Round 15 - Japan MotoGP


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COMMENTATOR: Everything in its path. A minute's silence for the victims

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in Japan. Our thoughts are with them, and at the teams have shown

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their respect with their stickers I took more time to make my

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decision. I will not go there. have been saying it's more

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important than the championships, I think. I will go to Japan to make

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the race. There's a less chance of risk, and after thinking a lot of

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mums, I made a decision I would go to Japan to race -- months. After

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three months of will they weren't they, and fears of radiation levels,

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I'm pleased to say the full complement of the ride his idea for

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the re scheduled race in Japan. It's testament to a nation which

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has shown so much dignity in disaster, but they were determined

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all this to go ahead and for the You can see what it means to the

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Japanese people to have MotoGP back here. We have a lone representative

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at the from Japan for you to be here. That's true. We had a lot of

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problems before coming here. But we had a lot of discussions and

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finally everybody came here. And we have a race here. This is my home

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race and a very special feeling for me. How important is that for the

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company -- country to move on and have big sporting events here?

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There's a lot of people still suffering and we had a lot of

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support from other countries and a lot of people gave a support and

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money, but some things we cannot fix by money. There's a lot of

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people still suffering, so if we can bring MotoGP here, we can bring

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positive energy, positive mentality. It means a lot for the Japanese

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people. This is not just your home and raise but you have been put in

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some good, consistent results together recently. -- home race.

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Yes, I feel better in my physical condition. I broke my back and was

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not easy to recover, but I'm feeling better. The feeling on the

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bike is better. This is my home race. I hope I can get the best

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result so far. All the best. Go and get ready now. Thank you very much.

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We will lead you to it. Hiroshi Aoyama put some decent results

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together recently. He's now a tenth in the championships overall. And

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within striking distance of Colin Edwards, just three points ahead of

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Andrea Dovizioso In third but Casey Stoner leads by 44 points thanks to

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his 8th win of the season in Spain at two weeks ago. The arrogant

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Valentino Rossi chase down in the pit lane, after Ducati broke the

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the line. -- Other Side. That was enough for ninth place but up front,

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another Casey Stoner masterclass. Casey Stoner on the back wheel. He

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has smoked it. The defending champion at Jorge Lorenzo, it was

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damage limitation. A vital podium Casey Stoner spoiling everyone spun

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at the front but there was plenty of great racing behind him, Charlie.

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He disappeared into the distance. There were few too many crashes.

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think it has built up his confidence. He is building it up

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for the end of the season. He sorted out Valentino Rossi in the

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end. It's great to be in Japan. We heard from Hiroshi Aoyama earlier.

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Its outstanding the job they had done on this track. It's amazing

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what they have done to the surface. The grid is much better than it was,

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but you wouldn't dream anything horrendous had happened here

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earlier this year. Hopefully we can build the people's spirits up.

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people at got to put it behind themselves but there are brave and

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proud people. I think he retired at the years ago. 44, his racing age.

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He's come here. I think he lost seven members of his family, and

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his mother. A horrendous time for him. He has come here to show

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everybody is doing what they can have for the country. He never

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actually won a race. He's a legend. He's a hard at charge of. He's got

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solar panels on his roof. He's the only man with electricity in his

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house, and he took people in so watch out for him. Damien Cudlin

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coming in for the injured Loris Capirossi. Yes, I think he was

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passing and just thought he would pop in. He rode in a motorboat to

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in Germany last year. He's not a youngster. He is tested the BMW

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bike and has some experience but it is tough. He's got a big smile on

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his face this week. Testing his bike for next year. Marco

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Simoncelli will be on a factory Honda next year. That's good news

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for everybody, isn't it? Yes, let's face it, he has not finished as

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well as he should have done. Him with that sort of machine again,

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yes. What does that mean for Andrea Dovizioso? At the moment, third in

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the championships. It's a bit of a kick in the teeth for Andrea

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Dovizioso. HRC said he did not achieve what you should have done.

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He still does a play rider -- he still does not have a rider. Smiles

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all round of Fort Marco Simoncelli, Damien Cudlin and Bradley Smith, he

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signed a new deal which will see Homer continue next year but then

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take the step up to MotoGP it in Congratulations, Bradley. At three-

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year deal is pretty rare. You have the guarantee of MotoGP, as well.

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You must be excited? It's the big time deal, to be honest. Tech three

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have a lot more faith in me than I realised. It's a crazy situation to

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be in. Having this opportunity to ride for the next three years, in

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this regime, to ride next year, and Ben MotoGP afterwards, it's going

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to be pretty cool. -- then the MotoGP afterwards balls-up it's not

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been heard of but I am ready for the challenge. Tell me about the

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relationship between the team because it you have got a three-

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year deal, it must be going well. The nice thing is, you get the

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chance to make their relationship. And build on its. I always think,

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if you're going to go for a championship, you have got to are a

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close-knit relationship. Everyone has got to know what everyone is

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doing from the point of view of, the mechanics have got to know what

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you mean, how you work, how you work as a person, because the world

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championships is a big thing. It's not just the ride on the track but

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everything inside the garage. It starts from the smallest detail and

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being familiar with the people you work with his great. It's a nice

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situation to be in. You were offered MotoGP next year. Why did

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you not take it up? I was not ready. So badly in my heart, I wanted to

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do go, but I wasn't ready. I don't have the experience. I'm not saying

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I don't other talent right now, but I need to get a bit better results.

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A sixth position is not a stepping stone into MotoGP. You have got to

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win races. OK, I have had three this year, but I want to have more

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wins and more trophies on my mantelpiece at home before I moved

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to MotoGP. It must be a dream come true to know you have got that

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guaranteed a place in the premier class? Yes, it's crazy to think I'm

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going to be riding one of but four factory Yamaha's in at 2012, it's

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one of those reasons to wake up in the morning and it definitely puts

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a smile on my face, being inside the MotoGP garage, seeing

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everybody's bikes, seeing how it comes together, it's something I

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wanted to. But, you know, right now, I have got my 610 which wants to be

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ridden and on the top steps. That is my aim at. It's good news for us

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as well to they guarantee British rider in the premier class for the

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next few years, so good luck with that. Thank you very much. Great

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stuff. I think you get the impression Bradley has got an old

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head on young shoulders. If you want to see how he got on the,

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catch up on a BBC iPlayer for the rest of it. I have a team are boss

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here. It's rare to see a deal over three years in any class but you

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have a lot of faith in the talent and potential but be Smith?

