:01:02. > :01:12.Pedro's at down! That has torn the Claudia Lawrence or has strolled. -
:01:12. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:23.The pendulum has swung the wheel of Georgi -- Jorge Lorenzo in Misano
:01:23. > :01:28.two weeks ago. Welcome to Aragon. We're in the shade, but the sun is
:01:28. > :01:33.shining today after a wait -- wet weekend so far. It is a crucial
:01:33. > :01:36.opportunity for Dani Pedrosa to recover points after at the start -
:01:36. > :01:42.- disastrous San Marino Grand Prix, where it all went wrong before
:01:42. > :01:46.anything even started. OK, this is going to be quite a
:01:46. > :01:51.base, I think. There was a green flag for the
:01:51. > :01:56.first lap. A lot of exciting racing, then I shifted to first gear and
:01:56. > :02:01.the bike went down. Maybe I did not put the clutch properly. They
:02:01. > :02:06.pushed me, I came to the grid, it did at the same thing, the flag
:02:06. > :02:11.went down, I showed my hand as quickly as I could because I did
:02:11. > :02:17.not want them to start the race. that point if the red light is on
:02:17. > :02:22.and a bike has stalled, I have no option but to delay the start.
:02:22. > :02:25.The Moors of the teams on the grid, the personnel, they had not
:02:26. > :02:35.experienced this. Some of the older men had not
:02:35. > :02:39.experienced it for a long time. We were getting 27 maps, the
:02:39. > :02:45.mechanics, everyone, every team was a little nervous at this moment.
:02:45. > :02:51.No one knew if it was three minutes, five minutes, people were yelling,
:02:51. > :02:55.I am looking at the front row, and I thought, I am not putting my
:02:55. > :03:01.helmet on until they get back to their bikes.
:03:01. > :03:06.Everyone switched their bikes of, and we were so tight on fuel, we
:03:06. > :03:10.did not want them to run any more because you cannot refill on that
:03:10. > :03:15.the grid. I waited for my moment, my moment
:03:15. > :03:21.is on the track, not outside it. There had to be a certain amount of
:03:21. > :03:27.time, I could not start of warm-up lap until such time as we cleared
:03:27. > :03:32.the grid. That took longer than we would have liked.
:03:32. > :03:41.When they tried to take off the warmers, my front wheel was locked
:03:41. > :03:45.up. The mechanic tried to unlock the wheel, but it was not possible.
:03:45. > :03:50.After one minute, you cannot touch the bike anymore, so I had to start
:03:50. > :03:56.blast. They had to restart the procedure
:03:56. > :04:04.again, unfortunately it happened again, I showed my hand, I went for
:04:05. > :04:08.my second bike and tried to start. Yes, I thought it was maybe better
:04:08. > :04:18.for him to stay in second place and follow me, because I wanted to pull
:04:18. > :04:22.a very fast race. It was more of... It did not matter
:04:22. > :04:25.anyway, I was useless on the first lap.
:04:25. > :04:33.It was going to be difficult, but I tried to stay focused and not
:04:33. > :04:43.making mistakes, and five or six corners later, again, crazy
:04:43. > :04:49.
:04:50. > :04:56.thinking, I don't know what he was At first did not finish of the
:04:56. > :05:04.season then, George Lawrence also had won earlier in the season. You
:05:04. > :05:12.could say they are level on that score. 38. They gap between the two
:05:12. > :05:16.Spaniards coming into that end this their home race. 125 points up for
:05:16. > :05:21.their home race. 125 points up for grabs still. Further down you can
:05:21. > :05:25.see that after the crash for Cal Crutchlow at Misano and the
:05:25. > :05:28.wonderful second place for Valentino Rossi, the gap between
:05:28. > :05:35.Valentino Rossi, the gap between those two for fifth place is now
:05:35. > :05:38.two points. Salt, Steve, Charlie, absolute chaos at Misano. The race
:05:38. > :05:44.authorities have been criticised for it by the people in the paddock
:05:44. > :05:47.and also the person who organises the championship. Any sympathy?
:05:47. > :05:52.it is a panicky situation. It is like missing your flight on your
:05:52. > :05:55.way to an interview or something. It is one of the situations. Things
:05:55. > :06:00.can easily go wrong, and quite honestly I think a lot of people
:06:00. > :06:03.are trying to blame others, but it has a horrible situation. There was
:06:03. > :06:08.a little confusing, because at one point we did not know whether the
:06:08. > :06:13.latter count was 28 Aug 27, and there was pressure on the guys to
:06:13. > :06:17.get out there straight away. The real problem was that Dani Pedrosa
:06:17. > :06:23.paid the ultimate penalty. Everyone was tight on fuel, they had to
:06:23. > :06:26.switch their engines off, and Dani Pedrosa's brakes welded on and that
:06:27. > :06:32.was the end of it. It is one of those things there is
:06:32. > :06:35.no contingency for. A as, of course the bricks situation, everything
:06:35. > :06:40.conspired to go wrong for Dani Pedrosa and it has wrecked his
:06:40. > :06:44.championship. Yes, on one hand, but 125 points up
:06:44. > :06:54.for grabs, and the reason we love motorcycle racing is that trouble
:06:54. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:01.is never far from the door. It also -- also caught out toddler's Enzo -
:07:01. > :07:05.- Jorge Lorenzo. Her he saved that was quite
:07:06. > :07:11.extraordinary, he was on his knee and pushed himself back up. That
:07:11. > :07:14.was as close as you could want, and he had delayed behind him.
:07:14. > :07:19.A few moments after that, Cal Crutchlow crashed on the very same
:07:19. > :07:26.corner. According to the data, they were going at the same speed, so it
:07:26. > :07:29.is a fine line between success and failure. It has been a bumpy ride
:07:29. > :07:39.for Cal Crutchlow, this weekend, as well. That was even before he got
:07:39. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:49.Not very nice. I feel sick. I am no good as a passenger and the thing
:07:49. > :07:53.was rocking around. It was good for the entertainment value and it was
:07:53. > :07:59.something different, but I am no good on boats and travelling as a
:07:59. > :08:03.passenger, it is no good for me. The one the good thing for Cal
:08:03. > :08:06.Crutchlow is that he was not a passenger in your vehicle, Steve,
:08:06. > :08:09.which I have had the pleasure of -- I have had the pleasure of.
:08:09. > :08:17.I would have rolled it over, for sure.
:08:17. > :08:21.No points Misano. The other racer, Johnny Gray, he brought it home in
:08:21. > :08:24.eighth place. He is being a very sensible, he has not thrown it down
:08:24. > :08:29.the road yet. He is chipping away every time he
:08:29. > :08:33.goes out. You have to remember what he is going through at the moment.
:08:33. > :08:39.Superbikes, MotoGP, Superbike, MotoGP, it is like getting in a
:08:39. > :08:46.different car every day. Everyone knows he is a good rider.
:08:46. > :08:50.As we will see in qualifying, he is only a second of pole position. You
:08:50. > :08:54.would not beat him on a weekend like this, would you? Be it had
:08:54. > :09:02.been a tough one for him. We were hoping his performance at
:09:02. > :09:06.Misano would be enough for the San Carlo Honda Gresini team to give
:09:06. > :09:14.them a chance. These people have contract to honour, as well, so
:09:14. > :09:19.that door closed. Jonathan rear at was signed for our -- at least one
:09:19. > :09:27.more here at Repsol Honda. The man who knows all about that is the
:09:27. > :09:30.owner of San Carlo Honda Gresini himself.
:09:30. > :09:35.I guess Alvaro Bautista is in the frame for next year's ride, what
:09:35. > :09:43.can you tell us? For next year it is very close for
:09:43. > :09:48.Alvaro Bautista. It is very close to finalising his agreement for
:09:48. > :09:58.next year. I guess we can expect an announcement soon then?
:09:58. > :10:02.I don't know. We will see if it is possible to finalise this project.
:10:02. > :10:05.Amazing what a podium place can do for your contract chances. As
:10:05. > :10:09.Charlie mentioned before, so difficult for Jonathan Rayer and
:10:09. > :10:14.all the riders when we have had such a mixed conditions over at the
:10:14. > :10:17.weekend. Yet, it is horrible, he needs stability to get back into
:10:17. > :10:22.that bike. It is a shame, I would love to see
:10:22. > :10:25.him at MotoGP and I am sure he will get here at some point. It is a
:10:25. > :10:32.Luddite sponsorship and what your passport is. The conditions have
:10:32. > :10:41.been absolutely atrocious, and look at this, Jorge Lorenzo, in the rain,
:10:41. > :10:46.it is absolutely flooded. Look at his forties in his eyes. It is
:10:46. > :10:50.quite extraordinary. -- looked at the focus.
:10:50. > :10:57.The trouble with that is that every second wet means it has all been
:10:57. > :11:01.such a waste of time. The riders are taking their place
:11:01. > :11:04.on the grid, really difficult conditions over the weekend, big
:11:04. > :11:14.decisions now to be made by the riders and engineers as they need
:11:14. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:20.to plan for a dry race after a wet This is getting ridiculous, what
:11:20. > :11:24.happened to global warming? We had Italy, know what net -- now we have
:11:24. > :11:29.Spain. Two sessions of qualifying and practice have been lost. They
:11:29. > :11:33.are trying to sort out tyre compounds, gear ratios, electronics,
:11:33. > :11:38.these are intricate machines that need sorting out, it is a nightmare.
