:00:47. > :00:55.The track is very difficult, it has a lot of all and down. A very fast
:00:55. > :01:00.part where you have to brake. beautiful, and has very different
:01:00. > :01:04.types of corners. I like the corners downhill, which is
:01:04. > :01:10.technically very tough. Especially the last one, which is very good.
:01:10. > :01:15.The thing I like more on this track is because we are in Spain and you
:01:15. > :01:24.can feel the support of the fans. That is the more important thing I
:01:24. > :01:29.feel on this track. Hello. We are in the arid desert
:01:29. > :01:34.land of Aragon this weekend, although as you can see behind me
:01:34. > :01:38.with these grey skies, Spain is anything but sunny today. Despite
:01:38. > :01:42.the conditions and the fact we are in the middle of nowhere, it hasn't
:01:42. > :01:48.stopped the fans coming out in force to support the self-styled
:01:48. > :01:55.Spanish super Hero - with one mission, to save the world...
:01:55. > :02:00.Championship. At times it must feel for Jorge Lorenzo that he spent all
:02:00. > :02:05.weekend chasing the shadow of Casey Stoner. Casey Stoner, fastest in
:02:05. > :02:14.the first session, a second session, a third session, fastest in
:02:14. > :02:22.qualifying and across the line first. He was on pole position at
:02:22. > :02:30.Marzano... Very tight between Lorenzo and Stoner. He knows he
:02:30. > :02:36.needs to win some races to get back. Look at that, having a big log.
:02:36. > :02:44.Lorenzo had to cover. Australian bottled out. He ran out
:02:44. > :02:50.of steam, leaving his prey to escape FA surprise win.
:02:50. > :03:00.Unbelievable performance. Jorge Lorenzo, against all the odds,
:03:00. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:31.takes it out in San Marino. But for A crucial victory for Jorge Lorenzo
:03:31. > :03:35.at Manzano two weeks ago, only his third of the season and his first
:03:35. > :03:45.since early June. It leaves the championship looking like this,
:03:45. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :04:00.Casey Stoner leading the way on 259 is only one question for the man
:04:00. > :04:18.
:04:18. > :04:25.Can you stop Casey Stoner? Right now, no, I couldn't. He was so fast,
:04:25. > :04:29.he won 12 races. I am 25 points behind so I couldn't. The
:04:29. > :04:38.championship is not over so nothing is impossible. How can you stop
:04:38. > :04:42.him? Winning races. Winning my next races. Even that is not sure that I
:04:42. > :04:46.became world champion so I need a little mistake from him. A of the
:04:46. > :04:51.five seconds left, he won three of those last year but you were riding
:04:51. > :05:01.for the championship so you were being more defensive. I suppose now
:05:01. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:09.what is the opposite, you have to attack. Yes, to lose this advantage
:05:09. > :05:13.and to make a mistake you ride a little more defensive and you don't
:05:13. > :05:19.attack so much. If you have to recover points, you have pressure
:05:19. > :05:24.so you have to attack all the races. This is the situation we have. I
:05:24. > :05:34.would like to have Casey Stoner of's situation but I do not so I
:05:34. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:39.have to deal with it. The world champion is down! Is it fair to say
:05:39. > :05:47.that Silverstone was a turning point in the season? Yes, I guess
:05:47. > :05:53.so. Silverstone... Maybe I made a mistake. I had to finish second or
:05:53. > :05:58.maybe I had to wait some more corners to overtake. I went to
:05:58. > :06:04.overtake very quickly so I just entered this corner so fast and I
:06:04. > :06:09.crashed. Maybe I made a mistake, and this way it was very important
:06:09. > :06:14.for the evolution of the championship. The evolution of the
:06:14. > :06:17.bikers has progressed since that point. What has changed for you?
:06:17. > :06:22.The Yamaha seems to be more competitive in the second half of
:06:22. > :06:32.the season. We made some changes on the bike on the set-up. We made a
:06:32. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:43.longer bikes it gives me more confidence on braking. From Mugello
:06:43. > :06:49.to now, more or less, we have a better bike. It is very tough but
:06:49. > :06:54.we can fight a bit more. Obviously you are riding at home this weekend,
:06:54. > :06:59.and we have Valencia as well. Will that help, riding at home with the
:06:59. > :07:09.support of the people? Yes, it depends how you manage. To race in
:07:09. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:28.Spain can create extra pressure, it depends how you think. Last time I
:07:28. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:34.went out it was very hot, everything, the photographs, I
:07:34. > :07:40.couldn't work so this affected me in the race and I crashed. Normally,
:07:40. > :07:48.to race in Spain and to be close to your farms and everything gives you
:07:48. > :07:52.more power, no? I hope this race, the race like this will be a good
:07:52. > :07:56.one. I get the feeling, if it doesn't happen this year, you are
:07:56. > :08:00.quite philosophical about everything and you will still be
:08:00. > :08:06.happy at the end of the year. is a word in Spanish that says more
:08:06. > :08:11.or less do what you can do, and do not do what you can't do. If you
:08:11. > :08:21.try to do things you can't do you finish on the ground or very badly.
:08:21. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:26.I can fight until the end to defeat a monster like Honda, Casey Stoner.
:08:26. > :08:32.Thanks, good luck. A big weekend for Jorge Lorenzo,
:08:32. > :08:37.the nerves are kicking in already. He has just run off for a quick
:08:37. > :08:41.toilet break. I had his manager with me. He was saying he can only
:08:41. > :08:48.control certain things but on the circuit like this there seems to be
:08:48. > :08:55.a power deficit to the Hondas, that is not under his control. Yes, he
:08:55. > :09:01.is a typical rider and the Leeds side grip. That is the situation at
:09:01. > :09:07.the moment. Horsepower issue? if there is no side grip you can't
:09:07. > :09:13.get out of the corner and you are low on top speed at that time. In a
:09:13. > :09:18.race many things can happen, even a flat tyre. A race is a race. Let's
:09:18. > :09:24.see what happens. Good luck today. Top speed won't be a problem next
:09:24. > :09:32.year because these boys have been testing the 1000 cc machines for
:09:32. > :09:42.2012. The factory riders are sorted - Honda and Ducati - but what about
:09:42. > :09:43.
:09:43. > :09:48.everyone else? Having put so much work into that new engine... Rossi
:09:48. > :09:53.and Yamaha will have no change. What about Honda? That is where
:09:53. > :10:03.things start to get interesting. They have been told they have got
:10:03. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:14.to make 30% cuts to their budget, that is you'd so Casey Stoner stays.
:10:14. > :10:22.Yamaha's time looks to be up, but then he would be Simoncelli's team-
:10:22. > :10:27.mate and there is no love lost. Honda are putting up the price of
:10:27. > :10:36.at least bike so where does he go? Rossini may be but everyone says
:10:36. > :10:39.they haven't got enough money so they would run a claiming rule.
:10:39. > :10:44.Toni Elias has failed to perform this year and has already been
:10:44. > :10:48.testing Superbikes. They have been looking at the possibility of a two
:10:48. > :10:52.bike team. They have baled out of that now. They have been in touch
:10:52. > :10:59.with Dobry but there is no chance of factory support, that could be
:10:59. > :11:04.the decider so then what? They have been talking to anyone - Bautista,
:11:04. > :11:08.even Laverty from Superbikes has been in the frame. They offered it
:11:08. > :11:15.to Bradley Smith but he says he wants to stay in Moto2 for another
:11:15. > :11:20.year. I reckon he will be riding with Dobby or Laverty. So Suki is
:11:20. > :11:26.as unclear as ever. They haven't even revealed if they will be on
:11:26. > :11:31.the grid in 2012. I think and hope they stay. But who is in the
:11:31. > :11:37.staddle? John Hopkins is desperate to be back in the paddock. If that
:11:37. > :11:43.happens, Bautista will be doing well to speak to these people.
:11:43. > :11:53.quite frankly, who wants to be on a Ducati? It will be all change here
:11:53. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:05.at Pramac. Loris Capirossi will be moving at the end of the year.
