:00:50. > :00:55.It's the best moment of the year, and you are not going to argue with
:00:55. > :00:59.me here. Laughing boy, here, chasing us home
:00:59. > :01:05.through the dirt. He fansies himself as a racing driver. I was
:01:06. > :01:11.trying to push you out of the way. You silly old fool. There he was
:01:11. > :01:20.two days in the ditch. How many people did it take to get that out
:01:20. > :01:27.of the ditch? Two days. Where did you get that from? I've gone, "I
:01:27. > :01:33.wonder how easy it would be to get his passport." We look down and the
:01:33. > :01:37.bag's wide open, and the first thing you see is his passport.
:01:37. > :01:43.I think he's been more entertainment off the track.
:01:43. > :01:47.wanted to point out my trousers. He's enjoying his racing and
:01:47. > :01:51.everything. And that's what you need. It's hard to come by. What
:01:51. > :01:58.about that ride from Cal. We thought he was down and out and a
:01:58. > :02:06.repeat of last year's disappointment and then a comeback.
:02:06. > :02:12.We didn't think anything from the start. I was texted and he said,
:02:12. > :02:20."I've broken my ankle, but donth tell anyone." The turning point of
:02:20. > :02:24.the year was Casey Stoner. COMMENTATOR: Stoner is down!
:02:24. > :02:32.When he said he was trying to run through that corner faster to nail
:02:32. > :02:39.him, he crashed on the penultimate line but at least he was trying for
:02:39. > :02:44.the win. I think you're right, that was the turning point. He's now
:02:44. > :02:49.made it two out of three and he's a confidence rider and come judgment
:02:49. > :02:55.day at the end of the season, that could prove to be the thing, he'll
:02:55. > :03:01.put the pressure on Jorge Lorenzo. And he's finished top two in every
:03:01. > :03:10.single race. The year he won the championship he finished top four
:03:10. > :03:20.in every single race, and now he's finishing two. But the problem
:03:20. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:25.jorge has is he's in the top two. Dani pet rose, never won it. And
:03:25. > :03:29.Honda will throw everything at him. But I think he'll pick up the big
:03:29. > :03:34.one. Yes, plenty of us guys to chew on
:03:34. > :03:39.already this season. Here we are for round 12 and we've got another
:03:40. > :03:46.major talking point on the plate. Remember a week ago, Casey Stoner
:03:46. > :03:50.had a monster crash during practice. He suffered bone fractures and
:03:50. > :03:56.ligament damage to his right ankle but he rode through the pain to
:03:56. > :04:05.finish in fourth place. Since last week it has become painfully clear
:04:05. > :04:10.to Casey that the situation is far worse than he first thought.
:04:10. > :04:14.The guys in the local hospital in the US were fantastic. Everybody
:04:14. > :04:21.gave us the best help they could but there was no specialist for
:04:21. > :04:25.this kind of injury to give us any real information about it. So we
:04:25. > :04:30.went to our specialists in Australia and they've given us the
:04:30. > :04:34.result and it's definitely not good, so we have to get back and try and
:04:35. > :04:40.get it operated on as soon as possible so we can at least get
:04:40. > :04:47.some races in for the end of the season, otherwise we're in trouble.
:04:47. > :04:51.So we've had the disc sent off Sunday and it's been tough waiting
:04:51. > :04:56.around until now to make that decision. Really tough for Casey
:04:56. > :05:01.and it seems the dream will not happen for him. A Third World title
:05:01. > :05:08.would be an impossibility, you might think. No date set for his
:05:08. > :05:14.return, but he said he would love to be back for his own Grand Prix
:05:14. > :05:19.on Philip Island and that's on the 21st October.
:05:19. > :05:25.He would love to finish career on a high because he retires at the end
:05:25. > :05:30.of this season. No replacement announced for Casey,
:05:30. > :05:34.not for the next races. But Jonathan Ray, the Northern Ireland
:05:34. > :05:43.rider who is out in Russia at the moment, about now, we're expected
:05:43. > :05:49.him to be announced later this evening as a test driver on Casey's
:05:49. > :05:55.bike here in the Czech republic. And he may ride in three weeks'
:05:55. > :06:01.time. With Casey out of the championship now, effectively it
:06:01. > :06:07.backs two-horse race between Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo. 18
:06:07. > :06:11.points between them and seven races to go.
:06:11. > :06:15.Now, Cal Crutchlow in fifth place in the championship at the moment.
:06:15. > :06:20.Massive news to tell you about him in a few minutes' time, but first
:06:20. > :06:25.of all, for Dani Pedrosa, you have to say, across the garage there.
:06:25. > :06:31.I'm not sure if we can pick him out. He's in the corner. It's a big
:06:31. > :06:36.chance for him. 18 points behind the leader. He's been in strong
:06:36. > :06:41.positions before but he's always been hit by injuries. Hopefully now
:06:41. > :06:46.he can stay injury free until the end of the season, but losing his
:06:46. > :06:52.teammate is a double-edged sword. He's always very strong on the bike
:06:52. > :07:02.and then we had, like, an internal competition. We push each other
:07:02. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:09.along to get better and better and get close to Jorge all the time. So
:07:09. > :07:14.I'm just hoping he gets a good surgery and it's always, in this
:07:14. > :07:18.case, the most important right now. Do you feel like you're in the best
:07:18. > :07:24.form of your career right now? been always strong and win always
:07:24. > :07:29.fast all my life, but many times too far away on the points
:07:29. > :07:36.championship due to injury and so on. So just hoping to keep the same
:07:36. > :07:42.and keep strong till the end. hope so, too, thank you. Thank you.
:07:42. > :07:50.Yes, the championship definitely needs it, it promises to be a
:07:50. > :07:53.battle between the top two for the end of the season.
:07:53. > :07:58.Qualifying took place in dry conditions but we're not sure about
:07:58. > :08:02.the race right now because it's cloudy behind me and we had heavy
:08:02. > :08:07.rain this morning so there are real damp patches on the track this
:08:07. > :08:11.morning. Unfortunately, Casey Stoner is not the only rider to be
:08:12. > :08:18.missing from action today. Nicky Hayden didn't expect to be riding
:08:18. > :08:25.here, he still has two broken bones in his hand he's recovering from,
:08:25. > :08:29.and Hector Barbera fractured two bones in Indianapolis as well. So
:08:29. > :08:34.he's still out. Those types of injuries would keep you and I out
:08:34. > :08:38.of work for weeks and weeks and weeks, but not so these boys,
:08:38. > :08:46.they'll get back on the bike as soon as they can. So what is it
:08:46. > :08:52.that makes them so different from the rest of us.
:08:52. > :08:59.COMMENTATOR: No, no, that can't happen.
:08:59. > :09:03.Slide! Slide. Oh, he's down. first question they ask you when an
:09:03. > :09:09.injury occurs is am I going to be able to drive. They don't even want
:09:09. > :09:13.to know what's wrong with them. biggest problem is a lot have the
:09:13. > :09:16.adrenaline rush when they fall and they don't always know if they've
:09:16. > :09:26.hurt themselves as badly as they have, and that's something that has
:09:26. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:33.to be checked out immediately. Sometimes, as in Nicky's case, I
:09:33. > :09:37.was not confident to make him ride because I told him because of the
:09:37. > :09:42.hand. Usually we never force them to ride or not to ride, but we
:09:42. > :09:50.always help them to do what they want, and I can tell them 99% they
:09:50. > :09:55.want to race. The worst case is if you've got a back injury or, like
:09:55. > :10:01.concussion, like in Nicky's case. That's the worst case because Nicky,
:10:01. > :10:06.maybe the day after would feel like riding, but he would be prevented
:10:06. > :10:11.to do so from the doctors for the rider's safety. His own safety, but
:10:11. > :10:16.also the other guys. You know, if you're playing tennis and you have
:10:16. > :10:21.a problem with a wrist you're going to make things worse for yourself,
:10:21. > :10:26.but you're not going to put anybody else at ribbing, but in this sport
:10:26. > :10:33.you can't be a danger to the others. Do you find it difficult if a rider
:10:33. > :10:39.is insisting he wants to ride, for instance Cal Crutchlow? He wanted
:10:39. > :10:45.to race and we were quite confident to make him racing. The problem was
:10:45. > :10:48.with the local medical staff maybe they're not so used to work with
:10:48. > :10:54.these kind of people and so they were not so confident at the
:10:54. > :10:58.beginning. But in the end they called the Watch Team and they
:10:58. > :11:03.watched his treatment and the warm- up lap in the morning and he was
:11:03. > :11:09.fine, so they agreed with us to allow him to race.