:11:38. > :11:43.It is pretty hard, and it has been that way two weekends in a role,
:11:43. > :11:49.but you have to do the best you can add try and get into the mindset as
:11:49. > :11:53.quick as you can to qualify. last thing you want is to get into
:11:53. > :11:57.a rhythm again, then you have 60 minutes to go wide and decide you
:11:57. > :12:03.grid position, it is tough. I am very lucky that four weeks ago we
:12:03. > :12:11.did a day and have testing. We went to the rubber ring, I knew where I
:12:11. > :12:15.was going. We know from the past, the radar
:12:15. > :12:19.was saying it should be rain again -- raining again at 2pm. It was a
:12:19. > :12:24.matter of going out the first exit and thinking about race set up,
:12:24. > :12:28.trying to get out immediately and put a lap tie-pin in case it starts
:12:28. > :12:33.raining. Then use the next 20 minutes to kind of do some more
:12:33. > :12:43.maps and get ready for the race, and have caused the last 15 think
:12:43. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:49.about qualifying again. It makes for a quick bar. -- hour.
:12:49. > :12:54.Losing all surgeons to the weather means a huge job for everybody. --
:12:54. > :13:01.all sessions. There is one hour to get it all done. In conditions like
:13:01. > :13:11.this, even the experts were caught out. Dani Pedrosa went first. The
:13:11. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:17.second lap... No great surprise when his team-
:13:17. > :13:21.mate went down, as well, at Nicky Hayden Rhett -- wrecking another
:13:21. > :13:27.Ducati. You can excuse a young man a late Yonny Hernandez, he was in
:13:27. > :13:30.good company, after all. Cal Crutchlow kept his cool. Write to
:13:30. > :13:35.the end it looked like he had pole position. Locke was not with him,
:13:35. > :13:39.though. He was caught up by a back marker. It did not take long for
:13:40. > :13:49.Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, the usual suspects, to get back to the
:13:50. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:59.top. Jonathan rear, a great He has never won here, but Jorge
:13:59. > :14:06.Lorenzo just took the pole. If it was a tricky moment in the
:14:06. > :14:09.middle, I put in some decent laps, then I forgot more about this
:14:10. > :14:14.incident so I focused more on getting to the front row. The first
:14:14. > :14:17.corner is very close, so I hope to get a good start. I was quite
:14:17. > :14:23.pleased. We never did the second test here
:14:23. > :14:29.in Aragon. We came out of the first session quite fast, so we did two
:14:29. > :14:32.could have runs, and we seemed to be quite well up there, as well.
:14:32. > :14:36.Hopefully tomorrow they will not catch up so much and we can be
:14:36. > :14:41.there at the end of the race, as well.
:14:41. > :14:49.The most important is tomorrow, there are a lot of laps tomorrow,
:14:49. > :14:52.so let's see how the weather is. We will hope it does not rain, it is
:14:52. > :14:56.better like this than rain conditions.
:14:56. > :15:02.Qualifying is one thing, but there are no points for VAT. It is all
:15:02. > :15:06.about the race, 23 laps, and if you're Engineer at its it sorted
:15:06. > :15:10.out, its key at -- Quay is worth every penny. Some of the best races
:15:10. > :15:15.we have ever seen is where they have no track down.
:15:15. > :15:20.The sun is out now, a beautiful day, perfect conditions for racing, and
:15:20. > :15:25.they have come all the way from Brazil to watch it. 245 Premier
:15:25. > :15:29.class appearances, Alex, you have not been in the paddock for five or
:15:29. > :15:36.six years now, but you follow the racing closely - what have you made
:15:36. > :15:42.of the championship so far? Thank you, it is nice to be back
:15:42. > :15:52.here at the championship. It is a chance to see some classes, and the
:15:52. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.championship now, I know there has been a big mistake for Dani Pedrosa,
:16:01. > :16:05.in the championships some races can change everything, so pay attention.
:16:05. > :16:09.You finished your career on our Ducati, you have seen your old
:16:09. > :16:13.friend Valentino Rossi moved to Ducati. He has had so many problems,
:16:13. > :16:20.you were one of the few to beat him at the peak of his powers. Can he
:16:20. > :16:27.still win races and championships? Are very much. He will race for the
:16:27. > :16:36.championship. It should not be easy, at the moment he is moving to
:16:36. > :16:40.Yamaha, but he is races are going up a lot, he has a lot more
:16:40. > :16:44.experience, and for everyone this fight between Hoare Taylor at --
:16:44. > :16:48.Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi should be good promotion, nice to
:16:48. > :16:52.watch the races. Go right to see you here, Alex,
:16:52. > :16:56.enjoy the racing today. Well, it looks certain one way or another
:16:56. > :17:02.that the world champion this year is going to be Spanish in the
:17:02. > :17:07.MotoGP class, and end the second class, as well, it looks more
:17:07. > :17:12.likely that the title is coming to this country, as well. Mark Markes
:17:12. > :17:22.has dominated his class, and is turning his attention to MotoGP. He
:17:22. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:29.will be replacing Casey Stoner He may look like butter wouldn't
:17:29. > :17:38.melt but stick him on a bike and this fresh faced 19 kwraoerbld is
:17:38. > :17:47.as fierce as they come. With 24 wins, one world title and a second
:17:47. > :17:50.almost wrapped up MotoGP better watch out for him. Already this
:17:50. > :17:53.year I have pressure because the people start to say OK, this
:17:54. > :18:01.championship is for you, and everything and every year you learn
:18:01. > :18:07.something and next year will be interesting moment because in new
:18:07. > :18:14.category, best category of the world, there everything is bigger,
:18:14. > :18:19.and everything is coming bigger and bigger and will be nice. Need to
:18:19. > :18:24.have a good team, a good persons around you. This is the most
:18:24. > :18:33.important. And then family, everything, if you have a good
:18:33. > :18:40.persons, it's OK around you when you are on the track, it's easy.
:18:40. > :18:45.Always I do my 100% on the track. Always I try to respect my
:18:45. > :18:52.opponents but then one race, the last laps, are exciting and you
:18:52. > :18:56.need to be like that. I think back of the group they are more
:18:56. > :19:00.aggressive than in the front. The front you know are come ras and
:19:01. > :19:09.everything and this first two years in the World Championship I learn a
:19:09. > :19:19.lot that and also I saw winners and I saw on the last lap need to be
:19:19. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:31.adepressive, but always try to respect the opponent. In races can
:19:31. > :19:35.happen other things and I have experience of last year that I have
:19:35. > :19:45.injured, it will be difficult to keep same concentration, same level
:19:45. > :19:53.but I will try to do my best and to try to keep these advantages. All
:19:54. > :19:57.the people say to me, you can win, it will be difficult, I want to
:19:57. > :20:02.start on the first race and from that step by step try to improve. I
:20:02. > :20:12.don't want to arrive on the third race and just to go, my goal for
:20:12. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:16.next year is try to learn everything and try to have some
:20:16. > :20:20.line that go up and try to improve every race.
:20:20. > :20:24.He is a massive talent. If you didn't want the Moto 2 race on the
:20:24. > :20:27.red button before we started then you must join us for extra after
:20:27. > :20:30.the show today and get the highlights or watch it online on
:20:30. > :20:33.the iPlayer later in the week. It was an incredible race. The future
:20:33. > :20:37.looks Spanish at the moment with guys like that coming through. We
:20:37. > :20:42.don't know where the next American ride certificate coming from but we
:20:42. > :20:48.have had one world world champion in 2006 and Nicky Hayden lines up
:20:49. > :20:53.here. This is a good track for you, first of all, how is the hand?
:20:53. > :20:59.a lot better. I knocked it a little bit in the crash yesterday but a
:20:59. > :21:05.lot better. Maybe not 100%, but it's not too bad here. A lot less
:21:05. > :21:11.braking and the crash, missing the race, do a soft track would be nice
:21:11. > :21:14.to get a result here and get momentum going and build something,
:21:14. > :21:18.salvage the season. We are running out of chances here so we need to
:21:18. > :21:21.get a good result today and build on it the rest of the way. Great to
:21:21. > :21:26.see the sun out today. Obviously it's not warm enough for you, you
:21:26. > :21:30.have your hat on. A gamble in terms of the set-up going into this one?
:21:30. > :21:34.I think everybody, apart maybe from the guys who tested here, a little
:21:34. > :21:38.gamble because we have little dry time and the track's warmer than
:21:38. > :21:41.yesterday. We are going with the harder front tyre than I used
:21:41. > :21:45.yesterday and obviously this morning the warm-up 940, no way we
:21:45. > :21:48.could use it. I hadn't actually been on it all weekend but most
:21:48. > :21:53.everybody will go with it. It's a tyre we have used a lot this year.
