:00:42. > :00:47.It is almost one year since the tragic death of a Marco Simoncelli.
:00:47. > :00:56.This weekend the MotoGP championships travels to his local
:00:56. > :01:04.track. Just six miles from his family home. Everyone is paying
:01:04. > :01:14.tribute to him this weekend, and for 16 of us, this right started
:01:14. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:39.There have been some fun parts. Day three, we are in a shed. Look at
:01:39. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:16.this. And there have been some sort Between us we have done 1200 miles
:02:16. > :02:26.in the company of legends. The last few of them, it in the company of
:02:26. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:55.Today, it is their chance to pay tribute in the way that Marco
:02:55. > :03:23.
:03:23. > :03:33.Great memories of a truly great rider. But a warm welcome to you to
:03:33. > :03:39.
:03:39. > :03:44.the aptly named -- named Stadium. This is a great friend of a Marco
:03:44. > :03:51.Simoncelli's family, the 1993 world champion. It has been an emotional
:03:51. > :03:56.return for everyone. It really has. To have cycled all the way here and
:03:56. > :04:03.get to see most of the Grand Prix paddock out there, it made it even
:04:03. > :04:09.more emotional. It is fair to say that when you come to the circuit,
:04:09. > :04:17.you can see the legacy that Marco Simoncelli has left behind. The
:04:17. > :04:22.passion for him from the fans and for MotoGP in general. Absolutely.
:04:22. > :04:28.He is not someone we will easily forget. Are you looking forward to
:04:28. > :04:35.the racing today? I am. We have had some really good racing so far, I
:04:35. > :04:45.am not sure who is going to win. It is between the three for four guys.
:04:45. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:53.It will be a close one. We also remember another rider who lost his
:04:53. > :05:00.life two years ago. Daijiro Katoh. The best way to pay tribute is to
:05:00. > :05:10.see some brilliant riding. It does not get much closer than two weeks
:05:10. > :05:16.
:05:16. > :05:22.I knew I had a good chance to go for the win. I wanted to be close.
:05:22. > :05:27.The this could go either way, it is wide open. I was studying the good
:05:28. > :05:34.and bad points of my driving. knew it was difficult to pass him
:05:34. > :05:44.on the breaking. Even though I knew he could attack, I knew I could
:05:44. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:51.attack back if necessary. You just watch the screens, that is all you
:05:51. > :05:59.can do in the last lap. I knew there would be a chance for him, I
:05:59. > :06:06.tried to block everywhere. It was a tense moment for the team. I had to
:06:06. > :06:14.overtake on the corner. I'd just left the small room in one corner.
:06:14. > :06:20.I close my eyes and said, I am going to make it. It was a surprise,
:06:20. > :06:27.and at the same time, it made me more tense and aggressive. I
:06:27. > :06:33.immediately wanted to go back in front. I was thinking, just hold on.
:06:33. > :06:39.I tried to pass him on the next corner, but there was no room.
:06:39. > :06:49.knew he had so much power appeal. It was difficult to stay in first
:06:49. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :06:57.position. It was a big chance for me in that point. I went well out
:06:57. > :07:07.of the previous chicane. I knew he was also very strong in the last
:07:07. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:27.stages of the race. I wanted to you just go for it. I knew I could
:07:27. > :07:33.get around at the last corner, but I was not sure. Pure emotion really.
:07:33. > :07:40.The best part was one I saw my team-mates celebrating. When I see
:07:40. > :07:50.them going crazy. I have never seen him battle like that before. This
:07:50. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:06.There could be even better moments to come for a Dani Pedrosa if he
:08:06. > :08:16.keeps up his current form. There are six races to go. For 25 points
:08:16. > :08:18.
:08:18. > :08:24.There was little to separate those two yesterday in qualifying. Once
:08:24. > :08:27.again, it was Dani Pedrosa who came out to take pole position. Who else
:08:28. > :08:35.should join them on the front row of the grid than the man who joined
:08:35. > :08:40.them on the podium. Britain's Cal Crutchlow. A first podium for
:08:40. > :08:50.Britain in over a decade. His next target is a win, and we have not
:08:50. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:20.first podium in MotoGP and he has got it. You have got to admit, it
:09:20. > :09:30.is great to have a British person on the podium. I have begun this
:09:30. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:38.It is so good for Cal Crutchlow and the British poss of -- British
:09:38. > :09:46.public. It was not lack in any way. Cal Crutchlow has turned it all
:09:46. > :09:51.around. If you look at the times as well, he did not inherited.
:09:51. > :09:56.Crutchlow has changed quite dramatically. He went into the
:09:56. > :10:01.winter after having had a hard first year. He came out of it and
:10:01. > :10:07.for some reason he seemed a more relaxed. It was like he was going
:10:07. > :10:13.on holiday to the same place. He was at ease with his environment.
:10:13. > :10:18.This year I think it is a big achievement. He is fifth in the
:10:18. > :10:23.world and really in touch. If you plot it on a graph it is a good
:10:23. > :10:29.trajectory. And he is about to get more points than anyone else. We
:10:29. > :10:35.had a wonderful period of time way back, even before my time, then we
:10:35. > :10:40.had the great Barry Sheene. Then we went on and other guys came along
:10:40. > :10:45.doing good jobs. But truthfully, Cal Crutchlow is confident enough
:10:45. > :10:50.to carry on and be on this podium regularly. If I am pleased he did
:10:50. > :10:56.not get the Ducati rider. The Yamaha is better for him. You know
:10:56. > :11:03.what you're getting with a Yamaha, it sits well with him. He has been
:11:03. > :11:07.on the circuit before in things other than MotoGP. And there is a
:11:07. > :11:14.possibility that Valentino Rossi has joined -- as Valentino Rossi
:11:14. > :11:20.has joined. He is a character. is a character and he is on display
:11:20. > :11:26.in a good shopper. And no better display than standing on the podium.
:11:26. > :11:35.Talking of which... We're not going to drink it! Let's be a bit
:11:35. > :11:41.Who let those two idiots mere alcohol when they are supposed to
:11:41. > :11:48.be working? Some great names from British racing in that the teeth.
:11:48. > :11:57.Among them, at Neil McKenzie. Seven podiums for you. It it is great to
:11:57. > :12:01.see someone take that mantle over. Absolutely. Who knows what could
:12:01. > :12:04.have happened at Silverstone if he did not get injured. By have got
:12:04. > :12:09.some trivial records and I would love to see Cal Crutchlow
:12:09. > :12:14.obliterate them. We know he is disappointed to have missed out on
:12:14. > :12:21.the Ducati rider for next year -- factory Ducati right for next year.
:12:21. > :12:26.How far can he going MotoGP? the way. He has been so close to
:12:26. > :12:31.winning races, who knows what equipment it he will get next year.
:12:31. > :12:38.It seems he has been very close this year and with a little bit of
:12:38. > :12:42.luck he could win one this year. Who knows? I am much happier he is
:12:42. > :12:48.back in the same teams. It would have been a massive risk to take
:12:49. > :12:53.the Ducati factory ride. I am the biggest Valentino Rossi fan in the
:12:54. > :12:59.world and he could not make it happen. The Yamaha love him, he has
:12:59. > :13:04.a fantastic team around him and he is familiar with the bike. Let's
:13:04. > :13:11.hope they put it all behind them for next year. Who knows what might
:13:11. > :13:19.come up next year. Yes. It is the right decision for sure. The we
:13:19. > :13:26.have got Cal Crutchlow and James Ellison representing Britain but we
:13:26. > :13:31.have a third research as well. Jonny Hay replacing Casey Stoner.
:13:31. > :13:41.It is a huge challenge for the Northern Irish man. He knows he is
:13:41. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:02.very much in the shop window for a end this weekend. You have just
:14:02. > :14:07.come from Superbikes, you had a few tumbles but I presume you're fit
:14:07. > :14:17.and well. Getting all of these for the first time. Add dream come
:14:17. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:23.true? Yes. My hero was Kevin sworn, and he raced here. In the back of
:14:23. > :14:27.my head I have to remember I am a replacement rider. All dreams come
:14:27. > :14:32.to an end at some point and I want to make the most of this
:14:32. > :14:42.opportunity and enjoy every single minute. Hopefully I can do a good
:14:42. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:52.job. It is one thing coming to There's a fair bit of pressure.
