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For 81 years, the last Saturday in June has meant just one thing to

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motor cycling fan, it is the Dutch TT here at Assen. As you can see

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behind me, fans have made their annual pilgrimage for all across

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Europe to the place their call the Cathedral. I am glad to say the

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Brits out out in force. The weather is not looking too great at the

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moment, hopefully it will make up for a miserable weekend at

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Silverstone last time out. This crash result in the a bloken

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collarbone for Cal Crutchlow and no British ride for the home fans to

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get behind on a soggy race day. Casey Stoner showed his pro-pros we

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in the wet and took the lead. Jorge Lorenzo lost control. Lorenzo is

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down. The World Champion is down. It is in bits. The M1 Yamaha is

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It is in bits. The M1 Yamaha is broken and he is out. Simoncelli

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has gone! Maybe it was when not if but Simoncelli is down. Simoncelli

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and Ben Spies failed to finish which lifted Colin Edwards up to a

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popular podium. Colin Edwards, a legend. Gets a podium. Hospital one

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What a fantastic performance that was from Colin Edwards, just nine

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days after breaking his collarbone in Barcelona and there he was on

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the podium at Silverstone where his team-mate Cal Crutchlow missed out

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on the race. I am delighted to say he is back for this one. Carl, it

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has been a tough couple of weeks but I won't give away your grip

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position just yet but fantastic over the weekend. You must have

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been in so much pain. It wasn't too bad. We had two dry sessions

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yesterday, and, one was an hour- and-a-half long and one was an hour,

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so it is quite sore today. I don't know, we are go into the race and

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see what we can do. I was happy with how things went, wet and dry,

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we will see what the weather brings for the race. Good luck today. So

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Cal Crutchlow then, will be coming this way, in just a couple of

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minutes time. Through the garage, into the back here. This is where

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they keep the tyres warm at the back. Where I like to keep my hands

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warm on a cold day. You can see the sprairs and the tools are kept

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round here at the back of the garage as well. Then through here

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this is the walk thatical will be doing in a few minutes time. -- Cal.

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Here to make a seat to make his final preparations before the race,

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and we have his two race packs. I want to show you something. This

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sticker, the team have put on Cal and Colin's bikes, two walking

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wounded in this, but thankfully we have two fit men as well here. I

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will have to be careful what I say! Steady on there! Great to see him

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back. Colin came back eight days after his operation but Cal's is

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more complicated. It was smashed in eight place, they use that amazing

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treatment where they put him in a deepfreeze for short periods, the

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same as Mark Webber had when h when he fell off his mountain biefpblg

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he is back and fit. We heard a line of commentary from you, in the

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opener, Charlie saying that Colin is a legend, he showed that at

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Silverstone last time out. He is a tough character and so is Cal

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Crutchlow. Colin, what a belter, the right conditions for him wet

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weather, so I guess from that point of view, the softer the conditions

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are for Cal the better as well. was a miserable day at Silverstone

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but it was an opportunity to marvel at the skill of the guys and

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especially stone. Watching people sat at home, they can't believe

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what they are seeing, they are going round 10% slower than in the

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dry. Any good rider wouldn't go as far as they do in the dry, let

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alone what they were doing in the wet. It is -- extraordinary. You

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have to hand to it Bridgestone, those tyres are extraordinary.

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Missing is Dani Pedrosa. He has been replaced for this race by

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Hiroshi Aoyama from Honda Gresini who has been replaced by Kousuke

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Akiyoshi. Danny is still recovering and he has had another operation to

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repair a chipped fragment in the bone. Charlie, we hope to see him

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back next week but it has been a long time. It has been a very long

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time. And it is still unclear, isn't it, how he has done it and

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what he has done to himself. Did he reinjure himself? It is a real

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misly the, he has disappeared for so long. His manager is here this

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week. Never short of a prop or two. Talk us through this. That is a

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plate that would go, that is an old one. I had one fitted about 25

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years ago that sits in there. This is more of a factory one. You can

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see it is shaped and everything else. That gos in there and I have

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just borrowed these from a nice man called Ian who is a shoulder surge.

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He explains how much better they have got. They have developed

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collarbone plates now. The tech 3 guys should keep nem in the spares

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department and whip them in straight away. You better hang on

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the that one. I think he made his own last time. Mine we are peck

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know. Talking about operations to get things right. They have been

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busy at Ducati over the last couple of weeks. After lots of testing for

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the 1,000 cc bike what we are seeing is the fruits of that labour.

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The GP 11.is which has a new gin put into what is the early

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development of next year's GP12 chassis so it is a new chassis. A

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new inverted swing arm and a new gearbox. Tell us about the changes

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to this bike? We change 80%, it is new. We have a new swing arm, we

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take completely different shock absorber system, and we have a new

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chassis and we have a new fairing but the big news is the gearbox.

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The Ducati seems like transmission, this is new technology, it is a

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very quick gearbox and this is a bigger advantage, we decide that to

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introduce this bike now, because we think this is a big advantage.

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Thank you. So, this bike is just for Rossi here in Assen. Probably

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with a view to Mag low which welcome back the next race for him.

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Nicky I had listen get this bike in a few weeks time. That is a major

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step for Ducati to take at this stage. I remember being at the

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unveiling ceremony back in January when they were pulling the covers

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off that bike. It only lasted a few races. We have rarely seen a new

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shaskwhri introduced so quickly. Valentino Rossi only has three

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engines for the rest of the season. They have had to change the energy.

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It has been reduced to 800 cc. So they introduced three. So six is

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the maximum. We has to last the rest of the season with three

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engines. So that is interesting. Nicky Hayden is still waiting for

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that. Whether or not it works for him. Nicky has been a pace setter

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across relative of the problems they have had. Valentino Rossi not

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out of touch in the Championship with what a third of it gone. He is

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on 68 in fourth place. Casey Stoner leading the way with that victory

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in Silverstone on 116. 18 clear of Jorge Lorenzo. As you can see Colin

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Edwards there in eighth in the Championship, after his heroics at

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Silverstone. 37, he is showing no signs of wanting to hang his

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Known as the Texas tornado Colin Edwards twice world Superbike

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champion and has been a regular in Sometimes out spoken but always

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popular, the only blot on his career is that he has never won a

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Grand Prix, although he came close here in Assen in 2006, when this

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crash on the last corner robbed him Colin, ninth season in MotoGP.

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Still searching that first win. Is that something that keeps you

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going? Well, you know, I mean, I have won two World Championship, I

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have won losts of race, am I upset I haven't won a Grand Prix? Not

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really. I am just not ready to go anywhere else. I still love riding

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motorcycles. I knew this year we were going have a new bike so I was

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really motivated. Any time you get new parts, when it gets steal, then

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yeah, but last year we struggled. We were on an old bike. A lot of

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old stuff from years ago, and this year starting fresh, and brand-new,

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bits, and it has been real motivating as well. I like working,

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and finding new ways to tinker round with new part, and try and

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extract the most out of them, so it has been a good year. We found a

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couple of things that seem to be working pretty good. You have your

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wife and kids back at home what is life like back in Texas? I have two

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lives. This is my secret double agent life! No, at home is like a

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full-time job. I wake up, bring the kids to school. Go get my wife a

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star buck, bring it home, you know, I am working when I am home. When I

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come here it is like vacation, I get to ride motorcycles and it is

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like two different lives. Now my wife can't come with me, we have

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kids in school, and it is... It, yeah. You have two sides it feels

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like. What are you thinking about the current crop of riders at the

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moment? You know, here you have fast rider, faster rider and the

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fastest rider who I think at the moment is Casey. Everybody's kind

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of lucky he is been with Ducati or he might have dominated the last

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three or four year, so it is tough, as far as impressing me I think

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Simoncelli has been riding well this year. There has been so many

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feuds this year, like old one, new ones and you seem to be the only

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person that just about gets on with everyone. A bit of the father

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figure or the Agony Aunt. Yeah, I think u you know the same

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organisation that let vos vos and didn't penalise him, and Valentino

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used to fight on track all the time. Now they want to pin those guys --

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penalise guys 20 second. Welcome to the MotoGP procession everybody. I

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think it is (BLEEP). It is soft things on track, off track,

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whatever, but all the tack and the BS just kind of, it is too much. It

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is too much. And especially you can't bring gladiators to an opera,

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we come to fight, so you have to It's all over. Talk about pushing.

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He is done. You are a unique character in the paddock. How would

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you like to be remembered in the MotoGP world when crow do leave?

