:01:08. > :01:18.I have got something to say. I have got something to show you. See it,
:01:18. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:27.here it, feed it. -- hear it, feel it. The temperature is rising as
:01:27. > :01:37.the Championship arrives at Barcelona. As pressure mounts, we
:01:37. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:49.are about to find out who can take the heat. People love Marc Marquez.
:01:49. > :01:57.They are talking about probably more than 80,000 people on Sunday.
:01:57. > :02:03.He made a revolution since he came to MotoGP. He made a mistake in
:02:03. > :02:09.Mugello, but I am sure he learned the lesson. Jorge is the strongest
:02:09. > :02:19.rider, if we talk about motivation, concentration. I think Dani will be
:02:19. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:40.so fast. Lorenzo is unbelievable.I said Marc would win. We will see.
:02:40. > :02:47.This Spanish media do not seem to be able to make up their mind.
:02:47. > :02:52.Welcome to the Catalan Grand Prix and happy father's day to all the
:02:52. > :02:58.MotoGP fathers out there, including mine. Lorenzo move to Barcelona
:02:58. > :03:02.when he was a teenager. Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez were born
:03:02. > :03:08.a couple of miles from the track on the north side of the city. Dani
:03:08. > :03:18.lives in Switzerland at the moment, so this is a special homecoming as
:03:18. > :03:25.he comes here leading the Championship. Glamour ahead of your
:03:25. > :03:35.home GP. How is it to be back in Barcelona? It is a long time. It is
:03:35. > :03:39.good that the people here love it when it comes here. Does it feel
:03:39. > :03:45.like home when you come here? you come to your place, you feel
:03:45. > :03:54.the atmosphere, you feel you are close to your friends and family.
:03:54. > :04:01.You feel like home. It is a long time I flew away, so home is
:04:01. > :04:09.everywhere! You are leading the Championship. The first time in a
:04:09. > :04:19.long time. Does it feel like a natural thing? It is something I
:04:19. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:23.really wanted. I feel comfortable in that position. I feel more
:04:23. > :04:28.uncomfortable when I am off, but it has been a long time, and I was
:04:28. > :04:34.getting used to read and that is not a good thing. Basically,
:04:34. > :04:37.leading, -- used to it. Leading, you have responsibility of your
:04:37. > :04:43.team, the fans, you have to take care because you are in that
:04:43. > :04:48.position and you have to keep it as long as you can. The Dani Pedrosa
:04:48. > :04:58.that came back from injury in 2000 in F1 is a different one son the
:04:58. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:11.one that finished 2012 and is now in 2013 -- 2001. I was always in
:05:11. > :05:17.the top three or four. I was not a really happy with the situation. I
:05:17. > :05:22.was crashing. I was hurting myself all the time. This situation takes
:05:22. > :05:27.your confidence. It takes the feeling that you can ride safe and
:05:27. > :05:33.overtake and there is no risk, things like this. When you are in
:05:33. > :05:43.the group, when you are in a fight, it takes your confidence. How do
:05:43. > :05:46.
:05:46. > :05:49.you think Marc coming into the team has changed you as a rider? He is a
:05:49. > :05:58.little different from the riders I used to work with the fall in the
:05:58. > :06:04.team. Casey Stoner was extremely fast. Talented. He had his own
:06:04. > :06:08.thinking and idea of how to do it. He would be in second gear and I
:06:08. > :06:16.would be in third gear on the same corner, also the gearbox choice for
:06:16. > :06:20.the race. He was working his way in and I was working my way. Marc is
:06:20. > :06:26.super-fast also, but he does not have the knowledge of the class. He
:06:26. > :06:35.is more into, OK, Dani is using this gear, I will use the same. I
:06:35. > :06:40.have to do this because he has the experience. Somehow, it is hard for
:06:40. > :06:45.me to know him because he is new in the class. In the other way, I have
:06:45. > :06:51.to keep the throttle open. He looks at me as a reference. He is always
:06:51. > :06:58.pushing to me close to the or to Jorge. If you win on Sunday, that
:06:58. > :07:07.will be four Spanish GPs in a row. That would be quite an achievement.
:07:07. > :07:13.I did not know that. That is extra motivation, of course. I won in
:07:13. > :07:20.2008 and the feeling was so good. It is time to do it again.
:07:20. > :07:24.Hopefully, it will be champagne on Sunday!
:07:24. > :07:28.He is an intense person at work but it is great to see him looking
:07:28. > :07:38.relaxed away from the track. He has relaxed away from the track. He has
:07:38. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:50.a 12 point advantage at the top of fourth. The first British rider to
:07:50. > :07:55.have backed about podiums since Ron have backed about podiums since Ron
:07:55. > :08:00.Haslam. We expected a straight battle, but
:08:00. > :08:05.there has been a mixture in practice and qualifying. Who would
:08:05. > :08:10.have thought it. Lorenzo was up there and at the end of the first
:08:10. > :08:14.day, Valentino Rossi was at the top of the time sheet. And Marquez in
:08:14. > :08:24.the next morning. He likes it in the morning, when it is not so hot.
:08:24. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:32.And qualifying, Danny -- Dani, extraordinary. The next nine riders
:08:32. > :08:40.are covered by 0.6. He is so far in front of the rest of them. Six
:08:40. > :08:45.tense behind him, Cal Crutchlow, sensational from him. That lap from
:08:45. > :08:53.Dani, the top riders were separated by half a second. Six tense between
:08:53. > :08:59.him and Cal Crutchlow in the afternoon. It is a new record, and
:08:59. > :09:04.as you can imagine the fans loved the lap from Dani Pedrosa and so
:09:04. > :09:08.did he. It was a very good lap time. It is great to be leading in front
:09:08. > :09:16.of my fans. I am well pleased with the race performance improvement
:09:16. > :09:22.today. I was working a little bit on the distance. I think that this
:09:22. > :09:28.is the key for tomorrow. That is the key for today. One thing we
:09:28. > :09:34.have seen, a mixture of riders at the top. It has been dependent on
:09:35. > :09:44.conditions. It is probably as hot as it has been this weekend. It is
:09:44. > :09:49.as hot as springtime in Sydney! This is what I said about Marc,
:09:49. > :09:58.when it gets hot, he is not confident with the front end. Rossi
:09:58. > :10:05.and Lorenzo are struggling for comfortable grip. He honestly
:10:05. > :10:15.thinks he has a race pace. If he can clear a rough and preserve his
:10:15. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:19.tyres well enough, that will be key. Jorge Lorenzo had a problem in
:10:19. > :10:25.qualifying with the clutch. That flatters to deceive, but Cal
:10:25. > :10:28.Crutchlow is still in the hunt. Crutchlow looking for his third
:10:28. > :10:34.consecutive podium, but a different target for Bradley Smith, who
:10:34. > :10:39.almost lost his finger at Mugello. The wind was so bad they could not
:10:39. > :10:44.operate. Again, this weekend, he is riding through the pain barrier.