:12:06. > :12:10.think Abraham will be OK though. kidding, his dad owns the team.
:12:10. > :12:15.What about Marcus? Will he move up if he wins the championship?
:12:15. > :12:21.Personally I doubt it. His team have inquired about Honda next year.
:12:21. > :12:26.I don't think so, sounds like he will stay in Moto2. Then the
:12:26. > :12:29.arrival of the claiming rule teams. Basically it means you can use a
:12:29. > :12:33.modified street tension in a prototype chassis, surely more
:12:33. > :12:37.bikes on the grid? The question is whether these bikes will be
:12:37. > :12:42.competitive. They will be allowed more fuel, which is a real
:12:42. > :12:47.advantage, and on top of that they will be allowed 12 engines a year,
:12:47. > :12:57.instead of the usual six. Colin Edwards has thrown his hat into the
:12:57. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:06.ring. The DS have been testing an engine but it didn't go too well.
:13:06. > :13:11.There are plans for a Kawasaki engine in a DETR chassis. More
:13:11. > :13:16.questions than answers, but the key seems to be what Suzukis will do,
:13:16. > :13:21.and how many Hondas will be on the starting grid next year.
:13:21. > :13:26.The question I want to know is how many cups of coffee you got through
:13:26. > :13:29.in one treaty. You must be going cold turkey in your fleas. I just
:13:29. > :13:36.wanted to find two interesting so I thought I would make it easier. A
:13:36. > :13:46.if there is a gap in the commentary, we will know where he has gone.
:13:46. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:50.just the line-up in the grid next year that will be different... The
:13:50. > :13:55.calendar will be different as well. Yes, but it is really looking good
:13:55. > :13:57.and I think it is an exciting and I think it is an exciting
:13:57. > :14:01.Callander. I think it will be very good, unless you are trying to have
:14:01. > :14:11.a long holiday in Australia. It was a terrible calendar this year,
:14:11. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:16.stupid from the team's point of It was logistically hopeless.
:14:16. > :14:23.Stoner was complaining that jet lag a couple of weeks ago. It is a much
:14:23. > :14:27.more practical colander. 17th June for the British Grand Prix. You may
:14:27. > :14:32.notice there is a bright red Ducati at the back of the grid, and there
:14:32. > :14:36.is good reason for that. Yes, they have had issues with the Ducatis so
:14:36. > :14:41.now we have got the latest iteration of that bike. The engine
:14:41. > :14:47.is part of the chassis, new chassis, they are literally out of vengeance.
:14:47. > :14:52.He qualified, starting at the back. The changed engines so it is a pit
:14:52. > :14:59.lane start. You can see it is Alan minion as opposed to carbon. They
:14:59. > :15:05.have extended the chassis sections so it should have a bit more flags.
:15:05. > :15:08.-- aluminium as opposed to carbon. This is a big race for Jorge
:15:08. > :15:13.Lorenzo to claw back. On the flipside, if Casey Stoner wins he
:15:13. > :15:18.could have one hand on the trophy. Yes, he has got to have some
:15:18. > :15:24.momentum going and hang on to it and keep it. This place does not
:15:24. > :15:28.work very well for Jorge Lorenzo. As I said, Ducatis with a lot of
:15:28. > :15:38.problems this weekend, a lot of head scratching here but it went
:15:38. > :15:48.
:15:48. > :15:55.differently for them this time last Grand Prix. Let's get down and
:15:55. > :16:05.dirty! Jorge Lorenzo through. Casey Stoner having none of it. This is a
:16:05. > :16:20.
:16:20. > :16:30.trying to get back. Nicky Hayden has marked him! Casey Stoner, the
:16:30. > :16:33.
:16:34. > :16:39.Valentino Rossi starts from the back of the grid. You decided to
:16:39. > :16:44.run the seventh engine this weekend and start from the pit lane. Yes,
:16:44. > :16:48.it was going to happen at some time, and the qualifying was not
:16:48. > :16:53.fantastic yesterday, it would either have had to be either here
:16:53. > :16:58.or next race, so with all of the development, engines that do not
:16:58. > :17:02.fit in all to the chassis is, we knew that, to move forward for next
:17:02. > :17:08.year, we would have to take a penalty. How is the new chassis?
:17:08. > :17:12.did not work well yesterday! Overall, it will be good in the
:17:12. > :17:18.future. We have got a development programme were caned. We are
:17:18. > :17:23.getting more feedback, but we have to get a few things right. You are
:17:23. > :17:26.at the back of the grid, but you will start from the pit lane?
:17:27. > :17:31.will do the warm-up lap with the other bikes, and we will return and
:17:31. > :17:39.go through the pit lane at the pit- lane speed limit and arrive at the
:17:39. > :17:49.end of the pit lane. We may be in the middle of nowhere here, but it
:17:49. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:54.is still a special circuit for lots A bright new track, you never know
:17:54. > :18:02.what you will get, but they have got the recipe right. It is all
:18:02. > :18:07.about the elevation changes. There is not much roundabout, I had a lap
:18:07. > :18:11.around here on the BMW last year, and one or two places caught me out.
:18:11. > :18:17.The first corner, first gear, straightforward, but a lot of
:18:17. > :18:27.action. On the second corner, second gear, then the third corner,
:18:27. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:33.third gear. The fourth corner, I This is the eighth and ninth
:18:33. > :18:39.corners. Over the brow of the hill, third gear, big tyre Marx, you have
:18:39. > :18:44.to nail the apex. It is like a reverse corkscrew, not quite as
:18:44. > :18:49.deep, it is the opposite way round compared to Laguna Seca, but if I
:18:49. > :18:55.were a spectator, I would watch from there. It has got loads of
:18:55. > :19:04.run-off area, it is much safer, and it is very slow. Another great
:19:04. > :19:09.place to watch, here, 12, 13, 14. 14 was when Nicky Hayden got the
:19:09. > :19:14.run on Jorge Lorenzo last year. It got him up to third and it knocked
:19:14. > :19:24.Jorge Lorenzo off the podium. The drive out of 15 is so important,
:19:24. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:31.because that is 900 metres of a 200 miles an hour if you are Casey
:19:31. > :19:35.Stoner, 192 if you are on a Yamaha like Cal Crutchlow. That explains
:19:35. > :19:45.some of the time separating him from pole position. He is in 12th
:19:45. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:53.Randy de Puniet has been having a belting weekend, quick in practice,
:19:53. > :19:58.and he. To third in qualifying. He had his usual excursion, but still
:19:58. > :20:03.tend quickest. Jorge Lorenzo needs to win races if he is going to
:20:03. > :20:08.retain his world title, but he has been off the pace all weekend. He
:20:08. > :20:12.made it up to fourth, but that was one place behind Ben Spies. One-
:20:12. > :20:16.second down of his biggest rival in the championship. Casey Stoner
:20:16. > :20:20.dominated the session. Every time Dani Pedrosa looked like
:20:20. > :20:30.threatening him, he went a bit faster. There was a slight chink in
:20:30. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:05.his armour, but nothing to worry Conditions are very different today.