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How would I like to be remembered? I don't know. I don't feel like I

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have ever changed since, since I started racing motorcycles. I never

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felt like I needed to be an bleep because I could ride bikes better

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than the next guy. I am who I am, and if it be outspoken it is not

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cocky, it is just I tell the truth. And sometimes the truth hurts.

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you are I hope you still have a few years left in you Colin. We will

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see. I feel good. Riding good, so, we le will see what it brings.

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he is a true legend is Colin Edwards and I have another one here

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next door in the factory Yamaha garage where they are racing in the

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red-and-white colours. You were the first 500 World Champion for Yamaha

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in these colours, it must be special for you to see them back

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again? Yes, this is the colour when I race, when I started to race in

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74 and 75 and 75 I win the World Champion and the 500 so it is the

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first title of Yamaha in the 500, and I have a very nice time, and I

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hope this colour is a good luck for the rider today, here in Assen, and

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I hope Yamaha have a good result here. Thank you. I hope you enjoy

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it too. It is of course confusing for the riders to be in different

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colours as we saw from Jorge Lorenzo during practise. Have a

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look at this. He is come back in pit lane. He expects to see them in

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blue. Misses the pit box, goes down too far, you are not allowed to

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ride the wrong way so he had to go back out and do another lap. But

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fantastic successful half century for Yamaha in Grand Prix racing and

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Steve has been taking a trip down You cannot believe how much history

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there is for Yamaha. This is a bike built for Bill Ivy. It is just a

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little toy. Tiny drum brakes. It is minuscule. Everything that is made

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is made the same as a motorcycle, but it is so tiny. 56 kilograms,

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about the weight of Dani Pedrosa. I can pick it up easily. This is a

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beautiful 125, four cylinder machine. This is a 1968 model. When

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you start looking around, we are talking about drum brakes, treaded

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tyres as they had in those days. The pistons would be about that

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small, absolutely tiny, and it would do about 18,000 rpm. They

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were so noisy. A 250, another great machine. Phil Reed, 250 cc, again

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four cylinders. Worth millions of pounds, there is nothing like it

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around. This is quite unique as well, ridden by Aggers Deeney, a

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350 Yamaha from the 1975 season. This is very interesting, the gear

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shift is on the opposite side. When I started racing, we always had the

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gearshift on the right and the brake on the left, that turned

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This is quite a serious bike, about 120 brake horsepower, it weighed

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about 130 kilograms. I have crashed one of these many times and a lot

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of my scars are due to bikes like this.

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Deaf and scarred, but otherwise I think you came through that quite

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well! The safety car is out on the track, the bikes are getting lined

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up on the grid. Let's find out what The entire practice and qualifying

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positions for the Assen Grand Prix have been stood on their head --

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qualifying sessions. First by bad weather and then and on President

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event. Oil was spilled around more than two kilometres of this circuit

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-- unprecedented event. All three of the riders went out. Meant a

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really hard push in qualifying. Simoncelli has been leading the

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pace in all sessions, and in qualifying was the man to beat. The

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guy pushing him hardest was Ben Spies for Yamaha. He was only 9004

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of the time set by Simoncelli. Our Thousandths Cal Crutchlow at one

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point was on the front row. Ultimately being pushed back, but

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still starts in sixth, an astonishing performance when you

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consider his recovery from collarbone surgery. For Valentino

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Rossi, he is on a new motorbike, they have re-engineered everything

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but it has just not work. 11th fastest and at one point, he was

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As you can see, we are out on the grid. Some very desperate

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alterations have been made to Jorge Lorenzo's bike. I mentioned it was

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drizzling, it has dried out now. It looks as though they are changing

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too slick tyres. We were hoping to grab a word with Jorge Lorenzo. He

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is speaking to his team manager here. Lots of concern and not easy

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for the riders to keep concentration. He is speaking to

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his crew chief now. He will be filling him in on what changes they

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have made. I am going to hang on for a second. We would like to grab

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a word with Jorge Lorenzo if we can. Is chatting to the Bridgestone tyre

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technicians as well. There was some talk that we might get a full set

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of new slicks from Bridgestone headquarters in Germany, because a

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lot of riders have crashed on cold tyres. The cold tyre problem we

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have seen throughout the season. That move to get a new set in from

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Bridgestone was vetoed by one manufacturer, so it hasn't happened.

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We will come back to Jorge Lorenzo. Maybe he is coming over, just one

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second... We will come back. Let's speak to Casey Stoner, let's go to

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the front row. We will try to get a word with Casey Stoner. He has

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qualified on the front row of the grid. He is leading the

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championship. We will come in the back door. Sorry. Casey Stoner,

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front row start for you. Some consternation about the conditions.

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It seems to be drying up. weekend, it has been pretty bad.

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There is no consistency whatsoever. In both conditions, the track seems

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slippery and unpredictable so in mixed conditions, it is lethal. We

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have seen a lot of crashes and it is not nice going into a race,

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knowing that. It is unpredictable and we are not really sure what

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tyre choice will be best. We are running with what we know at the

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moment. Presumably you will go with slicks? At this moment. The track

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is pretty well drive. It could rain at any time, as you have seen all

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day. We will have do see what happens, how it pans out and stay

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upright. I hope it stays dry. Thank you. Just a reminder, if you are

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new to MotoGP, if it does start to rain during a dry race, the riders

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will be able to come in, change bikes on to a set of wet tyres and

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be able to go back out. We have missed Jorge Lorenzo unfortunately.

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Not to worry, we'll get him another day. Who else is on the second row?

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Let's have a quick chat to Phil Read. Can I interrupt you? We spoke

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to the first premier class world champion earlier, but Phil Reed,

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you won the first world title for them. Yes, many years ago. It was a

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great thrill to ride the yammer our bikes again and get a fantastic

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reaction from the crowd. You did a couple of demo laps. That's right.

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It was great. Lorenzo, I am amazed he has changed everything before

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the race, hoping it is going to stay dry. It is a gamble. A big

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gamble. Great to see you, enjoy the race. It is going to be exciting.

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Phil Reed, three-times world champion in three classes. The only

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other guy to do that is Valentino Rossi. Jorge Lorenzo, Dovizioso and

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Crutchlow, on the second row. Cal Crutchlow is getting energy gel

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into him before the start of the race. Can we grab a quick word? It

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is hard to speak to anybody in these conditions. I will try to

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speak to his crew chief. Can you tell us which set you are going

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for? We are going for dry set for shock, the race is tries to win a

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start with price-setting -- a dry setting for sure. The race is dry

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so we must start with dry settings. Let's get on to the fourth row of

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the grid. This is where Valentino Rossi is, from 11th position. That

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is where he started in 2007, and you may remember, in the Fiat 500

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special edition colours, he went on to win that race. Let's grab a word

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with his team manager. Just a quick word. What setting are you guys

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going for? Are you going to take a gamble? It is one of those races.

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No, the race is dry, we start with a dry bike. I don't know exactly.

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If it is a good choice. Every bike has this setting, this tyre. We

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hope. I suppose for you guys, with the current predicament you find

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yourselves in, it is perhaps not the worst situation. Terrible this

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weekend. We tried every practice and qualifying, we tried this

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setting and we hope it is a good choice. Thank you, good luck today.

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Not easy for any of the riders. Sorry. I don't think anybody really

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wants to ride in conditions like A message to Dani Pedrosa on the

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front of his bike. Come back soon. I will hold that up for them. The

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news is that Dani Pedrosa will be back next weekend to take his place

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in the Repsol team. Looks like we are being kicked off the grid. If

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we get a split race, it will make it longer. They like to get this

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sorted out quickly. John Hopkins is here this weekend. He is in Suzuki

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colours, even though he is riding in the British Superbike champion

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ship at the moment, he is planning to write a second Suzuki as a wild

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card in the Czech Republic. It seems as though John has

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disappeared... Here he comes. Let's grab him as we walk off the grid.

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Giving Cal Crutchlow a nudge. John, a quick word. Great to see you back

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in a MotoGP grid, are we going to see you on a bike any time soon?

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There should be an announcement pretty soon, we are working hard on

:26:19.:26:23.

getting the wild card dialled in. I am happy to be a guest with the

:26:23.:26:29.

twizzlers Suzuki, to be here on the grid is awesome. Great to be back

:26:29.:26:36.

in MotoGP -- Rizla or Suzuki. not easy for the riders. Mixed

:26:36.:26:40.

conditions, sat on the grid, what is going through your mind? You are

:26:40.:26:43.

scrambled, you want to get a good start, but when it is half white,

:26:43.:26:50.

it is a gamble. Hopefully it works out. I think it is going to be a

:26:50.:26:58.

dry race -- when it is half wet. Right now, it is a gamble. You want

:26:58.:27:01.

to ride smart and have the aggression, but keep it up right.

