Round 13 - Misano MotoGP


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The 5th over the past few years, Misano has begun a Mayor Ken for

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the two factions of Italian fans. - - Mecca. Today was the day that

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they were supposed to join together, but it has been a nightmare for the

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Italian Dream Team. Instead, it is on that and a certain Australian

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who have taken control. Just seven days ago, they strengthened their

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grip on the championship. The new circuit at Indianapolis from that

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lot of controversy, but Casey Stoner coped best with the slippery

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conditions. He got into this groove over the earlier laps and once he

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had overtaken Dani Pedrosa, he just got faster and faster. Ben Spies

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was the only rider looked like matching his pace in practice, but

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a disastrous start spoiled any chances of a home win. He did but

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on a show of the home crowd, fighting back from ninth to the

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podium at taking a few precious championship points from Lorenzo,

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over the reigning champion. There is an interesting battle for fought

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between Pedrosa, Ben Spies, and if you are a real optimists, Valentino

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Three wins on the bounce for Casey Stoner, and despite the brilliance

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and dominance of his win at Indianapolis, it was the first time

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he had been on the podium at that circuit, the only circuit left on

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his list. Great stuff for Casey Stoner, and he is going to speak to

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us now, just making his final preparations inside the truck.

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You're making a final preparations before you go out, take us through

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it. You have got your flight case from Indianapolis, plenty of

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luggage to carry. Yes, definitely, we have it take all the suits. When

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you have a few consecutive flyweight races, you have to make

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sure that you have plenty of gear to take with you. It ends up being

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a little bit heavy, and the team has got to take all their stuff,

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there is a lot to carry around. much going wrong for you at the

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moment, three wins on the bounce, your first podium at Indianapolis,

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going well. It has been a really good season for us. There are a few

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things we would have liked to have done better, a few podiums that we

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could have done better, but you learn from those, and that is why

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we have been able to get the amount of wins that we have, you keep

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moving forward, and it is going to be another tough race today.

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talked to were Jorge Lorenzo before the race in Germany, he was racing

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to Phil Collins on his high pard! Anything like you to get into the

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zone? I cannot do anything. I have seen two other riders listening to

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music. I do not need that. I figure, you know, when you go out there,

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you should know what you are doing, I know how to get myself ready. A

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lot of riders do different things to prepare for the race, but I do

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nothing like that. Just stay inside here and tickle, it is a hot one

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today. It is going to be very hot. Hopefully we have prepared well

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enough. Thank you for letting us in, good luck today. Casey is setting

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the headlines at the top of the field, but there is plenty going on

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further back. There has been a lot of talk in the paddock recently

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about the future of Loris Capirossi, but after 22 years, three world

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titles and 99 podiums, the veteran rider had a very special and rather

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emotional announcement to make this This is, for sure, my last race in

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Italy, because I have decided to stop and retire. Also, it is

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strange to listen to many riders talking about testing the new bike,

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Anyway, I... I want to say sorry about my emotion, but it is not so

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easy to say that. But I was thinking a lot about stopping.

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Always I say yes, no, yes, no, but I think it is the right decision. I

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want to say thank you to everybody who has supported me and tried to

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give to me a good time, and I try any way to give my best in the last

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couple of races. Thank you to What a guy. Loris Capirossi,

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understandably emotional. He is all smiles now, getting ready for his

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last ever race on Italian soil. As you can imagine, it has been a busy

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weekend for him here, everybody wanting a piece of Loris Capirossi,

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but he is such a gentleman that he took time out last night to have a

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Well, Loris, here we are at Misano on the eve of your final race on

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Italian soil. How does it feel that you have got it all out in the

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opening? I Ms Mugello this year, I am here in Misano, and for sure

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this is my last race in Italy. It is also the race of my career.

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Anyway, it is so strange, because I have passed all my life in racing.

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I started when I was four years old, now I am 38, I never stopped, 22

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seasons in MotoGP, world champion. Anyway, I am happy to have made the

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decision. It was the perfect place to make the decision here at Misano,

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because that podium was your first podium in 1990. Yes, well, I have

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good memories of the track, because, you know, I do my first podium in

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the world championship for Ben. It Were you tempted by the possibility

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of moving to Superbikes? There must have been of us for you. Yes, I

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received offers to ride other bikes. Also, to go to Superbikes. But I

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have had all my ideas in a championship, to move on at that

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time, always I say to myself, when I stop, I want to stop in MotoGP.

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And this is the right time to say And they gave you an engine this

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weekend as well. A nice surprise. It is a great present, I did not

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expect that. I saw the engine in the hospitality, it is beautiful,

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and I'm really happy about that. I think I'll put it inside of my

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I am thinking, anyway, I am a really lucky guy, because in 22

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seasons I have been three times world champion. 1993, 1994, I had

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problems with my aggression, minus X. 1996, I did not say I lose that,

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but I had a chance to gain another title in MotoGP. But I am anyway

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have peoples of no regrets? No. I am a lucky guy because I ride all

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kind of bikes, 125, 250, 500, 800, 1,000, Suzuka, Yamaha, Honda!

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have had a great career, it has been a pleasure talking to you,

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thank you. Thank you very much, great for me, thank you. It really

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has been a pleasure, and how fitting that his team manager from

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his first ever premier class victory on a 500 cc Yamaha back in

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1996 is here as well. For very different reasons, it has been a

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poignant weekend for another true And Eric and legend Wayne Rainey,

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who dominated the sport in the early 90s, with some of the

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greatest epic battles we have ever seen against any loss in, make do

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and, on those fire-breathing 500 cc two-stroke machines. Tragically,

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his career ended right here in Misano in 1993. Quite remarkably,

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he has returned for the first time. Wayne, 18 years ago here at Misano,

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your life changed dramatically. What does it feel like being back?

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Well, it is much different than I anticipated, Steve. I thought I

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would be more emotional, showing up and not been here for that long,

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and considering my history here, but it has been wonderful, I have

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had a great time. As a rider myself, with all said, it is your worst

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nightmare, what happens to you. Were you going, why me? I have been

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waiting motorcycles for 25 years. I have had my accidents and broken

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bones, like every other racer, but I also saw some really good friends

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of mine that did not make it to the end of the year wall ended up in a

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chair. So this is the sport that I chose to compete in, and I know it

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was dangerous. I knew that something like this for West could

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happen, but when you race, you never really think about those

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things. You try to do the best you can. How it ends up is how it is.

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This track has changed dramatically, running the opposite way around. It

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is much safer. Is there still more to be done on the saved his sight

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in motorcycling? I don't know, Steve. When I raised here, I

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thought personally, riding the Grand Prix bikes, I thought this

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circuit was perfect for those bikes. A challenge, big fast corners, very

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exciting to drive. The exhilaration you got from this track on those

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bikes, you could not emulate it anywhere else. After my accident,

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they did not race here for a long time, and when they did come back,

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they changed the direction. So it was just... I thought they ruined

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it. I do not think it was too dangerous before, but I have not

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looked at it lately. I only see it from watching on television, so I

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am not sure. Loris Capirossi was racing when you are, and he has

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announced his retirement. I cannot believe how long his career has

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gone on for. It has to come to an end at some point or start I saw

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him last night, and he has been doing it for 22 years. That is an

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amazing career. I think it is wonderful that he has been able to

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announce its and prepare for the end that is going to come real

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quick for him. Congratulations to them. Wayne, thank you for talking

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to us. You have been an inspiration to World Championship riders.

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you, Steve. I could not agree more with that.

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Remarkable to hear him so candid about what happened to him. Is a

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very, very brave man, and we talk about the ultimate price, but that

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comes very close. There is no question about it. He has taken it

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very pragmatically, and easily is a very enjoyable life. He follows the

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sport very much from home, and it was a pleasure to talk to him.