:21:05. > :21:10.You were worried about the wind last night, it is not as bad as we
:21:10. > :21:16.first feared. It seems to be better than we thought, but it is picking
:21:16. > :21:21.up, these last 40 minutes. We will see how we go. We have put a small
:21:21. > :21:25.screen on the front, there is a big back straight, but with the wind,
:21:25. > :21:34.we have got it back. Hopefully we can get the bike to work in these
:21:34. > :21:36.conditions. You might notice a new livery on the Honda. It is
:21:36. > :21:42.difficult for the riders to concentrate when the conditions
:21:42. > :21:49.changed so much from qualifying to the race. That is the new livery
:21:49. > :21:56.that they have got on the Honda. Supposedly, it has been designed to
:21:56. > :22:01.represent superheroes, supermen and a human cannonball. I am not sure
:22:01. > :22:07.it does that! But at least Dani Pedrosa has been in a good mood, he
:22:07. > :22:12.was strumming away in the paddock, getting involved with the fans. He
:22:12. > :22:16.starts from second on the grid. He has had four podiums from the last
:22:16. > :22:22.five races. All smiles, which is almost as rare as a massive power
:22:22. > :22:27.could here! We had that which cancelled free practice on Friday
:22:27. > :22:31.afternoon. It is good to see Dani Pedrosa with
:22:31. > :22:35.a smile on his face. I am with Karel Abraham, a bit off the pace
:22:35. > :22:39.on Friday and Saturday morning, but he pulled it together for
:22:39. > :22:45.qualifying. We were talking yesterday, you said you did not
:22:45. > :22:52.want conditions to be any hotter, and they are a lot colder. Usually,
:22:52. > :22:59.it is good for us. For me, it is quite windy, so I hope it will not
:22:59. > :23:07.make trouble, especially for the tyres. But we will see, we need one
:23:07. > :23:15.tyres for the first lap. You had the crash, so do need a good result
:23:15. > :23:19.here. Yes, I want to make the top 10, but the last race was good,
:23:19. > :23:29.because we got the result we should have been getting all season.
:23:29. > :23:35.
:23:35. > :23:41.will walk over to Randy de Puniet. It is his 100 MotoGP race. -- 100th.
:23:41. > :23:47.Congratulations. What a way to celebrate, sixth fastest yesterday,
:23:47. > :23:52.Surrey, on Friday, third fastest yesterday, but you had a problem
:23:52. > :23:59.with the soft tyres in qualifying. I had some trouble with the soft
:23:59. > :24:04.tyres in qualifying, but everybody will use the hard tyres. I am
:24:04. > :24:10.confident, I just need to ride like to have all weekend, and I will
:24:10. > :24:15.make a good race. The pace is there, good luck.
:24:15. > :24:20.Lookout for him, coming through the pack. It could be an All Action
:24:20. > :24:25.race, especially as the conditions are changing it, it raises
:24:25. > :24:29.questions, and it could be to the benefit of Marco Simoncelli. He
:24:29. > :24:34.starts on the second row, only the second time he has not made the top
:24:34. > :24:41.five this season, but he struggled with where on his front tyre all
:24:41. > :24:45.weekend. With these lower conditions, it could help him come
:24:45. > :24:55.through and make a challenge. Alongside him, such a great battle
:24:55. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:01.two weeks ago, his compatriot, Andrea Dovizioso. He also starts
:25:01. > :25:06.from the second row. Then, Jorge Lorenzo, he alluded to the fact he
:25:06. > :25:10.had not had a great weekend, and there he is, the first time not on
:25:10. > :25:17.the front row since Italy, at the start of June. But he won that race
:25:17. > :25:24.from fifth on the grid. It is not impossible for him. You can do what
:25:24. > :25:28.you can do, but you cannot do what you cannot do, and all but! Let's
:25:28. > :25:33.have a look at the front row, Casey Stoner starts on pole position for
:25:33. > :25:42.the ninth time this season, a record that he holds from 2008.
:25:42. > :25:48.Valentino Rossi has also done that, in 2003. Valentino -- Dani Pedrosa
:25:48. > :25:52.not quite 100% in second. Ben Spies starts from the front row, his
:25:52. > :26:02.fourth front row of the season. He has got three podiums, including a
:26:02. > :26:08.
:26:08. > :26:12.race victory. Then, the guy that I I have got a celebrity at the last
:26:12. > :26:18.minute! Great to see you again. I always manage to get you at the
:26:18. > :26:26.end! You will not what allowed! Dani Pedrosa or -- than a has been
:26:26. > :26:32.away. Yes, I have been filming a new BBC show for Sunday nights.
:26:33. > :26:42.1/2 months in the Caribbean! That is why I wanted to do it! We are
:26:42. > :26:46.going to Valencia from London for charity. We are starting on 30th
:26:47. > :26:52.October, getting down to the last race in Valencia, we will auction
:26:52. > :27:00.the bike that you are riding, Jorge Lorenzo's bike from last year, the
:27:00. > :27:07.charity will get the profits, we will wear pink, you will wear a
:27:07. > :27:16.Knight Rider costume! You will look cool, we will look like we are
:27:16. > :27:22.there when the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy! Your agent is asking
:27:22. > :27:32.for warmers on the handlebars. is only the start! Wait until the
:27:32. > :27:37.
:27:37. > :27:43.are at -- you were on a bike! Casey Stoner has been demanded so far
:27:43. > :27:53.this weekend. The only other guy who could give him a hard time is
:27:53. > :27:53.
:27:53. > :28:01.Dani Pedrosa. He is a demon starter. In the head wind, that will be
:28:01. > :28:07.significant. This is a weird circuit, slippery and abrasive.
:28:07. > :28:11.They brought a fairly soft set of alternatives for the guys. A lot of
:28:11. > :28:17.riders in a lot of teams were concerned that the tyres would be
:28:17. > :28:22.degraded heavily towards the end of the race. The temperature has
:28:22. > :28:26.dropped by at least ten degrees. Valentino Rossi will go down the
:28:26. > :28:31.pit lane to the very end, and he will have to wait 10 seconds before
:28:31. > :28:36.he can go. We expect to see him at the back of the pack. It depends
:28:36. > :28:42.how he gets out of the pit lane. For the first time in his life, he
:28:42. > :28:51.will have to work out the pit-lane exit, because it will be tricky. He
:28:51. > :28:54.will come out here, but it will make the second corner awkward.
:28:54. > :29:00.If you were going to have to start from the pit lane, this is the
:29:00. > :29:06.least worst place to do it, because it is not a massive straight into
:29:06. > :29:12.the first corner. Everybody will be working their way around. They
:29:12. > :29:20.would not get the lead they would get elsewhere. But he might be able
:29:20. > :29:30.to -- he might have to do it again this year. Japan, Australia,
:29:30. > :29:32.
:29:32. > :29:39.Malaysia and Valencia still to come of their happy range for the tyres.
:29:39. > :29:47.have got to get the tyres up to temperature quickly. Valentino
:29:47. > :29:51.Rossi might have to wait, his tyres might be called. -- colt. Last year,
:29:51. > :29:58.Jorge Lorenzo was in an extraordinary position, but he was
:29:58. > :30:05.beaten by Nicky Hayden. By his standards, it was shocking.
:30:05. > :30:13.Yamaha does not get on to the power out of the corners. Nicky Hayden
:30:13. > :30:23.beat him last year. It was a good pass. It will be tricky out of
:30:23. > :30:29.
:30:29. > :30:39.there. Nearly a kilometre, the tail wind. There is the standings,
:30:39. > :30:46.
:30:46. > :30:52.as you can see. Casey Stoner has more than fair -- a win's worth up
:30:52. > :31:00.his sleeve. He will get down the bottom of the pit lane and the
:31:00. > :31:10.lights will indicate when Sen seconds has gone -- ten-second has
:31:10. > :31:18.gone. If there is an issue at turn one, he will miss that. The can't
:31:18. > :31:25.miss the Hondas, they are in safety orange. In Aragon ready to start.
:31:25. > :31:30.Dani Pedrosa, watch for him in the middle. He always has a fast start.
:31:30. > :31:37.I tell you what, who has gone and mocked him? Yamaha straight through
:31:37. > :31:44.the middle and there we seek Rossi. Avoiding action by Randy de Puniet,
:31:44. > :31:49.you were talking about that turn. it is an awkward corner. Randy de
:31:49. > :31:54.Puniet had to go across the gravel so he is now behind Valentino Rossi.
:31:54. > :32:02.What about Ben Spies, have raised move from him. He was the fastest
:32:02. > :32:08.of the two Yamahas, and boy did he make that decision and stick. Casey
:32:08. > :32:13.Stoner tries to get back on Dani Pedrosa, down the inside. Stoner
:32:13. > :32:23.has gutted. Trading at around the back. It was tough stuff between
:32:23. > :32:23.
