:01:27. > :01:32.The racing goes on. The MotoGP paddock will never forget the
:01:33. > :01:38.tragic events here last year or the memory of Marco Simoncelli. Good
:01:38. > :01:46.morning to you from Sepang. The storm clouds are gathering. We have
:01:46. > :01:53.already had one heavy downpour. The racing has been pushed back 15
:01:53. > :01:56.minutes. Three races to go for this season. The title chase is far from
:01:56. > :02:06.over after another stunning victory for Dani Pedrosa just seven days
:02:06. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:45.We are ready for a start in Japan. Bautista has muscled his way past.
:02:45. > :02:55.That was 8 1/2 moves. He is not beyond a mistake! He stuffs it down
:02:55. > :02:56.
:02:57. > :03:06.What is going on? Is he out of fuel? Dani Pedrosa on this Trust --
:03:06. > :03:15.on this test track winds. So, Dani Pedrosa takes his 4th win in five
:03:15. > :03:22.races. Not a classic but Dani Pedrosa and chipping away at the
:03:23. > :03:27.Championship lead. He is on a roll. He has won four out of five races.
:03:27. > :03:37.He is doing very well. He is doing everything he can. He is pushing
:03:37. > :03:44.Jorge Lorenzo to make a mistake. Lorenzo can still be wobbling
:03:44. > :03:49.around and it can be job done. clouds were ready to burst and it
:03:49. > :03:56.has. -- they have. It is all up in the air now. Bear in mind this
:03:56. > :04:01.track is slippery when it is dry. So there will be debris and rubber,
:04:01. > :04:07.and it was hosing it down, reveal its across the track, it is very
:04:07. > :04:13.difficult. We don't know what is going to happen in half an hour or
:04:13. > :04:16.so. That victory for Dani Pedrosa last week means the gap at the top
:04:16. > :04:22.is 28 points. Mathematically, Jorge Lorenzo could be crowned world
:04:22. > :04:29.champion here today. Dani Pedrosa would have to crash. The reverse
:04:30. > :04:35.scenario would be a three-point gap between them. Dani Pedrosa cannot
:04:35. > :04:41.afford any mistakes. He has got to keep banging it hard. And now we
:04:41. > :04:48.have got Stoner back in the mix now. He could be as boiler in all of
:04:48. > :04:55.this. That is going to mix it up. When you get weather like this, it
:04:55. > :04:58.labels things out. It does. Stoner is very good in the wet. And Dani
:04:58. > :05:03.Pedrosa has really improved his best game as well. He could be
:05:03. > :05:07.pretty comfortable. And Jorge Lorenzo, he has got a country mile
:05:07. > :05:12.lead, and he is not going to chuck it away easily but he has got to be
:05:12. > :05:18.careful. He has been in this situation before he has the benefit
:05:18. > :05:22.of hindsight. He knows exactly what to expect here. Yes, it is my goal
:05:22. > :05:26.to stay on the podium. If it is possible to win, of course I would
:05:26. > :05:31.like to win because it would make more easy to win the Championship
:05:31. > :05:35.as soon as possible but it is not so easy because now Dani Pedrosa
:05:36. > :05:43.and his team and bike, they are very strong. He is in his best
:05:43. > :05:48.shape in all his career. He was so good after the other races. We're
:05:48. > :05:53.in a good shape but we will struggle to stay with him during
:05:53. > :05:57.the race. On the practice, we made a proposition, but it is difficult
:05:57. > :06:02.to in the race. We will try to win the race again but if it is not
:06:02. > :06:09.possible, the more clever thing to do is to finish in second or third
:06:10. > :06:13.place. Trust one when in six races so he only needs to finish third in
:06:13. > :06:19.the last three but is he getting spooked? Dani Pedrosa is cranking
:06:19. > :06:26.the pressure up. It would rattle your train. He will start next year
:06:26. > :06:36.thinking, hang on, this man beat me all the way shrink the last half of
:06:36. > :06:41.the year. He needs to start getting back on top of Pedrosa. We had a
:06:41. > :06:46.dry qualifying session yesterday. He went on to take pole position,
:06:46. > :06:50.Lorenzo, but that doesn't always mean a win. That was an astonishing
:06:51. > :06:58.lap. We saw come in the warm-up and he was furious with the bike. He
:06:58. > :07:07.was shaking his head. The bike was annoying him. I don't think he
:07:07. > :07:13.thinks he's got a race in it not to win. You can see the unborn bikes
:07:13. > :07:17.coming back in. Great news for British raise funds because the
:07:17. > :07:25.rookie in the motor to class and a web specialist this season has
:07:25. > :07:31.finished on the podium. -- the wet specialist. Fantastic stuff for him
:07:31. > :07:37.after a very difficult first year. It has worked out well for him in a
:07:37. > :07:43.wet, but anything can happen. Championships can be won or lost by
:07:43. > :07:51.factors outside the riders control. It is not just the weather that can
:07:51. > :08:00.affect the riders. As they can be fuel disasters as well. -- they can
:08:00. > :08:05.Running out of fuel would be inexcusable but as it is not as
:08:05. > :08:10.simple as that. You cannot put more him. These bikes start the race
:08:10. > :08:18.with 21 metres. They are doing 16 miles to the gallon. The key to it
:08:18. > :08:22.all is getting the balance right. Cal Crutchlow, he ran out of fuel.
:08:22. > :08:27.The engineers are trying to get him to do the laps, but he wants more
:08:27. > :08:35.power. It didn't work out last weekend. We did have a good race.
:08:35. > :08:39.No matter if we got on a podium or not, we wanted fourth place. It was
:08:39. > :08:44.nobody's fault. The tank didn't finish the race. We needed
:08:44. > :08:49.slipstream and we would have finished. It is a silly mistake,
:08:49. > :08:56.but in reality it is not so simple to manage full consumption. The
:08:56. > :09:01.electronics help a lot. So we tried to protect the consumption, total
:09:01. > :09:06.consumption, but in reality, especially at the beginning of the
:09:06. > :09:12.race, which is quite a critical point, we don't want to lose any
:09:12. > :09:17.position and we want to stay close and keep possession. So we need to
:09:17. > :09:23.give him more power. Even taking account the total consumption.
:09:23. > :09:28.rider can get away with worn-out tyres or breaks, but if he runs out
:09:28. > :09:33.of fuel, it is an early Barth. I am here with Marco, the team chief.
:09:33. > :09:39.How do you go about monitoring fuel? It is important to monitor
:09:39. > :09:45.the fuel because we have 21 litres, this is the rule. It is not a lot.
:09:45. > :09:51.Not for this bike. It is 1,000 here, so we must manage very precisely
:09:51. > :09:58.how much fuel we need every lap. We must set up before, during Friday
:09:58. > :10:02.and Saturday, have a think. Thank you. There you have it. Each team
:10:02. > :10:09.goes about it in a different way and some of the riders have to get
:10:09. > :10:13.involved as well. It is important before the race and especially how
:10:13. > :10:19.much use been during the race. You don't know the lap times you can do
:10:19. > :10:24.precisely. If you are faster and you push 100% and use been more
:10:24. > :10:29.than in the practice, you can go over the limit easily. Engine
:10:30. > :10:35.braking, that is the one place you can suffer a little bit and not
:10:35. > :10:42.always affect the lap time. But it is surprising how much fuel you can
:10:42. > :10:46.save one corner entry. Calculations, you can make it in the practice,
:10:46. > :10:56.but you are more aggressive in the Raceway your rear wheels Benn's
:10:56. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:09.more. It happens. -- in the race where your wheels spin more.
:11:09. > :11:12.this is the camera, used to plug into the bike. Every practice
:11:12. > :11:16.session, it goes in. It has to go up on the scales because in a
:11:16. > :11:23.different temperatures, the volume can change but the density doesn't.