:27:01.:27:05.

It is a tough call. Banks was speaking to us. It may not be much

:27:05.:27:10.

fun for the riders -- thanks for speaking to us. It will be a lot of

:27:10.:27:20.
:27:20.:27:21.

fun for us. The Gladiators are now Those conditions are horrible out

:27:21.:27:29.

there. They really are. The worst conditions you could ever have.

:27:29.:27:33.

There will be a white flag if it starts raining and then the guys

:27:33.:27:37.

can come in and change to the other bike, that they will be trying to

:27:37.:27:47.
:27:47.:27:59.

get sorted out into a wet setting is, but bear in mind, he won from

:27:59.:28:06.

that position a few years ago. He was in much more form back them.

:28:06.:28:10.

This is an extraordinary position to see him in. We will talk about

:28:10.:28:15.

it during the race, which I am sure will spread out a bit as time goes

:28:15.:28:19.

on. They are throwing everything at it, including a new machine. They

:28:19.:28:22.

have had trouble getting the tyre temperatures up in perfect

:28:22.:28:26.

conditions. It is colder today than yesterday. It is about 13 degrees

:28:26.:28:31.

on the track, very cold. There was this situation where we might have

:28:31.:28:35.

seen a softer Bridgestone tyre introduced. I think Simoncelli said,

:28:35.:28:39.

I might use the harder ones, so I don't want a softer one. He was

:28:40.:28:44.

covering himself. I think the softer option which they are

:28:44.:28:47.

running is working for him, but maybe not some of the other teams

:28:47.:28:51.

and riders. I think some of the other teams and riders would have

:28:51.:28:58.

liked a softer option. Indeed. Let's talk about the track. This is

:28:58.:29:04.

the new modified part of the circuit, it is tight around here.

:29:04.:29:08.

It is so important for getting power onto the back straight.

:29:08.:29:13.

longest part of the circuit, the longest streak that you have got.

:29:13.:29:19.

As you come out of that, it is a 180 degree, slow corner, the

:29:19.:29:24.

slowest corner on the circuit. The straight isn't really a straight,

:29:24.:29:28.

there are kinks and bumps but it is a place where you nail it and then

:29:28.:29:32.

on the brakes for this new chicane that has been put in. The track has

:29:33.:29:40.

been changed immensely over the years. It has turned into a full on

:29:40.:29:50.
:29:50.:29:54.

the corner that caught out Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso. That

:29:54.:29:59.

is where their fired themselves at the scenery. It is round this

:29:59.:30:09.
:30:09.:30:13.

corner that Aoyama threw his bike down the road. There are the

:30:13.:30:16.

standings there. Valentino Rossi has a bit of work to do. It's a

:30:16.:30:20.

good opportunity for Casey Stoner toex tend his lead. He only

:30:20.:30:22.

qualified third but he hurt himself in that practise crash yesterday

:30:22.:30:29.

morning, so it is quite likely that he will, if he is not too sore he

:30:29.:30:33.

might find pace. He did do the splits but he will be out there

:30:33.:30:37.

riding as hard as possible. Even at the moment or in the u first few

:30:37.:30:41.

laps will be cautious, it is awkward. The tyres have taken three

:30:41.:30:48.

laps to get up to temperature. We saw that in qualifying. You can see

:30:48.:30:54.

front and soft rear tyres for just about everybody apart from

:30:54.:30:59.

Simoncelli. But the best position he has had is fourth. Is he going

:30:59.:31:05.

to get a podium or even a win? are up, we are ready for a start in

:31:05.:31:09.

Holland. A belting start from Simoncelli, at least across the

:31:09.:31:14.

line. Time will tell. Bike 11 Ben Spies going with him. Lorenzo

:31:14.:31:21.

trying to find way round and it looks like he has done it. Spies

:31:21.:31:26.

gets back past Lorenzo. They feed in through this series of right

:31:26.:31:30.

handers. Round and round they go. In a minute they hit the left

:31:30.:31:34.

hander, and that will be really really critical. They will want to

:31:34.:31:40.

tap on that power. Oh. Simoncelli. It looks like he lost the front,

:31:40.:31:46.

straight down he goes. That is a nightmare. That is Lorenzo down,

:31:46.:31:50.

alongside him. Man oh man. Can you believe that? That was Simoncelli

:31:50.:31:56.

went down first, and we just, we were saying is he going to get a

:31:56.:32:02.

podium. He certainly isn't. Ben Spies has a lead. I do not believe

:32:02.:32:08.

it, Simoncelli what will he are to do to get a result? Can you imagine

:32:08.:32:13.

what Lorenzo will be saying about him. He was calling him a lunatic

:32:13.:32:17.

earlier. If you were Lorenzo you would want to kill him. If you were

:32:17.:32:21.

Simoncelli you would make a beeline for the back of the fence and jump

:32:21.:32:29.

it. We will get lots of looks at it. I did remark on the cold tyre issue.

:32:29.:32:34.

Didn't he get it. All he can hope for is if it is going to rain. We

:32:34.:32:42.

will see if it starts raining. White flags will indicate. He has

:32:42.:32:47.

smashed the, he has done something. He has broken the camera mount. Ben

:32:47.:32:55.

Spies, he was only 9,000. Is he in a fantastic position. There is

:32:55.:33:00.

another flag up there. It is all going off here. So Andrea Dovizioso

:33:00.:33:03.

in second, behind him is Casey Stoner, trying to find a way

:33:03.:33:08.

through. That is Karel Abraham. He is holding his wrist. That is bad

:33:08.:33:17.

news. Nightmare. But there is Casey Stoner at 27 being followed by

:33:17.:33:23.

Andrea Dovizioso. I don't believe it. Randy de Puniet has gone out

:33:23.:33:29.

and he was the sole surviving Pramac rider. So that is both

:33:29.:33:33.

Pramacs out now. What is going on here? This is going to cause some

:33:33.:33:36.

issues here. Running these tyre, everyone wants the softer tyre, but

:33:36.:33:39.

at the moment they are having to cope with it. They have to be

:33:40.:33:46.

careful. Look at the lead that Ben Spies has, he went over the line

:33:46.:33:56.
:33:56.:33:57.

last time. He had 2.58. Here they go. Down the inside. Rear left.

:33:57.:34:03.

Left side. Left cold side of the tyre went down. Well he needed that

:34:03.:34:11.

like a third armpit, Simoncelli. Lin Jarvis wasn't impressed. Their

:34:11.:34:17.

man Jorge Lorenzo, is right at the back at the moment. That, he is

:34:18.:34:23.

having a, all of a sudden, Lorenzo, I don't know who was leading the

:34:23.:34:28.

Championship is having a nightmare. Stoner is through, that is

:34:28.:34:31.

important. Jorge Lorenzo was right down the back there, was in front

:34:31.:34:35.

of Simoncelli, and certainly in front of Abraham who is out. Cal

:34:36.:34:42.

Crutchlow what about that? Brill Janet stuff, he is into fourth. --

:34:42.:34:46.

brill Janet stuff. I imagine the seat is broken up. We will get a

:34:46.:34:52.

view. Bits and pieces are flying off that bike. There it is. It is

:34:52.:34:56.

smashed up. There was contact with Lorenzo after he went down and

:34:56.:35:02.

Lorenzo's bike went into the back section. He took out that beautiful

:35:02.:35:06.

red-and-white Yamaha bike. Not the anniversary they wanted as bits of

:35:06.:35:11.

the seat are hanging off. This may be a black flag issue if he is not

:35:11.:35:20.

careful. Back at the front 3.5 seconds near enough for in man, Ben

:35:20.:35:25.

Spies. He was gifted that in terms of that crash that opened up the

:35:25.:35:29.

field. Valentino Rossi, keep your eyes out for him because he is

:35:29.:35:35.

going forward. Two guys are in front of him, maybe three, but he

:35:35.:35:41.

is in touch. Cal Crutchlow is in fourth. That man eight days ago was

:35:41.:35:47.

having an operation to have a plate in his shoulder. Getting out wide.

:35:47.:35:51.

You are supposed to be still mending and you are very sore, but

:35:51.:35:54.

stone I can tell you is gingerly making his way round there. He

:35:54.:36:00.

won't be pushing too hard. His main contender, he will know is out of

:36:00.:36:05.

the race. He was behind at the time. That is a very important point. Ben

:36:05.:36:09.