:32:23. > :32:30.Dani Pedrosa and his team mate. was a big old move. There he is in
:32:30. > :32:34.front, Casey Stoner in second. This is turn 12, very easy to go up the
:32:34. > :32:41.slip road but a big penalty if you do because you have to wait for
:32:41. > :32:47.everyone to come through. Down through the right hander, and it is
:32:47. > :32:53.the next left-hander where Rossi had his practice crash. No harm
:32:53. > :32:57.done except wasting a bit of time. Dovizioso has had a crash somewhere.
:32:57. > :33:07.Casey Stoner has made his intentions known, he has smoked
:33:07. > :33:13.
:33:13. > :33:23.that Yamaha. Ben Spies gone wide. His breaking point will be all over
:33:23. > :33:33.
:33:33. > :33:38.the shop. That was a gift for him. He has already picked up Randy de
:33:38. > :33:43.Puniet, as we watch Ben Spies closing down on that Orange bike,
:33:43. > :33:52.really trying to give it a worker over. It is such bad news. Watch
:33:52. > :33:56.this - was that contact? And think it was cold tyres. He got on the
:33:56. > :34:01.power a bit too early. It flicked him off and rounded de Puniet paid
:34:01. > :34:09.a big penalty for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
:34:09. > :34:14.has hurt himself. That was a fantastic qualifier for Abram, he
:34:14. > :34:19.said he wanted to stay inside the top 10. Let's hope that injury will
:34:19. > :34:25.not impede him in two weeks' time in Japan. Here comes Simoncelli,
:34:25. > :34:30.brace yourself. He is through on Nicky Hayden, the Ducatis having to
:34:30. > :34:36.give its best. It is such a climb up the hill and tricky coming back
:34:36. > :34:45.down again, easy to get sucked into a mistake especially on this left-
:34:45. > :34:48.hander off camber. They picked up about 10 kilometres an hour because
:34:48. > :34:58.of this tail wind, in fact it seemed to help the Yamahas more
:34:58. > :35:01.
:35:01. > :35:08.than the Hondas. There is Cal Crutchlow. Colin got a good start.
:35:08. > :35:12.Toni Elias qualified on the back of the grid and look at him, right in
:35:12. > :35:21.the middle of all of this. I don't know if the crash helped him but
:35:21. > :35:31.he's won his way through. It will be interesting to see what sort of
:35:31. > :35:32.
:35:32. > :35:37.times he can turn in. He has the new chassis. They have built this
:35:37. > :35:42.for Ducatis, they were contracted to do that and have come up with a
:35:42. > :35:47.product that should in theory give it more relaxed. Valentino has been
:35:47. > :35:52.after that all season on the front of the bike. He is testing that
:35:52. > :35:59.bike and trying to sort it out. has plenty of track to do that at
:35:59. > :36:05.the moment. Nicky Hayden carrying a bit too much speed, really charging
:36:05. > :36:15.hard. Simoncelli is on the rear wheel of Jorge Lorenzo now as they
:36:15. > :36:18.
:36:18. > :36:24.come into turn 12. Simoncelli takes its slightly wide. It is a factory
:36:24. > :36:29.bike, it should have the speed. should do indeed, and coming down
:36:29. > :36:34.the straight with the tail wind, this is the first advantage
:36:34. > :36:39.Simoncelli has had. If he sits up straight, he might have a
:36:39. > :36:48.spinnaker! He pays the penalty for being the tallest rider of course,
:36:48. > :36:58.and I heard him say he does have fuel issues. He uses a bit more
:36:58. > :36:58.
:36:58. > :37:02.fuel because he has more frontal air. Lorenzo will know to not stick
:37:02. > :37:09.his fingers through the bars of that cage unless he thinks he can
:37:09. > :37:16.fight back. Simoncelli through as we start the run up the hill.
:37:16. > :37:26.a big one and it is all about precision, flicking left and right.
:37:26. > :37:26.
:37:26. > :37:31.It is easy to out-brake yourself in this corner up to turn five. Back
:37:32. > :37:41.on the brakes for turn 7. Then the replica corner of the corkscrew in
:37:41. > :37:47.Laguna Seca. That is Dovizioso going down behind. He was just in
:37:47. > :37:52.the shot behind Nicky Hayden. When you are the third of the three, you
:37:52. > :37:56.understand what that body-language is all about. And that nice new
:37:56. > :38:05.body work, which I think was designed by a five-year-old. I was
:38:05. > :38:10.going to say, you could do better than that. He got pushed out wide.
:38:10. > :38:15.Anyway, Ben Spies, the man in third place. It was looking so good for
:38:15. > :38:25.him at the beginning but a little mistake at turn 16 cost him a fair
:38:25. > :38:29.amount of time. These are the boys chasing Casey Stoner. Lorenzo,
:38:29. > :38:36.having Simoncelli in front of him, fifth with his team-mate in third,
:38:36. > :38:40.he will not be able to fathom this. Fide number 24, Toni Elias in front
:38:40. > :38:49.of all these guys, including Valentino Rossi who is trying to
:38:49. > :38:56.make a move on Capirossi. Randy de Puniet had such a great start, but
:38:56. > :39:06.he got caught up in the crash and now he is nowhere. Valentino Rossi
:39:06. > :39:09.
:39:09. > :39:14.on the inside. I suspect that Valentino Rossi will be able to get
:39:14. > :39:21.past this bunched, that is my feeling. The one good thing is that
:39:21. > :39:31.he does have a fresh engine. very much so. Cal Crutchlow,
:39:31. > :39:37.
:39:37. > :39:43.leading his team mate Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 bike. This is the
:39:43. > :39:47.best showing we have seen from Toni Elias, the reigning Moto2 champion
:39:47. > :39:57.but I don't think he will ride in MotoGP again next year, it is not
:39:57. > :40:03.looking good. That is Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 bike. He is really
:40:03. > :40:11.just learning the bike, it is the first weekend he has been out on it,
:40:11. > :40:18.apart from testing the 1000 model. Cal Crutchlow is the man on the
:40:18. > :40:22.move. He has skipped past bike number 35, having a belting run. He
:40:22. > :40:32.started in 12th but he had more pace than that. He has had to learn
:40:32. > :40:33.
:40:33. > :40:39.this track, he has never been here before. Trying to get on to his
:40:39. > :40:46.team-mate, Colin Edwards gets up into 12. It is when, not if, Cal
:40:46. > :40:55.Crutchlow gets past Toni Elias as well. This is Casey Stoner with a
:40:55. > :41:00.1.5 second lead. He is pulling away nicely. Last time around he was
:41:00. > :41:06.faster on they la. His tyres have got up to temperature at pretty
:41:06. > :41:16.much the perfect time of the race. He has worked out where the wind is
:41:16. > :41:16.
:41:17. > :41:21.blowing from, what speed years getting down the straight. They
:41:21. > :41:30.have got to be very careful up here. Right there, they are going across
:41:30. > :41:38.the wind. That is like in sailing. Then a spinnaker run down the hill,
:41:38. > :41:43.changing all over the shop. Simoncelli, last time around he was
:41:43. > :41:48.faster than Ben Spies as well so that gap will come down. Cal
:41:48. > :41:52.Crutchlow, as you said, he has never been here before. A brand new
:41:53. > :41:57.circuit to him but he has sorted out very well. Rossi goes through
:41:57. > :42:02.so he is really making up some ground. If this works for Ducatis,
:42:02. > :42:07.they will be so pleased. They are desperately looking for a light at
:42:07. > :42:12.the end of the tunnel. Valentino Rossi has said he is the test rider,
:42:12. > :42:18.and whatever happens to him will filter down to Nicky Hayden.
:42:18. > :42:22.Whatever happens to him will happen to them do categorise, but it has
:42:22. > :42:27.been a terrible year for him. Cal Crutchlow went through that like a
:42:27. > :42:36.knife through hot butter. He has worked his way through the field,
:42:36. > :42:46.now into ninth place. Valentino Rossi with his front wheel up in
:42:46. > :42:51.