:11:23. > :11:31.It is quite critical -- critical to measure it every time. The real
:11:31. > :11:39.trick, keep the fuel mice and call. It goes into a fridge like this. --
:11:39. > :11:46.nice and cool. Interesting stuff. No need for the
:11:46. > :11:50.cover today. I am going to put it over Charlie's head. Seriously,
:11:50. > :11:54.today is not so important because this is to reflect this summer, but
:11:54. > :12:00.they will be using them because every bit counts. The tanks are
:12:00. > :12:07.brimmed to the top. Very interesting what people do. What I
:12:07. > :12:11.found interesting, the race tyres are put into the spare bike. When
:12:11. > :12:15.the pit lane opens, he went out on the spare bike with the raised
:12:15. > :12:19.tyres, went around, bedded them in, came back, put those tyres and
:12:19. > :12:23.wheels into the race back and then went around slowly, and saved some
:12:23. > :12:31.fuel. That could have been the difference between him and Cal
:12:31. > :12:37.Crutchlow. Or the brakes, they sometimes stop using the brakes and
:12:37. > :12:44.use engine stopping. Freezing fuel, let me tell you about it. Rain will
:12:44. > :12:50.make a difference. It makes things easier. They knocked a lap of this
:12:50. > :12:55.racier because fuel was so critical. So this is a fuel sensitive circuit,
:12:55. > :13:04.not just Japan. I have just noticed the guy's putting the fuel in the
:13:04. > :13:12.tanks. I got ice on the side of the tank, and I fell off on the first
:13:12. > :13:20.corner! The rules are here are 15 degrees between ambient temperature.
:13:20. > :13:30.You better put that back. Let's have a look, the third place for
:13:30. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:36.Geno today. It is a pity we cannot cut to that. Obviously, Jorge
:13:36. > :13:40.Lorenzo looking calm and collected. Now the pressure is on. The
:13:40. > :13:49.Championship is on the line. He has got to be careful and not take
:13:49. > :13:55.chances. Ideally, let somebody else lead and followed with Veritas
:13:55. > :13:59.Pedrosa or Stoner. -- whether it is. I can guarantee he will be in the
:13:59. > :14:05.garage thinking why cannot do this? It is throwing another spanner in
:14:05. > :14:08.the works. Other things can go wrong. We might see a flight to
:14:08. > :14:18.flight here because when the rays get started at the track will be
:14:18. > :14:24.wet. -- a flag to flag. Dani Pedrosa is good in a rain as well.
:14:24. > :14:31.The there are a few guys good in the rain. As Bashir Sir David
:14:31. > :14:37.Murray. He starts in the front for the third time this season. He is a
:14:37. > :14:43.contender for the won, Andrea Dovizioso, but also for the
:14:43. > :14:52.Championship. I am so close to him. Maybe I can overtake him in this
:14:52. > :14:57.track but everybody knows that he becomes better with the body, Casey
:14:57. > :15:04.Stoner. In Australia, he was really fast. It will be hard but we will
:15:04. > :15:09.try 100%. We know he's going to be giving 100% and he was in the warm-
:15:09. > :15:16.up which is not the best time to be giving 100% and it can lead to
:15:16. > :15:22.accidents. 105%, it is too much. was lucky not to hurt himself. He
:15:22. > :15:27.got too hot in the last corner. He ran wide and lost the front and. He
:15:27. > :15:37.wrecked the bike the morning of the race. Luckily, they have a bit more
:15:37. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:04.time to fix it. Time to head over He is a real rain master. Great to
:16:05. > :16:14.see him. He has had a lot to learn this season. How can he go from
:16:14. > :16:19.being so far off the pace in the drive? Because he is a great wet-
:16:19. > :16:24.weather rider. He got wiped out going into the chicane. He won't
:16:24. > :16:34.want to be known as a rain rider. But he is based move that rider,
:16:34. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:45.feels confident in those conditions. Let's hope it has shown people he
:16:45. > :16:45.
:16:46. > :16:51.has the ability to run at the front and secured a ride for next season.
:16:51. > :16:56.If you would hope so? Yes, we have a good amount of people coming
:16:56. > :17:01.through. Those boys, he got red flag in the end, but it would have
:17:01. > :17:08.been tough. The track will be soaking for this style of raised.
:17:08. > :17:12.We heard from Jorge Lorenzo earlier on and also Dovizioso. He is hoping
:17:12. > :17:17.to overturn Casey Stoner for third in the Championship. Stoner back
:17:17. > :17:22.after a lengthy absence due to end ankle injury for some he has been
:17:22. > :17:27.struggling again, but not just because of the ankle, he has bigger
:17:27. > :17:32.problems. A physically, I won't know until I am on there. I have
:17:32. > :17:39.not been able to complete many laps, we have been constantly fixing
:17:39. > :17:44.issues. Basically since I came back in Japan. When I came out of the
:17:44. > :17:48.pits, the bike broke down. We seem to be on the back foot constantly.
:17:48. > :17:53.Every time we try to improve the pace we seem to go in the wrong
:17:53. > :17:58.direction. When it came to qualifying, which I was quite
:17:58. > :18:03.confident we could drop times, we were unable to. Every time we went
:18:03. > :18:08.out on new tyres, we make the bike worse. It was difficult to find the
:18:09. > :18:12.speed we had even yesterday. Not the happiest man right now,
:18:12. > :18:17.considering how this weekend has gone. The potential is higher than
:18:17. > :18:25.we are showing. Not happy. The weather will perhaps put a smile on
:18:25. > :18:29.his face. But it is all about getting laps and getting fit for
:18:30. > :18:35.Phillips Ireland next weekend? is a swansong. He has an
:18:35. > :18:41.astonishing record and does not want to lose that. He won't want to
:18:41. > :18:50.hurt himself. He wants to arrive and smoking. I agree with Charlie,
:18:50. > :18:54.it is all about getting ready for Phillip Island. Valentino Rossi has
:18:54. > :18:59.had an interesting weekend? everyone has this issue around here,
:18:59. > :19:05.11th on the grid is not good. We thought they have turned the corner.
:19:05. > :19:13.It is the track, it is not just the bikes. And the crashes we saw, it
:19:13. > :19:23.is about engine braking. We talk about feeling. He was trying to
:19:23. > :19:28.grab the marshal back. Valentino looking forward to the end of the
:19:28. > :19:32.season when he can say goodbye to that will stampeded not want to let
:19:33. > :19:36.go of it this weekend, but the three races to go for Valentino
:19:36. > :19:46.Rossi and Ducati. He can look forward to a rebirth perhaps with
:19:46. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:01.We an early at the end of the Ducati dream, but he has not turned
:20:01. > :20:11.out that way, how will you reflect on his last few years? It is a
:20:11. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:21.great pity for me because it was a dream. It was an important bet to
:20:21. > :20:26.tried to win. Win together with Ducati. It was two very difficult
:20:27. > :20:32.season so. We tried a lot of things, but we were never able to fix the
:20:32. > :20:38.problem. And we did have some good races and some good results, but
:20:38. > :20:47.not what everybody expected. We did lose the Beth, yes. What was your
:20:47. > :20:57.fault process when the opera to Yamaha? -- opportunity. I prefer to
:20:57. > :21:01.
:21:02. > :21:11.remain with Ducati, but I don't know how long I will continue in
:21:12. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:22.MotoGP. So thinking of this, I have to rise -- race with the best bike.
:21:22. > :21:27.In my career, I want to win almost everything but you need to enjoy.
:21:27. > :21:36.Now is not the time in my career I should be struggling like this
:21:36. > :21:44.every weekend. I want to arrive at the weekend with the task to try
:21:44. > :21:51.for the victory. I know it will be difficult. Obviously things are
:21:51. > :21:56.changing in a big way, are you excited for the future of MotoGP?
:21:56. > :22:04.My personal feeling is they have to change a lot for the future. It is
:22:04. > :22:14.the worst moment in MotoGP from 2000, from when I was in MotoGP.
