:01:05. > :01:13.The 5th over the past few years, Misano has begun a Mayor Ken for
:01:13. > :01:18.the two factions of Italian fans. - - Mecca. Today was the day that
:01:18. > :01:22.they were supposed to join together, but it has been a nightmare for the
:01:22. > :01:25.Italian Dream Team. Instead, it is on that and a certain Australian
:01:25. > :01:33.who have taken control. Just seven days ago, they strengthened their
:01:33. > :01:36.grip on the championship. The new circuit at Indianapolis from that
:01:36. > :01:41.lot of controversy, but Casey Stoner coped best with the slippery
:01:41. > :01:47.conditions. He got into this groove over the earlier laps and once he
:01:47. > :01:51.had overtaken Dani Pedrosa, he just got faster and faster. Ben Spies
:01:51. > :01:54.was the only rider looked like matching his pace in practice, but
:01:54. > :01:58.a disastrous start spoiled any chances of a home win. He did but
:01:59. > :02:02.on a show of the home crowd, fighting back from ninth to the
:02:02. > :02:12.podium at taking a few precious championship points from Lorenzo,
:02:12. > :02:17.
:02:18. > :02:21.over the reigning champion. There is an interesting battle for fought
:02:21. > :02:28.between Pedrosa, Ben Spies, and if you are a real optimists, Valentino
:02:28. > :02:31.Three wins on the bounce for Casey Stoner, and despite the brilliance
:02:31. > :02:35.and dominance of his win at Indianapolis, it was the first time
:02:35. > :02:40.he had been on the podium at that circuit, the only circuit left on
:02:40. > :02:44.his list. Great stuff for Casey Stoner, and he is going to speak to
:02:44. > :02:47.us now, just making his final preparations inside the truck.
:02:47. > :02:51.You're making a final preparations before you go out, take us through
:02:51. > :02:56.it. You have got your flight case from Indianapolis, plenty of
:02:56. > :03:00.luggage to carry. Yes, definitely, we have it take all the suits. When
:03:00. > :03:04.you have a few consecutive flyweight races, you have to make
:03:04. > :03:07.sure that you have plenty of gear to take with you. It ends up being
:03:07. > :03:12.a little bit heavy, and the team has got to take all their stuff,
:03:12. > :03:15.there is a lot to carry around. much going wrong for you at the
:03:15. > :03:19.moment, three wins on the bounce, your first podium at Indianapolis,
:03:19. > :03:23.going well. It has been a really good season for us. There are a few
:03:23. > :03:26.things we would have liked to have done better, a few podiums that we
:03:26. > :03:29.could have done better, but you learn from those, and that is why
:03:29. > :03:35.we have been able to get the amount of wins that we have, you keep
:03:35. > :03:40.moving forward, and it is going to be another tough race today.
:03:40. > :03:44.talked to were Jorge Lorenzo before the race in Germany, he was racing
:03:44. > :03:49.to Phil Collins on his high pard! Anything like you to get into the
:03:49. > :03:56.zone? I cannot do anything. I have seen two other riders listening to
:03:56. > :04:00.music. I do not need that. I figure, you know, when you go out there,
:04:00. > :04:05.you should know what you are doing, I know how to get myself ready. A
:04:05. > :04:10.lot of riders do different things to prepare for the race, but I do
:04:10. > :04:15.nothing like that. Just stay inside here and tickle, it is a hot one
:04:15. > :04:19.today. It is going to be very hot. Hopefully we have prepared well
:04:19. > :04:22.enough. Thank you for letting us in, good luck today. Casey is setting
:04:22. > :04:28.the headlines at the top of the field, but there is plenty going on
:04:28. > :04:32.further back. There has been a lot of talk in the paddock recently
:04:32. > :04:36.about the future of Loris Capirossi, but after 22 years, three world
:04:36. > :04:46.titles and 99 podiums, the veteran rider had a very special and rather
:04:46. > :04:52.
:04:52. > :04:59.emotional announcement to make this This is, for sure, my last race in
:04:59. > :05:03.Italy, because I have decided to stop and retire. Also, it is
:05:03. > :05:13.strange to listen to many riders talking about testing the new bike,
:05:13. > :05:19.
:05:19. > :05:26.Anyway, I... I want to say sorry about my emotion, but it is not so
:05:26. > :05:31.easy to say that. But I was thinking a lot about stopping.
:05:31. > :05:36.Always I say yes, no, yes, no, but I think it is the right decision. I
:05:36. > :05:41.want to say thank you to everybody who has supported me and tried to
:05:41. > :05:49.give to me a good time, and I try any way to give my best in the last
:05:49. > :05:54.couple of races. Thank you to What a guy. Loris Capirossi,
:05:54. > :05:58.understandably emotional. He is all smiles now, getting ready for his
:05:58. > :06:02.last ever race on Italian soil. As you can imagine, it has been a busy
:06:03. > :06:06.weekend for him here, everybody wanting a piece of Loris Capirossi,
:06:06. > :06:16.but he is such a gentleman that he took time out last night to have a
:06:16. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:35.Well, Loris, here we are at Misano on the eve of your final race on
:06:35. > :06:42.Italian soil. How does it feel that you have got it all out in the
:06:42. > :06:50.opening? I Ms Mugello this year, I am here in Misano, and for sure
:06:50. > :06:55.this is my last race in Italy. It is also the race of my career.
:06:55. > :07:01.Anyway, it is so strange, because I have passed all my life in racing.
:07:01. > :07:09.I started when I was four years old, now I am 38, I never stopped, 22
:07:09. > :07:13.seasons in MotoGP, world champion. Anyway, I am happy to have made the
:07:13. > :07:18.decision. It was the perfect place to make the decision here at Misano,
:07:18. > :07:24.because that podium was your first podium in 1990. Yes, well, I have
:07:24. > :07:34.good memories of the track, because, you know, I do my first podium in
:07:34. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:45.the world championship for Ben. It Were you tempted by the possibility
:07:45. > :07:55.of moving to Superbikes? There must have been of us for you. Yes, I
:07:55. > :07:59.received offers to ride other bikes. Also, to go to Superbikes. But I
:07:59. > :08:05.have had all my ideas in a championship, to move on at that
:08:05. > :08:15.time, always I say to myself, when I stop, I want to stop in MotoGP.
:08:15. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:27.And this is the right time to say And they gave you an engine this
:08:27. > :08:36.weekend as well. A nice surprise. It is a great present, I did not
:08:36. > :08:41.expect that. I saw the engine in the hospitality, it is beautiful,
:08:41. > :08:51.and I'm really happy about that. I think I'll put it inside of my
:08:51. > :09:09.
:09:09. > :09:16.I am thinking, anyway, I am a really lucky guy, because in 22
:09:16. > :09:22.seasons I have been three times world champion. 1993, 1994, I had
:09:22. > :09:26.problems with my aggression, minus X. 1996, I did not say I lose that,
:09:26. > :09:35.but I had a chance to gain another title in MotoGP. But I am anyway
:09:35. > :09:45.have peoples of no regrets? No. I am a lucky guy because I ride all
:09:45. > :09:46.
:09:46. > :09:48.kind of bikes, 125, 250, 500, 800, 1,000, Suzuka, Yamaha, Honda!
:09:49. > :09:54.have had a great career, it has been a pleasure talking to you,
:09:54. > :09:57.thank you. Thank you very much, great for me, thank you. It really
:09:57. > :10:02.has been a pleasure, and how fitting that his team manager from
:10:02. > :10:07.his first ever premier class victory on a 500 cc Yamaha back in
:10:07. > :10:15.1996 is here as well. For very different reasons, it has been a
:10:15. > :10:18.poignant weekend for another true And Eric and legend Wayne Rainey,
:10:18. > :10:23.who dominated the sport in the early 90s, with some of the
:10:23. > :10:27.greatest epic battles we have ever seen against any loss in, make do
:10:28. > :10:34.and, on those fire-breathing 500 cc two-stroke machines. Tragically,
:10:34. > :10:42.his career ended right here in Misano in 1993. Quite remarkably,
:10:42. > :10:46.he has returned for the first time. Wayne, 18 years ago here at Misano,
:10:46. > :10:50.your life changed dramatically. What does it feel like being back?
:10:50. > :10:56.Well, it is much different than I anticipated, Steve. I thought I
:10:56. > :11:00.would be more emotional, showing up and not been here for that long,
:11:00. > :11:05.and considering my history here, but it has been wonderful, I have
:11:05. > :11:10.had a great time. As a rider myself, with all said, it is your worst
:11:10. > :11:15.nightmare, what happens to you. Were you going, why me? I have been
:11:16. > :11:20.waiting motorcycles for 25 years. I have had my accidents and broken
:11:20. > :11:24.bones, like every other racer, but I also saw some really good friends
:11:25. > :11:30.of mine that did not make it to the end of the year wall ended up in a
:11:30. > :11:33.chair. So this is the sport that I chose to compete in, and I know it
:11:33. > :11:36.was dangerous. I knew that something like this for West could
:11:36. > :11:42.happen, but when you race, you never really think about those
:11:42. > :11:46.things. You try to do the best you can. How it ends up is how it is.
