley has got a good start, as has John McGuinness.
:07:47. > :07:52.Alastair Seeley is in the lead. That is John McGuinness, great start from
:07:53. > :08:05.him. We ride with Paul Jordan on the BMW machine. Michael Rutter is
:08:06. > :08:11.number eight. John McGuinness did get a good start. He is in front of
:08:12. > :08:21.his old rival and sparring partner. Martin Jessopp has got the lead as
:08:22. > :08:28.we come to the Mill Road roundabout. John McGuinness is in third. Bruce
:08:29. > :08:35.Anstey came from a long way back on the grid, making some ground up. We
:08:36. > :08:40.ride with Michael Dunlop. He must have some problems because he has
:08:41. > :08:47.been easily passed there. No issues at the front. On board with Lee
:08:48. > :08:53.Johnston. Michael Rutter just kept it nailed! Great stuff from Michael
:08:54. > :08:59.Rutter, and from Lee Johnson on the number 13 bike. Here is the
:09:00. > :09:11.slipstream at work. They almost touch! Look at the toe the Lee
:09:12. > :09:17.Johnston is getting. It looks like they are about four abreast the! 185
:09:18. > :09:22.miles an hour! Astonishing stuff. Michael Rutter leads. John
:09:23. > :09:28.McGuinness is in third place. Alastair Seeley is getting shuffled
:09:29. > :09:31.backwards. Still on board with Michael Dunlop. I don't know what
:09:32. > :09:40.the problem was because he is still going. Up to the Ballysally
:09:41. > :09:53.roundabout. Look at the crowd! Here comes Hutchinson. That is a good
:09:54. > :09:56.start from him. They just touched! That was Jessup and Michael Rutter
:09:57. > :10:04.there. They just touched at that point. On board with Lee Johnston.
:10:05. > :10:10.It is Michael Rutter tracking Martin Jessopp. Was at the slipstream at
:10:11. > :10:14.work? It does move the bikes around. Very much so. I think they just
:10:15. > :10:18.wanted the same piece of track in the wind was buffeting them around.
:10:19. > :10:29.That would have frightened the life out of Michael Rutter! There they
:10:30. > :10:34.go, just skimming each other. It looks as though there were some
:10:35. > :10:37.together by the slipstream. It hasn't put off Michael Rutter! Or
:10:38. > :10:45.John McGuinness, he is still in there. This is not the 600 race we
:10:46. > :10:49.were expect them. Where is Alastair Seeley? This is his opportunity to
:10:50. > :10:53.bid for history and glory. At the moment he is letting everybody else
:10:54. > :11:05.make the running. Who will be latest on the brakes? I
:11:06. > :11:15.would put my money on Alastair Seeley. Scratching into Metropole.
:11:16. > :11:25.This is dying on the coast Road. Ian Hutchinson pushing it in, Dunlop
:11:26. > :11:27.behind him. A fantastic performance by Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, running
:11:28. > :11:33.at the front foot riders like that. This is poetry in motion at high
:11:34. > :11:39.speed. The weather here is so perfect we have dust clouds! We have
:11:40. > :11:45.a battle royal in the 600, which we do expect regardless of the weather.
:11:46. > :11:52.Lee Johnston is choosing his speed again. He takes the lead, Lee
:11:53. > :11:58.Johnson, on the second lap. At big cloud of dust behind them. This is
:11:59. > :12:08.the best opportunity for Ford Lee Johnston to get a win. -- Ford Lee
:12:09. > :12:17.Johnston to get a win. Bruce Anstey, the Kiwi, the kiwi on his helmet
:12:18. > :12:22.there. A lot of dust around. These were open road here yesterday.
:12:23. > :12:26.Michael Dunlop is retiring. The end of the day for him. He has had
:12:27. > :12:32.trouble with that like all through the week. Dust everywhere. We are
:12:33. > :12:39.not used to that. They will find that an issue from time to time.
:12:40. > :12:42.Stones hit you, they break your screen, can break your radiator. It
:12:43. > :12:48.is very painful if they had your finger. I just saw Alastair Seeley
:12:49. > :12:56.coming wide. He doesn't want to lose these two. Alastair Seeley does not
:12:57. > :13:06.want to be left hind. He is behind Michael Rutter. Got squeezed out to
:13:07. > :13:12.the kerb there. Getting on the power is so important. Every mile an hour
:13:13. > :13:20.you compile out of the roundabout to carry down the straight. We can see
:13:21. > :13:26.the green lights coming on, that is telling him when to change gear.
:13:27. > :13:31.Alastair Seeley is assiduously studying what is going on at the
:13:32. > :13:40.front. He has Michael Rutter behind him in the draft. We are on board
:13:41. > :13:47.with James Cowton. Look at this speeds they are doing! That is the
:13:48. > :13:52.on-board information we are seeing. William Dunlop went even faster on
:13:53. > :14:03.his 600, but here is Lee Johnston getting stopped. Will he get past?
:14:04. > :14:11.Talking of William Dunlop, there he is, number six. The Yamaha has been
:14:12. > :14:20.the fastest here all week. An extremely fast machine. William
:14:21. > :14:24.Dunlop is in third position. Probably our hp thing as much as the
:14:25. > :14:29.slipstream thing. It is the quickest thing there is. Lee Johnston, no
:14:30. > :14:37.sign of injury as he flies the front wheel of that Triumph. Head
:14:38. > :14:43.underneath the screen, trying to get away to the front. That was Peter
:14:44. > :14:51.Hickman. Peter Hickman is absolutely on it.