:14:52. > :14:58.could say am a little bit under- prepared because I have a three-
:14:58. > :15:02.quarters of the season to catch up on these guys. You have to jump in
:15:02. > :15:08.at the deep end, but when you try to come in near the end of the
:15:08. > :15:14.season on a completely different bike, it is a difficult task. To be
:15:14. > :15:19.jumping from Superbike to MotoGP, it makes it even bigger. When you
:15:19. > :15:23.get requested to do this, it is not something you turned down and as
:15:24. > :15:28.much as I have my own goals and expectations, it is silly to come
:15:28. > :15:36.here and think I can set the world on fire. I have to respect the
:15:36. > :15:42.riders year. The biggest difference for me was the tyre. I am a big
:15:42. > :15:47.believer been all bikes have two wheels and it's down to the rider.
:15:47. > :15:52.And just riding the bike here, I am not raising it yet. There is a
:15:52. > :15:58.limit I have got to now, I do not feel I can go faster. I am riding
:15:58. > :16:02.the bike with too much respect. To get the best, you have got to push
:16:02. > :16:07.hard into the unknown. With the Super bike it is a little bit more
:16:07. > :16:12.forgiving, there is more feedback with the tyres. That is the point I
:16:12. > :16:15.am struggling to reach. I know what I have to do to go faster, but
:16:15. > :16:25.doing that in my brain and doing that in my race is a different
:16:25. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:33.Realistically, what are you expecting from this weekend?
:16:33. > :16:43.don't know, what do you expect? expect you to be in the front of
:16:43. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:50.the CRTs. I know I can give a good account of myself but like us at
:16:50. > :16:55.four, we are playing catch-up and I hope I can do myself prowled, and
:16:55. > :16:59.my British fans who have stuck behind me. They have been on a
:16:59. > :17:05.plane coming over with a lot of them. I'm sure you would love to be
:17:05. > :17:11.in this class, truthfully? Yes, it would be nice to be here next year.
:17:11. > :17:14.It is hard to say it is an audition or whatever, but there is one bike
:17:14. > :17:20.left in this championship and it would be great to be given that
:17:20. > :17:25.opportunity but we just have to see what happens. Well done.
:17:25. > :17:30.A big chance for him. He has impressed so far in qualifying. The
:17:30. > :17:37.one bike he refers to is the one remaining prototype seat and we are
:17:37. > :17:44.led to believe that will be between Johnny, Scott Redding and Bautista.
:17:44. > :17:54.The other prototypes are Ducatis and we know they will be taken by
:17:54. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.Ben Spies and a young Moto2 star Micro. There has been a lot of
:18:03. > :18:13.movement. The us, most of it on the back row
:18:13. > :18:16.
:18:16. > :18:20.of the grid. This rider is here from the Superbikes, but still
:18:20. > :18:30.contesting the Superbikes championship as well. David, how
:18:30. > :18:32.does it feel to be here on the grid? It is a big opportunity.
:18:32. > :18:40.stay here with these riders is incredible. A what has been the
:18:40. > :18:48.most difficult thing coming here? The brakes and the tyres is
:18:48. > :18:54.difficult. Having no carbon brakes, it is difficult, but no problem.
:18:54. > :19:00.Good luck. Let's move on, because ahead of him is Colin Edwards. I
:19:00. > :19:04.have some great news, he has signed a one-year extension with forward
:19:05. > :19:09.racing. We don't know what bike that will be and we know he has had
:19:09. > :19:19.some problems with the BMW this year but they have been in talks
:19:19. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:31.with BMW and hoping for Mr Bock in development. What might help him is
:19:31. > :19:36.that this racing team is also on the same bike. He only had one of
:19:36. > :19:42.Ikea so he has had to be really careful in the run-up, no crashers.
:19:43. > :19:50.Ahead now, three Brits on the grid, James Ellison one of them. A rider
:19:50. > :20:00.a little bit under pressure, in competition with Tommy Hill, shaky
:20:00. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:10.Byrne and some -- Sam Lowes. The last time we had three Brits on the
:20:10. > :20:15.grid, James was one of them alongside Williams and Hodgson.
:20:15. > :20:25.Alongside this possible ride at Rossini next year we might even
:20:25. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:34.have five. Let's see if we can grab have five. Let's see if we can grab
:20:34. > :20:39.a quick word with Johnny pen. How does it feel to be on the grid?
:20:39. > :20:44.is nice, but inside my head right now it is so nervous. I am not
:20:44. > :20:48.against my heroes but I am just trying to enjoy myself as best I
:20:48. > :20:54.can whilst hyperventilating out there. It is not going to be an
:20:54. > :20:58.easy task. This morning in warm up we went backwards with the set-up
:20:58. > :21:04.so we went into the race blind but we will see what happens. It didn't
:21:04. > :21:08.make it any easier having the wet sessions? Talk about dropping
:21:08. > :21:14.Meehan at the deep end. Yesterday afternoon was the first try session
:21:14. > :21:24.I had that Misano so we are definitely playing catch-up, but
:21:24. > :21:25.
:21:26. > :21:29.hopefully the set-up is what I need for the laps. Third row, and I
:21:30. > :21:36.think that is probably as good as he can expect. Let's grab a quick
:21:36. > :21:41.word with Ben Spies. He's back now, fortunately. Let's see if we can
:21:41. > :21:47.just break in. A quick word with you, sorry to break your
:21:47. > :21:51.concentration before the race. How are you feeling? I think you went
:21:51. > :21:58.quicker in warm up today than in qualifying yesterday? Yes, my warm
:21:58. > :22:04.up was good. We made a mistake and the other bike wasn't the same set-
:22:04. > :22:07.up. It cost us a bit. We are starting way back here, but we had
:22:07. > :22:11.a good bike this morning and hopefully improved a bit more. It
:22:12. > :22:16.has been a hard weekend for everybody with the settled and the
:22:16. > :22:20.track and now it will be the hottest we have seen it all weekend.
:22:20. > :22:25.It will be a gamble with the settings and the traction control
:22:25. > :22:30.and things like that, and the track will continue to get better and
:22:30. > :22:35.better. We have a decent package, and the first thing is just to get
:22:35. > :22:39.a good start through the first five corners, try to make up some
:22:39. > :22:44.positions, get in the groove and see what we can do. Good luck, it
:22:44. > :22:48.is about time you had some. As we know, he is leaving Yamaha at the
:22:48. > :22:54.end of the season, riding a Ducati next year. We don't know exactly
:22:54. > :22:58.how the team will be constructive yet, but it is the current set-up.
:22:58. > :23:02.Let's get a quick word with this guy because look at the crowd
:23:02. > :23:12.around him. He may only be on the second row but Valentino Rossi
:23:12. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:24.remains a big star in this part of the world. Let's scoot through, it
:23:24. > :23:29.is very busy today. Excuse me. Let's see if we can get to Cal
:23:29. > :23:34.Crutchlow because once again he is on the front row as he was three
:23:34. > :23:38.weeks ago. Staying cool here. You have continued your excellent form
:23:38. > :23:47.from the Czech Republic and looking good again here this weekend, apart
:23:47. > :23:53.from that daft collar. At least I don't look like a vicar. What are
:23:53. > :23:57.you saying? You look like a vicar! It is good to be here on the front
:23:57. > :24:03.row and hopefully we can get away and get a good start with the
:24:03. > :24:07.factory Yamaha and factory Honda and see where we can go from there.
:24:07. > :24:11.It will belong race so to be here on the grid is a little bit
:24:11. > :24:16.different to a normal race weekend but I will try my best. Our sure
:24:16. > :24:22.some people at home are wondering what this is in all seriousness.
:24:22. > :24:30.is a bit cold so I'm just making sure I don't get a sore throat. No,
:24:30. > :24:36.it's freezing cold, to keep my neck cold. Good luck today. What a witty
:24:36. > :24:39.man. Let's move on. What this race really is all about today, we want
:24:39. > :24:44.to see him back on the podium today but it is really getting down to
:24:44. > :24:48.the nitty gritty in the championship. Just six rounds to go.