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Absolutely. I already said, I'd never commented myself -- committed

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myself before such a long time -- Bradley Smith. We have a great

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feeling would probably and the team. -- we have a great feeling with

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Bradley and the team. There was a question over Motor GP and motor to.

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-- two. There is a year to learn and a year to perform, so this is a

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good deal. I have no fears committing three years with Bradley.

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I really do believe in him. Yamaha is supporting that choice for I am

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hoping to do great things with Bradley. One problem that creates

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volume is Colin Edwards is leading up the end of the year. There is

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only space available for one year, so what does it mean for Crutchlow?

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When he read the release, he said, hey, boss, I'm going to get my visa

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for Japan. I thought, why is he telling me that? He said, do I need

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to find a job for 2013. I told him that was not the case. So what

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means, you know, if he's doing well, which I hope, in at 12, we can have

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both of them, a full British team with us and I hope that viewers

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would enjoy that. We certainly are looking forward to that. Thank you.

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Yamaha in the driving seat because they have two factory supported

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bikes. One of the guys we were talking to two weeks ago is Bach

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Easter and the other is Andrea Dovizioso. Baptista had problems at

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the start, -- Baptiste de force of six plays in Indianapolis and then

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sixth place again two weeks ago. -- sixth place. Impressive stuff from

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the Spaniard and we had a good Yours season could not have got off

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to a worse start with a broken leg in the first race. It must have

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been a terrible time for you? course, because you never expect

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injuries but in the first race, after the winter, it was a big

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disappointment for me and the team. But, yes, these things can happen

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in the race. The best thing to do in that moment was to try to

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recover, but I work every day. I work very hard with the Doctor,

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knife Visio, and I only missed two races -- my physiotherapist. After

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more than 40 days, I jumped on the bike again. It was very quick, but

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it was very hard for me and for my people. You took a few races to

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build your confidence and speed back up and then at Bruno, you add

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a crash. It was said it showed you were pushing again and you were

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ready to become competitive once In this case, I crashed because I

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was pushing my maximum. I pushed the maximum of the bike. We but

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very close to the volume, so, it was not important, the crash was

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not important, what was important was that before the crash we were

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very competitive. A lot to be boat to not see that when you recover

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from an injury, the recovery continues all season. -- a lot of

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people do not see. Yes, when I come back to the racing, I was not 100 %,

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I still have to work. Physically, mentally, your head is not very

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clear. Not in that moment. Race after race, you work very hard, you

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come back fit and your mind starts to be nervous. You have been

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challenging for the top six in the last few races, you have a few

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races this season, what result would make you happy between now

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and Valencia? I would like to fight for a podium. I know which will be

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difficult because there are three very fast riders. It is difficult.

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But with this way of work, may be a week and do it. I will try my best

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in every single race. I will try to get it, but for sure it will be

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difficult. Would you like to stay with Suzuki next year? Good

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question. I would like to write a new bike, I would like F Suzuki

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made a new bike and I could ride it for them. I trust in them. I would

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like to continue. But it depends on what they plan. Good luck with that

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and with the rest of the season. Thank you.

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A great guy, and a cracking hairdo! He is waiting to see if they make a

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1,000 cc bike, but team manager is in discussions with Suzuki to see

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if they will make an announcement in two weeks time. We are on the

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track, it is like a bowling green, perfectly flat. One problem after

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the earthquake was that this front part was rippled, you could see the

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shadows on the rebels. They have resurfaced 70 % of it since that

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putting the track back together. You would not know anything happens,

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it is an amazing job. We had been coming here for many years, you

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cannot forget one thing about this track. It might be big test track

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for on that, but it was Yamaha that stole the thunder! -- it was the

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test track for on that. -- Honda. The big angle! Look at that, down

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the inside! He has tried to cut back! I have got a better drive

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here. Look at that! 100 mph into this! At turn six! I am not letting

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it drop! Lorenzo, hang on a minute. You're not true. I am trying to be

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its rules. We should be turning in about hear. -- here. Back in front!

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They are playing for keeps! Last important lap. Very close! Years

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through! -- he is. I win the world Great stuff. I am glad you did not

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attend though really at the end! The race is getting ready behind me,

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let's see how they gap on yesterday. -- got on.

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-- got on. All of the work to fix Motegi after

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the damage did not go astray. It was a perfect session. Lorenzo

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would not let Casey Stoner added his weight. Andrea Dovizioso was

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ahead last year. Kousuke Akiyoshi has to deliver properly this week.

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Edwards, a rare crash for him. Marco Simoncelli, a less rare crash

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for him. Even Valentino Rossi overdid it. Lorenzo would not let

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this drop. He had provisional pole, but only three minutes left. Casey

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Stoner came back hard, charging through. Lorenzo will be delighted

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

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to have split. Outstanding. This is So, Casey Stoner's first ever pole

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position at Motegi but he had to work hard forehead after that lot

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from your game Lorenzo. What are you like for a race pace? The race

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is long, so we need a good start. I will try to stay with Casey Stoner

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and tried to overtake him. Afterwards, to see what is going on

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with the tyres, because we're using a new one. I do not know if we

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would have grip in the middle of the contest. We do not have any

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pressure, so we will try the maximum. Thank you. Good luck. What

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are you listening to? Red Hot Chilli Peppers. That was a great

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lap yesterday, you had to see it to believe it. He mentioned the tyres,

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a bit of confusion here because the temperature is a bit lower because

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of cloud cover, but the sun keeps coming out and when it comes out it

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is red hot so the temperature shoots up, so this will not help

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Ben Spies who has been struggling also with food poisoning, how we

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see this morning? Better. We are a bit worried about this part of the

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race. He had a good dinner. He had a good breakfast this morning. He

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could do the race, and hopefully, he can keep consistent with his

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pace. Did well to qualify in the second round. Well done. That is

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fifth-place forehand. Lush for him. And not a good circuit are Yamaha,

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it is the home track for Honda. Let's have a quick word with Cal

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Crutchlow before he gets ready. Your first visit to this track, how

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did you find it? It has done OK. Not too bad. A bit under the

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weather this week, a bit of a cold. A bad chest. No, it's OK. We will

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see how we go in the race. As long as we get away we should be OK in

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the group and see what we can do. Good luck. He had a great ride at

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arrogant two years ago. I nearly tripped over! Just one last rider

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we went to have a quick word with before we go, this is Damian Cudlin.