:14:52. > :15:00.Short run down to the Metropole. Plastic place. A bit of a toe from
:15:01. > :15:04.the slipstream. William Dunlop is on the outside of Jessopp. He has a
:15:05. > :15:13.position which will enable him to cut across. Johnson motor crosses
:15:14. > :15:17.in, Valentino Johnson! Through the left hand towards the railway
:15:18. > :15:24.bridge. He had a look at taking the lead. He is on the money at the
:15:25. > :15:28.moment, that bike has the speed and it is all about speed down the
:15:29. > :15:32.straight. That is the arts six Yamaha with Alastair Seeley, Jessopp
:15:33. > :15:39.in front coming up towards black ill. You can see how blind this
:15:40. > :15:44.corner is, clipping the kerb on the inside. They had off along the coast
:15:45. > :15:50.road towards Juniper. That combination corner towards the crest
:15:51. > :15:55.is easily the best part of this circuit. You can see Sealy Damia
:15:56. > :16:02.inside of Jessopp. He has come a long way forward. Seeley now
:16:03. > :16:08.thinking it is time perhaps to put in some stonking qualify laps -- he
:16:09. > :16:11.put in stonking qualifying laps, did Alastair Seeley. If he can pull one
:16:12. > :16:18.of those out of the bag you could see him making the breaks. He has
:16:19. > :16:23.such good race craft, he works out where to make his move, when, looks
:16:24. > :16:30.at his pit bull. There goes that she going through, not done with yet, it
:16:31. > :16:39.Ian Hutchinson has two Northwest 200 wins already. Very aggressive. Very
:16:40. > :16:44.hungry at this point. Going back to Alastair Seeley, the tenacity he has
:16:45. > :16:52.and the way he works at it, every lap he is metronomic and eight
:16:53. > :17:06.states. He loves this Kawasaki. Triumph. Yamaha, Kawasaki. Jessopp
:17:07. > :17:11.seems to have gone off the boil. That was the decisive pass in the
:17:12. > :17:16.chicane and I wonder if he will lose touch and Hutchinson will have to
:17:17. > :17:19.drag himself forward -- drag forward stop yellow sometimes I think you
:17:20. > :17:28.are best coming into the straight in fourth position. You can still see
:17:29. > :17:33.the number six Yamaha. Now we are on the fastest part of this 20 mile an
:17:34. > :17:39.hour tailwinds giving them speed along here. All dragged along by
:17:40. > :17:43.Johnston. James Cowton, this still ripping out the miles per hour but
:17:44. > :17:50.not touch with the leading bunch and has lost the toes so it is all about
:17:51. > :17:57.horsepower four. You need a another in front to get that speed. We said
:17:58. > :18:03.the Yamaha was fast and it has blasted past Johnston in the lead.
:18:04. > :18:07.All four are close together, William Dunlop, Lee Johnston, Alastair
:18:08. > :18:12.Seeley, Ian Hutchinson, that is the slipstream. Jessopp is still with
:18:13. > :18:16.them, still bear. He is not done with yet. If you are in touch you
:18:17. > :18:21.are in with a chance. On board with Alastair Seeley trying to get behind
:18:22. > :18:22.the other rider. Look at this, he will get the draft from both, is
:18:23. > :18:37.there a gap, he is good on the brakes, this is the one
:18:38. > :18:39.place Alastair Seeley seems to be supreme. Does he have the second
:18:40. > :18:42.place? He has. It is Dunlop, Seeley, Johnston, Hutchinson. Seeley peeling
:18:43. > :18:47.foot -- running for the lead. Did he miss a gear or has he got a problem?
:18:48. > :18:51.He didn't get out of the chicane that well. The Yamaha is tuned for
:18:52. > :18:56.top end and maybe it doesn't have the talk coming off the corners.
:18:57. > :19:00.Here comes Alastair Seeley. Late breaking into Metropole to take the
:19:01. > :19:07.lead from Dunlop and Johnston. Hutchinson behind. With all the
:19:08. > :19:14.engine tuners, they can build an engine for a race track. You can do
:19:15. > :19:18.top end power with valve timing is and compressions. It seems to me
:19:19. > :19:24.like the Yamaha in second place has a lot of top end but loses a bit
:19:25. > :19:28.coming off the slower corners. Johnston tracking him closely over
:19:29. > :19:31.the coast road. Not many opportunities to pass along here but
:19:32. > :19:41.they do exist. Alastair Seeley brought short circuit racing to be
:19:42. > :19:46.circuit a few years ago. That trick belongs to everybody now. Hutchinson
:19:47. > :19:50.is inside the lead, Johnston had to pick it up. Johnston will not be
:19:51. > :19:55.happy, he comes through and will lose ground. He has gone all the way
:19:56. > :20:00.back, a long way. Johnston lost ground there but the rules state you
:20:01. > :20:04.have to stop and put your foot down. Whether there will be a penalty we
:20:05. > :20:08.will have to find out, but the penalty was going up the slip road.
:20:09. > :20:15.He looked for everyone to go past. He lost time and places so that was
:20:16. > :20:23.his penalty. Seeley leads Dunlop from Hutchinson, Jessopp in fourth.