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about the other legend we were talking about, Loris Capirossi? You

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have had the pleasure of commentating on some epic races

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with him. Isn't it astonishing to think that he won his first world

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championship in 1990? Three world titles. A huge country be there,

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and he played a huge part in Ducati's early success. -- and

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better. I was still in junior school then! The leaves us,

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retiring at the end of the season. That leaves Colin Edwards at the

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last standing veteran racer, and he will be back with us next year. He

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has joined the CRT team, that was announced at a press conference on

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Thursday. The Texas tornado will be back with us. CRT teams, that is

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not something we have discussed very much this year so far. Tell us

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about it. It looks very exciting. Colin Edwards has gone to a team

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that seems to be very well-funded. He seems to have squeezed some

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Yamaha Superbike engines out, because they are not running a

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Superbike team next year. Good engines, good electronics. His time

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to get the Tech 3 team to build a chassis, and we know how well that

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is going. They are allowed more fuel than the factory teams, 24

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leaders as opposed to 21. They are allowed 12 engines as opposed to

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six. Some of the rules and regulations are relaxed, and that

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should help them get nearer to the I heard there was 24 litres of beer

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as well. That was part of the deal... Don't mention that with

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Charlie still here! We've spoken at Indianapolis about the problems

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that Ducati have had. The clouds have come over now and this is

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probably their best chance. It was as hot as Sydney springtime an hour

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ago, when you were talking to Casey. It was scorching hot. There was

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talk of rain. It feels thundery. The only shot these punters will

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have of seeing Rossi. They won't mind being rained on if Rossi can

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get out there. Jeremy Burgess said we usually pull a rabbit out of the

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hat on race day but we haven't found the rabbit yet. It is a rain

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hat, mate. It is going to be interesting to see if they have to

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switch to ewet tyres. They are going out of the starting lap on

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wet tyres, that could be the case today. If it is a real challenge

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for the riders, physically, but two other matters for the team to take

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into account are fuel consumption and brakes.

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The reason it's hard on brakes here at Misano is simply because you are

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always down to first gear, back up to fourth, on the brakes, off the

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brakes. What the teams do to fix that is use these, the full-mask

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disks. It dissipates the heat. These are running at 5 00 degrees.

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On a circuit that's not as hard on brakes you can use one of these. It

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is much lighter, so you have less gyroscopic effect. The fuel is a

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harder issue. This circuit for the same reason, up and down through

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the gears, full threatle, not in top year for long, you use the fuel

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up a lot. It is like driving in town as opposed to the motorway.

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Last year Valentino Rossi never made it to the podium. He ran out

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on the slowdown lap. So regulations state just 21 litres of fuel.

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That's about 4.6 gallons in old money. One of the tricks of the

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trade to get a bit more fuel this is to get it cold. It makes it

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denser and gives you about a quarter of a litre. Did you that,

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not hi-tech. Put the fuel in a freezer. Get it really cold before

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you tip it into the bike before the start of a race. You must not have

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it 15 degrees below ambient temperature or you get busted by

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the organisers. It is 0.7 litre per lap.

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All that, nice and cold, ends up going into this tank. The 21 litres,

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they don't measure that. They weigh it and then the whole lot ends up

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in the fuel tank. The engineers work really Lord to

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set the bike unfor good rear grip, as wheel spin wastes fuel. The

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electronics are set to make the bike run as slim as possible. Dani

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Pedrosa is nice and light, but he's not that big either.

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Alvaro Bautista is one of the smaller riders on the grirbgsd just

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5'5" and just over -- on the grid, just 5'5" and just 9 stone.

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At least the teams can ramp up the power for one fast lap in

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qualifying. Here's how they got on. Randy De Puniet was one spot behind

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Cal Crutchlow, who scuffed his leathers. At the pointy end as

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Charlie would probably say Jorge Lorenzo was on pole.

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Lorenzo and Pedrosa had a quarter of an hour to fight back but all

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Not the qualifying session that Loris would have wanted. There he

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is on the back roe of the grid. He's all smiles. I think he's going

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to plan on enjoying himself, and who could blame him. Cal Crutchlow,

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a winner in 2009. He set the lap record in the world superbikes in

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2004. We are going to try to grab a word with him in a second. A little

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bit of consternation here on the grid because a few spots of rain

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have fallen. Even though he is in 13th place he was only 0.8 of a

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second. Over to Azi. From Ben Spies to Nicky Hayden in 15th there is

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only a second, but from Ben to the front three will's over half a

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second. I'm going to try to get a word with Ben but he's talking to

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his team. Ben, the front three, there's half a second between you.

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Do you think you can catch him? is going to be tough. We are

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looking at a lot of different conditions right now. We went with

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a completely different set-up. We haven't raced all weekend on. We

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are trying to find something. It looks like it could mist or rain at

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any time during this race, so it's a little stressful but it's the

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same for everybody. What have you been struggling with so much this

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weekend? Just the front end of the bike and getting it where I'm

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confident with it. Right now I don't quite have the confidence in

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it. It's been a problem all weekend. All we can do is the best. We'll

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give it 100% and we'll see what the conditions are like. Thank you Ben,

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good luck. Ben Spies there. Just 0.8% of a second quicker than Cal.

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A woopsy there on qualifying but other than that you were pretty

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much on the pace. It seems that we found something in the second free

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practise. Pre-practise and qualifying was OK up until the

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point where it came to put the fast lap in. We only had a 25-lap front

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tyre and a brand-new rear. We should have put a new front soft in,

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but it's one of them things. We learn from the mistakes. Hopefully

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the race will go a lot better for us. We are confident of a top ten,

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if we get a good start. We'll see if we can make some ground. The

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bike isn't so fast. A couple of spots, would you be happy with

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that? No, it won't rain. You heard it here first. MotoGP ridered and

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weatherman, you heard it. Colin Edwards... Sorry, that was

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Loris. Calling time on his Tech 3 Yamaha career. Colin, obviously we

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saw earlier that you decided to make the move to a CRT team next

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year, but you are determined to finish with a high with Yamaha on

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the pace here. Yeah, I finished I may as well do I job. It's been

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going good. I can't complain.. We had a set-up issue on Friday but we

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changed the bike a little bit and got going good. Now we've got to

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top it off. I don't normally say this, but look between Colin's legs.

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They use this reflective material to keep the temperature off the

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fuel tank. Steve was telling you how important it's so keep the fuel

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at as loi a temperature as possible. low. Alvaro Bautista, a new paint

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job for the Suzuki. What an sawsome paint job that is. That might cost

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you a few quid to get a replica. The hunt for podium positions, as

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it looks like it will be a three- way ballot at the front. We are

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here with Wilco. It is tight at the front. Only three tenths between

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the front three. How did you see this going? It is a very important

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moment in the Championship. You know you see the weather as well.

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It is not very stable. It can rain. Misano raining, I'm not sure if you

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remember a few years ago, they cansled the race. But to come back

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to yesterday's qualifying, it was a great job. He is close to Casey. We

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should keep our chances open for this year's Championship and we

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should be beating him this race. I don't say it is everything or

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nothing but if Casey wins here, we should try something here.

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mentioned the weather. We are feeling a few drops of rain now as

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we speak. That's really going to mess things up a bit. Yes. For sure.

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It is a flag -to-flag race. If it starts raining it will be a gamble

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for everybody. Thank you. Good luck. Hector Barbera, before you put your

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helmet on, top Ducati on the grid. You seemed to be comfortable the

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last few races, you are finding good form. Yes, I'm happy. It is

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important for me and my team. I like this track. I think for me

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this race, the possibility of a good race. Thank you. All the best.

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Battling with Alvaro Bautista, just behind us, for the 250cc win in

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2009, and taking that victory. It could be an all-Spanish battle.

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Hector crashed out at Indy so he is hoping to catch up this weekend.

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Andrea Dovizioso is in 6th place. He's been on the second row ten

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times this year. Marco Simoncelli in 5th. A best result of 6th in the

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250cc class in 2008. Ben Spies, looking for back to back podiums

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for the first time in his MotoGP after his excellent race. Last

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year's winner here at Misano, Jorge Lorenzo. Second here for the last

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three years. Really needs to go one better if he is to close the

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advantage that Casey Stoner has over him at the top of the

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Championship. And Stoner himself looking for his first run of four

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wins back to back in his MotoGP career. Steve, Charlie, for one

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reason or another it looks as though we are going to have a

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really memorable race here. Absolutely buddy. It looks like

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they really could close together. must apologise for my nuisance

:27:11.:27:19.

phone call friend behind me, with his croaky voice. I hope you can

:27:19.:27:23.

get through it. I will try. It was our flight back from Indianapolis.

