:02:04. > :02:09.Casey Stoner might be the world champion and Hall a Lorenzo the
:02:09. > :02:14.rising superstar but there is no doubt this man is the king of
:02:14. > :02:24.MotoGP. We are in Mugello for around nine and this remains his
:02:24. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:34.As national cult heroes go they don't get much bigger than
:02:34. > :02:39.Valentino Rossi in Italy. The legend was largely formed here in
:02:39. > :02:44.his home Grand Prix, winning is seven times in a row. He has not
:02:44. > :02:48.won it since 2000 an eight and I am sad to say the chances of that
:02:48. > :02:53.today look slim at best. The great man has just come through to the
:02:53. > :02:57.back of the garage. Despite all the problems with Ducati they do seem
:02:57. > :03:03.to be turning round somewhat. He has not lost his sense of humour.
:03:03. > :03:09.He has a special helmet design here which I hope we will get a look at.
:03:10. > :03:19.It has a picture of an Italian TV celebrity on it here is a bit like
:03:19. > :03:29.the Italian the Zeeuw,, if you will. His famous catchphrase means let's
:03:29. > :03:42.
:03:43. > :03:47.stick together. -- Italian the An emotional weekend for Valentino
:03:47. > :03:52.and the paddock because this is the first race in Italy since we lost
:03:52. > :03:56.the next big superstar of Italian motorcycle road racing, Marco
:03:56. > :04:00.Simoncelli back in October. There was a special presentation
:04:00. > :04:07.yesterday lunchtime, Honda handed over Marco's famous bike to his
:04:07. > :04:13.family. His father and mother here at the ceremony, very emotional for
:04:13. > :04:17.them. They also unveiled a brand- new Honda bike which will go on
:04:17. > :04:24.sale on the day and all the funds from that auction will go to the
:04:24. > :04:29.Marco Simoncelli Foundation. Wonderful to see that bike again.
:04:29. > :04:35.You will know that team Gresini have been running in black colour
:04:35. > :04:39.so far as a respected -- mark of respect to Marko. They have chosen
:04:39. > :04:44.this race it to revert back to the famous white colours that he made
:04:44. > :04:51.famous. A very touching reminder of just how much Marco Simoncelli is
:04:51. > :04:57.missed in his paddock. Big news for the factory Repsol Honda team.
:04:57. > :05:00.news is that the line-up for the next two years is confirmed. Dani
:05:00. > :05:06.Pedrosa has signed a contract extension, but it is an all-Spanish
:05:06. > :05:10.line-up as joining him will be the current mode towed to championship
:05:10. > :05:17.leader, Mark market. There is a lot of hype about this kid. At just 19
:05:17. > :05:22.he already has 21 wins and 81 to five cc title behind him.
:05:22. > :05:30.Understandably he was pretty happy with the announcement. It is so
:05:30. > :05:36.important for me. I am still a bit surprised but I need to say things
:05:36. > :05:43.to Honda and Mr Macca motive for giving me this opportunity. When
:05:43. > :05:49.you think about that you remember all the people that help you in the
:05:49. > :05:56.best class of the world. I think this is the extra motivation to try
:05:56. > :06:00.to pass MotoGP. Very articulate and level-headed young man. But don't
:06:00. > :06:06.be fooled, he is a baby-faced assassin! Very fast indeed. You can
:06:06. > :06:16.get highlight of the moated to race here from Mugello on our extra show
:06:16. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:29.We expect Cal Crutchlow will either signed to Ducati, or even Nicky
:06:29. > :06:35.Hayden who shows no signs of wanting to give up on the ride. In
:06:35. > :06:40.theory it just leaves one factory ride left available at Yamaha.
:06:40. > :06:50.It looks like that might go to Ben's bees, despite his below-par
:06:50. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:57.performances, Yamaha do seem keen to retain him. -- Ben Spies. Where
:06:57. > :07:07.does that leave Dovizioso? He is hard to ignore. I caught up with
:07:07. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:24.him and he made it clear what he My target is to go into factory
:07:24. > :07:28.Yamaha so there is still hope and the any way is to get a result. I
:07:28. > :07:32.think we already made two podiums and this is important. I have a
:07:32. > :07:38.good feeling, especially this year, to have some chance to fight for
:07:38. > :07:46.the championship. Last year I made my best result, third and last year
:07:46. > :07:54.the level was really high so I am happy. But I did not feel a lot of
:07:54. > :08:01.March and to improve. But this year with a satellite like I think I am
:08:01. > :08:06.faster with margin to improve. So if there is a chance to go in the
:08:06. > :08:11.factory I think it would be interesting. It is looking very
:08:11. > :08:21.likely he is -- Cal Crutchlow is going to Ducati, as an Italian
:08:21. > :08:25.
:08:25. > :08:35.rider, how does it make you feel? It is a really nice bike, Italian,
:08:35. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:41.and I think in this moment it is I made a big change this year
:08:41. > :08:46.because I always race and to change again in this moment I don't feel
:08:46. > :08:53.it's the best way because my talent is to try to win the championship
:08:53. > :09:03.and now Ducati are working really hard to become really competitive
:09:03. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:11.but at the moment it is not good like Yamahas and Honda. Maybe it is
:09:11. > :09:17.not the moment but in the future it can be easy to be there. 19 podiums
:09:17. > :09:23.now in MotoGP, 60 in all classes and a 125 world champion as well.
:09:23. > :09:26.So why is Dovizioso not a factory rider now? He got bombed out of the
:09:26. > :09:32.team because Casey Stoner came in last year from Repsol Honda, moved
:09:32. > :09:37.to Yamaha. I like him, a fast rider, but he is not the most exciting guy
:09:37. > :09:42.out there. He is not very flamboyant I guess you would say.
:09:42. > :09:47.You had a factory right, you were not that exciting. But I was good
:09:47. > :09:52.looking! No what I am told! The fans love Valentino here, but did
:09:52. > :09:57.it here so is the top Italian rider now and has proven it week on week.
:09:57. > :10:01.He is consistent and very good. The problem is he is not one of the
:10:01. > :10:06.greats and if you are a Yamaha, Honda, you won one of the great,
:10:06. > :10:13.you want Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Lorenzo. Somebody who will
:10:13. > :10:20.really tear it up. Only one when I guess for the podium stats,
:10:20. > :10:26.probably the one that counts, isn't it? And there was a long time ago.
:10:26. > :10:30.-- that was. He is a great ride and kept Cal Crutchlow honest this year.
:10:30. > :10:36.Dani Pedrosa is on pole and on a roll after last week and his
:10:36. > :10:43.victory in Germany. He is. In fairness it was not really his poll.
:10:43. > :10:53.It was Lorenzo's that he had terrible trouble. That aside, he is
:10:53. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :10:59.going quickly. He really has the bike sorted. We know Dani Pedrosa
:10:59. > :11:06.is very quick at this circuit but that poll that was kind of handed
:11:06. > :11:10.to him in a way by Lorenzo's problem... Lorenzo to go short cut,
:11:10. > :11:14.he was fed up of people following him around, and the bike lost where
:11:14. > :11:18.it was. Motorcycles know by the computer on board where it is on
:11:18. > :11:23.the track, it knows it passes certain Beacons, but it lost itself.