:20:24. > :20:27.I think, where is Johnston, he came out two places down, lost a couple
:20:28. > :20:32.of spots, didn't he, going through the chicane. Very much, and like I
:20:33. > :20:36.say, he was mature in waiting for everyone to go through, looked, made
:20:37. > :20:41.sure it was clear. He will have to try to get on the back of this pack
:20:42. > :20:46.but lost four second. He is there. Michael Sweeney, that wasn't the
:20:47. > :20:51.conventional line through that corner. Not at all. He goes to
:20:52. > :20:54.tipping on straight out of the corner Hutchinson was there, nowhere
:20:55. > :21:03.to go unless you went through the gravel. You can see double but he
:21:04. > :21:09.has got the toe, back on the pack. That was Hutchinson. Slowing at the
:21:10. > :21:14.top of the screen, it looks like they have left him behind and he has
:21:15. > :21:19.a problem. That was very easy and he is nowhere in this picture. Jessopp
:21:20. > :21:25.was with him. Was that the stair from Johnston that broke his engine?
:21:26. > :21:30.LAUGHTER Jessopp is looking behind, I don't think Hutchinson is with us.
:21:31. > :21:34.It is hard to see from the helicopter, two bikes in the
:21:35. > :21:45.fixture, Johnston has recovered well but Jessopp getting a tone now. He
:21:46. > :21:52.is. As we look down towards McAvoy, Jessopp down the inside, moves
:21:53. > :21:58.across to get the nice clean entry. So much... Bad thing picks up its
:21:59. > :22:04.front wheel and goes, doesn't it? So important to get it fired. If you
:22:05. > :22:08.come to a straight with a bike in front of you it gives you the
:22:09. > :22:12.equivalent of five horsepower, maybe more, because you are not pushing
:22:13. > :22:18.the air. The battle for third place I think, these two are having a ding
:22:19. > :22:24.dong, swapping places, Johnson leads into Metropole, onto the coast road,
:22:25. > :22:28.and what happens between these two will be interesting. Seeley in front
:22:29. > :22:37.somewhere. He has gone, just watch what has going on. Baby is. He has
:22:38. > :22:41.the gap. The last lap flag shown to Alastair Seeley, four or five
:22:42. > :22:46.seconds. At least. Three and a half or four seconds, comfortable there.
:22:47. > :22:51.You can take his time little, not make any mistakes. McGuinness, what
:22:52. > :22:57.is happening with him? Seems a long way back, is he slow now? He is
:22:58. > :23:01.there or thereabouts. He was right on it at the very beginning but as
:23:02. > :23:07.he goes through the start - finish there was nobody around him. He was
:23:08. > :23:12.right up there. The Carrickfergus wizard could take his 17th win,
:23:13. > :23:18.seven and a half miles to go. He made history the other night, now
:23:19. > :23:23.he's going to make another entry in the record books. Doesn't look as if
:23:24. > :23:25.anything could stop him now. It doesn't, Ben Wilson unfortunately
:23:26. > :23:31.had an accident in practice and broke his leg but the team will be
:23:32. > :23:35.extremely happy about this, the 44 Kawasaki, a very prominent team in
:23:36. > :23:40.British Superbikes, and Alastair Seeley has again been the master
:23:41. > :23:44.today. It wasn't easy for him, a lot of battling early on, but he weighed
:23:45. > :23:49.things up and worked it out nicely. He thinks, and that is very
:23:50. > :23:54.impressive, but keeps his nerve, doesn't panic when he is fifth or
:23:55. > :24:00.sixth and try to hustle, he knows his game plan. LAUGHTER No game plan
:24:01. > :24:05.here at all! Hustle? Who can barge their way through. Jessopp in front
:24:06. > :24:09.of Johnston, the battle for the podium places. Word has come upon
:24:10. > :24:15.the timing that Johnston has a ten second penalty so he is not in a
:24:16. > :24:25.podium position. He may not know that. I don't know if Jessopp knows.
:24:26. > :24:27.Jessopp probably went slow down anyway, but that would be dreadfully
:24:28. > :24:30.unfair. Very cruel but I don't think Johnston will know he has the
:24:31. > :24:32.penalty nor will Jessopp so they are still going for a place, which will
:24:33. > :24:36.help Hickman, currently in fourth, he will get a podium I think, but
:24:37. > :24:41.that is cruel for Johnston and arguably probably Hutchinson's
:24:42. > :24:46.fault, then he pulled out. Johnston thinking he is going for second,
:24:47. > :24:51.Jessopp can feel him in the slipstream. Another bike behind him.
:24:52. > :24:59.So evenly matched, those two Triumph bikes. Here he is, fires it out of
:25:00. > :25:03.there. He looks over his shoulder, knows he has a nice advantage,
:25:04. > :25:07.doesn't have to do anything silly. We saw Jessopp look over his
:25:08. > :25:17.shoulder and all he saw was number 13. Got a Facebook Johnston. Pass
:25:18. > :25:22.the petrol station towards the Metropole. He has done it, hasn't
:25:23. > :25:28.he, if he can be good on the break they can take second place from
:25:29. > :25:33.Jessopp. Jessopp switches back, can he get it stopped and keep it tight?
:25:34. > :25:39.There have to be careful because it goes to a negative camber if you run
:25:40. > :25:45.too wide, up to church corner. There it is, Lee Johnston's ten second
:25:46. > :25:49.penalty is. He will be surprised and I suspect her. He didn't think you
:25:50. > :25:55.did anything wrong and it didn't look like it. And he lost time. Yes
:25:56. > :25:57.but Alastair Seeley has lost nothing, as he, another
:25:58. > :26:04.record-breaking win, just a few yards of racetrack another chapter
:26:05. > :26:09.in the legend. He has the lap record from Thursday evening and hasn't had
:26:10. > :26:15.to stretch himself. A happy north-west for this man. And for the
:26:16. > :26:19.fans who came here to see history being made, to say they were there
:26:20. > :26:24.when it happened, nothing like that for a fan to say, I was there.