:21:53. > :21:57.I can't say it's a huge gamble but it's always nice going into a nice
:21:57. > :22:00.down a few laps on the race tyres but I am going to get one warm-up
:22:00. > :22:05.lap so hopefully that's enough. Thank you, all the best. All right,
:22:06. > :22:12.cheers, thank you. Let's move forward to the second row, I
:22:12. > :22:17.believe. We saw last time out a close podium
:22:17. > :22:22.battle for Stefan missing out in the end. It seems ever closer to
:22:22. > :22:27.reaching the podium. Hopefully. It will be not easy because you know
:22:27. > :22:31.the guys are really experienced and really fast so I try to learn
:22:31. > :22:37.because especially it will be very tough because at the end the tyre
:22:37. > :22:41.will drop a lot so I have to learn to manage the situation and to
:22:41. > :22:45.don't drop the lap time. That will be the target for the race and from
:22:45. > :22:52.the result we will see. Just one second between the front two rows
:22:52. > :22:58.here, do you expect it to be close again? Well, we had a good test
:22:58. > :23:03.here. Hopefully we can use it and yeah, I try my best and then we see.
:23:03. > :23:11.Good luck in the race. It could be a real shuffle at the
:23:11. > :23:14.front. As we saw a couple of weeks ago instead of fan -- Stefan
:23:14. > :23:18.fighting for the podium. The important thick for you one
:23:18. > :23:24.point second to pole position, it's not a big gap. The guys are getting
:23:24. > :23:29.closer. I am really happy. We got closure from the leaders. Even this
:23:29. > :23:33.track we have a long strait but even we are, as you say close from
:23:33. > :23:39.the leaders, so we have to be happy and try to battle now with my team-
:23:39. > :23:45.mate. You also have a couple of prototype guys behind you as well.
:23:45. > :23:50.Are you hoping to finish in front of those guys? We will see,
:23:50. > :23:53.yesterday we did qualifying, really fast lap but checked the time from
:23:53. > :23:57.two years ago and time yesterday was not really fast so I think they
:23:57. > :24:01.will improve his time during the race and we will try to follow. But
:24:01. > :24:06.as I said, the strait is really, really long. We don't want to give
:24:06. > :24:09.the Moto 2 result away, so close your ears for a couple of seconds,
:24:09. > :24:15.but what a race from your brother. Unbelievable. It was really
:24:15. > :24:20.difficult because as everybody said, Mark was unbelievable. Unbelievable
:24:20. > :24:24.job. It was difficult to win him but Paul did a great race and I am
:24:24. > :24:30.really, really happy. Let's hope it's a great day for the family.
:24:30. > :24:34.will cross fingers. Thank you very much. Let's catch up with Jonathan
:24:34. > :24:40.Rae. Just over a second off pole here
:24:40. > :24:44.with Jonathan. Last time out you were telling Matt you were almost
:24:44. > :24:48.hyperventilating on the grid. I guess it feels more normal now.
:24:48. > :24:53.Honestly, I am still the same, really nervous. This morning we
:24:53. > :24:57.made a bad change and I got into a bad rhythm, so I hope to go out and
:24:57. > :25:02.find pace in the early laps and joining some kind of battle and
:25:02. > :25:12.make the race a little bit, hopefully it will fly past a little
:25:12. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:18.quicker. 43 seconds at the end of the winner in Mozano. The first
:25:18. > :25:21.target is to close that gap? Yeah, that's my only target right now. To
:25:21. > :25:25.be honest, I want to enjoy this experience and do the best job I
:25:25. > :25:31.can and in the end if I give it my everything I can be happy enough
:25:31. > :25:39.and walk away from this learning a lot more to take back to Superbike.
:25:39. > :25:46.Good luck. We are all behind you once again, Johnny. There is Jorge
:25:46. > :25:50.Lorenzo. Not won a race here at Aragon. Neither has Dani Pedrosa.
:25:50. > :25:56.The two Spaniards fighting it out at the top of the championship and
:25:56. > :26:05.then our own Cal Crutchlow after that crash, which was preceded by a
:26:05. > :26:14.podium, we all have our fingers crossed for Cal today.
:26:14. > :26:18.Steve, Charlie, tyre choice critical. Cal was saying he would
:26:18. > :26:21.risk a hard front tyre yesterday in the press conference. The
:26:21. > :26:26.conditions now, most guys are going to be doing the same? Yeah, the
:26:27. > :26:31.trick is it's only 17 degrees air temp and that means the track temp
:26:31. > :26:36.is cool as well. As soon as we get that sheet we will let you know.
:26:36. > :26:40.There is the circuit. It is a very, very interesting track. One of my
:26:40. > :26:44.favourites I have to say, I have been fortunate enough to ride
:26:44. > :26:48.around it a few times. This section one is very tricky, it climbs all
:26:48. > :26:55.the way up through section one, getting up to the top of the hill
:26:55. > :27:01.where there is a great viewing spot. Section two, drops down to the
:27:01. > :27:11.reverse Corkscrew area. Sector three really tight and twisty and
:27:11. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:23.amazingly in the wet Her nan des is one of the quickest through that.
:27:23. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:33.That's the point they're talking There is the grid. Cal Crutchlow on
:27:33. > :27:43.the front row. Nice work as well from Bradl. If you are Jonathan Rae,
:27:43. > :27:44.
:27:44. > :27:54.you want to frame that. Look at that Espargaro.
:27:54. > :28:15.
:28:15. > :28:19.Terrific stuff from him. There everyone's gone for the harder
:28:19. > :28:22.front, pretty much everyone and soft rear. They haven't tested on
:28:22. > :28:26.them at all this weekend but going to give them a go because they give
:28:26. > :28:30.more stability. Even though it's cool, 17 degrees air and not much
:28:30. > :28:34.higher on the track to be honest, so they're sacrifice ago bit of
:28:34. > :28:38.early grip so they've got that stability on the brakes. The first
:28:38. > :28:41.lap or two will be rather tricky with cold track temperature and
:28:41. > :28:49.watching yourself a little bit. It's the first time when you get to
:28:49. > :28:54.turn three when you have used the right-hand side of the tyre, early
:28:54. > :28:58.on. This man was very unlucky not to get the pole. Half a second in
:28:58. > :29:02.front with a few minutes left on an even fast lap, he was held up, then
:29:02. > :29:08.working down the hill, unfortunately, for want of two
:29:08. > :29:12.seconds he would have got another lap but he just missed the flag.
:29:12. > :29:16.And Cal is well aware that his 5th place in the championship is under
:29:16. > :29:26.threat. Valentino Rossi who got that podium last time out just two
:29:26. > :29:27.
:29:27. > :29:31.points behind him. 120 for Rossi. Let's hope he gets a great result
:29:31. > :29:35.this weekend to stay 5th in the championship. You heard it from him
:29:35. > :29:41.when he was talking to Matt at the top of the show, when he was
:29:41. > :29:51.interviewed he said, look, I just rode a rotten first lap and as a
:29:51. > :29:53.
:29:53. > :30:00.result of that - it seems to be a real bugbear. If dove dove gets If
:30:00. > :30:04.Andrea Dovizioso gets past him. It will be back ard -- awkward. He
:30:04. > :30:12.has one warm-up lap, all these guys to try that front tyre and get some
:30:12. > :30:15.heat in it. The heat doesn't just come from leaning the bike over.
:30:16. > :30:21.are talking about going the wrong way in set-ups and the pressure for
:30:21. > :30:25.everybody as we look at that downhill run and this huge left-
:30:25. > :30:31.hander. Jonathan Rae, this morning in the warm-up, that's what he was
:30:31. > :30:35.referring to, he was 12th because he got it wrong. That fast-slow,
:30:35. > :30:38.getting on the brakes, off the brakes, that's all Dani Pedrosa was
:30:38. > :30:48.doing at the start of the last race but it was enough to weld them
:30:48. > :30:51.
:30:51. > :31:01.if he had to be beyond the disc, but they were eating up the tyres,
:31:01. > :31:04.
:31:04. > :31:10.Pedrosa nor Lorenzo have either won here, so there is a little on the
:31:10. > :31:15.line. The answer is soon to be found. Cal
:31:15. > :31:20.Crutchlow was third, and if he can get a clean start it will be
:31:20. > :31:25.fantastic. The reds are up in Aragon. Good start from Lorenzo.
:31:25. > :31:32.Lorenzo has made it to the first corner first. Ben Spies has gone
:31:32. > :31:39.within, and Cal Crutchlow is back and forth. Carbon debt is one heck
:31:39. > :31:46.of a climb up that hill to the top of this mountain in Aragon.
:31:46. > :31:49.Valentino Rossi had to start from the pitch -- pit lane last year.
:31:49. > :31:55.Jorge Lorenzo has put in his last engine for the season. He is now on
:31:55. > :32:02.his sixth. A good start from Ben Spies. Cal Crutchlow was fourth,
:32:02. > :32:07.lost a place of. Ben Spies has had some real pace of
:32:07. > :32:11.the weekend. He just got a little caught out by a very fluky timing,
:32:11. > :32:17.as we see Nicky Hayden ducking down the inside of his team-mate,
:32:17. > :32:25.Valentino Rossi. Nicky Hayden made a very firm pass there, brilliant
:32:25. > :32:31.to see. Aleix Espargaro holding off Alvaro Bautista for the time being.
:32:31. > :32:36.This is the section where Hernandez, of all people, was super quick.
:32:36. > :32:43.We just, he was, remember when Valentino Rossi did that past two
:32:43. > :32:49.years ago, he called it the backdoor past. That is a good move
:32:49. > :32:55.from his point of view. There is Cal Crutchlow, number 35,
:32:55. > :33:03.nicely tucked into fourth. Nicky Hayden is looking good, way over
:33:03. > :33:09.200 mph down that hill. That was contact! Valentino Rossi! That was
:33:09. > :33:15.close. We are with Valentino Rossi, that was very focusing.