:11:09. > :11:13.Most riders are normally permanently injured at some point
:11:13. > :11:17.or there's something wrong with them. So you have to ride through
:11:17. > :11:21.the pain barriers. But coming back from a cash the next day to be able
:11:21. > :11:28.to ride fast t's more mental and the want to do it. To get out there
:11:28. > :11:33.and not prove people wrong, but prove you can do it to whoever, to
:11:33. > :11:41.yourself. Obviously we are brave people. If not, we weren't riders.
:11:41. > :11:45.To ride a bike more than 250 horse power, you must be brave, no?
:11:45. > :11:52.Sometimes with the adrenaline and the warm you feel on your leathers,
:11:52. > :11:57.you can bring yourself to a high. And sometimes you can ride with
:11:57. > :12:01.very bad conditions. Looking at the state of your ankle in the hospital.
:12:01. > :12:05.Most people wouldn't have got out of bed for a week after that, what
:12:05. > :12:12.is it about the mental state of a rider that makes you get back on
:12:12. > :12:17.the bike so quickly? Stubbornness. Not wanting to lose. Any number of
:12:17. > :12:23.things, but it's what we want to do. I've always been able to deal with
:12:23. > :12:26.pain easily. It's not a problem. It's more damage if there's
:12:26. > :12:32.something I can really truly damage for the rest of my life and it
:12:32. > :12:36.would keep me off the bike, but if it's not physically hindering me
:12:36. > :12:42.getting on that bike, nothing ever has. We all know the risks and this
:12:42. > :12:47.is what we put ourselves in for, I suppose.
:12:47. > :12:54.They're a special breed, all right. This is Cal Crutchlow's spare bike.
:12:54. > :13:00.He's already on his way out to the grid. And we have big news about
:13:00. > :13:05.Karl. This is his team manager. And we're going to be enjoying the
:13:05. > :13:10.heroics of Cal Crutchlow for at least one more season and that's
:13:10. > :13:19.great news and Bradley Smith is moving up? I'm not sure I
:13:19. > :13:24.understood the whole question, but if it's to talk about next year's
:13:24. > :13:29.line-up..How Did you guess? Yes, I guess. We are happy to have Cal
:13:29. > :13:33.with us one or season but it's been tough because this season he had a
:13:33. > :13:40.lot of interest in the paddock and I'm happy to give him the chance to
:13:40. > :13:46.stay with us. I don't know if there was a link but straight after he
:13:46. > :13:51.got his best-ever grid position yesterday. Let's hope he will
:13:51. > :13:56.transfer that into a good race result. Bradley we knew, but I'm
:13:56. > :14:06.happy to officialise that next year he will be with us, next to Cal.
:14:06. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:16.And he had a great year in 20 12. And next year, 201 will be an all-
:14:16. > :14:25.British line-up. And we hope for everyone to be supporting us and
:14:25. > :14:30.helping us. I'm sure they will. This is one of the most successful
:14:30. > :14:36.satellite teams in the paddock. These are still a prototype, in
:14:36. > :14:43.this case, Yamaha, but times are changing and the start of this
:14:43. > :14:48.season saw the arrival of another prototype. It was met with a lot of
:14:48. > :14:51.cynicism in the Moto sport world but we're half way through the
:14:51. > :15:00.season so it's a good time to find out how much improvement they've
:15:00. > :15:06.made. CRT has come a long way this season.
:15:06. > :15:16.They've done all of their development in front of the global
:15:16. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:23.audience. They're going in the right direction. Last week, Randy
:15:23. > :15:30.De Puniet qualified 1.6 seconds off the poll. So it is improving, but
:15:30. > :15:35.race systems need more work. It's a two- chamber system. The hardest
:15:35. > :15:40.part is flying half way around the world to maybe finish tenth. My DNA
:15:40. > :15:43.is not programmed that way. So it would be nice to show up on a grid
:15:43. > :15:50.and everybody has the same opportunity to win and we've got to
:15:50. > :15:56.get back to that somehow. The only way we're going to get to them is
:15:56. > :16:00.by spending millions, like they do, or let them spend less, less
:16:00. > :16:05.development and close the gap that way. But I wouldn't like to make
:16:05. > :16:12.the decisions. We can prove we can run out there with them, we just
:16:12. > :16:18.need some more speed. The way to improve the CRT bike for next year,
:16:18. > :16:24.everybody knows we're making ECU the same as everybody to help
:16:24. > :16:28.develop them for everybody. And also possibly to give some tyres
:16:28. > :16:32.for them. Different compound tyres and it's working very well. Future
:16:32. > :16:37.rules will help close the gap. It's not going to happen overnight, but
:16:37. > :16:46.look at the positives. 21 riders, new bikes on the grid and a chance
:16:46. > :16:52.for new faces to prove themselves. COMMENTATOR: This guy here, nice
:16:52. > :17:01.jock, Aleix Espargaro wins the challenge. This is the top class of
:17:01. > :17:08.the World Championship. I think we are - I am on the best team of
:17:08. > :17:17.MotoGP and our bike is working really, really good. CRT is great
:17:17. > :17:23.and for me this race is really good. Well, standard electronics would
:17:23. > :17:29.certainly help them close that gap of the factory proto type. The
:17:29. > :17:34.Japanese have dominated this series in terms of the manufacturers'
:17:34. > :17:43.championship, but here in Eastern Europe there has been a strong
:17:43. > :17:49.tradition of Grand Prix engineering and that continues to this day.
:17:49. > :17:57.This place looks like something out of the Sound satisfy of Music. But
:17:57. > :18:05.I'm here to listen to something much more exciting, as far as I'm
:18:05. > :18:11.concerned, motorbike exhausts. I'm at the factory in Slovenia, where
:18:11. > :18:18.they supply the Yamaha team. It's made from titanium, so it will with
:18:18. > :18:26.stand loads of heat. But it will set you back �7,000 or �8,000. So
:18:26. > :18:31.I'm going to take a look round the factory to see how they're made.
:18:31. > :18:37.Today, we're going to make one of these. Start with this, a wax mould
:18:37. > :18:41.made in the factory here. That is sprayed with ceramic slurry and
:18:41. > :18:46.it's an eight-day process to put all this around this. Once you've
:18:46. > :18:51.made it, you put it in an oven and melt this out of there. And then
:18:52. > :18:59.you have this area which is hollow tha is the mould. The next process
:18:59. > :19:04.is to take the titanium. Heat it up to 1700 degrees. Feed that, via
:19:04. > :19:09.another great big machine over there, into this mould and you end
:19:09. > :19:16.up with that product. Once it cools down you chip away all the ceramic
:19:16. > :19:25.and you end up with a perfectly- formed piece of Titov yanium.
:19:25. > :19:30.That's the casting side, but then there is -- titanium. That's the
:19:31. > :19:36.casting side but then there is another team devoted to the bending
:19:36. > :19:42.of it. What is the point of all the shaping and forming? It's not just
:19:42. > :19:51.to look cool. A properly designed exhaust system will extract more
:19:51. > :19:59.from the engine. Air going in has to flow out. So here on this bike,
:19:59. > :20:05.we'll check out exactly what the modifications have done.
:20:05. > :20:10.Everything is closely monitored but it's not just about maximum power
:20:10. > :20:14.it's about finding good, smooth throttle response. That's
:20:14. > :20:19.imperative. I didn't crash it but I think I wrecked the rear brake.
:20:19. > :20:26.That particular BMW system has had about 100 modifications over the
:20:26. > :20:32.past two years and it's critical. The slightest modification, whether
:20:32. > :20:39.it is the exit from the cylinder head or the length of the pipe can
:20:39. > :20:45.make a difference to the Tork, the power and the revs. So remember how
:20:45. > :20:48.important it is. It proved important in qualifying
:20:48. > :20:57.yesterday afternoon and helped power Jorge Lorenzo to poll
:20:57. > :21:07.position with a new record around this circuit, three-tenths of a
:21:07. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:13.second faster than Rossi set in 2009. It's good to see that the
:21:13. > :21:22.technicalities are not just traditional around here. I'm trying
:21:22. > :21:29.to find Cal Crutchlow. This is the best group position by a British
:21:29. > :21:34.driver since Toseland qualified in 2008. Cal, it's good to see you up
:21:34. > :21:39.front again and it seems you're riding without the weight of the
:21:39. > :21:46.world on your shoulders, as you seemed to have in previous races.
:21:46. > :21:51.Yes, it's a different weekend to what I expected. We've managed to
:21:51. > :21:57.get the contracts sorted and so it was nice to get the deal done on
:21:57. > :22:02.Friday night. So I'm looking forward to this year and next year
:22:02. > :22:06.now. Hopefully today I'll make the press conference and hopefully you
:22:06. > :22:10.don't disturb it again, like yesterday when you fell off your
:22:10. > :22:15.chair at the back and everybody turned to look at you! I think it
:22:15. > :22:19.was only you that spotted that, but it wasn't me, for the record it was
:22:19. > :22:23.a photographer who dropped his camera.