:22:14. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:25.This is the most boring moment. Because races are quite bad. Moto 3
:22:25. > :22:34.is exciting. It is very difficult to stay awake. They have to change
:22:34. > :22:40.a bit of the products. The level is fantastic. The bikes are very fast
:22:40. > :22:44.and the riders are very fast. also need exciting riders. People
:22:44. > :22:52.always ask me who is the next Valentino Rossi. He do you see who
:22:52. > :23:02.is coming through who excites you? For May, some of the young guys
:23:02. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:13.from the Moto 2. They are fast riders, but having fun. This is
:23:13. > :23:19.what people like and it makes the difference. But it usually young
:23:19. > :23:24.riders who arrive in MotoGP, they become more serious. This is the
:23:24. > :23:28.problem because in MotoGP you have more opera -- pressure from the
:23:28. > :23:35.outside. You have more money, so more pressure from the outside.
:23:35. > :23:40.am hoping the younger riders remain fresh. The one guy we hoped it was
:23:41. > :23:50.going to be taking it to that it next level was Marco Simoncelli.
:23:51. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :24:04.There we will be remembering him. For me, he is a friend. For MotoGP,
:24:04. > :24:10.it lost one of its best future riders. A guide that it raised the
:24:10. > :24:16.with his heart and brave. But also very simple. I read an interview
:24:16. > :24:25.from I think 2001 when you said you did not expect to race after 30
:24:25. > :24:30.years old? When you have -- when you are 20, you have a different
:24:30. > :24:36.idea from the people who are 34 stop you think when you arrive to
:24:36. > :24:46.30, you think you are already old, but it is not proved. It is not an
:24:46. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:53.extreme sport for the physical. You can stay at a high-level for longer.
:24:53. > :25:02.When I go to a race weekend I am always happy. I cannot wait to go
:25:02. > :25:09.on the bike. It is good to continue. When this attitude changes, it will
:25:09. > :25:17.be enough. Time to stop? Yes. always see you winning a game?
:25:17. > :25:27.hope. I don't know. I think I have the potential to win some races
:25:27. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:43.next year. I think. That smile has never been wiped off his face. One
:25:43. > :25:52.man he is a Ducati legend along side me now. Troy Bayliss a MotoGP
:25:52. > :25:57.winner as well. Great to see you here. At I have had a great day and
:25:57. > :26:03.seeing a lot of familiar faces. I am very happy to be here. I believe
:26:03. > :26:11.you have some work tomorrow? It is work, but play as well. I will be
:26:11. > :26:15.having a great time. It is Ducati Academy here. We would try and have
:26:15. > :26:19.some fun for Star we just heard in the interview with Valentino, it
:26:19. > :26:23.has been a difficult couple of years for did caddie. It must have
:26:23. > :26:28.been hard to watch? In it has been a difficult time for
:26:28. > :26:33.everybody. You have to go through them times sometimes. Maybe the way
:26:33. > :26:39.it is turning out it could be good for the riders. You raced against
:26:39. > :26:44.Valentino yourself in MotoGP, what do you make of him as a rider? Has
:26:44. > :26:49.he got it in him to go and win races and Yamaha? Yes, he has the
:26:49. > :26:54.ability to win races. Everybody would like to see him come back and
:26:54. > :26:58.be strong again. I'm not saying he is not strong now, but it has been
:26:58. > :27:07.added at a time will start talking about retirement, he looks fit and
:27:07. > :27:10.wants to keep going. You experiment Somebody asked me if I missed it,
:27:10. > :27:14.and I said I didn't. They said I was not telling the truth. But now
:27:14. > :27:18.I can watch them go round and remember how difficult it was
:27:18. > :27:27.riding around here. I had a smile on my face watching them ride
:27:27. > :27:33.around today. Some things, I can do without. I cannot let you go about
:27:33. > :27:40.asking about Casey Stoner. Retiring at 27, what do you make of that?
:27:40. > :27:45.Many years ago, he told us he had a bit of a plan. It was and a
:27:45. > :27:50.surprise. We will see what he does in the future. If he gets sick of
:27:50. > :27:59.what he tries to do, he can always come back. Enjoy the rest of your
:27:59. > :28:09.day. I think we can go to Geno he finished third in the Moto to race.
:28:09. > :28:13.
:28:13. > :28:18.First ever podium for the British rider.
:28:18. > :28:23.You must be pleased to get the first podium? Yes, I was red flag,
:28:23. > :28:29.but I don't know how that always works. It is my first year in Moto
:28:29. > :28:32.2, it has been a difficult year and we have not quite got the bike
:28:32. > :28:39.working in the drive. But in the wet, I had a good feel for the bike
:28:39. > :28:44.and I will try and make things work. Got off to a pretty good start. The
:28:44. > :28:50.first few laps were a bit scary, but that was the way the bike was
:28:50. > :28:54.set. Once we got to the funds I felt comfortable. When the track
:28:54. > :28:58.started to drive is when I started to struggle. I dropped off a little
:28:58. > :29:04.bit and I was praying for a bit more rain. It did start to rain and
:29:04. > :29:10.they came back to the front a bit more. And then the red flag came
:29:10. > :29:14.out. It was tricky conditions towards the end. It is an amazing
:29:14. > :29:24.scene -- feeling and I would like to thank everybody who got me here,
:29:24. > :29:29.
:29:29. > :29:35.my sponsors, my family. The whole Team, especially Mike crew chief.
:29:35. > :29:45.It has been a hardier. I'm glad I can replace -- repay the Team.
:29:45. > :29:58.
:29:58. > :30:06.Hears a man with plenty of his mind, Jorge Lorenzo. Here is a man. He is
:30:06. > :30:14.not won from pole position since the opening round in Qatar. There
:30:14. > :30:19.he goes. You can see not only how wet it is but also how fantastic
:30:19. > :30:25.the crowd is. The grandstand tickets have been sold out. We had
:30:25. > :30:30.a Malaysian podium as well, and he started in third position, and it
:30:30. > :30:36.is excellent for him. We have had one British podium today, will we
:30:36. > :30:42.see another one? Cal Crutchlow did not have a good time in practice.
:30:42. > :30:48.They say this circuit is very bumpy since when they came here back in
:30:48. > :30:54.February. Now everything changes. They have no set-up time in the wet
:30:54. > :31:01.conditions so far this weekend. There he is, Cal Crutchlow.
:31:01. > :31:07.Remember, they only actually get four sessions to set their bikes up
:31:07. > :31:10.over the weekend. Three brief practice sessions and a qualifying
:31:10. > :31:14.session and 20 minutes' warm-up -- warm-up. One of the practice
:31:14. > :31:21.sessions was scrapped because it was raining in some parts of the
:31:21. > :31:25.track and not in others. That is going to prove crucial right now.
:31:25. > :31:30.What is most important during that three-and-a-half-hour as his
:31:30. > :31:40.communication between the riders and mechanics. -- is the
:31:40. > :31:59.
:31:59. > :32:05.The crew chief needs to read the rider. -- rider have. You have just
:32:05. > :32:10.one minute to try to explain. chemistry it is important we have a
:32:10. > :32:16.45 minute session and it is loud. After five years, he knows me quite
:32:16. > :32:21.well. I don't know anything about mechanics. I do not know how the
:32:21. > :32:26.engine works, but I am very sensitive on the bike. The guys,
:32:26. > :32:33.they know. They get used to my ways. My weight is different to other
:32:33. > :32:38.guys, maybe... The bike will not turn, it is pretty clear I am
:32:38. > :32:43.trying to turn and push wide. wheel didn't come down and the bike
:32:43. > :32:52.shakes as the back will hits the floor. When I go into the corner
:32:52. > :33:02.with the break, it is snaking. Italian so I always tried to
:33:02. > :33:11.