:26:25. > :26:30.Johnston in third place but we know he went be at the finish. Great ride
:26:31. > :26:35.from Jessopp, terrific on the Triumph. On form this week and
:26:36. > :26:38.Johnston is well suffering from injury, but all about Alastair
:26:39. > :26:52.Seeley right now and you can tell he is very happy to have grabbed that
:26:53. > :26:57.win. Here other results, look at this -- here are the results.
:26:58. > :27:05.Johnston six. McGuinness will be happy with eight. Congratulations
:27:06. > :27:09.from his dad and then it was 17 wins. I have always been matched up
:27:10. > :27:15.with the size of the bike and the size of me so I feel comfortable on
:27:16. > :27:19.the bike this week through qualifying. I felt like if I got the
:27:20. > :27:25.track I could hit all my own lines and apex is. I went a bit early this
:27:26. > :27:31.time and try to make that break. Once I could hear the corners I had
:27:32. > :27:35.a gap I put my head back. Only in the last lap I had a look and my
:27:36. > :27:43.board said plus five so I have another look to make sure, then
:27:44. > :27:47.cruised home. Nice to get 17 and had another one. I took the leave from
:27:48. > :27:51.not a great start, took a big chunk out of Alistair and I thought if we
:27:52. > :27:55.could get our heads down, then Lee came past and I was second, and he
:27:56. > :27:59.tapped the back of his bike which normally means let's work together
:28:00. > :28:04.so I sat behind him for a couple of Straits than a few came past, so I
:28:05. > :28:10.got my head down and knew if I kept it clean, looked where I was going,
:28:11. > :28:18.keep my apex is, I would be all right. The fifth consecutive year
:28:19. > :28:23.Seeley has delivered at least a double at the North West 200. As the
:28:24. > :28:28.Lee Johnston, he certainly wasn't very happy. County Fermanagh man is
:28:29. > :28:32.a big boxing fan, so we thought we should team him up with the best in
:28:33. > :28:48.the business, Northern Ireland world champion Carl Frampton.
:28:49. > :28:55.Why did you want to come and watch Carl Frampton trained today? As you
:28:56. > :29:00.can probably hear in the background he is the best in the world. We are
:29:01. > :29:04.lucky enough to have him from our little country at home and not only
:29:05. > :29:11.that he is a good guy. It is a privilege. As you can hear! He hits
:29:12. > :29:15.hard. I am really enjoying it. How much have you enjoyed having Lee
:29:16. > :29:21.here today? It has been good. I have met him a couple of times now. What
:29:22. > :29:26.them guys do is unbelievable. I am a big admirer of the road racers
:29:27. > :29:33.especially. It's great to have him down and have a bit of insight into
:29:34. > :29:40.what goes on behind the scenes. We produce so many big sports stars,
:29:41. > :29:43.and in his game, they have done laps... There are so many great
:29:44. > :30:00.sportsmen How will you like going into the
:30:01. > :30:06.ring with him later. I have had enough banks on my head! How did he
:30:07. > :30:12.do? Eastern Cape you into the body. He kept his hands up. For the first
:30:13. > :30:19.time, I was impressed. I am telling the truth. If your mum hues
:30:20. > :30:27.television she will be happy. How do you feel after that? I dread to
:30:28. > :30:32.think would be like to be hip properly. He hit a fence the other
:30:33. > :30:38.week! That is different to getting Ed Davey in the head. You can get
:30:39. > :30:48.over them quicker, I think. Are you fighting fit for the NorthWest 200?
:30:49. > :30:54.It is hard. I have been working hard with physios. We are just trying to
:30:55. > :31:01.do a good job as we can. Whether I will be up to speed and will be
:31:02. > :31:09.figured out. I want to win races, more races at the NorthWest 200. Lee
:31:10. > :31:15.Johnston is on the second goal of the grid for the next race, the
:31:16. > :31:20.Superstock. It is Alastair Seeley he is in pole position again.
:31:21. > :31:26.Seconds away, time to race. It is the first time we have seen the big
:31:27. > :31:33.bikes on track. Alastair Seeley is on pool again. Ian Hutchinson on the
:31:34. > :31:43.BMW, Michael Johnson -- Michael Dunlop on the BMW as well. William
:31:44. > :31:46.Dunlop is back here again. This is restarted race after James Hillier a
:31:47. > :31:53.tumble. This will be a five lap race. It has been cut back a lap. We
:31:54. > :32:03.have a bike being wheeled away there. That is Dean Harrison's being
:32:04. > :32:07.wheeled away. It is a great opportunity for those riders to get
:32:08. > :32:15.a good start because they have a big space in front of them. The else
:32:16. > :32:24.with a good start but Alastair Seeley? You can see there resistive
:32:25. > :32:29.breeze from the coast. I think William Dunlop was also taken off
:32:30. > :32:37.the grid. A good start but Gary Johnson, he has come right up on the
:32:38. > :32:41.tail of Gary Johnson. Lee Johnston does some motocross on the first
:32:42. > :32:53.match. The second wave gets the line. James Cowton going for it. It
:32:54. > :33:00.is still Alastair Seeley, a bold and start from him. We have not seen
:33:01. > :33:03.these bikes out so far this week. This is the Superstock race from
:33:04. > :33:10.Thursday night that has been brought over. They have had a couple of
:33:11. > :33:16.attempts at running this. The whole lot of them compressing at the
:33:17. > :33:23.front. That flamboyant style of Lee Johnston picking up the wheel.