:11:46. > :11:51.This track has changed dramatically, running the opposite way around. It
:11:51. > :11:56.is much safer. Is there still more to be done on the saved his sight
:11:56. > :12:00.in motorcycling? I don't know, Steve. When I raised here, I
:12:00. > :12:05.thought personally, riding the Grand Prix bikes, I thought this
:12:05. > :12:10.circuit was perfect for those bikes. A challenge, big fast corners, very
:12:10. > :12:14.exciting to drive. The exhilaration you got from this track on those
:12:14. > :12:19.bikes, you could not emulate it anywhere else. After my accident,
:12:19. > :12:24.they did not race here for a long time, and when they did come back,
:12:24. > :12:28.they changed the direction. So it was just... I thought they ruined
:12:28. > :12:32.it. I do not think it was too dangerous before, but I have not
:12:32. > :12:37.looked at it lately. I only see it from watching on television, so I
:12:37. > :12:41.am not sure. Loris Capirossi was racing when you are, and he has
:12:41. > :12:46.announced his retirement. I cannot believe how long his career has
:12:46. > :12:49.gone on for. It has to come to an end at some point or start I saw
:12:49. > :12:53.him last night, and he has been doing it for 22 years. That is an
:12:53. > :12:57.amazing career. I think it is wonderful that he has been able to
:12:57. > :13:01.announce its and prepare for the end that is going to come real
:13:01. > :13:07.quick for him. Congratulations to them. Wayne, thank you for talking
:13:07. > :13:11.to us. You have been an inspiration to World Championship riders.
:13:11. > :13:14.you, Steve. I could not agree more with that.
:13:14. > :13:19.Remarkable to hear him so candid about what happened to him. Is a
:13:19. > :13:24.very, very brave man, and we talk about the ultimate price, but that
:13:24. > :13:29.comes very close. There is no question about it. He has taken it
:13:29. > :13:35.very pragmatically, and easily is a very enjoyable life. He follows the
:13:35. > :13:38.sport very much from home, and it was a pleasure to talk to him.
:13:38. > :13:41.about the other legend we were talking about, Loris Capirossi? You
:13:41. > :13:47.have had the pleasure of commentating on some epic races
:13:47. > :13:51.with him. Isn't it astonishing to think that he won his first world
:13:51. > :13:55.championship in 1990? Three world titles. A huge country be there,
:13:55. > :14:01.and he played a huge part in Ducati's early success. -- and
:14:01. > :14:05.better. I was still in junior school then! The leaves us,
:14:05. > :14:08.retiring at the end of the season. That leaves Colin Edwards at the
:14:08. > :14:13.last standing veteran racer, and he will be back with us next year. He
:14:13. > :14:18.has joined the CRT team, that was announced at a press conference on
:14:18. > :14:22.Thursday. The Texas tornado will be back with us. CRT teams, that is
:14:22. > :14:27.not something we have discussed very much this year so far. Tell us
:14:27. > :14:30.about it. It looks very exciting. Colin Edwards has gone to a team
:14:30. > :14:34.that seems to be very well-funded. He seems to have squeezed some
:14:34. > :14:38.Yamaha Superbike engines out, because they are not running a
:14:38. > :14:42.Superbike team next year. Good engines, good electronics. His time
:14:42. > :14:46.to get the Tech 3 team to build a chassis, and we know how well that
:14:46. > :14:51.is going. They are allowed more fuel than the factory teams, 24
:14:51. > :14:54.leaders as opposed to 21. They are allowed 12 engines as opposed to
:14:54. > :15:04.six. Some of the rules and regulations are relaxed, and that
:15:04. > :15:06.
:15:07. > :15:11.should help them get nearer to the I heard there was 24 litres of beer
:15:11. > :15:16.as well. That was part of the deal... Don't mention that with
:15:16. > :15:20.Charlie still here! We've spoken at Indianapolis about the problems
:15:20. > :15:26.that Ducati have had. The clouds have come over now and this is
:15:26. > :15:30.probably their best chance. It was as hot as Sydney springtime an hour
:15:30. > :15:35.ago, when you were talking to Casey. It was scorching hot. There was
:15:35. > :15:41.talk of rain. It feels thundery. The only shot these punters will
:15:41. > :15:47.have of seeing Rossi. They won't mind being rained on if Rossi can
:15:47. > :15:51.get out there. Jeremy Burgess said we usually pull a rabbit out of the
:15:51. > :15:56.hat on race day but we haven't found the rabbit yet. It is a rain
:15:56. > :16:01.hat, mate. It is going to be interesting to see if they have to
:16:01. > :16:07.switch to ewet tyres. They are going out of the starting lap on
:16:07. > :16:13.wet tyres, that could be the case today. If it is a real challenge
:16:13. > :16:20.for the riders, physically, but two other matters for the team to take
:16:20. > :16:25.into account are fuel consumption and brakes.
:16:25. > :16:29.The reason it's hard on brakes here at Misano is simply because you are
:16:29. > :16:35.always down to first gear, back up to fourth, on the brakes, off the
:16:35. > :16:39.brakes. What the teams do to fix that is use these, the full-mask
:16:39. > :16:44.disks. It dissipates the heat. These are running at 5 00 degrees.
:16:44. > :16:49.On a circuit that's not as hard on brakes you can use one of these. It
:16:49. > :16:53.is much lighter, so you have less gyroscopic effect. The fuel is a
:16:53. > :16:59.harder issue. This circuit for the same reason, up and down through
:16:59. > :17:05.the gears, full threatle, not in top year for long, you use the fuel
:17:05. > :17:08.up a lot. It is like driving in town as opposed to the motorway.
:17:08. > :17:13.Last year Valentino Rossi never made it to the podium. He ran out
:17:13. > :17:17.on the slowdown lap. So regulations state just 21 litres of fuel.
:17:17. > :17:22.That's about 4.6 gallons in old money. One of the tricks of the
:17:22. > :17:27.trade to get a bit more fuel this is to get it cold. It makes it
:17:27. > :17:32.denser and gives you about a quarter of a litre. Did you that,
:17:32. > :17:38.not hi-tech. Put the fuel in a freezer. Get it really cold before
:17:38. > :17:44.you tip it into the bike before the start of a race. You must not have
:17:44. > :17:49.it 15 degrees below ambient temperature or you get busted by
:17:49. > :17:54.the organisers. It is 0.7 litre per lap.
:17:54. > :17:58.All that, nice and cold, ends up going into this tank. The 21 litres,
:17:58. > :18:04.they don't measure that. They weigh it and then the whole lot ends up
:18:04. > :18:11.in the fuel tank. The engineers work really Lord to
:18:11. > :18:19.set the bike unfor good rear grip, as wheel spin wastes fuel. The
:18:19. > :18:25.electronics are set to make the bike run as slim as possible. Dani
:18:25. > :18:29.Pedrosa is nice and light, but he's not that big either.
:18:29. > :18:39.Alvaro Bautista is one of the smaller riders on the grirbgsd just
:18:39. > :18:44.5'5" and just over -- on the grid, just 5'5" and just 9 stone.
:18:44. > :18:54.At least the teams can ramp up the power for one fast lap in
:18:54. > :18:59.
:18:59. > :19:05.qualifying. Here's how they got on. Randy De Puniet was one spot behind
:19:05. > :19:13.Cal Crutchlow, who scuffed his leathers. At the pointy end as
:19:13. > :19:17.Charlie would probably say Jorge Lorenzo was on pole.
:19:17. > :19:27.Lorenzo and Pedrosa had a quarter of an hour to fight back but all
:19:27. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:05.Not the qualifying session that Loris would have wanted. There he
:20:05. > :20:14.is on the back roe of the grid. He's all smiles. I think he's going
:20:14. > :20:20.to plan on enjoying himself, and who could blame him. Cal Crutchlow,
:20:20. > :20:26.a winner in 2009. He set the lap record in the world superbikes in
:20:27. > :20:31.2004. We are going to try to grab a word with him in a second. A little
:20:31. > :20:39.bit of consternation here on the grid because a few spots of rain
:20:39. > :20:45.have fallen. Even though he is in 13th place he was only 0.8 of a
:20:46. > :20:50.second. Over to Azi. From Ben Spies to Nicky Hayden in 15th there is
:20:50. > :20:55.only a second, but from Ben to the front three will's over half a
:20:55. > :21:00.second. I'm going to try to get a word with Ben but he's talking to
:21:00. > :21:05.his team. Ben, the front three, there's half a second between you.