Spies is back in ninth in the championship with 36 points so it

:36:09.:36:13.

doesn't matter to Casey Stoner if he wins the race and Casey takes 20

:36:13.:36:19.

points out of the equation. As we lock at the battle of the Texans.

:36:20.:36:24.

Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards. Part of the walking wounded squad

:36:24.:36:34.
:36:34.:36:36.

markers here but it all happened at the front. They must be very

:36:36.:36:44.

unhappy in Yamaha. Obviously very sad faces here in Jorge Lorenzo's

:36:44.:36:50.

garage now. It is very disappointed for us. We know circumstances are

:36:50.:36:56.

difficult and the riders know, they are all nervous, but to make such

:36:56.:37:02.

action at an early stage, I don't think it was the smartest one to do,

:37:02.:37:09.

but yes, it is an accident. Lorn he was on the wrong place at wrong

:37:09.:37:19.

moment. The race is still on. is riding 13th place, and yeah,

:37:19.:37:24.

what I can -- can I say? We are leading the race with one Bic, and

:37:24.:37:29.

with the -- bike and with with the other one we have such a bad

:37:29.:37:33.

situation. Hoping for rain then? Yes, whatever happens it would be

:37:33.:37:38.

nice to have a change on tyres, whatever. From our side of the

:37:38.:37:43.

garage. From Ben's side of the garage, he is leading the race, so

:37:43.:37:48.

let's see what will happen. Thank you. Anything could happen I

:37:48.:37:51.

suppose when the dice is thrown like that. But the Simoncelli

:37:51.:37:54.

incident, I mean, that is racing when someone has a crash in front

:37:54.:37:58.

you have and you get involved. How do you call it? It was an incident.

:37:58.:38:03.

He got on the gas a bit early. Everyone got round there, he triped

:38:03.:38:07.

to -- tried to tap it on to that cold tyre, there it is, you will

:38:07.:38:11.

see the back end come rourpbgsd flicked him off. He was down-and-

:38:11.:38:14.

out and that was the situation, and it was just, you can see it again

:38:14.:38:20.

there, he was off, and Lorenzo has nowhere to go. But, he is still

:38:20.:38:28.

going to get blame over it. Lorn won't be impressed. But what about

:38:28.:38:32.

this man, Ben Spies, could he be going on to take his first MotoGP?

:38:32.:38:36.

In a way it will be great when he does for him, but it will be

:38:36.:38:41.

bitter-sweet, because he would like to beat everybody on the feet. Cal

:38:41.:38:46.

Crutchlow has had tho give best to Valentino Rossi. Rossi is moving up

:38:46.:38:51.

into fourth Cal in fifth. Getting back to that Jorge Lorenzo issue,

:38:51.:38:57.

with Simoncelli, it was, it all started the whole problem getting

:38:57.:39:00.

that needlessly severe penalty in Le Mans. All of that started with

:39:00.:39:05.

Jorge Lorenzo in a press conference saying "This guy's dangerous,

:39:05.:39:08.

anything happens to me then there will be trouble." Now it has

:39:08.:39:12.

happened so there will be trouble. Simoncelli is going to get arrests

:39:12.:39:17.

then! That is what he said! I think there will be the Spanish police

:39:17.:39:25.

round to grab him actually. But any way it is still going at the moment.

:39:25.:39:31.

As you were.ing out, mate, four seconds down the road to Ben Spies.

:39:31.:39:37.

We might have 20 laps to go but if he can keep stroking a long. But

:39:37.:39:40.

this man Casey Stoner will have taken time to get the heat in the

:39:40.:39:45.

tyres. He will be comfortable. It is coming to him. We know it took

:39:45.:39:53.

at least three laps. There is Karel Abraham. I had walk round the track

:39:53.:39:59.

and showed what a dangerous coner that is, and it would have been

:39:59.:40:05.

pressient if we had seen it. How about this? Getting a bit of a

:40:05.:40:11.

battle. Akiyoshi in the thick of it. He will want to take a freeze frame

:40:11.:40:15.

of that. From is Lorenzo fighting through. That has moved him up into

:40:15.:40:18.

12th. Still points and he will need them at the owned of the season. A

:40:18.:40:25.

long way to go and he has moved up another place. Two people, into

:40:25.:40:31.

11th. Jorge Lorenzo last year's champion. Nice manners there. He

:40:32.:40:36.

could see Lorenzo coming through. So Lorenzo, here is the man. He is

:40:36.:40:41.

40 seconds down the road from his, this guy here, from his team-mate

:40:41.:40:51.
:40:51.:40:54.

notice how different that Ducati looks. I am talking about Valentino

:40:54.:41:01.

Rossi's. It is the only one that has the brand-new, it is called the

:41:01.:41:06.

11.1 chassis. But it is basically next year's 2012 chassis. We talk

:41:06.:41:11.

about it but the energy is the chassis, the big difference is the

:41:11.:41:18.

rear suspension. The way the link cadge works. Now, the Ducati that

:41:18.:41:23.

Rossi is riding has a suspension system where the shot bolts on to

:41:23.:41:28.

the back of the engine. The team there at Ducati have been working

:41:28.:41:32.

hard. More importantly the factory are been working hard to give him

:41:32.:41:36.

that. But this morning in warm up they felt it was running better.

:41:36.:41:41.

There you can see Rossi and Crutchlow when they are braking and

:41:41.:41:51.
:41:51.:41:53.

putting on the throttle. I wonder if Cal Crutchlow in his hospital

:41:53.:41:58.

bed about a week ago thinking I would be racing with Valentino

:41:58.:42:02.

Rossi at Assen. Probably hoping he would be in front of him knowing

:42:02.:42:12.
:42:12.:42:15.

Cal. The track is dry. Those white lines will still probably be a bit

:42:15.:42:20.

slippery but they are using every part. It is a nice drying day as my

:42:20.:42:27.

mum would have said. A bit of a breeze out there. Look at that lead

:42:28.:42:32.

There is the race leader. We can count it down. They are starting ev

:42:32.:42:36.

so slightly to make inroad here. These two Stoner and dove, the

:42:36.:42:46.
:42:46.:42:48.

team-mates, there is only a little in it. So they just have take an

:42:48.:42:53.

tenth or so out of Ben Spies, nothing for Ben to worry about. 19

:42:53.:42:57.

laps to go. These guy are still going to have to get their heads

:42:57.:43:01.

down if all stays dry, if they want to get on terms with Ben Spies. One

:43:02.:43:06.

of the hardest things in racing is to keep your rhythm up when you are

:43:06.:43:10.

buy yourself. Very dif. He is the one who has to work out the track

:43:10.:43:15.

conditions. He will look at his pit board, and I will be coming back

:43:15.:43:23.

down a bit. We will work out how robust that camera is, because it

:43:23.:43:29.

is getting a proper work out on the back of that seat that is falling

:43:29.:43:34.

off. Simoncelli is, his lap times are very much in the hunt. He is

:43:34.:43:38.

lapping, well last time round a 37, which is pretty good lap time.

:43:38.:43:44.

Considering he is making his way through the pack. But at the front,

:43:44.:43:50.

35.966 for Ben Spies. They only took a tenth out of him. It is a

:43:50.:43:55.

very long way to go. They will have to get a clip on or he would have

:43:55.:44:00.

to make a mistake. Ben Spies, when he gets his eye on he is a good

:44:00.:44:07.

rider. Broadly he gets his head down, stays focused. A quiet

:44:07.:44:15.

achiever. Stoner has gone faster at 35.5. He has taken four tenths out.

:44:15.:44:20.

Cal Crutchlow is not down with Valentino Rossi yet Yes. Taken four

:44:20.:44:25.

tenths out. You don't have to be up their exhaust pipe to put them

:44:25.:44:30.

under pressure. You see the lap board and you think "I know I am

:44:30.:44:33.

losing time." So they could force an error out of Ben Spies even

:44:33.:44:37.

though he is half a mile down the road. It takes that lap for him to

:44:37.:44:43.

see the pit board to realise he has to get a move on. Toni Elias in

:44:43.:44:53.
:44:53.:45:03.

The yammer half, it hasn't changed apart from its colour scheme -- the

:45:03.:45:13.
:45:13.:45:20.

yammer half. -- the Yamaha. It has better fuel consumption. Because

:45:20.:45:26.

there are so few riders in this race, Marcus Simoncelli is in the

:45:26.:45:36.

points, even though he is last. It is worth him flogging around.