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Just getting his helmet on, up very quickly, a great feeling on the

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MotoGP, how are you feeling? delighted to be here. I cannot

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believe I'm actually about to raise Loris Capriossi's motorbike in AGP

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race. I would just do the best I can. All the best. Thank you.

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good reputation in the German Superbike and did one race on

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MotoGP two last year. He has qualified within two seconds of his

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team-mates on the other Ducati who is inside last year's poor record.

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We're getting moved off the grid, so one more thing to tell you,

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Karel Abraham has not here. He is being concussed after a crash in

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practice. He has been ruled out because of injury. Casey Stoner

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starts from pole position for the 10th time this season. He is in

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great form and has been in pole gym in the last 12 races. He looks set

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to take another step towards the title here today. How do you see

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things Steve and Charlie? Steve is always concussed but he has turned

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up for the broadcaster! Nice to see a fall grid. Hopefully it will be

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extraordinary started, Steve. -- circuit. This is a drag race, stop-

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go, stop-go. It is very much about going down to first year, up to

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fifth and sixth gear, heartbreaking and hard acceleration. -- hired to

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breaking. In qualifying yesterday, if we look at the grid scrolling

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through, Valentino Rossi on the third row. One of the issues we

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have got here, we will check the temperature in a moment, one of the

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issues is the Ducati seems to go better when it's hotter in terms of

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the grip. Today it's not very hot. No, it's not very hot, and we will

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be interested to see what tyres people have used, if it has a wide

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band around it, it has a soft compound and if not, it has a hard

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compound. Everyone wanted to see what the track temperature would be.

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Most people have gone for the harbour front, so that would be

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expected because of the heavy braking. The highest break

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temperatures we get all year round. A lot of the fuel to be used as

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well, so maybe the Hondas might not be quite as fast. Weber have to die

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back the mixture a little bit and will run a Lee Mears setting which

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will not have things said. -- Weber have to dial back the mixture.

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Everyone has come free Howard front tyre. -- everybody has done for a

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hard front tyre. Most people have gone for the softer back tyre. A

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real mixture. Hun that had to be careful at the beginning with a

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hard to retire. Danny could not get the softer tyre would stop. He

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looked very hard qualifying. The track is 90 degrees and has come up

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quite a bit. Brands Hatch was 31. It has come up a lot from the warm

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up so that is why they have come being first into the first term.

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we have seen so many times before, Dani Pedrosa is a demon starter but

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this is his team-mate, apart from Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovizioso. He

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was the poll man here last year and almost won it. Casey Stoner stopped

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him in the end, in the Ducati. It really suits him here. Yes, it's

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dry gracing. Stop and start. They are kicking up the dust already on

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the side. -- drag racing. This is the longest track on the circuit,

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half-a-mile down to this heart stopper. If you're going to go

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straight on that corner, it almost stacks to win. -- sucks you in.

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Those lovely Yamaha colours. It looks good. Casey Stoner comes up

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to take his position, pole position. He has been the guide to beat all

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weekend, so we shall see. Jorge Lorenzo, the only guide to split

0:31:170:31:25

the Hondas. We are ready for the race in the land of the rising sun.

0:31:250:31:35
0:31:350:31:43

Marco Simoncelli, a nightmare, bad luck. At the front, Casey Stoner,

0:31:430:31:51

and then Dani Pedrosa. Look at a Lorenzo. That is not in the script!

0:31:510:32:01
0:32:010:32:01

Casey Stoner has made that one stick. A gaggle of Hondas.

0:32:010:32:09

Contacted. Rossi has gone down. That has done it. Is he injured? No,

0:32:090:32:16

he is not. Ben Spies is down on their Yamaha. He has other

0:32:160:32:22

nightmare weekend with food poisoning. Poor old Ben Spies. I

0:32:220:32:27

don't think Valentino Rossi is going to get going. Casey Stoner,

0:32:270:32:33

he is on it. Andrea Dovizioso, I reckon he moved on the grid. It was

0:32:330:32:40

very close, and that was very close, as well. Up front, Casey Stoner is

0:32:400:32:49

already putting the hammer down. Moving up now towards the hairpin.

0:32:490:32:53

Riding with Andrea Dovizioso. As close as you like. Through the

0:32:530:33:03
0:33:030:33:03

hairpin. Valentino Rossi has retired. That is awful for him.

0:33:030:33:09

There was contact between Valentino Rossi and one of the Yamahas. Let's

0:33:090:33:14

have a look at the replay. I think he took Ben Spies. That's how it

0:33:140:33:23

looked up to me. Eighth position, I think, for him. OK, moving through

0:33:230:33:30

the last right-hand corner, Victory Corner, 24 laps, the journey. 23

0:33:300:33:36

laps to go. Right up front, Casey Stoner and Ben Jorge Lorenzo is

0:33:360:33:42

still in touch. Behind him, Marco Simoncelli stalking it with

0:33:420:33:49

Bautista in the sixth place. Look at this. Elias has had a very good

0:33:490:33:56

start. He then got taken out by a Loris Capirossi. This is looking

0:33:560:34:00

good for Casey Stoner for the championships. He needs to lead in

0:34:000:34:09

Australia, the next round. He needs all 15 points. Not a good weekend

0:34:090:34:17

for him. There is Lorenzo, and there is Valentino Rossi. And then

0:34:180:34:24

he hit Ben Spies. Here it is another look at it. A little bit

0:34:240:34:29

late, but, yeah, it looked like he tried to go into the corner. Jorge

0:34:290:34:35

Lorenzo was not tipping at the same time. A racing accident. They were

0:34:350:34:41

trying to get into the same piece of track. They were bouncing like

0:34:410:34:50

castanets between the two Yamahas. Ball boy oh boy, we are racing in

0:34:500:34:58

the land of the rising sun. That is not what he needs to be doing. --

0:34:580:35:08
0:35:080:35:11

interesting move here for Andrea Dovizioso. Don't forget, last year,

0:35:110:35:16

we did not get to see Dani Pedrosa a race because the other in a

0:35:160:35:22

shocking mechanical failure and had an injury in practice. Andrea

0:35:220:35:29

Dovizioso Was the ponder to beat. Yes, he has got the softer rear

0:35:290:35:39
0:35:390:35:41

tyre. -- Andrea Dovizioso Was the Honda to beat. He has gone for the

0:35:410:35:46

softer of the two tyres for the No, no, another rider down. But his

0:35:460:35:56
0:35:560:35:58

Barbera, I think. Yes. -- that is Barbera, I think. The officials are

0:35:580:36:07

down there. They are talking to Marco Simoncelli's a lot. I think

0:36:070:36:14

it is Andrea Dovizioso. OK, we will keep you posted. He is in touch

0:36:140:36:21

with a lead bunch. Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovizioso. Down the inside,

0:36:210:36:29

nicely done, position perfect. He has gone off. Andrea Dovizioso Has

0:36:290:36:33

gone for the softer of the two tyres here, which should give him

0:36:330:36:43
0:36:430:36:47

the advantage. 22 remaining, of course. Dani Pedrosa should be able

0:36:470:36:53

to pull it back towards the end. Marco Simoncelli did not qualify as

0:36:530:36:59

well as we thought he was going to. But always an impediment.