:11:23. > :11:28.So when he went for his lap, the bike thought it was on another part
:11:28. > :11:32.of the track. They should have come in and reset it. But I think he
:11:32. > :11:38.would have got pole position. three-quarters of the latter
:11:38. > :11:45.through he was still provisional pole. A expected him to be on pole
:11:45. > :11:51.because it was a free practice, but we did not expect another Spaniard,
:11:51. > :11:55.Hector Barbera. Where did that come from? It was astounding. He is
:11:55. > :12:00.riding a bike that Rossi didn't want, Hayden didn't want, he stuck
:12:00. > :12:06.the thing on the front row. Nicky Hayden is behind him, but even so...
:12:06. > :12:10.They all said that bike was no good. It is behind us there. That was the
:12:10. > :12:19.one they rejected but he is so fast down the straight, you look at him,
:12:19. > :12:24.he is generally the fastest. miles an hour. It incredible.
:12:24. > :12:28.Ducati is a straight line monster. -- incredible. Hector has had
:12:28. > :12:31.criticism for following riders but he said that up on his own so
:12:31. > :12:35.interesting to see what he does today. This is the first time we
:12:35. > :12:38.have had three Spanish riders on the front row and you can imagine
:12:38. > :12:42.the delight among the Spanish and media centre after they beat Italy
:12:42. > :12:46.in the European Championship finals. Three Spaniards on the front row at
:12:46. > :12:51.the home of the Italian riders wear all the pressure is on them, there
:12:52. > :12:56.are so much more demand when you race at your home Grand Prix. We
:12:56. > :13:06.found that out with Cal Crutchlow and also where Stefan Bradl was
:13:06. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:20.He is a great guy with a big heart. We like people like that. I rate
:13:20. > :13:28.him higher than I have seen in my career, including myself. You have
:13:28. > :13:38.to have a local hero, without one, it is hard. Our ratings are good
:13:38. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:49.and growing. It is only because of A busy weekend for you, I know you
:13:49. > :13:55.have a triple the amount of press to do? It is like that. That is
:13:55. > :14:00.normal for a rider if you ride to a home GP, especially now for me in
:14:00. > :14:07.the MotoGP class. The first time I was here was 10 years ago, it has
:14:07. > :14:11.been the first time for me in a MotoGP race. There was cheering for
:14:11. > :14:19.Valentino Rossi and those guys, so now I am there in that situation
:14:19. > :14:24.and that means a lot to me. I feel a little bit proud because I can
:14:24. > :14:29.say I did it, achieved it. That means a lot to me and is something
:14:29. > :14:35.special. How do you feel about her you settled? It feels good. It is
:14:35. > :14:39.better than expected. It is a big learning process. The only thing
:14:40. > :14:45.which is not perfect is always arriving to your circuit which is
:14:45. > :14:49.not new for me but with the GP bike on the other side it is new for me.
:14:49. > :14:55.If you want to fight for a good result with these guys out there
:14:55. > :15:01.you have to be everything, 100%, you have to find a good electronic
:15:01. > :15:09.bass setting and these things, you need to go so fast to find a good
:15:09. > :15:19.set-up. Then the weekend is over and the racism front of you. It is
:15:19. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:26.not always easy but so far we can COMMENTATOR: Stefan Brundle has
:15:26. > :15:32.finished 5th, nice work from him. Despite the distractions and a busy
:15:32. > :15:39.schedule, Stefan managed to get his best result. You manage to turn the
:15:39. > :15:45.home race into an advantage. Yes, it was a tough race for me. It was
:15:45. > :15:51.so difficult. Ducatis were behind me and also Valentino, it was not
:15:51. > :15:57.easy. But I finished 5th which is a good result and I am very happy
:15:57. > :16:03.about that. Hopefully you can keep the momentum going this weekend?
:16:03. > :16:08.Hopefully. We did a good step on a Isaksson ring and hopefully we can
:16:09. > :16:17.continue in that race. Especially in that way coming closer to the
:16:18. > :16:22.top, the second group with Crutchlow and Dovizioso. We did a
:16:22. > :16:26.good job overall and hopefully we can kick that until the end of the
:16:26. > :16:30.season and do the next step. handled the media attention
:16:30. > :16:39.perfectly that we can, good luck this weekend. A brilliant fifth
:16:39. > :16:47.place for Stefan in Germany. He lines up eights on the grid here at
:16:47. > :16:52.Mugello. We have his crew chief here with me. How is Stefan
:16:52. > :16:58.looking? He has been struggling a bit on Friday but it is like a new
:16:58. > :17:04.track for him and a different motorcycle. Yesterday he made a
:17:04. > :17:12.good step, started to feel much better on the bike. We have been
:17:12. > :17:16.improving over the weekend and he should be in good shape. You need
:17:16. > :17:22.to have a good start and be able to stay with them for a few laps, and
:17:22. > :17:27.then we know it is going to be a tough race. Thank you very much.
:17:28. > :17:31.The first time for Stefan on this bike at this track. It is a very
:17:31. > :17:37.different track and a real challenge, not just for the riders
:17:37. > :17:41.but also the engineers. Last week in Germany, we were at one of the
:17:41. > :17:45.shortest tracks we go to in the series. Mugello is one of the
:17:45. > :17:51.longest but it is the longest straight. This is a downhill exit
:17:51. > :17:59.in second gear. The guys will be going up to six and probably about
:17:59. > :18:07.220, maybe 225 miles an hour. I have a stop watch, I am going to
:18:07. > :18:12.walk it, I am interested to see what they do it in. Three minutes
:18:12. > :18:19.25 and I am barely halfway. I can't wait to see how long they are going
:18:19. > :18:25.to take. I can feel a cup of tea coming on. OK, here we go. It took
:18:25. > :18:35.me about three-and-a-half minutes to walk it. This is Valentino Rossi.
:18:35. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:40.How about that? 5 1/2 seconds. You have just managed to squeeze
:18:40. > :18:46.the last couple of miles an hour out of the bike. It is the longest
:18:46. > :18:53.braking area we go to all season, over 300 metres, 1.6 gees on the
:18:53. > :18:58.break. It has caught quite a lot of people out. The key to going fast,
:18:58. > :19:02.and we are talking speeds of 100 mph, is not necessarily engine
:19:02. > :19:06.power. What it is all about is making yourself small and
:19:06. > :19:11.aerodynamic. You have to tuck yourself in, getting your head
:19:11. > :19:15.right underneath, so the air is coming over the top of the screen,
:19:15. > :19:19.over the Hamed and flowing out the back. Then it is about keeping a --
:19:19. > :19:24.over the helmet. Then it is about keeping your elbows and knees
:19:24. > :19:28.tucked in, everything has to be out of the flow of the air. The smaller
:19:28. > :19:33.riders are rider -- lighter but have a small frontal area. If you
:19:33. > :19:37.get that sorted out you will be fast down the straights.
:19:37. > :19:43.There is nobody smaller on the grid than Dani Pedrosa and he set
:19:43. > :19:51.opposition for the second time this year. He is now looking for back-
:19:51. > :19:55.to-back wins after the victory at a week ago. He we were hoping to grab
:19:55. > :20:03.a word with Jorge Lorenzo but it looks like he is running off for a
:20:03. > :20:11.toilet break. If you swing back around, it don't worry, I am not
:20:11. > :20:21.lost. Here we go. We are going to grab Jorge Lorenzo's hero, Max be
:20:21. > :20:30.achieved. He is an Italian legend himself, having a crack -- a chat
:20:30. > :20:34.with Jorge Lorenzo's crew chief. Excuse me, gentlemen. Max... A
:20:34. > :20:39.quick word for the BBC, it is good to see you back on a MotoGP grid
:20:39. > :20:45.again. How does it feel to be at Mugello once more fun Italian Grand
:20:45. > :20:54.Prix and not be racing? My home Grand Prix. You had some good
:20:54. > :21:00.times? Yes. It is my first time in seven years to watch a MotoGP race.