:24:48. > :24:55.They have managed to stay friends so far this season, but for how
:24:55. > :25:01.long? Let's look at the final preparations for Jorge Lorenzo. He
:25:01. > :25:10.likes racing in Italy, winning here earlier this year. Let's get a word
:25:10. > :25:18.with his team manager. Can I just grabbed you for second? We have
:25:18. > :25:23.Phil Read in the background as well. How is he feeling coming into this
:25:23. > :25:29.race? Obviously it is getting tight between himself and Dani Pedrosa at
:25:29. > :25:35.the top. Yes, you can feel it is a very important race and both riders
:25:35. > :25:39.are very aware it is an important moment so, but they are ready and
:25:39. > :25:44.you felt OK this morning. The track is not in great shape but he felt
:25:44. > :25:48.good and it looked like Dani Pedrosa also struggled left and
:25:48. > :25:54.right so let's see if we can go through the first couple of laps OK.
:25:54. > :26:04.That will be the key. Just real quick, I am grabbing Phil Read, the
:26:04. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:14.world champion for Great Britain Indy 500s. You must be delighted.
:26:14. > :26:17.He has done incredibly well and it will be very close. Unfortunately
:26:18. > :26:22.the Spaniard will get a flying start what it will make for a great
:26:22. > :26:27.race. That is the key to this track, we have seen it so many times in
:26:27. > :26:32.the past, particularly the first two corners it is important to get
:26:32. > :26:40.away well. Up yes, and what we need from Cal Crutchlow is a good start.
:26:40. > :26:45.It is imperative to get yourself sorted going through that chicane.
:26:45. > :26:49.Otherwise it goes horribly south. Or yes, Nicky Hayden has been
:26:49. > :26:55.bowled off their virtually every time he has been here, but it is a
:26:55. > :26:59.great circuit. An interesting circuit and very busy for the guys
:26:59. > :27:05.with no long straights. That straight with a left kink in it is
:27:05. > :27:09.the longest part of the circuit, straight why is. Then into the
:27:09. > :27:19.tight left-hander, a banked corner with probably a lot of passing it
:27:19. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:27.around there. Then the big right hander, Curvone. They are carrying
:27:27. > :27:30.massive speed and massive braking on the circuit. Yes, that corner is
:27:30. > :27:40.on the circuit. Yes, that corner is taken at about 180 mph, so very
:27:40. > :27:43.
:27:43. > :27:48.between the first three rows, right the way back to Dovizioso and Ben
:27:48. > :27:52.Spies. It is tight indeed. Watch a lot for Ben Spies because he
:27:52. > :28:02.crashed in qualifying so that time does not reflect really how quickly
:28:02. > :28:06.
:28:06. > :28:15.he will go. Johnny Ray, he will be looking to go through nice and
:28:15. > :28:21.quickly. I think you are right, Ben Spies could be the man that might
:28:21. > :28:25.spoil Cal Crutchlow getting on the podium. Ben Spies was fast in the
:28:25. > :28:29.first part of qualifying, then he had the crash and went out on the
:28:29. > :28:39.second bike. Keep a close eye on him, but he has to go through,
:28:39. > :28:41.
:28:41. > :28:47.having qualified in 8 position. Tyre wear will play its part. They
:28:47. > :28:51.have all made a safety bet. Yes, they have all gone for the harder
:28:51. > :29:01.construction tyres and that is what it is all about, with so much
:29:01. > :29:04.
:29:04. > :29:10.braking. Turn 11, 12 and 13, they are braking through all of those
:29:10. > :29:19.corners and we will probably get an idea about that on this sighting
:29:19. > :29:24.lap right now. Oh dear, that is just what you need. I did like the
:29:24. > :29:30.quote of the day, "I am going to go out and enjoy it whilst
:29:30. > :29:36.hyperventilating". If it will be tricky for him, he has never have
:29:36. > :29:44.the environment of the start lying in to these two corners at Misano.
:29:44. > :29:48.This track changed direction, it used to go counter clockwise, but
:29:48. > :29:54.it is very busy at the early stages so he has to stay out of trouble
:29:54. > :29:57.and he will get faster and faster. You can see the seat in the
:29:57. > :30:06.background of the shot, it is a lovely section of the country here
:30:06. > :30:16.in Rimini. It is a very level circuit as well, a slight climb all
:30:16. > :30:18.
:30:18. > :30:23.here from that bottom bend, and then the drag up. The really
:30:23. > :30:27.interesting part after the Curvone, the way the track has been reversed
:30:27. > :30:35.it tightens and tightens, where it used to be an opening out part of
:30:35. > :30:45.the track. Yes, now it is tricky on the brakes. You have to have
:30:45. > :30:49.
:30:49. > :30:55.confidence, and that is something that know the limit of those tyres.
:30:55. > :31:00.He has got to push his way through that. If he can get a have decent
:31:00. > :31:06.start, riding with the other riders will help him. Dani Pedrosa working
:31:06. > :31:13.his way back to where he should be. I think this will be tight at the
:31:13. > :31:20.start, I think you should all stand back. It is 28 laps, it will be
:31:20. > :31:27.fast and furious. Turns one and two, you really have got to watch for
:31:27. > :31:37.them. Dani Pedrosa is a fast starter, but he has got to get to
:31:37. > :31:44.that corner and stay out of trouble. That is a jump-start! They will
:31:44. > :31:51.have to reform again. As you can see, they're putting their hands up.
:31:51. > :32:01.There was a sudden a yellow flag out of nowhere. If Johnny Ray was
:32:01. > :32:03.
:32:03. > :32:09.not hyperventilating before, it will be worse now. Maybe it was
:32:09. > :32:14.Karel Abraham who stalled. They will have to do another lap.
:32:14. > :32:23.better turn your pacemaker down a notch. I thought for a horrible
:32:23. > :32:27.moment there that Jorge Lorenzo had out socks to himself. I suspect
:32:27. > :32:35.they will cut a lap off this because it is always quite tight on
:32:35. > :32:41.fuel. There is a good chance this will be a 27 lap race. Here we are.
:32:41. > :32:49.You can see that is where it all went wrong. Ben Spies in nearly
:32:49. > :32:54.having a moment and a half. That was ever so confusing. I would like
:32:54. > :33:00.to know, I hope we hear from the pit lane, what the cause of that
:33:00. > :33:04.was. My best guess is it was Karel Abraham, but we do not know.
:33:04. > :33:09.They're going to bring out of the donkey engines and everything has
:33:09. > :33:16.got to get going again. You have got to drop your pulse, cool down.
:33:16. > :33:20.The worst thing is, when you're racing it you think about the first
:33:20. > :33:26.lap, you are psych yourself out and get into their head position. Now
:33:26. > :33:32.they have to do it all over again. It is like they have come back out
:33:32. > :33:41.to the grid. They will possibly cut a lap of, if they do not, they will
:33:41. > :33:45.be allowed to refuel. Don't forget, because we are up the red light
:33:45. > :33:55.stage, everyone had their throttles open on the starting a match. They
:33:55. > :34:05.
:34:05. > :34:11.would have got through bits of fuel And it was just before the lights
:34:12. > :34:18.went on. Quick thinking there by the marshals on the pit wall. They
:34:18. > :34:24.have spotted it. They just stopped it in time. It could have been
:34:24. > :34:30.tricky because Karel Abraham was right in the middle of the pack. He
:34:30. > :34:37.was the 11th out of 21 runners. That could have been catastrophic.
:34:37. > :34:44.They will come back around. They cannot start cold from here, they
:34:44. > :34:50.will have to go around once. They will go for a warm-up lap. They
:34:50. > :34:54.will come to the grid, have a warm- up lap and a way they will go. I do
:34:54. > :34:58.not think this track is tight on fuel, but they have done an extra
:34:58. > :35:08.lap up by the time they have done this and that will have used fuel
:35:08. > :35:08.
:35:09. > :35:13.up. That is 10% more learning for poor old Johnnie Ray. I feel for
:35:13. > :35:18.him because no matter what do you think or what you were told by all
:35:18. > :35:22.your bosses, you're under scrutiny to see what you can do. It is like
:35:22. > :35:27.going to be school halfway through the term when everyone else has got
:35:27. > :35:32.their lockers and they know whether tap shoppers, and he is thrown in
:35:32. > :35:41.three-quarters of the way through that a season. No chance to learn
:35:41. > :35:48.the bike in a nice quiet environment. He is going to go off
:35:48. > :35:55.to Portugal next weekend to race on the Superbike. If his head is not
:35:55. > :35:58.boggled, it never will be. He will be race-fit, that is for sure. The
:35:58. > :36:05.one good thing for Johnny is that they do raise the Superbikes around
:36:05. > :36:10.here. That is all good. Again, for people who do not understand the
:36:10. > :36:20.difference in the bikes. My analogy is the MotoGP bikes are likely
:36:20. > :36:21.