:45:36.:45:40.

we are going to find out if the gap has come down. Ben Spies going over

:45:40.:45:50.
:45:50.:45:50.

the line. 3.572. He has responded. A good lap from them. He knows he

:45:50.:45:55.

has got to get a ripple on. Speaking of which, it seems as if

:45:56.:46:05.

Mr Stoner is pushing on and leaving Dovizioso behind. Valentino Rossi

:46:05.:46:14.

is not shaking off the terrier-like performance of Cal Crutchlow.

:46:14.:46:18.

can't have a new plate in your shoulder and not be very sore at

:46:18.:46:22.

this point of the race. He has done a lot of clubs over the weekend but

:46:22.:46:31.

when you have to string them together... I know you struggled

:46:31.:46:40.

with your wrist, Justin commentary. On board with your race leader --

:46:40.:46:46.

he will be absolutely furious. Jorge Lorenzo will be fuming,

:46:46.:46:51.

incandescent with rage. He has not liked Simoncelli much, since he has

:46:51.:46:55.

caused problems with other riders. What ever will be said now, I

:46:55.:47:05.

cannot imagine. It is fair to say, that will not impress him one

:47:05.:47:11.

little bit. The Warsi himself as a prophet, he will say he warned you

:47:11.:47:16.

of this -- he will see himself. Jorge Lorenzo is the one with steam

:47:16.:47:22.

coming out from under his helmet, getting past Bautista or now. A

:47:22.:47:30.

stunning performance to regroup and get going. The bike basically went

:47:30.:47:40.
:47:40.:47:44.

along on top of the bike. It had a softened blow. The bike ended up on

:47:44.:47:54.
:47:54.:48:00.

top of the stricken Simoncelli under someone has, you have got to

:48:00.:48:07.

tap the power. It is good job we can't hear them -- under someone

:48:07.:48:16.

else. It was terrible to happen so early in the race and lucky that it

:48:16.:48:25.

was only two riders. We have 16 laps. If you can do half a second a

:48:25.:48:30.

lap, they would be there in no time, if they can do two tents, they

:48:30.:48:35.

would make it in the time. definitely have a race on. -- two-

:48:35.:48:39.

tenths. Casey Stoner will be leaving for

:48:39.:48:45.

miles if he stays on the podium. Jorge Lorenzo, back in tenth. We

:48:45.:48:51.

already have been nice cushion of 18 points. -- he already had the

:48:51.:49:00.

nice cushion. A big gap is now official. There is not much in it.

:49:00.:49:06.

-- the gap is now visual. 3.4 is the distance, but it always makes a

:49:06.:49:11.

difference... Cal Crutchlow is pulling into the pits. I was about

:49:11.:49:21.
:49:21.:49:35.

imagine that, frankly, but you imagine it would be a problem with

:49:35.:49:40.

him. Are they going to change the front tyre? Something silly like a

:49:40.:49:48.

puncture? They saw something was wrong. That is terrible luck. He

:49:48.:49:52.

had pushed the boat out and he was running hard, running with the

:49:52.:49:57.

hounds, even though he was fat. Spies will be seeing his pit board,

:49:57.:50:02.

he will be seeing the time coming down and know he has got to pick up

:50:02.:50:07.

the pace to take his first MotoGP win. He has been second, he has had

:50:07.:50:15.

pole position, but he has never won. I think we have some news in the

:50:15.:50:20.

tech three garage. Cal Crutchlow sitting in the corner, he is not

:50:20.:50:29.

looking at the moment. They are pulling off the front tyre now. The

:50:29.:50:33.

right shoulder of the front tyre is shredded. It is a dodgy tyre, they

:50:33.:50:41.

are putting a new one on. Hopefully he can go back out. Cold comfort

:50:41.:50:46.

but at least he will get some points. Absolutely but it will be a

:50:46.:50:52.

long job, they have to take the steel discs off. It will be a long

:50:52.:50:58.

process. The carbon discs, I beg your pardon. Something very strange

:50:58.:51:03.

about that tyre. He has gone for the hard option and that is cold

:51:04.:51:11.

tear. Are they going to put the softer option in? It is really

:51:11.:51:15.

peculiar for that to happen. Unusual for Bridgestone to have a

:51:15.:51:20.

faulty tyre. It was very much a cold tears situation. The reason

:51:20.:51:25.

they are having to change the desks is that they are matched to the

:51:25.:51:28.

brake pads and they have to go as one. They have had to put them on

:51:28.:51:33.

the spare wheel, a new tyre going on, which would have been on the

:51:33.:51:40.

tyre warmer. He will have to be careful, first-lap out. There are

:51:40.:51:43.

points in the table, he will be in the points if he finishes the race.

:51:44.:51:47.

The worst thing, he will have to regroup and refocus and get his

:51:47.:51:52.

head around things. There is nothing worse than having your

:51:52.:51:55.

concentration jarred and tried to convince yourself it is worth going

:51:55.:52:03.

out. -- trying to convince yourself. Ben Spies has pulled away, that is

:52:03.:52:13.

very impressive. He is two-tenths faster than Stoner. He is -- Jorge

:52:13.:52:22.

Lorenzo is still battling away, putting in good times. Lorenzo is

:52:22.:52:28.

passed Elias now, putting him up into eighth place. We watched the

:52:28.:52:33.

disconsolate figure of Crutchlow inching his way back to join this

:52:33.:52:43.
:52:43.:52:43.

race, a couple of laps down. Lorenzo was coming up on Aoyama.

:52:43.:52:49.

You don't need a lap board to work out the gap. Riding with Lorenzo,

:52:49.:52:55.

Aoyama is just ahead of us, about to turn in. You have some more news

:52:55.:53:02.

in the pit lane. Cal Crutchlow has gone back out onto the track. They

:53:02.:53:07.

didn't change the rear tyre, it is still the same one. It was stood

:53:07.:53:11.

there for a good 30 seconds to a minute, so that would have dropped

:53:11.:53:15.

dramatically. Cal Crutchlow needs to take it steady over the next

:53:15.:53:20.

couple of laps. Hopefully he will. There will be no dividend in

:53:20.:53:25.

passing on. He will finish 14th no matter what, unless somebody else

:53:25.:53:35.
:53:35.:53:37.

hops off. That is Jorge Lorenzo. he gets past Aoyama, he will move

:53:37.:53:42.

up into 7th, and it is only a matter of time. That looks like the

:53:42.:53:49.

time. Lorenzo carries the speed through. Who is next up the road

:53:49.:53:57.

from Aoyama? Quite a long journey to Nicky Hayden, the next target.

:53:57.:54:03.

The bigger bets are further down the track. Bike number 11 is the

:54:03.:54:09.

race leader. Ben Spies. He has got the hammer down in the last few

:54:09.:54:16.

laps. He has got the fastest lap of the race so far. Very impressive,

:54:16.:54:22.

the man from Memphis Tennessee. 26 years old, World Superbike champion.

:54:22.:54:29.

A pretty good start from Ben Spies, he switched to the inside. He was

:54:29.:54:33.

behind Jorge Lorenzo going in to turn one, then he cut back on the

:54:33.:54:40.

inside. Yes, Simoncelli got off the line instantly very quickly. Then

:54:41.:54:46.

it went sour for him. Great acceleration from Spies. Very much

:54:46.:54:54.

so. Jorge Lorenzo was just there, then Spies cut back on the inside.

:54:54.:55:04.
:55:04.:55:12.

Getting the drive out of this number-one collided. Simoncelli is

:55:12.:55:20.

past Hector Barbera. Our wonderful robust camera, maybe it has finally

:55:20.:55:29.

died. Barbera is having a lacklustre season, you expected a

:55:29.:55:35.

lot from him, he was one of the heart 250 charges. That was down

:55:35.:55:45.
:55:45.:56:03.

in this race, the lap times are relatively slow. The lap record is

:56:03.:56:08.

held by Dani Pedrosa from last year, we are about a second offer of lap

:56:08.:56:13.

record pace. But with track temperatures being so cold, last

:56:13.:56:19.

year the track temperature was 40 degrees, today it is only 13.

:56:19.:56:25.