:33:24. > :33:28.On-board with Alastair Seeley, who does not seem to be slowing down a
:33:29. > :33:37.single bit. Still one of the fastest guys out here. As is Michael Rutter,
:33:38. > :33:41.to be fair. The slipstream there. Michael Rutter looking for an
:33:42. > :33:48.impossible gap on Alastair Seeley. Does he get that? No, he does. He
:33:49. > :33:53.has track position! That is the first time we have seen that happen
:33:54. > :34:00.all week, anybody passing Alastair Seeley on the brakes! Michael Rutter
:34:01. > :34:05.on the BMW is rejuvenated, I would say. The Sun Chang definitely brings
:34:06. > :34:12.out the best in a chap, doesn't that? Michael Rutter has risen to
:34:13. > :34:13.the occasion here this year, maybe because there was no expectations,
:34:14. > :34:24.no pressure. It is all happening here. Five laps.
:34:25. > :34:28.Some of the tyre in fact jurors would be pleased about that, because
:34:29. > :34:31.they are having to really stretch these road tyres here. Alastair
:34:32. > :34:45.Seeley and Michael Rutter. Is that on all boy I see before me,
:34:46. > :34:53.just in front of Gary Johnson? Is that a Kiwi on the back of that
:34:54. > :34:59.Helmut? It did leave. On-board with Ivan Lintin. He hasn't got off the
:35:00. > :35:06.line at all well. A definite problem for him. He may well be struggling
:35:07. > :35:12.with that bike. Back at the front but Gary Johnson. That is Ian
:35:13. > :35:19.Hutchinson charging through. We know he will be a force to be reckoned
:35:20. > :35:30.with. Ian Hutchinson did not get a good start but he is climbing his
:35:31. > :35:35.way through. Ian Hutchinson has not had... He has had to race wins here
:35:36. > :35:41.previously back in 2010 before his accident. Ian Hutchinson looking
:35:42. > :35:48.very strong in the 600 races before he had Robins. Michael Dunlop also
:35:49. > :35:53.have albums. Ian Hutchinson Roker radiator, as stone went through it.
:35:54. > :36:04.William Dunlop had a clutch problem. No problems for Alastair Seeley. No
:36:05. > :36:12.stones to him. -- to him. Alastair Seeley and Michael Rutter, Ian
:36:13. > :36:20.Hutchinson and Hickman. How long will it stay like that? With Michael
:36:21. > :36:29.Dunlop. Lee Johnston just behind him. Very much a pack, six of them
:36:30. > :36:36.within a second of each other. We will get an idea of what the tyres
:36:37. > :36:41.are looking nights here. The Dunlop tyres have been more consistent this
:36:42. > :36:47.week. They have all been having problems and it is all because of
:36:48. > :36:56.the exceptionally warm weather. It has been in the 30s on track apart
:36:57. > :36:59.from in the evening all week. Yes, the warm track temperatures we have
:37:00. > :37:04.had. It is about 30 degrees at the moment. The motor cycles have been
:37:05. > :37:12.riding here in the damp and rain before, but they have probably got
:37:13. > :37:15.about 30 more horsepower than they did from the last time we had Sun
:37:16. > :37:21.Chang here. They are enormously powerful. They are nearly as
:37:22. > :37:29.powerful as a Superbike. We have seen 205 miles an hour of ice
:37:30. > :37:36.Superstock bike. Very little modifications. They use race fuel,
:37:37. > :37:42.of course. They weigh about 190 kilograms. Talking to the tyre
:37:43. > :37:49.technicians, they say sometimes the traction control actually hurts the
:37:50. > :37:54.tyre because it slips and grips. They are supposed to be better
:37:55. > :37:58.behaved on the bigger bikes, I baked? But the slipstream has an
:37:59. > :38:04.even greater effect. A bigger hole in the air. Ian Hutchinson at the
:38:05. > :38:11.front at university, with Michael Rutter in second place. Gary Johnson
:38:12. > :38:19.is going really well. Gary does not seem to have a lot of luck. Let's
:38:20. > :38:23.hope it comes to him this year, 2016, NorthWest 200. It used to be
:38:24. > :38:35.at 200 mile race that started out in 1929. They now go at 200 miles an
:38:36. > :38:42.hour! Don't turn my because if you do you will see Michael Dunlop right
:38:43. > :38:48.behind you. He is there or thereabouts, is the? The tyre is
:38:49. > :38:57.looking good at the moment. That is Gary Johnson. The tyre is looking
:38:58. > :39:00.good, nice temperature on it. Look at the blue sky behind, it is
:39:01. > :39:08.extraordinary. It has really brought out the crowds. Hoping for a home
:39:09. > :39:13.win. Lots of opportunities for that. Alastair Seeley of course wants all
:39:14. > :39:18.of them. He always does. It has been a long time since we have seen Ian
:39:19. > :39:22.Hutchinson on the top step of the podium. He has been through hell and
:39:23. > :39:31.back. We were so pleased to see him come back last year and win the
:39:32. > :39:35.three races at the Isle of Man TT. He was given a trophy by the
:39:36. > :39:39.automobile club for his sheer tenacity. He has switched to a
:39:40. > :39:48.right-hand gear shift, which is a really odd thing to do. And a thumb
:39:49. > :39:52.break. How counterintuitive is that?! He really is something
:39:53. > :39:58.special. His sheer tenacity has been astonishing. He is out in front of
:39:59. > :40:04.the Superstock race. A glorious day here on the North Coast. It is a
:40:05. > :40:09.constant surprise that is why I keep saying it! Six races today. It is
:40:10. > :40:17.possible that Philip McCallan's five in a day record could go. They are
:40:18. > :40:22.all trying really hard now, they? The only man that could
:40:23. > :40:27.realistically do it is Alastair Seeley, who we are with right now.