:21:05. > :21:10.Do you think you can catch him? is going to be tough. We are
:21:10. > :21:16.looking at a lot of different conditions right now. We went with
:21:16. > :21:21.a completely different set-up. We haven't raced all weekend on. We
:21:21. > :21:26.are trying to find something. It looks like it could mist or rain at
:21:26. > :21:31.any time during this race, so it's a little stressful but it's the
:21:31. > :21:34.same for everybody. What have you been struggling with so much this
:21:34. > :21:39.weekend? Just the front end of the bike and getting it where I'm
:21:39. > :21:43.confident with it. Right now I don't quite have the confidence in
:21:43. > :21:49.it. It's been a problem all weekend. All we can do is the best. We'll
:21:49. > :21:54.give it 100% and we'll see what the conditions are like. Thank you Ben,
:21:54. > :21:58.good luck. Ben Spies there. Just 0.8% of a second quicker than Cal.
:21:58. > :22:05.A woopsy there on qualifying but other than that you were pretty
:22:05. > :22:09.much on the pace. It seems that we found something in the second free
:22:09. > :22:15.practise. Pre-practise and qualifying was OK up until the
:22:15. > :22:20.point where it came to put the fast lap in. We only had a 25-lap front
:22:20. > :22:24.tyre and a brand-new rear. We should have put a new front soft in,
:22:24. > :22:28.but it's one of them things. We learn from the mistakes. Hopefully
:22:28. > :22:33.the race will go a lot better for us. We are confident of a top ten,
:22:33. > :22:38.if we get a good start. We'll see if we can make some ground. The
:22:38. > :22:45.bike isn't so fast. A couple of spots, would you be happy with
:22:45. > :22:53.that? No, it won't rain. You heard it here first. MotoGP ridered and
:22:53. > :23:01.weatherman, you heard it. Colin Edwards... Sorry, that was
:23:01. > :23:05.Loris. Calling time on his Tech 3 Yamaha career. Colin, obviously we
:23:05. > :23:10.saw earlier that you decided to make the move to a CRT team next
:23:10. > :23:16.year, but you are determined to finish with a high with Yamaha on
:23:16. > :23:21.the pace here. Yeah, I finished I may as well do I job. It's been
:23:21. > :23:27.going good. I can't complain.. We had a set-up issue on Friday but we
:23:27. > :23:32.changed the bike a little bit and got going good. Now we've got to
:23:32. > :23:36.top it off. I don't normally say this, but look between Colin's legs.
:23:36. > :23:40.They use this reflective material to keep the temperature off the
:23:40. > :23:50.fuel tank. Steve was telling you how important it's so keep the fuel
:23:50. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:01.at as loi a temperature as possible. low. Alvaro Bautista, a new paint
:24:01. > :24:10.job for the Suzuki. What an sawsome paint job that is. That might cost
:24:10. > :24:15.you a few quid to get a replica. The hunt for podium positions, as
:24:15. > :24:22.it looks like it will be a three- way ballot at the front. We are
:24:22. > :24:28.here with Wilco. It is tight at the front. Only three tenths between
:24:28. > :24:31.the front three. How did you see this going? It is a very important
:24:31. > :24:37.moment in the Championship. You know you see the weather as well.
:24:38. > :24:43.It is not very stable. It can rain. Misano raining, I'm not sure if you
:24:43. > :24:49.remember a few years ago, they cansled the race. But to come back
:24:49. > :24:53.to yesterday's qualifying, it was a great job. He is close to Casey. We
:24:53. > :24:58.should keep our chances open for this year's Championship and we
:24:58. > :25:04.should be beating him this race. I don't say it is everything or
:25:04. > :25:07.nothing but if Casey wins here, we should try something here.
:25:08. > :25:14.mentioned the weather. We are feeling a few drops of rain now as
:25:14. > :25:21.we speak. That's really going to mess things up a bit. Yes. For sure.
:25:21. > :25:27.It is a flag -to-flag race. If it starts raining it will be a gamble
:25:27. > :25:31.for everybody. Thank you. Good luck. Hector Barbera, before you put your
:25:31. > :25:36.helmet on, top Ducati on the grid. You seemed to be comfortable the
:25:36. > :25:40.last few races, you are finding good form. Yes, I'm happy. It is
:25:40. > :25:48.important for me and my team. I like this track. I think for me
:25:48. > :25:55.this race, the possibility of a good race. Thank you. All the best.
:25:55. > :26:01.Battling with Alvaro Bautista, just behind us, for the 250cc win in
:26:01. > :26:09.2009, and taking that victory. It could be an all-Spanish battle.
:26:09. > :26:15.Hector crashed out at Indy so he is hoping to catch up this weekend.
:26:15. > :26:22.Andrea Dovizioso is in 6th place. He's been on the second row ten
:26:22. > :26:27.times this year. Marco Simoncelli in 5th. A best result of 6th in the
:26:27. > :26:36.250cc class in 2008. Ben Spies, looking for back to back podiums
:26:36. > :26:40.for the first time in his MotoGP after his excellent race. Last
:26:40. > :26:45.year's winner here at Misano, Jorge Lorenzo. Second here for the last
:26:45. > :26:47.three years. Really needs to go one better if he is to close the
:26:47. > :26:52.advantage that Casey Stoner has over him at the top of the
:26:52. > :26:58.Championship. And Stoner himself looking for his first run of four
:26:58. > :27:02.wins back to back in his MotoGP career. Steve, Charlie, for one
:27:02. > :27:06.reason or another it looks as though we are going to have a
:27:06. > :27:11.really memorable race here. Absolutely buddy. It looks like
:27:11. > :27:19.they really could close together. must apologise for my nuisance
:27:19. > :27:23.phone call friend behind me, with his croaky voice. I hope you can
:27:23. > :27:32.get through it. I will try. It was our flight back from Indianapolis.
:27:32. > :27:36.It is like going to a germ swap meet. I don't know what I picked um.
:27:36. > :27:45.Dani Pedrosa has had serious pace round here. Could be the one to
:27:45. > :27:51.watch. Marco Simoncelli in second row.
:27:51. > :27:57.When was the last time Nicky Hayden got through the chicane? I don't
:27:57. > :28:04.think he ever has. We go downhill with the circuit running in the
:28:04. > :28:12.reverse direction, with the chicane. Loris Capirossi starting his last
:28:12. > :28:17.race hire at the back. A difficult time on that Ducati, as have so
:28:17. > :28:22.many riders. Stoner, what is he going to do is Dani Pedrosa bolts?
:28:22. > :28:27.You would still bet your money that Danny would be the first guy into
:28:27. > :28:33.the corner. 16 corners around the circuit and he is normally the dart
:28:33. > :28:40.off the line. We've spoken about fuel a great deal. They will want
:28:40. > :28:50.to make sure that tyres are up, the brake temperatures are up, but I
:28:50. > :28:58.
:28:58. > :29:04.can't imagine anyone making fast speak, with everyone changing their
:29:04. > :29:10.bikes. The spare bikes, they'll be frantically putting them to wet
:29:10. > :29:14.settings. Let's reprise the flag to flag rules, in case you are are not
:29:14. > :29:19.a MotoGP regular. It is important. These guys can swap bikes. They
:29:19. > :29:25.will be changed to wet settings, with wet tyres on, wet front
:29:25. > :29:30.springs, rear springs, steel disks. Needs a bit more rain than we've
:29:30. > :29:35.got now to warrant it. With the track temperature so high, the rain
:29:35. > :29:40.dissipates as it hits it, so it needs a fair old shower before they
:29:40. > :29:49.would warrant do that. It would be interesting to see. That's an
:29:49. > :29:59.aerial view of the corner. The run back up the hill. Down to the
:29:59. > :29:59.
:29:59. > :30:09.incredibly fast and scary occur volcanoy corner.
:30:09. > :30:37.
:30:37. > :30:42.will really tip the scales. Everyone has gone for the same
:30:42. > :30:47.tyres, the softer of the two on the rear tyre, hard at the front. No
:30:47. > :30:52.gambles this weekend. Apart from the weather! Fingers crossed on
:30:52. > :30:56.that, revs up, we are ready for the start in San Marino. It looks like
:30:56. > :31:01.Lorenzo went pretty quickly and Simoncelli as well, not a bad job.
:31:01. > :31:11.Ben Spies on the outside, Lorenzo having a look, that is very tight,
:31:11. > :31:14.