:33:11. > :33:20.explain, moving there hand. -- Great stuff. I always wonder what
:33:20. > :33:24.the riders such doing. All that goes out of the window. All the set
:33:24. > :33:30.up a word you have done for Jorge Lorenzo in the winter and practice,
:33:30. > :33:36.it goes out of the window now. were six -- suspecting mixed
:33:36. > :33:41.conditions but this is just wet. For the riders, it is not so easy
:33:41. > :33:46.because they haven't tried the wet conditions. It doesn't show it will
:33:46. > :33:51.stay dry either, so it could be wet or a little bit wet, but we start
:33:51. > :33:56.with the rain tyres. At least you know what you have to do. There was
:33:56. > :34:03.some wet on Friday. Do you regret not going to the track on Friday?
:34:03. > :34:13.Not really. It was half half. It was risky, you don't learn a lot,
:34:13. > :34:21.and you can crash. Just won -- just one win for Jorge Lorenzo. Could he
:34:21. > :34:28.be panicking? No. He did his job at the beginning of the season. And we
:34:28. > :34:33.do have a lead but with three races to go, 28 points is nothing, so we
:34:33. > :34:43.need to play it clever, and we cannot get stressed about Ducati
:34:43. > :34:50.Team or winning. We need to keep the pace. Good luck. Thank you, we
:34:50. > :34:55.needed. I'm going to try to find somebody else. The conditions are
:34:55. > :35:01.atrocious. From where we are sitting, it is not wet enough, we
:35:01. > :35:07.would like it be saturated! I think this could be a cracking race. We
:35:07. > :35:11.could have the chance of a flag to flag where the guys will come in
:35:11. > :35:17.and change bikes with slick tyres. It depends whether it rains any
:35:17. > :35:27.more. But a dryers very quickly around here. We know those wet
:35:27. > :35:28.
:35:28. > :35:33.tyres will not last long on wet tyres. -- on dry conditions. Even
:35:33. > :35:43.though it is pouring with rain, the track is warm. What these guys
:35:43. > :35:44.
:35:44. > :35:50.would want is for it to really stay wet. Racing on wearing out wets is
:35:50. > :35:59.horrible. But they can be aquaplaning. A drizzle would be the
:35:59. > :36:09.answer. It will not be very pleasant. What we do know is that
:36:09. > :36:09.
:36:09. > :36:15.Bautista warmed up his dry tyres. He has done that for his bike. I
:36:15. > :36:20.think that was key for him so that if they had started on slick tyres
:36:20. > :36:24.and needed the others, he has bedded him in. Once these guys
:36:24. > :36:28.start, they can come in whenever they want, they can choose a time
:36:29. > :36:34.to come in and change to a bike that has different tiers. It must
:36:34. > :36:40.have either as they study on wet, as slick in the front or slick in
:36:40. > :36:46.the back. It has to have a different tyre tread pattern.
:36:46. > :36:51.Lorenzo will be thinking what are my going to do here? He has got to
:36:51. > :36:57.concentrate, keep it neat, keep it tidy. In these sort of conditions,
:36:57. > :37:06.I fancy the chances of Cal Crutchlow. It is a real leveller,
:37:06. > :37:13.the wet. It gives the chance for the guys and little further and the
:37:13. > :37:19.back. Let's get a quick word with Cal Crutchlow. You start from the
:37:19. > :37:23.middle of the second row. That is not ideal for you, and not ideal
:37:23. > :37:29.yesterday in the practice. But anything can happen in the wet.
:37:29. > :37:36.Obviously, we had some vibration problems yesterday. They seem to be
:37:36. > :37:40.cured this morning. I didn't set a fast time but the bag was but a. I
:37:40. > :37:45.was confident for the dry condition, but now we do not know what is
:37:45. > :37:51.going to happen with the rain. If it tries up, it is going to wreck
:37:51. > :37:57.the tyres. We don't know. We are still deciding on that. Good luck.
:37:57. > :38:01.Thank you. Bridgestone will send the tyre sheets to the guys in the
:38:01. > :38:07.commentary box. They will let you know. It is a tough call because
:38:07. > :38:12.not only did they not have wet practices, if they come here for
:38:12. > :38:16.testing, if it rains, they tend to knock the test on the head because
:38:16. > :38:23.the data is useless. The grip levels are so different. Let's see
:38:23. > :38:30.if we can get to Jorge Lorenzo. She is following me, this girl, from
:38:30. > :38:36.Spanish TV, she wants to be where ever I am. We were promised Jorge
:38:36. > :38:46.Lorenzo after Spanish TV but the Italians have jumped in their.
:38:46. > :38:46.
:38:46. > :38:50.Let's come back to Jorge Lorenzo. The sign was up wet race. That
:38:50. > :38:57.means they will not have to put any flags up that they can come in at
:38:57. > :39:02.any time. That means the riders, when the race starts, they can
:39:02. > :39:07.choose when they come in to change to a bike with slick tyres. I think
:39:07. > :39:11.Cal Crutchlow will do well. He enjoys riding and the rain. He
:39:11. > :39:14.never enjoys sitting on a great waiting to go out there because
:39:14. > :39:20.there is another element of things that can go wrong in these
:39:20. > :39:25.conditions. Behind Cal Crutchlow, that is the direction of the
:39:25. > :39:29.weather. That is something that he will be looking at closely. As well
:39:29. > :39:33.Jorge Lorenzo. He will be worried to see whether there will be more
:39:33. > :39:39.rain and how to play the TEC tick. Cal Crutchlow said he is not sure
:39:39. > :39:44.what compound tyre they are going to run. He will want to start with
:39:44. > :39:50.a soft compound wet tyre but he will not what that when it dries
:39:50. > :39:54.out. Another gamble. This is the fly anointment, you're flicking her.
:39:54. > :40:00.Any air and choosing. He will want to start with a soft wet tyre but
:40:00. > :40:07.you imagine when the track dries out, the hard compound would dry
:40:07. > :40:17.better. But you still get reveal its right across of the track which
:40:17. > :40:39.
:40:39. > :40:47.you have got to be careful of. You Let's find out how James Mack is
:40:47. > :40:56.doing. -- Jorge Lorenzo. There is no awful lot of frustration at the
:40:56. > :41:00.grid. It is a massive gamble with the tyres. Been there, done it, and
:41:01. > :41:07.it is like licking a coin and none of the riders have got time to talk
:41:07. > :41:16.to the TV crews. You walk around the grid staring into the sky is.
:41:16. > :41:23.Haven't you done that? Was nowhere to hide. Ellison, he is no slouch
:41:23. > :41:30.in the wet. It is pretty good for some of these guys with these
:41:30. > :41:36.conditions mixed up. Was power is not such a great factor. James,
:41:36. > :41:41.sorry to interrupt you. Wet weather giving you a chance. At should do.
:41:41. > :41:51.It is a gamble what tyres we should use in the rear. One entry is not
:41:51. > :42:01.so good with wet, but we will have to take a gamble. If it tries out,
:42:01. > :42:02.
:42:02. > :42:07.we might struggle. We tried -- we will try to make some places up.
:42:07. > :42:15.are getting kicked off the grid. He is not the only one with the softer
:42:15. > :42:25.rear tyre. I am more worried about the woman from Spanish TV who is
:42:25. > :42:38.
:42:38. > :42:43.talking match. -- book is stalking Stoner, nobody knows. We will find
:42:43. > :42:49.out shortly. Back to the tyres, you cannot come in and change from a
:42:49. > :42:59.soft rear or soft compound wet tied to a compound. It has to be wet to
:42:59. > :42:59.
:42:59. > :43:09.slip. At the sun comes out and they get the 20 lap race in the summer,
:43:09. > :43:14.
:43:14. > :43:21.it is amazing how easily it tries up. -- dries up. The water goes
:43:21. > :43:31.into the apex. The worst thing in the world to run on the super soft
:43:31. > :43:34.