:40:28. > :40:37.He needs for a more to equal that record by Philip McCallan. Doubtful,
:40:38. > :40:45.in my opinion. It is quite tickled. -- it is quite difficult. If anyone
:40:46. > :40:51.can, it is almost certainly going to be Alastair Seeley.
:40:52. > :41:00.Hutchinson is on a fast motor cycle, he seems to have great race craft.
:41:01. > :41:06.Sometimes it gets to the front he can just disappear. Ian Hutchinson
:41:07. > :41:10.is very keen to start his season. He has been riding in British
:41:11. > :41:15.Superbikes and has been on the podium on three occasions. He is
:41:16. > :41:23.also under pressure from somebody else he is a rising star. This could
:41:24. > :41:34.be the day for Peter Hickman, as well. It could be the day for
:41:35. > :41:39.Michael Rutter. Someone else is in that pack who doesn't think about it
:41:40. > :41:44.too much just really goes aggressive, Michael Dunlop. Peter
:41:45. > :41:53.Hickman now is leading this race. He has won at Silverstone.
:41:54. > :42:03.Has Alastair Seeley got a plan? Michael Rutter on the inside. Look
:42:04. > :42:09.at the weaving through the. It is quite extraordinary. Chester 200
:42:10. > :42:17.miles an hour. Michael Dunlop goes past.
:42:18. > :42:26.Michael Rutter from Hickman, from Michael Dunlop as they go into this
:42:27. > :42:31.left-hander. Alastair Seeley is not one to be fears by being in this
:42:32. > :42:34.position at this point of the race because he knows what the slipstream
:42:35. > :42:41.can do. He knows when to bide his time.
:42:42. > :42:52.We look back. The front wheel is pouring the air. These bikes are
:42:53. > :42:58.nearly as fast on the straight as the Superbikes. The Superbikes have
:42:59. > :43:04.so much power, 25 brake horsepower more than these, and they really all
:43:05. > :43:09.the time. The writers actually had the break to keep the front wheel
:43:10. > :43:18.down. The Superstock bikes being heavier, they can keep the bikes
:43:19. > :43:22.flatter than the straight. -- flat out down the straight. Just look at
:43:23. > :43:37.the bumps. Michael Dunlop is about two of
:43:38. > :43:45.Alastair Seeley when it comes to weight! Still six of them in a
:43:46. > :43:52.tender Superbike race. Still clouds of dust.
:43:53. > :43:59.They switched to be inside line. Michael Rutter trying to squeeze the
:44:00. > :44:05.brakes on enough to get the bike stopped. Alastair Seeley right
:44:06. > :44:12.behind. He got past Hickman. That was very bold. Basically you up
:44:13. > :44:20.pulling the bricks as hard as the front tyre with a loudly. -- will
:44:21. > :44:24.allow you. They have enough braking power that they could flip over. You
:44:25. > :44:38.tried to set up as much as Buchanan. These boys are absolutely enjoying
:44:39. > :44:45.the racing in the sunshine here on the north coast. Michael Dunlop is
:44:46. > :44:49.enjoying this challenge. Hickman and Alastair Seeley almost touch the. --
:44:50. > :45:11.the. Seeley once this win, it is possible
:45:12. > :45:17.for him to take his creator from the site of the tire.
:45:18. > :45:39.look at this, Rutter and Dunlop, both BMWs. Did you see when he put
:45:40. > :45:44.his hand up, it slowed him down. That was a cheeky thing to do and he
:45:45. > :45:49.knew that would happen. He struggled to keep his arm anywhere near the
:45:50. > :45:56.handlebar. Second place still Rutter, he will have a smile at
:45:57. > :46:00.that. Trying to ride past him on the roundabout earlier on. He has done
:46:01. > :46:05.it this time. Into the Ballysally, we saw last time he was faster,
:46:06. > :46:10.riding around the outside. Rutter had to pick it up, and nearly
:46:11. > :46:16.clobbered his knee on the kerb. So Dunlop gets to the front. Here it
:46:17. > :46:21.is, close enough to read the dials on Rutter's machine. When he takes
:46:22. > :46:26.it nearly nearly blows his arm behind him, watch this. His whole
:46:27. > :46:31.body moved. If you want to check it out put your hand out of the window
:46:32. > :46:35.of the at 70 miles an hour, then travelled the force. Michael has the
:46:36. > :46:41.force with him now or so it seems. That was a confidence thing to do
:46:42. > :46:47.from Dunlop, that he wants to win here very badly. Don't forget Seeley
:46:48. > :46:51.has taken his father's record. That won't sit well and he doesn't want
:46:52. > :46:56.Seeley to win more races if they can stop him but he has Seeley behind
:46:57. > :47:06.him, past Rutter, is this the beginning of the Wizard's charge?
:47:07. > :47:09.Seeley has worked out the fastest man on the track. This will be
:47:10. > :47:18.interesting because I can't imagine Michael... It is about getting past
:47:19. > :47:23.someone and grabbing the best part, the inside of the corner because of
:47:24. > :47:26.somebody rides around you shop them off. Alastair Seeley let Rutter go
:47:27. > :47:34.through without resistance because there was nothing he could do. Don't
:47:35. > :47:42.think he expected that all! On the outside again, all doing about 185
:47:43. > :47:46.miles an hour. So easy to overshoot. Michael Dunlop backing it in there.