:31:14. > :31:20.very firm between Lorenzo and stone all about bravery, nobody knows how
:31:20. > :31:24.much rain is on the track. It is a gamble on the grip. The word from
:31:24. > :31:28.the pit lane is that it is probably raining. They will be tiptoeing
:31:28. > :31:33.around, and the difficult job is reading it. Jorge Lorenzo is the
:31:33. > :31:37.world champion, and he knows he needs to win some races. That is
:31:37. > :31:41.the black this say it is raining. Looking out of the commentary booth,
:31:41. > :31:44.they are frantically trying to get those wheels and springs and
:31:44. > :31:49.everything, geometry changed and the spare bikes just in case they
:31:49. > :31:55.can then nice and early. Valentino Rossi is on a charge. He started
:31:55. > :32:01.outside the top 10, but is now inside the top six can and he is on
:32:01. > :32:05.and. If it rains... It is raining, the flag is being waved. The
:32:05. > :32:10.forecast was for some rain here. Those curbs will be slippery. I do
:32:10. > :32:14.not know if I want to watch. might be a lousy weather forecaster,
:32:14. > :32:18.but if he got it wrong and it rains, he should be in with a good shout.
:32:18. > :32:26.It takes them about 10 minutes to get all the changes done to those
:32:26. > :32:36.bags. Still, Jorge Lorenzo Ltd, Casey Stoner and his exhaust pipe.
:32:36. > :32:37.
:32:37. > :32:42.-- Leeds. Jorge Lorenzo, head down, Palmer across the straits, 1:28.
:32:42. > :32:46.Look at Valentino Rossi, he is the row. The crowd are all dressed in
:32:46. > :32:50.yellow with his home just being have the road. It will be tricky.
:32:51. > :32:55.The good thing at the moment is the track is so warm. Having a bit of a
:32:55. > :33:02.shower will not be too bad, but it is easy for me to say that sitting
:33:02. > :33:10.here. It is about who dares go in these conditions. At the moment it
:33:10. > :33:15.is Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa or... Look at that, mate! Having a big
:33:15. > :33:20.bloke, Lorenzo had to come up. Casey Stoner will be worried that
:33:20. > :33:25.Lorenzo is going to back this up and make Pedrosa a problem. He has
:33:25. > :33:30.got a trilogy of Hondas behind him. That is the first on trying to get
:33:30. > :33:36.through, then Valentino Rossi, you heard it right, top six for Rossi.
:33:36. > :33:39.He is in the five at the moment as they go back up the hill. -- P5.
:33:39. > :33:43.is the only chance he has got in these conditions are getting that
:33:43. > :33:47.Ducati anywhere near the front, but Jorge Lorenzo is the man who was
:33:47. > :33:55.having to tread carefully, looking for the grip. He will not know how
:33:55. > :34:00.fast or slow to go. Simoncelli at the inside. When you say tyre
:34:00. > :34:06.tracks, that is when you know it is getting awkward. If you see that in
:34:06. > :34:10.the water, that is the first indication. The other indication of
:34:10. > :34:16.someone falling off in front of you! Screaming past the commentary
:34:16. > :34:23.box, Casey Stoner having a look. Is he brave enough on the brakes? The
:34:23. > :34:29.dots of rain on the visor will slow you are. Fastest lap of 35.74 Casey
:34:29. > :34:34.Stoner, then a 35.54 Valentino Rossi. How about that! Not bad time
:34:34. > :34:39.is considering the rain on the visor. Even if it is not causing
:34:39. > :34:49.any traction problems, 35 is not bad, bearing in mind 1:34 would be
:34:49. > :34:55.a good race time in perfect Stoner trying to find a way past,
:34:55. > :35:00.very tight at the top. One second covers the top five, including Mr
:35:00. > :35:03.Valentino Rossi. You are riding with Casey Stoner. He is looking
:35:03. > :35:07.all the time. I do not think he will be in a rush to do anything. I
:35:07. > :35:13.think the rain is stopping, which is good news. It seems like it is
:35:13. > :35:19.abating a touch. When the track gets dry, I think you'll see number
:35:19. > :35:23.27 going through. He has got good grip, Casey Stoner. At the moment,
:35:23. > :35:33.Lorenzo is a good litmus, let him go first and see what comes up, as
:35:33. > :35:38.long as he is not compromised by pretty clear now. And they are
:35:38. > :35:42.using the painful start that is always a sign that there is not
:35:42. > :35:52.much rate at that. That gets slippery first. I think it is
:35:52. > :35:57.completely dry. 34.519, Jorge Lorenzo, so we are no money. Oh, no,
:35:57. > :36:00.that is Nicky Hayden! He was having a dog day weekend anyhow. The
:36:01. > :36:05.qualified 15th and has gone from bad to worse. I do not think he has
:36:05. > :36:11.ever finished a race here. It is a weekend he will want to forget.
:36:11. > :36:15.Nicky Hayden, it is not running for him this season. Capirossi has come
:36:15. > :36:21.into the pits. Is he going to change bikes? No, he has got a
:36:21. > :36:26.problem. The chain is perhaps jumping, spinning out. I cannot
:36:26. > :36:31.think there's any point going out on wet tyres, it is too dry for
:36:31. > :36:37.that. It is an ignominious end to his day, when you think of is big
:36:37. > :36:43.news, his retirement after 22 seasons. Last race in Italy, mate.
:36:43. > :36:53.Fruit and one day, up the hill. Lorenzo is getting his head down. -
:36:53. > :36:54.
:36:54. > :36:59.- through Tramanto. Talk about a recovery, you will find pace. --
:36:59. > :37:04.you did say his race pace was better than his qualifying pace.
:37:04. > :37:09.will not take long to dry because of the tentative. The Ducati
:37:09. > :37:13.President will be quite pleased with this, they want to be higher
:37:13. > :37:20.up, but Valentino Rossi is only 1.8 seconds back from the leader, Jorge
:37:20. > :37:23.Lorenzo. It is starting to settle down now. As they come across this
:37:23. > :37:28.drive, he took three-tenths out of Casey Stoner that time around, that
:37:28. > :37:32.is impressive. I think Casey Stoner has got the pace once he has
:37:32. > :37:40.decided the track is in perfect conditions. That is a great time,
:37:40. > :37:45.lap record of 1:34.340. That is a new macro -- new lap record here.
:37:45. > :37:49.They are still points to be had, Capirossi is coming out.
:37:49. > :37:54.Crutchlow inside the top 10, he is behind parties that. Good
:37:54. > :38:04.qualifying for the Suzuka. They are battling it out further down. It is
:38:04. > :38:15.
:38:15. > :38:20.already developing into the Lorenzo, but I cannot imagine he
:38:20. > :38:24.will run a faster pace than Casey Stoner. -- the fastest so far. One
:38:24. > :38:28.of the issues that they have, and it is the same for everyone, after
:38:28. > :38:34.the previous race, the track tends to change, rather has gone down
:38:34. > :38:39.from the Dunlop tyres, which is not always... That was close, nearly a
:38:39. > :38:44.mistake! The track does change from the warm-up. Do you do not want to
:38:44. > :38:50.do that here, Simoncelli, if you take out a national hero, they will
:38:50. > :38:55.kill you! He just slips past the Doctor in a reasonably easy fashion.
:38:55. > :39:00.It was a heart move, but he has got to do it. I think he feels he has
:39:00. > :39:10.the pace. The San Carlo team, it is their anniversary, 75 years in
:39:10. > :39:16.
:39:16. > :39:24.business, that is what that is all very polite. What will the crowd be
:39:24. > :39:28.doing? I know who would be burned alive! Him! I can tell you from the
:39:28. > :39:32.pit lane that they did put a new chain on Capirossi's bike. He is
:39:32. > :39:42.circulating again. How hard is Lorenzo working, that will be
:39:42. > :39:45.
:39:45. > :39:50.is giving Casey Stoner has behind. He is pushing it. Casey Stoner has
:39:50. > :39:55.the pace. He has set a new lap record. You can say how much he has
:39:55. > :40:02.closed on Jorge Lorenzo. There are a few places to pass on this track,
:40:02. > :40:06.it is all about carrying pace. See how much stability he has on the
:40:06. > :40:11.front end of the Honda. I suspect Casey will probably be getting a
:40:11. > :40:15.run at either into turn one or maybe in to turn a. Well, he has
:40:15. > :40:19.got that rows out of his hair for the moment. What was the story with
:40:19. > :40:24.Floris? They were frantically changing the train. There was a
:40:24. > :40:27.problem at the start with the chain, so they have taken it hard the
:40:27. > :40:35.second fight and put it on the first, and he has gone back out on
:40:35. > :40:45.that. Through a bad way to end your last race in MotoGP ethos Barth the
:40:45. > :40:54.
:40:54. > :40:59.might still need that spare bikes Nicky Hayden has had it happen.
:40:59. > :41:08.Anyway, as she just said, not good news for Loris Capirossi. He is
:41:08. > :41:13.back out on the track. When not if, Stoner passing Lorenzo, and
:41:13. > :41:16.Simoncelli all over the back of Dovizioso. There is always a
:41:16. > :41:22.situation where I do not think Dani Pedrosa will be dropped by this
:41:22. > :41:32.bunch. Such a lovely guy, it just does not happen for him. I do not
:41:32. > :41:32.