0:36:590:37:01

crashed in the first practice session and the first qualifying

0:37:010:37:11
0:37:110:37:12

session. Oh, you're kidding. Cal Crutchlow to jump-start. Andrea

0:37:120:37:19

Dovizioso, as well. That's a nightmare for him. He has got a

0:37:190:37:24

real shot at shining. I did not see that one but the Marco Simoncelli

0:37:240:37:34

one was very obvious. Boy oh boy. That was terrible. And no, Dunne so

0:37:340:37:42

quickly rejoins us on the tarmac. - - Cal Crutchlow quickly rejoins us

0:37:420:37:49

on the tarmac. Back at the front, it is still Casey Stoner which

0:37:490:37:59
0:37:590:38:00

leads by one second. That is what one second looks like. All three

0:38:010:38:07

Hondas in a formation now. It will be very interesting to see how you

0:38:070:38:13

judge at the start when we look at it. Marco Simoncelli was obvious.

0:38:130:38:19

Yes, I also saw another one move, as well. Officials are watching all

0:38:190:38:24

the time. He will be absolutely distraught by that, Andrea

0:38:240:38:29

Dovizioso. It is Cal Crutchlow, Andrea Dovizioso And Marco

0:38:290:38:36

Simoncelli. They tried to sort that out so hard for next year. It's

0:38:360:38:40

going to be busier in the pit lane on the next lap. They have got

0:38:400:38:45

three laps and will get a board as they come over, or one from the

0:38:450:38:49

officials and their own pit board. The officials will be giving them

0:38:490:38:56

one, as well, but you don't always look for that. Dunne has, in the

0:38:560:39:02

9th, so the collateral damage is absolutely enormous -- Cal

0:39:020:39:09

Crutchlow. He will know and we'll get that sinking feeling. It's

0:39:100:39:14

horrible, you hope somebody has missed it but unfortunately here in

0:39:140:39:18

MotoGP, people are watching every single line. You have only got to

0:39:180:39:25

move a tiny bit. Nobody got any advantage out of it. Marco

0:39:250:39:33

Simoncelli was on the brakes. The jump-start, which is usually a

0:39:330:39:40

mistake, unnerve bus clutch hand, it just catches your eye. -- a

0:39:400:39:46

nervous clutch hand. It can cost about 30 seconds by the time you

0:39:460:39:55

come over the pit lane. The person who will be smiling about it will

0:39:550:40:05
0:40:050:40:05

be Bautista. He will seek Andrea Dovizioso... That is very tough on

0:40:050:40:14

him. You know, look at ball wobble there. Oh my goodness. Will he get

0:40:140:40:20

it stop? Unbelievable. You could not write the script for this.

0:40:200:40:26

Casey Stoner, the race leader. Finding his way back. He has got to

0:40:260:40:34

get back on their nice unsafely. He has got to do it safely. Jorge

0:40:340:40:39

Lorenzo will not believe what's happening at the moment. I hope

0:40:390:40:43

Marco Simoncelli has seen that because after three laps, and they

0:40:430:40:46

don't come in, they get the white flag and they don't get any points

0:40:460:40:55

whatsoever. LK, over the top of the hill, the bike gets itself in a

0:40:550:41:05
0:41:050:41:07

knock it. A huge warble. He had to cut the break. -- or war ball. Then

0:41:070:41:17
0:41:170:41:24

couldn't get odds on that, could you? Now look at him, Casey Stoner

0:41:240:41:30

is in seventh place between Nicky Hayden, Marco Simoncelli, Andrea

0:41:300:41:38

Dovizioso. They pull themselves into the pit lane. This man will

0:41:380:41:41

shortly come in, Dani Pedrosa, and will be thinking what would have

0:41:410:41:51

happened this season had he not broken his collarbone at Le Mans.

0:41:510:41:55

Him having to pull him, is made all the more severe from the race

0:41:550:42:01

leader. Talk about maximum annoyance! He needs to come in

0:42:010:42:05

quickly because a ride through penalty is very harsh, but getting

0:42:050:42:11

no point whatsoever and a white flag would be impossible. OK, there

0:42:110:42:16

is going to be a pit lane should out now. Here is the first one.

0:42:160:42:22

Here comes Andrea Dovizioso. He has got to stick to 60 mph. I have

0:42:220:42:31

never known three riders get three jumps starts in MotoGP. This is

0:42:310:42:34

like Formula One, not knowing who is going to be there when they come

0:42:340:42:41

in. That's no way to make a pass. Out he goes again. Poor old

0:42:410:42:48

Valentino Rossi not involved in this. Casey Stoner is now back in

0:42:480:42:53

fifth and 10 seconds behind Dani Pedrosa. Here comes Cal Crutchlow.

0:42:530:42:57

But just completes his afternoon. He has got the flu, he feels rotten

0:42:570:43:04

and then had to learn the track. also went off before that. It's not

0:43:040:43:08

happening for poor old Cal Crutchlow. He will want to go to

0:43:080:43:18

the Isle of Man for a holiday. in front, Dani Pedrosa, Jorge

0:43:180:43:25

Lorenzo, Bautista No. 3. We are here and there's lots of

0:43:250:43:30

discussions and debates going on about next year. They are trying to

0:43:300:43:37

persuade Suzuki to back MotoGP in a bigger wave. Lorenzo is in second

0:43:370:43:44

place. Dani Pedrosa is nine seconds ahead of Casey Stoner. It's coming

0:43:440:43:49

down fast. Let's watch this next split pair, Steve. Casey Stoner,

0:43:490:43:58

chipping away. There is the man in third. Nicky Hayden is in the 4th.