:21:00. > :21:07.I am here because Jorge Lorenzo invited me to come. He said please
:21:07. > :21:11.come and I come. It is great news, there was fear is a bit different
:21:11. > :21:19.compared to Superbikes but I still love this place. Here are still
:21:19. > :21:25.doing very well in Superbikes. You're a hero Fort Dodge Lorenzo.
:21:25. > :21:30.What do you make of the level of his performance? -- you are a hero
:21:30. > :21:35.for Jorge Lorenzo. I've think he still has a margin to improve.
:21:35. > :21:42.can always make small changes and improve a little, he can still
:21:42. > :21:49.improve. He is still one of the fastest every time. He has already
:21:49. > :21:55.been world champion. He in his career, at Dani Pedrosa, Casey
:21:55. > :22:01.Stoner, they have a big potential. I enjoy watching them in the race
:22:01. > :22:05.of course. But now it is my first time live and I want to see how it
:22:05. > :22:15.feels. Great to see back, and you are proof we can keep improving and
:22:15. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:20.that no matter how old we are. course. We are promised a hint --
:22:20. > :22:24.an almighty scrap nearer the back. Yes. We are going to be speaking to
:22:24. > :22:32.one of them for the first time this year. Had a bit of a tough start to
:22:32. > :22:37.this season, change Cheshire East - - changed chassis a few tonnes. How
:22:37. > :22:46.are you feeling for be raised today? My feeling on the bike is
:22:46. > :22:54.better for this race. The setting up of the bike is better. It is
:22:54. > :22:58.possible to have a good race today. Good luck. We were chatting to Ivan
:22:58. > :23:03.yesterday, he was very nervous about that interview, he is still
:23:03. > :23:08.learning English. The things you don't see on TV. These guys are
:23:08. > :23:18.more nervous about an interview than the actual race. One of the
:23:18. > :23:18.
:23:19. > :23:26.home CRT riders who, at Michele Pirro. It has been a tough weekend,
:23:26. > :23:33.he has qualified just behind the two approach Leah Aspars. How are
:23:34. > :23:38.you feeling about fighting with the two bikes him front? Not an easy
:23:38. > :23:46.race because they are very fast. I try to follow him, I hope for a
:23:46. > :23:55.good race, this is my home race. Many people come from my home and I
:23:55. > :23:59.Jorge Lorenzo is making his way back, let's see if we can grab him.
:23:59. > :24:08.They are very quick word, you were frustrated to be second, but you
:24:08. > :24:15.must be confident with your place? We had a problem in the last lap of
:24:15. > :24:19.the qualifying. It was a bit of discomfort but there is no problem
:24:19. > :24:27.for the race. We are excited to have a good race, we will see what
:24:27. > :24:37.happens. Dani Pedrosa is also strong here. Thanks for talking to
:24:37. > :24:45.us. Very good of him. Let's look at Hector Barbera. The heartbeat is up
:24:45. > :24:49.to 180 before the race even starts. Hector Barbera has told us he
:24:49. > :24:54.doesn't feel like talking, his English is not the best either.
:24:54. > :25:03.Going through his final mental preparations for this very
:25:03. > :25:09.important race. Hector is the top Ducati, it is the first time a
:25:09. > :25:14.privateer Ducati has ever been on the front row. Last year Nicky
:25:14. > :25:19.Hayden was the top Ducati on the grid and he was 9th fastest. It is
:25:19. > :25:26.an important turnaround. Can we have a quick word with his crew
:25:26. > :25:31.chief? The top Ducati last year was 9th, now two on the top four, is
:25:31. > :25:35.this real progress? The Mugello is normally a place where we are
:25:36. > :25:40.testing. In the last few races we have been able to find a good
:25:40. > :25:45.position on the grid. I hope we can start to confirm the consistency in
:25:45. > :25:55.the race and I hope we can get a good result for the fans. All the
:25:55. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :25:59.We haven't had time to mention Cal Crutchlow. He is on the outside of
:25:59. > :26:02.the second row in sixth place, it is his worst qualifying performance,
:26:02. > :26:12.other than last on the grid at Silverstone when he had to start
:26:12. > :26:22.from the back. Casey Stoner is 5th, his equal worse start of the season.
:26:22. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:28.Struggling a bit in the long Nicky Hayden, his best position
:26:28. > :26:33.since Jerez. Plenty to keep our eyes on, it looks like it could be
:26:33. > :26:39.a two-way battle for the win. The final podium position could be wide
:26:39. > :26:45.open. It sure could. I think with Hector being where he is, he might
:26:45. > :26:49.get a nose bleed. It is scary, that rarefied atmosphere. The first term
:26:49. > :26:56.is the place where they can really get caught out. There is the
:26:56. > :27:01.straight you're talking about. Over 200 miles an hour, pushing 220, it
:27:01. > :27:11.is awesome, the speed. absolutely is. It climbs back up
:27:11. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:20.the hill. Then it is the drop down through Casanova, but it is
:27:20. > :27:24.absolutely brilliant. We were talking about Lorenzo's bike losing
:27:24. > :27:28.itself around the track, they trigger themselves on each of these
:27:28. > :27:32.segments. It doesn't show the cut through but there is one behind the
:27:32. > :27:40.CAB paddock, that is what he did and that is why the bike lost
:27:40. > :27:43.itself. How trust you to know where the short cut is! Sector three is
:27:43. > :27:48.where the Rossi fans have congregated and this is the last
:27:48. > :27:53.sector. If you are right behind somebody at the end of a lap, you
:27:53. > :27:59.have a big decision, stuff it down the inside or draft him down the
:27:59. > :28:03.main straight. It is a long way to the start and finish line.
:28:03. > :28:10.gorgeous shot of the circuit in the Tuscany hillside. Just above
:28:10. > :28:16.Florence, it is about 26 degrees. I think Dani Pedrosa or will be into
:28:16. > :28:21.the first turn first, but I think Jorge Lorenzo will be the man at
:28:21. > :28:27.the end of this. 23 gruelling laps around here. They should be quite
:28:27. > :28:34.interesting. Most of the guys are going for the hard rear tyre. Every
:28:34. > :28:41.biker is going for the hard fronts look. It's Casey Stoner -- hard
:28:41. > :28:51.front slick. Casey Stoner has gone for the special constructions tyre,
:28:51. > :28:53.
:28:53. > :28:59.When we were in the pit lane, I was talking to the tyre man and he said,
:28:59. > :29:06.I don't think anybody will, it is not hot enough. I guess with no
:29:06. > :29:14.real mark, he has decided to roll real mark, he has decided to roll
:29:14. > :29:19.could not sort it out. They could not get it working on the fast
:29:19. > :29:25.corners. It should be a cracking race. A big drag down to the tricky
:29:25. > :29:35.first corner. The brakes are core, the carbon discs, you have never
:29:35. > :29:45.