:27:23.:27:32.

It is like going to a germ swap meet. I don't know what I picked um.

:27:32.:27:36.

Dani Pedrosa has had serious pace round here. Could be the one to

:27:36.:27:45.

watch. Marco Simoncelli in second row.

:27:45.:27:51.

When was the last time Nicky Hayden got through the chicane? I don't

:27:51.:27:57.

think he ever has. We go downhill with the circuit running in the

:27:57.:28:04.

reverse direction, with the chicane. Loris Capirossi starting his last

:28:04.:28:12.

race hire at the back. A difficult time on that Ducati, as have so

:28:12.:28:17.

many riders. Stoner, what is he going to do is Dani Pedrosa bolts?

:28:17.:28:22.

You would still bet your money that Danny would be the first guy into

:28:22.:28:27.

the corner. 16 corners around the circuit and he is normally the dart

:28:27.:28:33.

off the line. We've spoken about fuel a great deal. They will want

:28:33.:28:40.

to make sure that tyres are up, the brake temperatures are up, but I

:28:40.:28:50.
:28:50.:28:58.

can't imagine anyone making fast speak, with everyone changing their

:28:58.:29:04.

bikes. The spare bikes, they'll be frantically putting them to wet

:29:04.:29:10.

settings. Let's reprise the flag to flag rules, in case you are are not

:29:10.:29:14.

a MotoGP regular. It is important. These guys can swap bikes. They

:29:14.:29:19.

will be changed to wet settings, with wet tyres on, wet front

:29:19.:29:25.

springs, rear springs, steel disks. Needs a bit more rain than we've

:29:25.:29:30.

got now to warrant it. With the track temperature so high, the rain

:29:30.:29:35.

dissipates as it hits it, so it needs a fair old shower before they

:29:35.:29:40.

would warrant do that. It would be interesting to see. That's an

:29:40.:29:49.

aerial view of the corner. The run back up the hill. Down to the

:29:49.:29:59.
:29:59.:29:59.

incredibly fast and scary occur volcanoy corner.

:29:59.:30:09.
:30:09.:30:37.

will really tip the scales. Everyone has gone for the same

:30:37.:30:42.

tyres, the softer of the two on the rear tyre, hard at the front. No

:30:42.:30:47.

gambles this weekend. Apart from the weather! Fingers crossed on

:30:47.:30:52.

that, revs up, we are ready for the start in San Marino. It looks like

:30:52.:30:56.

Lorenzo went pretty quickly and Simoncelli as well, not a bad job.

:30:56.:31:01.

Ben Spies on the outside, Lorenzo having a look, that is very tight,

:31:01.:31:11.
:31:11.:31:14.

very firm between Lorenzo and stone all about bravery, nobody knows how

:31:14.:31:20.

much rain is on the track. It is a gamble on the grip. The word from

:31:20.:31:24.

the pit lane is that it is probably raining. They will be tiptoeing

:31:24.:31:28.

around, and the difficult job is reading it. Jorge Lorenzo is the

:31:28.:31:33.

world champion, and he knows he needs to win some races. That is

:31:33.:31:37.

the black this say it is raining. Looking out of the commentary booth,

:31:37.:31:41.

they are frantically trying to get those wheels and springs and

:31:41.:31:44.

everything, geometry changed and the spare bikes just in case they

:31:44.:31:49.

can then nice and early. Valentino Rossi is on a charge. He started

:31:49.:31:55.

outside the top 10, but is now inside the top six can and he is on

:31:55.:32:01.

and. If it rains... It is raining, the flag is being waved. The

:32:01.:32:05.

forecast was for some rain here. Those curbs will be slippery. I do

:32:05.:32:10.

not know if I want to watch. might be a lousy weather forecaster,

:32:10.:32:14.

but if he got it wrong and it rains, he should be in with a good shout.

:32:14.:32:18.

It takes them about 10 minutes to get all the changes done to those

:32:18.:32:26.

bags. Still, Jorge Lorenzo Ltd, Casey Stoner and his exhaust pipe.

:32:26.:32:36.
:32:36.:32:37.

-- Leeds. Jorge Lorenzo, head down, Palmer across the straits, 1:28.

:32:37.:32:42.

Look at Valentino Rossi, he is the row. The crowd are all dressed in

:32:42.:32:46.

yellow with his home just being have the road. It will be tricky.

:32:46.:32:50.

The good thing at the moment is the track is so warm. Having a bit of a

:32:51.:32:55.

shower will not be too bad, but it is easy for me to say that sitting

:32:55.:33:02.

here. It is about who dares go in these conditions. At the moment it

:33:02.:33:10.

is Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa or... Look at that, mate! Having a big

:33:10.:33:15.

bloke, Lorenzo had to come up. Casey Stoner will be worried that

:33:15.:33:20.

Lorenzo is going to back this up and make Pedrosa a problem. He has

:33:20.:33:25.

got a trilogy of Hondas behind him. That is the first on trying to get

:33:25.:33:30.

through, then Valentino Rossi, you heard it right, top six for Rossi.

:33:30.:33:36.

He is in the five at the moment as they go back up the hill. -- P5.

:33:36.:33:39.

is the only chance he has got in these conditions are getting that

:33:39.:33:43.

Ducati anywhere near the front, but Jorge Lorenzo is the man who was

:33:43.:33:47.

having to tread carefully, looking for the grip. He will not know how

:33:47.:33:55.

fast or slow to go. Simoncelli at the inside. When you say tyre

:33:55.:34:00.

tracks, that is when you know it is getting awkward. If you see that in

:34:00.:34:06.

the water, that is the first indication. The other indication of

:34:06.:34:10.

someone falling off in front of you! Screaming past the commentary

:34:10.:34:16.

box, Casey Stoner having a look. Is he brave enough on the brakes? The

:34:16.:34:23.

dots of rain on the visor will slow you are. Fastest lap of 35.74 Casey

:34:23.:34:29.

Stoner, then a 35.54 Valentino Rossi. How about that! Not bad time

:34:29.:34:34.

is considering the rain on the visor. Even if it is not causing

:34:34.:34:39.

any traction problems, 35 is not bad, bearing in mind 1:34 would be

:34:39.:34:49.

a good race time in perfect Stoner trying to find a way past,

:34:49.:34:55.

very tight at the top. One second covers the top five, including Mr

:34:55.:35:00.

Valentino Rossi. You are riding with Casey Stoner. He is looking

:35:00.:35:03.

all the time. I do not think he will be in a rush to do anything. I

:35:03.:35:07.

think the rain is stopping, which is good news. It seems like it is

:35:07.:35:13.

abating a touch. When the track gets dry, I think you'll see number

:35:13.:35:19.

27 going through. He has got good grip, Casey Stoner. At the moment,

:35:19.:35:23.

Lorenzo is a good litmus, let him go first and see what comes up, as

:35:23.:35:33.

long as he is not compromised by pretty clear now. And they are

:35:33.:35:38.

using the painful start that is always a sign that there is not

:35:38.:35:42.

much rate at that. That gets slippery first. I think it is

:35:42.:35:52.

completely dry. 34.519, Jorge Lorenzo, so we are no money. Oh, no,

:35:52.:35:57.

that is Nicky Hayden! He was having a dog day weekend anyhow. The

:35:57.:36:00.

qualified 15th and has gone from bad to worse. I do not think he has

:36:01.:36:05.

ever finished a race here. It is a weekend he will want to forget.

:36:05.:36:11.