0:43:580:44:04

I can't deal with this. Something is going on. That will teach the

0:44:040:44:10

Italians not to turn up. They did not come to Japan. That will teach

0:44:100:44:19

them. That was extraordinary. Valentino Rossi got himself tangled

0:44:190:44:26

up with Jorge Lorenzo. The he bumped off Jorge Lorenzo and then

0:44:260:44:34

and Bont of Ben Spies. And then Valentino Rossi went off. Dani

0:44:340:44:39

Pedrosa qualified and is now leading the race. Valentino Rossi

0:44:390:44:45

in the pits. We have just heard from the pits. He won't be smiling

0:44:450:44:49

because this has been 20 by braces he has scored points in until this

0:44:490:44:53

weekend without missing any point, so not a nice way for him to end

0:44:530:45:00

his season. Still three races remaining. As I said, he such a

0:45:000:45:04

remarkable fellow, Valentino Rossi, and it has been extraordinary to

0:45:040:45:14
0:45:140:45:20

Andrea Dovizioso, so this is looking good for him to grab back

0:45:200:45:30
0:45:300:45:33

third spot in the championship. Valentino Rossi has got some eyes,

0:45:330:45:43
0:45:430:45:44

so I hope there is no serious injury. -- ice. He is fighting to

0:45:440:45:49

have the last ride of his career on an uncompetitive bike, trying to

0:45:490:45:59

make it as uncompetitive as he can. They we were making it headway. --

0:45:590:46:08

really were. It was the aluminium front ends that was offering more

0:46:080:46:18
0:46:180:46:19

feedback. It all went wrong as he came over the top of their help. A

0:46:190:46:24

peculiar situation. Tell us how that starts when you get eight

0:46:240:46:34
0:46:340:46:38

tanks lap like that, what happens? -- a tank slap. Its tied itself in

0:46:380:46:45

an not. Sometimes that happens. They do not have the stability of a

0:46:450:46:52

road bike and you have huge amount of grip with the massive tyres and

0:46:520:47:01

it's not so out of your hands, virtually snaps out of your hand. -

0:47:010:47:09

- it snaps out of your hand. The kinetic energy of Europe brake pad

0:47:090:47:16

moves back. -- of your brake pad. By then it is too late for breaking

0:47:160:47:22

and the back wheel comes up and there is nothing you can do. At

0:47:220:47:29

this point, frankly, at Nicky Hayden, I am looking at foreign

0:47:290:47:32

frontiers, I think Casey Stoner will have no problem getting on the

0:47:320:47:42
0:47:420:47:44

podium. -- I am looking at how far in frontiers. He has been on the

0:47:440:47:51

podium every single time, it would appear you are right. If you run

0:47:510:47:58

the numbers you can see there. Beacon potentially so get on the

0:47:580:48:08
0:48:080:48:13

podium. -- he can potentially. Andrea Dovizioso moves up one place.

0:48:130:48:16

Toni Elias six light years trying to get out of the way, but I would

0:48:160:48:26
0:48:260:48:40

just get on with the race. Lush going through butter, firing up to

0:48:400:48:50
0:48:500:49:20

here, every pass will cost fuel and hander and Casey Stoner is closing

0:49:200:49:28

down. Nicky Hayden is the first of the victims that he will slice

0:49:280:49:36

through shortly. Just getting out of the corner. He has the

0:49:360:49:42

horsepower coming around. He will be close to Nicky Hayden. The next

0:49:420:49:52

corner, and he will have a go. is Andrea Dovizioso doing a job on

0:49:520:50:02
0:50:020:50:06

Tony Ali S. -- Tony Callio S. That was very tough stuff. That was very

0:50:060:50:16
0:50:160:50:25

there this weekend. Casey Stoner just wants to get this championship

0:50:250:50:34

won, trying to get past the Ducati. That is three, 4 and 5 on the track,

0:50:340:50:44
0:50:440:51:02

rude! This was where he had the problem, over the top of their help.

0:51:030:51:09

When you have that situation, you do not know if it will happen in

0:51:090:51:17

the next lap. The difference is probably a full fuel tank, weight

0:51:170:51:23

distribution, the way it is set up. It is harder to keep self-

0:51:230:51:28

confidence on your bike, in the car, you can just look down, but with a

0:51:280:51:38

bike, if you look down, you affect the suspension. He nearly goes

0:51:380:51:42

down! Nicky Hayden has bombed and sat out a fifth place, trying to

0:51:420:51:52
0:51:520:51:56

use the same breaking mark her. -- braking marker. He got sucked into

0:51:560:52:02

the corner tried to follow Casey Stoner. Here we go again. Once you

0:52:020:52:08

go wide, you cannot just laid down the bike, it is not like the track

0:52:080:52:13

is the same the whole way across. There is a slippery line were all

0:52:130:52:21

of the bits of rubber that come off the tyres go to. Dani Pedrosa that

0:52:210:52:29

has the fastest lap there, he blasts the lap record. The only

0:52:290:52:39
0:52:390:52:39

qualified on 45.2, that is a really quick time. -- they only qualified.

0:52:390:52:49
0:52:490:52:53

Not anything wrong with this is the key performance. -- the Suzuki

0:52:530:53:02

performance. A potential podium for Casey Stoner, but a Alvaro Bautista

0:53:020:53:12
0:53:120:53:20

oh will give his best performance can make a dull race, that is not

0:53:200:53:24

the case today. Absolutely astounding, you would not read

0:53:240:53:29

about what has happened so far. There is Casey Stoner again,

0:53:300:53:34

because he had to fight through the traffic, he is third up from

0:53:340:53:41

Lorenzo. Fighting his way back through. At the moment, you have

0:53:410:53:51
0:53:510:53:54

got a Spain, one, too. -- two. Lorenzo, keeping this championship

0:53:540:54:00

alive. He will get 20 points in second place, but he can get four

0:54:000:54:10
0:54:100:54:10

points back. Casey Stoner it is a case of when, not if. Things can

0:54:110:54:16

happen there, everything can happen, things break off, tyres can go flat,

0:54:160:54:24

but not far behind, Dani Pedrosa. 10, 12 laps, 10 seconds, that is an

0:54:240:54:34
0:54:340:54:35

enormous bowl of time. An enormous bowl of time for Dani Pedrosa. It

0:54:350:54:39

is almost impossible, you could throw it down the road. It makes it

0:54:390:54:43

more interesting for us the Casey Stoner has to work hard for their

0:54:430:54:47

eyes, it may mean that he cannot steal the title in Australia which

0:54:470:54:52

is what was in the back of his mind. He would have liked that, and

0:54:520:54:57

everything being equal, he probably would have won here if he did not

0:54:570:55:03

have that big issue on the top. He could have probably broke it up,

0:55:030:55:11

but I think it is very unlikely. Lorenzo was asked about the

0:55:120:55:18

championship yesterday and he said it is not over until it is over.