:36:21. > :36:31.Savell Row suit compared to ones you buy off the peg. It is bespoke.
:36:31. > :36:34.
:36:34. > :36:40.That is what a MotoGP bike it is, it is made for you. I suspect one
:36:40. > :36:47.or two of the teams have said they will be tied on fuel, so they have
:36:47. > :36:57.decided to lose two laps. It will be 26 laps. By that time they
:36:57. > :36:59.
:36:59. > :37:03.finish they will have actually done the same amount of laps. Valentino
:37:03. > :37:10.Rossi, the most experienced guy here in this class. He will have
:37:10. > :37:19.seen it all before. A good qualifier from him, best yet.
:37:19. > :37:24.Outside second row, that is quite useful if he can get off the line.
:37:24. > :37:33.That was quick thinking from the Marshalls, we can see it again.
:37:33. > :37:37.Karel Abraham puts his hand up. A few changes going on here. Well,
:37:37. > :37:41.you were really pumped at that moment, when you have seen the red
:37:41. > :37:49.light. You are seconds from starting and then you were told to
:37:49. > :37:55.stop. We seem to have a brake problem here. From Dani Pedrosa's
:37:55. > :38:05.bike. It seems the front brake is locked on. That is an interesting
:38:05. > :38:08.
:38:08. > :38:12.scenario. Something strange has happened. And he thinks something
:38:12. > :38:18.is going on there, maybe pressure has built up. They're taking the
:38:18. > :38:26.bike off the grid, that is very unusual and I do is going on there.
:38:26. > :38:32.This could be the championship. is 13 points behind his own rival
:38:32. > :38:39.Jorge Lorenzo. Have they got it resolved or not? He is saying, get
:38:39. > :38:44.back on the grid for goodness sake. Now, talk about grace under
:38:44. > :38:48.pressure. Dani Pedrosa is going to have to use all of his intestinal
:38:48. > :38:54.fortitude to master his emotions, try to stay Hathway calm and not
:38:54. > :38:59.think about it. Try, with some seconds left, to hope they can fix
:38:59. > :39:09.the bike, get around there and get sorted. It is sorted. That is good
:39:09. > :39:09.
:39:09. > :39:14.news. It is just horrible. Your head is getting round the first
:39:14. > :39:18.corner, you then see about getting off the grid and you cannot take
:39:18. > :39:24.all that information in. Cal Crutchlow was not happy. He wants
:39:24. > :39:31.to get sorted out. Let's will be get sorted out because we want to
:39:31. > :39:41.see a race here. It is between those two, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge
:39:41. > :39:43.
:39:43. > :39:48.Lorenzo. Somebody else has got a hand up. It is the same, Karel
:39:48. > :39:58.Abraham. He might have a clutch issue. He cannot move without
:39:58. > :39:58.
:39:58. > :40:05.stalling. He is off. Let's hope he gets it sorted again. Otherwise you
:40:05. > :40:15.will have the same issue. Fingers crossed, he will be wondering if
:40:15. > :40:19.
:40:19. > :40:22.his brakes are OK. He does not look happy, does he? I do not know if
:40:22. > :40:27.there are still some issues with the front brake. It is so unusual
:40:27. > :40:35.for this to happen. This is the sort of thing you expect to happen
:40:35. > :40:40.to Ben Spies. Ben Spies has got to get a result here this weekend. If
:40:40. > :40:49.he has still got that break issue, is Karel Abraham going to come in?
:40:49. > :40:56.You can see he has got his finger over the break. It is strange
:40:57. > :41:02.because he did not have that her long a lap. He would have got the
:41:02. > :41:08.breaks up to temperature, but what he does not want is some issue
:41:08. > :41:18.where he is juddering that badly. It has to be perfect for him to
:41:18. > :41:20.
:41:20. > :41:30.have any chance whatsoever. It is a vibration that comes up through the
:41:30. > :41:34.handlebars. And it is all about brakes on these bikes. He is coming
:41:34. > :41:42.round, is it all working nicely? He will be trying hard to make sure
:41:42. > :41:47.everything is up to temperature and pressure. Dani Pedrosa did not mean
:41:47. > :41:53.to do that, but he is going to come to the grid very late. Karel
:41:53. > :42:03.Abraham has stalled again. If his hand has gone up now, they will get
:42:03. > :42:03.
:42:03. > :42:08.rid of him before we hit the red lights. What is happening? Aleix
:42:08. > :42:14.Espargaro is off to the side. If Dani Pedrosa or has not taken his
:42:14. > :42:23.position, he will be starting off the back. And he is not there. He
:42:23. > :42:26.is at the back. There you go. It does not get any harder than that.
:42:26. > :42:34.Well, at Jorge Lorenzo was going to think he has had all his
:42:34. > :42:42.Christmases at once. The there he goes. Valentino Rossi, he is in
:42:42. > :42:48.second place. Stefan Bradl muscles his way past. We are going to have
:42:48. > :42:55.to watch for Dani Pedrosa to see how fast he goes. He is looking
:42:55. > :43:01.very good so far, already he is halfway through. Jorge Lorenzo will
:43:01. > :43:03.want to get his head down and clear off into a distance. He has a
:43:03. > :43:13.certain point advantage and there is a good chance if he stays
:43:13. > :43:14.
:43:14. > :43:21.upright you will get even more points today. No! Of no! That it is
:43:21. > :43:31.two riders down. Karel Abraham who is already carrying injuries. That
:43:31. > :43:34.
:43:34. > :43:44.has torn the championship to shreds. Absolutely! Absolutely shocking.
:43:44. > :43:45.
:43:45. > :43:48.Hector Barbera who was already carrying an injury is down. What an
:43:48. > :43:56.expensive price Dani Pedrosa paid for that problem he had at the
:43:56. > :44:06.start. A restart, and then his championship just got blown away.
:44:06. > :44:10.
:44:10. > :44:19.There he goes. Aleix Espargaro goes off the track trying to miss it.
:44:19. > :44:26.They are going to tell Jorge Lorenzo that Dani Pedrosa is out.
:44:26. > :44:36.Valentino is up into second place. Cal Crutchlow has got his hands
:44:36. > :44:37.
:44:37. > :44:47.full absolutely, he got mugged by his team-mate. So, regrouping all
:44:47. > :44:48.
:44:48. > :44:55.of this it is Jorge Lorenzo from Valentino Rossi. I was going to say,
:44:55. > :45:00.Johnnie Ray his ninth, where he started from. That is a good result.
:45:00. > :45:05.You're absolutely right, all that stemmed from the fact that Dani
:45:05. > :45:10.Pedrosa it was at the back. I have never seen that happen before a,
:45:10. > :45:20.for the bike to jam up like that. There will be a huge post-mortem to
:45:20. > :45:31.
:45:31. > :45:36.He started from the pit lane on his spare bike as well, he probably
:45:36. > :45:43.wished he hadn't now. Maybe his tyres weren't up to temperature, I
:45:43. > :45:47.don't know what happened. He had 22 crashes last year. Tour about
:45:47. > :45:56.collateral damage from that one mechanical problem at the start of
:45:56. > :46:02.the race. Dani Pedrosa is out of the race and Jorge Lorenzo will be
:46:02. > :46:10.smirking like a Cheshire cat. His arch-rival is not heard, but he has
:46:10. > :46:20.no points. Lorenzo is already 13 ahead if he wins this race, 25 and
:46:20. > :46:23.
:46:24. > :46:29.13. It is huge. That was down the bottom corner, which is such an
:46:29. > :46:37.easy place for that to happen. about this, the number 46, the
:46:37. > :46:42.Doctor is in the house at the moment. Stefan Bradl has had a
:46:42. > :46:49.great weekend so far. They made some set-up changes this morning
:46:49. > :46:53.and he said the bike felt better. Let's have another look at this.
:46:53. > :47:02.You are riding with Dani Pedrosa now, enjoy it because it didn't
:47:02. > :47:12.last long. He got to the inside on the brakes now, and here it comes.
:47:12. > :47:12.
:47:13. > :47:17.Barbera just couldn't get the bikes stopped. Barbera is a crash fest.