:33:15. > :33:22.I ensure that was the back of Jonathan rear there. -- I am sure.
:33:22. > :33:26.Told about never dull, that was a ride on debt of action for you.
:33:26. > :33:32.That was extraordinary. Valentino Rossi will keep an eye on where
:33:32. > :33:37.that leaves him. Backs looked on that -- let's look
:33:37. > :33:43.again at this from the outside. Jonathan rear once the line, he is
:33:43. > :33:47.following Nicky Hayden. Rossi tried on the outside, he will come right
:33:47. > :33:51.back. He started from the slip road last year, he will now have to
:33:51. > :33:54.start from the slip road at the end of the straight. It is a long
:33:54. > :34:02.enough lap, you do not need to make it any longer.
:34:02. > :34:12.His speed down there was 335 kilometres per hour, 210 mph when
:34:12. > :34:18.he weaned the side of Jonathan rear. For Cal Crutchlow, frustration
:34:18. > :34:23.again. You were riding with Rossi and we have light years back to the
:34:23. > :34:30.next bike. They're having a heck of a job
:34:30. > :34:33.fighting their way back. 22 laps remaining of this. Cal Crutchlow,
:34:33. > :34:40.number 35 per, won the Yamaha, it right up on the factory bike of Ben
:34:40. > :34:50.Spies. He is going to the Ducati team next year. He has had a
:34:50. > :34:52.
:34:52. > :34:58.corners where you can carry a bit too much speed of then sorted out
:34:58. > :35:02.on the return leg. Yes, it is an apex, let it run out wide, then
:35:02. > :35:08.clipped the apex again. If you get the first Park on it ruins the
:35:08. > :35:11.whole thing. We have a race on here, because Dani Pedrosa, who had a
:35:11. > :35:15.torrid time and practice with a crash in the only part of the
:35:15. > :35:22.session, he just needs to settle down. His tyres are fully up to
:35:22. > :35:26.temperature, running at around 120 degrees.
:35:26. > :35:32.That is a piece of Ducati, I think that is Nicky Hayden. Let's hope he
:35:32. > :35:36.is all right. He had his hand a little yesterday. We heard him
:35:36. > :35:45.saying it was not too bad. I can tell you already, by the way, apart
:35:45. > :35:55.from Nicky Hayden's crash, Lorenzo has just done a 43 -- 49.1, and
:35:55. > :35:56.
:35:56. > :36:05.still has been four. 1.49 0.0 is the lap record here. It
:36:05. > :36:10.-- they are on 1,000 cc's this year, as opposed to 800 last year. He has
:36:10. > :36:14.got to jump, because he is going to the wall. Get off, Nicky, it is
:36:14. > :36:18.going to hurt. Why didn't he jump- off?
:36:18. > :36:23.There grass is still wet, slippery as you like, he was trying to get
:36:23. > :36:28.the power down. I don't know if he thought that was
:36:28. > :36:36.more of an airbag then it was, but it fired over the top fare, and
:36:36. > :36:42.that was horrible to look at. Like Opie is all right. -- I hope he is.
:36:42. > :36:45.All it was was a minor error, and as you have said so many times, the
:36:45. > :36:52.silliest little thing and you pay an enormous prize. All he did was
:36:52. > :36:57.run a little bit wide and he could not this sort it added.
:36:57. > :37:07.Pedrosa has closed down Jorge Lorenzo, 49.1, he has taken three-
:37:07. > :37:16.tenths out of Lorenzo. I remember Jorge Lorenzo...
:37:16. > :37:18.He has caught Cal Crutchlow. I heard Jorge Lorenzo last you're
:37:18. > :37:21.talking about and the fact he was second in the championship to Casey
:37:21. > :37:27.Stoner. He said it was going to be easier for him as Casey Stoner had
:37:27. > :37:36.to defend the lead. That is what he has to do now. He is trying to be
:37:36. > :37:39.smooth and camp, but he us that 38 points lead. Pedrosa must win here
:37:39. > :37:46.to have any chance of clawing it back.
:37:46. > :37:55.This is a real day of attrition. Here is the run down the hill. Then
:37:55. > :38:00.four has got out real well, but no, no, not on your life. Then we have
:38:00. > :38:09.the fiddly bit before the big drag race, and that is maybe where Dani
:38:09. > :38:12.Pedrosa will line him up. Let's watch them down the hill. I think
:38:13. > :38:18.it is a matter of time. I think Jorge Lorenzo will get himself into
:38:18. > :38:25.a rhythm to see what is going on, let Pedrosa get through, that is my
:38:25. > :38:31.feeling. Stefan Bradl has now made a move on
:38:31. > :38:38.Ben Spies. Ben Spies is having none of it, keeps the door firmly shut.
:38:38. > :38:46.But he has let it swing back open again! Stefan Bradl up into third,
:38:46. > :38:51.that was not in Ben Spies's script. Not at all.
:38:51. > :38:59.He just pulls it up before he hits the Astroturf, and looked who is
:38:59. > :39:05.working, his old buddy, number four, Andrea Dovizioso.
:39:05. > :39:15.To talk about success to failure in 30 seconds flat! But move, podium
:39:15. > :39:15.
:39:15. > :39:21.position, in the gravel. That is unreal.
:39:21. > :39:26.My goodness me, lost the front end, it dug in, standing up around 30
:39:26. > :39:32.kilometres per hour. The bike is finished, the handlebars are gone,
:39:32. > :39:39.I am sure. This is the battle for the lead, Dani Pedrosa I believe
:39:39. > :39:44.can pass at will. It is very close indeed, but what you were about to
:39:44. > :39:47.say, I think, is what is happening here is everyone is still brand-new,
:39:47. > :39:52.struggling, their first day of sunshine. All their settings are
:39:52. > :39:57.all over the place. A big difference with the Bridgestone
:39:57. > :40:00.tyre is the harbour compound they are all running out as much stiffer
:40:00. > :40:07.can touch -- construction, it is better on the bricks, there is
:40:07. > :40:11.better feedback. They are learning their braking points now. Ben Spies
:40:11. > :40:17.lost a place there and I think that is because he did not have it
:40:17. > :40:24.worked out a right. I reckon the only way Lorenzo is going to hold
:40:24. > :40:34.the moth is with our blowgun. -- called him off. 23 laps, but they
:40:34. > :40:36.
:40:36. > :40:39.are long laps, and Pedrosa looks very comfortable. Andrea Dovizioso
:40:39. > :40:43.trying to put a move on Cal Crutchlow. That is not going to
:40:43. > :40:47.happen. I think Cal Crutchlow suffered from
:40:47. > :40:53.trying to brake deeper. He went deeper into the corner, he came
:40:53. > :40:58.very close to collecting Ben Spies and Ben Spies's clock has not been
:40:58. > :41:04.with him. He needs a podium finish, it would be like a win for in the
:41:04. > :41:08.season. Ben Spies has given himself a
:41:08. > :41:11.fright by running today, then Cal Crutchlow did exactly the same
:41:11. > :41:20.thing, and Andrea de that sealed still has a taste of this now,
:41:20. > :41:25.thinking he can take the pair of them. -- Andrea Dovizioso.
:41:25. > :41:35.Andrea Dovizioso can carry some serious speed down the hill here.
:41:35. > :41:36.
:41:36. > :41:40.The lap times have sought it -- sort of settled down,...
:41:40. > :41:47.Nicky Hayden is up and talking, that could have gone either way
:41:47. > :41:54.when he pirouetted over that fence. He'd just needed to put the back
:41:54. > :41:58.brake on and put the bike down. It would be a pile of tyres, he hit it
:41:58. > :42:05.straight on and did fired him over the top.
:42:05. > :42:15.That was awful, but we are still glad he is OK.
:42:15. > :42:21.
:42:21. > :42:28.Andrea Dovizioso is in the biding his time at the moment.
:42:28. > :42:32.He is going to sides this up and think whether he can mug him. There
:42:32. > :42:38.is no dividend in just getting past Lorenzo, you can only do it if you
:42:38. > :42:45.think you can get some miles down the road from in.
:42:45. > :42:48.There is Mattia Pasini. The there are some run-off areas,
:42:48. > :42:53.but the disappointment of this circuit is everything you can see
:42:53. > :43:03.off the track is wet, wet dirt, wet grass, so it is a mud fate if you
:43:03. > :43:14.
:43:14. > :43:23.sounds like tearing metal. Dani Pedrosa seems to have the
:43:23. > :43:29.speed through there. Up to turn 12, he is going to have a chance.