:10:44. > :10:50.Round 6 coming up. How has this season been? There is a problem
:10:50. > :10:55.just there, but other than that? Other than Mugello, the season has
:10:55. > :11:02.gone better than expected. Still, a little bit worse than I would have
:11:02. > :11:05.hoped for, if that makes sense. When you are a racer, your
:11:05. > :11:11.expectations always keep on climbing, even if you set a
:11:11. > :11:21.realistic goal at the start of the season. The unhappiness at the
:11:21. > :11:27.moment is a 42nd gap. A little bit too fine races. You look at the gap
:11:27. > :11:33.to the front. Result does not come into it? Mugello, I was 9th.
:11:33. > :11:37.Bautista crashed, Rossi crashed and Marquez crash. The gap to the front
:11:37. > :11:42.is always going to be backed. There will be races when I finish another
:11:42. > :11:47.9th, but we are 25 behind and we have to look at that rather than
:11:47. > :11:53.results. A lot of people do not realise how a little finger can
:11:53. > :12:00.hurt. I have done it myself and it is painful. It is also awkward.
:12:00. > :12:09.That is the problem. I would rather a broken bone, because at least you
:12:09. > :12:15.can put it in a pass to cast an ago -- plaster-cast and go. The hand is
:12:15. > :12:22.essential. When leaving a clutch, I do not know how many times and over
:12:22. > :12:32.race time it hurts. It is part of the sport. You have to take what
:12:32. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:39.happens. Unfortunate that that was the only thing. I had high sides in
:12:39. > :12:47.Mugello. Painkillers and away I go. I suppose but in the glove on is
:12:47. > :12:51.the hardest part. A that is the worst. I do not have the 10 done
:12:51. > :13:01.any more and I cannot keep the fingers straight. In Mugello, I was
:13:01. > :13:01.
:13:01. > :13:07.putting a ruler inside and pushing it -- tendon. My glove at the
:13:07. > :13:14.moment, I have one thing and these two are together and that helps.
:13:14. > :13:20.When I bend this one, it moves this one. You had the glove modified?We
:13:20. > :13:27.are trying to do everything to make it easier for me. Good luck, I hope
:13:27. > :13:34.it does not hurt too much. He is brave. He has had some moments this
:13:34. > :13:39.year. He is a brave customer. Using a ruler to push his finger into the
:13:39. > :13:45.glove, that is really painful. He had a tough time. He has found it
:13:45. > :13:51.difficult. What I admire his he thinks, he works on it, the had to
:13:51. > :13:57.work hard to get into qualifying two because he was too slow and he
:13:57. > :14:02.finished up 11th and found half a second by chipping away. It is
:14:02. > :14:12.getting hot out on the grid as we make our way out and tyre choice
:14:12. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:17.will be fundamental. I am with one of the rear tyres. Track
:14:17. > :14:23.temperature not as hot as yesterday? It is about 53 degrees.
:14:23. > :14:30.It is high, not as high as we saw, but it is hot enough. Managing the
:14:30. > :14:34.tyres will be an issue. We can look at the tyres. It has three
:14:34. > :14:39.compounds, soft on the left, pretty hard in air and on the right-hand
:14:39. > :14:45.side. We actually have hard on the right-hand side, turn 3 is the
:14:45. > :14:55.difficult one. This circuit is the hardest we have on the calendar for
:14:55. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:01.the right. Spending so long on the lean angle. He manages them the
:15:01. > :15:04.best? It is close between the riders. The Hondas are good at
:15:04. > :15:09.managing the edge of the tyre because they do not use as much as
:15:09. > :15:19.the Yamahas. Depending on how the rider treats it during the race, we
:15:19. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:36.will see how it goes. Ducatis are testing tomorrow. It is very
:15:36. > :15:41.exciting, Suzuki is coming back and doing it properly would be brilliant
:15:41. > :15:48.to see. This is part of a change that the organisers have been
:15:48. > :15:55.working on, to keep slowing down the full prototype bike. We will have
:15:55. > :16:00.customer prototype hikes from Honda and engines from Yamaha. We will
:16:00. > :16:06.find out after testing from Suzuki. Hopefully be will have news in the
:16:06. > :16:15.next round in two weeks. The writer market is in full flow, Cal
:16:15. > :16:21.Crutchlow is in talks with Yamaha and possibly with Suzuki. The
:16:21. > :16:31.brothers could end up racing each other in MotoGP next year. Racing
:16:31. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:50.bikes is not the only big passion You are really big Barcelona fans.
:16:50. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :17:01.Every match, we come to see the match. It would be nice to see your
:17:01. > :17:10.
:17:11. > :17:20.helmet here! One-day! Yes!Which player would he be? Lionel Messi!
:17:20. > :17:27.would be Carlos -- Carlos Puy. have grown up racing together, you
:17:27. > :17:31.have a close relationship. How do you rate each other as riders?
:17:31. > :17:37.a really good rider, he has a big talent. He is battling for the
:17:37. > :17:47.title. He is really good. He just has to continue working like this.
:17:47. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:58.He never gives up. That is really important. Where were you?I was in
:17:58. > :18:07.the stadium. I was at Wembley. supporting Barcelona. Because you
:18:07. > :18:14.are a Liverpool fan! He is showing to the people how he can do it with
:18:14. > :18:20.an unofficial bike. He needs more confidence of the teams to take a
:18:20. > :18:26.better motorbike, but he is doing really good, and he will have a good
:18:26. > :18:36.motorbike next year. Do you have a trophy cabinet? Yes, I have a big
:18:36. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:47.room. My house is not big enough!It seems that there is a possibility of
:18:47. > :18:51.you racing in the same class next year. It would be really nice,
:18:51. > :18:56.because in the past, we have raced together in the Spanish
:18:56. > :19:06.championship, and in the world championship. One complete year, it
:19:06. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:19.was beautiful. Two brothers racing will be like the starting grid at
:19:19. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:30.the Catalunya Grand Prix. My God! Much bigger than I expected! This is
:19:30. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:43.incredible. It is so big. Wow! Imagine scoring a goal! Yes!
:19:43. > :19:53.Calm down! What a lovely pair of lads. He is wishing his brother well
:19:53. > :19:56.on the grid. Fresh from winning the Moto 2 race earlier. We were hoping
:19:56. > :20:01.to grab a quick word with Alvaro Bautista, but he is speaking to the
:20:01. > :20:08.Italians. He has qualified for fastest today, looking really good.