:47:47. > :47:51.Get the breaks on the 10th of a second too late... The crowd going
:47:52. > :47:56.wild, the crowd loving this. It's not over yet, too early to applaud
:47:57. > :48:01.but they are pleased to see him in front. He doesn't need much
:48:02. > :48:08.encouragement, Dunlop. See how much that motorcycle is moving around,
:48:09. > :48:12.wait transition all the time, even on the of the course, it will squat
:48:13. > :48:17.down in exhilaration, then the big gap on the brakes as it transfers
:48:18. > :48:21.all the way to the front tyre. Were you saying squirming? Look at it,
:48:22. > :48:25.Michael Dunlop on the brakes very late, Seeley trying to close up with
:48:26. > :48:31.Rutter as they going to the chicane, get the drive out to passing, but
:48:32. > :48:35.also evenly matched on power as well, all these machines close
:48:36. > :48:39.together. No wonder they're suffering from a horsepower deficit.
:48:40. > :48:44.Not at all, they will be getting pit signals now to know laps to go. The
:48:45. > :48:49.ones in front can see the gap. There is the last lap flag, so they know
:48:50. > :48:54.they have nine miles now to see who is the greatest tactician. Dunlop
:48:55. > :48:59.right in the kerb there, stones flying everywhere, right out on that
:49:00. > :49:03.curb so he left hardly a millimetre of tracks there. They won the prize
:49:04. > :49:09.for going close to the edge there, couldn't have got nearer to that
:49:10. > :49:15.curb without banging it quite had. Now he is doing his best to fend off
:49:16. > :49:20.Michael Rutter, who is just so on form it is hard to believe, here it
:49:21. > :49:24.is again, look at this. Look at that, did you see double. Hardly a
:49:25. > :49:30.fag paper between his tyre and the kerb as he came out of there.
:49:31. > :49:36.Michael Dunlop from Michael Rutter, Alastair Seeley in third place,
:49:37. > :49:40.Hutchy behind that. Still five winners here potentially. Seeley
:49:41. > :49:44.will be fast here, we know how quick he is, the smallest of these guys,
:49:45. > :49:50.he will have Rutter before he gets to Station Corner. He has his nose
:49:51. > :49:55.in front. Rutter must have gone otherwise he would be off the kerb.
:49:56. > :50:00.Look at this. They are both going to pass Dunlop. Rutter with him,
:50:01. > :50:04.Michael one of the larger guys, so he will struggle with top speed, but
:50:05. > :50:10.he has more places to slipstream yet, lots of corners coming yet, and
:50:11. > :50:16.I reckon Hutchy is there somewhere. As I speak, Hutchy looking for a gap
:50:17. > :50:21.and now they are four abreast at 200 miles an hour. Hutchy is in the
:50:22. > :50:25.lead! When you get free bikes in front of you it is like following a
:50:26. > :50:30.truck. Speaking of which, Dunlop ahead of Seeley making a big hole in
:50:31. > :50:37.the air for two bikes to get through and passed him. Now having to fight
:50:38. > :50:42.back the places the slipstream gave away on his behalf. Dunlop came on
:50:43. > :50:46.in first and is now back to fourth. That is what the slipstream does as
:50:47. > :50:50.they go around the roundabout the last time, had failed to Mather's
:50:51. > :50:56.Cross, fast and bumpy year to. This is some lap, slipstream taking
:50:57. > :51:00.place, but the first and second split are under lap record times,
:51:01. > :51:07.Seeley again getting that run out in front. He has left it late but then
:51:08. > :51:11.he always says you need to be leading coming out of Juniper. That
:51:12. > :51:15.was where Hutchy had to roll because there was no gap. He would have gone
:51:16. > :51:20.past faster but the track wasn't wide enough that four abreast. This
:51:21. > :51:26.is where Michael is going backwards, first to third, Seeley looking on
:51:27. > :51:32.the inside, ran a little hopped into there. You cannot believe that, they
:51:33. > :51:35.had 200 miles an hour at that point. You have to trust that everyone
:51:36. > :51:40.around you knows exactly what they are doing. And there are still five
:51:41. > :51:45.of them. You could chuck a blanket down and cover them all. Hickman was
:51:46. > :51:52.at the back of the group. Is he going to stay there? He probably is,
:51:53. > :51:56.no, gets back past Michael, but Hutchy in front, first - second
:51:57. > :52:03.split of phenomenal times, the lap record when the other night to
:52:04. > :52:07.Seeley, 122.207, will we see a new lap record here from Hutchinson, if
:52:08. > :52:11.you can break that I think you could win the race, but it looks like it
:52:12. > :52:16.is between him and Rutter with Rutter gaining all the time, in the
:52:17. > :52:21.middle-of-the-road, who will get through there into the brakes? Who
:52:22. > :52:26.will come out of the Metropole chicane the fastest, looks like
:52:27. > :52:30.Alastair Seeley has done it. Seeley pass the two. Extraordinaire,
:52:31. > :52:35.Alastair Seeley flew past on the brakes. As you can see, you don't
:52:36. > :52:40.out-brake Alastair Seeley. It is not one of those days. Did Seeley have
:52:41. > :52:44.something up his sleeve, we said he is a master tactician. His favourite
:52:45. > :52:50.line on the inside, he will have to switch to the outside in a minute.
:52:51. > :52:54.Has he been toying with this group, elbow to elbow with Hutchy. He has
:52:55. > :53:00.gone wide, that is it, Seeley has lost this one because he has lost
:53:01. > :53:06.three places. Hutchy have capitalised, the number four bike.