:29:45. > :29:53.practised the run into that -- the Five degrees lower than the
:29:53. > :29:57.Bridgestone man recommends. Matt mentioned Cal Crutchlow. He had a
:29:58. > :30:02.crash in qualifying which very much interrupted his flow. Under these
:30:02. > :30:08.circumstances, not a bad effort. They are extraordinarily close. All
:30:08. > :30:13.of the lap times. The first two Rose, up to and including Cal
:30:13. > :30:21.Crutchlow, covered by four-tenths of a second. That is why the
:30:21. > :30:27.portents are good for a good grace. Cal Crutchlow did extremely good.
:30:27. > :30:32.He bumped himself up and scraped onto the second row. 64,000 people
:30:32. > :30:37.have turned up to watch the racing. It is a very lean crowd for here.
:30:37. > :30:42.Not as big as it has been. Fireworks going off, there will be
:30:42. > :30:45.fireworks when they get under way. They have sorted out the road
:30:45. > :30:49.traffic situations. I can remember queueing for an hour and a half to
:30:49. > :30:53.come in but it seems to have been sorted out. By the euro crisis, I
:30:54. > :31:03.think you will find, no one can afford to come. One or two people
:31:04. > :31:08.
:31:08. > :31:13.have ditched their cars and come on last long corner. You can see what
:31:13. > :31:23.we were referring to there. It is tantalising for these guys and that
:31:23. > :31:39.
:31:39. > :31:44.is 0.7 of a mile and I reckon they have about 0.3 or four. Dani
:31:44. > :31:50.Pedrosa's trip to get this Honda off the line, I do not know. Hector
:31:50. > :31:54.Barbera will be nervous, his first ever from the start in MotoGP.
:31:54. > :31:58.spoke to one of the bosses before the race, he was very nervous and
:31:58. > :32:02.said he could do watch. It is great for those guys down the road in
:32:02. > :32:12.Florence. We are ready for the race at Mugello. They are away. Good
:32:12. > :32:14.
:32:14. > :32:18.start from Lorenzo. A screamer from but Rosa. -- Pedrosa. Like number
:32:18. > :32:25.four gets in, it almost comes together with Nicky Hayden on the
:32:25. > :32:30.first of the factory Ducatis. was interesting because Lorenzo got
:32:31. > :32:38.the better start by Dani Pedrosa powered away and out cellaret --
:32:38. > :32:47.out accelerated him. A good start from No. 6, Stefan Bradl. Ben Spies
:32:47. > :32:56.behind him. Lorenzo, but Rosa, now Dovizioso in second place, a big
:32:56. > :33:04.move from him. That was impressive from Dovizioso. An amazing kick-off
:33:05. > :33:11.from him. He laid on the brakes, confident with it. He is a belt
:33:11. > :33:15.around the brakes, that proved it. Stoner will take some time to get
:33:15. > :33:25.heat on a rear tyres are expected to drop black -- back and maybe
:33:25. > :33:36.
:33:36. > :33:40.be in that bunch there. If you pick a stone tyre it will take a while
:33:40. > :33:44.to warm it up and he will want to be prudent after what happened last
:33:44. > :33:49.week. Stefan Bradl lunging past Hayden. Hayden saying don't think
:33:49. > :33:59.about it. A bit of movement from him as he taps on the power to get
:33:59. > :34:10.
:34:10. > :34:15.down and across the Strait for the Stefan Bradl on the LCR Honda,
:34:15. > :34:19.great stuff. Nicky Hayden in front of the home crowd, there are so
:34:19. > :34:24.many Ducati fans here this weekend and some of the hierarchy here. He
:34:24. > :34:29.is fighting for his job, he wants to stay with Ducati, they like him
:34:29. > :34:35.and they like the American passport where they sell a lot of bikes.
:34:35. > :34:39.Tremendous stuff, Nicky Hayden clinging on to fourth position. All
:34:39. > :34:46.over the back of this is Stefan Bradl. Cal Crutchlow just behind
:34:46. > :34:49.Ben Spies. Was there not a loose chain last race? The chain is
:34:49. > :34:59.stretching, something is giving on the system and jumping the
:34:59. > :35:01.
:35:01. > :35:07.the TT, so it is something they are putting power out but it needs to
:35:07. > :35:12.be sorted out, chains do not generally a stretched these days.
:35:12. > :35:22.Down to the right hander now. Lorenzo Leeds and looks comfortable.
:35:22. > :35:28.
:35:28. > :35:34.Stoner needs to get past Barbera, many times out there, Stoner is
:35:34. > :35:40.true. That did the job nice and easy. We saw Hector Barbera doing
:35:40. > :35:50.exactly that in qualifying, ringing the neck of the bike but it nearly
:35:50. > :35:52.
:35:52. > :36:02.deep rooted him right off. Pushing 220, 342 case, more than 110 miles
:36:02. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:11.corner. We saw with Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow, the tremendous race
:36:11. > :36:21.they had for pole position, Dovizioso is laid on the brakes. He
:36:21. > :36:37.
:36:38. > :36:43.Lorenzo. That is only about a second of qualifying. Hayden popped
:36:43. > :36:47.in the fastest lap there. With the clear air in front of him, once
:36:47. > :36:51.things settle and temperatures come up, it is about time they do, the
:36:51. > :36:56.bike should be nice and settled, Lorenzo should be as well, he had a
:36:56. > :37:03.comfort break just before getting on the bike. He now has to reel off
:37:03. > :37:13.those laps, 21 of them remaining. This is the moment he runs. That is
:37:13. > :37:31.
:37:31. > :37:35.Ellison on the right, Silva on the jump-start? -- wife. Back to the
:37:35. > :37:39.fund, Lorenzo has half a second league as we go over the line. That
:37:39. > :37:44.is where they reach maximum speed, just as the bike goes light over
:37:44. > :37:51.the top, you have to try to get it stopped. Ben Spies going all the
:37:51. > :37:56.way back there. Cal Crutchlow got a bad drop on the start there. He
:37:56. > :38:00.started six on the second row. There is the flag for Pirro. Rossi
:38:00. > :38:05.past Cal Crutchlow. We have not seen that happen for a while.
:38:05. > :38:09.will not find Pirro standing on the trackside with but a black flag
:38:09. > :38:16.because he is in the pits. Down the hill, Lorenzo is still being
:38:16. > :38:26.pursued pretty hard by Dovizioso. Maybe Pirro changed bikes and
:38:26. > :38:27.
:38:27. > :38:31.should not have. I think that is mainly what happened. -- maybe.
:38:31. > :38:35.Perhaps he took the short cut. He does not have your strategy book
:38:35. > :38:45.but he has taken a short cut, they don't like that so maybe the black
:38:45. > :38:57.
:38:57. > :39:03.flag Tim. -- that they black flag him. -- they black flagged him. A
:39:03. > :39:10.cracking ride from Stefan Bradl. Rossi is on a roll. In front of all
:39:10. > :39:20.his fans, there are plenty of them, Valentino Rossi is on the charge. -
:39:20. > :39:31.
:39:31. > :39:36.- chart. He has moved up to eight Dovizioso. Get that thing stopped
:39:36. > :39:40.somehow. Rossi likes the heart tyre, not a soft, so he did not qualify
:39:40. > :39:47.so well but he thought he could do better in the race. We have seen
:39:47. > :39:57.him perform so many -- perform better so many times. The fastest
:39:57. > :40:06.
:40:06. > :40:16.because they away under the lap record but was here. A big lunch by
:40:16. > :40:17.