:20:08. > :20:13.Another Spanish rider in his home race. Nicky Hayden had a good run in
:20:13. > :20:23.qualifying. He is in fifth place. I will try to squeeze in and speak to
:20:23. > :20:28.him. We for a quick word? Really good in qualifying yesterday, how I
:20:28. > :20:32.do looking for the race? Tyre wear has been a problem in the hot
:20:32. > :20:38.conditions, but until now, this has been my most consistent weekend of
:20:38. > :20:42.the year, but now it counts, so I will have to do a good race. It will
:20:42. > :20:48.be hard, these conditions are not easy, but the teams have done a
:20:48. > :20:55.great job. All the best. Nicky Hayden in fifth place, his best
:20:55. > :20:59.position in over a year. Behind him, Marc Marquez, the same position he
:20:59. > :21:05.had two weeks ago, sixth place. He came through to challenge for second
:21:05. > :21:12.place. He would have had it if it was not for a rookie crash. A very
:21:12. > :21:18.busy grid today. On the front row, Jorge Lorenzo. He is taking some
:21:18. > :21:25.shade, listening to music. He told us that he likes to listen to Phil
:21:25. > :21:32.Collins on the grid. I wonder what it is today! Let's get round to Cal
:21:32. > :21:36.Crutchlow. Second on the grid, equal best qualifying for him. He was
:21:36. > :21:38.second in the opening round. Excellent qualifying session
:21:39. > :21:47.yesterday, he went fastest this morning, but different conditions
:21:47. > :21:53.now. Thank you. It was OK. We were fast in the warmup, but different
:21:53. > :21:57.conditions now, the Honda is strong in these conditions. If we can get
:21:57. > :22:00.away, we will do the best job we can in the front, but we will try to
:22:00. > :22:10.defend from behind as well, because there are lots of guys on the same
:22:10. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.pace. I hope it blows your way today. Cal Crutchlow in second
:22:16. > :22:19.place. It is not easy for the British to deal with the heat in
:22:19. > :22:27.these conditions, especially if you are from Northern Ireland!
:22:27. > :22:32.Not easy for me either, I am trying to get under the banner! Your first
:22:32. > :22:36.time here, another new track, decent qualifying, you must be happy.
:22:36. > :22:41.happy with the pace we have had, I thought we could have qualified
:22:41. > :22:46.higher, but we got held up a few times. Feeling quite confident for
:22:46. > :22:56.the race. Hopefully we can fight for points today. This weekend, we are
:22:56. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:03.on the pace. It will be a hot race. I am feeling the sweat running down
:23:03. > :23:09.my back. I am looking forward to it, try to keep the pace consistent.
:23:09. > :23:18.Michael is on the PBM chassis, his team-mate is on the full ARP
:23:18. > :23:24.package. He has agreed to speak to us. Donny had, a Colombian rider in
:23:24. > :23:32.the British team, how is it going? Really good. I hope to make some
:23:32. > :23:37.points for the team. How are you feeling on the brilliant? It is
:23:37. > :23:46.good, really different from last year. It might be better for the
:23:46. > :23:51.race. Your English has certainly improved. Good luck. A nice story,
:23:51. > :24:01.not a nice story for Hiroshi Aoyama, who lost the top of his
:24:01. > :24:08.little finger in a crash yesterday, but it is the team's home race, they
:24:08. > :24:11.wanted to ride, so they roped in Javier del Amor. At the age of 36,
:24:11. > :24:19.he has been riding in the Spanish championship for many years, 15
:24:19. > :24:24.years, and he was here doing pitlane tours for the team when the team
:24:24. > :24:30.boss said to him, get your leathers on and get on the bike. There is
:24:30. > :24:37.hope for you yet! I am not sure about that! We are
:24:37. > :24:43.looking at Annie Pedrosa. -- Dani Pedrosa. He emptied a bottle of
:24:43. > :24:50.water over his head before he put his helmet on. In the aerodynamic
:24:50. > :24:55.hump, they feel that with fluid, food replacement or water. That will
:24:55. > :25:03.keep him going through the race. He is making his 200th start this
:25:03. > :25:05.weekend. The first pole position here. The second one in a row. Cal
:25:05. > :25:14.Crutchlow second on the grid, looking for his third consecutive
:25:14. > :25:18.podium. No British rider has done that since Barry Sheen in 1982. He
:25:18. > :25:24.is looking at today. On the outside of the front row, Jorge Lorenzo,
:25:25. > :25:30.looking ready to get back in business. He won here twice in the
:25:30. > :25:35.last three seasons. AQ clutch problems in qualifying yesterday,
:25:35. > :25:42.but the team have got that sorted. He has got good race pace. Let's
:25:42. > :25:45.grab a word with his personal manager. Can we get a quick word? We
:25:45. > :25:55.saw him resting under the umbrella, taking fluids on, how his he
:25:55. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:03.feeling? It is warm today, he wanted to take a rest, be focused. How has
:26:03. > :26:11.he dealt with the pressure of the week? His fan club RCR. He says a
:26:11. > :26:19.Grand Prix is like a wedding. But he is happy to be at home with his fans
:26:19. > :26:24.will stop he would like to give them a victory here. Thank you. We are
:26:25. > :26:28.clearing the grid now, the heat is really coming down, it is about 33
:26:29. > :26:37.degrees, really tough for the bikes, for the tyres, but especially
:26:37. > :26:44.for the riders. It is about that time again.
:26:44. > :26:53.The attention, adrenaline, the heat of the weather. When you are just
:26:53. > :26:59.with the mechanics, it is intense. It is stressful and a pressure
:27:00. > :27:09.moment. It is not easy, it is difficult, it is the worst part of
:27:10. > :27:20.
:27:21. > :27:26.the race. Some of the girls are I did not notice that myself! Too
:27:26. > :27:32.busy concentrating! It is much nicer up here. It is extremely hot,
:27:32. > :27:35.especially in the pitlane, because you have got a high grandstand on
:27:35. > :27:45.one side. Then you have got the pit wall on the other side, it is like
:27:45. > :27:45.
:27:45. > :27:50.an oven. Valentino Rossi a bit further back than he would want.