:53:07. > :53:10.Look who is in second! Stunning stuff from Hutchy but Seeley so late
:53:11. > :53:14.on the brakes, we saw him sliding into the corner, then he got on the
:53:15. > :53:21.dusty part of the track and couldn't get on the power. Could Hutchy be
:53:22. > :53:25.getting his third North West I will bet on it. Hickman on the podium as
:53:26. > :53:32.well and Alastair Seeley amir podium. He hasn't settled for it
:53:33. > :53:37.yet, has he? Not at all. To anyone else that would be gold dust but to
:53:38. > :53:41.Alastair Seeley podium finishes the defeat. He was coming in to win them
:53:42. > :53:45.all and he may not have said it like that but he had it written all over
:53:46. > :53:50.in, everything he did this week. Hutchy doesn't know there is no one
:53:51. > :53:56.behind him but Ian Hutchinson blasts through to take his third... Look at
:53:57. > :54:03.that, so close, and they are still close. What a group, what a race,
:54:04. > :54:09.what amazing talent, what a tremendous performance from all the
:54:10. > :54:13.riders in that, Steve. Hutchy, hitch men, Alastair Seeley, Michael
:54:14. > :54:20.Rutter, Michael Dunlop, Lee Johnston, Gary Johnson, the list
:54:21. > :54:25.goes on. A fabulous top ten. Hutchy deserves his celebrations. He is the
:54:26. > :54:31.man. You got to be pleased about that.
:54:32. > :54:38.Ian, congratulations, as last lap to remember. Yes, that's what this
:54:39. > :54:43.place is like, steady, calm in the race, watch what everyone is doing.
:54:44. > :54:48.I thought going into the second to last lap I was in the perfect place,
:54:49. > :54:55.don't try too hard, last lap just worked perfectly. To come back for
:54:56. > :55:01.teams like BMW, they have been amazing to me, giving me so much
:55:02. > :55:07.time on their bikes. I am so pleased to get this win here, you know? Are
:55:08. > :55:11.bike is good at cornering on the brakes but towards the end I was
:55:12. > :55:14.trying too hard, took the front going into Church on the last lap
:55:15. > :55:21.after Metropole, then Alistair ran on a bit. Trying to make sure... I
:55:22. > :55:25.was trying to keep up with Hutchy, he had a gap by then, and I wanted
:55:26. > :55:35.to have a go into Juniper because I know I am strong on the brakes but I
:55:36. > :55:38.couldn't get close enough. So, successful Ian Hutchinson, who
:55:39. > :55:40.recently collected a famous motorsport award. I got dressed up
:55:41. > :55:53.and joined him on his big day. The Royal automobile club in Pall
:55:54. > :55:57.Mall, London, is steeped in motorsport history and heritage
:55:58. > :56:01.stretching back way over 100 years. There are many prized possessions in
:56:02. > :56:06.this famous old building. Today Ian Hutchinson this year and got one of
:56:07. > :56:09.the club's most prestigious awards. Look at that, that is the number two
:56:10. > :56:31.bike of Hutchy. He was awarded the torrents Trophy.
:56:32. > :56:34.Obviously now I have been hearing realised how big it is in the
:56:35. > :56:39.motoring industry I am really proud to have been chosen for it. It is
:56:40. > :56:41.obviously one of the sport's highest awards you could get us a
:56:42. > :56:57.motorcyclist in Great Britain. What did you go through to get back
:56:58. > :57:02.to where you are today? They say you should never really have a general
:57:03. > :57:06.and that digging your life, so to have 30 and not remember most of
:57:07. > :57:10.them shows just how long and hard it has been to get through it. White
:57:11. > :57:14.and at that very low point, did you think there was a time you might
:57:15. > :57:19.never walk again never mind ride a motorcycle again? At the start I
:57:20. > :57:24.wouldn't accept the option was to appetite my leg, I wouldn't have it,
:57:25. > :57:28.but I built up a good relationship with my surgeons, the skin graft won
:57:29. > :57:32.on the bone one. That's when it hits hard because there is no kidding it
:57:33. > :57:35.and knows saying, no screaming and shouting the matter what you do
:57:36. > :57:40.don't take my leg off, they have been through that stage. The next
:57:41. > :57:45.stages it might need to come off, so they were the toughest times for
:57:46. > :57:49.that. Did you always have the belief in yourself that you would battle
:57:50. > :57:54.back again and be successful? I knew once it was fixed that I would want
:57:55. > :58:00.to be writing again, and I wasn't going to forget how to do it. --
:58:01. > :58:03.riding again. I knew there would be hurdles to overcome to get back to
:58:04. > :58:12.the top but I wanted to give it a go no matter what. And back to his very
:58:13. > :58:18.best at the North West 200. So Ian Hutchinson gives his team an amazing
:58:19. > :58:23.24th podium at the North West 200. Philip, it's been a brilliant start
:58:24. > :58:28.to the North West 200. Four races, two for Northern Ireland, two for
:58:29. > :58:33.England, 44 Seeley, now the North West 200 record holder, a first for
:58:34. > :58:39.Ivan Lintin and a first for Hutchy since 2010. Great stuff, and more
:58:40. > :58:44.action tomorrow night. Join us for our second highlights programme at
:58:45. > :58:46.10:45pm on BBC One. But for now, from all of us here on the north
:58:47. > :59:17.coast, it's goodbye. and discover the fascinating
:59:18. > :59:21.secret lives of buildings.