:47:17. > :47:22.He won't be in this paddock next year because his ride has already
:47:22. > :47:26.been given away, and that is the price you pay for getting stuck in
:47:26. > :47:33.traffic you wouldn't normally be stuck in. Valentino Rossi is
:47:33. > :47:38.hanging on to second place, Stefan Bradl behind him is on a Honda, and
:47:38. > :47:43.that should be a more comfortable ride round here than the Ducati.
:47:43. > :47:49.Then it is Dovizioso, and Cal Crutchlow is now unfortunately
:47:49. > :47:53.behind Dovizioso who has proved very hard to get past, as Cal
:47:53. > :47:58.Crutchlow proved earlier this year. The as well be a difficult few laps
:47:58. > :48:03.because Stefan Bradl does have the pace to get past Valentino Rossi.
:48:03. > :48:08.We are saying that, that is unless Valentino Rossi and his team have
:48:08. > :48:13.probably look hard through the night, had two days of testing here
:48:13. > :48:20.a couple of weeks ago. I am hearing the rest of the team are going with
:48:20. > :48:29.Valentino Rossi to Yamaha next year. He would expect it. I'm pretty sure
:48:29. > :48:33.that would happen. Jorge Lorenzo has the fastest lap of the race. A
:48:33. > :48:39.little bit of it yet, on but you would expect that. The track has
:48:39. > :48:45.really not have a lot of usage this weekend so it is not as grippy as
:48:45. > :48:49.it would have been. The body language on Cal Crutchlow's bike is
:48:49. > :48:54.that he will get past Dovizioso because he has been held back by
:48:54. > :48:58.him before and it has cost him dearly. He is thinking hang on a
:48:58. > :49:08.minute, if Stefan Bradl is climbing all over the back of Valentino
:49:08. > :49:12.
:49:12. > :49:17.Rossi, that could be me. Oh, no! Cal Crutchlow has hit the deck. He
:49:17. > :49:22.is holding his knee. This has had most of the high points kicked out
:49:22. > :49:28.of it this race as far as I am concerned. Let's get it done and
:49:28. > :49:33.get out of here. Cal Crutchlow was trying very hard to get past
:49:33. > :49:37.Dovizioso, we will probably get a replay of that. Jorge Lorenzo, it
:49:37. > :49:45.is unfolding in front of him because there is no way I believe
:49:45. > :49:51.Valentino Rossi can keep this kind of pace. Let's see what happened to
:49:51. > :49:57.Cal Crutchlow. It is a high side, flipped him. He was pressuring
:49:57. > :50:06.Dovizioso as hard as he could, which we know he had to. Let's hope
:50:06. > :50:10.that is not an injury he will be carrying. Meanwhile, Valentino
:50:10. > :50:15.Rossi is staring down the barrel of a podium at this stage and you
:50:15. > :50:25.don't see many of them from him any more. From on Tino Rossi has just
:50:25. > :50:33.
:50:33. > :50:37.done a la of 1: 14.1. They did some testing, and he said he might have
:50:37. > :50:43.qualified in sixth place, but more importantly he felt his times were
:50:43. > :50:49.close to the frontrunners. There is only one front-runner now, Jorge
:50:49. > :50:54.Lorenzo. You would say that once he settles down he can keep up a solid
:50:54. > :51:00.base. In the one practice session we had, Lorenzo was very consistent.
:51:00. > :51:10.In new colours this week, Yamaha have a new colour scheme out for
:51:10. > :51:15.
:51:15. > :51:25.other sports bikes. It is of bright race blue, I believe they collect,
:51:25. > :51:27.
:51:27. > :51:37.with a matt finish. The sound like a decorator. Stefan Bradl behind,
:51:37. > :51:37.
:51:37. > :51:43.that is being closed down. Judging by the warm up, we expected more
:51:43. > :51:47.from Dovizioso. There he goes, Bautista has mugged him. The riders
:51:47. > :51:55.are always talking about the temperature of the track and it is
:51:55. > :52:05.higher than we have seen all week. It is drier and higher, and setting
:52:05. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:15.up the track is a bit of a guesstimation. That takes Bautista
:52:15. > :52:22.into fifth position. Valentino Rossi, a valiant effort from him.
:52:22. > :52:28.OK, so here we have it, Lorenzo, Rossi, Stefan Bradl. There is no
:52:28. > :52:34.Dani Pedrosa, there was a keystone cops start for him and he had to
:52:34. > :52:38.restart from the back of the grid, then they have to restart it
:52:38. > :52:43.because of a front wheel problem. What went wrong? I am here with
:52:43. > :52:47.Reece Edwards, what was the problem? We didn't see it, but it
:52:47. > :52:56.looks like the tyre cover got caught underneath the front
:52:56. > :53:01.mudguard. As we've brought the bike back in we managed to get that on
:53:01. > :53:05.done but maybe it had an effect on the front wheel. Dani Pedrosa
:53:05. > :53:09.dropped behind the safety car, meaning he had to start from the
:53:10. > :53:16.bottom of the grid, which led to another complication and
:53:16. > :53:23.unfortunately he got collected when Barbera went down. Very devastating
:53:23. > :53:28.for Honda as well because they have just lost a pile of points.
:53:28. > :53:38.Disappointing for this guy as well, he just got mugged by Dovizioso and
:53:38. > :53:44.he had it all to do. A tyre warmer being jammed, you would do
:53:44. > :53:49.something about that. I think there was a brake pad, disc issue. We
:53:49. > :53:54.will find out more about it, we generally do. The one thing that is
:53:54. > :54:02.not uncertain, Steve, is that Hector Barbera had a brain problem
:54:02. > :54:09.and ran into the back of Cal Crutchlow. He probably would have
:54:09. > :54:15.been in the top four microbe by the end of that two. For were out, he
:54:15. > :54:21.nearly reversed it into that corner. Johnny Ray learning all the time.
:54:21. > :54:30.We know he can go faster than his last lap. He is just behind Nicky
:54:30. > :54:40.Hayden, in front of the CRT bikes, as we would expect. Nicky Hayden
:54:40. > :54:41.
:54:41. > :54:50.still has a broken bone in his hand after the nasty crash in
:54:50. > :54:57.Minneapolis. Dovizioso, the third bike in that trio that you can see
:54:57. > :55:04.is making no inroads as yet on bike number six. There will not be any
:55:04. > :55:12.issue getting out of this circuit tonight because no one will leave.
:55:12. > :55:22.Ostensibly this is his home race. The only thing they have struggled
:55:22. > :55:23.
:55:23. > :55:33.with, at the end of the race, tired -- tyre degradation. Johnny Ray in
:55:33. > :55:34.
:55:34. > :55:39.eighth place. His last lap, 1: 36.4. He is riding well within himself.
:55:39. > :55:49.As he said, I'm not raising this bike yet, I am still riding it.
:55:49. > :55:51.
:55:51. > :56:01.Racing will come. Espargaro in ninth place, Randy de Puniet in
:56:01. > :56:04.
:56:04. > :56:14.tenth place. The most important thing for Colin Edwards is that he
:56:14. > :56:17.
:56:17. > :56:21.is in front of Petrucci. We are hearing that the CRT bikes will
:56:21. > :56:29.have a single unit making the racing much closer, in theory
:56:29. > :56:36.making a more loving playing field - micro level playing field.
:56:36. > :56:41.Petrucci, I think he is rather lucky that Dovizioso is not out. I
:56:41. > :56:49.think he would have struggled today with Dani Pedrosa. Admittedly, he's
:56:49. > :56:53.not really under pressure by any which way, at 1: 34.4, still half a
:56:53. > :56:59.second off the lap record time. This Sunday afternoon ride for him,
:56:59. > :57:04.and a very pleasant one. Dani Pedrosa will still be working hard
:57:04. > :57:07.getting the not out of his stomach because he will be pent up with
:57:07. > :57:13.fury at the calamitous mechanical problems they had at the top of the
:57:13. > :57:18.race, and then Barbera taking him out. Jorge Lorenzo will go to 38
:57:18. > :57:26.points in front if he finishes like this, and nice handy margin at this
:57:26. > :57:33.point. Abraham can't believe what is going on. He picked up some of
:57:33. > :57:37.Ben Spies' bad luck. The whole thing could have been different. It
:57:37. > :57:47.was in the book, they have problems again, and when he finally got
:57:47. > :57:50.