:27:50. > :27:55.Bradley Smith, a good job for him under the circumstances, because he
:27:55. > :27:59.had to get to this after the first qualifying session. Riding MotoGP on
:27:59. > :28:05.this track for the first time, there are different braking points,
:28:05. > :28:09.angles, tire grips. It is a scorching day. Not quite as hot as
:28:09. > :28:17.yesterday afternoon. A number of teams have gone for the harder rear
:28:17. > :28:23.slick tyre than was expected. I am surprised at that. The bridge -- the
:28:23. > :28:30.Bridgestone engineer was surprised as well. Yes. Looking at Bradley
:28:30. > :28:35.Smith, trying to get your eye in on a machine that quick, in crude
:28:35. > :28:42.terms, the scenery comes at you much faster. Yes, that is exactly what it
:28:42. > :28:47.is, everything is faster and harder, and it lets go in a bigger way. You
:28:47. > :28:53.have to find out the parameters of the group level. This will be a drag
:28:53. > :28:58.down to the first corner. We have got a kilometre straight, and where
:28:58. > :29:04.they will start from is taking a bit out of that, but I would guess there
:29:04. > :29:10.are at least 600 metres left. Downhill as well. A massive big stop
:29:10. > :29:17.into that corner. Then they will go up to third gear for this long
:29:17. > :29:23.right. This is the one that really does get the tyre temperature up on
:29:23. > :29:30.the right-hand side. Then it goes to another right. This is the hardest
:29:30. > :29:38.track as far as the right-hand Phillip Island, but this is hardest
:29:38. > :29:46.for the right-hand side. That corner is a bit off-camera. It is a great
:29:46. > :29:56.view. How much is involved in this circuit. It is a big lap. They climb
:29:56. > :29:59.
:29:59. > :30:05.back up the hill again. This is the sixth race, it will be one third
:30:05. > :30:15.over after this. This is key for the lead, this is the vital seventh game
:30:15. > :30:29.
:30:29. > :30:33.in a tennis said. It really matters at a level playing field. It seems
:30:33. > :30:40.the Honda can cope with the higher temperatures. It might be to do
:30:40. > :30:44.with the size of the rider, in Dani Pedrosa. Respect to Cal Crutchlow,
:30:44. > :30:53.coming second fastest. Yesterday it was hot in qualifying. It was a
:30:53. > :30:58.brilliant job. 91,000 people are here today. The queues this morning
:30:58. > :31:04.were bigger than I have seen before. We had a big crowd for qualifying
:31:04. > :31:14.yesterday. We will see who's Filo Tiatia lasts the longest. The
:31:14. > :31:15.
:31:15. > :31:20.frontrunners are on the same tyres. -- we will see who's able to manage
:31:20. > :31:26.their tyres. We are ready for the start. It is a good start from
:31:26. > :31:34.Lorenzo. Getting in front of Cal Crutchlow. Pedrosa. Putting a
:31:34. > :31:41.squeeze on Lorenzo. Unbelievably, Lorenzo gets there first. That was
:31:41. > :31:46.terrific. Dani Pedrosa was trying to squeeze him. Dovizioso, I think
:31:46. > :31:50.on the second of the Ducatis was having a moment, getting tangled up.
:31:50. > :32:00.Valentino Rossi made a good fist of it. Behind Cal Crutchlow, who got
:32:00. > :32:01.
:32:01. > :32:11.shuffled back a couple of spots. To beat Pedrosa from pole position.
:32:11. > :32:17.
:32:17. > :32:24.Dovizioso is riding further than looked like he did not get the
:32:24. > :32:29.first right, but then he fired that. Even with the action of Pedrosa
:32:29. > :32:35.trying to move him over, he had enough pace. Stefan Bradl, Ducatis
:32:35. > :32:42.behind him, that was not a bad start from him. Not again, that is
:32:42. > :32:52.Rossi. He is out.And at least he did not take Noci with him. They
:32:52. > :33:26.
:33:26. > :33:30.are all going down. -- did not take We can look at this again. On the
:33:30. > :33:35.inside, he squeezes the front brake and does not want to hit Valentino
:33:36. > :33:45.Rossi. Parlanti de Rossi was lucky. He tried to cut the speed and got
:33:46. > :33:55.
:33:55. > :34:05.hat-trick of taking out Rossi. That was a big move from Hayden. He took
:34:05. > :34:15.the place back from Iannone. It was a great qualifying for Hayden but
:34:15. > :34:18.
:34:18. > :34:28.he did not do too well on the start. Dovizioso, the third -- he changed
:34:28. > :34:54.
:34:54. > :34:58.the chassis. They were working on second between him and Lorenzo. De
:34:58. > :35:08.Puniet, he had a monster this morning in the warm up. He goes
:35:08. > :35:09.
:35:09. > :35:19.his team-mate has been going so well. He is also testing the Suzuki
:35:19. > :35:22.
:35:22. > :35:32.Championship, those who could be in a hunt to take it this year in that
:35:32. > :35:42.
:35:42. > :35:47.job. The fastest lap has come from Pedrosa. Arguably the fastest by a
:35:47. > :35:57.long way yesterday with a stunning qualifying time. In qualifying,
:35:57. > :35:59.
:35:59. > :36:05.they have to manage their tyres. him is not that he can get a fast
:36:05. > :36:10.lap, that is fine, he said when the edge has gone off the tyre it is
:36:10. > :36:14.all over. There is a big difference between good grip and bad grip,
:36:14. > :36:19.particularly on turn 3. After six laps, which is what we are coming
:36:19. > :36:24.into, it wants to spin all the time and you have to turn down traction
:36:24. > :36:32.control. If you have too much, it is kicking into early. You have to
:36:32. > :36:38.switch it down or control it with the throttle. Watch for the gap.
:36:38. > :36:48.The man under pressure is Dani Pedrosa from Marquez. He gets the
:36:48. > :36:49.
:36:49. > :36:55.fastest lap. They qualified in the 41s. They are pressing on.
:36:55. > :37:00.Valentino Rossi could not turn the bike in as tight. A lot of the
:37:00. > :37:10.management of the tyres is how you set the bike art. These things will
:37:10. > :37:22.
:37:23. > :37:32.a bike set-up in a way where he can manage his tyres better. He is well
:37:33. > :37:42.
:37:42. > :37:52.will have a lot of difference for the Formula 1 cars, they turned
:37:52. > :38:22.
:38:22. > :38:26.rider. You can see where the cars half a second. What they are
:38:26. > :38:31.thinking about now, they are thinking, I want to give 100% and
:38:31. > :38:35.get away, but I have to think about not just how much I have left on my
:38:35. > :38:40.tyre, but how much grip is left because the temperature is going up
:38:40. > :38:49.on the track. Everything is getting slippy. We will see the peak of the
:38:49. > :38:56.times in a minute. We have had a 1:42 from Marquez and I suspect it
:38:56. > :39:06.will drop away. This is encouraging for Hayden at the early stage,
:39:06. > :39:28.