:40:17. > :40:27.Dani Pedrosa, that is really showing intent. -- lunch. -- lunge.
:40:27. > :40:33.
:40:33. > :40:40.He can see that Lorenzo is getting with half a second league last time.
:40:40. > :40:44.Stefan Bradl has a quick look there. He is riding superbly well. First
:40:44. > :40:49.year in MotoGP. He is the reigning MotoGP champion and he has made the
:40:49. > :40:54.adaption to MotoGP, bearing in mind you add another 100 brake horse
:40:54. > :41:01.speed, double the horsepower you are normally used to. You can see a
:41:01. > :41:05.legal manoeuvre from Pirro, he went in, went back out, which is not
:41:05. > :41:15.allowed -- illegal. I have known people do that in go-kart racing.
:41:15. > :41:26.
:41:26. > :41:31.starting the gap. Dani Pedrosa will try and dropped off Dovizioso. Dani
:41:31. > :41:35.Pedrosa did not lead Dovizioso pass other big stop at the end there. He
:41:35. > :41:39.has now got three-quarters of a lap to try to pull a bit of an
:41:39. > :41:43.advantage out there. Valentino Rossi still in eighth place. Hector
:41:43. > :41:46.Barbera doing a good job. He has started on the front row but
:41:47. > :41:53.dropped back to seventh position. The guys behind him are lapping
:41:53. > :42:03.faster than him. It was worth a try. How did you think no one would
:42:03. > :42:05.
:42:05. > :42:12.notice, mate?! He pulled him, maybe that was his short cut, who knows?
:42:12. > :42:22.-- pulled in. So he does not even get to do laps in front of his home
:42:22. > :42:24.
:42:24. > :42:34.crowd. I can remember this situation kind of happening last
:42:34. > :42:56.
:42:56. > :43:03.Poor old Hector was right up their run-in with the hounds but is now
:43:03. > :43:09.back in a more natural place but still nothing to be ashamed of.
:43:09. > :43:19.Dani Pedrosa is pulling it up nice there. He gets it stopped, it gets
:43:19. > :43:24.
:43:24. > :43:28.it turned, now the gap has gone up seventh place, Cal Crutchlow right
:43:28. > :43:34.behind him on the same tent. They are just in the next shot so there
:43:34. > :43:39.is this group, starting with Dani Pedrosa, ending with Stefan Bradl.
:43:39. > :43:49.Just around the corner will come Rossi and Cal Crutchlow. Down the
:43:49. > :44:27.
:44:27. > :44:34.hill we go. Past the old Max Biaggi towards this part. You can hear the
:44:34. > :44:44.Honda more than the Yamaha. Both have a built-in sound running in
:44:44. > :45:02.
:45:02. > :45:07.comfortable now. Still in the first third of this race but even so it
:45:08. > :45:13.is starting to take shape. Spies has real issues going on. The
:45:13. > :45:17.lap before that was a 52, what on earth is happening to that man? The
:45:17. > :45:21.American next World Superbike Champion with so much potential. It
:45:22. > :45:31.just is not happening for him. I don't know what is going on. He is
:45:32. > :45:33.
:45:33. > :45:41.in 11th place at the moment. Maybe he needs a silver short cut? --
:45:41. > :45:44.Silva short cut? As you can see, Cal Crutchlow, bike number 35, is
:45:44. > :45:50.very much in touch with Valentino Rossi who will prove a hard fellow
:45:50. > :46:00.to pass. If you do you probably get things done are you from the
:46:00. > :46:00.
:46:00. > :46:10.stands! -- are thrown at you. This is the best we have seen from him.
:46:10. > :46:20.
:46:20. > :46:25.Puniet it, so he has not just lost his way but has some sort of
:46:25. > :46:32.mechanical problem. Let's see if we can see what is going on. His body
:46:32. > :46:37.language says he is cruising. on earth is going on? He will
:46:37. > :46:43.surely pit shortly and we will get information from the crew. Be just
:46:43. > :46:49.the position of Ben's crisis with the fact his team-mate is romping
:46:49. > :46:54.away makes it more paintball -- the juxtaposition. Makes it more
:46:54. > :46:58.painful. Unless things turnaround there will be looking in other
:46:58. > :47:08.directions. There has been talk about Dovizioso, why has he not got
:47:08. > :47:13.
:47:14. > :47:19.a factory bike, he is doing enough about him going to Ducati, he could
:47:19. > :47:29.be Rossi's team-mate next year, he has to be careful he doesn't brush
:47:29. > :47:40.
:47:40. > :47:45.past him. At the moment they are place. The man to keep a close eye
:47:45. > :47:55.on will be Casey Stoner. Well that keep -- help the harder tyre he has
:47:55. > :47:55.
:47:55. > :48:05.gone for? He has caught up to Nicky Hayden. The last lap, he was...
:48:05. > :48:06.
:48:06. > :48:16.There is Stefan Bradl's dad. Stefan is doing him proud. So go and
:48:16. > :48:27.
:48:27. > :48:36.Stoner get it all up? Yes he can. - Lorenzo has responded with a 47.843.
:48:36. > :48:41.They are getting faster and faster. Stoner is a 48.3. 47.8 would have
:48:41. > :48:51.put him eighth in qualifying. Extraordinary. Bradl has gone
:48:51. > :48:52.
:48:52. > :48:58.through to third place. Stefan Bradl, now up into third place.
:48:58. > :49:03.Look at that. Some positioned to be in, in your rookie season in MotoGP,
:49:03. > :49:12.with this sort of company all- around. That would be a cracker, an
:49:12. > :49:19.astounding performance. We have seen how good Dovizioso was on the
:49:19. > :49:24.brakes. This time, the team are bouncing around in the garage.
:49:24. > :49:29.Bradl, very strong. Edwards has retired. What sort of season is
:49:29. > :49:33.that man having? Probably out of boredom, I would have thought. He
:49:33. > :49:40.is having such a rough time with that bike, he is at the blunt end
:49:40. > :49:47.of the grid, he qualified on the back row. Go he has now rejoined
:49:47. > :49:57.the race. Oh, no, I don't believe it. Stoner is off the track. It is
:49:57. > :50:05.
:50:05. > :50:13.starting to close those guys down, it was becoming a very interesting.
:50:13. > :50:23.I was about to say, what sort of lap time will be he putting in.
:50:23. > :50:25.
:50:25. > :50:35.is not good news sport Casey Stoner. -- for Casey Stoner. The fastest
:50:35. > :50:45.
:50:45. > :50:50.lap now, Pedrosa. Is there into that corner. That is dropping
:50:50. > :51:00.down the hill. He has been complaining about not being able to
:51:00. > :51:03.
:51:03. > :51:08.tenth position. This championship is stumbling away from him, let
:51:08. > :51:13.alone the race. This is extraordinary. Hernandez has
:51:13. > :51:20.crashed out. It is all happening at the moment. I think he has
:51:20. > :51:28.remounted somewhere. We have lost Hernandez, Edwards, but at sea, it
:51:28. > :51:38.Pirro, he -- Petruzzi and Pierrot. This is the unforced error capital
:51:38. > :51:50.
:51:50. > :52:00.of the motor-racing rogue -- wall, we can get a full measure as sweet
:52:00. > :52:04.