0:55:180:55:26

Anything could happen. There is nothing less final than the outcome

0:55:260:55:31

of a motorcycle race. Casey Stoner could easily have gone down in the

0:55:310:55:37

gravel. The last time round, you can see the difference, Dani

0:55:370:55:43

Pedrosa still lapping faster a than Casey Stoner. Casey Stoner has

0:55:430:55:48

looked at the next lap time and it is pretty much the length of the

0:55:480:55:53

back straight. Look at that distance something, I can bring it

0:55:530:56:00

home. He will grab a nice 16 points as we ride with them now. 13 of the

0:56:000:56:10
0:56:100:56:24

24 Bain, 11 to go. -- of the 24 going to have this lead. A big

0:56:240:56:30

squeeze their on the replay. We did not think his leader would be

0:56:300:56:40
0:56:400:56:46

reduced. Not at all. He has slicing through Alvaro Bautista. They are

0:56:460:56:52

chucking them at the scenery to DAX Damian Cudlin, what a shame for him.

0:56:520:56:58

I imagine he would be getting tired, riding one of these bikes, going in

0:56:580:57:08
0:57:080:57:08

a bit too hot. Surrey and a broken your motorbike! -- sorry are broken.

0:57:080:57:14

My goodness, he has crashed, the house gone down. He bites his

0:57:140:57:21

knuckle. It is in the left-hander just before the straight, literally

0:57:210:57:28

down the pit-lane entrance. That is a strange place to crash. So

0:57:280:57:37

disappointing. You cannot describe how Paul Denning and the Suzuki the

0:57:370:57:47
0:57:470:57:50

people will be feeling. It has slithered down the pit lane. Riding

0:57:500:57:56

with Lorenzo now, an amazing lap yesterday, getting sav close to

0:57:560:58:06
0:58:060:58:07

pole position. -- so close. The strange thing is, Andrea Dovizioso

0:58:070:58:17
0:58:170:58:17

is now back up to fourth place. we're watching a crestfallen a

0:58:170:58:22

Alvaro Bautista walking back down the pit lane. His boss will not be

0:58:220:58:32
0:58:320:58:33

pleased. Ball turning, very heartbreaking. -- Paul Denning.

0:58:330:58:38

is eight fast place to crash, it is good he is up and walking so, you

0:58:380:58:42

have to take an immediate positive when you can't. He is not stupid,

0:58:420:58:50

he knew the space that Andreas had all week. He knew he had to push

0:58:500:58:57

like crazy to finish fourth. A great shame. But that is racing,

0:58:570:59:06

keep your chin up, try again in Malaysia. Thank you. Bad luck. He

0:59:060:59:11

will be gutted. Alvaro Bautista is a hard chap, he would never die

0:59:110:59:16

wondering. He had to ride the be hard to keep that position and that

0:59:170:59:26
0:59:270:59:27

is the difficult part. -- he had to ride really hard. The positive side

0:59:270:59:32

is he is up and walking away from it, and here is Cal Crutchlow again

0:59:320:59:39

ride on the edge. That is a nasty turn on 11, easy to do. Yes, even

0:59:390:59:45

Valentino Rossi makes mistakes. Very disappointing after such a

0:59:450:59:51

positive weekend, what is Valentino said about that crashed? Nothing,

0:59:510:59:55

he was just in the middle of things, Lorenzo pushed him about at the

0:59:551:00:02

side. He just fell down. It was a pity because I think we could do a

1:00:021:00:08

very good race. Fighting even for the podium. And even after what has

1:00:081:00:13

happened on the trot, I think that would be a very good race for us,

1:00:131:00:19

but apart from this, we went well this week. -- on the track. We look

1:00:191:00:29
1:00:291:00:38

for a start this morning, and we with more questions than answers.

1:00:381:00:43

Yeah us, and honest to God, Valentino Rossi realistically could

1:00:431:00:48

have got a podium here. He was going to be one of the last few

1:00:481:00:57

standing, really. Through, he would have sailed. He is looking at the

1:00:571:01:03

data. He is probably let me at the replay of what went on. I think he

1:01:031:01:10

went a bit deeper into the corner. Paul Roald Ben Spies came off worse.

1:01:101:01:18

He is now intense, Ben Spies. -- poor old Ben Spies. A bouquet, back

1:01:191:01:24

at the front, Dani Pedrosa is leading by 2.5 seconds. -- OK, back

1:01:241:01:31

at the front. He probably has realised he's not going to catch

1:01:311:01:38

Dani Pedrosa. That is the visual Gapper. 11 seconds down the road, a

1:01:381:01:48
1:01:481:01:51

lonely Casey Stoner will get third. And then Marco Simoncelli and Elias

1:01:511:01:55

in the top six. He lost the lot of ground and is in Number 14 at the

1:01:561:02:03

moment. There is De Puniet. A lot of constellations going on in the

1:02:031:02:09

pit lane on behalf of Dani Pedrosa. They have got to give him feedback.

1:02:091:02:13

Absolutely, you're the only person you can understand what's going on,

1:02:131:02:19

as a driver. You keep an eye on the pit board. Marco Simoncelli,

1:02:191:02:24

miscalculated that time. He grabbed the front brake. He did not get a

1:02:241:02:33

good start out of all that. The rules state if you move half-an-

1:02:331:02:37

inch, it's deemed a jump-start, and it is made up to stop people doing

1:02:371:02:47

it. Yes, Marco had his forks compress them on the bakes --

1:02:471:02:54

compressing on the brakes. It would be nice to have an on-board of

1:02:541:02:59

Valentino Rossi. Ben Spies did a wonderful job of stopping and

1:02:591:03:07

turning. The poor lad, he's had a pretty traumatic weekend, missed

1:03:071:03:13

practice seconds, been sick. Oh my goodness. His they going to be

1:03:131:03:19

anybody else left out there? -- is there going to be anybody else left

1:03:191:03:25

out there? Everybody that needed to do well, has chucked it down the

1:03:261:03:31

road for one reason and another. Even poor old Nicky Hayden, who is

1:03:311:03:39

going up and down like a yo-yo, is having problems. Down in to turn

1:03:391:03:46

five. He drops down into that corner. It's a bit bumpy down there.