:41:32. > :41:37.was not even running to pick it up. In some ways, he probably believed
:41:37. > :41:43.it was over. OK, this is the part are the track where it tightens and
:41:43. > :41:47.tightens. It must be so difficult. Just grinding that front tyre out.
:41:47. > :41:52.Yes, in the old order, it was obviously designed to open up and
:41:52. > :41:56.throw you down the back. It must have been great fun. Three are the
:41:56. > :41:59.greatest corner as ever, but now it is running the other way. They had
:41:59. > :42:02.to change the circuit around for safety reasons. They decided that
:42:02. > :42:08.they could not get enough run-off areas in the other direction
:42:08. > :42:13.because of the motorway that runs parallel with the straight, 11, 12
:42:13. > :42:19.and 13, anyway. The traffic management over motor-racing. This
:42:19. > :42:23.is the other when not if, what you reckon? Simoncelli is all over him.
:42:23. > :42:31.Is chasing his countryman. Have a listen. Nor are chasing, he is
:42:31. > :42:35.through. These are old protagonists from the 250 year, they used to
:42:35. > :42:40.knock spots are the jug of. Dovizioso looking for a job now, he
:42:40. > :42:44.has been told that he will not be in the factory squad. I do not
:42:44. > :42:49.think is going to be able to stay with a factory team. He is looking
:42:49. > :42:53.everywhere. Somebody from Honda told me they would rather he went
:42:53. > :42:59.to Ducati because they want and it seems to have great riders. They
:42:59. > :43:05.have the budget but not to pay him as a full factory rider. They have
:43:05. > :43:10.an embarrassment of riches in terms of riders. Dani Pedrosa a, a slight
:43:10. > :43:14.gap from these two. Seeing all the road and more, Jorge Lorenzo on the
:43:14. > :43:18.blue Yamaha. We talked about this yesterday, the sweet handling
:43:18. > :43:22.nature of the Yamaha would favour it around the thirdly parts of this
:43:22. > :43:26.track. I have had a long chat with Jorge this weekend, and he says
:43:26. > :43:30.there is not a lot wrong with the Yamaha but the Honda is so
:43:30. > :43:36.brilliant. It is not about power, it is about putting it altogether.
:43:36. > :43:40.It is not just the motorcycle. That man, 27, the Australian, Casey
:43:40. > :43:44.Stoner, is some kind of motorcycle rider, not taking anything away
:43:44. > :43:54.from Jorge Lorenzo. He has to be the fastest man in the world at the
:43:54. > :43:54.
:43:54. > :43:59.Valentino at the pointy end, as we get a replay... That is how much it
:43:59. > :44:05.is working, sliding at the front and at the rear, look at the heat
:44:05. > :44:11.haze, 230 brake horsepower, the exhaust gases fired at the back. We
:44:11. > :44:16.talk about Casey Stoner, he has a 44 point advantage, but thankfully
:44:16. > :44:20.for Valentino Rossi, he would probably have had another 25.
:44:20. > :44:24.have got a championship still alive courtesy of Valentino taking out
:44:24. > :44:34.Casey Stoner, who looked good for the points in Spain, if not the
:44:34. > :44:37.
:44:37. > :44:42.winner. Those are the lap times. Pedrosa or is 1.2 seconds behind
:44:42. > :44:46.your race leader. I thought he would be closing its down. It is
:44:46. > :44:49.fairly clear that Casey Stoner is being hampered. We talked about
:44:49. > :44:59.lots of lines, but there is one of the online to pass someone like
:44:59. > :45:03.
:45:03. > :45:09.Jorge Lorenzo. He is inch-perfect thinking there's just the two of us,
:45:09. > :45:17.if I follow him a while and he punches a hole in the air, it helps
:45:17. > :45:21.my fuel consumption. All these bikes, the Yamaha and the Honda and
:45:21. > :45:26.Suzuki, they have a management system. The management know if they
:45:26. > :45:31.are using too much fuel and it is not going to finish the race. Let's
:45:31. > :45:41.watch the start. A pretty good start for both. There is nothing
:45:41. > :45:47.more daunting than charging off the line and getting grit on vour visor.
:45:47. > :45:53.Nicky Hayden had a bit of wheel spin off the line. That helmet, it
:45:53. > :45:58.is a cartoon of, "Oh, my goodness me" I think he is saying. Look at
:45:58. > :46:02.Rossi going round the outside of Alvaro Bautista. He scooped them up.
:46:02. > :46:07.Like shooting fish in a barrel through the first couple of turns
:46:07. > :46:13.for him. Up the hill. Different lines from
:46:13. > :46:21.both of them. Overclubbing it, Lorenzo, but getting out well
:46:21. > :46:25.enough. The gap from the first Honda back to Pedrosa... I'm quite
:46:25. > :46:30.surprised. I thought Pedrosa was going to have the pace. Capirossi
:46:30. > :46:36.is back in the pit. He's having a nightmare in a bubble car.
:46:36. > :46:42.What a shame. It is not the way he would want his day to end.
:46:42. > :46:50.That's assuming somebody doesn't come up with a great offer for him.
:46:50. > :47:00.He's had more hum condition backs than Nelly Melba. That's Alvaro
:47:00. > :47:08.
:47:08. > :47:10.Bautista, the guy in aluminium. He's gone too deep. He does look a
:47:10. > :47:16.bit like David Essex in those colours.
:47:16. > :47:22.Cal is on the back of him now. While we watch Cal Crutchlow
:47:23. > :47:28.bearing down on Alvaro Bautista, what happened to Nicky? It's the
:47:28. > :47:34.curse of the track here really. Bad luck. What happened? I hate this
:47:34. > :47:39.place. I got a decent start. We went a lot better this morning. I
:47:39. > :47:44.was fifth in the warm-up and really consistent. I got a decent start
:47:44. > :47:50.and got up with the group. I thought OK, I can go with this
:47:50. > :47:57.group. But turn 15, I lost the front over some bumps and Bam! I
:47:57. > :48:03.was down really quick before I had any chance to try and save it.
:48:03. > :48:08.was rider error. It was my fault. apologise to the team and the
:48:08. > :48:16.sponsors, because I made a silly mistake, we could have had a decent
:48:16. > :48:21.race. Hopefully we'll learn from it and move on. Thank you Nicky.
:48:21. > :48:30.Always candid, Nicky Hayden. We are really sorry too. We love having
:48:30. > :48:34.him on board. We are back to the Ducati having no feel. That's what
:48:34. > :48:43.everyone is complaining about. You are over the bumps and you lose
:48:43. > :48:48.them. I've ridden motorcycles where you get no feel from it and it is
:48:48. > :48:54.no good. You need a warning or you do keep falling off. Athens
:48:54. > :48:59.greatest rider, arguably, of our era, Valentino Rossi, can't ride it
:48:59. > :49:05.fast because he isn't getting any feed-back from the bike. This is
:49:05. > :49:12.the battle for the Championship, kids. Lorenzo is aware he needs to
:49:12. > :49:16.win some races. I think he was on the brakes on the paint there.
:49:16. > :49:22.Probably gave himself a bit of a scare.
:49:22. > :49:28.He is definitely gapping there, mate. This would be something else.
:49:28. > :49:34.We heard from Jorge's team this is an important juncture in the system.
:49:34. > :49:39.Jorge knows he needs to win races. He lost knows that Casey Stoner
:49:39. > :49:49.needs to have some problems. Realistically a non-finish at some
:49:49. > :49:59.
:49:59. > :50:09.point. Casey Stoner will be doing of the year and just about do it,
:50:09. > :50:19.but that's high risk. A flip side, he is riding around on 20 points.
:50:19. > :50:32.
:50:32. > :50:38.Lorenzo would be all over him if running is concertinaing. Going
:50:38. > :50:45.back to Nicky Hayden, I hope for his sake the bike isn't too wet.
:50:45. > :50:52.She on his sixth engine now, as is Valentino Rossi. I know someone who
:50:53. > :51:01.might have a spare engine, as we look at Bautista, sorry, Barbera.
:51:01. > :51:09.Loris Capirossi has had a dog day afternoon. This is a shocker.
:51:09. > :51:14.Loris, back luck. Your last home GP. What was the problem? I don't know
:51:14. > :51:20.what really happened. At the start I had a big problem with the chain
:51:21. > :51:25.and the bike started not to go. I had a couple of laps of waiting to
:51:25. > :51:31.see if it would rain. But the rain did not come. We changed everything
:51:31. > :51:38.on the bike but I went out. What happened, I wasn't able to continue
:51:38. > :51:46.like that. Anyway, we really hope to have soon a little bit better
:51:46. > :51:52.luck. We hope so too. Thank you. Not worth persevering with? If the
:51:52. > :51:59.bike is crook and if it starts raining he would come in and change
:51:59. > :52:09.it. I'm sure there'll be a post- mortem to find out what happened.