:43:29. > :43:38.there are a couple of lines through there, Steve. Not worth the risk,
:43:38. > :43:43.we now continue to fall, turn right, and then a big turn laughed. --
:43:43. > :43:51.left. That run, as he got it up the hell
:43:51. > :43:57.out of turn 10 through 11, he got the grip early on, got the drive,
:43:57. > :44:01.really laid it down and drove up the hill there. He was on the
:44:01. > :44:07.inside there, so that shows the Honda really has the balance of the
:44:07. > :44:13.bike work out. They are both will running identical tyres, they are
:44:13. > :44:18.both running the medium compound at rear tyre. Honda seem to be able to
:44:18. > :44:21.transfer her the power. They have enormous amount of power. It was
:44:21. > :44:28.nothing to do with horsepower, because you're not using maximum
:44:28. > :44:31.horsepower, it is just grip. Very impressive from Danny because a,
:44:32. > :44:39.and they are pretty pleased. Then as some very good support for
:44:39. > :44:47.them both around the circuit. Stefan Bradl will be thinking well,
:44:47. > :44:53.or what if? But it doesn't matter any more. No, and he has had such a
:44:53. > :45:01.consistent ear, but unfortunately for him... He lost the front going
:45:01. > :45:04.in, and then it came round. You can here at the foot rest and
:45:04. > :45:10.handlebars being ground away. It is second and at that point.
:45:10. > :45:14.A major moment for Lorenzo, he found a little adhesion and
:45:14. > :45:19.realised that Pedrosa has some serious squirt and may disappear
:45:20. > :45:24.into the distance. Lorenzo can afford to let him do that because
:45:24. > :45:27.Jorge Lorenzo has a good lead, but what he cannot afford to do is fall
:45:27. > :45:32.off. No, he is sitting with 20 points at
:45:32. > :45:37.the moment, he will live at -- lose five points of that championship
:45:37. > :45:43.lead. Valentino Rossi is clawing his way through, he is back up to
:45:43. > :45:48.12th place, no mean feat. He is in front of Hector Barbera now. A good
:45:48. > :45:51.think anyone was to blame, it was just walk of the drop, Jonathan
:45:51. > :45:56.rear saw someone coming down the roadside.
:45:56. > :46:00.Law, after coming into that corner round the inside of the track,
:46:00. > :46:08.Valentino Rosso was gaining, the track narrowed and he had nowhere
:46:08. > :46:14.to go. Very unfortunate for him, the final factory Ducati, of course,
:46:14. > :46:19.Nicky Hayden, is out of this race. We have heard from the pit lane he
:46:19. > :46:25.is talking, that is good news, but it was a horrible looking accident.
:46:25. > :46:29.There is Aleix Espargaro, a builder -- who lost the lead CRT bike. He
:46:29. > :46:34.is in eighth place, a huge achievement. The man behind him,
:46:34. > :46:37.Alvaro Bautista, really has his head down, and he is getting up to
:46:37. > :46:44.sixth place, having just got himself past Jonathan, who still
:46:44. > :46:54.seventh. Alvaro Bautista is getting a wriggle on, which is good. He is
:46:54. > :46:58.
:46:58. > :47:04.time out. One thing we have to remember about him, they're the
:47:04. > :47:09.only team in the elite class of MotoGP running, or not running only
:47:09. > :47:18.in suspension systems. There we saw a focusing moment from Lorenzo.
:47:18. > :47:24.Have another look at this. That's making a mess of the seat! Too much
:47:24. > :47:30.information from you! Yeah, but it shows he is trying. He doesn't at
:47:30. > :47:40.this stage, 15 laps left, he doesn't have the pace to go with
:47:40. > :47:49.
:47:49. > :47:54.Pedrosa. This is great news for Pezrosa -- Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo
:47:54. > :47:58.is a smart cookie, he knows that the pace is too hot for him. He
:47:58. > :48:04.knows he has 20 points in his pocket. Who cares, you lose five,
:48:04. > :48:08.he has a 28-point lead. There is Johnny Rea. Having a good ride, he
:48:08. > :48:13.knows what he wants to do, he wants to finish closer than 43 seconds at
:48:13. > :48:23.the end. Valentino Rossi is saoeuting through there. Now up to
:48:23. > :48:27.8th place. That's the battle at the top.. Espargaro fighting back.
:48:27. > :48:37.These are the class of the CRT field. They're starting to make the
:48:37. > :48:46.
:48:46. > :48:54.slower of the works bikes look silly. He is lapping 1.512, up
:48:54. > :49:04.around Bautista times. The doctor is coming in to play at the moment.
:49:04. > :49:12.
:49:12. > :49:20.8th position. Abraham 9th. James Ellison in 13th at the moment..
:49:20. > :49:30.Pasini also hit the return road. Check that out. Now around the
:49:30. > :49:36.
:49:36. > :49:40.final corner. Look at the top speed of Pedrosa. That's little Dani and
:49:40. > :49:45.big horse power. That will be terrific news for Dani Pedrosa as
:49:45. > :49:48.far as his pit board's concerned and race pace, he might even switch
:49:49. > :49:53.the electronics down so he hasn't as much horse power, conserving
:49:53. > :49:59.fuel and tyres. He can monitor that on board, as such. He has a switch
:49:59. > :50:03.on the the handlebars that will make the bike easier to ride. Help
:50:03. > :50:10.conserve the tyres a little bit more now. Coming up to half race
:50:10. > :50:15.distance. If you thumb through Dani Pedrosa's career, what happened to
:50:15. > :50:20.him last time out will go down as one of the most disappointing of
:50:20. > :50:24.all the things that's ever happened to him and he has had bad luck. He
:50:24. > :50:28.had two wins on the row. We both felt, I think, that he was on a
:50:28. > :50:38.roll and likely to win that race as well. This would have been four in
:50:38. > :50:39.
:50:39. > :50:43.a row the way we are looking now. You say that - oh, here we go.
:50:43. > :50:49.grip on the Astraturf. Thank you very much, through. That's Cal's
:50:49. > :50:55.biggest nightmare. He ran wide. Spinning out. That caused the
:50:55. > :50:58.wheelie. Came back and got some grip. Going back to Dani Pedrosa, I
:50:58. > :51:02.agree, his championship really through no proper fault of his own
:51:02. > :51:06.went wrong last time out. Arguably, at least it didn't hurt, when you
:51:06. > :51:12.think of some of the other catastrophic things that have
:51:12. > :51:16.happened to Dani Pedrosa. Broke his coal hrar -- collar bone badly. He
:51:16. > :51:23.has had some dire situations and things that have gone horribly
:51:23. > :51:29.wrong for him. Andrea Dovizioso is through comfortably on Cal
:51:29. > :51:34.Crutchlow. He will now set his sights on Ben Spies. He will be
:51:34. > :51:38.trying to get rid of him will be a tall order for Andrea Dovizioso.
:51:38. > :51:48.Ben Spies desperate to get on the podium. This is effectively the
:51:48. > :51:53.
:51:53. > :51:57.battle for third place. Bautista is 6th. Rea still there. He is pretty
:51:57. > :52:07.much in touch. Nice work. He is definitely within the grasp of
:52:07. > :52:13.
:52:13. > :52:23.beating the difference that he had last time around. There is dePuniet.
:52:23. > :52:43.
:52:43. > :52:50.The more experienced, showing who is Petrucci. As we often speak
:52:50. > :52:56.about, it's not just weight. If we get a shot of Dani Pedrosa, you can
:52:56. > :53:01.hardly see he is on the bike. aerodynamics, top speed and
:53:01. > :53:05.acceleration and braking. The amount of energy that 35kilos
:53:05. > :53:10.brings. We were having this discussion earlier today about how
:53:10. > :53:16.it helps you, but also I have to have the greatest admiration for
:53:16. > :53:21.Dani Pedrosa able to muscle one of these horse power motorcycles
:53:22. > :53:25.around being that light. You are moving yourself around on a
:53:25. > :53:29.motorcycle. See if Cal Crutchlow can come back now on his team-mate
:53:29. > :53:33.there, number four, Andrea Dovizioso, properly outqualified
:53:33. > :53:38.him. Andrea Dovizioso we have seen him take podiums across this year.
:53:38. > :53:43.He is pressuring bike number 11, the blue and grey Yamaha of Ben
:53:43. > :53:47.Spies. My prediction on the BBC website this week was for Dani
:53:47. > :53:51.Pedrosa to win. Jorge Lorenzo to get second. A shot there of
:53:51. > :54:01.everyone waiting outside the Medical Center to see how poor old
:54:01. > :54:05.Nicky is. On the the Radio this morning I had I had Dani Pedrosa
:54:05. > :54:08.and Cal Crutchlow and Jorge Lorenzo. I prefer if it's Cal Crutchlow, I
:54:08. > :54:15.have to say. It's my heart speaking. You never know. I haven't got a
:54:15. > :54:20.heart! I know. Conscious with full mobility. That's great to hear.
:54:20. > :54:24.That was the freakiest, unluckiest accident I have ever seen. It was
:54:24. > :54:29.extraordinary. Ben is well aware of what's going on behind him. We saw
:54:29. > :54:33.him have a quick look over his should tore see that there was a
:54:33. > :54:41.number four, he knows who that is, it's Andrea Dovizioso, the man that
:54:41. > :54:46.is going to Ducati next year. will be an interesting move. It's a
:54:46. > :54:52.great team. For them to get back on two bikes, very smart of Ducati to
:54:52. > :55:02.focus two bikes in a team, rather than than diluting effort. It's
:55:02. > :55:03.