:39:28. > :39:37.trying to get past Bradl. He is not We noticed in qualifying, it is a
:39:37. > :39:41.monster turn, turned 10. They cost it is downhill, you have to get the
:39:41. > :39:50.bike turned and it is a compromise corner, and you go in hot and come
:39:50. > :40:00.out slow. Iannone. It was going well, he had been leading the
:40:00. > :40:00.
:40:00. > :40:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:40:42. > :40:52.Ducati charge at want point. -- one Michael Laverty went out on the
:40:52. > :41:10.
:41:10. > :41:17.first crash. This is the view of the race leader. He was lapping
:41:17. > :41:22.strongly. He has chucked it away on the way through that. In it was a
:41:22. > :41:32.real shame. Down at the bottom. A front and pulled out almost
:41:32. > :41:35.
:41:35. > :41:40.certainly. The bike could be OK. Trying to remount. Do what you can.
:41:40. > :41:45.He was up to fourth place in the Championship. Hayden is down as
:41:45. > :41:51.well. He is furious with himself. He was in the top six. The best
:41:51. > :42:01.showing they had had in ages. Turn 10 again. The track is getting
:42:01. > :42:06.
:42:06. > :42:13.greasy. Front end, exactly the same. In a minor classes, we have also
:42:13. > :42:19.seen, without giving anything away, it has been a race-day a high
:42:19. > :42:22.attrition. You watched that turn in the second practice session and
:42:22. > :42:30.loss account of how many people went to Greece. Cal Crutchlow
:42:30. > :42:40.trying to get the bike going. I think they will have to push it
:42:40. > :42:46.
:42:46. > :42:56.into the safety barrier. Now there hats to manage his tyres. Cal
:42:56. > :42:58.
:42:58. > :43:02.Crutchlow, fourth, that blotted his copybook. He was trying hard. The
:43:02. > :43:12.only one. Valentino Rossi will be thinking, this is a great chance
:43:12. > :43:31.
:43:31. > :43:41.ninepins. He has had a very busy weekend. Remind me which session he
:43:41. > :43:42.
:43:42. > :43:52.did not crash in. Even in the warm up, Pesek. Same place, front end.
:43:52. > :44:02.Way back in 125s. He is fast, but he does not finish a lot. We are
:44:02. > :44:04.
:44:04. > :44:12.down to 17. Javier del Amor is now in 17th position. Iannone, Pesek,
:44:12. > :44:21.Crutchlow, De Puniet, Bautista and Michael Laverty are out. Michael,
:44:21. > :44:27.what happened? I made a good start. I was on the back of Espargaro and
:44:27. > :44:31.I got dropped down the back straight and trying to get too much
:44:31. > :44:36.and the fuel tank caught me out. I was pushed on to the gravel and
:44:36. > :44:40.down I went. You cannot bump start it. I was out. Unfortunate, with
:44:40. > :44:46.the start I had, and without the crashes, it would have been a day
:44:46. > :44:51.for scoring points. It was unfortunate. Exactly what you were
:44:51. > :44:58.saying, it is about getting sucked in. He admitted, he got carried
:44:58. > :45:02.away. An extra 15 kilograms of weight, relatively up the top,
:45:02. > :45:06.albeit the fuel tank is low on these bikes, he got in there too
:45:06. > :45:16.tight. Most people would think about breaking, but you cannot, the
:45:16. > :45:33.
:45:33. > :45:38.rear wheel is turning at seven or eight kilometres faster than the
:45:38. > :45:45.front, just enough spin. It is held on the traction control system, it
:45:45. > :45:55.will make your life easier, goes it will not spend any more than that.
:45:55. > :46:01.Dani Pedrosa was inch perfect, right up to the curb. It looks like Nicky
:46:02. > :46:06.Hayden is about to cry. He probably is. That was a really good show. The
:46:06. > :46:16.10th corner. That is where Michael Laverty went down and Alvaro
:46:16. > :46:20.
:46:20. > :46:26.Bautista. On a single tyre, you have limitations with the leaning angle.
:46:26. > :46:30.It was one of those situations, everybody will have done that. You
:46:30. > :46:40.are trying to get it stopped, because if you don't, you will lose
:46:40. > :46:40.
:46:40. > :46:47.time. All the time teetering on the point of crushing. All of these guys
:46:47. > :46:57.are right on the point of crushing every single corner. The last lap
:46:57. > :47:01.was 43.4 four Jorge Lorenzo and 43.6 four Valentino Rossi. The pits do
:47:01. > :47:08.not know what is going on with the engines, there is no system like in
:47:08. > :47:12.Formula 1, we only have data on the bikes. They can only pick up the
:47:12. > :47:18.data when the bikes come in. But they will know they have used up the
:47:18. > :47:28.best part of the tyre. If they switch, that will give them less
:47:28. > :47:32.
:47:32. > :47:41.traction control. The gap is pretty constant between these three. The
:47:41. > :47:47.message is about to be passed on. radios, no telemetry. Yes, every
:47:47. > :47:52.time you go past a bit bored, it always used to confuse me, the
:47:52. > :47:56.information you get is one lap out of date. But I think they will have
:47:56. > :48:05.somebody at the top with a radio. But generally, yes, one lap out of
:48:05. > :48:11.date. That is why you did not know you have lost your championship!
:48:11. > :48:16.did not realise until one lap after the close. Until you got fired! Back
:48:16. > :48:24.at the front, I thought Marc Marquez had something up his sleeve, but he
:48:24. > :48:32.will see whether the Yamaha comes back to him. Every member of the
:48:32. > :48:36.team will be riding with him, on the back of Jorge Lorenzo, mentally.
:48:36. > :48:42.is a creditable performance by Jorge Lorenzo. We did not see the best of
:48:42. > :48:47.the bike because he had the clutch problem in qualifying, but he is not
:48:47. > :48:56.as confident about the front end as he wanted to be. Dani Pedrosa felt
:48:56. > :49:02.his bike had good race pace. We shall see. We are almost fresh out
:49:02. > :49:10.of the cat is, we have lost Andrea Iannone. This would be Bradley
:49:10. > :49:15.Smith's best result. Aleix Espargaro is in eighth place, so Bradley Smith
:49:15. > :49:20.is doing a good job, with a dodgy digit. It is good to see Colin
:49:20. > :49:26.Edwards circulating, he is not having too bad a race. He is in
:49:26. > :49:34.ninth place. That is really something for him. They are dropping
:49:35. > :49:38.like flies, Karel Abraham is in. A mechanical problem, it is all over.
:49:38. > :49:47.They have plugged in to find out what is going on with the
:49:47. > :49:57.motorcycle. He was running around at one minute 59, so I suspect a major
:49:57. > :50:00.
:50:00. > :50:06.issue. The bike leading is an in-line four. Riding with Dani
:50:06. > :50:16.Pedrosa, he is starting to close down Jorge Lorenzo. Not quite at
:50:16. > :50:26.