:43:34. > :43:38.tyre and have it fall to bits. The slick tyre, it is isometric.
:43:38. > :43:46.other situation, it is very well starting with a hard tyre but if
:43:46. > :43:50.you crash at turn one, who knows? It is a massive gamble. The guys
:43:50. > :44:00.with the softer rear tyre should have an advantage at the early
:44:00. > :44:00.
:44:00. > :44:05.stage. You might as well have go. There is no point having a
:44:05. > :44:13.percentage player. -- there is no point having a percentage play. We
:44:13. > :44:23.shall see. This is an important tonne. This is one of the spirals.
:44:23. > :44:27.
:44:27. > :44:36.There is a great at Duke of it. It drops down the hill. In the wet,
:44:36. > :44:41.I used second gear. They short shrift second, third, fourth. There
:44:41. > :44:46.is a tight a right turn to four. It climbs up quite steeply over the
:44:46. > :44:51.crest of the hill. Look at the weather. It is coming mainly from
:44:51. > :45:01.the left but you never really know because the wind direction changes
:45:01. > :45:01.
:45:01. > :45:06.dramatically. There is Ellison's tyre, he has a softer compound.
:45:06. > :45:14.Look at the track temperature. It was 53 degrees. It has lost 20
:45:14. > :45:19.degrees. It is still the thick end of 80. If the sun comes out, it
:45:19. > :45:26.will skyrocket. If you get weather from that direction, that is
:45:26. > :45:33.something to watch. There is plenty of us brave. I have a suspicious
:45:33. > :45:43.feeling that Jorge Lorenzo might have gone for the soft compound.
:45:43. > :46:00.
:46:00. > :46:04.When it rains harder people don't even go out to do laps. But the
:46:04. > :46:10.appetite of some of these guys don't do that because they don't
:46:10. > :46:16.want to put extra mileage on these engines. They have no fresh engines
:46:16. > :46:25.left. And they are very careful of mileage. There are the sock rear
:46:25. > :46:30.compounds. We expect Jorge to have the confidence early on. Dani
:46:30. > :46:40.Pedrosa or I think has gone for the harder rear tyre. We urge I think
:46:40. > :46:45.
:46:45. > :46:55.you would if he has made a decision They were talking to the
:46:55. > :46:57.
:46:57. > :47:07.Bridgestone man. So much to play for. Bautista, Cal Crutchlow has
:47:07. > :47:26.
:47:26. > :47:36.Stoner on one side of him and Spies Dovizioso and Pedrosa might have a
:47:36. > :47:44.
:47:44. > :47:54.hard rear tyre but he is going with them. Everybody is tiptoeing. You
:47:54. > :47:54.
:47:54. > :48:00.have Lorenzo from Pedrosa. Dovizioso went backwards. It is
:48:00. > :48:05.easy to spin, you have to juggle the throttle all of the time. Nicky
:48:05. > :48:10.Hayden having a bit of a moment it with Dovizioso. It is a nightmare,
:48:10. > :48:18.working out what level of grip you have got. You do not know until you
:48:18. > :48:28.go into the corner, you just hope it will stick. Valentino Rossi has
:48:28. > :48:33.
:48:33. > :48:39.a moved up through the field. He is in very good shape. Have a look at
:48:39. > :48:48.what you cannot see Vostok most of the rises have the be clear by his
:48:48. > :48:58.us. Bridle has bought himself a little bit up. Cal Crutchlow did
:48:58. > :49:01.
:49:01. > :49:06.not make much out of that. Bradl rattling the back wheel of Stoner.
:49:06. > :49:14.The Stoner has not done much practising all week. All sorts of
:49:14. > :49:19.issues. Lorenzo with the softer compound tyre. The softer
:49:19. > :49:27.Bridgestone is playing dividends for Jorge. He has got the
:49:27. > :49:33.confidence and he is going with it. Pedrosa has done well off the line.
:49:33. > :49:43.Valentino Rossi is not making a move. The Spies it is honing in on
:49:43. > :49:44.
:49:44. > :49:54.everybody. Valentino Rossi is trying to move up to Casey Stoner.
:49:54. > :50:04.
:50:04. > :50:10.Valentino Rossi is in the mix. His last win was here in Malaysia.
:50:10. > :50:19.Nicky Hayden says Cram or not on your life, I have done dirt track
:50:19. > :50:24.and I will stay on the inside. Cal Crutchlow is behind all of this.
:50:24. > :50:34.Cal Crutchlow had a problem in the first lap and lost some ground
:50:34. > :50:37.
:50:37. > :50:44.because he got away fairly well. About it and now everyone is
:50:44. > :50:53.working out the amount of grip they have available to them. There is
:50:53. > :50:57.that your gap from Lorenzo to Pedrosa. He has opened up the gap.
:50:57. > :51:07.Casey Stoner is sensitive but Pedrosa is making him look a little
:51:07. > :51:10.
:51:10. > :51:16.bit foolish at the moment. Dovizioso slammed the door shut.
:51:16. > :51:20.Now you are riding with Bradl on the tale of Valentino Rossi.
:51:20. > :51:25.Dovizioso gone for the softer option tyre. That gave him a bit
:51:25. > :51:30.more confidence to ride around the outside of Valentino Rossi. The
:51:30. > :51:36.camera does show you a lot more vision than what you get when you
:51:36. > :51:42.are on the motorcycle. It is horrible out there. You are going
:51:42. > :51:49.along at 200 miles an hour. Not really seeing where you are going.
:51:49. > :51:55.That is why they are fanning out a bit to try to get some vision. This
:51:55. > :52:01.is going to be a great race. Lorenzo has the softer tyre.
:52:01. > :52:11.Pedrosa is hanging in Vostok he should get better. The table is
:52:11. > :52:14.
:52:15. > :52:20.coming his way, if he could just hang in there. Jorge will be
:52:20. > :52:26.wanting to close the gap. You can see the water coming off the rear
:52:26. > :52:31.tyres. So they are keeping the temperature. I can also tell you
:52:31. > :52:34.what is going on in the pit lane. They are getting the other bikes
:52:34. > :52:38.ready and this is the time in the race when they have to decide what
:52:39. > :52:48.to do. They will be changing the wet-weather settings back to slick
:52:49. > :52:51.
:52:51. > :52:57.tyres. 18 laps to go. It will seem so long to Jorge Lorenzo. Any
:52:57. > :53:07.mistake is possible, but he is still riding on a razor's edge.
:53:07. > :53:14.
:53:14. > :53:24.Still getting good speed. The gap has been closed a little bit. Jorge
:53:24. > :53:28.
:53:28. > :53:38.Lorenzo has responded to that fastest lap from Dani Pedrosa. A
:53:38. > :53:48.Cal Crutchlow has a bit of work to do. He is in tenth place. James
:53:48. > :53:51.
:53:51. > :53:58.Ellison is doing well. He is having a very good run on CRT. It is still
:53:58. > :54:08.raining but and not much. Just drizzling. The standing water will
:54:08. > :54:12.
:54:12. > :54:22.disappear. Rivulets of water right in the braking zone. No problem
:54:22. > :54:36.
:54:36. > :54:42.like a raincoat. There is the short shrift area you mentioned. What is
:54:42. > :54:52.the smart money? I think Dani Pedrosa is the smart and money.
:54:52. > :54:55.
:54:55. > :55:05.This Championship would come alive. Jorge Lorenzo leads the
:55:05. > :55:16.