:55:03. > :55:10.very good. Performance-wise, I have said before Yamaha are good at
:55:10. > :55:18.having their satellite team with similar equipment. It's a credit to
:55:18. > :55:22.Tech 3 and the guys. Great engineers in there. They put very
:55:22. > :55:28.good motorcycles underneath their riders. There they are in formation
:55:28. > :55:32.behind Ben Spies. This would be his first podium of the year. A couple
:55:32. > :55:36.of 4ths so far. He's obviously been walking under ladders or running
:55:36. > :55:39.over black cats or whatever he's been doing because it's not even
:55:39. > :55:45.been funny this year some of the things that have gone wrong for Ben
:55:45. > :55:50.Spies. Not possible really how somehow have happened. Fantastic to
:55:50. > :55:53.watch. Yeah, this is where it drops down.
:55:53. > :55:59.The highest part of the circuit here and immediately they drop down
:55:59. > :56:03.here. This is what we call the reverse corkscrew. Second gear. And
:56:03. > :56:07.flick it left. It's a big drop down. This is the run, this is where we
:56:07. > :56:11.saw Dani Pedrosa get the grip out of here. Just here, you nail the
:56:11. > :56:14.throttle in about third gear. And that's where you need all the grip
:56:14. > :56:18.you can get. Then you don't even see this next corner, turn 12,
:56:18. > :56:21.until you are over the top and there it is. That's why we see to
:56:21. > :56:26.many people in practice and qualifying go down the slip road.
:56:26. > :56:30.It's a blind entry into that corner. This is turn 13. That's where we
:56:30. > :56:34.saw a few crashes in the wet sessions. Dani Pedrosa crashed
:56:34. > :56:37.there in qualifying. Then we have turn 15, probably the most
:56:37. > :56:47.important corner on the circuit, getting the drive out of there and
:56:47. > :56:51.
:56:51. > :57:01.then this amazingly long strait, nearly a kilometre long. We saw
:57:01. > :57:02.
:57:02. > :57:07.Johnny Rea and Valentino Rossi. Ben Spies is up on the kerb there.
:57:07. > :57:10.sounded marvellous. It's almost given like number four, Andrea
:57:10. > :57:17.Dovizioso, - Cal Crutchlow is back with that as well. This is the
:57:17. > :57:26.thing that sounds awesome. They use saoeulers on the yam -- silencers
:57:26. > :57:30.on the Yamahas. But these just rip and tear. Here is the start again.
:57:30. > :57:34.Jorge away perfectly. Ben Spies slots into third in front of Cal
:57:34. > :57:38.Crutchlow. Went wide but nevertheless, managed to hold that
:57:38. > :57:42.position all the way through there. Jorge, look at the trust he has in
:57:42. > :57:47.his rear tyre, the way he got away from that and drove up the hill out
:57:47. > :57:52.of turn two. Spies is interesting to watch. Cal has to make sure he
:57:52. > :57:57.negotiates out wide. He is in too tight. It's such a tricky job on
:57:57. > :58:00.the first corner because you never ever practise off the start line,
:58:00. > :58:03.you don't know how much grip you have got. You are trying to work
:58:03. > :58:08.out what you have got on that first corner. You don't want anyone
:58:08. > :58:12.passing you. It's a real balancing act. He's done it! You don't want
:58:13. > :58:18.anyone passing you. It's taken him about 14 laps but Andrea Dovizioso
:58:18. > :58:26.is now up into yet another potential podium, Steve. He is a
:58:26. > :58:31.bit of a consistent boy. Ben Spies is want ago bit of that back again!
:58:31. > :58:36.He was very close. He has had a look over his shoulder, hi, Cal. I
:58:36. > :58:41.think he's got out of there quickly, at least to hold Cal Crutchlow at
:58:41. > :58:50.bay. That was a close old shuffle. It didn't quite work for him. Out
:58:50. > :58:54.of that turn 14 had a run on him, but he was baulked - meanwhile,
:58:54. > :59:01.Dani Pedrosa has 4.852 seconds. He had his birthday yesterday, this
:59:01. > :59:06.would be a nice present for him. That was optimistic! Just couldn't
:59:06. > :59:10.get it pulled up in time and didn't want to run wide, of course. He's
:59:10. > :59:13.forced himself a little bit deep there, as you can see and lost a
:59:13. > :59:19.bit of time because he was square to that corner as he approached it.
:59:19. > :59:23.You but he was having a stphaoeuf and -- sniff and that was worth a
:59:23. > :59:27.try. Spice trying to get -- Spies trying to get this back quick.
:59:27. > :59:31.Crutchlow will not want to see Andrea Dovizioso disappearing away.
:59:31. > :59:35.But this would be another nice podium position for Andrea
:59:35. > :59:45.Dovizioso. He is having a strong season from his point of view. He
:59:45. > :59:49.had a third in Holland, in Germany, in Cataluna. Let's have a look.
:59:49. > :59:53.Ben knew he had made a mistake. That was where that happened. Ben
:59:53. > :59:58.worked out he had made a mistake. He looked over his shoulder. It was
:59:58. > :00:03.sort of gifted to Andrea Dovizioso. He did about three corners there at
:00:03. > :00:08.right angles and in the end, he lost a bit of space. This guy is
:00:08. > :00:14.just fluid. He is doing a belting job. As I suspected he would. Great
:00:14. > :00:18.pace here. Hasn't won here either. This is a Stoner circuit really.
:00:18. > :00:23.That's great. Declared OK in the Medical Center. Fantastic news.
:00:23. > :00:27.That is superb news because you couldn't meet a nicer man than
:00:27. > :00:32.Nicky Hayden. He gives his best the whole time. I am sure the reason he
:00:32. > :00:38.stayed on the bike he didn't want to damage it but he should have
:00:38. > :00:48.jumped earlier, he will look back and wish he had. They're saying in
:00:48. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :01:03.the Medical Center, explain how you just trunk 20th -- just drunk 27
:01:03. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.yesterday. A seasoned campaigner by seemed to Roy against M Misano two
:01:09. > :01:15.weeks ago, everyone will be pointing fingers, and everyone will
:01:15. > :01:22.hope it wasn't them, and whatever it was, but this is nearly worse,
:01:22. > :01:25.the fact that had that not happened he would have been... Three points
:01:26. > :01:30.away from Lorenzo at the end of this. As we heard from the race
:01:30. > :01:33.director, if someone has put their hand up, it doesn't matter that all
:01:34. > :01:38.the red lights are on, he cannot have it start with a guy in the
:01:38. > :01:47.middle with a stalled engine, he will get really at in that
:01:47. > :01:51.circumstance. -- wheelie hat. Still four races after this, anything
:01:51. > :01:57.could happen, but it would be a bolt of lightning to stop the
:01:57. > :02:01.Lorenzo juggernaut now. It does seem a little unfair that Pedrosa,
:02:01. > :02:08.such a competitive guy, he got to the championship before Lorenzo,
:02:08. > :02:12.has yet to win a title. A Yes, about a five-second advantage, that
:02:12. > :02:18.is what five seconds looks like, it does not take long to get down that
:02:18. > :02:26.street when you're doing 200 mph. It is not over yet, who has the
:02:26. > :02:29.tyres left? We are into the tyre degradation area. It is who has
:02:29. > :02:39.guessed the right setting, quite honestly, who has the suspension
:02:39. > :02:44.that will give that? A bit lonely, but it's useful points and a top-
:02:44. > :02:49.six finish is no disgrace at this level. He is a little further down
:02:49. > :02:56.the road than he should be, because he had anything to do to get past
:02:56. > :03:03.people. He is 24 seconds adrift of Dani Pedrosa, so he is giving away
:03:03. > :03:08.1.5 seconds per lap. Jonathan Rea, really good job, very close to the
:03:08. > :03:14.time of Espargaro. He is 28 seconds back, he wants to beat 43 come and
:03:14. > :03:21.I think he is going to, and you have to say I -- this is a fast
:03:21. > :03:27.race. Faster than Misano, because Lorenzo after the first scare
:03:27. > :03:32.settle down and did not have to pitch -- have good pitch. George
:03:33. > :03:37.Lorenzo will be a bit upset by this, it is too big a gap for him to be
:03:37. > :03:41.behind Pedrosa. We still have Japan, Malaysia, Australia and the final
:03:41. > :03:47.round in Valencia yet to go. He will not want to keep finishing
:03:47. > :03:52.second. He will know that, apart from the last race where Pedrosa
:03:52. > :04:02.was taken out, this will be the third race in a row where Pedrosa's
:04:02. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:08.1. -- were patrolled -- where Pedrosa has won.
:04:08. > :04:13.Ben Spies has been dropped off by Cal Crutchlow, Cal Crutchlow now in
:04:13. > :04:17.front and pressuring his team-mate as he can sniff a podium. There
:04:17. > :04:20.must have been an error from Ben Spies somewhere.
:04:20. > :04:25.He has dropped about a second from these boys.
:04:25. > :04:35.Yes, last time around Ben Spies, this time we will see a very slow
:04:35. > :04:37.
:04:37. > :04:41.lap for him. Ben Spies last time around was a 55.7, compared to Cal
:04:41. > :04:47.Crutchlow 49.7. That is looking good, has he got another podium in
:04:47. > :04:54.him? That is a great move.