:57:50. > :57:55.going he fell off. We heard he will be on a CRT bike next year. Stefan
:57:55. > :58:00.Bradl, the rookie this year, they're right behind Valentino
:58:00. > :58:05.Rossi and we're now coming into the stage of this race that if the
:58:05. > :58:10.Ducati will start eating up the rear tyres, it will start affecting
:58:10. > :58:18.it. Let's see Stefan Bradl, would he have been expecting to get into
:58:18. > :58:23.second place at the start of this year? No is the answer. He is
:58:23. > :58:28.putting pressure on Valentino Rossi. How would that be if his first
:58:28. > :58:32.podium was second place, that would be really something. Most
:58:33. > :58:37.significantly, Rossi and Stefan Bradl are dropping off Dovizioso.
:58:37. > :58:41.From Valentino Rossi fans, pretty much anyone who has ever watched a
:58:41. > :58:47.motorbike race, that is very good news indeed because we are in good
:58:47. > :58:54.shape so far for seeing him on the podium. The only person Dovizioso
:58:54. > :58:59.will not enjoy being dropped off, although he is riding a Ducati next
:58:59. > :59:03.year, maybe they have got it sorted out for him next year - he will be
:59:03. > :59:08.taking over from Valentino Rossi. Do you mean his subconscious is
:59:08. > :59:18.helping him roll off the throttle to make the Ducatis look faster? He
:59:18. > :59:24.
:59:24. > :59:34.will be pleased because Stefan Bradl is on good form. There is a
:59:34. > :59:36.
:59:36. > :59:44.rumour around as well that the number six bike -- they might run
:59:44. > :59:51.two bikes next year. Who knows, maybe Johnny Ray. With Paul bird
:59:51. > :00:01.talking about two British riders next year, it sounds like shaky
:00:01. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:41.then might be there to join that pressure from No. 6, rider Stefan
:00:41. > :00:51.Bradl. Alvaro Bautista had a poor season, but it seems to be coming
:00:51. > :00:56.back to him a little bit. He needs some really good results. Slightly
:00:56. > :01:02.disappointed and surprised by Ben Spies challenge. Me too. The only
:01:02. > :01:06.reason he qualified badly was because the crash in qualifying and
:01:06. > :01:14.his times had been quick a bundle them. It was a real lottery though
:01:14. > :01:18.this weekend, the weather was so bad that everybody had to hurry
:01:18. > :01:25.with their set up in qualifying. Maybe whatever he did was fast
:01:25. > :01:31.enough for a good Lapper, but the warm up this morning has not worked.
:01:31. > :01:36.-- lap. He is one second a lap slower than his team-mate Jorge
:01:36. > :01:43.Lorenzo. He will have to be extremely judicious in the way he
:01:43. > :01:53.drives to get past the Valentino Rossi. Andrea Dovizioso has started
:01:53. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:09.to get his head down. He is closing those two down. The man still on
:02:09. > :02:18.the move is Alvaro Bautista. He is lapping faster than all the guys
:02:18. > :02:28.here. He just put in his sec -- fastest race. De army macro, well
:02:28. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:39.into the 36s,. Jonny Rae. It will be valuable for him. Great credit
:02:40. > :02:49.to Jonny Rae. He has not chucked the bike down the road. He has been
:02:49. > :02:59.careful and mature. He is up there. Second! He is riding the wheels off
:02:59. > :03:05.
:03:05. > :03:15.it. Great to see. Jorge Lorenzo looks at his pit board. He has an
:03:15. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:23.advantage. The only other person is Alvaro Bautista in fifth place.
:03:24. > :03:30.laps left, he has plenty of time to chase this group down. If anyone
:03:30. > :03:37.needs to cover themselves in glory, it is Alvaro Bautista. He is in a
:03:37. > :03:42.bad place at the moment and needs to get some results. In theory, he
:03:42. > :03:49.could get second place. He has a lot of passing to do, but he is
:03:49. > :03:56.lapping faster than that the rest of the bunch, all but Jorge Lorenzo.
:03:56. > :04:01.It does go to show that this has become a two horse race. Without
:04:01. > :04:06.Casey Stoner here, then with Dani Pedrosa suddenly out, it is Jorge
:04:06. > :04:10.Lorenzo on his own. The championship was going to go to
:04:10. > :04:17.Jorge Lorenzo or Dani Pedrosa, and after the shambolic start to the
:04:17. > :04:27.race by Dani Pedrosa, Lorenzo is odds on. Alvaro Bautista, let's
:04:27. > :04:28.
:04:28. > :04:33.watch him. I reckon there will be a lot of engineers in the Honda camp
:04:33. > :04:43.in Dani Pedrosa's camp running a mile at the moment, questioning
:04:43. > :04:44.
:04:44. > :04:51.what has gone on. Cal Crutchlow goes in to turn one there in third,
:04:51. > :04:56.he was still in front of Andrea Dovizioso at that point. We are
:04:56. > :05:01.riding with Dani Pedrosa, just weaving his way through. He did
:05:01. > :05:08.everything perfectly. At the end of the first lap, he would have been
:05:08. > :05:15.in the top eight, but he never made it to the end. Look at this, bang,
:05:15. > :05:25.right on the back wheel. Hector Barbera was stood up slightly there.
:05:25. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:31.It did affect his braking. His team looking on with disdain. Explaining
:05:31. > :05:35.to the boss, listen, it is like this, we still have won by. That
:05:35. > :05:40.could well have been the championship moment. Isn't it
:05:40. > :05:45.extraordinary that something at the start, so mechanically trifling,
:05:45. > :05:51.could see the whole thing harpooned. Dani Pedrosa found himself in a
:05:51. > :05:55.higher risk place where he would never normally be. It just
:05:55. > :06:01.compounded it self, right from that first... Probably, if you think
:06:01. > :06:11.about it, it all stemmed from Karel Abraham missing at the start-up.
:06:11. > :06:16.You saw those two lap times. Alvaro Bautista, he is closing in now.
:06:16. > :06:26.When is the last time we saw this Ducati team lapping so close to
:06:26. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:37.Lorenzo? Valentino... No. 4, Andrea Dovizioso, he is a frontrunner.
:06:38. > :06:44.Valentino Rossi is keeping the that pace nice and steady. Alvaro
:06:44. > :06:53.Bautista, you can see right on the back there. Really on the back.
:06:53. > :07:01.Almost on the side. It is close, it looks like a whore when not if it.
:07:01. > :07:11.-- when. He needs to be decisive and get it done while he still has
:07:11. > :07:14.tyres. Valentino Rossi stretched out, a little bit of an advantage
:07:14. > :07:20.over Stefan Bradl. I think the crowd are still holding their
:07:20. > :07:25.breath. They cannot imagine that this would happen. Valentino Rossi
:07:25. > :07:35.has had a second place with that bike this year. This is undoubtedly
:07:35. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:44.the best we have seen some him. There we go, neat as you like. So
:07:44. > :07:49.important for teams struggling for budget. The San Carlo Honda Gesini
:07:49. > :07:55.team at really need to buy some results. That was the bike set
:07:55. > :08:02.aside for or Marco Simoncelli. would be a fantastic result if he
:08:02. > :08:12.could get that. If Alvaro Bautista could get that bike on the podium.
:08:12. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:25.He has moved into fourth place. Nine Tino Rossi was four-tenths
:08:25. > :08:35.lower than the Jorge Lorenzo coming round that last lap. -- Valentino
:08:35. > :08:36.
:08:37. > :08:42.Rossi. Let's have a look, what can Alvaro Bautista do? Can he close
:08:42. > :08:48.the gap to Stefan Bradl? It would be a treat for the fans here. And
:08:48. > :08:54.what a nice tribute for Marco Simoncelli. To have his bike on the
:08:54. > :08:59.podium, and to have Valentino Rossi on the podium. It would be a
:08:59. > :09:04.belting afternoon, indeed. We talked about this yesterday during
:09:04. > :09:10.qualifying, Alvaro Bautista is pressing on, trying very hard. But
:09:10. > :09:13.his bike appears to be the least settled. It looks most lively,
:09:14. > :09:20.especially at the front end. It looks like an accident waiting to
:09:20. > :09:26.happen. It does. Over the years we have seen some riders who like a
:09:26. > :09:31.bike that moves around, some like it very smooth. It is just whatever
:09:31. > :09:39.feedback you get, what gives you the confidence. Alvaro Bautista are
:09:39. > :09:46.looking very good. His last lap was one-tenth faster than Stefan Bradl.