:52:04. > :52:07.cross the line. The -- as we cross the line. He has responded. One-
:52:07. > :52:15.tenth of a second faster for Lorenzo. These two have cleared
:52:15. > :52:22.away from the pack. That's Hernandez. That team at Avintia has
:52:22. > :52:32.a magnificent set up and these guys are showing well on the CRT class,
:52:32. > :52:42.but he tastes the tarmac too often. The growl of the Yamaha. But 1.4,
:52:42. > :52:44.
:52:44. > :52:48.single practice session. By an element of comfort. As we were
:52:48. > :52:58.saying, would have been fastest in qualifying, had he not at that
:52:58. > :53:05.
:53:05. > :53:10.technical glitch. This really does going to nail the championship. It
:53:10. > :53:17.is going to give him a level of comfort. Dani had close the gap a
:53:17. > :53:23.little bit. He had leapfrogged Casey and was not far adrift. 14
:53:24. > :53:28.points in front. It will be another five if they finish in this order.
:53:28. > :53:34.Stefan Bradl, meantime, still hanging on to third. That would be
:53:34. > :53:44.a very exciting result. Hector Barbera, the qualifying star, is
:53:44. > :53:52.
:53:52. > :54:01.eighth. Cal Crutchlow is right weekend but it didn't turn up until
:54:01. > :54:11.late. They were trying to get more flecks in the chassis. Talk of the
:54:11. > :54:22.
:54:22. > :54:27.possibility of changing from BMW it lease bike. Good -- a customer a
:54:27. > :54:35.bike. What is the difference between the relative satellite
:54:35. > :54:41.speck of bike number six, and the Yamaha of Dovizioso? He got a lot
:54:41. > :54:51.when you change formulas, as we have done this year. -- not a lot
:54:51. > :54:56.
:54:56. > :55:04.bikes pretty much start the season equal. The customer at machines. I
:55:04. > :55:09.know that the factory bikes, including Pedrosa's and its owner's
:55:10. > :55:14.-- and Stoner's have had the odd change. We have at the introduction
:55:14. > :55:24.of the New Bridge don't compound, one or two of the teams have found
:55:24. > :55:26.
:55:26. > :55:35.it difficult -- the new Bridgestone Bradl and Bautista will have just
:55:35. > :55:41.the chassis that they started the season with. The big sometimes
:55:41. > :55:49.filters down to the customer machines. -- it sometimes doctors.
:55:49. > :55:54.Cal Crutchlow is all over the back of it Valentino Rossi. It that is
:55:54. > :55:58.the battle for sixth place. many times have we seen Valentino
:55:59. > :56:06.qualify 10th and finished 6th. He makes up time on the track but he
:56:06. > :56:10.will not make up time to beat Pedrosa. We thought he would be the
:56:10. > :56:20.best of the Ducatis at the end. He is about three seconds back on
:56:20. > :56:30.
:56:30. > :56:36.Nicky Hayden. Last time around he Jorge Lorenzo. Number 99, the 25-
:56:36. > :56:44.year-old, born in the yoghurt, now lives in Barcelona. -- born in
:56:44. > :56:54.Majorca. He gets himself buried underneath. The front wheel comes
:56:54. > :57:04.
:57:04. > :57:09.up in the air. The Dovizioso Pass What is that about? That was a big
:57:10. > :57:12.pass from Spies, down the rumble strip on the outside. We were
:57:12. > :57:20.riding with Casey Stoner and it was remarkable how many people were
:57:20. > :57:25.passing. What was going on with Ben Spies? Whatever the issue is, he is
:57:25. > :57:35.sort of riding around it. There must still be some problems because
:57:35. > :57:36.
:57:36. > :57:39.he would normally be two seconds a lap faster than Jorge Lorenzo. We
:57:39. > :57:47.will not find out until he comes into the pits at the end of the
:57:47. > :57:57.race. The Ben Spies, still running into wealth. He will still pick up
:57:57. > :58:03.
:58:03. > :58:13.fishing in. Repudiate is the leading CRT machine -- de Puniet 8
:58:13. > :58:35.
:58:35. > :58:39.us Braga, he is normally stronger. championship, by dint of crashing
:58:39. > :58:43.in Holland, he didn't get many points. He has been chipping away,
:58:44. > :58:49.getting better and better. In Germany, the fifth place was his
:58:49. > :58:53.best result so far, only a week ago. He is in ninth but only three
:58:53. > :59:03.points behind Nicky Hayden on the Ducati. He can cover himself with
:59:03. > :59:13.glory today. There is Nicky Hayden. We just got a glimpse of Valentino
:59:13. > :59:15.
:59:15. > :59:25.Rossi and Cal Crutchlow. The Jupiter it is a scooter to be sold
:59:25. > :59:41.
:59:41. > :59:51.in Malaysia. They have some of them important to these manufacturers.
:59:51. > :00:05.
:00:05. > :00:11.cc engines produce the same sort of powers. There is the number night
:00:11. > :00:17.in a machine of Jorge Lorenzo. great jump from Jorge but Pedrosa
:00:17. > :00:25.was always going to get to the first corner first. Couldn't quite
:00:25. > :00:35.hang it together. The move by Dovizioso was sublime. He came from
:00:35. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:48.seventh, up into third by it better Stoner, who is lapping
:00:48. > :00:58.approximately a second of a lap faster. It should be a reasonably
:00:58. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:09.third cash -- crash. Crashes here are damaging, particularly because
:01:09. > :01:14.everything is so fast. Now you are riding with Cal Crutchlow. He lifts
:01:14. > :01:18.his bottom out of that seek to get that aerodynamics we talk about. It
:01:18. > :01:24.gets an airflow over the top of the helmet, out the back of the
:01:24. > :01:31.motorcycle, it leads the airflow through the back quicker. Factory
:01:31. > :01:41.Honda against standard Honda. There you go. Nothing in it. I think
:01:41. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:55.Casey Stoner has some great issues. if you have nasty reference chatter
:01:55. > :02:05.into a corner you cannot go into them fast. Because you what they're
:02:05. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:31.trying to run in to place, aren't Bautista's bike. Cal Crutchlow was
:02:32. > :02:35.in the toe from Valentino Rossi it all the way down. We know this is
:02:35. > :02:41.Ducati's test track, they have been more times than you have been to
:02:41. > :02:44.work this year, Charlie! They know the track into money and test all
:02:44. > :02:49.the teams staying on Monday and then Ducati stayed for another
:02:49. > :02:55.three days of testing with the test riders. I asked one of the top guys
:02:55. > :02:59.here today would they be making changes to the bike with the engine
:02:59. > :03:03.for Laguna's sake and they said it depended on the tests here this
:03:03. > :03:10.week. There are some big changes to be tried here, for wonder, too.
:03:10. > :03:13.This should now be passed to stone. Not a great difference in
:03:13. > :03:22.performance but you would have thought the factory machine would
:03:22. > :03:32.be faster. It is a touch. He has the wrong side of the track.
:03:32. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:44.Battista later on the brakes again. I would say that is today --... The
:03:44. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:50.that is allowed? You often see that from Casey Stoner. If anyone did
:03:50. > :03:54.that to him I would not want to hear the ramifications. He has been
:03:54. > :04:02.run out of there, has gone up the inside and got it a bit wrong. That
:04:02. > :04:12.was a very nasty brass. -- pass. Both of them did well to cling on
:04:12. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:41.six remaining. It will be five to go for him to extend his lead today
:04:41. > :04:49.betrays in the championship if it stays at it is. -- as it is. Short
:04:49. > :04:55.of a problem for Lorenzo, who has thoroughly broken Dani Pedrosa now.