:42:51. > :42:57.the air. It is a matter of time before he overtakes Tony Ali us.
:42:57. > :43:02.They have had to bite the bullet and take a better engine.
:43:02. > :43:08.doesn't want to give this up easily. When was the last time he got past
:43:08. > :43:15.by Valentino Rossi? Only when he was lapped. Through the right
:43:15. > :43:19.hander. Rossi is trying to line him up. Toni Elias is a lovely bloke,
:43:19. > :43:26.it is good to see him get a little spark back but it is only a matter
:43:26. > :43:30.of time before Rossi works his way back room. He does, and now on the
:43:30. > :43:35.reverse corkscrew part of the circuit. Cal Crutchlow in ninth
:43:35. > :43:42.place, he will put up more of a fight than Tony Ali asked did. He
:43:42. > :43:50.is having a good run. Casey Stoner now has nearly a two-second lead
:43:50. > :43:57.over Dani Pedrosa. There it is on your screen now. There is a great
:43:57. > :44:02.scrap going on between Ben Spies and Simoncelli. There he is,
:44:02. > :44:08.following him in, but he has really closed him down in the last couple
:44:08. > :44:17.of laps. As we saw a couple of laps to go, Simoncelli was good on the
:44:17. > :44:22.exit up the hill here. This is where the head wind is strongest as
:44:22. > :44:29.well, so the bigger the bloke the bigger the penalty. So Mugello will
:44:29. > :44:36.have to work very hard to pass Ben Spies. Ben Spies is the master of
:44:36. > :44:39.late braking. He has learnt his trade in America, where he was
:44:39. > :44:44.world champion so it will be more likely Simoncelli will get the
:44:44. > :44:50.drive off on the corner. The Yamaha has been suffering from edge grip,
:44:50. > :45:00.which means he loses speed down the following straight. Ben Spies last
:45:00. > :45:04.
:45:04. > :45:14.time around was 316 Ks. When the wind picked up I think the Yamaha
:45:14. > :45:18.
:45:18. > :45:24.ruin the ratios for some of the other corners. We will find out in
:45:24. > :45:31.a minute. This is Marco Simoncelli. He leaps and jumps around on the
:45:31. > :45:37.motorcycle, a lively, colourful rider. This is where Valentino
:45:37. > :45:43.Rossi fell in qualifying. By lively and colourful, you say he is like a
:45:43. > :45:47.grenade! Be competitive racer. He has had a few too many incidents,
:45:47. > :45:53.he just needs to get some results and show what a marvellous Ryder he
:45:53. > :46:01.is. These boys pushing hard, they are dropping a Jorge Lorenzo like a
:46:01. > :46:09.hot rock. Valentino Rossi has gone past Cal Crutchlow. The damned hard
:46:09. > :46:15.does not punch fast enough. -- the Yamaha. Valentino Rossi is now up
:46:15. > :46:20.into position nine. I talked to Cal Crutchlow's father. He said, that
:46:20. > :46:27.is the frustration, no matter how hard they push, just being off down
:46:27. > :46:37.the straight, the Yamaha's are the slowest. This is a good Spanish
:46:37. > :46:43.
:46:43. > :46:50.battle, Hector Barbera, he is to get the bike to turn in, get a
:46:50. > :46:57.bit more weight to the rear. Nicky Hayden looks like he is now in the
:46:57. > :47:07.sights of Alvaro Bautista. The qualifying did not show their race
:47:07. > :47:11.
:47:11. > :47:16.pace. Alvaro Bautista is lapping at that. Alvaro Bautista did a full
:47:16. > :47:21.race run in practice across the weekend, to see what the bike did.
:47:21. > :47:29.They have been trying a bunch of new set-ups. Marco Simoncelli doing
:47:29. > :47:36.the job. He carried the speed. Ben Spies does not want any of it.
:47:36. > :47:45.Marco Simoncelli compromise is a little better. The last of the late
:47:45. > :47:54.breakers. Ben Spies will try the white line around. Compromise the
:47:54. > :48:04.first part, to try to get the run out of it. I think it worked. Not
:48:04. > :48:04.
:48:04. > :48:07.quite, this time around. Marco Simoncelli looked to be passed
:48:07. > :48:15.easily, Ben Spies possibly backed himself up a bit, trying to get the
:48:15. > :48:23.run out. He got mugged. Marco Simoncelli going for his second
:48:23. > :48:31.podium this year. It is well overdue. We will get a replay in a
:48:31. > :48:35.second. We will get your forensic bisection! This is the boring
:48:35. > :48:41.phrase you like when you are in first, and every time you pass the
:48:41. > :48:48.lap board, you see the gap extending. It is almost three
:48:48. > :48:54.seconds, but that is Casey Stoner's idea of buttering up a bit. Also,
:48:54. > :49:02.it will say, Jorge Lorenzo, fifth. That is massive as far as the
:49:02. > :49:10.points are concerned. For five points -- for fifth place, it is 11
:49:10. > :49:15.points. Marco Simoncelli went wide. That is the lead-up to the mugging
:49:15. > :49:21.zone. Jorge Lorenzo, you are going to be passed again by Marco
:49:21. > :49:26.Simoncelli. He is giving away five seconds there. It is so easy to do
:49:26. > :49:35.that. You have to sort your breaking out as you come over the
:49:35. > :49:44.top of the hill. He would have lost even more time. A massive penalty
:49:44. > :49:50.No 4 Marco Simoncelli. -- massive penalty now for Marco Simoncelli.
:49:50. > :50:00.He did not even get to go down the slip road. He put it over them
:50:00. > :50:01.
:50:01. > :50:05.Astroturf. -- over the Astroturf. Jorge Lorenzo sliding through.
:50:05. > :50:10.is not just getting back on the track, it is picking up the gravel
:50:10. > :50:14.and dirt. Your tyres have lost their grip, so you will need to
:50:14. > :50:19.sort that out. Alvaro Bautista having a great run, he is on the
:50:19. > :50:24.back of Nicky Hayden. It is going his way. He has been closing him
:50:24. > :50:31.down. He will pick him up on this lap, that is great encouragement
:50:31. > :50:40.for the Suzuki team. He can lay it where he wants, that was as neat as
:50:40. > :50:49.you like! That was a cheeky pass from Alvaro Bautista. He will have
:50:49. > :50:57.another run. It looks as though the handling of the Suzuki is vastly
:50:57. > :51:03.improved over the Ducati. Brand outside. Alvaro Bautista or trying
:51:04. > :51:10.to get a line-up. That is where we saw Marco Simoncelli overrun.
:51:10. > :51:20.Hector Barbera having a leg and picking up the pieces. -- having a
:51:20. > :51:35.
:51:35. > :51:41.look. The Suzuki is not slow. compromised, but he is through. He
:51:42. > :51:46.tried to do it all on the brakes. Nicky Hayden does not know when he
:51:46. > :51:52.is beaten, this is fantastic stuff. He has got the inside line, there
:51:52. > :51:58.is not a lot you can do. Alvaro Bautista might be able to cut back
:51:58. > :52:06.on the inside. Nicky Hayden, he likes it around here. He got a
:52:07. > :52:16.podium here last year. He still has been relatively off Ducati. -- be
:52:17. > :52:18.
:52:18. > :52:25.relatively old Ducati. That will do! He shuts the door again. He is
:52:25. > :52:31.tenacious, he tries anywhere at all. Hector Barbera, he is watching to
:52:32. > :52:41.see if they were true picture there are over. All the time, Nicky
:52:41. > :52:48.Hayden is blocking. Meanwhile, number 27... Of elite this race by
:52:48. > :52:54.four seconds. -- he leads this race. It looks to be going to plan for
:52:54. > :53:04.the Australian. Dani Pedrosa is flying the flag, but it is fading
:53:04. > :53:08.