:04:54. > :04:58.He yes, kind of plot of Ben Spies's path. That terrific pass for Cal
:04:58. > :05:03.Crutchlow. He is showing his intention see it,
:05:03. > :05:08.it looks like in this closing stage of the race he still has some
:05:08. > :05:13.serious pace, Cal Crutchlow. He has a point to prove, because he hopped
:05:13. > :05:19.off his bike the last time. I want to see a shot of the manager,
:05:19. > :05:25.I have been there. It is horrible. There is a good old race with Yonny
:05:25. > :05:30.Hernandez. Yes, the manager will be there,
:05:30. > :05:38.fumbling with his chequebook worrying about that.
:05:38. > :05:42.A terrific run for James Ellison there, very pleasing to see that.
:05:42. > :05:52.Yonny Hernandez is pretty handy, sought to be holding her moth
:05:52. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:12.you're doing something right. -- so over this man, George Lorenzo. --
:06:12. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:24.a Cal Crutchlow. For Max -- four laps left. Whatever is going to
:06:24. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:46.faster than Pedrosa. Rossi is doing a good job, he is at -- he is still
:06:46. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:53.in eighth position, Jonathan Rea is comfortable in seventh position.
:06:53. > :07:01.Rossi is a wealth seconds further back.
:07:01. > :07:06.-- 12 seconds. Yes, Rossi is breathing down the
:07:06. > :07:09.neck of Pedrosa in the points. They Valentino Rossi having a bit
:07:09. > :07:16.of a moment there, missing the corner completely, banning of the
:07:16. > :07:23.track. He has ridden further than anyone else today, Valentino.
:07:23. > :07:29.if you check the mileage on that bike it will be high.
:07:29. > :07:39.Pedrosa is now showing off, he is doing absolutely brilliantly. These
:07:39. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:50.lapse are within Nothing of Each think his riding style is more
:07:50. > :08:00.animated than ever before. He is normally a Wales in line man. --
:08:00. > :08:12.
:08:12. > :08:18.but useful ride in second. Yes, Pedrosa was the 250 world
:08:18. > :08:26.champion in 2004-2005. Look at the heat haze. It is still a bit fresh
:08:26. > :08:36.down at the pit lane. It looks like a picture I would take. The no, I
:08:36. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:48.the focus. He will know that when he tried to go with Pedrosa he had
:08:48. > :08:53.a moment almost straight away. The limit of his bike is lower than
:08:53. > :08:59.that of Pedrosa's. A one more thing to remind ourselves of, the next
:08:59. > :09:06.race in Japan, who are we expecting back? Casey Stoner. Whose side is
:09:06. > :09:11.he on? Repsol Honda. I would suspect that Casey Stoner could be
:09:11. > :09:16.in that envelope of time, meaning Lorenzo would go back to third
:09:16. > :09:23.place, meaning 16 points. Still plenty to play for. That sort of
:09:23. > :09:27.thing, even if it is not material, put a lot of pressure on.
:09:27. > :09:33.Cal Crutchlow, now, there is a podium in front of him. He does not
:09:33. > :09:41.want to fall off again with the manager holding onto his chequebook
:09:41. > :09:49.tightly. If you slip down on the slowest corner of the track it will
:09:49. > :09:55.do around �5,000 worth of damage. This is a ringside seat with Cal
:09:55. > :10:00.Crutchlow. He is good down the bottom here,
:10:00. > :10:03.but he knows how hard it is to pass Dovizioso on the brakes. Dovizioso
:10:03. > :10:08.has an amazing ability to brake less at the beginning of the
:10:08. > :10:13.braking area. He is very late on the brakes, he
:10:13. > :10:20.carries so much speed into the apex. Generally at the middle of the Apex
:10:20. > :10:26.Cal Crutchlow is faster, but that is no good.
:10:26. > :10:30.212 mph for Stefan Bradl. If anyone has been up to that speed on a
:10:30. > :10:40.motorcycle, it is quite extraordinary, it just about blows
:10:40. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:52.number four is good out of the top corner and runs down the straight.
:10:52. > :10:56.He is as close as you can be there. This is the claim up the hill where
:10:56. > :11:02.you need the grip. He will have to flick back to the inside if he is
:11:02. > :11:06.going to have a go at it. It is a blind entry. Not this time, he is
:11:06. > :11:11.definitely not close enough, Dovizioso is tentatively putting
:11:11. > :11:21.his foot boat. His best chance is probably turn 1, or out of turn
:11:21. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:31.times. He squared that call off but Dovizioso was carrying more speed.
:11:31. > :11:41.And a smooth but Dovizioso had it covered and that has penalised him.
:11:41. > :11:49.
:11:49. > :11:59.Two lapse remaining. -- two laps minutes pointed to last time. He
:11:59. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:14.the climb up the hill. Getting some tablets and a glass of
:12:14. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:25.water, please! And glass of water you can almost taste that bike!
:12:25. > :12:31.That is Colin Edwards getting out of the way, and ignominious end,
:12:31. > :12:36.but at least he is still rolling. Dovizioso is well aware that Cal
:12:36. > :12:40.Crutchlow is right up his exhaust pipe. He has got to be crafty, he
:12:40. > :12:45.has got to be smart. This is the best opportunity he might have
:12:45. > :12:50.coming over the top of the bill. Cal Crutchlow is round the outside.
:12:50. > :12:55.He get the bike on the inside. he can slam the door shut because
:12:55. > :13:00.he carries so much speed. Here is the point where Dovizioso pulls it
:13:00. > :13:04.up so late. Cal Crutchlow carrying some speed in. Everyone is getting
:13:04. > :13:11.tired running down the hill. A couple more chances, then it is all
:13:11. > :13:21.done. He has to be somehow faster down the hill. I think that was a
:13:21. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:29.bit of contact! A bit closer this much in momentum.
:13:29. > :13:35.At the front, Dani Pedrosa does it again.
:13:35. > :13:40.Another 25 points, he will be thinking about grid, happy with
:13:40. > :13:43.those points but not with that of at -- deficit.
:13:43. > :13:53.That is as close as you like, Dovizioso picks up by a tenth of a
:13:53. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:58.second. Nice try, Cal Crutchlow. Ben Spies is fifth. Espargaro, a
:13:58. > :14:06.bully but useful ride into sixth, and Jonathan Rea coming up behind
:14:06. > :14:10.him. 10 seconds faster than he was the last time. He will be very
:14:10. > :14:16.pleased with that, he has acquitted himself extremely well, Jonathan
:14:16. > :14:19.Rea. Valentino Rossi comes in in eighth place, not bad considering
:14:19. > :14:24.how far he has gone down the slip road. There will still be more
:14:24. > :14:34.people waiting for his autograph at the end of the day. And rightly so,
:14:34. > :14:40.he is one of the greats. He goes right in front of it -- his team-
:14:40. > :14:45.mate, Randy De Puniet, in the last lap. Valentino Rossi has done so
:14:45. > :14:51.much mileage that everyone else has not. Dani Pedrosa, apart from when
:14:51. > :15:01.he was taken out, this is his third win in four races. There is a track
:15:01. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:11.thinking, I want to race. He wouldn't be so envious in the wet.
:15:11. > :15:14.Let's hope he is back for Japan. He is going to be there, even though
:15:15. > :15:19.Casey Stoner's missed three races, he will be back, I am certain of
:15:19. > :15:23.that and will be fast. You made an important point about Stoner, as it
:15:23. > :15:27.stands without Stoner all Jorge has to do is keep finishing second and
:15:27. > :15:32.it's job done. If Stoner starts finishing first and second and he
:15:32. > :15:38.gets shuffled back to thirds, that will be a little more seering.
:15:38. > :15:42.points every time then. Yeah. ride from Dovizioso, did a great
:15:42. > :15:45.job again with Cal Crutchlow, terrific to see those two battling
:15:45. > :15:49.it out. Cal Crutchlow stays where he is next year, will be joined by
:15:49. > :15:54.Bradley Smith. Two UK riders in the team next year. Dovizioso off to
:15:54. > :15:59.take over where Valentino Rossi is leaving, to go where Ben Spies is
:15:59. > :16:05.now, if you can follow that. think I got it! That was a very
:16:05. > :16:07.good ride from Dovizioso. He withstood everything that Cal
:16:07. > :16:11.Crutchlow could throw at him and they both did a fantastic job. In
:16:12. > :16:15.the end, the team-mates didn't take each other out, finished a 10th of
:16:15. > :16:20.a second apart. One on the podium. If you are running a team you can't
:16:20. > :16:28.be happier than that. I completely agree. Nice little birthday present
:16:28. > :16:32.for Dani Pedrosa from yesterday. Will he win a championship? On the
:16:33. > :16:35.form he is now, yes he will. Talking about Wayne Gardner who was
:16:35. > :16:38.here over the weekend, said yesterday he was surprised how Dani
:16:38. > :16:45.Pedrosa has picked his game up. He said he didn't think he was as
:16:45. > :16:51.strong as he is, and Pedraza petd this -- Dani Pedrosa this year has
:16:51. > :16:59.been phenomenonly good. Good day for Spain. You have to say Jorge
:16:59. > :17:09.Lorenzo, lowest position this year is second position, first or second
:17:09. > :17:17.