:55:16. > :55:22.Championship. Pedrosa needs to be zone, like we saw in Japan. He
:55:22. > :55:29.needs to make a real nuisance of himself, Dani Pedrosa. Dovizioso
:55:29. > :55:39.having a good runs. Valentino Rossi still holding 5th. Cal Crutchlow
:55:39. > :55:44.has moved into 9th ahead of Spies. I was just going to have a look,
:55:44. > :55:49.Cal Crutchlow went for the softer of the rear tyres, so you would
:55:49. > :55:58.have expected that to work, but I am sure he had a moment on the
:55:58. > :56:02.first lap. The soft tyres are Spies, Jorge Lorenzo, Bradl went for the
:56:02. > :56:12.harder option, Dovizioso went for the softer option, Cal Crutchlow
:56:12. > :56:17.
:56:17. > :56:21.for the softer option, Hector Barbera. Valentino Rosso, Nicky
:56:21. > :56:31.Hayden, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa are all on the harder
:56:31. > :56:35.
:56:35. > :56:43.option. James Ellison has just passed Colin Edwards will stop.
:56:43. > :56:50.Nicky Hayden has passed Bautista. The ride of the day is Pedrosa. He
:56:50. > :56:56.is getting enough traction to be a real pest for Jorge Lorenzo.
:56:56. > :57:01.Valentino Rossi is very much with Dovizioso who is showing strongly.
:57:01. > :57:11.A further down the road is Casey Stoner having a lonely but useful
:57:11. > :57:12.
:57:12. > :57:18.time. It is now up a two-point 15, the Jorge Lorenzo. If we have a
:57:18. > :57:24.huge downpour, there is the possibility of a red flag. If there
:57:24. > :57:34.is too much, it is too dangerous. We saw the Moto to raise it was red
:57:34. > :57:34.
:57:34. > :57:40.flag. Geno had got himself into the lead, so it was a shame. But it is
:57:40. > :57:43.a red flag and it is up where you were when you cross the line for
:57:43. > :57:53.staff you can see the introduction this year with the red lights on
:57:53. > :57:56.
:57:56. > :58:02.the back of the bike. It is for these exact conditions. Soft rear
:58:02. > :58:08.tyre for Cal Crutchlow. He is dropping off Spies. He said he
:58:08. > :58:13.wouldn't count wetter weather riding as part of his strong suit.
:58:13. > :58:20.You would have said the same about Dani Pedrosa about 12 months ago.
:58:21. > :58:30.He has got his act together in riding in wet conditions. About
:58:30. > :58:37.three years ago, he was too enthusiastic. No thermostats on
:58:37. > :58:42.these motorcycles, so you block a certain area offer to keep the
:58:42. > :58:47.temperature way you want it. You ask, why would you want to keep it
:58:48. > :58:52.warm? It has an optimum temperature to run at and the engine is more
:58:53. > :58:58.efficient and if the oil and water is too cool, it won't be as
:58:58. > :59:08.efficient and it won't run as fast. Casey Stoner has a problem on his
:59:08. > :59:08.
:59:08. > :59:16.hands. Stoner, Dovizioso, you could virtually throw a blanket over them.
:59:16. > :59:21.Then Bautista, Cal Crutchlow and supplies is on his own. In the pack
:59:21. > :59:27.from three up to nine it could be a shortfall. There is a whole
:59:27. > :59:37.squadron of riders coming down the hill. Lorenzo is starting to get an
:59:37. > :59:43.advantage. What pressure is he under in his own head? You can see
:59:43. > :59:47.the difference with a Lorenzo on the softer. Jorge Lorenzo, it is
:59:47. > :59:53.amazing that he is looking so good here at the moment. He has nothing
:59:53. > :59:57.to gain by winning this race, realistically. OK, an extra five
:59:57. > :00:02.points which would seal the Championship. But he has the
:00:02. > :00:08.biggest penalty would just going a little bit too fast and tipping off.
:00:08. > :00:17.It is very brave, if I was him I would be backing down and making
:00:17. > :00:22.Pedrosa come past. He could take the pace down because they are
:00:22. > :00:29.little bit faster than Casey Stoner in third place. But clearly he
:00:29. > :00:34.feels confident. He has got the grades, the feel from the bike. The
:00:35. > :00:41.power will be slightly softer, it won't be giving out all the
:00:41. > :00:45.horsepower in the lower gears. made a good point. As we have seen
:00:45. > :00:50.across the weekend, on a circuit like this, that Honda has appeared
:00:50. > :00:56.to be the superior bike over the Yamaha. No matter who you are
:00:56. > :01:06.comparing. This takes the edge off that. It is harder if you are
:01:06. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:33.riding a big Honda to monster the a big weekend on the island, in
:01:33. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:44.Australia. Off they go. I think that Pedrosa is avoiding passing.
:01:44. > :01:52.Watch the Dovizioso start. He is slipping, he has gone back 10
:01:52. > :01:58.positions. Then he goes on the brakes late, then he makes up a few
:01:58. > :02:04.places, and that is the rider of the race so far, Dovizioso. The
:02:04. > :02:10.aerial shot at the end of the first term... As we turn into the right
:02:10. > :02:20.hander, by the exit, he is well wide. He has dropped a couple of
:02:20. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:26.spots. Edwards got down and dirty quite early, it was brilliant.
:02:26. > :02:32.James is having a belting race. reckon you are going to get half a
:02:32. > :02:37.second a lap continuing all along. I believe now that 14 laps
:02:37. > :02:42.remaining this is not going to dry out. I don't think anyone will
:02:42. > :02:51.change bikes. The sun has not come out. There is a bit of dampness in
:02:51. > :02:58.the air. I think the harder tyre will be the end tier. The first
:02:58. > :03:08.sign is when the riders start to move of the Natural Racing Ryan --
:03:08. > :03:11.
:03:11. > :03:21.the Natural Racing Line. Have a look at that, Jeronimo! Then, we
:03:21. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:43.the podium. I think Crutchlow, he is starting to... He is faster than
:03:43. > :03:53.Hayden, faster than Rossi. He is on the move. The fastest lap of the
:03:53. > :04:01.
:04:01. > :04:05.race is Jorge Lorenzo.... Looking closely, they are very stable. He
:04:05. > :04:10.looks like he has got a couple of House bricks tied to his knees.
:04:10. > :04:15.cannot get the lead angle in wet conditions. Please do not try this
:04:15. > :04:21.at home on a wet road because they have got very special Torres and
:04:21. > :04:27.they are very skilled riders but the knee sliders, the reasons they
:04:27. > :04:37.want them bigger is because you want to be able to shove the bike
:04:37. > :04:42.back up if it starts to slide. I never did. I used to let go and
:04:42. > :04:50.jump and scream. Then walked down the road and find the bike. You can
:04:50. > :04:54.see the or... On Jorge Lorenzo, he has got the thicker knee sliders.
:04:54. > :05:02.It is a credit to Bridgestone that both of these tyres are working so
:05:02. > :05:09.well. Pedrosa is bending his back so far. He is taking it easy,
:05:09. > :05:18.relatively, compared to Lorenzo. The soft tyre would be in good
:05:18. > :05:24.shape as well, and thing. I do think Pedrosa is being smart. He
:05:24. > :05:28.wants Lorenzo to be thinking, leave me alone, but that is what he is
:05:28. > :05:35.trying to do, hassling him. Showing him the front wheel, making sure he
:05:35. > :05:45.knows he is there and to try to push him into a mistake. Yes, that
:05:45. > :05:51.