:53:09. > :53:15.into the distance. On board with as the championship is concerned
:53:15. > :53:20.for Yamaha. Jorge Lorenzo is in the championship slip away. He thought
:53:20. > :53:30.it had gone, but then he won the last race, which surprised everyone,
:53:30. > :53:35.including Casey Stoner. The pit board is being shown. Valentino
:53:35. > :53:45.Rossi's times are quicker than the bikes in front, so we will soon get
:53:45. > :53:51.
:53:51. > :53:55.a shot of him close in Nicky Hayden to get his way past if he can.
:53:55. > :54:01.Damage-limitation from his point of view, and from Ben Spies' point of
:54:01. > :54:10.view, desperate for another podium. He is in a podium position at the
:54:11. > :54:20.moment. We are riding with Jorge Lorenzo. Turning right and left,
:54:20. > :54:30.hard here. Then, on the power, dropping down the hill. You will
:54:30. > :54:31.
:54:31. > :54:41.see how easy it is 2 outbreak yourself. Then you go on the brakes.
:54:41. > :55:09.
:55:09. > :55:14.It is very easy to be sucked into Lorenzo, second in the championship,
:55:14. > :55:21.224 points, he is currently 35 behind. Ben Spies is in fifth place,
:55:21. > :55:26.courtesy of a lot of bad finishes earlier in the season. Jorge
:55:26. > :55:36.Lorenzo is closing down his team made. It is no more than 0.1
:55:36. > :55:39.
:55:39. > :55:45.have made their way through Nicky Hayden. Alvaro Bautista having a
:55:45. > :55:55.belting race, and Jorge Lorenzo is through on Ben Spies. He is saying,
:55:55. > :55:59.get back! Do as you are told! Jorge Lorenzo, we say the championship is
:55:59. > :56:05.drifting away, but Casey Stoner could have all sorts of problems.
:56:05. > :56:11.All sorts of things do happen. Lockout Andrea Dovizioso, he must
:56:11. > :56:21.be feeling busted. Bad luck, it is just not your
:56:21. > :56:24.
:56:24. > :56:32.circuit. Yes, I did not finish the race, I slid to the right, the tyre
:56:32. > :56:37.was not 100%. When I came back, all of the weight was on the front, and
:56:37. > :56:42.the front tyre was not hot enough, and it did not keep all my weight.
:56:42. > :56:52.It was really bad, I am sorry for my team, because this was important
:56:52. > :57:02.today. We have been working really hard. Before the race, we were the
:57:02. > :57:02.
:57:02. > :57:09.third fastest. It is really bad, because we were in third place, and
:57:09. > :57:15.that was our target. Maybe we had some possibilities to recover some
:57:15. > :57:21.points to Jorge Lorenzo, but I made a small mistake. It is the first of
:57:21. > :57:27.the year, but at a bad moment. Yes, first of the year, he is third
:57:27. > :57:33.in the championship. He still has a reasonable lead over Dani Pedrosa
:57:33. > :57:40.in fourth place. He is chorines his way through the field -- chlorine
:57:40. > :57:46.his way through. Valentino Rossi is in ninth, but Nicky Hayden is not
:57:46. > :57:51.so far up the road, he is 2.5 seconds in front. This would take
:57:51. > :58:01.Valentino Rossi on to the back of Nicky Hayden, he is lapping up
:58:01. > :58:03.
:58:03. > :58:09.Valentino Rossi, having started from the pit lane. Jorge Lorenzo
:58:09. > :58:13.has dropped off almost one second ahead of his team-mate, Ben Spies.
:58:13. > :58:17.He went past him in one movement, and Ben Spies has taken the
:58:17. > :58:24.instruction. I thought he was telling him to stay behind, but Ben
:58:24. > :58:30.Spies can't do that, because Jorge Lorenzo has picked up the pace.
:58:30. > :58:38.Maybe the bike is coming back to him a bit. Casey Stoner, number 27,
:58:38. > :58:48.the Australian, he is Mr superb at the moment. We thought he was great
:58:48. > :58:49.
:58:49. > :58:53.last year, but he is even greater this year. That throws the Ducati
:58:53. > :59:01.debacle into stark relief. This time last year, he won by a country
:59:01. > :59:09.mile. That is Dani Pedrosa thinking he has got the lead, but Ben Spies
:59:09. > :59:17.did not break as late as the others. They did not touch, I think Karel
:59:17. > :59:23.Abraham has is accelerating, and the bike spun. Dani Pedrosa is
:59:23. > :59:29.having none of it. To Ben Spies says, thank you. The Honda boys
:59:29. > :59:39.cutting each other up a bit. This is the view from Jorge Lorenzo's
:59:39. > :59:45.
:59:45. > :59:50.of corners in, your heart beat Senna's. That is the major part out
:59:50. > :59:56.of the way. Getting through the first few corners, with the tyres
:59:56. > :00:06.coming up to temperature. Going back to Casey Stoner, extraordinary,
:00:06. > :00:14.
:00:14. > :00:22.have paid huge lead in the championship. In two weeks, Japan.
:00:22. > :00:32.Everybody is going, great news for all the riders. Valentino Rossi is
:00:32. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:48.closer to Jorge Lorenzo than Jorge way back up, having had that
:00:48. > :00:55.excursion off the track. It is me again! So Ben Spies will be having
:00:55. > :01:05.none of this. He gave a very good account of himself last time. Up
:01:05. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:13.into the first turn, side by side, Ben Spies trying to brake later.
:01:13. > :01:20.Maybe Lorenzo did want Ben Spies behind him to protect him from this
:01:20. > :01:27.feller. Loris Capirossi is down, Toni Elias on the right is walking.
:01:27. > :01:32.That is on top of the mountain, Steve. It is. Loris Capirossi goes
:01:32. > :01:42.into the back of him. You can see he just clipped the back of Tony
:01:42. > :01:49.Ali us into the braking zone. The good news is that he is up and
:01:49. > :01:53.saying sorry. He is inquiring about his health, which is pretty good
:01:53. > :02:00.considering he was the victim. You can hear applause in the background
:02:01. > :02:09.for both of them. But look, especially for Toni Elias because
:02:09. > :02:13.he was going so well. It will be of last man Standing Room team here.
:02:13. > :02:23.Casey Stoner is now 6.5 seconds ahead of his team-mate, Dani
:02:23. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:45.Pedrosa. He will be saving fuel, saving time, energy and money. The
:02:45. > :02:54.bonus round of course, just to keep the wolf away. Dani Pedrosa will be
:02:54. > :03:01.thinking what am are going to do about this man? For Dani Pedrosa it
:03:01. > :03:06.is a forlorn hope thinking they will be team-mates next year and
:03:06. > :03:09.Dani Pedrosa is the fastest man on the planet. I think Ben Spies has
:03:09. > :03:14.run into some trouble because the praise he was running at the
:03:14. > :03:24.beginning, he did start with the harder tyre compounds. The only
:03:24. > :03:30.
:03:30. > :03:37.people who have really had an odd tyre selection was her sister.
:03:37. > :03:42.at him, really fighting back. He has closed down Valentino Rossi and
:03:42. > :03:46.bike number seven has gone with him. I don't know if Rossi has had a
:03:46. > :03:52.moment or if Cal Crutchlow has got his head down but we have a scrap
:03:52. > :03:56.going on for position nine. He must have had a moment, dropped back
:03:56. > :04:00.into the clutches of Cal Crutchlow. I wonder if Cal Crutchlow thought
:04:00. > :04:04.he would be having a race long battle with nine times world
:04:04. > :04:12.champion Valentino Rossi when he started this year, I suspect not
:04:12. > :04:16.but he will be enjoying it. He is not intimidated by anybody in this
:04:16. > :04:26.field, he just gets out and does his thing. I thought Valentino
:04:26. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:36.Rossi would catch Nicky Hayden. That is Crutchlow going past.
:04:36. > :04:43.Plenty of smokes in the Tech 3 garage, and rightly so because he
:04:43. > :04:53.is giving a good account of himself. Colin Edwards is having a nightmare,
:04:53. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:03.13th, last, qualified badly, he has just had a shocker of the weekend.