:52:09. > :52:09.
:52:09. > :52:16.Jorge Lorenzo has set the fastest pace of the race. 1: 415. Lorenzo
:52:16. > :52:20.is gap. I said a couple of races ago that
:52:20. > :52:27.we were so lucky to have a Championship so tight at that point
:52:27. > :52:31.in the season, with Rossi AWOL from the front end of the grid.
:52:31. > :52:36.Pouring five points back out of Casey Stoner's lead, Lorenzo will
:52:36. > :52:46.still be in good shape. The slightest mistake and they'll
:52:46. > :53:03.
:53:03. > :53:06.say the track was nothing like it was yesterday, this circuit is not
:53:06. > :53:11.known for its grip either. Absolutely. We have to remember
:53:11. > :53:21.that in qualifying Stoner was only a tenth in front of Jorge Lorenzo
:53:21. > :53:29.
:53:29. > :53:36.and Lorenzo was fastest in one of Eleven, Ben Spies.
:53:36. > :53:46.The GP11.1, a revised rear end. Valentino Rossi hasn't got many
:53:46. > :54:09.
:54:09. > :54:17.Charlie. Blue sky now. Hopefully the rain has disappeared. Do we say
:54:17. > :54:27.hopefully? Sometimes it is interesting when it rains. 180
:54:27. > :54:44.
:54:44. > :54:50.miles per hour that corner is taken train hire. This is the battle for
:54:50. > :54:55.fourth. Marco Simoncelli there. And then Andrea Dovizioso. Valentino
:54:55. > :55:03.Rossi is in the hump. Just sensed that time maybe he got his head
:55:03. > :55:11.down a bit, Simoncelli. Alvaro Bautista on the lone Suzuki.
:55:11. > :55:17.And Cal Crutchlow still in touch. Hector Barbera got past. Aoyama is
:55:17. > :55:26.not letting him go. Colin Edwards had a really bad lap
:55:26. > :55:32.last time. Not sure what went on. Karel Abraham in 13th. Behind him
:55:33. > :55:42.De Puniet and Elias. Ben Spies has got past Valentino Rossi. Not a bad
:55:42. > :55:46.run-in for these guys. With the race progressing fuel
:55:47. > :55:53.loads are getting lighter, the front tyres are getting a little
:55:53. > :56:03.wear. I assume the vagaries that Valentino Rossi suffers from in the
:56:03. > :56:16.
:56:16. > :56:24.Ducati, it continues as the race race avidly from his home in
:56:24. > :56:33.California. We are past halfway of the race
:56:33. > :56:38.distance. Simoncelli is gapping Dovizioso. Ben Spies work ing away.
:56:38. > :56:42.Crutchlow in the background. You are right, Colin Edwards has an
:56:42. > :56:49.issue. Bautista has mugged him already. I don't know what's
:56:49. > :56:54.happened to Colin. His last lap was a 36. The guys in front and behind
:56:54. > :57:04.him, Crutchlow with 35. It is not looking good. Bautista moves up one
:57:04. > :57:19.
:57:19. > :57:25.Brits. They did lose an engine here on
:57:25. > :57:31.Saturday morning. It was an engine that had done lots of miles. Suzuki
:57:31. > :57:36.had a small technical problem. They couldn't fix id. They've used less
:57:36. > :57:42.than some of the teams. We are hoping and praying that the news
:57:42. > :57:48.will come through that they will ride two bikes next year. You just
:57:48. > :57:55.saw a very good aerial shot of the gap between these three and Marco
:57:56. > :58:00.Simoncelli. He is firmly fourth with Dani Pedrosa down the road.
:58:00. > :58:07.Jorge Lorenzo is having a stellar day. Three seconds now over Casey
:58:07. > :58:14.Stoner. Stoner has the 44-point cushion. Something that slowed his
:58:14. > :58:22.pace down. He should be running low 34s. He is running 34-and-a-halfs.
:58:22. > :58:29.It will only be Casey who will know what is going on.
:58:29. > :58:37.I suspect it is something to do with grip levels. Jorge Lorenzo
:58:37. > :58:44.might be Spanish but he is red hot in Italy.
:58:44. > :58:50.He won in Italy. He had second in Germany. Snecked the States --
:58:50. > :58:57.Second in the States and then third off the podium.
:58:57. > :59:04.I'm listening to the growl of the Yamaha. Absolutely on it. This is
:59:04. > :59:14.the fastest part. Look at the speed. Just roll the throttle. Tease it.
:59:14. > :59:23.
:59:23. > :59:29.motorcycle when it is going away from you. He always becomes
:59:29. > :59:33.stronger and stronger. He knows he's got to get the first laps and
:59:33. > :59:40.starts sorted. Every time we see him he is coming all the way
:59:40. > :59:46.through. He had a stellar ride in America. It is not his fault. He
:59:46. > :59:51.was boxed out. He never seems to be at the sharp end at the start. He's
:59:51. > :59:56.going to be another one that will be tight on fuel. He is one of the
:59:56. > :00:06.biggest riders, so he will be using more fuel. And because he didn't
:00:06. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:26.get a good start he's having to threat from Ben Spies, so they are
:00:26. > :00:31.closing down on Simoncelli with ten laps to go. Ben Spies is working
:00:31. > :00:34.hard to get past number four, and they are both closing in on
:00:34. > :00:44.Simoncelli. There will be frantically waved pit boards next
:00:44. > :00:47.
:00:48. > :00:52.time around for this large, go? Jorge Lorenzo has a three. A
:00:52. > :00:56.second lead. We expected Casey Stoner to play a percentage game,
:00:56. > :01:01.but that was on the assumption that his team-mates disappeared into the
:01:01. > :01:06.distance, not Jorge. I still have not worked out what it is, and we
:01:06. > :01:10.will not be able to until we can ask him what is going on. It will
:01:10. > :01:14.almost certainly be the podium you would expect. He said after
:01:14. > :01:21.qualifying they had put behind them some of the problems of the last
:01:21. > :01:29.couple of races which saw Lorenzo off the paid him. -- the podium. He
:01:29. > :01:33.is banking consistent lap times. They fell on a setting that they
:01:33. > :01:37.had not used for a while, and it just seemed to work for him. We all
:01:37. > :01:40.know from our own experience that you find a setting that works for
:01:40. > :01:45.one track but it doesn't work somewhere else. You have to start
:01:45. > :01:49.from the beginning, sometimes work in the opposite direction. You get
:01:49. > :01:54.25 for a win, so it is as close as you like so far into the
:01:54. > :01:59.championship. It is quite healthy if it finishes in this way. I think
:01:59. > :02:03.Casey Stoner, with nine laps remaining, can count himself lucky
:02:03. > :02:09.there is road between him and Dani Pedrosa, all the damage would be
:02:09. > :02:15.much worse. Through these remain right hander, Simoncelli throws the
:02:15. > :02:21.bike at the corner. Seemingly, he is the room. His leg is light and
:02:21. > :02:27.air brake, jamming the bike into the corner. One of the loveliest
:02:27. > :02:32.blokes about, world champion last year in the low at level. He is
:02:32. > :02:36.struggling so much on his bike macro. Nobody knows why, apart from
:02:36. > :02:40.his riding style. He does not seem to be ever to get the Bridgestone
:02:40. > :02:47.tyres to work. You can only go with these back tyres, and he has gone
:02:47. > :02:51.with the softest option. Last year they were axe murderers in that
:02:51. > :02:55.series, so competitive, they are mostly younger than him but he saw
:02:55. > :03:00.them off in fine style. I think Dani Pedrosa is gaining on Casey
:03:01. > :03:05.Stoner. There may be trouble ahead... That could be very
:03:05. > :03:10.interesting. It could be, because that would be another four points
:03:10. > :03:15.taken away from him. We are not expecting any team orders. When
:03:15. > :03:18.questioned, Dani Pedrosa, in the middle of our screen, number 26, he
:03:18. > :03:22.said, first of all I look after Dani Pedrosa and then I look after
:03:22. > :03:27.the team. I think he has demonstrated that throughout his
:03:27. > :03:31.career, what with one thing and another. Andy already has a
:03:31. > :03:38.contract in his pocket for next year. He can be as nasty as the
:03:38. > :03:43.likes! He is about 5 kph faster than anybody else simply because of
:03:43. > :03:49.his weight advantage. Well, his motorcycle will be able to run a
:03:49. > :03:53.richer mixture of. The gap is coming down. He is able to run a
:03:53. > :03:59.richer engine mapping because he is not so tight on fuel because the
:03:59. > :04:06.motorcycle is not pulling as much weight around. Cal Crutchlow.