:22:23. > :22:27.You said after qualifying yesterday that this track suits your style,
:22:28. > :22:32.what is it about this track? don't know, I think it's because I
:22:32. > :22:36.know it a couple more years than other tracks. I didn't have a good
:22:36. > :22:41.result last year because I crashed out so I look to improve on that
:22:41. > :22:48.and hopefully we can have a good race and a strong finish. We hope
:22:49. > :22:52.so. Thanks. And hope to see you in the press conference later. Rascal!
:22:52. > :22:58.That's obviously where one of our British riders on the grid, where
:22:58. > :23:03.is the other one? Down here on the sixth row of the grid. I'm with
:23:03. > :23:08.James Elson. We were talking earlier about the level of the CRT
:23:08. > :23:12.bikes at the moment. There is still a bit of a gap between you and the
:23:12. > :23:20.others? Yes, there is at the moment. We've got everything available to
:23:20. > :23:27.us, but we haven't put in the new machine. Engine. It's our first
:23:27. > :23:32.year, so we don't want to blow it but we haven't gone the whole hog,
:23:32. > :23:37.but it is available to us. Hopefully we'll get something by
:23:37. > :23:43.the end of the year but I'm doing the best I can and hopefully we'll
:23:43. > :23:53.put on a God show and try and do our best, really. Good luck in this
:23:53. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :24:03.race. Cool, than you. Let's move to the back of the grid with Pretoria
:24:03. > :24:09.pret who has had probably one of the hardest times. But he has had a
:24:09. > :24:16.try out on another bike. I tough weekend for you this weekend and
:24:16. > :24:22.the warm-up went even worse. Yes, probably the last race with this
:24:22. > :24:26.bike because we then switch to BMW. But also we finish with the engine
:24:26. > :24:35.so this is the last race for this bike, but we try to finish with a
:24:35. > :24:45.good race. Were you hoping for rain. It still might come? Maybe but...I
:24:45. > :24:50.don't know. I think I prefer a dry race. OK. Good luck. Thank you.
:24:50. > :24:56.We're up here on the third row with Karel Abraham, but this is your
:24:56. > :25:02.home race and your best season so far, so it's a good weekend? Yes,
:25:02. > :25:07.it's been good, but I'm stressed now because it's my home ground.
:25:07. > :25:13.Hopefully everything will go well. We appreciate that. This is his
:25:13. > :25:19.home race and home circuit, literally his dad owns this track.
:25:19. > :25:25.And he's had injuries to his hand as well. Let's move forward a
:25:25. > :25:31.little bit because just ahead of Karel Abraham, on the second row of
:25:31. > :25:38.the grid and this is a great sight for Rossi fans. He won his first
:25:38. > :25:45.race back in 1996. He's going to Yamaha next year, but he wants to
:25:45. > :25:51.sign off with Ducat on a good race. He is in sixth place on the grid,
:25:51. > :25:57.but if it rains, you never know what happens. We're about to get
:25:57. > :26:04.off the grid and this track is a special place to watch motorcycle
:26:04. > :26:11.racing. Yes, there are keys to this. Number one, it's very long and
:26:11. > :26:19.number two, there are lots of elevations. And it's a real rider's
:26:19. > :26:26.circuit. And the track goes on long and out into the forest.
:26:26. > :26:30.There's about a 275 foot drop from turn one all the way down the hill
:26:30. > :26:35.and the lowest point is between turn ten and eleven. It's very
:26:35. > :26:40.special. A lot of second-gear corners but there are lots of
:26:40. > :26:46.straights between the corners so it's all about acceleration. Watch
:26:46. > :26:53.for that first turn too because it's a double apex thing and people
:26:53. > :27:00.can run wide and cut back again. This is where we start to drop away
:27:00. > :27:10.and this is a monster bend. That's right, at turn ten, the lowest part
:27:10. > :27:17.of the circuit and then it climbs all the way back up. And up into
:27:17. > :27:23.the final corner which is the first part of it, turn 15 is taken in
:27:23. > :27:27.second and they flick it into third for the final turn and then over
:27:27. > :27:33.the finish line. Yes, and you can stuff it up on the
:27:33. > :27:43.inside on that very, very last turn and it will be one to watch. And it
:27:43. > :27:44.
:27:44. > :27:53.will be interesting to watch PETs claw his way up the hills because
:27:53. > :27:59.he's good on the acceleration. It is a nice level track. There is
:27:59. > :28:04.one bump on it and Cal Crutchlow thought he'd found it when he fell
:28:04. > :28:12.off in the pictures run but fortunately, he's oOK and the bike
:28:12. > :28:17.is OK. .There they all are and ready for this is 22 laps. 3.36
:28:17. > :28:24.miles around. That's a long, long lap. It's about the third longest
:28:24. > :28:29.one we go to. Yes, and not real top high speed about 185 miles an hour.
:28:29. > :28:34.high speed about 185 miles an hour. A big break into turn one.
:28:34. > :28:39.Remember, the first time they test braking point is when the lights go
:28:39. > :28:44.out, really, because you can't practice during it. Keep this
:28:44. > :28:54.corner nice and tight and as you come out you flick it left and you
:28:54. > :28:55.
:28:55. > :28:58.have to be careful you don't drop over the curb. He have had some
:28:58. > :29:04.great racing around this circuit and I think we're in for a cracker
:29:04. > :29:10.today. Personally I think it's got to be Lorenzo PETs, but that final
:29:10. > :29:17.podium positioning could be anything. Yes, Lorenzo has the poll
:29:17. > :29:26.position and Dani is third, but he was faster over the weekend but
:29:26. > :29:31.threw his bike away in qualifying. Den Petrescu is the form guy, it's
:29:31. > :29:41.just that his qualification doesn't reflect that. Then again, as we
:29:41. > :29:41.
:29:41. > :29:51.know, front row, Pedrosa gets off the line like an antelope, then
:29:51. > :29:53.
:29:53. > :29:58.you'd expect him to be first. There's a big population around
:29:58. > :30:05.this area here and there was a lot of traffic coming to the circuit
:30:05. > :30:15.today. It is packed. Pretoria was at the back of the
:30:15. > :30:17.
:30:17. > :30:26.grid, but at the blunt end, Yonny Hernandez, bike number 68, he's
:30:26. > :30:32.really in form. Yes, very much so and producing some good racing. CRT
:30:32. > :30:39.stands for claiming rule bike and essentially it's meant to keep the
:30:39. > :30:46.prices of the bikes down. It's really just a rule to stop anyone
:30:46. > :30:53.building a multi-million pound motorbike and going out there and
:30:53. > :30:57.beating all the others. There's Lorenzo 18 points clear,
:30:57. > :31:02.it's not supercomfortable, but we'll see.
:31:02. > :31:06.Lorenzo had to go back to his settings used in the test last year.
:31:06. > :31:12.They struggled and struggled, but they got it sorted out by going
:31:12. > :31:17.back to when they first ever tested out the thousands, and that was the
:31:17. > :31:27.key to him going faster. That and the big horse power. Fantastic to
:31:27. > :31:28.
:31:28. > :31:32.see these things. Rerevs are up and we're raeted ready for a start.
:31:32. > :31:41.A belting start from Lorenzo. Pedrosa trying to line it up and
:31:41. > :31:46.not close enough. He was absolutely off like a scalded cat.
:31:46. > :31:51.There's the curb I'm talking about. Stay on the right side of that or
:31:51. > :31:56.you'll get penalised. And Jorge Lorenzo has gone off like a scalded
:31:56. > :32:06.cat. He's showing his intention. Rossi takes a lung. There's smoke!
:32:06. > :32:09.
:32:09. > :32:15.Indeed. I don't know if that was Indeed. I don't know if that was
:32:15. > :32:21.Valentino owes. Oh, for goodness sake, there's got
:32:21. > :32:25.to be an engine me in the camp. can't believe he's got problems
:32:25. > :32:32.after everything that's been going on. I don't know what went on with
:32:32. > :32:38.number 11 there. The Yamaha dropped all the way back. You can't get
:32:38. > :32:44.these guys a head start what so ever. That is extremely painful for
:32:44. > :32:50.him. Great stuff from Crutchlow. Rossi doing a manful job as well
:32:50. > :32:58.and Abraham started at ninth. He's shuffled back and he'll have to
:32:58. > :33:03.hang on to that. Bautista having a good round. He was in sixth. Yes,
:33:03. > :33:07.going good. I think you're right. I think the smoke from Rossi's bike
:33:07. > :33:13.was that sometimes they fill them right to the top with oil and when
:33:13. > :33:18.you get on the brakes early on is just slides up through and gets
:33:19. > :33:25.into the combustion chamber. I think that's what the smoke was
:33:25. > :33:33.otherwise it would have gone bang earlier on. What's happened to Bne
:33:33. > :33:37.Spies, he's back in 14th. 22 laps, one down. Crutchlow still in a
:33:38. > :33:43.podium position so far this early on. He's only dropped a spot. He's
:33:43. > :33:49.in touch with the leaders, but Bne Spies has dropped ten spots and
:33:49. > :33:54.that's horrendous. Yeah, you can't imagine what's going on in his mind.