Spies has put a lap on Akiyoshi. An extraordinary turn of events in

:56:25.:56:32.

this class of racing, with 11 laps to go. Most certainly is. He still

:56:32.:56:38.

has the 4.194 advantage, that is a pleasure to see, when you see your

:56:38.:56:42.

pit board and you are extending your leave. You can see how much he

:56:42.:56:46.

is sliding the Yamaha round. We said it would suit this track, it

:56:46.:56:51.

has already -- always gone well around here. It is not only about

:56:51.:56:56.

speed but change in direction, a lot to do with the fast sweeps

:56:56.:57:04.

around the circuit. Stoner has got a comfortable gap over Dovizioso.

:57:04.:57:12.

4.7 ahead, and 4.7 behind the race leader. Everybody, well and truly

:57:12.:57:20.

gaps, having a lonely time. Rossi is behind Ben Spies. Colin Edwards

:57:20.:57:25.

is right behind him, four seconds down the road from him. We have the

:57:25.:57:30.

commentator's nightmare, a massively gap to field. We have.

:57:30.:57:35.

Casey Stoner will pick up 20 points if he stays in that position.

:57:35.:57:41.

that is smart. Ben Spies is in ninth place so he will not worry

:57:41.:57:46.

him. Jorge Lorenzo is the closest, and then Dovizioso. He will

:57:46.:57:50.

stretches advantage in this championship by the time we get to

:57:50.:57:57.

next weekend, around eight. For anyone that has switched on, they

:57:57.:58:01.

will be wondering what has gone wrong with Jorge Lorenzo so far

:58:01.:58:06.

back. It all happened when Simoncelli crashed and took him out

:58:06.:58:15.

with him, on the 4th corner. Ten laps remaining, Ben Spies, looking

:58:16.:58:21.

like making history, by taking his first MotoGP race. It will be

:58:21.:58:25.

frustrating for Ben Spies. It will be a delight, unbridled delight to

:58:25.:58:34.

win a race. But it will be slightly frustrating for him... As we watch

:58:34.:58:39.

the art of the man... That he did not beat Lorenzo on the track. He

:58:39.:58:43.

was out-qualifying him, he was faster across the weekend and it

:58:43.:58:47.

would have been slightly more emphatic. Fair point, but in

:58:47.:58:52.

reality, he was in front of him when unfortunately, Jorge Lorenzo

:58:52.:59:02.

got taken out. Anyway, a win is a win. It certainly is. We have dust

:59:02.:59:08.

has some news from Karel Abraham's team. -- just had some news. They

:59:08.:59:12.

are saying that a touch with Aoyama caused the crash and it looks like

:59:12.:59:20.

a broken little finger. That is very painful and awkward but they

:59:20.:59:23.

can strap it all up. I remember Barry Sheene having his job off

:59:23.:59:28.

because it didn't work properly. will be lighter. You have got to

:59:28.:59:32.

think about that. A broken finger will be extremely painful but I'm

:59:32.:59:36.

sure he will be out racing again. He is having a good season, at

:59:36.:59:41.

least until the date. Nicky Hayden has basically had the edge across

:59:41.:59:48.

the weekend. -- until today. Spies is putting a lap on Barbera.

:59:48.:59:53.

It is club racing, getting lapped at this level. I don't understand

:59:53.:59:58.

what is happening to Barbera, he has faded from view this year.

:59:58.:00:02.

guess you have to say, the Ducati has not suited him. It was better

:00:02.:00:06.

last year, it is as if they have taken a backward step. We know how

:00:06.:00:11.

much development is going on, or the work going on with Valentino

:00:11.:00:14.

Rossi riding with Ducati and how much they are changing the bike. It

:00:14.:00:19.

is pretty much unheard of, to turn up with a completely revamped bike

:00:19.:00:23.

in round seven, particularly as we move to the new bikes for next year.

:00:23.:00:27.

The budget that Ducati was working too would have been thrown out the

:00:27.:00:37.
:00:37.:00:50.

Nicky Hayden is in fifth, six seconds further back.

:00:50.:00:54.

interesting thing and the thing that will cheer Ducati up, is quite

:00:54.:01:00.

simply, the fact that Valentino Rossi's lapping as fast as we see

:01:00.:01:03.

Casey Stoner leave a massive big black line out there. That rear

:01:03.:01:09.

tyre has probably seen its best. Casey Stoner will not want to be

:01:09.:01:12.

doing anything silly now with the to points he's has in the bag with

:01:13.:01:19.

eight laps to go. If you are just joining us Simoncelli got tadge

:01:19.:01:24.

tangled up and ran into Jorge Lorenzo. We lost kaib cane -- Karel

:01:24.:01:27.

Abraham and Randy de Puniet in a crash. What is the shuffle there.

:01:27.:01:31.

Your season seems to be going from bad to worse. What happened with

:01:31.:01:39.

that last crash? I crash in exit to the first corner. I think I was a

:01:39.:01:44.

bit wide on the border, and that's it, I am disappointed for me, for

:01:44.:01:49.

the team, because we had the possibility to be in the top eight

:01:49.:01:54.

this weekend, we improve a bit during the weekend, and we on a

:01:54.:01:59.

good way, and that is why I am disappointed. But we need to

:02:00.:02:06.

continue, to work and to hope next week will be a good weekend for us.

:02:06.:02:14.

It is a Ducati track. And I like the Mugello and I will try to do a

:02:14.:02:19.

good race. Now that is a problem for those guys, but it looks like

:02:19.:02:25.

dove has one too. And stone, the front tyres look like they are

:02:25.:02:33.

shred up. The close up shot we had of the two Repsol Hondas, the right

:02:33.:02:38.

side of the tyre... It is important to recap the issue of tyres and

:02:38.:02:42.

taerge -- alternative people had on tyres that was denied them. What

:02:42.:02:45.

happened yesterday, a lot of the teams got together and they were

:02:45.:02:51.

not impressed with the left tyre, the left side of the rare tyre

:02:51.:02:56.

saying it wasn't getting up to temperature quick enough.

:02:56.:03:02.

Bridgestone said they had a different tyre. They will give them

:03:02.:03:06.

two tyres, any way they turned up and they had a soft and medium. But

:03:06.:03:10.

it turns out they had a softer tyre but they hadn't put it into the

:03:10.:03:14.

allocation at the start of the week. When the track temperature was so

:03:14.:03:18.

cold they found another tyre, but Simoncelli said, no, I am happy

:03:18.:03:23.

with the one I have got. I don't want a softer tyre. I bet he wishes

:03:23.:03:29.

he has one now. It is orn nick, it seems as though word came from the

:03:29.:03:32.

Simoncelli team, they did want to change the tyres. It has to be

:03:32.:03:36.

every member of the teams and riders say it is OK if we change

:03:36.:03:41.

the tyres. He didn't want to. was the pacesetter and the fastest

:03:41.:03:48.

guy across the week. That is very much the case. We look at the 291.

:03:48.:03:53.

That is in the fastest section into turn seven. We are at turn eight.

:03:53.:03:58.

We are about to come up to turn eight as we turn right. Third gear

:03:58.:04:03.

corner, and then will is a kink. The next corner we co-come up to,

:04:03.:04:07.

this is where Stoner, and Andrea Dovizioso crashed out yesterday in

:04:07.:04:15.

the first session, yesterday morning. Along, long right here.

:04:15.:04:22.

Turn ten and 11. And ten turn 12 which is a skreerm. Look through

:04:22.:04:32.
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Yamaha, celebrating their 50th anniversary in Grand Prix racing,

:04:38.:04:41.

new colour schemes, to take the win. I think they would have expected

:04:41.:04:45.

that win to have come from Jorge Lorenzo but it isn't going to be

:04:45.:04:48.

because he is down in seventh courtesy of Simoncelli, but

:04:48.:04:54.

nevertheless they will take a win and they won't care who it is.

:04:54.:04:58.

would be regarded by many as overdue for Ben Spies to knock off

:04:58.:05:05.

a win here, he was regarded as the fifth alien you remember last year.

:05:05.:05:10.

The leading guys in there, there are four then Simoncelli, add Ben

:05:10.:05:18.

Spies to it. You would have to say that Ducati, I guess, the change of

:05:18.:05:22.

of the system, the suspension system on the back, must be working,

:05:22.:05:26.

or it is giving Valentino Rossi a place in front of Nicky Hayden.

:05:26.:05:34.

Nicky Hayden is till on last year's, he will be frustrated as we look at

:05:34.:05:41.

the two Tech 3 bikes, that was crutch's leg sticking out. -- Cal

:05:41.:05:46.

Crutchlow. Made -- Nicky Hayden is supposed to get the suspension

:05:46.:05:51.

system that Rossi has. As I said earlier on in the show, Rossi only

:05:51.:05:54.

ha has three energies left now for the rest of the season, and if he

:05:54.:05:57.

goes to more than that, that was the indent again as we saw

:05:58.:06:01.