1:03:461:03:52

Yes. He's got his front brake on and it's easy to lose the front end,

1:03:521:03:57

and it's looking so good now. Dani Pedrosa, last lap, 3.1 seconds in

1:03:571:04:05

front. He did not imagine it would be that easy for him today, I think.

1:04:051:04:12

Yes, he has really decided to roll off the throttle. There is Marco

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Simoncelli, one of our two riding debutants. They will scrap down to

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the wire. This will be quite a race. Both guys come through the field,

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in fourth and 5th positions. Due to the fact that the decimation of the

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group has happened, and everybody has ended up in the gravel, they

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will be quite pleased. But, who will you put your money on here?

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I think Andrea Dovizioso, it means so much for him to do so. Nicky

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Hayden could not do it harder if he tried. He's now worked his way past

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Colin Edwards. Ben Spies is still trying to recover from that earlier

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problem. Colin is not having it. Listen, young fellow, I have one of

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the World Championships myself. not sure he even knew he was there,

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at all. Colin Edwards, seven of those corners where, if you

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sacrifice the line, you tend not to pass on that corner there. Another

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10 Tim age advantage between Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner. Colin is

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still hanging on to that position a Jorge Lorenzo. I'm sure he will

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just bring it home for those 16 points. It's very entertaining,

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isn't it? Old guy, young guy, both on Yamahas. No wonder they are

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tripping over each other. Ben Spies almost got it. He thinks, Curno,

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but old community mongrel is know what rear tyre he has got at

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the moment. He went for the harder tyre. I think he will have the edge

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at the end. OK. We are awaiting some more news on Barbera, as well.

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They had sent him to hospital in a helicopter. We will give you some

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news on him. Colin Edwards, Ben Spies, Nicky Hayden, flopping

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around together. Ben Spies has just outclassed him, I reckon. This is

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too good to be true. Andrea Dovizioso Is not a fan of Marco

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Simoncelli's riding style. The old dog has left the young a man come

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through. Ducati plays the two Yamahas. This is where we saw him

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have a little look the last lap, Ben Spies, so he is through nicely.

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There is number 14. We saw poor old Damien Cudlin make his debut and it

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crashed out of it, and he will be absolutely sick about it. As you

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can see, five riders. They all went out. We are riding with Marco

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Simoncelli now, looking every which way. His rear tyre giving him more

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grip. Three-and a-half laps remaining of this. The queues year

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will be out of the fast corner. -- here. This is his best chance but

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the has got more grip than Andrea Dovizioso. Two identical bikes,

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factory Hondas. I think he's been made aware of his contract, where

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he says he's not supposed to do that, which I agree with. He will

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have to be a judicious, trying to get past the factory bike. He has

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got three laps to do it, if he's going to do it. So, Jorge Lorenzo

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would not believe it. Don't do it on the brakes. It holds under if

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you do that. If you take out another Honda rider again, you may

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not get a factory machine again next year. Oh no! It's OK. This is

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the place, it you can get the drive down the inside, this is the place

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to do it. He tried too hard the way really going around here at speed,

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these boys, I tell you what. This past blowing part of the circuit

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seems to favour Marco Simoncelli, and it seems to be where he feels

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more comfortable. I assume he's got more real grip at the moment. Just

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extraordinary that three ride through us from jump-started is

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unheard of. You hardly ever get jump-start. Yes, they are battling

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for 4th and they both have jump starts. Dani Pedrosa, I guess, in

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qualifying, it would have thought he could never lead the race and

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this man split them in qualifying and now he's actually splitting the

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Hondas in the race. That is a triumph on a circuit like this. Now

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Andrea Dovizioso Is despondent -- responding again. This is where the

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big bikes are all over him. Closing him down. Yes. I suppose if you

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wanted to do that, you would hold a board up a. His fellow compatriot

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on the same type of machine. This is turn five. I don't think he is

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close enough. This is what is looking to do but is not close

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enough again. That was the best opportunity he would have a round

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that corner. No, it's not going happened there. This is where we

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saw the clashing last year between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo,

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both on Yamahas at about point. -- that point. Andrea Dovizioso Very

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good on the brakes. We are riding with Marco Simoncelli. Just two

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laps to go. He chucked a bit of dirt in his face. Oh no! His

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problem is Andrea Dovizioso's problem. I think he has got it

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covered. No! That would not have worked. They both mixed the apex

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turning left. -- and missed the apex. Marco Simoncelli goes through.

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His tyres are going off. Marco Simoncelli has got the harder tyres

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on so he has got the moral high ground. Andrea Dovizioso Is not

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letting this finish. He is trying everything here. Such a good race

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last year. There's nobody he would rather not lose to than Marco

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Simoncelli because they are both Honda riders for the team. What can

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he do? But trying to carry the speed. That is where the harder

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tyres work. You saw it bites as the come out of there. Marco has passed

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to firm up. There was not a lot of room to spare, but there never is.

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We talk about the racing line and its relatively narrow, even on a

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wider track like this on a motorcycle. There is one optimum

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line and if you pass somebody, you generally go off that line. He is

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struggling with a front end. Dani Pedrosa has won in Japan against a

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helluva lot of odds, and Jorge Lorenzo comes across the line for

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Yamaha. He wanted to split the Honda's. Job done. A great ride

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from him. Macro or athlete, he gives a little wave, he does not

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know whether to be magnanimous or cross -- Casey Stoner. Marco

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Simoncelli has seen of Andrea Dovizioso. Where would they have

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been on the track had they not had the jump-off? Frankly, I think they

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would have been second and third in front of Jorge Lorenzo, but we will

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never know. Colin Edwards comes over the line. Hiroshi Aoyama comes

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through for the manner of flying the local flag. 9th, a lovely bloke.