Nicky Hayden, it is not running for him this season. Capirossi has come

:36:11.:36:15.

into the pits. Is he going to change bikes? No, he has got a

:36:15.:36:21.

problem. The chain is perhaps jumping, spinning out. I cannot

:36:21.:36:26.

think there's any point going out on wet tyres, it is too dry for

:36:26.:36:31.

that. It is an ignominious end to his day, when you think of is big

:36:31.:36:37.

news, his retirement after 22 seasons. Last race in Italy, mate.

:36:37.:36:43.

Fruit and one day, up the hill. Lorenzo is getting his head down. -

:36:43.:36:53.
:36:53.:36:54.

- through Tramanto. Talk about a recovery, you will find pace. --

:36:54.:36:59.

you did say his race pace was better than his qualifying pace.

:36:59.:37:04.

will not take long to dry because of the tentative. The Ducati

:37:04.:37:09.

President will be quite pleased with this, they want to be higher

:37:09.:37:13.

up, but Valentino Rossi is only 1.8 seconds back from the leader, Jorge

:37:13.:37:20.

Lorenzo. It is starting to settle down now. As they come across this

:37:20.:37:23.

drive, he took three-tenths out of Casey Stoner that time around, that

:37:23.:37:28.

is impressive. I think Casey Stoner has got the pace once he has

:37:28.:37:32.

decided the track is in perfect conditions. That is a great time,

:37:32.:37:40.

lap record of 1:34.340. That is a new macro -- new lap record here.

:37:40.:37:45.

They are still points to be had, Capirossi is coming out.

:37:45.:37:49.

Crutchlow inside the top 10, he is behind parties that. Good

:37:49.:37:54.

qualifying for the Suzuka. They are battling it out further down. It is

:37:54.:38:04.
:38:04.:38:15.

already developing into the Lorenzo, but I cannot imagine he

:38:15.:38:20.

will run a faster pace than Casey Stoner. -- the fastest so far. One

:38:20.:38:24.

of the issues that they have, and it is the same for everyone, after

:38:24.:38:28.

the previous race, the track tends to change, rather has gone down

:38:28.:38:34.

from the Dunlop tyres, which is not always... That was close, nearly a

:38:34.:38:39.

mistake! The track does change from the warm-up. Do you do not want to

:38:39.:38:44.

do that here, Simoncelli, if you take out a national hero, they will

:38:44.:38:50.

kill you! He just slips past the Doctor in a reasonably easy fashion.

:38:50.:38:55.

It was a heart move, but he has got to do it. I think he feels he has

:38:55.:39:00.

the pace. The San Carlo team, it is their anniversary, 75 years in

:39:00.:39:10.
:39:10.:39:16.

business, that is what that is all very polite. What will the crowd be

:39:16.:39:24.

doing? I know who would be burned alive! Him! I can tell you from the

:39:24.:39:28.

pit lane that they did put a new chain on Capirossi's bike. He is

:39:28.:39:32.

circulating again. How hard is Lorenzo working, that will be

:39:32.:39:42.
:39:42.:39:45.

is giving Casey Stoner has behind. He is pushing it. Casey Stoner has

:39:45.:39:50.

the pace. He has set a new lap record. You can say how much he has

:39:50.:39:55.

closed on Jorge Lorenzo. There are a few places to pass on this track,

:39:55.:40:02.

it is all about carrying pace. See how much stability he has on the

:40:02.:40:06.

front end of the Honda. I suspect Casey will probably be getting a

:40:06.:40:11.

run at either into turn one or maybe in to turn a. Well, he has

:40:11.:40:15.

got that rows out of his hair for the moment. What was the story with

:40:15.:40:19.

Floris? They were frantically changing the train. There was a

:40:19.:40:24.

problem at the start with the chain, so they have taken it hard the

:40:24.:40:27.

second fight and put it on the first, and he has gone back out on

:40:27.:40:35.

that. Through a bad way to end your last race in MotoGP ethos Barth the

:40:35.:40:45.
:40:45.:40:54.

might still need that spare bikes Nicky Hayden has had it happen.

:40:54.:40:59.

Anyway, as she just said, not good news for Loris Capirossi. He is

:40:59.:41:08.

back out on the track. When not if, Stoner passing Lorenzo, and

:41:08.:41:13.

Simoncelli all over the back of Dovizioso. There is always a

:41:13.:41:16.

situation where I do not think Dani Pedrosa will be dropped by this

:41:16.:41:22.

bunch. Such a lovely guy, it just does not happen for him. I do not

:41:22.:41:32.
:41:32.:41:32.

was not even running to pick it up. In some ways, he probably believed

:41:32.:41:37.

it was over. OK, this is the part are the track where it tightens and

:41:37.:41:43.

tightens. It must be so difficult. Just grinding that front tyre out.

:41:43.:41:47.

Yes, in the old order, it was obviously designed to open up and

:41:47.:41:52.

throw you down the back. It must have been great fun. Three are the

:41:52.:41:56.

greatest corner as ever, but now it is running the other way. They had

:41:56.:41:59.

to change the circuit around for safety reasons. They decided that

:41:59.:42:02.

they could not get enough run-off areas in the other direction

:42:02.:42:08.

because of the motorway that runs parallel with the straight, 11, 12

:42:08.:42:13.

and 13, anyway. The traffic management over motor-racing. This

:42:13.:42:19.

is the other when not if, what you reckon? Simoncelli is all over him.

:42:19.:42:23.

Is chasing his countryman. Have a listen. Nor are chasing, he is

:42:23.:42:31.

through. These are old protagonists from the 250 year, they used to

:42:31.:42:35.

knock spots are the jug of. Dovizioso looking for a job now, he

:42:35.:42:40.

has been told that he will not be in the factory squad. I do not

:42:40.:42:44.

think is going to be able to stay with a factory team. He is looking

:42:44.:42:49.

everywhere. Somebody from Honda told me they would rather he went

:42:49.:42:53.

to Ducati because they want and it seems to have great riders. They

:42:53.:42:59.

have the budget but not to pay him as a full factory rider. They have

:42:59.:43:05.

an embarrassment of riches in terms of riders. Dani Pedrosa a, a slight

:43:05.:43:10.

gap from these two. Seeing all the road and more, Jorge Lorenzo on the

:43:10.:43:14.

blue Yamaha. We talked about this yesterday, the sweet handling

:43:14.:43:18.

nature of the Yamaha would favour it around the thirdly parts of this

:43:18.:43:22.

track. I have had a long chat with Jorge this weekend, and he says

:43:22.:43:26.

there is not a lot wrong with the Yamaha but the Honda is so

:43:26.:43:30.

brilliant. It is not about power, it is about putting it altogether.

:43:30.:43:36.

It is not just the motorcycle. That man, 27, the Australian, Casey

:43:36.:43:40.

Stoner, is some kind of motorcycle rider, not taking anything away

:43:40.:43:44.

from Jorge Lorenzo. He has to be the fastest man in the world at the

:43:44.:43:54.
:43:54.:43:54.

Valentino at the pointy end, as we get a replay... That is how much it

:43:54.:43:59.

is working, sliding at the front and at the rear, look at the heat

:43:59.:44:05.

haze, 230 brake horsepower, the exhaust gases fired at the back. We

:44:05.:44:11.

talk about Casey Stoner, he has a 44 point advantage, but thankfully

:44:11.:44:16.

for Valentino Rossi, he would probably have had another 25.

:44:16.:44:20.

have got a championship still alive courtesy of Valentino taking out

:44:20.:44:24.

Casey Stoner, who looked good for the points in Spain, if not the

:44:24.:44:34.
:44:34.:44:37.

winner. Those are the lap times. Pedrosa or is 1.2 seconds behind

:44:37.:44:42.

your race leader. I thought he would be closing its down. It is

:44:42.:44:46.

fairly clear that Casey Stoner is being hampered. We talked about

:44:46.:44:49.

lots of lines, but there is one of the online to pass someone like

:44:49.:44:59.
:44:59.:45:03.

Jorge Lorenzo. He is inch-perfect thinking there's just the two of us,

:45:03.:45:09.

if I follow him a while and he punches a hole in the air, it helps

:45:09.:45:17.

my fuel consumption. All these bikes, the Yamaha and the Honda and

:45:17.:45:21.