:04:06. > :04:11.at that, does he make the corner? That is the point. No! I did not
:04:11. > :04:16.think he would. As long as it does not torpedo Colin Edwards on the
:04:16. > :04:20.way out. There is a lot of form- filling when you take out your
:04:20. > :04:25.team-mate, you are here until late at night. I think Dovizioso has his
:04:25. > :04:35.years. I would imagine Ben Spies, the way he is looking, is going to
:04:35. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:51.pick his way past the pair of them, front guys. -- lapping in. That is
:04:51. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:08.the factory Honda scalp in front of Adriatic coast, near Rimini, has
:05:08. > :05:15.just signed another five-year contract. Nicky Hayden will be
:05:15. > :05:25.pleased! He will, won't he?! I had not considered that. I hate this
:05:25. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:36.Jorge Lorenzo at his best. We know what a great champion he is, taking
:05:36. > :05:44.
:05:44. > :05:48.his first championship last year, for second place! It is as tight as
:05:48. > :05:58.you like. The Australian is one- tenth behind Casey Stoner, closing
:05:58. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:05.of Casey Stoner. -- took half a second. The left side of his rear
:06:05. > :06:12.tyre does not look so good. All the teams knew that it was pretty close
:06:12. > :06:17.and tight between the hard and soft tyre, rear tyre. Casey Stoner would
:06:17. > :06:23.probably be harder on tyres than a Dani Pedrosa. I think the left side
:06:23. > :06:28.of his tyre is looking dodgy. harder on motorbikes. Absolutely,
:06:28. > :06:38.just slightly more aggressive. Dani Pedrosa is mood, he carries corner
:06:38. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:01.speed more, not as hard, not using out of grip there. To take part the
:07:01. > :07:07.second out of the guy leading the world championship is really
:07:07. > :07:12.something. -- half a second. This is that pass. The got the drive out.
:07:12. > :07:16.I do not know if that was a cake or whether the foot slipped off, but
:07:17. > :07:22.it was neatly done. It actually started on the exit out of Tramanto
:07:22. > :07:26.corner. He has got the acceleration. In my opinion, it is not just his
:07:26. > :07:30.weight, it is the fuel mapping as well, he has got more horsepower.
:07:30. > :07:35.As he was saying before, when the engine realises it does not got
:07:35. > :07:40.enough gas, when it worked that out, it buttons off the horsepower. That
:07:40. > :07:46.is painful, but it was a big pass, the fastest corner on the track.
:07:46. > :07:51.Gutsy stuff, he got the job done. I think that is the last Casey Stoner
:07:51. > :08:01.will see of him. He will not want to be falling off, he still has a
:08:01. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:11.for Jorge Lorenzo. He will not know that has happened, but he will be
:08:11. > :08:17.very happy when he sees the order they come in on. Dani Pedrosa is in
:08:17. > :08:21.a bind, because he will not want to help me -- L Jorge Lorenzo because
:08:21. > :08:26.he does not like him. I think they have made up. Simoncelli was the
:08:26. > :08:31.enemy, they ended on him, so I think they made up a touch.
:08:31. > :08:35.Fantastic! Nobody really likes anybody any more, do they? I like
:08:35. > :08:45.you... We will get the gap in a second as they come across the
:08:45. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:06.strike, but you can bet your bottom Stoner is now seven seconds behind
:09:06. > :09:10.Jorge Lorenzo. This is coming back towards Simoncelli. He got past
:09:10. > :09:15.Dovizioso, number of four, but he has responded to the challenge from
:09:15. > :09:21.Number 11, and they have closed up again. I would say Simoncelli has
:09:21. > :09:31.been using more fuel and tyres. Dovizioso has a golden opportunity
:09:31. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:42.in these last four laps to squeeze advantage. It depends on where the
:09:42. > :09:47.pass happens, if it happens. Dovizioso, the Repsol Honda, if he
:09:48. > :09:57.can push Simoncelli at, Ben Spies will be through the gap as well. He
:09:58. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:08.will be studying the rear end of bikes, one white, one orange, but
:10:08. > :10:13.Simoncelli in the senior team has a factory machine. He is hoping to
:10:13. > :10:17.get one again next year. That is the mats, 35 points, that is very
:10:17. > :10:21.significant. That is not comfortable for Casey Stoner. I
:10:21. > :10:25.would rather have the lead than be chasing it, but even so... It is
:10:25. > :10:30.not much fun losing this race this weekend. I'm very interested to
:10:30. > :10:34.find out what is going on. I thought he would have the pace. I
:10:34. > :10:38.think he will say he should have chosen the harder rear tyre.
:10:38. > :10:46.Everyone has been talking about real grip, particularly Valentino
:10:46. > :10:50.Rossi. He has done a. Simoncelli is not having it! Shades of Simoncelli
:10:50. > :11:00.and Dani Pedrosa. How tight, look at the three bikes. I am running
:11:00. > :11:02.
:11:02. > :11:07.out of voice! I have never seen the person generally is not
:11:07. > :11:11.generous, he slams it back just as hard! He toughed it out, clean as
:11:11. > :11:15.you like. I want to see that again. He wants another bit of it,
:11:15. > :11:21.Simoncelli has got his blinkers on, he is not looking at all. Normally
:11:21. > :11:27.they go on the outside. He hung on to it. You know the guy on the
:11:27. > :11:31.inside is going to... Here we go! Simoncelli cannot get in touch. If
:11:31. > :11:35.he is not careful, he will be jumped by the Yamaha behind him.
:11:35. > :11:41.The does not know when he is beaten. You are right, we are on board with
:11:41. > :11:45.Ben Spies, and he will be try to make a move as quickly as possible.
:11:45. > :11:49.Simoncelli will not be pleased. Ben Spies will be tried to make a jump
:11:49. > :11:59.on him very quickly, I believe. is looking more comfortable on the
:11:59. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:13.is really national pride here. sure is, and factory pride as well.
:12:13. > :12:18.You do not want to be beaten by somebody outside of the works team.
:12:18. > :12:28.He will be the third of the works riders as it says. Dovizioso is the
:12:28. > :12:29.
:12:29. > :12:38.championship. Remember this guy? This is the guy leading the race!
:12:38. > :12:43.He looks like he is doing a lap by himself. 34, he is still really
:12:43. > :12:47.banging in the laps really hard. The chassis, the tyre looks good,
:12:47. > :12:52.nothing wrong with that. It looks good, and you can tell by his lap
:12:52. > :13:02.times. Look at the focus, those Spanish eyes glaring into the
:13:02. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:18.means that at the end of that, we are counting down the laps, two
:13:18. > :13:22.left. Wayne Rainey, the whole of the Yamaha garage looking on with
:13:22. > :13:27.apprehension, pride, delight. They have just got to keep their fingers
:13:27. > :13:32.crossed for another lap and a bit, and then it is all over. What a
:13:32. > :13:35.triumph that would be for Jorge Lorenzo, and what a problem it is
:13:35. > :13:43.with Dani Pedrosa second, a huge problem for Casey Stoner back in
:13:43. > :13:47.third place. He loses a whole bunch of points today. The manager of
:13:47. > :13:53.Dani Pedrosa there, waving him on. He does not need to because he has
:13:53. > :14:03.a nice gap. But this is still going on, it is all happening here.
:14:03. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:16.trying to work out what Dovizioso he can pull it out! Dovizioso cuts
:14:16. > :14:26.
:14:26. > :14:36.back. Simoncelli will want to fight hardly call the thing up and runs
:14:36. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:53.Italians are nuts, I am out of here! Be careful with that voice!
:14:53. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:05.Kan Simoncelli hold it for half a some replays of that. Simoncelli
:15:05. > :15:10.would not give back. Marco Simoncelli won't be leaving a gap.,
:15:10. > :15:20.Unbelievable performance. Jorge Lorenzo, against all the odds,
:15:20. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:31.takes it out in San Marino. Second. Third for Casey Stoner. Simoncelli
:15:31. > :15:41.and Dovizioso. He just did it I think. 3,000ths in it. Not a lot.
:15:41. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:54.And Valentino Rossi with a face- saving 7 I think.
:15:54. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.He got tenth there, Cal Crutchlow. That's motorcycle racing at its
:16:01. > :16:11.best. Three abreast and on the brakes. Colin has some issues. I'm
:16:11. > :16:14.
:16:14. > :16:24.guessing it's tyres. Randy had a lonely race there. Toni
:16:24. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:32.Elias is still completing his lap. Careful Jorge. Engines to think of.