:50:26. > :50:31.half race distance yet. Dani Pedrosa radiators normally. Getting on the
:50:31. > :50:39.pit wall side keeps your team-mate at day. That is a good point. The
:50:39. > :50:49.lap times are dropping off, we are in the low one minute 43 territory.
:50:49. > :50:52.
:50:53. > :50:58.That is why the tyre gets such a hammering. 200 kilometres an hour.
:50:58. > :51:06.Completely different line from Jorge Lorenzo. He cut that to the last
:51:06. > :51:11.part. This is the corner where we saw Cal Crutchlow go out
:51:11. > :51:16.unfortunately, the seventh corner. They are trying to get drive out of
:51:16. > :51:26.it. If you are too hot, you ruined the run up the hill. The second
:51:26. > :51:27.
:51:27. > :51:33.fastest part of the course, down the hill towards the 10th corner. He has
:51:33. > :51:43.gone very wide, but he will cut back and get the drive up. It might be a
:51:43. > :51:45.
:51:45. > :51:49.quick run uphill here. At this point, once your tyre has gone,
:51:49. > :51:55.well, it still has huge amount of grip, but you cannot believe how
:51:55. > :52:04.slippery it is, although they are still pulling 55 degrees lean angle
:52:04. > :52:12.and massive horsepower. In some ways, it is a better track and
:52:12. > :52:20.temperature, for the CRT bikes, so there is more parity with the lower
:52:20. > :52:30.powered machines. It sounds almost at idle when it is dropped back to
:52:30. > :52:33.
:52:33. > :52:37.9000 revs. My old Ducati expires at that. He cannot believe it. Front
:52:37. > :52:47.end issues. Perhaps they had a suspension problem, no field going
:52:47. > :52:49.
:52:49. > :52:55.into the corner. Not the only guy disappointed today. Nicky Hayden was
:52:55. > :53:00.bent out of shape on that crash. the more disappointing for how well
:53:00. > :53:07.you were doing before. What happened? It is really hot. I just
:53:07. > :53:11.made a little mistake, I got by Stefan Bradl, I felt faster than
:53:11. > :53:18.him, so I wanted to push, getting a few good laps and see how fast I
:53:18. > :53:25.could go. I stayed on the break a bit too long, and it was my fault.
:53:25. > :53:35.It is really frustratingly. It was the best I had gone all year. I had
:53:35. > :53:39.
:53:39. > :53:44.hurt, and he was right, he was much faster than Stefan Bradl. You could
:53:44. > :53:53.see how fast Marc Marquez was, sixth on the grid. Look at the leaning
:53:53. > :54:00.angles. Follow my leader! How many world Championships there? Everybody
:54:00. > :54:10.has won it. We have got 23 world championships on the grid this year,
:54:10. > :54:11.
:54:11. > :54:20.nine world champions. You could see the rear of Dani Pedrosa's like,
:54:20. > :54:29.getting traction for the right-hander. We are into the second
:54:29. > :54:33.half of the race now. Dani Pedrosa might be thinking about pouncing. He
:54:33. > :54:40.would like to have a stab at Jorge Lorenzo before his team-mate has a
:54:40. > :54:45.stab at him. The move is bike number 26, he has dropped off his team-mate
:54:45. > :54:54.ever so slightly. His last lap was 0.2 seconds faster than Jorge
:54:54. > :54:59.Lorenzo. Look at how quick he has closed it up. He was much further
:54:59. > :55:09.back than that, he has closed it up. Marc Marquez is the fastest guy on
:55:09. > :55:21.
:55:21. > :55:31.can hear it. Jorge Lorenzo has responded a bit. The Yamaha seems
:55:31. > :55:38.happier on the downhill section. Valentino Rossi in the background.
:55:38. > :55:48.That is only four seconds away from the race leader. Yes, ten laps to
:55:48. > :55:50.
:55:50. > :55:54.go. Marc Marquez, the young pretender, the Spanish Armada here.
:55:54. > :56:00.He dropped away but he has closed the gap up, which indicates he has
:56:00. > :56:07.the pace. He was the one who was saying, when it got hot, he could
:56:07. > :56:12.not do it. He was quick yesterday morning, but by the afternoon, he
:56:12. > :56:17.was not boxing, he qualified sixth, he could not get it together.
:56:17. > :56:27.big issue that he has is where to pass. The only places I can
:56:27. > :56:28.
:56:29. > :56:35.think... The forlorn looking bike of Cal Crutchlow. That was it again. It
:56:35. > :56:42.is horrible to watch, every time you see it. I feel the pain for him. The
:56:42. > :56:48.horrible sound of metal and carbon fibre grinding across the track.
:56:48. > :56:53.Just what he wanted to see! He qualified second, in front of Jorge
:56:53. > :57:02.Lorenzo and everybody but Dani Pedrosa. It was a good weekend's
:57:02. > :57:07.work, they are on the limit. Marc Marquez again has dropped back. He
:57:08. > :57:17.is having goes and he is not working. At the end of this map, he
:57:17. > :57:27.will be with them again. 0.3 seconds between Jorge Lorenzo and Dani
:57:27. > :57:27.
:57:27. > :57:34.Pedrosa. Nothing in it, really. He will not make a lunch from there,
:57:34. > :57:42.but he will not be disappointed. 0.2 seconds a lap slower than the
:57:43. > :57:50.front guys. A terrific ride from Bradley Smith. My finger hurts,
:57:50. > :57:55.thinking about him. He is in seventh place. As he was saying, talking
:57:55. > :58:04.about the gap to the front, with ten laps left, he is 20 seconds from the
:58:04. > :58:14.front. If he places here, he will be well pleased. What have you got,
:58:14. > :58:15.
:58:15. > :58:18.Dani Pedrosa? Everything working in harmony, knee pad on the ground,
:58:18. > :58:26.suspension working extremely hard, the rear exhaust pipe wobbling
:58:26. > :58:36.around with the bumps. They have steer -- steel exhaust pipes. It is
:58:36. > :58:43.a bit cheaper. Yes, it saves you five grand if you crash. Spectacular
:58:43. > :58:46.helmet design from Jorge Lorenzo for this race this weekend. Three
:58:46. > :58:56.Spaniards, the free that you would expect to fight for the
:58:56. > :59:00.
:59:00. > :59:06.championship, the top three, 103 points for Dani Pedrosa. That is how
:59:06. > :59:12.it sat before this race. Jorge Lorenzo has got the hammer down, he
:59:12. > :59:18.has put in a good lap, 0.2 seconds faster than the Honda bikes
:59:18. > :59:28.following him. Will he think he will try to break them? This has been a
:59:28. > :59:33.huge race. Hector Barbera as well. There will be a tonne of interviews
:59:33. > :59:43.on this crushing fest when we get to the extra programme later. Javier
:59:43. > :59:43.