:05:03. > :05:10.Can Valentino Rossi told him out? No, round the outside.
:05:10. > :05:14.That is one for the album. Cal Crutchlow, a brilliant move for him.
:05:14. > :05:20.That will be a lovely result for him. He is sliding the Yamaha
:05:20. > :05:25.around nicely, stays with Tech 3 next year. Still a lot of
:05:25. > :05:32.controversy about who will replace Colin Edwards. There is talk of
:05:32. > :05:42.Dovizioso, a lot of names in the heart. Crutchlow is closing him
:05:42. > :05:43.
:05:44. > :05:51.down and he has done the job. Hayden goes up the inside, but not
:05:51. > :06:01.enough as they touched! Clearing off into the distance already,
:06:01. > :06:05.there was a very good pass. It was a back yard pass, as he Cole said.
:06:05. > :06:15.He clipped Nicky Hayden, which didn't allow him to shift gear so
:06:15. > :06:17.
:06:17. > :06:24.that was awkward for him. Bautista just thinking this is fantastic.
:06:24. > :06:30.Hold yourself up as much as you can, he has his head down. We are riding
:06:30. > :06:36.with Casey Stoner, and he has backed the pace off even more. The
:06:36. > :06:43.last lap was one full second slower than Dani Pedrosa. Six seconds out
:06:43. > :06:47.in front and four laps to go. just taking it nice and easy. You
:06:47. > :06:53.would look pretty foolish if you threw it away at this stage, he
:06:53. > :07:01.knows that. This will make his championship copper-bottomed, I
:07:01. > :07:10.think. And the moment as it finishes he would pick up 25 points,
:07:10. > :07:20.Lorenzo 16. We have three long-haul races coming up, in two weeks' time
:07:20. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:27.Japan. Have a look at this. Knees and
:07:27. > :07:37.elbows. Watch the front tyre, the movement going on. You can see the
:07:37. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:53.suspension movement between the MoD -- mud guard. Poetry in motion.
:07:53. > :08:01.Turn 17. Back to real time, real speed. Just under 100 mph, that
:08:01. > :08:10.looks ever so smooth at that sort of speed. Dani Pedrosa will do his
:08:10. > :08:14.championship chase no harm at all. Dovizioso is on 185, he is on 150.
:08:14. > :08:17.It is most conceivable Pedrosa could finish third in the
:08:18. > :08:27.championship this year, which would be no mean feat given all to the
:08:28. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:41.races he has missed. There is the boss. Lorenzo, after three or four
:08:41. > :08:45.laps, was thinking if I got onto the podium it would be a miracle.
:08:45. > :08:50.He has six seconds over Simoncelli, the only man who could threaten him.
:08:50. > :08:59.Last time around, Simoncelli was one second a lap slower than Jorge
:08:59. > :09:03.Lorenzo so he just has two-stroke it home. This is still going on,
:09:03. > :09:13.isn't it? Cal Crutchlow are still doing a fantastic job out there, a
:09:13. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:31.really nice consistent race pays time. -- race pace. Cal Crutchlow
:09:31. > :09:38.is just behind Tony Ali asked and Abraham, we know both of them are
:09:38. > :09:48.out. It was looking like they would close him down but hears four
:09:48. > :09:48.
:09:48. > :09:55.seconds down the road from Cal Crutchlow. Now the compression as
:09:55. > :10:02.everyone brakes but he was very neat down the hill. Valentino Rossi
:10:02. > :10:08.was the one struggling. Over the line we go, two laps remaining.
:10:08. > :10:13.Casey Stoner was just cruising it round. He is over one second faster
:10:13. > :10:22.than anyone else solely doesn't know how to slow down. Front-wheel
:10:22. > :10:28.up in the air, you can see the chain working hard. Rossi has got
:10:28. > :10:38.rear tyre problems, I am sure of that. Hasn't got the drive off the
:10:38. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:52.corners any more. Keep that Yamaha wide, Cal Crutchlow. He was an
:10:52. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :10:58.absolute demon in the 250 cc class before it was replaced by Moto2.
:10:58. > :11:08.His best position has been involved place. That was about getting off
:11:08. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:23.the corner before, I am sure of that. -- in 4th place. The big day
:11:23. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:45.hill. Casey Stoner has one lap to go before he sets off for Australia,
:11:45. > :11:53.a small vacation at home before he goes on to Japan. Here we go. All
:11:53. > :12:03.he has got now, five kilometres. He will take his eight for win a 2011
:12:03. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:14.series. -- eighth win. This gives a great indication of the elevation
:12:14. > :12:21.changes. Bear in mind, that starts at 6000 at the bottom so it just
:12:21. > :12:28.reminds you those things are literally... That is where it runs
:12:28. > :12:35.out. So Casey Stoner is revving it's not sound balls off. This is
:12:35. > :12:45.not over yet either. A Valentino Rossi didn't wake up this morning
:12:45. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :13:00.thinking he would be banging wheels with I Aoyama. It is looking pretty
:13:00. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:21.sick you're so far. Valentino Rossi those. That is from Superbikes!
:13:21. > :13:31.Tough as goat's meat, Cal Crutchlow. Made that stick and he warned poor
:13:31. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:40.old Hiroshi from doing that again. Way ahead of everybody! Casey
:13:40. > :13:44.Stoner up on the back wheel. He smoked it, a storming performance.
:13:44. > :13:50.Up and over the hill comes his team-mate, Dani Pedrosa, who
:13:50. > :13:54.doesn't bother with any victory celebrations at all. This guide us
:13:54. > :13:59.because Jorge Lorenzo has got himself a podium. Steed, there is
:13:59. > :14:06.some damage control in that. Absolutely, it could have been a
:14:06. > :14:13.lot worse. Ben Spies who ran into some trouble, a great run from No.
:14:13. > :14:23.19, Bautista, and Nicky Hayden. saw off this guy in the end, but
:14:23. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:34.you saw a snapshot of him. A peer, how about that? I make that Cal
:14:34. > :14:35.
:14:35. > :14:40.Crutchlow in ninth place. For Randy de Puniet, poor old Randy de Puniet,
:14:40. > :14:45.his one-hundredth start MotoGP and he has finished in 12th place.
:14:45. > :14:52.Colin Edwards, that will remain one of life's great mysteries. Yes,
:14:53. > :15:02.very sad for him. A pretty fair day for him. This man, Casey Stoner, as
:15:03. > :15:04.
:15:04. > :15:14.I said, his 8th win of the year. 31 wins now in total. Pole position,
:15:14. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:23.lap record, we in... Fastest in than everything else. I cannot wait
:15:23. > :15:28.for the 1000 to come next year. Jorge Lorenzo can be pleased with
:15:28. > :15:32.himself, he put this together, given that he struggled all weekend.
:15:33. > :15:39.They had a lacklustre race this time last year. He had not
:15:40. > :15:46.qualified well, in fourth. He showed great composure to drag it
:15:46. > :15:56.out of the back. Marco Simoncelli, fourth place. Damage control, as we
:15:56. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:03.said. Casey Stoner has taken another nine points out of him. It
:16:03. > :16:07.is starting to look signed, sealed and delivered. But it is never over
:16:07. > :16:13.until it is over. One little mistake can see you done for the
:16:13. > :16:17.season. Absolutely, we saw him crash in practice, it could be a
:16:17. > :16:27.fracture. A great day for the Australian. Not a bad one for the
:16:27. > :16:27.