:04:55. > :04:59.He is holding through for -- to form. A stellar performance from
:04:59. > :05:03.Stefan Bradl, you have to will him across the line. It would be so
:05:03. > :05:09.good for that seemed to get a podium. Dovizioso is on the trail
:05:09. > :05:16.there. Three podiums in the last four races. He has the experience
:05:16. > :05:23.and is starting to really bring pressure on now. The young German
:05:23. > :05:29.is still learning his way around the circuit on a bike like this.
:05:29. > :05:36.This will stretch the Repsol team with Lorenzo pulling away, Dani
:05:36. > :05:42.Pedrosa will pull away, Casey Stoner as well. We cannot talk
:05:42. > :05:49.enough about this man here. First season in MotoGP, the star of the
:05:49. > :05:55.future. There is Hayden and there is Valentino Rossi, poor old Cal
:05:55. > :05:59.Crutchlow still chewing away behind him. Corner for corner he is
:05:59. > :06:09.probably being held up by Rossi but he can't get his way past. The pair
:06:09. > :06:37.
:06:37. > :06:47.speed, but don't go knocking the sea to get the flow over the
:06:47. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:09.back. -- Rossi lift. -- Rossi lifts machine. Dovizioso has a big
:07:09. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:16.Goldsmith there but not quite close in saving the tyres and managing
:07:16. > :07:24.the back end of the race on one of these things than Stefan Bradl is.
:07:24. > :07:28.Rossi has Nicky Hayden in his sights. They are closing. They have
:07:28. > :07:33.three-and-a-half laps to go. Stefan Bradl actually has the corner speed.
:07:33. > :07:39.It is down in the braking zones that Dovizioso is so strong. On the
:07:39. > :07:45.long stuff, Stefan Bradl really has the measure of it. Great to see.
:07:45. > :07:55.Really good. The UN and the old in this game. -- young than the old in
:07:55. > :08:07.
:08:07. > :08:13.this game. -- younger and the old. Crutchlow really tried to carry the
:08:13. > :08:17.outside line there but just could not get to this last corner first.
:08:17. > :08:23.You have to try to pick with you get down the inside of a blog pass.
:08:23. > :08:33.In would be futile because if he got past him, Valentino would just
:08:33. > :08:33.
:08:33. > :08:43.sailed past him. Here is Dovizioso. Can Stefan Bradl cutback, or has he
:08:43. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :08:59.trajectory for Stefan Bradl, he is good at it, it is just the braking.
:08:59. > :09:03.He is late on the brakes but still stops. This is something we
:09:03. > :09:10.marvelled at in Germany last weekend, how good he is at the
:09:10. > :09:15.initial part of breaking. Very smooth, always finishes with a good
:09:15. > :09:19.motorbike. It will be interesting to see whether Stefan Bradl was
:09:19. > :09:27.delaying him, whether he can clear off, only three laps left. Stefan
:09:27. > :09:37.Bradl is not done with. Nicky Hayden has 46 and 35 looming, they
:09:37. > :10:00.
:10:00. > :10:10.That lost him ground. Nicky Hayden -- over Hector Barbera. He has made
:10:10. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:48.Lorenzo. Someone touring at the chat as they come out of the
:10:48. > :10:52.corners. It is difficult. This is like sitting on your washing
:10:52. > :11:00.machine with it out of balance on the spin cycle, not the you have
:11:00. > :11:08.ever been on a washing machine, Charlie! Down the hill we go. It is
:11:08. > :11:18.six seconds back to Dani Pedrosa. Dovizioso and Stefan Bradl are
:11:18. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:34.locked in a tight tussle. How that would have been surprised to find
:11:34. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:46.himself in front of Casey Stoner by this drop. Rossi and Cal Crutchlow
:11:46. > :11:56.have caught up Hayden, so this is so close. We could do with another
:11:56. > :12:03.five laps. The camera man got lost there. Here we go... Hayden is
:12:03. > :12:09.really interested in this battle. Yamaha, Honda, Ducati. He is on a
:12:09. > :12:16.big run, almost close enough to Stefan Bradl to go for it. What can
:12:16. > :12:22.Nicky Hayden do out of here? He is pressing on. If he could get this
:12:22. > :12:29.torpedo up and into fourth place he would be the hero. Straight through.
:12:29. > :12:34.Dan Stefan Bradl get back around him? No! Stefan Bradl is not taking
:12:34. > :12:39.this lying down. He will hit the grass. Straight past the boss.
:12:39. > :12:42.Valentino Rossi, side by side, that will get the crowd's attention.
:12:42. > :12:46.That was unfortunate for Nicky Hayden, he did everything possible
:12:46. > :12:51.but Stefan Bradl came back with a strong move on him and pushed him
:12:51. > :12:56.back. The crowd will be screening here. What can Cal Crutchlow do
:12:56. > :13:06.now? He was trying to get a bit of the table. He just wasn't quite
:13:06. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:18.close enough. This guy... Sublime run from him. He is already waving,
:13:18. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:31.that is not a good idea. In view Valentino Rossi but he played it
:13:31. > :13:37.beautifully, got to the inside. Stefan Bradl is still trying to
:13:37. > :13:41.work his way past Dovizioso. Cal Crutchlow got past. He has to get
:13:41. > :13:49.to the line first. I am sure we got past Nicky Hayden in that final
:13:49. > :13:53.corner. Lorenzo has one. Then Pedrosa, then did it CO so, just
:13:53. > :13:59.did it. Cal Crutchlow got past Nicky Hayden. Talk about a good
:13:59. > :14:04.play out of luck. Valentino Rossi finishes 5th. To mend his
:14:04. > :14:08.performance. 11 seconds back from the lead, Casey Stoner comes over
:14:08. > :14:14.the line now in at eight. They will be some paperwork in the on the
:14:14. > :14:24.garage on his side. They will teach Lorenzo to lead by so much! -- that
:14:24. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:48.just happily back past Randy De Puniet, the leading CRT man. Ben
:14:48. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:54.Spies has salvaged 11th, a minute, call it, 57.8 seconds behind. Nice
:14:54. > :14:58.work from Espargaro, who were mentioned was in trouble but he has
:14:58. > :15:02.done well and worked his way back up just in front of James Ellison
:15:02. > :15:12.there. A cracking ride from him. Boral Nicky. You have to feel for
:15:12. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:25.for the future. But this boy is something for the present. Boy, he
:15:25. > :15:29.did it. A poor start for Cal Crutchlow penalise him. He had good
:15:29. > :15:36.lap times and had proved he could catch up with people. His data on
:15:36. > :15:40.the second row. -- he started. You can't give these guys any head room.
:15:40. > :15:50.Too often Cal Crutchlow has had a race long battle and been stuck
:15:50. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:01.fastest lap of the race. I don't want to be in that garage, I don't
:16:01. > :16:11.know what went on the there. Poor old Casey Stoner, he tried the hard
:16:11. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:24.tyre, maybe he pay the price. -- paid the price. You would never
:16:24. > :16:29.want to do that to anyone but I think he misjudged it. There was a
:16:29. > :16:39.big gold shoulder shove and it was a big move from Bradl on Nicky
:16:39. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:51.reliable. He is 4th in the championship, and a very solid 4th.