:05:51. > :05:56.is the only card he can play. Let's can see. There is still enough
:05:56. > :06:04.water on the track to preserve the efficiency of the wet tyres. They
:06:04. > :06:10.will be hoping their visors will not fog up. It is like sitting in a
:06:10. > :06:15.greenhouse with somebody trying to put water on you. Now, that is what
:06:15. > :06:20.the Championship looks like. I don't think that we expect that to
:06:20. > :06:26.happen, all things being equal, Pedrosa will probably get past. But
:06:26. > :06:32.it is looking pretty. There is 50 points left after here but if
:06:32. > :06:38.Pedrosa gets past, it will go down to 23, so if Lorenzo has a problem
:06:38. > :06:46.and Pedrosa and women, he is back in the Championship. Who will
:06:46. > :06:52.forget 2006? He merely had won the race, and then he had an unforced
:06:52. > :06:59.error, fell off and Hayden, out of the depths of despair because he
:06:59. > :07:04.thought the Championship was over, won. Oh, no! He is holding his
:07:04. > :07:13.wrist. That is a bad sign. He was not in a good place, sitting in
:07:13. > :07:20.tenth. I hope that rest is not too bad. So do I, Spies sitting in
:07:20. > :07:25.tenth. He has had a nightmare this season. Let's hope he is OK. Do
:07:25. > :07:30.damage your wrist, but must have been as slide. These tyres have so
:07:30. > :07:34.much grip, you wouldn't normally have a slide but they can flick you
:07:34. > :07:44.off. It is amazing how much grip they can get. We have said this
:07:44. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:55.before. They are very grapey. It is astonishing. Best qualifying time
:07:55. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:06.is two minutes. They are doing 2:15. Now, then. Heat is dipping it in.
:08:06. > :08:16.Flicked him straight over the top. -- heat is dipping him. That was on
:08:16. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:23.a shot for trial. -- shut up throttle. He is the World Superbike
:08:23. > :08:33.champion but he cannot get it together this year. He started so
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:44.well. In his first year he had a better time. So, Crutchlow, still
:08:44. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :08:51.in sixth position. He is the man on the move. There is fractions in it
:08:51. > :08:58.with Bautista. In the meantime, Pedrosa sticking to the script.
:08:58. > :09:08.is making his presence felt and affecting not to make a move. He is
:09:08. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:15.cutting into the inside. Oh, no, he is out! He was 4th behind Stoner,
:09:15. > :09:21.he was pressuring. It is easy to say that was a mistake. That was
:09:21. > :09:27.Dovizioso. And down the bottom, I am pretty certain, that is down at
:09:27. > :09:37.terms seven. Of course, he was battling with Stoke -- Stoner for
:09:37. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:47.the Championship. But now Stoner is sitting comfortably. Look at this,
:09:47. > :09:57.Pedrosa, is he going for it? Years, he has slipped past. No need to do
:09:57. > :09:59.
:09:59. > :10:06.that in terms of Stoner. Lorenzo will not take the bait. The crowd
:10:06. > :10:16.of going mad. That is Pedrosa, in front of a hugely enthusiastic
:10:16. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:28.crowd. They have got a second place in the Motor Show three, that was a
:10:28. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:41.local rider. I think only five points between Dovizioso and Stoner.
:10:41. > :10:41.
:10:41. > :10:48.He finished third last year, Dovizioso. Now, here is the thing.
:10:48. > :10:52.Stoner is not so far behind and he can come into play. He has got the
:10:52. > :10:57.harbour rear tyre and he is lapping faster than Jorge Lorenzo. And he
:10:57. > :11:04.will probably be thinking, Jorge Lorenzo, I cannot keep it up. So
:11:04. > :11:12.Stoner could come into play. We are at half distance race. Stoner is
:11:12. > :11:22.about to come in tone view. It is still mop or raining. -- it is
:11:22. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:44.Crutchlow, fifth position. He is doing very well. Edward Mack, he
:11:44. > :11:52.
:11:52. > :12:01.was doing a good run but now he is wet Electric. I did very often.
:12:01. > :12:11.Last time around, Stoner was 6.1 seconds behind Jorge Lorenzo.
:12:11. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:22.you said, nine laps to go, a Honda one-two is not out of the question.
:12:22. > :12:30.Let's have a look... I think it will be five seconds. 5.5. Oh, no!
:12:30. > :12:40.That is Crutchlow. Is he OK? He is hobbling. Maybe no more than that.
:12:40. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:51.That was in the braking zone. is about 175 miles an hour. He is
:12:51. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :13:04.OK. Somebody else has crashed behind them. Oh, no! Oh, no. De
:13:04. > :13:09.Puniet. Is that oil? They are looking back. There is another bike.
:13:09. > :13:17.There is a river there. If there is an oil slick, that will make it all
:13:17. > :13:23.the worse. Everyone walking away from this. That is the main thing.
:13:23. > :13:33.Watch this. That is the point where everyone had to pick up speed.
:13:33. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:47.any more. There is something going on here! Has somebody got through a
:13:47. > :13:53.bleak? May be something that is slippery. Unless of course these
:13:53. > :14:03.tyres are starting to get too warm. This is again a front and a. He
:14:03. > :14:03.
:14:03. > :14:09.just folded out. And Rossi was very lucky not to get tangled up.
:14:09. > :14:19.Crutchlow will be livid because he was in pretty good shape. Stoner in
:14:19. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:33.third. We have lost Spies, Cal Crutchlow, Randy De Puniet. It is
:14:33. > :14:42.looking good realistically for Jorge Lorenzo. Single track to a
:14:42. > :14:49.two-way line, they are in good players. -- they are in good
:14:49. > :14:59.players. He is knocking on the door to Barbera. This is all going on
:14:59. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:05.here between Bautista and Rossi, the battle for sixth place. Stoner
:15:05. > :15:15.is lapping half a second faster than Jorge Lorenzo. He could come
:15:15. > :15:37.
:15:37. > :15:42.into play here. This is a great bike that is improving race by race.
:15:42. > :15:52.Would do you want to be on a big bike in these conditions? It is a
:15:52. > :16:10.
:16:11. > :16:18.great leveller. The machine that Abraham is on his powerful.
:16:18. > :16:24.Valentino Rossi just made a move on his own. Valentino Rossi into 5th.
:16:24. > :16:30.Hang on to the script, it is getting torn to shreds. It is dry
:16:30. > :16:35.in his commentary booth. I think there has been a bit more rain or
:16:35. > :16:41.there is something on the track because times are dropping away?
:16:41. > :16:48.Light drizzle, nothing too much but enough to keep the track wet. The
:16:48. > :16:57.spray coming from the banks is a bit more. It is a little bit more
:16:57. > :17:03.rain. It is a river and it has rained a bit more on that part of
:17:03. > :17:08.the circuit. Nicky Hayden said that a with a circuit this big, when it
:17:08. > :17:18.started raining the other day it was dry on one part of the circuit
:17:18. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:40.that was a few laps ago. It did look like he went in there too fast.
:17:40. > :17:47.Good effort. He did go down with the ship. Dani Pedrosa is covering
:17:47. > :17:56.himself with glory. Jorge Lorenzo is out there somewhere. That is
:17:56. > :18:04.superstar stuff from Pedrosa. think Jorge Lorenzo is thinking, I
:18:04. > :18:14.do not need to fall off in these conditions. Stoner to Lorenzo it is
:18:14. > :18:21.
:18:21. > :18:28.almost equal distance to Lorenzo and Pedrosa. The mats are works for
:18:28. > :18:31.Casey Stoner, he can get this done. What is waiving their. Jorge
:18:31. > :18:36.Lorenzo once that the race stopped for start he is saying there is too
:18:36. > :18:41.much rain. That is what I would be saying if I was in this position.
:18:41. > :18:50.He was having a moment. Conditions are very bad. Will they get a red
:18:50. > :19:00.flag? Yes, they can do it. It is pouring down. In part of the track
:19:00. > :19:03.
:19:03. > :19:10.it does not look as though it is raining so hard. He did recover!
:19:10. > :19:13.That will land Stoner up his exhaust pipe. We are about to have
:19:13. > :19:22.a three-point Championship. How he got it stopped and did not go up on
:19:22. > :19:29.the grass. A hero a flag! 15 Nov 24 stop they will count it back to one.
:19:29. > :19:37.That means Pedrosa wins, Lorenzo second and Stoner third. I'm glad I
:19:37. > :19:44.am not going out in the pit lane. That is the job done. He is shaking
:19:44. > :19:49.his head. He is a very lucky boy. There it is. No A B S on these
:19:49. > :19:55.machines and you could have done with it and then. Honda are running
:19:55. > :20:02.a the S in their endurance racing and it would have worked here today.