:09:46. > :09:53.In theory, Alvaro Bautista's bike should be a little bit better. Even
:09:53. > :10:03.though it was earmarked for Marco Simoncelli for this year. Biggest a
:10:03. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:27.slightly higher spec. Honda to Bautista, he is going to have a
:10:27. > :10:27.
:10:27. > :10:33.little look. He is using all the track. Coming down to this hugely
:10:33. > :10:40.committed corner, going right the way up to the kerb. Stefan Bradl
:10:40. > :10:50.was good through there, he didn't lose any time at all. Ten laps
:10:50. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :11:10.across the stripe, 5.5 seconds in front of Valentino Rossi who is
:11:10. > :11:17.almost second in front of Stefan Bradl. Alvaro Bautista is all over
:11:17. > :11:22.the back of him. When it all started, there was no doubting Dani
:11:22. > :11:30.Pedrosa, but the problems with Karel Abraham, well, he had a
:11:30. > :11:34.shocker of an afternoon. A disaster from the start really. Stalling on
:11:34. > :11:42.the start line first. It was a disaster today because all weekend
:11:42. > :11:47.was very good. It looked like we could make a really good times.
:11:47. > :11:52.Unfortunately, we had a technical problem on the starting grid. My
:11:52. > :11:59.clutch did not work properly so when I stalled, and put it in first
:11:59. > :12:03.gear, the bike switched off. I decided to change the bike, but
:12:03. > :12:08.unfortunately, there were technical problems as well. It is strange and
:12:08. > :12:13.crazy that we had a two technical problems on the two bikes ready for
:12:13. > :12:23.the race. There was something wrong with the brake, and Orwell was
:12:23. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:44.leaking. I decided, in the end to The chances of having two Dutch
:12:44. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :12:59.bikes! -- dud. The circuit has been renamed after Marco Simoncelli.
:12:59. > :13:04.That is the bike he would have been riding this year. But Valentino
:13:05. > :13:10.Rossi is the darling of this area. But whatever happens, we will find
:13:10. > :13:20.out shortly. Alvaro Bautista has a clear track in front of him. He
:13:20. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:32.made that perfect pass through Stefan Bradl. It would be even
:13:32. > :13:39.worse for Cal Crutchlow if he finds Andrea Dovizioso even on the third
:13:39. > :13:45.step of the podium. As we were speculating at the top of the show,
:13:45. > :13:52.I think he is probably at a better place staying with Yamaha. I think
:13:52. > :13:58.he is. In my opinion, do Cassie had made a breakthrough. Here this
:13:58. > :14:07.weekend, this is by far and away the best we have seen. 5.2 seconds
:14:07. > :14:12.back from the leader in second position. The times are still close.
:14:12. > :14:18.As I said earlier, Valentino Rossi was saying, I am so close to the
:14:18. > :14:23.front guys because of all the work we do here. They tested here.
:14:23. > :14:31.Valentino Rossi has really responded. The fact that Alvaro
:14:31. > :14:40.Bautista has got into third place may have helped. He has raced for a
:14:40. > :14:45.tenth faster than Jorge Lorenzo. With seven laps remaining, I think
:14:45. > :14:50.Valentino Rossi has got this nailed. The thing with Valentino is that
:14:50. > :14:55.since he had such a lacklustre few years, he has not been in the
:14:55. > :15:01.spotlight. We have not been following his performance, he has
:15:01. > :15:05.not been on television. Now we are reminded of how smart he is.
:15:05. > :15:10.Remember, we have said this time and time again, no-one looks after
:15:10. > :15:16.a bike like a Valentino Rossi. No- one has as much bike left at the
:15:16. > :15:26.end of a race as him. No-one can do better than him with worn-out tyres.
:15:26. > :15:29.
:15:30. > :15:38.He has the skills set to make the Valentino Rossi. Colin Edwards,
:15:38. > :15:44.nice to see him in the mix, riding up behind Hernandez. Johnny rear
:15:44. > :15:54.still in eighth place, a couple of seconds back on Nicky Hayden.
:15:54. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:10.Bautista, in third place, Johnny rear last time was quicker so he is
:16:11. > :16:16.chipping away, bit by bit. The gap between Valentino and Bautista is
:16:16. > :16:21.looking healthy. It's is because Valentino's lap times have come
:16:21. > :16:27.down. He has really responded to the new helmet design, he will
:16:27. > :16:34.probably be keeping that. He looks good, he looks comfortable. Less
:16:34. > :16:39.than six laps remaining now. Yes, a podium for Alvaro Bautista would be
:16:39. > :16:47.as astonishing as a podium for Stefan Bradl really, he has not
:16:47. > :16:52.been on one this year. In fourth place was his best result this year.
:16:52. > :17:00.It would be a great fillip for the Italian team to have them boy it up
:17:00. > :17:04.there. These are the last lap times around. Not a whole bunch in it.
:17:04. > :17:11.Ben Spies getting it together a bit now but it is too late for him to
:17:11. > :17:16.get back up to the podium. It could be Stefan Bradl's first podium,
:17:16. > :17:26.that wouldn't be bad, would it? Three-quarters through your first
:17:26. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:42.season and on the podium. There is the four-wood shot. -- forward shot.
:17:42. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:52.Bautista has got himself a little bit of air. These bikes are slowly
:17:52. > :17:59.each other down and that concertina effect could make a real race to
:17:59. > :18:06.the line. Demonstration laps only for Jorge Lorenzo, but here is a
:18:06. > :18:11.slow-motion shot of it. Yes, the body position pulled to the front
:18:11. > :18:21.of the bike, trying to get the front wheel down as quickly as you
:18:21. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:28.possibly can. This is the fight for the final place on the podium. Ben
:18:28. > :18:34.Spies has really closed these guys down. The last lap for him was a
:18:34. > :18:44.couple of tenths faster than Dovizioso. He is currently in sixth
:18:44. > :18:51.position. Johnnie Ray there, possible for him to grab seventh
:18:51. > :18:58.spot. The would be good stuff for him. Nicky Hayden said the Ducatis
:18:58. > :19:08.felt great. He said I'm no good, but the bike is great. Look at this,
:19:08. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:24.this up. May be a chance down into this slow corner here. I reckon he
:19:24. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:34.has done it, he just slithers down the inside. So, Dovizioso, Stefan
:19:34. > :19:39.Bradl, next on the list for him to get past is Ben Spies. He's coming
:19:39. > :19:45.already, and this has been a very costly couple of corners for him.
:19:45. > :19:49.Ben Spies is running very deep but he stunned the by Cup in time.
:19:49. > :19:57.it is a very dangerous corner because you can run out wide, a
:19:57. > :20:02.positive camber and if you run out wide you actually get more camber.
:20:02. > :20:07.He will want to get past Dovizioso furiously because of course he is
:20:07. > :20:17.on the factory Yamaha and Dovizioso is not. There is Nicky Hayden, and
:20:17. > :20:20.
:20:20. > :20:25.Johnny Rea right behind him. reckon Nicky Hayden is really in
:20:25. > :20:31.paying, his hand has not healed as expected, and getting a lot of
:20:31. > :20:34.stick. It is the busy hand with the throttle and brake. It is the
:20:34. > :20:44.pressure that goes on your hand with these thick carbon brakes and
:20:44. > :20:48.I bet Johnny rear will be finding that as well. This is Espargaro.