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Cal Crutchlow, if he can just keep it neat, he will come across the

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line and get points for 11th. That for him. Lorenzo will be pleased

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with that second, because it is important that the factory Honda in

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front of them was up. There is still 75 points to be had before

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the end of the season. In a few weeks' time, we are at the

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Malaysian Grand Prix. We are the numbers you just gave us, even if

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Casey Stoner wins, it is just short of a disaster if Lorenzo doesn't

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pick up 10 points. This will go all the way to the end. A very physical

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race. It would be great to get to Valencia, that will be all others

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on European time. Lorenzo, he gave everything to date, and he was

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really strong. He was lucky not to get tangled up with the situation

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with Valentino Rossi. He was digging into the corner. Valentino

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Rossi was implying. There was a bite in his way, he stood it up.

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Valentino Rossi was on the outside, he smacked into Ben Spies who did

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well to keep it upright. Dani Pedrosa has moved in front. Dani

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Pedrosa is just one point behind Andrea Dovizioso and they will be

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shooting it out all the way to the wire. Andrea Dovizioso finished

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fifth in the word last year, he will want to move up this year. Has

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been in strong position, he will have to fight Dani Pedrosa to stay

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that way. What a race. It is what before Toni Elias, what before

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Alvaro Bautista. It was unbelievable. He needs a bit of

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luck. He was unlucky heir last year. -- here last year. We keep talking

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about Steve what if and the buts, but prior to this race, he was

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second in Arab gun, he was second in San Marino, the house been

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bundling the points together. he has taken a bunch from Casey

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Stoner which is no mean feat is all. Marco Simoncelli, thank you for the

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entertainment, that was cracking fund between you and Andrea

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Dovizioso. Barrett fails to perform, Marco Simoncelli. -- never fails.

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Casey Stoner is explaining what went on, and it was a massive

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warble. Look at them. It was shaking so badly. The brakes are so

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powerful, if the Puletua Howard, it will cartwheel. -- if you put it

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too hard. It was just a situation with the bike tying itself in knots

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and he was lucky to stay on. keeps his unblemished record of

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podiums. The end when he missed was the race with the Rossi crash.

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often we see you make a mistake, but that's what happens, Tommy

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about its? I had been hitting those pompous all week. -- bumps all week.

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I nearly lost my hand on handlebars. When a band for the brakes there

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was nothing there, the pads had separated, no brakes on the return.

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I was lucky to get them pumped up and pull myself up. Not happy at

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all. We had a good feeling this week, a good chance of winning the

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race, everything was going well until that point. 40 points in the

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championship, three races to go, your home GP next, not as bad way

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to go? No, we had the pace and we had the bike for it, but by the

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time I was in third, there was no point and pushing and it was hard

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work today, there was a lot of chatter on the front end, it did

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not work perfectly, but if we had to push in front of the race, I am

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sure we would make it work, but we were disappointed today because

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that does not happen often. What happened to date. To Emma's

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imitation, well done. -- damage limitation. It is very scary when

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that happens. Lorenzo would not be expecting second, that was good

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stuff. At the beginning of the week, did you think you would be here in

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second? No, it was very strange because Casey Stoner went wide and

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then Andrea divvied sears will intercept, I think. It was possible

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to fight with Dani Pedrosa up. But then he was coming better-run

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batter. He was inspired to date. He had a very high level of riding, so

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he decided on victory and I could not follow him. 40 points, three

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races to go, still possible? Very possible. There are still some

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possibilities. Thank you. Batten possible at all, but in a surprise.

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Bat not impossible at all. It is all about finishing had been

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You banished the demons from last year here, congratulations on the

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win. Thank you. I'm really happy, because in this circuit I had good

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and bad results. Also, some bad injuries. Finally, to come here and

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win in MotoGP, it's a very good feeling. I won here on the Hondo,

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but I did not complete the job for the MotoGP, so am very happy. The

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race was very hard because the rhythm was very high at the

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beginning. They were super-fast and they could not follow them. But I

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knew Andrea Dovizioso from the start, and Casey Stoner made a

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mistake, and they left it free for me, so I just put my head down and

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made it to the end, so I'm very happy. My team did a really good

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job, the bike was working really well. We wanted to win, and finally,

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we did today, so I'm very happy here today. Congratulations.

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should be very happy indeed. He got a bit of luck there. It has

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narrowed the lead. Casey Stoner now Yes, this is the past. It was

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beneficial for hem. Andrea Dovizioso got on the dirt, and they

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do not get as much grip as on the tarmac. They missed the apex. He

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got through there, so that was Marco Simoncelli grabbing fourth

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place in the Andante were not expected finish fourth at three

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jump-start. It is horrible to have a jump-start, that massive penalty

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you get, it is designed to stop people doing it. He needed some

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luck, it is good to see that he did. Ms Dani Pedrosa said, he was paid

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back after the rotten luck he had here last year. The bosses are all

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here to watch it and they got a nice win, I think they were

1:24:561:25:02

expecting a 1, 2, 3, but winning is enough. This time last year, it was

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Ducati that won with Casey Stoner riding, an extraordinary result, so

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they have got some tricks that they do not want us to seek. Putting

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denies cover-up and, hopefully it doesn't catch fire with the heat

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from the exhaust pipes! Put it on the right way! Everything is neatly

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dressed now. Be nice cover. Casey Stoner will be disappointed. This

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man will be happy with his result, he finished in the top 10 and his

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10th in the championship, consistent. Yes, when Valentino

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were Rossi went down, there was a shovel in the pack. -- Valentino

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Rossi. Looking at that again, it was Lorenzo that ran in just a

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little bit deeper. That is where it called Valentino Rossi out Bulls

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Derby did not quite tip into the apex. That is related to one

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another. -- where they clipped one another. Aber pleased that he went

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straight on. -- they were pleased. He did well to keep it upright in

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the gravel. He arrived on the gravel track at about 70 mph. Be

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focusing moment. The third place will be all you can expect after an

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excursion like this. Reasonable damage control. The win for Honda

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on the Honda track. Lorenzo did very well. Thank you. Thank you.

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Dani Pedrosa that will take the trophy for the winning here in

1:27:431:27:48

Spain. What an absolutely astonishing win for him. A great

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result. Some more work for Casey Stoner to do. A great win for Dani

1:27:581:28:03

Pedrosa. That is all we have time for here in Japan. Lots more sport

1:28:031:28:11

and BBC Two, 2pm, Clare Balding has the horse racing in Paris. Then

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there is rugby league, and all of the highlights from the weekend.

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And any Devonish of the sporting Sunday with matted the day two,

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