Suzuki, they have a management system. The management know if they

:45:21.:45:26.

are using too much fuel and it is not going to finish the race. Let's

:45:26.:45:31.

watch the start. A pretty good start for both. There is nothing

:45:31.:45:41.

more daunting than charging off the line and getting grit on vour visor.

:45:41.:45:47.

Nicky Hayden had a bit of wheel spin off the line. That helmet, it

:45:47.:45:53.

is a cartoon of, "Oh, my goodness me" I think he is saying. Look at

:45:53.:45:58.

Rossi going round the outside of Alvaro Bautista. He scooped them up.

:45:58.:46:02.

Like shooting fish in a barrel through the first couple of turns

:46:02.:46:07.

for him. Up the hill. Different lines from

:46:07.:46:13.

both of them. Overclubbing it, Lorenzo, but getting out well

:46:13.:46:21.

enough. The gap from the first Honda back to Pedrosa... I'm quite

:46:21.:46:25.

surprised. I thought Pedrosa was going to have the pace. Capirossi

:46:25.:46:30.

is back in the pit. He's having a nightmare in a bubble car.

:46:30.:46:36.

What a shame. It is not the way he would want his day to end.

:46:36.:46:42.

That's assuming somebody doesn't come up with a great offer for him.

:46:42.:46:50.

He's had more hum condition backs than Nelly Melba. That's Alvaro

:46:50.:47:00.
:47:00.:47:08.

Bautista, the guy in aluminium. He's gone too deep. He does look a

:47:08.:47:10.

bit like David Essex in those colours.

:47:10.:47:16.

Cal is on the back of him now. While we watch Cal Crutchlow

:47:16.:47:22.

bearing down on Alvaro Bautista, what happened to Nicky? It's the

:47:23.:47:28.

curse of the track here really. Bad luck. What happened? I hate this

:47:28.:47:34.

place. I got a decent start. We went a lot better this morning. I

:47:34.:47:39.

was fifth in the warm-up and really consistent. I got a decent start

:47:39.:47:44.

and got up with the group. I thought OK, I can go with this

:47:44.:47:50.

group. But turn 15, I lost the front over some bumps and Bam! I

:47:50.:47:57.

was down really quick before I had any chance to try and save it.

:47:57.:48:03.

was rider error. It was my fault. apologise to the team and the

:48:03.:48:08.

sponsors, because I made a silly mistake, we could have had a decent

:48:08.:48:16.

race. Hopefully we'll learn from it and move on. Thank you Nicky.

:48:16.:48:21.

Always candid, Nicky Hayden. We are really sorry too. We love having

:48:21.:48:30.

him on board. We are back to the Ducati having no feel. That's what

:48:30.:48:34.

everyone is complaining about. You are over the bumps and you lose

:48:34.:48:43.

them. I've ridden motorcycles where you get no feel from it and it is

:48:43.:48:48.

no good. You need a warning or you do keep falling off. Athens

:48:48.:48:54.

greatest rider, arguably, of our era, Valentino Rossi, can't ride it

:48:54.:48:59.

fast because he isn't getting any feed-back from the bike. This is

:48:59.:49:05.

the battle for the Championship, kids. Lorenzo is aware he needs to

:49:05.:49:12.

win some races. I think he was on the brakes on the paint there.

:49:12.:49:16.

Probably gave himself a bit of a scare.

:49:16.:49:22.

He is definitely gapping there, mate. This would be something else.

:49:22.:49:28.

We heard from Jorge's team this is an important juncture in the system.

:49:28.:49:34.

Jorge knows he needs to win races. He lost knows that Casey Stoner

:49:34.:49:39.

needs to have some problems. Realistically a non-finish at some

:49:39.:49:49.
:49:49.:49:59.

point. Casey Stoner will be doing of the year and just about do it,

:49:59.:50:09.

but that's high risk. A flip side, he is riding around on 20 points.

:50:09.:50:19.
:50:19.:50:32.

Lorenzo would be all over him if running is concertinaing. Going

:50:32.:50:38.

back to Nicky Hayden, I hope for his sake the bike isn't too wet.

:50:38.:50:45.

She on his sixth engine now, as is Valentino Rossi. I know someone who

:50:45.:50:52.

might have a spare engine, as we look at Bautista, sorry, Barbera.

:50:53.:51:01.

Loris Capirossi has had a dog day afternoon. This is a shocker.

:51:01.:51:09.

Loris, back luck. Your last home GP. What was the problem? I don't know

:51:09.:51:14.

what really happened. At the start I had a big problem with the chain

:51:14.:51:20.

and the bike started not to go. I had a couple of laps of waiting to

:51:21.:51:25.

see if it would rain. But the rain did not come. We changed everything

:51:25.:51:31.

on the bike but I went out. What happened, I wasn't able to continue

:51:31.:51:38.

like that. Anyway, we really hope to have soon a little bit better

:51:38.:51:46.

luck. We hope so too. Thank you. Not worth persevering with? If the

:51:46.:51:52.

bike is crook and if it starts raining he would come in and change

:51:52.:51:59.

it. I'm sure there'll be a post- mortem to find out what happened.

:51:59.:52:09.
:52:09.:52:09.

Jorge Lorenzo has set the fastest pace of the race. 1: 415. Lorenzo

:52:09.:52:16.

is gap. I said a couple of races ago that

:52:16.:52:20.

we were so lucky to have a Championship so tight at that point

:52:20.:52:27.

in the season, with Rossi AWOL from the front end of the grid.

:52:27.:52:31.

Pouring five points back out of Casey Stoner's lead, Lorenzo will

:52:31.:52:36.

still be in good shape. The slightest mistake and they'll

:52:36.:52:46.
:52:46.:53:03.

say the track was nothing like it was yesterday, this circuit is not

:53:03.:53:06.

known for its grip either. Absolutely. We have to remember

:53:06.:53:11.

that in qualifying Stoner was only a tenth in front of Jorge Lorenzo

:53:11.:53:21.
:53:21.:53:29.

and Lorenzo was fastest in one of Eleven, Ben Spies.

:53:29.:53:36.

The GP11.1, a revised rear end. Valentino Rossi hasn't got many

:53:36.:53:46.
:53:46.:54:09.

Charlie. Blue sky now. Hopefully the rain has disappeared. Do we say

:54:09.:54:17.

hopefully? Sometimes it is interesting when it rains. 180

:54:17.:54:27.
:54:27.:54:44.

miles per hour that corner is taken train hire. This is the battle for

:54:44.:54:50.

fourth. Marco Simoncelli there. And then Andrea Dovizioso. Valentino

:54:50.:54:55.

Rossi is in the hump. Just sensed that time maybe he got his head

:54:55.:55:03.

down a bit, Simoncelli. Alvaro Bautista on the lone Suzuki.

:55:03.:55:11.

And Cal Crutchlow still in touch. Hector Barbera got past. Aoyama is

:55:11.:55:17.

not letting him go. Colin Edwards had a really bad lap

:55:17.:55:26.

last time. Not sure what went on. Karel Abraham in 13th. Behind him

:55:26.:55:32.

De Puniet and Elias. Ben Spies has got past Valentino Rossi. Not a bad

:55:33.:55:42.

run-in for these guys. With the race progressing fuel

:55:42.:55:46.

loads are getting lighter, the front tyres are getting a little

:55:47.:55:53.

wear. I assume the vagaries that Valentino Rossi suffers from in the

:55:53.:56:03.
:56:03.:56:16.

Ducati, it continues as the race race avidly from his home in

:56:16.:56:24.

California. We are past halfway of the race

:56:24.:56:33.

distance. Simoncelli is gapping Dovizioso. Ben Spies work ing away.

:56:33.:56:38.

Crutchlow in the background. You are right, Colin Edwards has an

:56:38.:56:42.

issue. Bautista has mugged him already. I don't know what's

:56:42.:56:49.

happened to Colin. His last lap was a 36. The guys in front and behind

:56:49.:56:54.

him, Crutchlow with 35. It is not looking good. Bautista moves up one

:56:54.:57:04.
:57:04.:57:19.