:59:43. > :00:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:00:25. > :00:33.hot, they will try to get some Dani Pedrosa will be thinking the
:00:33. > :00:37.same thing. We talk about tyre management. Nothing like working
:00:37. > :00:43.out the option, it is about fitting the tyre that will do the distance.
:00:43. > :00:53.From the likes going out to the chequered flag. 0.5, the gap is
:00:53. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:11.that is half a second, that is so long -- how long it takes them to
:01:11. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.cover that distance you saw in the The hardened front tyre, the softer
:01:36. > :01:46.tyre that everybody said had more edge grip, it might not have the
:01:46. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:11.construction feel, but it has the fourth, first, tenth, there will be
:02:11. > :02:18.more people waiting outside his truck to see him at the end of the
:02:18. > :02:22.race. And that is where most of them are sitting. Here we are,
:02:22. > :02:27.three Spaniards in Spain, they could all win the Championship this
:02:27. > :02:33.year. You cannot get past the truck of Valentino Rossi in the paddock.
:02:33. > :02:36.It must annoy the Spaniards. wonder how many of the crowd would
:02:37. > :02:46.like the first three to run off the track and for him to win it.
:02:46. > :02:56.Disloyal? Never. Poetry in motion. He has still got it. He gets the
:02:56. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:17.bike sliding. 200 kilometres per know whether Pedrosa has made an
:03:17. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:22.error or whether Lorenzo has the hammer down suddenly. He is
:03:22. > :03:27.clearing off and Dani Pedrosa is close to his team-mate. Dani
:03:27. > :03:33.dropped three-tenths on the last lap. We will see as we cross again
:03:33. > :03:39.at the end of the lap whether it is a recurring theme. If it stays in
:03:39. > :03:49.this order, Dani Pedrosa, with the 12th point advantage, would still
:03:49. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :03:59.in front of his team-mate. This is the best chance he has had ever to
:03:59. > :04:04.win the title. I think his team- mate will be more of a handful next
:04:04. > :04:10.year. He is learning so fast. We had the unfortunate crash in
:04:11. > :04:19.Mugello. Jorge Lorenzo with the winner in Mugello. 1.2 seconds.
:04:19. > :04:24.it is a problem, it is not a mistake. Suddenly, and... Our I
:04:24. > :04:34.believe number 93, Marc Marquez... Three-tenths faster than Dani
:04:34. > :04:39.
:04:39. > :04:49.Dani Pedrosa was slower, Marquez got past him. I think he wants a
:04:49. > :04:50.
:04:50. > :05:00.piece of the action. This is like Austin, Texas. -- Dani lead and
:05:00. > :05:07.
:05:07. > :05:12.seems to be able to run through the corner. He is probably saying last
:05:12. > :05:19.time I went through to fast I ended up in the gravel trap. He is using
:05:19. > :05:23.Dani Pedrosa as the gauge to what pace he can go at. He must feel he
:05:23. > :05:31.can go faster because when he has lost ground, he has been able to
:05:32. > :05:40.get it back. Javier del Amor, the man they bumped into in the pit
:05:40. > :05:46.lane, is actually in the points. He is 15th. That's it looks good. Turn
:05:46. > :05:53.up at your home Grand Prix and get a point. That is special. You could
:05:53. > :06:03.have got the job doing the pit lane 2 oz. I would have look silly in
:06:03. > :06:19.
:06:19. > :06:23.has a lot to worry about. He has a younger son in Moto3. He went so
:06:23. > :06:31.sideways, he turned to tight. Like an oversteer on the car, albeit
:06:31. > :06:36.harder to do on a motorcycle. is why you picked motorcycles and
:06:36. > :06:41.not cars. And down the hill we go again and this is getting
:06:41. > :06:45.comfortable for Lorenzo. One second in front of Pedrosa, who has his
:06:45. > :06:55.hands for dealing with his team- mate. Rossi is five seconds further
:06:55. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:05.back. Colin Edwards is also inside the top 10. Bradley, he is chasing
:07:05. > :07:15.down Dovizioso. If he could get him and get a top-six finish, that
:07:15. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:28.circuit well. But not at these speeds. Marquez is all over the
:07:28. > :07:35.back of Dani Pedrosa. Be my opinion, it is the run out of the final
:07:35. > :07:45.corner, turn 13. If he could carry speed. It will be hard. Dani is
:07:45. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:57.probably lighter. They both trying this. That was very
:07:57. > :08:05.defensive from Dani Pedrosa. Rightly so. His mechanic, thinking
:08:05. > :08:15.hang on to it. If Marquez gets past, Lorenzo takes more points out of
:08:15. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:30.We have spoken about her tiny Dani is and whether it is an advantage.
:08:30. > :08:35.I believe it is too small for these bikes. On a hot day like this, and
:08:35. > :08:39.also shifting your weight around. When you watch him come out of the
:08:39. > :08:44.corner, he knew it really throws himself upright to get the fat part
:08:44. > :08:54.of the tyre. He has to shift his weight more because he has less of
:08:54. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:09.it. 51 kilograms, Dani Pedrosa of. size... He came very close to
:09:09. > :09:15.letting the brakes off. In that had not been his team-mates... It would
:09:15. > :09:25.have been an audacious move, but I think possibly he would have had a
:09:25. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:32.go at that. This will be a long three laps for Dani. Jorge Lorenzo,
:09:32. > :09:41.just bringing it home. These two will go down to the wire. Marquez
:09:41. > :09:48.got it sorted out again. Valentino Rossi, in fourth place. Dani
:09:48. > :09:52.Pedrosa is having the right of his life, trying to keep him off him.
:09:52. > :09:56.Dani Pedrosa, what he is doing is making sure he completes the corner
:09:56. > :10:02.early and get the power down early to drive off the corner to not let
:10:02. > :10:12.what macro get the run on him on a straight. Causing a roadblock in
:10:12. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:23.will have to hold his breath and get the front wheel on the inside
:10:23. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:34.somewhere. Marquez did it last time. He then promptly crash -- crashed.
:10:34. > :10:41.
:10:41. > :10:51.We are exactly where we were two line into bed. He is faster. I
:10:51. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :11:04.think it is too late, but he could possibly catch the Yamaha. You can
:11:04. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:29.see the elbow. This is where Dani good out of there. It looks as if
:11:29. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:47.he is carrying the right amount of There was contact. He almost had it.
:11:47. > :11:54.He slammed the door shut. Take that! The table almost fell over.