:33:54. > :33:59.Oh! Well, I don't know...they must have topped it up. I'd be worried
:33:59. > :34:04.about that. It looks like it could be an engine about to go, unless
:34:04. > :34:11.it's full to the brim. He's still running and it's producing the
:34:11. > :34:20.power, which is unusual. I reckon it's maybe too much oil in it.
:34:20. > :34:26.Look at that. It confused everyone at Indianapolis, when Bne Spies'
:34:26. > :34:30.blew up. This is as good as we've seen Rossi
:34:30. > :34:37.going in the early stages. He finished sixth last year and he
:34:37. > :34:43.likes this circuit. He's going to Yamaha next year, but meanwhile
:34:43. > :34:50.still riding for Ducati. Lorenzo leads this championship by
:34:50. > :35:00.18 points over the man behind him. That engine that Valentino's
:35:00. > :35:01.
:35:01. > :35:06.running, he used in Indianapolis and Laguna Seca. So he's used it a
:35:06. > :35:12.lot. It's no spring chicken that engine, but neither is the great
:35:12. > :35:17.Valentino. One of the older riders on the circuit, but still show how
:35:17. > :35:23.it's done. The guys in the garage are going to
:35:23. > :35:31.say, "Did you put some oil in the engine?" and everyone will say,
:35:31. > :35:38."Yeah, yeah, me too!" 200 miles an hour, as we watch this
:35:38. > :35:43.long, long double apex. Great to watch.
:35:43. > :35:48.If you get on the grass you get a penalty. We're ride being Dani
:35:48. > :35:54.Pedrosa, second in the championship. 18 points behind this man and he's
:35:54. > :36:04.half a second or quarter of a second behind him.
:36:04. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:11.There's a hand- made exhaust system on that Lorenzo bike and it sounds
:36:11. > :36:17.beautiful, but the Yamaha is more muffled. Yes, Rossi said he wanted
:36:17. > :36:25.it quieter because he wanted to hear the other people coming. But
:36:25. > :36:34.he didn't get his request with Ducati.
:36:34. > :36:42.There is Randy De Puniet Espargaro right behind him and behind him
:36:42. > :36:50.Hernandez. I don't know where Karel Abraham ab is, and poor Bne Spies
:36:50. > :36:57.has it all to do. You could for give him for giving up on it.
:36:57. > :37:02.He's going to use up all his tyres' energy and his heart trying to get
:37:02. > :37:07.through this. Bne Spies is sitting tenth in the championship. 66
:37:07. > :37:12.points only he has had a terrible, terrible season so far. I told him
:37:12. > :37:20.to go to the Isle of Man and talk to the fairies there, to give him
:37:20. > :37:25.some luck. We'll check his lap time. Pedrosa
:37:25. > :37:30.very comfortably in touch with Lorenzo who has just put in a
:37:30. > :37:39.fastest lap. And I can tell you now that Lorenzo
:37:40. > :37:45.has just broken the lap record. He's just put in a 156.620. That
:37:45. > :37:50.nailed that nicely. He was the record holder from 2009, but he has
:37:50. > :37:55.just broken that. Pedrosa is pressing at the moment.
:37:55. > :38:05.So no wonder he's getting his head down and responding.
:38:05. > :38:19.
:38:19. > :38:29.lapped slower last time, but Cal could do well to stay with these
:38:29. > :38:37.
:38:37. > :38:44.Crutchlow in fifth. That non-finish last weekend in Indianapolis didn't
:38:44. > :38:49.help that. Yes, Dovizioso on a bit of a roll two as he's had four race
:38:49. > :38:55.podiums in the last five. So he's got some momentum. Cal Crutchlow
:38:55. > :39:01.was bested by his teammate in all of the practice sections, only just
:39:01. > :39:05.across the weekend, but when push came to shove, Cal dug deep and
:39:05. > :39:09.smoked it. Yep, he really did. Every single bike on the track at
:39:09. > :39:14.the moment is running the same tyres and they've gone for the
:39:14. > :39:23.softer of the two option at the rear on the slick. And the harder
:39:23. > :39:33.at the front. Not often we see that. Everyone's gone for exactly the
:39:33. > :39:46.
:39:46. > :39:53.same Bridgestone tyre. The air chipping away at it as long as the
:39:53. > :39:59.boots are fresh enough. The lap record is held by Pedrosa. Look at
:39:59. > :40:07.the focus in Jorge Lorenzo's eyes. Look how far ahead he's looking and
:40:07. > :40:16.staring. I wish they all used clear visors so we could see more.
:40:16. > :40:23.romantic take from Steve. The full fuel tanks was an issue
:40:23. > :40:31.they had to get their heads around for a time because they kept losing
:40:31. > :40:39.time. That's right, losing time with the full fuel tanks.
:40:39. > :40:46.The CRT bikes, the claiming rule T bikes, more production engineed
:40:46. > :40:50.bikes can run 24 litres. Yes, and 24 kilograms of fuel makes
:40:50. > :40:58.a huge difference to the total weight and braking power of the
:40:58. > :41:02.bike. Yes, everything is affected. Sometimes you'll see a rider gets
:41:02. > :41:06.better as the fuel weight goes down and you can set your motorcycle up
:41:06. > :41:12.for that as well. So all the time the riders, during the practice
:41:12. > :41:15.sessions and the test sessions look at what gives them the best low
:41:15. > :41:24.average lap times throughout. And you want something that's
:41:24. > :41:31.consistent. Two-tenths behind Lorenzo is Pedrosa. If he can get
:41:31. > :41:38.close enough, what's the strategy, because Dani sometimes fades off
:41:38. > :41:48.into the distance and slows. Yes, the strategy will to work out how
:41:48. > :41:48.
:41:48. > :41:52.much grip you've got left. That Ducati is still breathing
:41:52. > :42:02.heavily. Well, he can't continue like that or there won't be any oil
:42:02. > :42:09.
:42:09. > :42:14.there, but the young German seeing him off. He's having a shocker,
:42:14. > :42:21.Bautista, on a great bike. And we've been told he doesn't have
:42:21. > :42:28.that ride for next year. Good news this weekend, the Zeus UKy, some of
:42:28. > :42:33.the bosses have been around talking to the officials, so that could be
:42:33. > :42:39.good news if they're back with us next year. Some of the top brass
:42:39. > :42:43.have been here this weekend. the CRT regulations is the bait to
:42:43. > :42:50.bring people like that back again. Absolutely, it is.
:42:50. > :43:00.This is the drag up the hill that we were talking about and you watch,
:43:00. > :43:06.admittedlys' in a bit of a tow but look how Pedrosa stays in touch
:43:06. > :43:10.with Lorenzo up the hill. That's a third gear exit out of
:43:10. > :43:16.that one and De Puniet getting tied in a knot. Spies fighting his way
:43:16. > :43:24.through. Charging up through the field so that will put Bne Spies up
:43:24. > :43:31.into eighth position. Yeah, he started fourth and for 4,000th of a
:43:31. > :43:37.second he might have been on the front row. So he's had to pull his
:43:37. > :43:43.way back up the field. And he is lapping quite a bit quicker than
:43:43. > :43:49.all the guys in front of him, up to Valentino Rossi.
:43:49. > :43:55.Down the hill we go. Well, we've just had word from the pit lane
:43:55. > :44:00.that the two Ducati technicians think it is just oil. As we were
:44:00. > :44:05.saying, a slight overfill in the engine. It needs to have 16 laps
:44:05. > :44:15.left in it. They would say that, wouldn't they. They had no
:44:15. > :44:23.
:44:23. > :44:31.alternative. But Rossi is being closed down by bike number 6 now.
:44:31. > :44:40.These guys are knocking around in 57.8 for Rossi. 56.4 for the boys
:44:40. > :44:48.at the sharp end. Yes, I think it's just a matter of
:44:48. > :44:58.time before the number six, the German rider, Hector Barbera moves
:44:58. > :45:05.
:45:05. > :45:11.He's the rookie this year. Bradle on a Honda. Who has just ridden
:45:11. > :45:21.over the point where he had a massive crash. He must still
:45:21. > :45:46.
:45:46. > :45:56.He's still got a second margin. Going back to Bautista and the fact
:45:56. > :45:58.
:45:58. > :46:08.that he probably has not got his ride with grass yeeny next year. --
:46:08. > :46:09.
:46:09. > :46:15.Gresini next year, they've been chatting with Scott Redding.