:17:17. > :17:27.positions for Jorge Lorenzo. He and Pedrosa had one of those each, and
:17:27. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:33.all round. As you were saying at the top of all of this, it's so
:17:33. > :17:39.much to do with who can pump the best set-up because nobody really
:17:39. > :17:43.knew. We saw from Jonathan Rea, tried something in the warm-up and
:17:43. > :17:49.it was a nightmare. Jonathan finishing 7th in front of Valentino
:17:49. > :17:53.Rossi. If I was him I would have that framed. Good job there. It's a
:17:53. > :17:58.lot to do with the engineers. They guess what settings you are going
:17:58. > :18:02.to want. You are you have to work out the track temperatures. You
:18:02. > :18:05.couldn't ask for more from Cal Crutchlow. That's helped him with
:18:05. > :18:15.that championship as well, he's pulled further away from Valentino
:18:15. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:26.Rossi. He certainly has. He is now 135. Seven points breathing space.
:18:26. > :18:31.Bautista is right up Valentino Rossi's exhaust pipe. Nicky Hayden
:18:31. > :18:34.is 9th and poor old Ben Spies, he had so much bad luck, as you were
:18:34. > :18:38.saying across the year, even with the finish in 5th place there, he
:18:38. > :18:43.is still in 10th place in the series which does not reflect the
:18:43. > :18:48.man. No, it doesn't. Not at all. Down there with Nicky Hayden, also
:18:48. > :18:52.doesn't reflect. We heard, if you hadn't seen it, he had a nasty
:18:52. > :18:56.accident, but is OK according to the Medical Center. This is the
:18:56. > :19:00.pass. It's tyre grip, sus suspension set-up. It was just the
:19:00. > :19:10.way that Dani Pedrosa just got it out of turn ten, climbing up the
:19:10. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:23.chanced his arm about 16 laps to go. We saw Jorge struggling, losing the
:19:23. > :19:27.back a couple of times. Having focusing moments out there. That
:19:27. > :19:35.gives him his 4th win of the season. Jorge Lorenzo still on 6th. Thanks
:19:35. > :19:41.to the Yamaha guys for making that a thoroughly absorbing race. It was
:19:41. > :19:45.really interesting how it played out. As indeed the Moto 2 and 3
:19:45. > :19:52.races, really, really interesting plots and subplots. Jorge Lorenzo,
:19:52. > :19:56.a useful day, I guess. A bit of a moment there after Dani
:19:56. > :20:01.passed you, did that make you refocus and sit back a little bit?
:20:01. > :20:07.Yeah, I make a mistake at the top of first corner, I almost crash.
:20:07. > :20:11.But at that moment I knew that I couldn't be at the same pace that I
:20:11. > :20:16.was the first three laps that I was so fast, maybe too much, lost
:20:16. > :20:23.energy and waste tyre and then it was impossible to follow Dani. Race
:20:23. > :20:26.for the championship, and nothing more. Congratulations, Jorge.
:20:27. > :20:36.was a race for the championship. It was sensible, take the points home,
:20:37. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:43.keep it done. It's pretty comfortable. Looking back, I think
:20:43. > :20:48.if you were young Bradl, you would be cross with yourself. You would,
:20:48. > :20:54.but he hasn't really made mistakes prior to this, I am a fan as far as
:20:54. > :20:58.he has taken to a Moto bike this year. Dovizioso, another podium.
:20:58. > :21:04.Good day at the office for him. Congratulations on the podium. I
:21:04. > :21:09.guess it was quite a nervy last few laps at the end, did you have any
:21:09. > :21:17.sort of plan? I wanted to stay in front because I wasn't so fast. My
:21:17. > :21:24.strategy was to try to in front of Ben and Cal as soon as I can
:21:24. > :21:30.because I was slow in place so I made good strategy and I knew car
:21:30. > :21:35.14 before back strait, Cal try to overtake me, but I try to close the
:21:35. > :21:43.door so you have to brake later so on exit he wasn't so perfect and I
:21:43. > :21:49.can overtake him and I am happy about the battle. Cal is aggressive,
:21:49. > :21:57.really clean in battle. So it's a good battle with him and and it is
:21:57. > :22:07.really important to come back for us. Congratulations. There are the
:22:07. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:13.tactics, as we said. OK, Cal Crutchlow, oh so close. Close but
:22:13. > :22:19.no cigar today. Fantastic ride. Great for to us watch. So close
:22:19. > :22:27.once again. Yeah, it's good for me and the team. Obviously I am
:22:27. > :22:30.disappointed not to get a podium. And to be beat by him again. He is
:22:30. > :22:34.a class act. No, I am really pleased considering last year's
:22:34. > :22:37.race here. We came back and finished strong again and just off
:22:38. > :22:41.the podium, but it will come again before the end of the year I am
:22:41. > :22:47.sure. I lost a lot on acceleration down the back strait and as we know
:22:47. > :22:50.I am bigger than the other riders and also we have a slow engine.
:22:50. > :22:55.Hopefully I will improve on that that next year and come back
:22:55. > :23:00.stronger. A nice boost now and confidence to take into a tough few
:23:00. > :23:08.weeks. Yeah, it's I nice to get out of here in the top four again, make
:23:08. > :23:17.a good solid race and also takes points off Valentino Rossi again.
:23:17. > :23:21.No, I think - Australia, you know, no reason why we shouldn't be up
:23:21. > :23:27.there. But I will be trying my best whatever happens and it's good.
:23:27. > :23:33.Thanks for all the support at home. Well done today. Let me see if I
:23:33. > :23:40.can say anything to take the mick out of... I am spotless today, I
:23:40. > :23:50.made sure! We had to do his wardrobe for him this morning.
:23:50. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:27.back in 10th. DePuniet just hanging on over his team-mate. Jonathan Rea,
:24:27. > :24:30.done himself no harm. But Dani Pedrosa, has he won a lovely race.
:24:30. > :24:34.Congratulations on the win, after everything that happened in Mizano
:24:34. > :24:39.all you can do is keep winning and that's what you have done today.
:24:39. > :24:46.Well, it was a tough weekend because, you know, with cold
:24:46. > :24:50.conditions and the rain and yesterday, all the things in my
:24:50. > :24:56.head from the last race and some discussions with race direction and
:24:57. > :25:01.everything, you know, so it was hard to keep calm in the weekend
:25:01. > :25:09.but today it was good. I had a good race. I push in the beginning to
:25:09. > :25:13.stay with Jorge. I see medley I can -- immediately I can go faster and
:25:13. > :25:18.then I could pull up some gap and it was fine. I had some problems
:25:18. > :25:24.with shifting in braking but other than that, the bike was working
:25:24. > :25:31.well. Good ride through the corners and happy to win here in front of
:25:31. > :25:35.my fans and front of my family and, yeah. Happy birthday, as well.
:25:35. > :25:39.picking up your point, Steve, he got the drive and that was the key
:25:39. > :25:42.to that pass. He was super neat over the top of the mountain.
:25:42. > :25:46.looks a great bike at the moment, the Honda. It's working extremely
:25:46. > :25:49.well. They've come up trumps with it. They've a bike that's balanced.
:25:49. > :25:53.It seems to wear the tyres nice and evenly and smoothly and still have
:25:53. > :25:56.grip at the end. And it has a lot of horse power and he is a little
:25:56. > :26:00.guy. It's all working for them at the moment. What a screamer of a
:26:00. > :26:04.circuit, it's absolutely... It just needs a city built around it and we
:26:04. > :26:13.have the job sorted out! A large international April just over there
:26:13. > :26:17.to save the drive! Espargaro, he is the boy to watch.
:26:17. > :26:24.Another battle between you and Randy and you came out winner again.
:26:24. > :26:28.At home as well. Yeah, it was tough. Another race not easy to beat him
:26:28. > :26:32.in last lap, tpwhu race was unbelievable difficult. We had a
:26:32. > :26:37.little bit of problem in the strait. I lose a little bit of speed in
:26:37. > :26:41.compare to other races and I do my best to beat him. I brake as late
:26:41. > :26:46.as I can and finally I did it and I am really happy because today also
:26:46. > :26:52.my brother win and it was - unbelievable weekend and I would
:26:52. > :26:55.like to continue like this all the weekends. Congratulations.
:26:55. > :27:01.Now, I know I will get into trouble for letting the cat out of the bag
:27:01. > :27:09.if you are going to watch highlights, but two wins for the
:27:09. > :27:12.Espargaro brothers. There you go. But at the top of the very top it
:27:12. > :27:15.doesn't look very tall even on the top step of the podium, Dani
:27:16. > :27:22.Pedrosa, the little mighty pocket rocket that he is, did a belting
:27:23. > :27:29.job today. Always looked like he had the pace. This pains me a lot
:27:29. > :27:37.but Steve was right, it was Dovizioso dove third, not Cal
:27:37. > :27:41.Crutchlow. Jorge Lorenzo, he's still a comfortable lead. He has to
:27:41. > :27:45.make sure he doesn't concede 25 points by hopping off anywhere and
:27:45. > :27:49.he didn't today. So he boxed clever. There are some circuits he is
:27:50. > :27:54.better at than others. He's never won here. Last year he had a rot on
:27:54. > :27:59.time, by his -- rotten time, by his standards. Just made it on to the
:27:59. > :28:05.podium. It's damage control race for him here, I think. Dani Pedrosa
:28:05. > :28:11.will go to the long hauls, high speed circuits with his tail up. I
:28:11. > :28:21.think it's the Dani Pedrosa juggernaut for a bit now, Matt.
:28:21. > :28:27.