:20:02. > :20:08.The he did look cross. He could see Stoner was closing him down. Dani
:20:08. > :20:18.Pedrosa or, last time around, it 2.19 the Stoner when you factor in
:20:18. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:26.the little moments a Lorenzo had. He has drifted of the circuits
:20:26. > :20:34.trying to find the pit lane entrance. That was a stunning ride
:20:34. > :20:44.from Pedrosa four-star Pedrosa, unfortunately would have wanted to
:20:44. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:58.take more points out of Jorge Lorenzo. It is down to 23. 23
:20:58. > :21:03.points in it and 50 points left on the table. He is not impressed, he
:21:03. > :21:08.wanted the race to continue. safety conditions, or how much do
:21:08. > :21:12.they look at Lorenza waving his hands around in protest? They have
:21:12. > :21:15.to look at the water standing on the track and the eyes and ears
:21:16. > :21:21.will be the marshals around the circuit, they will have people
:21:21. > :21:31.monitoring what is going on. That is it, it is all done. Three-
:21:31. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:45.fully gutted by that. He will know very well his team-mate was doing a
:21:45. > :21:52.great job. It is all right the you, Pedrosa was hoping Stoner would get
:21:52. > :21:56.past and take more. Out of you. So winners and losers? Yes, simply the
:21:56. > :22:06.race direction would have looked at it and seen too much standing water
:22:06. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:25.as well that he had no Renzo well within his grasp. -- Lorenzo.
:22:25. > :22:35.of people looking round, making sure it is the race over and done
:22:35. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:49.with. They want to get a closer look at the front tyre looking a
:22:49. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:05.stopped. Mad moments of his -- that moment of his. I think there is a
:23:06. > :23:12.possibility we can run her some more time if the rain stops. They
:23:12. > :23:19.can run five laps as a minimum. last four-lap you did see was the
:23:20. > :23:25.razed rolling with red flags. That is how it works, they countback one
:23:26. > :23:30.lap. They can do that, Steve Bull star It depends if it stops raining.
:23:30. > :23:36.But if it stops -- carries on raining, that cannot happen. The
:23:36. > :23:46.only people left out there, Dovizioso is still classed as a
:23:46. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:22.finisher. He got going in 14th If they do run another five laps,
:24:22. > :24:27.they can start with fresh tyres. Race direction coming up. Restart
:24:27. > :24:32.to be confirmed, depending on weather conditions. I'm sure we
:24:32. > :24:38.will know in a second. It is still pouring in the pit lane. It does
:24:38. > :24:43.look pretty wet. It is still pouring down outside the commentary
:24:44. > :24:49.booth. Not quite as hard. But it is an awful lot of water coming down.
:24:49. > :24:58.Most people, apart from Pedrosa and Casey Stoner would like to see it
:24:58. > :25:03.finished now. It is saying that race start to be confirmed,
:25:03. > :25:11.depending on climatic conditions. We could get another seven laps, I
:25:11. > :25:20.am surprised. He was having a good run, Valentino Rossi. The rain is
:25:20. > :25:27.not stopping. If that is the case, and it is raining harder than when
:25:27. > :25:31.it started. It is absolutely throwing it down. Even if it stops
:25:31. > :25:36.raining, when you get this downpour, it takes for ever for those
:25:36. > :25:40.rivulets to go away. It would be seven laps, and it depends on
:25:40. > :25:50.evolution - or what they mean is if the black cloud will disappear and
:25:50. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :25:58.stopped raining and they can run again. He waved around furiously to
:25:58. > :26:04.get it stopped. Barbera made very good fist of that four-star James
:26:04. > :26:14.Ellison is in the top 10. Let's recap. The first bite to crash was
:26:14. > :26:16.
:26:16. > :26:25.Spies macro -- Spies. So did Randy de Puniet who crashed with Cal
:26:25. > :26:32.Crutchlow, on the same corner within about 10 seconds. Barbera
:26:32. > :26:38.had a crush all of his own. Ivan Silva slammed it into the corner.
:26:38. > :26:45.He was flying. I reckon Jorge would like to get on the plane to
:26:45. > :26:50.Australia with the 23 point lead. I think that is how he would take it.
:26:50. > :26:57.It is extremely hard. We have both been at events were they have been
:26:57. > :27:02.restarted. It is hard, when you have had the surge of adrenalin, it
:27:02. > :27:08.is hard to get going again. It is being explained to the team's what
:27:08. > :27:15.is happening. It will be down to the rain. It is coming up to 5:00pm
:27:15. > :27:25.local time. It will be getting dark. You could see Jorge saying, get it
:27:25. > :27:30.
:27:30. > :27:35.stopped. The race director will decide. That was close! It was. The
:27:35. > :27:41.experts, along with the race stewards and raised direction, will
:27:41. > :27:46.decide. And the Duke's position, the riders are just in their
:27:46. > :27:53.leathers. But if you started a race in those conditions, you would have
:27:53. > :28:00.plastic covers on. It shows how much it has deteriorated. When it
:28:00. > :28:06.started we were expecting them to change to dry weather tyres. Rain
:28:06. > :28:15.was predicted from Thursday. It was always expected to rain today, and
:28:15. > :28:20.they got it right. I don't know how you can predict it here. Lorenzo
:28:20. > :28:26.was having an argument with Mike trendy, trying to get it done. He
:28:26. > :28:36.does not want to go back out. if it does start, the riders that
:28:36. > :28:37.
:28:37. > :28:42.crashed out, I am certain won't be allowed to start. Mike talking to
:28:42. > :28:52.the boss of Monster Yamaha Tech 3. He thinks both his and riders have
:28:52. > :28:53.
:28:53. > :29:03.crashed, he does not have to worry. What is the verdict? I was just
:29:03. > :29:04.
:29:04. > :29:11.talking to the manager, what is the message? The rules are saying we
:29:11. > :29:16.should restart for several laps which would be the results of the
:29:17. > :29:22.first race. This is the rule. We will wait for the weather report to
:29:22. > :29:27.see if the conditions will be clearer. There was a red flag
:29:27. > :29:32.because conditions were not safe. Conditions are the same when they
:29:32. > :29:42.put up the red flag. If it means we cannot restart the race, it will
:29:42. > :29:49.
:29:49. > :29:54.stay like that. I cannot see this clearing. One of the riders has
:29:54. > :29:58.been disqualified for not re- entering the pit lane in time.
:29:58. > :30:08.he could have picked it up and drive dish round somewhere, he
:30:08. > :30:20.
:30:20. > :30:29.might Oscar, why should we stop? Wet tyres don't cope either with
:30:29. > :30:36.very wet weather. Pedrosa was happy to go around. And so was Stoner.
:30:36. > :30:45.Rossi was following Hayden. He was in fourth place, three seconds
:30:45. > :30:50.behind Stoner and in front off Valentino Rossi. This is as good a
:30:50. > :30:56.result as they have had or year- long. Fourth and fifth looks
:30:56. > :31:00.impressive on the results. Bearing in mind poor Hayden is having a bit
:31:00. > :31:05.of a nightmare with his Championship. He is in ninth place.
:31:05. > :31:09.He did have a third which was a bit freaky. He qualified in third in
:31:10. > :31:18.Spain but his best result throughout the season has been 6th.
:31:19. > :31:27.Yes. That was a forlorn Dovizioso. Nothing else is evaporating apart
:31:27. > :31:32.from his hopes. As you can see, the rain is pouring down. We have run
:31:32. > :31:38.out of time either way. We will have to leave you but if you press
:31:38. > :31:43.the Red Button, we will either have a race restart or a podium ceremony.
:31:43. > :31:50.My guess is it will be a podium ceremony. We will see you in a few