:46:15. > :46:24.The way the rules are being tilted, it's all going over CRT's way and
:46:24. > :46:32.MotoGP is basically going to be slowed back again. About 1.5, 1.6gs
:46:32. > :46:38.braking down into the corners. Jarvis there, the manager of the
:46:38. > :46:43.Yamaha team there. Plenty to think about as he watches and wonders
:46:43. > :46:49.whether Pedrosa is just stalking or sitting comfortably and about to
:46:49. > :46:53.mug his driver with a few laps left? At the moment, the gap is
:46:53. > :46:58.pretty constant and there's still 15 laps to go. Lorenzo at the
:46:58. > :47:05.moment not being able to leave that for a moment. Really concentrating.
:47:05. > :47:13.There's the gap. It's only two- tenths there as well. Lorenzo
:47:14. > :47:19.better luck that time. Almost two- tenths, nothing in it. And here is
:47:19. > :47:25.Bradle, number six to see if there is space to pass Rossi. You'll have
:47:25. > :47:31.to try a bit harder, mate, he's been about a bit, Rossi will not
:47:31. > :47:36.make it easy for you. The Ducati seems to have plenty of horse power.
:47:36. > :47:42.And he's having a squeeze down this time. Wow, he ace nailed it. Rossi
:47:42. > :47:49.might try going back for the switch back. Yeah, I'm sure he will. Yes.
:47:49. > :47:57.I'll just plant my Ducati there. "this is how you do it, sony, you
:47:57. > :48:03.try it and I just come straight back. I'll let you pass for a
:48:03. > :48:07.minute, Harry you and see where it takes us."
:48:07. > :48:14.Yeah, Rossi was doing his very best to block him as they went through
:48:14. > :48:22.the switch back. That's the best time to pass someone back is when
:48:22. > :48:27.you've just been passed. There is dad. That's a little smile on his
:48:27. > :48:37.face. Never thought he'd see his son passing Rossi.
:48:37. > :48:43.Oh, no...it has to...frustration, all too hard. Get on, press on,
:48:43. > :48:48.whatever. There are no words for this and there is no way you could
:48:48. > :48:58.possibly Molly fi Bne Spies. I don't know what happened at the
:48:58. > :49:00.
:49:00. > :49:08.start or if it's connected to the crash. I think he just wants to see
:49:08. > :49:13.the back of this team. He needs to go fishing now. There are a couple
:49:13. > :49:19.of weeks off now but I don't know how he manages to drag himself to
:49:19. > :49:24.the bike these days. There must be a sense of foreboding. And the
:49:24. > :49:28.garage is very efficient and the team is, the problems are the
:49:28. > :49:33.suspension and the linkage break braking and they had a suspension
:49:33. > :49:37.go. And we don't know what happened on the first lap.
:49:37. > :49:44.We're on board with Ben Spies right now.
:49:44. > :49:50.And it was just, yes, I think he went in a bit wide and a bit hard
:49:50. > :49:56.on the brakes. It was a home-made mistake, I'm afraid. Yes, it was.
:49:56. > :50:00.Trying to claw back time. His last lap around was still quite a useful
:50:00. > :50:06.one. It was still right on the pace of the frontrunners, but of course
:50:06. > :50:10.he had dropped ten places. We'll find out later on what caused that.
:50:10. > :50:17.Maybe it was just one of those rider reactions because he missed a
:50:17. > :50:27.gear. Who knows, we'll find out as soon as we can. In the meantime,
:50:27. > :50:35.
:50:35. > :50:41.guys have been doing up in the control room. Because it was right
:50:41. > :50:46.behind Rossi there, and a big puff of smoke came out he shuffled and
:50:46. > :50:53.changed direction because it looked like he thought it might be oil and
:50:54. > :50:59.in doing so, he lost momentum. And you can't give anybody a hair's
:50:59. > :51:06.breadth here. There is it number 26 right behind him in the slipstream
:51:06. > :51:10.all the way through. This is really about tyre
:51:10. > :51:15.management and energy management because again it might like like
:51:15. > :51:19.these guys are just sat on the back of the bike, but they're working
:51:19. > :51:24.like crazy. I'm dealing with the existment management because I can
:51:24. > :51:31.tell you that Cal Crutchlow is opening up the gap. Excellent.
:51:32. > :51:39.is a break down, bad luck for him. Yonny Hernandez' teammate falling
:51:39. > :51:46.off. That's bad luck. But they're pretty reliable these bikes, that
:51:46. > :51:51.is uncommon. Last time around he is 1.6 seconds behind Dovizioso, so
:51:51. > :51:57.Cal Crutchlow is inching for a podium.
:51:57. > :52:04.Right up on the curb. It's all right to use them when they're dry.
:52:04. > :52:07.If we have showers or rain, the painted curbs get very, very
:52:07. > :52:15.slippery. No Casey Stoner here this weekend,
:52:15. > :52:25.he is the curb master. We're on board the Honda with
:52:25. > :52:44.
:52:44. > :52:54.Pedrosa. 1,000 cc. This is the tyres.
:52:54. > :52:55.
:52:55. > :53:05.If we listen he grabs third gear and you can here the revs. And the
:53:05. > :53:07.
:53:07. > :53:13.bike is much bigger resistance-wise when upright than when lent over. A
:53:13. > :53:20.lovely sound. And you saw the bike almost on its side. Rossi has had
:53:20. > :53:29.to concede a place to Bautista as well. That's tough luck. Maybe that
:53:29. > :53:35.engine is really gapsing. This is the passing place. Straight down
:53:35. > :53:43.the inside, easy as that. Yes, and this is what Valentino has been
:53:43. > :53:47.saying all along is what he doesn't have with the Ducati is he has no
:53:47. > :53:52.feeling from the front and he doesn't have any trust in it,
:53:52. > :53:58.because it doesn't give him feedback. And it's all about trust.
:53:58. > :54:05.This weekend all the crashes, not big ones, but they've all been
:54:05. > :54:09.front-end faults. And we are talking close to 60 degrees when
:54:09. > :54:16.they slope and when it gets to that angle, seriously, the suspension
:54:16. > :54:21.doesn't work as well and it's so easy to tap a little tiny bump and
:54:21. > :54:27.when the bike is lent over anything more than 55 degrees, the bike just
:54:27. > :54:36.goes out from under you and it requires a good jab of the knee to
:54:36. > :54:42.keep upright. Pedrosa down the inside! That's the turn I was
:54:42. > :54:48.talking about. Now we're tipping in. I figured for a little bit he could
:54:48. > :54:53.do this, so now he's going to have a little bit of an experiment with
:54:53. > :54:58.ten laps to go to see if he can gap Lorenzo or whether Lorenzo can sit
:54:59. > :55:07.with him as well. These two are going to go hard at it right to the
:55:07. > :55:12.end. We didn't know whether Jorge Lorenzo was setting a pace from the
:55:12. > :55:20.word go and whether Pedrosa was sandbaging it a bit. If you look
:55:20. > :55:26.closely you get an indication, if we get a shot, the rear tail bike
:55:26. > :55:29.on that Honda, this is the pass, straight down the inside. He put
:55:29. > :55:36.his bike in a position where Lorenzo couldn't do anything about
:55:36. > :55:41.it. It was smooth and comfortable. Keep a close eye on that exhaust
:55:41. > :55:51.pipe sticking out beneath the seat going into the corners. It is
:55:51. > :55:58.
:55:58. > :56:04.rattling around a bit and chattering a tiny little bit. If
:56:04. > :56:12.Dani Pedrosa beats Jorge Lorenzo the grab on the table will drop to
:56:12. > :56:17.13 points. This is just a tough call. You
:56:17. > :56:24.don't want to go too fast and risk falling off, you have to be careful
:56:24. > :56:28.now. Loads more races yet. September 15th we're off to Italy
:56:28. > :56:32.then Japan, and Malaysia and Australia. Seven left. 175 points
:56:32. > :56:38.left on the table. So, really, neither of these riders
:56:38. > :56:46.can afford a big mistake. They've got to be careful. Dani is close
:56:46. > :56:52.enough, but for want of a big roll of the dice. Two-tenths is the grab.
:56:52. > :57:00.That's standard. In the background we just saw Cal Crutchlow, and the
:57:00. > :57:09.gap is 1.6. He's levering this out. That's 1.6 seconds over Andrea
:57:09. > :57:14.Dovizioso. That's a good last lap for Cal Crutchlow. 56.92. So Cal
:57:14. > :57:18.Crutchlow, as we ride with him now, doing everything he can, putting in
:57:18. > :57:24.lap after lap as consistent as he can. And he'll be talking to
:57:24. > :57:31.himself, "Nail it on the exit there. Keep the front wheel up. Don't spin
:57:31. > :57:37.it 250 much" trying to focus and concentrate.