:16:51. > :16:58.I said he wasn't one of the greats, maybe I am being harsh, maybe he
:16:58. > :17:08.has potential. Lorenzo is one of the greats. Dani Pedrosa, doing
:17:08. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:32.big park. A great result for them. -- a big park. He came so close to
:17:32. > :17:42.being on the podium. It was fantastic work. It was
:17:42. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :18:00.tantalisingly close but he kept his Nicky Hayden as well, quite an
:18:00. > :18:08.
:18:09. > :18:14.achievement. Nicky Hayden almost puppets as well. I think he could
:18:14. > :18:24.do anything he wants at the moment! I think they call it a black mamba,
:18:24. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:27.don't they? Dovizioso. Very solid from him. Steady and reliable. Four
:18:27. > :18:34.from him. Steady and reliable. Four podiums out of five. That is really
:18:34. > :18:38.getting on with it. Cal Crutchlow finished in sixth, three-tenths
:18:39. > :18:44.behind Valentino Rossi, just couldn't get shot of it. What about
:18:44. > :18:48.Lorenzo, a win at Qatar, second in Spain, second in Portugal, a win in
:18:48. > :18:53.Catalunya, a win in the UK, a crash in Holland. Which wasn't his fault
:18:53. > :19:03.at all. Now a second in Germany and another win, what a season he is
:19:03. > :19:12.
:19:12. > :19:17.He has got a rest next again, as we have. -- next weekend. We move on
:19:17. > :19:27.to the US Grand Prix in Laguna Seca. I am baffled about what happened to
:19:27. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:34.watch for Cal Crutchlow. He got off the line badly, too many people got
:19:35. > :19:39.past him. He is alongside Bautista, way back. That was his race. That
:19:39. > :19:45.is what caught him up. Everyone getting tangled meant that he
:19:45. > :19:55.dropped three places. He was out wide as well. Yes, the wide line is
:19:55. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:21.Confirming the results. Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Dovizioso. That is the
:20:21. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:05.I reckon Dani Pedrosa won't be disappointed. A win last week,
:21:05. > :21:13.second place this week, good times? Yes. We did a good job. It was
:21:13. > :21:20.difficult with a Jorge at that pace. When I get the rhythm, I heat up my
:21:20. > :21:25.rear tyre a lot. I started to have a lot of chattering. It was so
:21:25. > :21:30.difficult. I couldn't catch him. Today he was stronger. Overall, a
:21:30. > :21:36.good moment. Let's try to continue in the next race like this. I think
:21:36. > :21:46.we are doing good. But we have to push hard. Congratulations. A thank
:21:46. > :21:52.The traditional track invasion has started here. Despite the fact that
:21:52. > :21:57.Valentino is not on the podium. He is as close to it as he has been.
:21:57. > :22:03.This is not particularly something we like to see, public motorcycles
:22:03. > :22:07.on a circuit, guy is doing doughnuts and burnouts. It does
:22:07. > :22:11.make for a unique atmosphere, imagine what the place would be
:22:11. > :22:17.like if Valentino was on the podium. He wasn't far away from it in the
:22:17. > :22:23.end. He wasn't. I am scratching my head about the move from Nicky
:22:23. > :22:30.Hayden. It was really worth a try. He was lucky to avoid the grass. In
:22:30. > :22:34.doing so, he that Stefan Bradl off the hook. He was marked by
:22:34. > :22:43.Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow thought he would have a bit of that
:22:43. > :22:49.as well. He had to make the pass a tenth. Nicky was 4th until a minute
:22:49. > :22:55.from the end. It is absolute bedlam down here. I am not even sure if
:22:55. > :23:00.you can hear me. There are guys with a chainsaw engines and alarms,
:23:00. > :23:10.we have the Teletubbies are here. They are trying to climb over the
:23:10. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:22.Congratulations, the black mamba helmet and leathers are doing well.
:23:22. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:27.A 5th win of the season. Yes. The helmet has given us a bit of luck.
:23:27. > :23:36.We did not have read at the Sachsenring. Here we have been
:23:36. > :23:45.positive and focused -- we did not have it at the Sachsenring. Little
:23:45. > :23:53.by little, I was confident, I was making 47. Then a little gap, and I
:23:53. > :24:00.have been more quiet. Congratulations. Thank you, I am
:24:00. > :24:10.very happy. I bet he is. We will get your thoughts in just a second.
:24:10. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:25.I think we have Andreea Dovizioso. Four Odeon so out of five races.
:24:25. > :24:31.You can't really do much more -- four podiums out of. I am very
:24:31. > :24:39.happy. To be on the podium in this race is a dream. I am really happy,
:24:39. > :24:45.we work really hard. At the beginning, I believe I can try to
:24:45. > :24:51.stay with Lorenzo but he was a few tents faster. But I am really happy,
:24:51. > :25:01.thank you to the team. -- a few tenths farce that. Congratulations.
:25:01. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:09.This isn't bothering you? One to noise? Who let's all of these
:25:09. > :25:15.people in, how do you get your motorcycle on the track? Some of
:25:15. > :25:20.them should not be allowed on the road. Not many signs of competent
:25:20. > :25:25.riding. There was some very impressive performances, not least
:25:25. > :25:30.from Jorge Lorenzo. He was a subliminal today, he went out and
:25:30. > :25:36.did his job. He took a while to get things sorted out but it was
:25:36. > :25:40.terrific, a really good. Dovizioso in third place, what a ride from
:25:40. > :25:45.him. All the pressure that we talked about before the race on the
:25:45. > :25:49.home riders, and he delivered. wants a factory right and with his
:25:49. > :25:59.performance today, he should get one. Let's have a look at him
:25:59. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:15.moment where a third place was He gets on the brakes so hard and
:26:16. > :26:19.so late. That is not your alarm going off? This is playing havoc.
:26:19. > :26:28.Look at those trophies, I am not sure we're going to have time for
:26:28. > :26:36.the full podium ceremony on BBC Two. One your Red Buttons we have half
:26:36. > :26:46.an hour of MotoGP extra -- on at your Red Buttons. We will try to
:26:46. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:57.get a word with Stefan Gradel. -- Stefan Bradl. What a performance.
:26:58. > :27:01.Ex- draw American are his first year in MotoGP -- extraordinary. A
:27:01. > :27:11.great performance, and you know he is going to be a big star of the
:27:11. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:22.feature. -- future. It has a contract at LCR Honda. We saw
:27:22. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:32.champagne being sprayed in the pit COMMENTATOR: I am quite relaxed
:27:32. > :27:36.appear, it is about 95 decibels in the commentary box, as opposed to
:27:36. > :27:41.where you guys are. That is a more outrageous set of noise than we
:27:41. > :27:48.have heard in the pit lane for a long time. It is another big day
:27:48. > :27:58.for Yamaha. First factory bike, first satellite bike. Sandwiching
:27:58. > :28:02.
:28:02. > :28:09.Dani Pedrosa in the middle. 185 points for Lorenzo, 166 for Pedrosa.
:28:09. > :28:14.He is well within a race win's gap. Casey Stoner, back on 148. This is
:28:14. > :28:19.the halfway point of the championship. It is looking like
:28:19. > :28:24.Lorenzo's years so far. It's certainly is. He wrote with Jupiter
:28:24. > :28:30.on the back of his leathers and it seemed like he was on a different
:28:30. > :28:35.planet at times. The road trip is over in Europe after seven races in
:28:35. > :28:43.nine weekends. Next up is the US GP in California. With the time