Brits. They did lose an engine here on

:57:19.:57:25.

Saturday morning. It was an engine that had done lots of miles. Suzuki

:57:25.:57:31.

had a small technical problem. They couldn't fix id. They've used less

:57:31.:57:36.

than some of the teams. We are hoping and praying that the news

:57:36.:57:42.

will come through that they will ride two bikes next year. You just

:57:42.:57:48.

saw a very good aerial shot of the gap between these three and Marco

:57:48.:57:55.

Simoncelli. He is firmly fourth with Dani Pedrosa down the road.

:57:56.:58:00.

Jorge Lorenzo is having a stellar day. Three seconds now over Casey

:58:00.:58:07.

Stoner. Stoner has the 44-point cushion. Something that slowed his

:58:07.:58:14.

pace down. He should be running low 34s. He is running 34-and-a-halfs.

:58:14.:58:22.

It will only be Casey who will know what is going on.

:58:22.:58:29.

I suspect it is something to do with grip levels. Jorge Lorenzo

:58:29.:58:37.

might be Spanish but he is red hot in Italy.

:58:37.:58:44.

He won in Italy. He had second in Germany. Snecked the States --

:58:44.:58:50.

Second in the States and then third off the podium.

:58:50.:58:57.

I'm listening to the growl of the Yamaha. Absolutely on it. This is

:58:57.:59:04.

the fastest part. Look at the speed. Just roll the throttle. Tease it.

:59:04.:59:14.
:59:14.:59:23.

motorcycle when it is going away from you. He always becomes

:59:23.:59:29.

stronger and stronger. He knows he's got to get the first laps and

:59:29.:59:33.

starts sorted. Every time we see him he is coming all the way

:59:33.:59:40.

through. He had a stellar ride in America. It is not his fault. He

:59:40.:59:46.

was boxed out. He never seems to be at the sharp end at the start. He's

:59:46.:59:51.

going to be another one that will be tight on fuel. He is one of the

:59:51.:59:56.

biggest riders, so he will be using more fuel. And because he didn't

:59:56.:00:06.
:00:06.:00:21.

get a good start he's having to threat from Ben Spies, so they are

:00:21.:00:26.

closing down on Simoncelli with ten laps to go. Ben Spies is working

:00:26.:00:31.

hard to get past number four, and they are both closing in on

:00:31.:00:34.

Simoncelli. There will be frantically waved pit boards next

:00:34.:00:44.
:00:44.:00:47.

time around for this large, go? Jorge Lorenzo has a three. A

:00:48.:00:52.

second lead. We expected Casey Stoner to play a percentage game,

:00:52.:00:56.

but that was on the assumption that his team-mates disappeared into the

:00:56.:01:01.

distance, not Jorge. I still have not worked out what it is, and we

:01:01.:01:06.

will not be able to until we can ask him what is going on. It will

:01:06.:01:10.

almost certainly be the podium you would expect. He said after

:01:10.:01:14.

qualifying they had put behind them some of the problems of the last

:01:14.:01:21.

couple of races which saw Lorenzo off the paid him. -- the podium. He

:01:21.:01:29.

is banking consistent lap times. They fell on a setting that they

:01:29.:01:33.

had not used for a while, and it just seemed to work for him. We all

:01:33.:01:37.

know from our own experience that you find a setting that works for

:01:37.:01:40.

one track but it doesn't work somewhere else. You have to start

:01:40.:01:45.

from the beginning, sometimes work in the opposite direction. You get

:01:45.:01:49.

25 for a win, so it is as close as you like so far into the

:01:49.:01:54.

championship. It is quite healthy if it finishes in this way. I think

:01:54.:01:59.

Casey Stoner, with nine laps remaining, can count himself lucky

:01:59.:02:03.

there is road between him and Dani Pedrosa, all the damage would be

:02:03.:02:09.

much worse. Through these remain right hander, Simoncelli throws the

:02:09.:02:15.

bike at the corner. Seemingly, he is the room. His leg is light and

:02:15.:02:21.

air brake, jamming the bike into the corner. One of the loveliest

:02:21.:02:27.

blokes about, world champion last year in the low at level. He is

:02:27.:02:32.

struggling so much on his bike macro. Nobody knows why, apart from

:02:32.:02:36.

his riding style. He does not seem to be ever to get the Bridgestone

:02:36.:02:40.

tyres to work. You can only go with these back tyres, and he has gone

:02:40.:02:47.

with the softest option. Last year they were axe murderers in that

:02:47.:02:51.

series, so competitive, they are mostly younger than him but he saw

:02:51.:02:55.

them off in fine style. I think Dani Pedrosa is gaining on Casey

:02:55.:03:00.

Stoner. There may be trouble ahead... That could be very

:03:01.:03:05.

interesting. It could be, because that would be another four points

:03:05.:03:10.

taken away from him. We are not expecting any team orders. When

:03:10.:03:15.

questioned, Dani Pedrosa, in the middle of our screen, number 26, he

:03:15.:03:18.

said, first of all I look after Dani Pedrosa and then I look after

:03:18.:03:22.

the team. I think he has demonstrated that throughout his

:03:22.:03:27.

career, what with one thing and another. Andy already has a

:03:27.:03:31.

contract in his pocket for next year. He can be as nasty as the

:03:31.:03:38.

likes! He is about 5 kph faster than anybody else simply because of

:03:38.:03:43.

his weight advantage. Well, his motorcycle will be able to run a

:03:43.:03:49.

richer mixture of. The gap is coming down. He is able to run a

:03:49.:03:53.

richer engine mapping because he is not so tight on fuel because the

:03:53.:03:59.

motorcycle is not pulling as much weight around. Cal Crutchlow.

:03:59.:04:06.

at that, does he make the corner? That is the point. No! I did not

:04:06.:04:11.

think he would. As long as it does not torpedo Colin Edwards on the

:04:11.:04:16.

way out. There is a lot of form- filling when you take out your

:04:16.:04:20.

team-mate, you are here until late at night. I think Dovizioso has his

:04:20.:04:25.

years. I would imagine Ben Spies, the way he is looking, is going to

:04:25.:04:35.
:04:35.:04:41.

pick his way past the pair of them, front guys. -- lapping in. That is

:04:41.:04:51.
:04:51.:05:04.

the factory Honda scalp in front of Adriatic coast, near Rimini, has

:05:04.:05:08.

just signed another five-year contract. Nicky Hayden will be

:05:08.:05:15.

pleased! He will, won't he?! I had not considered that. I hate this

:05:15.:05:25.
:05:25.:05:26.

Jorge Lorenzo at his best. We know what a great champion he is, taking

:05:26.:05:36.
:05:36.:05:44.

his first championship last year, for second place! It is as tight as

:05:44.:05:48.

you like. The Australian is one- tenth behind Casey Stoner, closing

:05:48.:05:58.
:05:58.:06:02.

of Casey Stoner. -- took half a second. The left side of his rear

:06:02.:06:05.

tyre does not look so good. All the teams knew that it was pretty close

:06:05.:06:12.

and tight between the hard and soft tyre, rear tyre. Casey Stoner would

:06:12.:06:17.

probably be harder on tyres than a Dani Pedrosa. I think the left side

:06:17.:06:23.

of his tyre is looking dodgy. harder on motorbikes. Absolutely,

:06:23.:06:28.

just slightly more aggressive. Dani Pedrosa is mood, he carries corner

:06:28.:06:38.
:06:38.:06:58.

speed more, not as hard, not using out of grip there. To take part the

:06:58.:07:01.

second out of the guy leading the world championship is really

:07:01.:07:07.

something. -- half a second. This is that pass. The got the drive out.

:07:07.:07:12.

I do not know if that was a cake or whether the foot slipped off, but

:07:12.:07:16.

it was neatly done. It actually started on the exit out of Tramanto

:07:17.:07:22.

corner. He has got the acceleration. In my opinion, it is not just his

:07:22.:07:26.

weight, it is the fuel mapping as well, he has got more horsepower.