:16:27. > :16:32.I have got his team manager, was that Cal Crutchlow's best ride of
:16:32. > :16:38.the year? It is the best ride for a long time, maybe the best of the
:16:38. > :16:41.year. He has got a better result, but he was on his own. He was
:16:41. > :16:47.fighting with Valentino Rossi, and he passed him and stayed in front
:16:47. > :16:52.of him, with a bit less top speed, so he is learning. He had a
:16:52. > :17:00.struggle halfway through the season, but the last three races, he showed
:17:00. > :17:06.that he is back on track. We are really happy. The stock was a bit
:17:06. > :17:10.unfortunate, but let's not be too greedy, it was a really good day,
:17:10. > :17:20.congratulations, and a good day for Tech 3 and the Brits, a great run
:17:20. > :17:25.from Bradley Smith in the Moto2. Kick him a high five, we will look
:17:25. > :17:31.at the replay at -- did him. Confidence is such a big thing for
:17:31. > :17:37.these guys, and it has been an issue for Cal Crutchlow. He passed
:17:37. > :17:47.the man that he has knocked up to for so long. Yes, everybody has him
:17:47. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :17:57.as the benchmark. He got such an would drive up the inside. Cal
:17:57. > :18:07.Crutchlow put it down the inside. He was only passed by Hiroshi
:18:07. > :18:08.
:18:08. > :18:18.They collided and shoved him out wide. A terrific run from Cal
:18:18. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:27.Confidence is such a big thing in MotoGP, as it is at the top level
:18:27. > :18:32.of any sport. Seeing those passes, they will help him. Yes, for sure.
:18:32. > :18:36.We know how difficult it is to switch from his Superbike to MotoGP.
:18:37. > :18:41.This is what we have been telling him all the time, do not worry
:18:41. > :18:46.about position, you have to learn a lot of new tracks, and today, we
:18:46. > :18:56.did a whole race with Valentino Rossi, so it means a lot, he has
:18:56. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.learned a lot, and that is our mission. He does not know the next
:19:01. > :19:06.track. The last three, he knows them, so we can expect something
:19:06. > :19:13.good for the rest of the season. Since you got up at Bradley Smith,
:19:13. > :19:17.we will ask you about him afterwards.
:19:17. > :19:24.Congratulations, another solid victory, and in the Special livery
:19:24. > :19:30.as well. We are back to where we were before, we struggled in that
:19:30. > :19:36.race, but we knew what was wrong. It felt good all weekend. The bike
:19:36. > :19:41.has been fantastic, we had to put up with a few changes in the
:19:41. > :19:46.weather, the wind strength changed, so it was a bit challenging, but
:19:46. > :19:56.the track conditions were good, the bike was perfect, so we just had to
:19:56. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:06.bring it home. Very happy. A massive win for Casey Stoner, but
:20:06. > :20:12.what about Cal Crutchlow? It was great for us to watch. It was fine.
:20:12. > :20:17.If I had not had such a bad start, it would have been all right. The
:20:17. > :20:23.thought I would make some passes, but I backed out like an idiot. I
:20:23. > :20:28.lost some time at the start, and we were never going to get anywhere.
:20:28. > :20:32.The only way I could catch them was to follow somebody. I thought I
:20:33. > :20:37.would get to the front of the group, and there was some close passing
:20:37. > :20:41.and some elbows out, but it was good fun. It is nice to finish in
:20:41. > :20:46.the top 10 at a circuit I have never been to before. If we had
:20:46. > :20:53.more top speed, I could have done better, but we will look through
:20:53. > :21:03.the data, we will look at improving things. Another learning curve.
:21:03. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:08.will excuse your French, it is a And other great ride for Dani
:21:08. > :21:15.Pedrosa. -- another.
:21:15. > :21:20.Congratulations, a lonely ride in second. Yes, I started as fast as I
:21:20. > :21:30.could, the first laps were good, but Casey Stoner was a bit faster.
:21:30. > :21:36.All weekend, I lost 0.2, 0.3, and that was it. I could not improve my
:21:36. > :21:44.riding, and he was quicker. Great riding for him. I managed second
:21:44. > :21:50.place, but it was hard, because of the tyres. But it was fun. I want
:21:50. > :21:55.to thank my team, and I hope we can continue like this.
:21:55. > :22:05.Riad reports always going to be an issue. -- rear quip was always
:22:05. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:15.A pretty big day for Honda. Marco Simoncelli had a good ride. One
:22:15. > :22:25.estate saw him lose a podium spot. -- one mistake. Nicky Hayden did
:22:25. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:35.Valentino Rossi, not on the front Congratulations on the podium, you
:22:35. > :22:42.told me yesterday that it would be impossible to win, the best you
:22:42. > :22:48.could hope for was a podium. Yes, I told you! In normal conditions, it
:22:48. > :22:58.was impossible, Casey Stoner was extremely fast, so was Dani Pedrosa.
:22:58. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:04.Third position is not so bad, I am A great ride from Jorge Lorenzo. I
:23:04. > :23:09.did not want to let you run off. I will pursue, because we heard from
:23:09. > :23:16.Bradley Smith in our last show, there was talk of a MotoGP right.
:23:16. > :23:25.Who will replace Colin Edwards? have not signed anybody, we are
:23:25. > :23:35.hoping to finalise everything by the next race. The two best options,
:23:35. > :23:42.both of them are showing good will to join us. One of there is Alvaro
:23:42. > :23:48.Bautista, the other is Andrea Dovizioso. One of them would have
:23:48. > :23:58.to leave Honda, and Alvaro Bautista is waiting for the Suzuki factory
:23:58. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:10.to make a decision. We have had a few other Moto2 guys back in the
:24:10. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:14.picture. Yes, by the next race, it should be clear. Somebody like
:24:14. > :24:21.Andrea Dovizioso or Alvaro Bautista, it would be good for the team.
:24:21. > :24:25.Plenty of options. You are the president of the team's association,
:24:25. > :24:29.we are going to Japan in two weeks, there was talk that Casey Stoner
:24:29. > :24:39.and Jorge Lorenzo were not wanting to go. That must be a relief for
:24:39. > :24:45.
:24:45. > :24:50.you. Yes, nobody wants to go anywhere where it is not safe. We
:24:50. > :24:55.made a lot of requirements, we checked everything. This weekend,
:24:55. > :25:01.in the championship is racing there. Everything we got was positive and
:25:01. > :25:07.safe to go, and we could never get any documents saying it was not
:25:08. > :25:15.safe. The factory Ducati went there to check it, and all of the results
:25:15. > :25:21.are fine, so there is no reason not to go. Common sense has prevailed.
:25:21. > :25:27.See you in Japan. Like every year, you cannot wait for that. I do
:25:27. > :25:32.really enjoy a bit of Japan. Watching Steve with chopsticks!
:25:32. > :25:40.always have a nice trip. They are very courteous people, and we have
:25:40. > :25:46.never had a hooter blown at first. If Laverty popped up in Tech 3,
:25:46. > :25:56.that would make it for me. Yes, that would be superb. Let's have a
:25:56. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:10.Pedrosa went up the inside. No. 11, Ben Spies, brand outside, perfect
:26:11. > :26:17.for him. Then, Karel Abraham. A big accident. We saw him being helped
:26:17. > :26:21.off. No. 14, Randy de Puniet, he was penalised immensely by being on
:26:21. > :26:27.the outside. That was very unfortunate, because he qualified
:26:27. > :26:32.OK. It was a great bit of opportunism for Ben Spies, but it
:26:32. > :26:37.did not stick. His team-mate is the man you can see on the third step
:26:37. > :26:43.off the lead -- podium, Jorge Lorenzo. It is not the biggest
:26:43. > :26:49.trophy, but it was not a bad result. As he said, in normal race
:26:49. > :26:56.conditions, he did not hold a snowflake's chance. But he has
:26:56. > :27:02.managed a podium, that is good. Dani Pedrosa, he rode a good race,
:27:02. > :27:06.but Casey Stoner rode a better one. He has had the pace all weekend.
:27:06. > :27:11.Casey Stoner is not standing on just the top step of the podium, he
:27:11. > :27:15.is standing on a lead of 44 points for the championship. Asked what --
:27:15. > :27:25.that must feel pretty good. He is having a dream season, and he
:27:25. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :28:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:28:23. > :28:29.We will be going to Australia in a few weeks' time, but next, it is