Simoncelli taking out lorn. If you have to use your seventh engine and

:06:01.:06:06.

I am talking about this guy here, you have to start from the pit lane.

:06:06.:06:11.

But I think one of the reasons that Nicky Hayden has not gone for this

:06:11.:06:15.

system, because he would then have to go into new energies and he had

:06:15.:06:19.

used four of his six, means he has two for the rest of the season.

:06:19.:06:22.

That is probably one of the reason, look at that Lorenzo through on

:06:22.:06:29.

Colin Edwards. So that shows you who is next down the road for

:06:29.:06:35.

Lorenzo, getting up into sixth position. Which is a laudable

:06:35.:06:41.

performance under the circumstances. Under the problems he has suffered.

:06:41.:06:48.

Lorenzo is pushing very hard. He is lapping mighty quickly. A 35.7.

:06:48.:06:53.

was about to say he is lapping faster than anyone on the track.

:06:53.:07:01.

Now we are looking at 24, tell, last time round, Jorge Lorenzo with

:07:01.:07:07.

35.788. So four tenths faster than the race leader. It shows you what

:07:07.:07:12.

anger does. Simoncelli meanwhile, still back there in 11th place, but

:07:12.:07:17.

I would say his bike was slightly more beaten up. Not only did he

:07:17.:07:26.

crash on the ground it has a Yamaha sat on top as it was sliding along.

:07:26.:07:30.

Toni Elias still having a difficult time although the record books will

:07:30.:07:36.

show this will be a top ten finish. He is pushing the envelope. He has

:07:36.:07:40.

finished in front of Alvaro Bautista. It is better than he has

:07:40.:07:44.

been doing and as far as the Championship is concerned, those

:07:44.:07:48.

two are battling it out for 14th and 15th place in the series, but

:07:48.:07:52.

not a bad ride for Toni Elias. Back with Ben Spies coming over the line.

:07:52.:07:57.

Four laps to go. Four laps to go for Ben Spies. This has been a bit

:07:57.:08:02.

of time coming. He has shown so much speed. He has had 27 MotoGP

:08:02.:08:07.

starts now, he has had three podiums. He has had a pole position

:08:07.:08:11.

and his best result is 2nd place. He has been knocking on the door.

:08:11.:08:14.

It has been coming for a long time. I uing think we thought it would

:08:14.:08:19.

have come before this. His last pole position was Indianapolis last

:08:20.:08:28.

year. He wasn't on pole today. If he gets the win he will forget ant

:08:28.:08:34.

that, he will get over it. It will vault him ahead. Currently only

:08:34.:08:38.

ninth in the Championship. He has had three races with where he has

:08:38.:08:41.

not finished. And Spies piest the man we are look at, he was saying

:08:41.:08:45.

he thought he could have gone faster but the lap he wanted to do,

:08:45.:08:55.
:08:55.:08:55.

the lap he thought he was going to, Capirossi pulled out. He had a

:08:55.:08:59.

fantastic start. Wasn't first into turn one. Taking the iron sideline,

:08:59.:09:03.

getting in front of Simoncelli and Jorge Lorenzo. And not mixed up

:09:03.:09:10.

with the accident on that left hander at. So that is what the

:09:10.:09:15.

points would look like. Casey Stoner picking up 20 points if he

:09:15.:09:19.

finishes in second. Lorn, as you can see would hold on to second

:09:20.:09:27.

place, but 28 points adrift of Casey Stoner, so Stoner easing up

:09:27.:09:33.

that lead. It will help Spies but it won't affect anybody. Simoncelli

:09:33.:09:37.

not really taking any prisoners there. Jamming in but nice move.

:09:37.:09:42.

Nice and relatively clean. Didn't seem to upset Alvaro Bautista too

:09:42.:09:50.

much. What is going on with that Suzuki for Simoncelli to crash and

:09:50.:09:51.

still get past. They have struggled with not getting temperature. When

:09:51.:09:55.

the track is so cold they don't seem to generate enough heat and

:09:55.:10:00.

the big problem is now we have a controlled tyre, Bridgestone supply

:10:00.:10:04.

the tires It won't suit every bike. For some reason it would like to

:10:04.:10:09.

run softer tyres but you can only go as soft as softer option. You

:10:09.:10:13.

nearly have to build a motorcycle to suit the tyres. So it is all

:10:13.:10:20.

about working that out. Now, Ben Spies now coming round to... Finish

:10:20.:10:26.

this race in what a majestic race it has been for him as well. Very

:10:26.:10:30.

solid. Consistent all the the way through. I was going to say Casey

:10:30.:10:35.

Stoner decided to settle for second but he never settles for anything

:10:35.:10:39.

much. Even sew it is -- so, it is interest he has not been able to

:10:39.:10:43.

come to terms with Spies spoist at all. He must be carrying some sort

:10:43.:10:47.

of injury, from yesterday's crash, but don't take it away from Ben

:10:47.:10:51.

Spies, he is riding very well. As we have discussed and talked about

:10:51.:10:57.

yesterday in qualify, it is a good Yamaha track because it's a circuit

:10:57.:11:01.

of fast direction change and it's a well behaved bike. Very much so. As

:11:01.:11:04.

Valentino Rossi had a podium of course this year but not a bad

:11:04.:11:08.

result for him, fourth place. mean, that is exactly right.

:11:08.:11:12.

Useful.s for fourth. It will read like fourth place. But I would

:11:12.:11:19.

remind you he is 24 seconds behind this guy here, Ben Spies, so the

:11:19.:11:24.

highly clever boys in the Ducati team will know they have a bit on

:11:24.:11:29.

yet. They have. Last lap and stone had been working this out. It is

:11:29.:11:34.

handy 20 points for him. 16 for Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino

:11:34.:11:37.

Rossi will keep place in the Championship with his fourth place

:11:37.:11:40.

finish. Dani Pedrosa who was currently fifth is going to drop

:11:40.:11:47.

back down behind Nicky Hayden. The talk is that Dani Pedrosa will be

:11:47.:11:52.

back at Mugello next week. It has been a long time for him. That

:11:52.:11:57.

accident an incident we had in Le Mans and he missed the British

:11:57.:12:05.

Grand Prix, now missing Assen. the front it is Ben Spies. Champion

:12:05.:12:11.

in AMA in America. World Superbike champion. This is an important one

:12:11.:12:16.

to tick off the list. When he turned up in Europe having come

:12:16.:12:20.

from AMA American charm champion and did something special. Didn't

:12:20.:12:22.

mow the track. Generally a required has to learn the tracks but he came

:12:23.:12:26.

ore, learned the track but he won the Championship and was an

:12:26.:12:30.

absolute class act. Jumped straight into this. Went with Tech 3 Yamaha

:12:30.:12:35.

and did a great job for them of course, finishing up sixth in the

:12:35.:12:40.

Championship, straight into the factory team. So Lin Jarvis the

:12:40.:12:43.

stone face of Lin Jarvis, still recovering from the fact that Jorge

:12:43.:12:50.

Lorenzo was knocked off in the first lap, but this will ameliorate

:12:50.:13:00.
:13:00.:13:06.

matters none. Fantastic result His first win finally done at

:13:07.:13:09.

absolutely brilliant. Casey Stoner getting across the line for very

:13:09.:13:13.

valuable points in second place, and then right after him, Andrea

:13:13.:13:18.

Dovizioso takes a podium, well earned, well raced. Across the line

:13:18.:13:26.

That is fair enough too. Encouragement for the guys in

:13:26.:13:32.

Ducati. Work to do but still fourth place for Valentino Rossi, and

:13:32.:13:36.

fifth place for Nicky Hayden, so that won't hurt the Championship

:13:36.:13:40.

hunt at all and Jorge Lorenzo after that amazing issue at the start,

:13:40.:13:44.

still shaking his head because he is still cross, as is Mr Jarvis his

:13:44.:13:49.

boss, he has come home in sixth place. Colin Edwards now just

:13:49.:13:57.

finishing off the single file in seventh. And away they go, a hugely

:13:57.:14:03.

gap field, we have 14 finish, one Cal Crutchlow who had that terrible

:14:03.:14:09.

tyre problem gets himself across the line. Aoyama an unspectacular

:14:09.:14:15.

eighth, and Simoncelli, where will he finish? It looks like a top ten

:14:15.:14:20.

finish. It might be ninth. Yes, he gets in front of Toni Elias who has

:14:20.:14:23.

had another lacklustre performance, it wasn't for this guy. Biestbiest

:14:23.:14:28.