:57:37. > :57:43.He'll look at the lap time on the board and he'll want to see a 56
:57:43. > :57:47.and 56. And if he can keep nailing those. And these guys are so
:57:47. > :57:56.accurate and neat and perfect, unless there's a mix it will
:57:56. > :58:00.fluctuate by a tenth and no more. These guys are that neat.
:58:01. > :58:06.56 is the magic number. And it is extraordinary, you can tell because
:58:06. > :58:14.you sort of know what the time will be because you know where you had a
:58:14. > :58:19.good exit or going into a corner and I used to judge it by the revs.
:58:19. > :58:24.I used to cheer myself up by kicking into a lower gear.
:58:24. > :58:28.Back up the hill we go and Lorenzo is staying in touch there, but he
:58:28. > :58:33.doesn't have quite the same connection in the drag up the hill
:58:33. > :58:37.as Pedrosa with the powerful Honda and great aerodynamics and weight
:58:37. > :58:41.balance. He's the light guy of the field and the small guy of the
:58:41. > :58:51.field and I've got a hunch this is going to look like half a second.
:58:51. > :58:52.
:58:52. > :59:02.How about that? It is, 0.453. And the last lap of Dani Pedrosa was
:59:02. > :59:16.
:59:16. > :59:20.news about Ben Spies. This time around, the engine was good, no
:59:20. > :59:26.problem there. The suspension was good, no problem there, no linkage,
:59:27. > :59:34.the clutch was slipping. Is there anything else? No, there isn't.
:59:34. > :59:43.That's not loose. It's like an MoT failure that bike and it's just
:59:43. > :59:48.rotten luck. Everything has gone into the preparation. It's just the
:59:48. > :59:58.most extraordinary run of luck. Don't by any Lottery tickets if
:59:58. > :00:05.
:00:05. > :00:13.you're Ben Spies. Yes, he needs to each other up a little bit. Dani
:00:13. > :00:19.Pedrosa was hot on the brakes there. And that pushed Lorenzo too deep
:00:19. > :00:25.there. Not too much in it. Let's see if he can get back on terms.
:00:25. > :00:30.Lorenzo will have choked a little bit when he saw the gap last time
:00:30. > :00:35.round but he's closer. He's responded, it would appear. These
:00:35. > :00:38.tyres with eight laps to go were the softer option and they'll be
:00:38. > :00:43.deteriorating. It depends at what level and that depends on riding
:00:43. > :00:48.style. With thee two rides, you'd have to say out of all the people
:00:49. > :00:52.over the years, Casey Stoner not being here, but these two are
:00:52. > :00:59.probably two of the smoothest riders of all.
:00:59. > :01:09.Crutch cch crutch will not be pleased with his last lap, but --
:01:09. > :01:17.Cal Crutchlow will not be pleased with his last lap but he has just
:01:17. > :01:22.increased the gap over Dovizioso. A terrific ride from puntpuntpunt
:01:23. > :01:32.in eighth position in -- Randy De Puniet in front of Karel Abraham.
:01:33. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:43.That's a great run from De Puniet, very solid from him. Karel Abraham
:01:43. > :01:53.started ninth. He's now back in ninth and a top-ten finish would be
:01:53. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :01:58.great for the man on his home circuit. And there is the move by
:01:58. > :02:02.Tony Elias. Just getting past Espargaro there. Oh, a big, big
:02:02. > :02:08.mistake there! That's exactly where he overcooked it last time but that
:02:08. > :02:12.was worse this time. Is that a tyre issue? Running too deep into the
:02:12. > :02:18.corner? I don't know. This will be absolutely fantastic pictures for
:02:18. > :02:21.Jorge Lorenzo. He will be loving this, seeing that number 26 there,
:02:21. > :02:26.Dani Pedrosa has some problems there. Because I honestly thought
:02:26. > :02:31.Danny was going to clear off. think Danny did to and it looked
:02:31. > :02:36.good for a lap there, but two laps out of two he's had trouble
:02:36. > :02:40.gathering the bike in on that downhill run on that right-hander
:02:40. > :02:44.and now he's under maximum pressure. That is a tenth of a second across
:02:44. > :02:51.the line. Nothing in that. Cal Crutchlow seven seconds back.
:02:51. > :02:57.Andrea Dovizioso has taken a tenth out of him. Now, 99, he's starting
:02:57. > :03:01.to probe. He's not just having a look any more, he's had enough.
:03:01. > :03:06.Jorge Lorenzo can sense his mate is under pressure here and he's going
:03:06. > :03:14.to work him out. Around the outside, he can't get there, but he can make
:03:14. > :03:22.Pedrosa feel the pressure. And if anyone can play mind games in these
:03:22. > :03:27.races it's Lorenzo. I agree with you. I'll be trying to just talk to
:03:27. > :03:33.himself, "Be smooth, be consistent. Get the power down nicely and brake
:03:33. > :03:38.at exactly the right place" we've seen him making a few mistakes
:03:38. > :03:43.running into the corners. I think he's letting the front run out
:03:43. > :03:49.beneath him and he's missing the apexes. Look at this shot. Look at
:03:49. > :03:55.the way the bike - the suspension is fully extended there. As soon as
:03:55. > :04:00.he changes direction it compresses at that point and he moves his body
:04:00. > :04:05.over trying to drag the bike over, the bike doesn't want to move at
:04:05. > :04:10.all. They just want to go straight so the riders have to throw
:04:10. > :04:14.themselves even more. There goes the suspension. Watch that gap
:04:14. > :04:21.between the mud guard and the faring there compress as it loads
:04:21. > :04:27.up the suspension and the tyres and knee firmly on the ground. It does
:04:27. > :04:31.seem to defy physics, an angle like that. It's extraordinary to watch.
:04:31. > :04:36.Lorenzo is doing everything he can to reel in Pedrosa. Pedrosa didn't
:04:36. > :04:45.make that slip on the brakes that lap around and has pulled back two-
:04:45. > :04:48.tenths. It's that close. It's the blink of an eye.
:04:48. > :04:54.This is Cal Crutchlow, could this be the podium he's been looking
:04:54. > :04:59.for? We've been looking for, everyone this year? It's looking
:04:59. > :05:03.comfortable. This is where Lorenzo is strong, pressuring, sniffing,
:05:03. > :05:07.poking, prodding, making it as uncomfortable as possible and
:05:07. > :05:12.opening up a little wound in the thinking of Pedrosa and sticking a
:05:12. > :05:16.spike in it. He's making this hard, but Pedrosa having to concentrate
:05:16. > :05:22.and work flat out. Lorenzo can pick the line he wants. Yes, and all the
:05:22. > :05:29.time the tyres deteriorating. Look at that!
:05:29. > :05:35.Yeah, he's saying, "This is Higham that, just giving you a prod."
:05:35. > :05:40.Trying to cut round the outside but that won't work. There's a sequence
:05:40. > :05:48.of relatively tight corners here and then it opens up and there's a
:05:48. > :05:55.chance. Five laps remaining on this circuit. 3.365 miles each lap.
:05:55. > :06:05.Oh, look at that. That was the corner that's really the devil
:06:05. > :06:06.
:06:06. > :06:11.Pedrosa, this time around and Lorenzo gets sucked in a tiny bit.
:06:11. > :06:18.Up the hill they G yeah, that corner we keep seeing the mistakes
:06:18. > :06:22.at, that's the chatter corner, the long downhill where everyone seems
:06:22. > :06:28.to suffer. But Pedrosa seemed to recover
:06:28. > :06:35.quickly, considering how wide he went.
:06:35. > :06:42.It's plus 0.349. Yes, ever such a little bit of breathing space in it.
:06:42. > :06:47.If he can do that for two more laps, it will be seconds, which will feel
:06:47. > :06:52.like light years compared to the pressure he's under now.
:06:52. > :06:57.Four laps remaining and three- tenths the gap.
:06:57. > :07:02.There's nothing in it. All of those bikes are remarkably evenly matched
:07:03. > :07:09.all the way through the field, including Valentino's. And Rossi
:07:09. > :07:16.has just got a problem with that Ducati. Yes, that seems to be the
:07:16. > :07:21.problem all year. They're on their fourth or third chassis this year.