:16:32. > :16:40.Don't blow an engine up slowing down and popping wheelies. Words of
:16:40. > :16:50.restraint from Steve. A great ride for him. Round 13 and he has pulled
:16:50. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :17:04.back a nice number. That's not what was on (Inaudible) loses nine
:17:04. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:10.points to Lorenzo. 35 points it is. He hasn't been silly and chucked it
:17:10. > :17:15.down the road. I guess, Steve, if you were in his position you would
:17:15. > :17:20.have to play a percentage game. He's got issues. We'll find out
:17:20. > :17:27.shortly what they are. I would bet your mortgage that it was a tyre
:17:27. > :17:33.situation. That was a good race by Simo. He really did well there. He
:17:33. > :17:43.didn't throw it up the road. Valentino Rossi coming home 7th, 23
:17:43. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :17:56.seconds behind. That's an for Jorge Lorenzo. 33: 9. 33: 1 for
:17:56. > :18:03.Stoner in qualifying. It shows how hard they were going. A mid-race
:18:03. > :18:13.distance, almost. You can tell... That's not
:18:13. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:27.excitement, that's relief as well. Zeal zeal -- you can see Casey
:18:27. > :18:31.there. Damage control I guess for Stoner.
:18:31. > :18:38.We've got a dive coming. Does he know there isn't a smiming pool
:18:38. > :18:46.there! The big guy caught him. That's his
:18:46. > :18:52.job. A solid ride there. Dani Pedrosa
:18:52. > :18:58.has been in the shade just a tiny bit just by a tenth to Lorenzo and
:18:58. > :19:02.Stoner. That was tough racing from this guy. He is always Mr Exciting.
:19:02. > :19:07.Thankfully they haven't blunted that excitement from him. He was
:19:07. > :19:11.castigated earlier in the year but he is a star in the future, Marco
:19:11. > :19:17.Simoncelli. Valentino Rossi there, I know it sounds as if I'm
:19:17. > :19:22.clutching at straws on behalf of his legion of fans. But he's
:19:22. > :19:28.finished 23 seconds behind the race leader. It has been much worse than
:19:28. > :19:33.that. Come on, you are good at sign language. What's the explanation?
:19:33. > :19:37.Looks at his rear tyre. I think they are all borderline.
:19:37. > :19:47.Depending on your riding style and the suspension settings, some
:19:47. > :19:48.
:19:48. > :19:58.suffered more than others. A wol opening ring by Jorge Lorenzo.
:19:58. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:26.That circuit is a fiddly old thing, but what an outstanding result for
:20:26. > :20:30.Jorge Lorenzo. Really winches Casey Stoner back. Dovizioso comfortable
:20:30. > :20:40.in third. Dani Pedrosa, Ben Spies and Valentino Rossi pretty well
:20:40. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :20:55.Randy hasn't done enough finishing this year to be further up the line.
:20:55. > :21:01.You can see how close we are to the coastline. Jorge Lorenzo, I don't
:21:01. > :21:05.know if he is more surprised than we are. What a victory, 7 seconds
:21:05. > :21:10.in front. Congratulations. Yes, thank you very much. I really
:21:10. > :21:17.needed this victory. The last two races have been a nightmare for me,
:21:17. > :21:27.so to be back with a very good bike, it is good. I want to thank all the
:21:27. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:31.team, because they were there for me. Thank you. He did say before he
:21:31. > :21:37.was feeling more confident after qualifying that things were going
:21:37. > :21:42.better. But this must be way beyond his expectation. Pleasantly
:21:42. > :21:47.surprised. Really solid. I think possibly the wet few laps helped
:21:47. > :21:53.him at the beginning. It kept him out in front and didn't do him any
:21:53. > :21:56.harm. It helped everyone with fuel consumption. Casey said to us
:21:56. > :22:03.yesterday, talking to Azi after practise, he thought that Lorenzo
:22:03. > :22:10.could ba threat and that Lorenzo would push very hard. As I said at
:22:10. > :22:15.the outset he does have a race base. Dani, he must be delighted. Dani,
:22:15. > :22:22.congratulations. A few of the riders are struggling. How tough
:22:22. > :22:29.was it out there? Really tough. The track is very demanding. It was
:22:29. > :22:37.superhot. But we were lucky it went so hot as yesterday and it wasn't
:22:37. > :22:41.raining. The bike wasn't how I wanted it but I couldn't push it.
:22:42. > :22:46.At the end I could catch Casey and I'm happy with a second place. I
:22:46. > :22:50.hope in the next race I can continue in that way and get some
:22:50. > :22:56.wins soon. Thank you Dani. Because the Championship is out of reach
:22:56. > :23:01.with the crash he had in France with Simoncelli, Pedrosa just needs
:23:01. > :23:07.to bank laudable results from here on in. He needs as many points and
:23:07. > :23:13.wins as he possibly. We've got a change of formula next year, going
:23:13. > :23:19.to the 1,000 cc machines. He'll have to get to the gym over the
:23:19. > :23:24.winter. That's an interesting point. Casey Stoner had a year in 990s but
:23:24. > :23:30.some of these guys, like Jorge Lorenzo, have never. Their eyes
:23:30. > :23:38.will be on springs. The testing went extremely well. They all went
:23:38. > :23:44.out at Mugello. Look at that. I can just see your umbrella from here.
:23:44. > :23:52.Your drink, they've already put ice in it. My little umbrella is out.
:23:52. > :23:55.Casey Stoner, the best of the rest today, Azi. Casey, so tough. What
:23:55. > :23:58.happened. Everything felt good, the bike was working well, the tyres
:23:58. > :24:04.were good. There was a bit of rain. I didn't want to be the first one
:24:04. > :24:09.to hit the wet patches, so I decided to follow Jorge. Once the
:24:09. > :24:15.rain went I started to go feast. I felt comfortable sitting behind him.
:24:15. > :24:22.I thought I would stay some lap to see if I could learn something and
:24:22. > :24:25.attack. When it was my time to move forward I got tired. My arms were
:24:25. > :24:29.tyred and it started to make me brake earlier. I wasn't confident
:24:29. > :24:34.with the front end of the bike, because I was so worn out. In
:24:34. > :24:40.general the whole bike has been good this race. The rear tyres were
:24:40. > :24:46.working well. But no excuses. I'm worn out from the last three races
:24:46. > :24:50.and haven't been sleeping well. get some sleep. I need some. Well,
:24:50. > :24:58.that is interesting. He had sickness before but he cleared that
:24:58. > :25:07.up with a lactosis problem. He is a fit young man. He needs to get
:25:07. > :25:17.fitter. Even you with a man with no conscience can sleep anywhere but
:25:17. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:27.inside by Dovizioso. Ben Spies looking to have a piece of the
:25:28. > :25:35.action but couldn't quite do it. Marco Simoncelli, number 58. Never
:25:35. > :25:41.done with, is he? He never gives up. He knows he has the inside coming
:25:41. > :25:45.up. Jams it up the inside firmly. He is a big lad. Some of it is a
:25:45. > :25:52.disadvantage down the straits but for others it is good. He can get
:25:52. > :25:59.the bike turned. This is where Ben Spies, he can't get the bike leaned
:25:59. > :26:05.over. I loved that part. He is tough, Marco Simoncelli, but we've
:26:05. > :26:09.still got a Championship here. was a shame the fight wasn't for a
:26:09. > :26:13.win but fourth place. I've got the winner of the 197 race here. Randy,
:26:13. > :26:18.winner of the 197 race here. Randy, what did you make of that race?
:26:18. > :26:25.was a show of strength for the Yamaha. Even in practise Jorge
:26:25. > :26:29.showed a great pace. You can never count Casey out. You saw how he was
:26:29. > :26:33.attacking. Jorge kept the pressure up with the lap times.
:26:33. > :26:37.Unfortunately Casey couldn't hang in there. You didn't hear the
:26:37. > :26:42.interview, he said he is tired. Are you surprised by that? I guess we
:26:42. > :26:49.are all tired but we haven't been doing 28 laps. Yes, but at the
:26:49. > :26:58.beginning of the pace he was the one pushing wit the full tank of
:26:58. > :27:02.fuel. Jorge set a blistering pace. We just came out of Indianapolis
:27:02. > :27:08.and everybody hasn't been sleeping all the best. That's what Casey is
:27:08. > :27:14.talking about. To each his own. I'm sure he will win a lot more. Maybe
:27:14. > :27:20.they should look at the calendar. It is strange going to America, to
:27:20. > :27:24.Europe and we are here for a few days. It is tough on everybody, ept
:27:24. > :27:28.the team. I left the States on Tuesday and got here Wednesday. I
:27:28. > :27:32.was thinking about the team personnel. Setting up the garages.
:27:32. > :27:37.The bike riders can prepare themselves by resting but it is a
:27:37. > :27:40.tough call on everybody. Podium ceremony is under way now. Charlie
:27:40. > :27:46.and Steve, the crowd here don't seem to be put off by the fact
:27:46. > :27:54.there are no Italians up there. and Stoner ston doesn't look
:27:54. > :28:03.disappointed either. He had a smile a mile wide. Stoner, there is
:28:03. > :28:09.plenty left in him. I'm afraid we are out of time.