-- Ben Spies. This is his 28th rate. Race, he has finally done.

:14:28.:14:31.

Congratulations from Valentino Rossi, acknowledging the enormous

:14:31.:14:35.

achievement, of Ben Spies, who has had so much promise, has not really

:14:35.:14:39.

troubled him in the Championship so much this year, he has had a

:14:39.:14:44.

difficult year. But after last year where he showed he had the pace,

:14:44.:14:54.
:14:54.:14:58.

this race he has shown he can make Ben Spies always races with his mum,

:14:58.:15:04.

not literally but she travels with him. Congratulations, how do you

:15:04.:15:10.

feel, your son's first win in MotoGP? Nervous, had become a

:15:10.:15:17.

really happy for the crew and for Ben. Fantastic, go and enjoy it.

:15:17.:15:27.
:15:27.:15:33.

He loses the tier at the front, it takes out Jorge Lorenzo. -- loses

:15:33.:15:39.

the tyre. Did not trouble this guy, the tyre. Did not trouble this guy,

:15:39.:15:49.
:15:49.:15:54.

Fantastic victory for Ben Spies, what did you make of it? We had

:15:54.:16:00.

been expecting it, we know what a brilliant rider he is. It has been

:16:00.:16:04.

overdue. Absolutely faultless. He played it from the front, look at

:16:04.:16:09.

his pit board and did everything he should have done. He has had a

:16:09.:16:14.

really difficult first few rounds, for various reasons. It has been a

:16:14.:16:18.

crash and bash, think she would not expect from him. He has had a bad

:16:18.:16:22.

start to the season but I think his season has started properly here

:16:22.:16:28.

today at Assen. A great way for Yamaha to celebrate their 50th

:16:28.:16:32.

anniversary. I think they were expecting it to come from Jorge

:16:32.:16:36.

Lorenzo but they will take it, and it is great to see those red and

:16:36.:16:40.

white colours, after 50 years, still winning races. It will have

:16:40.:16:45.

scared Casey Stoner, how well the Yamaha has gone. Casey Stoner,

:16:45.:16:48.

probably the big winner, with Jorge Lorenzo being taken out. He has

:16:48.:16:55.

edged further ahead. Yes, he just wanted those 20 points, it has

:16:55.:16:59.

given him a lovely lead and he has just got to keep things together.

:16:59.:17:04.

It looked like he had a front tyre issue as well. Paul Cal Crutchlow,

:17:04.:17:14.
:17:14.:17:16.

Paul he was aiming for a top five and it looked like a cold tear from

:17:16.:17:26.
:17:26.:17:27.

the Bridgestone. I am sure we will find out before we get to Mugello.

:17:27.:17:31.

Simoncelli was his own worst enemy again. What is going to happen? Can

:17:31.:17:36.

you imagine the rift as far as the Spanish and the Italians, Lorenzo

:17:36.:17:41.

and Simoncelli? It was a mistake from Marco, he tipped it on, he

:17:41.:17:44.

knew the cold tier would be an effect. He said he didn't want the

:17:44.:17:49.

softer tyres so he has got a smack in the face. Take us through the

:17:49.:17:59.
:17:59.:17:59.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds

:17:59.:18:58.

Congratulations, your first MotoGP when, in front of all the legends,

:18:58.:19:05.

with all the history here. There was a little pressure, I guess. I

:19:05.:19:09.

could see what happened in the first turn and I had a really good

:19:10.:19:13.

feeling on the warm-up laps. I wanted to go as far as I could in

:19:13.:19:17.

the beginning. Once I saw I had a gap, I tried to be as consistent as

:19:17.:19:23.

I could, tried to keep Casey Stoner at three-and-a-half, four seconds.

:19:23.:19:28.

The bike worked great today. It was hard to lead by myself but I tried

:19:28.:19:36.

to raise myself and my clock. -- race myself. To do it in front of

:19:36.:19:44.

the Assen fans and the 50th anniversary, it is really special.

:19:44.:19:54.
:19:54.:19:59.

You can see a lot of pick up on those tyres. The motor O2 guys were

:19:59.:20:09.

There were lots of marbles out there. If you look at the right

:20:09.:20:19.
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hand up shoulder on the front of the tier of Dovizioso, look at

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Stoner's front tyre as well. Not as badly knocked about as Dovizioso's,

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and it was good enough to put him into second place. A very important

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point. Thanks. Everything has been going tough. For the race, we were

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a bit disappointed because we did not get to test our setting. There

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were if the conditions and there was no way to get a track time. It

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worked better than we had during the weekend, but it still was not

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quite there. Ben Page and marker had a pay side could not match. --

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Ben and Marco had a place I could not match. I think even if I could

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have caught up to Ben Spies, he would have had the advantage. I am

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very happy with the result. It is something to keep us cheerful.

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Thank you, congratulations. Very cheerful indeed, it has been proved

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his point position. Jorge Lorenzo is back on 108 points, he has

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opened up that gap. More than one race wins worth. He is 28 points in

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front. Valentino Rossi, not hopelessly out of touch but on 81

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points in fourth. Nicky Hayden, 71, in fifth. Ben Spies moves up to

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seventh with 61 points from where He is a crestfallen a lad. Another

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look at it, inside Lorenzo. He taps on the power, the bike takes

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Lorenzo with him, everybody else sales surpassed -- sails past and

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Ben Spies is given a useful lead. There is the view from Lorenzo, the

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accident happened in front of him, it was one at present Simoncelli's

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accident, took out Jorge Lorenzo -- it was 100% Simoncelli's accident.

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Lorenzo will know there will be repercussions, he will not be on

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anybody's Christmas card list. A big day for Honda, but a huge day

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for Yamaha, winning against the odds. Very, very difficult. Honda

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has shown itself to be the horsepower bike, the bike to beat.

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Important to talk about Cal Crutchlow as well. He finished 14th,

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still in the points. They had a very long pit stop. He was two laps

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down by the end of it, but still in the points. Cal Crutchlow is 13th

:23:21.:23:31.
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Nevertheless, getting some useful A couple of technical problems for

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Matt and Steve. Back into parc ferme. Watching the end of those

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interviews, a couple of points for Cal Crutchlow. He was running with

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the hounds, in spite of the collarbone injury. He was intact

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and dicing with Valentino Rossi when he had to come in. -- he was

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in touch. He gets a pittance of consolation points. Aoyama had a

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useless race, really. Finished eighth, way off the pace. He will

:24:31.:24:36.

be disappointed by that. Come back soon, Dani Pedrosa, you are not

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kidding! Could do with the numbers on the grid apart from anything

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else. Extraordinary scenes out there, Barbera getting lapped,

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which is baffling. Akiyoshi, also getting lapped, not what you would

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Excellent for the Yamaha team, with his 50th celebration, to be

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knocking over a result like this. Dovizioso, this time last year, he

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finished 5th. An improvement for him. He is third in the

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championship. He has improved his contact with the guys at the front,

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and given himself just a bit more of a gap over Valentino Rossi, who

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will be breathing down his neck a little bit. That is also quite

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useful. Ben Spies, on the top step of the podium, didn't think I would

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be saying that. No, apologies to everybody that we did not get a

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chance to speak to him, some technical problems. We will catch

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up with him next week at the Italian Grand Prix in Italy. What a

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day for Ben Spies and his whole family. Absolutely. We got to talk

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to his mum and she was pretty pleased, she has been here all

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season waiting for that. It was great for Yamaha, it has started

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Ben Spies' season. Yamaha need some updates, they have got to get a bit

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faster to keep up with Casey Stoner, but let's hope we can have a battle

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for the championship. It is not looking like it, with Casey Stoner

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on such fantastic form. Repsol Honda are leading the team

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championship by a stretch as well and he is looking pretty

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unstoppable. Things are not going the way of Jorge Lorenzo. It isn't.

:26:41.:26:45.

Defending is often harder than winning in the first place. Some of

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it, you can't blame him for. The crash at Silverstone, he was mad at

:26:49.:26:56.

himself but he knew he had work cut out, with the speed of the Honda's.

:26:56.:26:59.

Casey Stoner probably thought, let's keep finishing races, and he

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds

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The American national anthem sounds again here at Assen, just as it did

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in 2006 when Nicky Hayden won the race, and he went on to take the

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championship as well. Maybe this will be the first of many for Ben

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