:07:21. > :07:26.Look at this, he's right with him. He'll run wide at this point trying
:07:26. > :07:32.to cut back on the inside. It's all about pressure, even if there's not
:07:32. > :07:37.a spot to pounce because this is the part of the circuit where if it
:07:37. > :07:44.unwinds, it unwinds. Four laps and lots and lots of corners still to
:07:44. > :07:50.go, 16 of them and any which one -- Lorenzo has another look! He moves
:07:50. > :07:55.out of the slipstream to have a look. He's trying to hassle Pedrosa
:07:55. > :08:03.all the time. This is the Nadir of the circuit here. Now we start to
:08:03. > :08:13.climb back up again. Look at that tyre. Yeah, the rear Bridgestone
:08:13. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:20.tyre, that contact patch gets wider and wider. The back of the bike is
:08:20. > :08:28.where the grip is. And Pedrosa looks to have pulled out another
:08:28. > :08:34.couple of bike lengths here. Two- tenths is the gap. This could go
:08:34. > :08:38.either way. It's wide open. another big mistake! He's round
:08:38. > :08:43.almost thinking about having a run round the outside. This will be
:08:43. > :08:47.encouragement for bike 99. He'll know that he's absolutely pushing
:08:47. > :08:52.Dani Pedrosa almost beyond his limits. I think, yeah, you can see
:08:52. > :08:58.the chatter going into the corner and Dani Pedrosa has to brake late
:08:58. > :09:02.to sort of stop the bike. Slow it down more than he'd want to. And
:09:02. > :09:08.this will give Lorenzo the chance to run up the inside of him if he
:09:08. > :09:14.can keep the pressure on him. I think Pedrosa is encountering
:09:14. > :09:24.chatter into the corners. It looks to be running on rails, that Yamaha.
:09:24. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:35.Lorenzo will be acutely aware of this. Both men flying the flags for
:09:35. > :09:40.their respective teams with Stoner out from Honda and Spies out from
:09:40. > :09:50.this race with Yamaha. This is the tricky corner for Dani Pedrosa.
:09:50. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:01.Chatter once again, you can see it, mate. Yes. And Whoah! Jorge Lorenzo
:10:01. > :10:07.is the 2010 World Champion and he wants to make it two of those.
:10:07. > :10:13.Pedrosa has the Sterling Moss where he could finish up being the
:10:13. > :10:19.greatest rider never to win a World Series. He's been so close, but
:10:19. > :10:25.robbed by injury. You can see again, Lorenzo can carry the corner speed
:10:25. > :10:31.and Danny seems to get out of it a bit better, that power-weight
:10:31. > :10:37.situation. We ride with Cal Crutchlow. Still looking very good.
:10:37. > :10:42.Cal Crutchlow has a lovely lead over Dovizioso now about three
:10:42. > :10:47.seconds. That's a bouty. It's a lonely race for Cal Crutchlow and
:10:47. > :10:52.that's the sort of solitude anyone can become used to. Staring down
:10:52. > :10:59.the barrel of his first podium, not under threat. Lovely, it would be
:10:59. > :11:04.great to have a British podium. It's been a long while. It has, it
:11:04. > :11:10.goes back to Jeremy Williams in 2000.
:11:10. > :11:17.That's the last British podium. A useful graphic on the right-hand
:11:17. > :11:24.side there, it shows you in gap times what the lap times really
:11:24. > :11:27.equate to. So Rossi is 29 seconds back. And that's about a quarter of
:11:27. > :11:34.the circuit. Lorenzo has the corner speed but every time he wants to
:11:34. > :11:39.run through the corner there's a Honda there. So Pedrosa has to
:11:40. > :11:49.brake as late as he can and get a good run out of it. So there is a
:11:50. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:56.cordon effect. -- an accordon effect.
:11:56. > :12:04.So, has he got a plan up his sleeve? Can Lorenzo mug him? Can he
:12:04. > :12:10.take the chance? Or can it just be damage control.
:12:10. > :12:16.There is no advice from the pit wall now. It's Danny alone. We're
:12:16. > :12:26.about to cross the stripe for the last time and then these guys will
:12:26. > :12:31.have their last fistful of corners. Getting instructions from the pit
:12:31. > :12:36.wall, from the team. But he's saying, "I'm riding as fast as I
:12:36. > :12:43.can. What else am I supposed to do?." Up the hill, Lorenzo, and
:12:43. > :12:47.whether he can mug him out, who knows. Oh, and he's clinging like a
:12:47. > :12:51.limpet to a rock, Dani Pedrosa. He does not want to let that go. He
:12:51. > :12:57.doesn't care about the chattering at the end of the bike. He just
:12:57. > :13:04.wants to beat this up and carry it round. I wouldn't want to call this
:13:04. > :13:09.one. Danny is so on the limit and could easily make a mistake.
:13:09. > :13:16.Lorenzo can he dive up on the inside? If he does it will be at
:13:16. > :13:20.the bottom of the hill Oh, he's done it. Can Pedrosa respond? Not
:13:20. > :13:26.close enough. The downhill underbrakes and now he's carrying
:13:26. > :13:31.speed. That was a short straight that doesn't work. Get rid of this
:13:31. > :13:35.double right-hander and see what they can do. It's Pedrosa who has
:13:35. > :13:39.the pace. But Pedrosa I think it will be the last corner. Pedrosa
:13:39. > :13:44.goes wide but he's tucked it back. He can now get all the power as he
:13:44. > :13:49.stands the bike up. Turn 11 and 12. Nothing will happen there, but 13
:13:49. > :13:52.and 14 is where it could happen and Pedrosa out of here will get the
:13:52. > :14:02.run. He's got the power and the speed up the hill now. It's the
:14:02. > :14:10.drag up the hill. This is Pedrosa's best bit side-by-side. Can he get
:14:10. > :14:18.it...oh! Lorenzo slams the door. Lorenzo's got behind. Pedrosa's
:14:18. > :14:24.going to do it. Dani Pedrosa hangs on to win in the Czech Republic.
:14:24. > :14:34.Outstanding. That's what we want to see and Cal Crutchlow going for his
:14:34. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:41.first podium in MotoGP and he's got Hallelujah for that!
:14:41. > :14:47.Cal Crutchlow, well beaten his teammate. Sedatives all round for
:14:47. > :14:52.us. Bradle fifth. Bautista across the line sixth and Rossi just kept
:14:52. > :15:01.on keeping on there, seventh place. 35 seconds off the winners. That's
:15:02. > :15:10.not much. And we have a championship. 13
:15:10. > :15:16.points in it now. Here comes the first of the CRTs. A good ride for
:15:17. > :15:22.Randy De Puniet. Buddy, we've got to get a re-play of that. That is a
:15:22. > :15:28.very good ride for him. Well done. And still in touch. And Karel
:15:28. > :15:33.Abraham gets a top-ten finish. Ninth Aleix Espargaro.
:15:33. > :15:38.Yeah, we're going to get a re-play of that but the pursuit of the
:15:38. > :15:43.finish is the guy in second place coming up the hill, that was his
:15:43. > :15:47.strongest part so it was always going to come to the wire. We're
:15:47. > :15:52.looking at Dani Pedrosa celebrating. As he comes out of here, this
:15:52. > :15:57.section, climbing up the hill, he's got the inside line and he's passed
:15:57. > :16:02.him. But look at Jorge Lorenzo lets the brakes off but he runs too deep
:16:02. > :16:06.and the track is dirty. He now can't get on the power and Pedrosa
:16:06. > :16:09.carries the speed through there. A very smart move from Pedrosa
:16:09. > :16:16.because he put Lorenzo in a position where he had to make a
:16:16. > :16:20.mistake. We talked about this and I mentioned it at the top...Look
:16:20. > :16:24.the team! That's fantastic. It was a tight
:16:24. > :16:31.race. But that was the corner we were talking about. You can stuff
:16:31. > :16:38.it down the inside, as I've said and Jorge trying to defend. He did
:16:38. > :16:46.everything he could, but he was on the dirty part of the track and he
:16:46. > :16:55.made the final corner too sharp. A magnificent effort by both of them.
:16:55. > :17:04.But a fantastic race. Yes. The last British man won in
:17:04. > :17:11.2001. You must be delighted for Cal it must be a good prospect? Yes,
:17:11. > :17:15.I'm so happy he finally made the podium. Everyone was expecting it,
:17:15. > :17:22.and I'm sure in the UK too. But it is a fantastic result. It happened
:17:22. > :17:26.at the right time. I don't know if there was a link, but this is his
:17:27. > :17:33.very best weekend when he's signed for the future and I hope we have
:17:34. > :17:39.some more, especially for the British fans. Yeah, I'm delighted.
:17:40. > :17:44.Spare a thought for James Toseland who didn't quite get there. And Cal
:17:44. > :17:54.has persevereed and been in the hunt fourth and fourth and finally
:17:54. > :17:55.
:17:55. > :17:59.does it. These two worked their socks off. And worked their socks
:17:59. > :18:04.off. That was a cracking race. It couldn't have been closer and they
:18:04. > :18:08.both pushed each other to the limit. Yeah, the only way it could have
:18:08. > :18:13.been better would have been to have Casey Stoner in the mix. So spare a
:18:13. > :18:23.thought for him. And Pedrosa has closed the gap down. 13 points in
:18:23. > :18:26.
:18:26. > :18:32.it and we still have 150 points to go in this championship.