:20:48. > :20:54.For he is very strong in his class, he was really making Randy de
:20:54. > :21:00.Puniet work for it. Randy de Puniet is now in ninth place. We have had
:21:00. > :21:05.a real race of attrition here today. Cal Crutchlow loud, Dani Pedrosa
:21:05. > :21:12.out, Abraham. There is an interesting dynamic, Bautista it is
:21:12. > :21:16.not clearing off from these two. He is half the second in front of
:21:16. > :21:21.Dovizioso, and Ben Spies on the blue bike really hammering into
:21:21. > :21:26.that corner trying to find a way past. That was of its costly, but
:21:26. > :21:34.he might have it in his head he can get past these two. This battle is
:21:34. > :21:39.wide-open. What went on with Ben Spies at the start of the race, the
:21:39. > :21:49.fuel will go down and the bike will often change. He is now lapping at
:21:49. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:04.a really good pace. Yamaha have a will only have two laps left of
:22:04. > :22:09.this. Dovizioso is really going to have to work hard to keep Ben Spies
:22:09. > :22:15.at bay. Valentino Rossi is looking good for a podium, looking good for
:22:15. > :22:23.the second step of the podium. The joint will go mad. Yes, the factory
:22:23. > :22:29.just up the road in Bologna. I think I can do it in 38 minutes,
:22:29. > :22:39.anyway it is just up the road. He has a lot of fans here, and they
:22:39. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:52.have Ducati week here in Misano. Dovizioso has responded. He has
:22:52. > :22:57.thrown the gauntlet back. OK, do your worst, Ben Spies. You have got
:22:57. > :23:02.to catch me first, and it is not impossible for Dovizioso to catch
:23:03. > :23:06.Bautista. Bautista it is sitting at the moment on the bottom of the
:23:06. > :23:14.podium in third place. It would be a lovely emotional result to get
:23:14. > :23:19.that bike up there. This man here has had a lucky day. He had an
:23:19. > :23:25.unlucky day when he got bowled off of course, but at the moment it is
:23:25. > :23:28.looking very good for him in the championship, 38 points the
:23:28. > :23:33.advantage he will have. Valentino Rossi currently sitting in the
:23:33. > :23:38.championship in eighth place, he will jump ahead of Bautista. This
:23:38. > :23:46.will be good for him as far as championship position is concerned.
:23:46. > :23:50.Here we go, the last lap. Bautista is looking insecure. Valentino
:23:50. > :24:00.Rossi is looking very secure, and I have forgotten what Lorenzo looks
:24:00. > :24:07.like. It will rarely be between Bautista, Dovizioso, and Ben Spies.
:24:07. > :24:13.They are sniffing around for the podium. Bautista, for microseconds
:24:13. > :24:20.off the back of these boys so he is a bit of a spent force am afraid.
:24:20. > :24:25.Look at this, bike number four. It is not impossible. There are quite
:24:25. > :24:32.a few good passing places left for Dovizioso and this is really close.
:24:32. > :24:38.Bautista will have to work for this. He is holding a defensive line here.
:24:38. > :24:41.Keeping a nice tight line every which way. He has to get the bike
:24:41. > :24:46.standing up and fire ripped through the corner as best he can. They
:24:46. > :24:54.know each other's racing tactics, they know what it is like to duel
:24:54. > :24:59.with each other. I think almost certainly Dovizioso will dive down
:24:59. > :25:05.the inside here at the bottom corner, no, he has gone the wide
:25:05. > :25:11.way. It would be nice to see the bike on the podium. Two left-
:25:11. > :25:15.hander's left. Dovizioso has got to get down the inside. Jorge Lorenzo
:25:15. > :25:21.is across the line first. Valentino Rossi is going to get across the
:25:21. > :25:30.line second, and it is right to the wire across the line. Alvaro
:25:30. > :25:35.Bautista does it by three thousandths of a second. I am
:25:35. > :25:45.pleased for the team. Dovizioso kind of got past, but Bautista
:25:45. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :25:58.genius designer, and he has finally seen some good results, and in a
:25:58. > :26:03.home race. It is a video finish, we are hearing. We haven't seen this
:26:03. > :26:09.for a while, Valentino Rossi celebrating the race result. What
:26:09. > :26:19.about that. Very pleased for him and the Ducati
:26:19. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:26.team. Thanks for hanging on so long, fans. He has resigned with Yamaha
:26:27. > :26:36.for the next two years of course. It did look like Bautista had
:26:37. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:48.initially, it said he has got it. Three thousandths it says. That is
:26:48. > :26:56.unimaginable. It has been confirmed. He makes it to the podium, good
:26:56. > :27:02.stuff. Ben Spies gave a lot, but too late. Yes, I don't know what
:27:02. > :27:06.went on. This man should be pleased because his second MotoGP
:27:06. > :27:12.championship is looking more secure than it was at the start of the
:27:12. > :27:17.championship. I yes, courtesy of this. Dani Pedrosa, his whole
:27:17. > :27:20.career in MotoGP has been through... I guess you would have to say a
:27:20. > :27:25.fair amount of bad luck with injuries and everything else.
:27:25. > :27:31.Speaking to his long-term manager, he was saying that he is fighting
:27:31. > :27:36.hard, he hasn't been injured, but suddenly it goes horribly wrong.
:27:36. > :27:42.Casey Stoner is out of it because he's not here so he has got third
:27:42. > :27:51.place and that is about it. Valentino Rossi, second at his real
:27:51. > :27:56.home Grand Prix. It is the real deal. Let's spare a thought for
:27:56. > :28:04.those who are not crossing the line here - that is Karel Abraham, who
:28:04. > :28:14.started it in a weird way with his bike breaking, Dani Pedrosa,
:28:14. > :28:16.
:28:16. > :28:21.Barbera, Espargaro. The circuit has caught quite a few people are old,
:28:21. > :28:28.but this place here at Misano has not been one of the bad circuit as
:28:28. > :28:35.far as crashes is concerned. I think a lot of it is about not
:28:35. > :28:39.having dry track time. Yes, you should be very pleased. It was
:28:39. > :28:46.gifted him, no Casey Stoner, no Dani Pedrosa, and there is no
:28:46. > :28:50.excuse for not winning when you are Jorge Lorenzo in that position.
:28:50. > :28:55.Even qualifying was close but it would have been fascinating to see
:28:55. > :28:58.and it is deeply frustrating that battle was taken from us but it is
:28:59. > :29:06.deeply gratifying that we were rewarded with Valentino Rossi on
:29:06. > :29:12.the podium and Alvaro Bautista get a podium. Everyone is a winner here,
:29:12. > :29:19.except for Dani Pedrosa, Barbera, Abraham etc. We haven't seen that
:29:19. > :29:27.for a while either. I am getting mystique. A lovely result.
:29:27. > :29:30.whatever reason, Casey Stoner could win on a Ducati but Valentino Rossi
:29:30. > :29:35.War the Yamaha like a glove. Seeing him on it next year could be
:29:36. > :29:41.fantastic. Mouth-watering. Valentino Rossi, 4.3 seconds back
:29:41. > :29:46.in second place, the closest they have been by a long way. That is
:29:46. > :29:54.the absolute killer, isn't it? For microseconds off at the end of
:29:54. > :29:59.those laps, it is extraordinary. Won't it be galling if he'd just
:29:59. > :30:04.stays at Ducatis long enough to turn into a real weapon, and then
:30:04. > :30:09.leaves? And the real winner would be Dovizioso, and of course Ben
:30:09. > :30:18.Spies riding this year. If a very nice chap, pragmatic about it and
:30:18. > :30:28.he will keep on going. That is a cruel margin to lose by. Three
:30:28. > :30:28.
:30:28. > :30:36.thousands of one second. That is the Ducati garage, the inside of it.
:30:36. > :30:40.I have to explain it, it has been some time. That is three podiums
:30:40. > :30:50.for Valentino. Land the de Puniet will move up a place in the
:30:50. > :30:52.
:30:52. > :30:56.championship, he was the first of the CRTs and he will leapfrog past
:30:56. > :31:00.Espargaro. Out Sister on the podium, outstanding.
:31:00. > :31:08.Congratulations, your first MotoGP podium on an emotional weekend. You
:31:08. > :31:17.are looking so emotional. Yes, for sure. It has been very emotional
:31:17. > :31:25.when you get your first podium in MotoGP, but here in this tough
:31:25. > :31:33.weekend for us, for the team, it is very special. I want to make a good
:31:33. > :31:43.race at the end. I kept third position and I am so happy. I don't
:31:43. > :31:44.
:31:44. > :31:48.have a lot to say, just thanks to the team. It is in memory of Marco.
:31:48. > :31:58.You can see how much it means to everyone.
:31:58. > :32:02.
:32:02. > :32:08.All I can say it is this is a Not only did we get their right to
:32:08. > :32:11.the end, but he got his best mate on the podium and his old team.
:32:11. > :32:17.Unfortunately now, with the late start, we are running out of time
:32:17. > :32:23.on BBC Two, but if you press your red button at the end of this show
:32:23. > :32:28.we have half-an-hour of MotoGP extra. We will have interviews, and