:07:26.:07:30.

As he was saying before, when the engine realises it does not got

:07:30.:07:35.

enough gas, when it worked that out, it buttons off the horsepower. That

:07:35.:07:40.

is painful, but it was a big pass, the fastest corner on the track.

:07:40.:07:46.

Gutsy stuff, he got the job done. I think that is the last Casey Stoner

:07:46.:07:51.

will see of him. He will not want to be falling off, he still has a

:07:51.:08:01.
:08:01.:08:06.

for Jorge Lorenzo. He will not know that has happened, but he will be

:08:06.:08:11.

very happy when he sees the order they come in on. Dani Pedrosa is in

:08:11.:08:17.

a bind, because he will not want to help me -- L Jorge Lorenzo because

:08:17.:08:21.

he does not like him. I think they have made up. Simoncelli was the

:08:21.:08:26.

enemy, they ended on him, so I think they made up a touch.

:08:26.:08:31.

Fantastic! Nobody really likes anybody any more, do they? I like

:08:31.:08:35.

you... We will get the gap in a second as they come across the

:08:35.:08:45.
:08:45.:08:59.

strike, but you can bet your bottom Stoner is now seven seconds behind

:08:59.:09:06.

Jorge Lorenzo. This is coming back towards Simoncelli. He got past

:09:06.:09:10.

Dovizioso, number of four, but he has responded to the challenge from

:09:10.:09:15.

Number 11, and they have closed up again. I would say Simoncelli has

:09:15.:09:21.

been using more fuel and tyres. Dovizioso has a golden opportunity

:09:21.:09:31.
:09:31.:09:37.

in these last four laps to squeeze advantage. It depends on where the

:09:37.:09:42.

pass happens, if it happens. Dovizioso, the Repsol Honda, if he

:09:42.:09:47.

can push Simoncelli at, Ben Spies will be through the gap as well. He

:09:48.:09:57.
:09:58.:10:04.

will be studying the rear end of bikes, one white, one orange, but

:10:04.:10:08.

Simoncelli in the senior team has a factory machine. He is hoping to

:10:08.:10:13.

get one again next year. That is the mats, 35 points, that is very

:10:13.:10:17.

significant. That is not comfortable for Casey Stoner. I

:10:17.:10:21.

would rather have the lead than be chasing it, but even so... It is

:10:21.:10:25.

not much fun losing this race this weekend. I'm very interested to

:10:25.:10:30.

find out what is going on. I thought he would have the pace. I

:10:30.:10:34.

think he will say he should have chosen the harder rear tyre.

:10:34.:10:38.

Everyone has been talking about real grip, particularly Valentino

:10:38.:10:46.

Rossi. He has done a. Simoncelli is not having it! Shades of Simoncelli

:10:46.:10:50.

and Dani Pedrosa. How tight, look at the three bikes. I am running

:10:50.:11:00.
:11:00.:11:02.

out of voice! I have never seen the person generally is not

:11:02.:11:07.

generous, he slams it back just as hard! He toughed it out, clean as

:11:07.:11:11.

you like. I want to see that again. He wants another bit of it,

:11:11.:11:15.

Simoncelli has got his blinkers on, he is not looking at all. Normally

:11:15.:11:21.

they go on the outside. He hung on to it. You know the guy on the

:11:21.:11:27.

inside is going to... Here we go! Simoncelli cannot get in touch. If

:11:27.:11:31.

he is not careful, he will be jumped by the Yamaha behind him.

:11:31.:11:35.

The does not know when he is beaten. You are right, we are on board with

:11:35.:11:41.

Ben Spies, and he will be try to make a move as quickly as possible.

:11:41.:11:45.

Simoncelli will not be pleased. Ben Spies will be tried to make a jump

:11:45.:11:49.

on him very quickly, I believe. is looking more comfortable on the

:11:49.:11:59.
:11:59.:12:09.

is really national pride here. sure is, and factory pride as well.

:12:09.:12:13.

You do not want to be beaten by somebody outside of the works team.

:12:13.:12:18.

He will be the third of the works riders as it says. Dovizioso is the

:12:18.:12:28.
:12:28.:12:29.

championship. Remember this guy? This is the guy leading the race!

:12:29.:12:38.

He looks like he is doing a lap by himself. 34, he is still really

:12:38.:12:43.

banging in the laps really hard. The chassis, the tyre looks good,

:12:43.:12:47.

nothing wrong with that. It looks good, and you can tell by his lap

:12:47.:12:52.

times. Look at the focus, those Spanish eyes glaring into the

:12:52.:13:02.
:13:02.:13:14.

means that at the end of that, we are counting down the laps, two

:13:14.:13:18.

left. Wayne Rainey, the whole of the Yamaha garage looking on with

:13:18.:13:22.

apprehension, pride, delight. They have just got to keep their fingers

:13:22.:13:27.

crossed for another lap and a bit, and then it is all over. What a

:13:27.:13:32.

triumph that would be for Jorge Lorenzo, and what a problem it is

:13:32.:13:35.

with Dani Pedrosa second, a huge problem for Casey Stoner back in

:13:35.:13:43.

third place. He loses a whole bunch of points today. The manager of

:13:43.:13:47.

Dani Pedrosa there, waving him on. He does not need to because he has

:13:47.:13:53.

a nice gap. But this is still going on, it is all happening here.

:13:53.:14:03.
:14:03.:14:06.

trying to work out what Dovizioso he can pull it out! Dovizioso cuts

:14:06.:14:16.
:14:16.:14:26.

back. Simoncelli will want to fight hardly call the thing up and runs

:14:26.:14:36.
:14:36.:14:43.

Italians are nuts, I am out of here! Be careful with that voice!

:14:43.:14:53.
:14:53.:14:56.

Kan Simoncelli hold it for half a some replays of that. Simoncelli

:14:56.:15:05.

would not give back. Marco Simoncelli won't be leaving a gap.,

:15:05.:15:10.

Unbelievable performance. Jorge Lorenzo, against all the odds,

:15:10.:15:20.
:15:20.:15:23.

takes it out in San Marino. Second. Third for Casey Stoner. Simoncelli

:15:23.:15:31.

and Dovizioso. He just did it I think. 3,000ths in it. Not a lot.

:15:31.:15:41.
:15:41.:15:44.

And Valentino Rossi with a face- saving 7 I think.

:15:44.:15:54.
:15:54.:15:56.

He got tenth there, Cal Crutchlow. That's motorcycle racing at its

:15:56.:16:01.

best. Three abreast and on the brakes. Colin has some issues. I'm

:16:01.:16:11.
:16:11.:16:14.

guessing it's tyres. Randy had a lonely race there. Toni

:16:14.:16:24.
:16:24.:16:25.

Elias is still completing his lap. Careful Jorge. Engines to think of.

:16:25.:16:32.

Don't blow an engine up slowing down and popping wheelies. Words of

:16:32.:16:40.

restraint from Steve. A great ride for him. Round 13 and he has pulled

:16:40.:16:50.
:16:50.:16:54.

back a nice number. That's not what was on (Inaudible) loses nine

:16:54.:17:04.
:17:04.:17:06.

points to Lorenzo. 35 points it is. He hasn't been silly and chucked it

:17:06.:17:10.

down the road. I guess, Steve, if you were in his position you would

:17:10.:17:15.

have to play a percentage game. He's got issues. We'll find out

:17:15.:17:20.

shortly what they are. I would bet your mortgage that it was a tyre

:17:20.:17:27.

situation. That was a good race by Simo. He really did well there. He

:17:27.:17:33.

didn't throw it up the road. Valentino Rossi coming home 7th, 23

:17:33.:17:43.
:17:43.:17:51.

seconds behind. That's an for Jorge Lorenzo. 33: 9. 33: 1 for

:17:51.:17:56.

Stoner in qualifying. It shows how hard they were going. A mid-race

:17:56.:18:03.

distance, almost. You can tell... That's not

:18:03.:18:13.
:18:13.:18:20.

excitement, that's relief as well. Zeal zeal -- you can see Casey

:18:20.:18:27.

there. Damage control I guess for Stoner.