:18:32. > :18:36.Oh..he's run out of gas. That's running it close to the wire! A
:18:36. > :18:41.great ride though. I can't believe that. Crutchlow is
:18:41. > :18:47.going to be on the podium and he can't get there! Oh, he's getting a
:18:47. > :18:57.push. It's not very easy doing that with
:18:57. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:04.a MotoGP bike. It's all right, "My dad owns the
:19:04. > :19:10.circuit, isle' send a car for you !" That was astonishing. Those two
:19:10. > :19:15.they stalked each other. Maybe the fuel was tight. That is a
:19:15. > :19:21.close-run thing. Both the Yamahas are right out of fuel. Well t's a
:19:21. > :19:28.big circuit and lots of straights. Karel Abraham, that's a sporting
:19:28. > :19:31.gesture. He knows this man has to get to the podium.
:19:31. > :19:39.And very nice of Karel Abraham to give him a hand.
:19:39. > :19:43.That is De Puniet pun, in our excitement about Cal Crutchlow we
:19:43. > :19:48.didn't do him justice, but he had a great ride. And the gaps are
:19:48. > :19:55.closing. Yes, they are and they're getting better and better all the
:19:55. > :20:05.time. Randy De Puniet is getting married
:20:05. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:13.this winter. Will that slow him up? It tends to!
:20:13. > :20:20.In you come, Cal. Let's get that baby going. Just had fuel for one
:20:20. > :20:27.more rev. It was just the hill spoiling it. That was so good after
:20:27. > :20:36.the machinations and the negotiations...He's Close to tears,
:20:36. > :20:44.and so he should be. It's been a tumultuous weekend for Cal. Can you
:20:44. > :20:47.imagine if he'd run out of fuel. don't.
:20:47. > :20:57.So Pedrosa, Lorenzo and Crutchlow, that's the podium. Yes, you heard
:20:57. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:06.it right. Cal Crutchlow, you can be well
:21:06. > :21:10.pleased with yourself. He was almost that happy when he signed
:21:10. > :21:15.the contract. And now he really is. And that's a belting bike for him
:21:15. > :21:21.to be riding. It's a wonderful thing. I'm quietly relieved he's
:21:21. > :21:26.not on a Ducati because they can be contrary wreckers. Cal Crutchlow,
:21:26. > :21:31.what can you say, absolutely a fantastic job. Cal, we're all
:21:31. > :21:35.beaming, but I'm sure the biggest smile is yours. The first British
:21:35. > :21:39.podium in 12 years. Finally, it's come. Congratulations. Yeah,
:21:39. > :21:43.there's a great way to look at it. We've had a great weekend all
:21:43. > :21:48.weekend and proved a lot of people wrong. Finally we got there. We
:21:48. > :21:53.rode a perfect race as such, and I just controlled the gap to
:21:53. > :22:01.Dovizioso and went when I needed to go. I was pleased. I think we rode
:22:01. > :22:08.a perfect race and the race was fast. My fastest lap last year was
:22:08. > :22:12.58.3 and my fastest was 56.6, something like that. So we've made
:22:12. > :22:17.massive improvements and made no mistakes, which is what we needed.
:22:17. > :22:22.I'm sure it feels like a win. Were there tears under that helmet?
:22:22. > :22:25.because I thought I was going to run out of fuel. We knew the
:22:25. > :22:30.situation was tight and especially riding on your own, you're in your
:22:30. > :22:35.own air so the bike uses more fuel. So I was a little bit concerned
:22:35. > :22:39.about that, but I used my head. But definitely elated, and thanks to
:22:39. > :22:44.everyone at home. They've all supported me. There's been a lot of
:22:44. > :22:49.pressure to do it, and we've done it and hopefully we can continue
:22:49. > :22:59.this run from now on. And you are dad's been taking pictures. Well
:22:59. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:04.done. Yes, thanks very much, everyone. Well done. He didn't have
:23:04. > :23:10.anything to prove. Everyone knew he could do. And how is Dick feeling
:23:10. > :23:14.with about this? Check out the look on his face. He's delighted. He was
:23:14. > :23:19.leaning over taking pictures of Cal. Congratulations. I know you've put
:23:19. > :23:24.so much hard work and effort into this over the years and to finally
:23:24. > :23:33.see a Grand Prix podium, how does it feel? It feels like nothing else
:23:33. > :23:37.before. We've been doing it from when he was 13. But that phases
:23:37. > :23:43.into insignificance, even the World Championships, this is incredible.
:23:43. > :23:48.Has he been riding with a weight over his shoulders in the past few
:23:48. > :23:53.races? This next contract seems to have liberated him? Yes, that's
:23:53. > :23:59.part of it. Last year started well and continued well. And I wouldn't
:23:59. > :24:03.say he was riding reservedly, but he didn't want what happened in the
:24:03. > :24:09.previous year with a lot of crashes and so forth. But this is really
:24:09. > :24:14.good. And you're not going to shave-off your moustache, are you?
:24:14. > :24:20.No, we have we're all going to grow one!
:24:20. > :24:30.And we're with Pedrosa? Yes, the last few laps were fantastic. Me
:24:30. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:42.and Dan y we tried everything. We had to prepare for the last laps,
:24:42. > :24:47.when he was pushing aa lot. I was taking so many risks to stay with
:24:47. > :24:52.him. But finally I must try. The victory was so close I had to try
:24:52. > :24:58.and I tried this time and this time Danny was more clever and more
:24:58. > :25:04.brave, so congratulations for him. And next time it may be very, very
:25:04. > :25:09.different. Great for us to watch. It certainly was. That was Jorge
:25:09. > :25:14.Lorenzo, not Dani Pedrosa, sorry. But that sets us up nicely for the
:25:14. > :25:19.rest of the championships. Six races remaining and 13 points in it.
:25:19. > :25:26.The next race is in three weeks' time in San Marino. Now we do have
:25:26. > :25:36.the race winner. Dani Pedrosa. Danny, many congratulations, maybe
:25:36. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:40.one of your best rides in MotoGP? today. Because Jorge had his strong
:25:40. > :25:44.points on the track and I had mine. Basically he was very strong in the
:25:44. > :25:48.middle of the corner and I was more strong on the braking. But at the
:25:48. > :25:53.end of the lap we were pretty much the same. So it was the strategy
:25:53. > :25:57.all the time, he was trying to keep his strong points up and I mine.
:25:57. > :26:01.And I knew at the end just a small mistake from me he would take over.
:26:01. > :26:07.So I tried to mine mice my mistakes and stay on the line because I knew
:26:07. > :26:11.he was so strong. So, yeah, in the last lap I opened up a little bit
:26:11. > :26:17.more than normal and he was immediately inside, very close to
:26:17. > :26:21.me. I see his helmet just here in my face. So I was kind of upset in
:26:21. > :26:26.the moment because the chequered flag was two kilometres away. And,
:26:26. > :26:30.yeah, towards the end I try my best on the braking and I could stay in
:26:30. > :26:36.front and he pushed also from outside but I could stay on the
:26:36. > :26:42.line and win this race. So I'm very happy and many congratulations to
:26:42. > :26:47.the team and I dedicate this victory to my dad, because it's his
:26:47. > :26:53.birthday. Oh, happy birthday, Mr Pedrosa. Here is what it means and
:26:53. > :27:02.it is massive news. Confirming that result, Dani
:27:02. > :27:09.Pedrosa winning takes him 1 points only - remember, 25 points for a
:27:09. > :27:16.race win - 13 points behind Jorge Lorenzo. Crutchlow closes down his
:27:16. > :27:21.teammate a little bit, still in fifth. Bradle did himself a few
:27:21. > :27:28.favours, moving up. Ben Spies, what do you say? I
:27:28. > :27:34.couldn't even cheer him up with a free beer. It's the worst day.
:27:34. > :27:39.Aleix Espargaro is still in front of his teammate, in spite of that
:27:39. > :27:44.win by Randy De Puniet. But there are the remains of those
:27:44. > :27:53.bikes. They gave their all, of that there is no doubt. And those two
:27:53. > :27:57.boys must be absolutely exhausted, Matt. I know Cal is over the moon.
:27:57. > :28:02.He's had a good weekend, but the two at the end from wheel-to-wheel
:28:02. > :28:09.all the way. Yes, it's fair to say we've waited
:28:09. > :28:14.a long time for that battle to materialise, probably ever since
:28:14. > :28:19.Dani Pedrosa stepped up to MotoGP in 2008. And a giant step. Six
:28:19. > :28:24.races to go and 13 points in it. Three wins from the last four races
:28:24. > :28:28.as well for Dani Pedrosa. He is now Honda's number one concern for the
:28:28. > :28:38.championship with Casey Stoner out. But we don't care about all that,
:28:38. > :28:45.