:18:27.:18:31.

We've got a dive coming. Does he know there isn't a smiming pool

:18:31.:18:38.

there! The big guy caught him. That's his

:18:38.:18:46.

job. A solid ride there. Dani Pedrosa

:18:46.:18:52.

has been in the shade just a tiny bit just by a tenth to Lorenzo and

:18:52.:18:58.

Stoner. That was tough racing from this guy. He is always Mr Exciting.

:18:58.:19:02.

Thankfully they haven't blunted that excitement from him. He was

:19:02.:19:07.

castigated earlier in the year but he is a star in the future, Marco

:19:07.:19:11.

Simoncelli. Valentino Rossi there, I know it sounds as if I'm

:19:11.:19:17.

clutching at straws on behalf of his legion of fans. But he's

:19:17.:19:22.

finished 23 seconds behind the race leader. It has been much worse than

:19:22.:19:28.

that. Come on, you are good at sign language. What's the explanation?

:19:28.:19:33.

Looks at his rear tyre. I think they are all borderline.

:19:33.:19:37.

Depending on your riding style and the suspension settings, some

:19:37.:19:47.
:19:47.:19:48.

suffered more than others. A wol opening ring by Jorge Lorenzo.

:19:48.:19:58.
:19:58.:20:19.

That circuit is a fiddly old thing, but what an outstanding result for

:20:19.:20:26.

Jorge Lorenzo. Really winches Casey Stoner back. Dovizioso comfortable

:20:26.:20:30.

in third. Dani Pedrosa, Ben Spies and Valentino Rossi pretty well

:20:30.:20:40.
:20:40.:20:49.

Randy hasn't done enough finishing this year to be further up the line.

:20:49.:20:55.

You can see how close we are to the coastline. Jorge Lorenzo, I don't

:20:55.:21:01.

know if he is more surprised than we are. What a victory, 7 seconds

:21:01.:21:05.

in front. Congratulations. Yes, thank you very much. I really

:21:05.:21:10.

needed this victory. The last two races have been a nightmare for me,

:21:10.:21:17.

so to be back with a very good bike, it is good. I want to thank all the

:21:17.:21:27.
:21:27.:21:28.

team, because they were there for me. Thank you. He did say before he

:21:28.:21:31.

was feeling more confident after qualifying that things were going

:21:31.:21:37.

better. But this must be way beyond his expectation. Pleasantly

:21:37.:21:42.

surprised. Really solid. I think possibly the wet few laps helped

:21:42.:21:47.

him at the beginning. It kept him out in front and didn't do him any

:21:47.:21:53.

harm. It helped everyone with fuel consumption. Casey said to us

:21:53.:21:56.

yesterday, talking to Azi after practise, he thought that Lorenzo

:21:56.:22:03.

could ba threat and that Lorenzo would push very hard. As I said at

:22:03.:22:10.

the outset he does have a race base. Dani, he must be delighted. Dani,

:22:10.:22:15.

congratulations. A few of the riders are struggling. How tough

:22:15.:22:22.

was it out there? Really tough. The track is very demanding. It was

:22:22.:22:29.

superhot. But we were lucky it went so hot as yesterday and it wasn't

:22:29.:22:37.

raining. The bike wasn't how I wanted it but I couldn't push it.

:22:37.:22:41.

At the end I could catch Casey and I'm happy with a second place. I

:22:42.:22:46.

hope in the next race I can continue in that way and get some

:22:46.:22:50.

wins soon. Thank you Dani. Because the Championship is out of reach

:22:50.:22:56.

with the crash he had in France with Simoncelli, Pedrosa just needs

:22:56.:23:01.

to bank laudable results from here on in. He needs as many points and

:23:01.:23:07.

wins as he possibly. We've got a change of formula next year, going

:23:07.:23:13.

to the 1,000 cc machines. He'll have to get to the gym over the

:23:13.:23:19.

winter. That's an interesting point. Casey Stoner had a year in 990s but

:23:19.:23:24.

some of these guys, like Jorge Lorenzo, have never. Their eyes

:23:24.:23:30.

will be on springs. The testing went extremely well. They all went

:23:30.:23:38.

out at Mugello. Look at that. I can just see your umbrella from here.

:23:38.:23:44.

Your drink, they've already put ice in it. My little umbrella is out.

:23:44.:23:52.

Casey Stoner, the best of the rest today, Azi. Casey, so tough. What

:23:52.:23:55.

happened. Everything felt good, the bike was working well, the tyres

:23:55.:23:58.

were good. There was a bit of rain. I didn't want to be the first one

:23:58.:24:04.

to hit the wet patches, so I decided to follow Jorge. Once the

:24:04.:24:09.

rain went I started to go feast. I felt comfortable sitting behind him.

:24:09.:24:15.

I thought I would stay some lap to see if I could learn something and

:24:15.:24:22.

attack. When it was my time to move forward I got tired. My arms were

:24:22.:24:25.

tyred and it started to make me brake earlier. I wasn't confident

:24:25.:24:29.

with the front end of the bike, because I was so worn out. In

:24:29.:24:34.

general the whole bike has been good this race. The rear tyres were

:24:34.:24:40.

working well. But no excuses. I'm worn out from the last three races

:24:40.:24:46.

and haven't been sleeping well. get some sleep. I need some. Well,

:24:46.:24:50.

that is interesting. He had sickness before but he cleared that

:24:50.:24:58.

up with a lactosis problem. He is a fit young man. He needs to get

:24:58.:25:07.

fitter. Even you with a man with no conscience can sleep anywhere but

:25:07.:25:17.
:25:17.:25:22.

inside by Dovizioso. Ben Spies looking to have a piece of the

:25:22.:25:27.

action but couldn't quite do it. Marco Simoncelli, number 58. Never

:25:28.:25:35.

done with, is he? He never gives up. He knows he has the inside coming

:25:35.:25:41.

up. Jams it up the inside firmly. He is a big lad. Some of it is a

:25:41.:25:45.

disadvantage down the straits but for others it is good. He can get

:25:45.:25:52.

the bike turned. This is where Ben Spies, he can't get the bike leaned

:25:52.:25:59.

over. I loved that part. He is tough, Marco Simoncelli, but we've

:25:59.:26:05.

still got a Championship here. was a shame the fight wasn't for a

:26:05.:26:09.

win but fourth place. I've got the winner of the 197 race here. Randy,

:26:09.:26:13.

winner of the 197 race here. Randy, what did you make of that race?

:26:13.:26:18.

was a show of strength for the Yamaha. Even in practise Jorge

:26:18.:26:25.

showed a great pace. You can never count Casey out. You saw how he was

:26:25.:26:29.

attacking. Jorge kept the pressure up with the lap times.

:26:29.:26:33.

Unfortunately Casey couldn't hang in there. You didn't hear the

:26:33.:26:37.

interview, he said he is tired. Are you surprised by that? I guess we

:26:37.:26:42.

are all tired but we haven't been doing 28 laps. Yes, but at the

:26:42.:26:49.

beginning of the pace he was the one pushing wit the full tank of

:26:49.:26:58.

fuel. Jorge set a blistering pace. We just came out of Indianapolis

:26:58.:27:02.

and everybody hasn't been sleeping all the best. That's what Casey is

:27:02.:27:08.

talking about. To each his own. I'm sure he will win a lot more. Maybe

:27:08.:27:14.

they should look at the calendar. It is strange going to America, to

:27:14.:27:20.

Europe and we are here for a few days. It is tough on everybody, ept

:27:20.:27:24.

the team. I left the States on Tuesday and got here Wednesday. I

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was thinking about the team personnel. Setting up the garages.

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The bike riders can prepare themselves by resting but it is a

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tough call on everybody. Podium ceremony is under way now. Charlie

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and Steve, the crowd here don't seem to be put off by the fact

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there are no Italians up there. and Stoner ston doesn't look

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disappointed either. He had a smile a mile wide. Stoner, there is

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plenty left in him. I'm afraid we are out of time.

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