:11:54. > :12:04.Settle down! I think that is the end of the battle. He looked for
:12:04. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:25.out Pedrosa... Water, water. Just touched the back wheel. That was
:12:25. > :12:35.scary. Regroup!That has given Dani Pedrosa a breath. Just a breath,
:12:35. > :12:45.mind you, there is 1.5 laps left. We said the same thing. How quick
:12:45. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:56.did Marquez regroup in Jerez? will remember Mugello. He might
:12:56. > :13:01.think, OK, I give up. He is too far back. This has played into their
:13:01. > :13:10.hands of Jorge Lorenzo on the Yamaha. Every time they have
:13:10. > :13:20.tangled up, he has been creeping away. It was a great ride from
:13:20. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:28.Lorenzo, but Pedrosa, maximum composure to keep Marquez at bay.
:13:28. > :13:38.Again, look how fast he is. He is back on the wheel. 43.7. That
:13:38. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:53.mistake cost Marquez more than half was where it was going to be.
:13:53. > :13:57.does not give up. I did not think he could regroup. I would have
:13:57. > :14:06.thought he would need a large glass of water. You could not kill him
:14:06. > :14:16.with a stick. You cannot get rid of him. He watched Rossi at the last
:14:16. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:42.lap at dog macro. Could it happen fingernails. Lorenzo has strolled
:14:42. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:56.it by the narrowest margin. Dani fantastic result. And Bradley Smith,
:14:56. > :15:05.yes, you guessed it, he will cross the line in sixth place. How about
:15:05. > :15:13.that? A top-six finish. Just getting past Dovizioso, which we
:15:13. > :15:23.did not see because there was too much going on at the front.
:15:23. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:45.Espargaro, covering himself with Edwards will argue that Aleix
:15:45. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:51.Espargaro is the measure of the CRT bikes. That was a race, Dani Pedrosa
:15:51. > :15:56.will be 51 kilos of sweaty relief, he will say, thank goodness that is
:15:56. > :16:06.over! He has conceded five points to Jorge Lorenzo, but he is not racking
:16:06. > :16:16.them up on him. He did not hit him, he was going to hit him. It looked
:16:16. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:26.like contact. He lost the front, he regrouped. I said at the start of
:16:26. > :16:35.this that qualifying flattered to deceive, with him in third behind
:16:35. > :16:41.Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa, but even he was not happy with how it
:16:41. > :16:46.was running in the heat. You said they thought they would struggle.
:16:46. > :16:51.What happens before the race, you cannot do 25 laps, you have not got
:16:51. > :16:56.the time or the inclination, but they try to do five or six or seven
:16:56. > :17:06.and go out on the same tyre. You can never simulate what it will actually
:17:06. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:14.do, because the track temperature changes, but Yamaha just seem to
:17:14. > :17:20.have the skill, ability, knowledge, experience to put a motorbike under
:17:20. > :17:30.him that he can ride at a consistent pace. Valentino Rossi is back. He
:17:30. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:36.has had two years of a data hiatus. He has got to relearn the bike. I am
:17:36. > :17:41.encouraged about where he has finished, not only in terms of track
:17:41. > :17:44.position but also time. The last lap of Marc Marquez was at least .2
:17:44. > :17:54.seconds faster than anybody else, just with him catching up. You
:17:54. > :18:02.wonder what he happens -- what happens if it opens up. If the race
:18:02. > :18:10.was a little bit longer, he would have won. He has collapsed with joy.
:18:10. > :18:17.Yes. I do not know what we are re-enacting here. He is having a
:18:17. > :18:27.week, by the looks of it. What do you make of that? He is relieved! It
:18:27. > :18:33.looks like they had the legs in the Laverty after a couple of laps, a
:18:33. > :18:39.shame for you. I suppose you got to watch it as a spectator, so you can
:18:39. > :18:43.be a pundit for us. What did you make of Jorge Lorenzo? I thought it
:18:43. > :18:51.would suit him, he looked like he had the rhythm. He did not make any
:18:51. > :18:56.mistakes. It was a race of attrition, so many guys going down.
:18:56. > :19:01.What about Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez? The one thing that stands
:19:01. > :19:06.out when you watch a race like that, not much overtaking, but they do not
:19:06. > :19:12.make mistakes. That is the thing with the predict -- the prototype
:19:12. > :19:18.likes and the Bridgestone tyres, they are hitting their markers every
:19:18. > :19:23.time, their lap times are so consistent. Not the most overtakes,
:19:23. > :19:29.but it is a pleasure to watch, they are so meticulous. They are the best
:19:29. > :19:33.in the world on the best machinery in the world. You cannot take away
:19:33. > :19:43.the performance of the guys. There was one moment when Marc Marquez
:19:43. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:48.made a mistake. I just saw it up above there. It looked dodgy. It
:19:48. > :19:55.gets a bit bumpy as you go to tip in, and the front has got quite
:19:55. > :20:02.lively. He was lucky he saved it and made a comeback. Fair play to both
:20:02. > :20:08.of them. These are the moments you do not want, with a couple of laps
:20:08. > :20:15.to go. He is not scared to stick one in, I saw him do one earlier in the
:20:15. > :20:22.race. Just pulling the front brake a bit harder, trying to not hit his
:20:22. > :20:28.team-mate. But he is not scared, he gets stuck in. Not a good result for
:20:28. > :20:33.Stephane Bradl, but what about Radley Smith? His best result so
:20:33. > :20:41.far, sixth place. He is getting better all the time. I have made
:20:41. > :20:46.such a good start, I was on his back wheel when I went down. He has done
:20:46. > :20:49.a good job today, it is good for him to get strong points. You are
:20:50. > :20:55.keeping out of the sunshine, but here for the first time, what have
:20:55. > :21:01.you made of your first visit? enjoyed the circuit, a great
:21:01. > :21:04.atmosphere, a big crowd, it is the hottest I have ever raced in. All
:21:04. > :21:14.weekend it has been hot, the track temperature has been scorching, good
:21:14. > :21:24.fun. A heck of an event. It certainly is. His former colleagues
:21:24. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:37.are back in Scotland this week, a appear! Fewer sheep! Not much beats
:21:38. > :21:44.the sunshine, it was a race of attrition indeed. Jorge Lorenzo was
:21:44. > :21:53.not found wanting. This was just terrific. He did such a good job, a
:21:53. > :22:01.top six finish. Bradley Smith is chipping away. This is over the top
:22:01. > :22:04.of the hill. Into the braking zone. Nice and neat. I bet he has
:22:04. > :22:12.completely forgotten he has got a dodgy finger. He will remember it
:22:12. > :22:17.now. It makes it all worthwhile. He has got himself patched up. He is
:22:17. > :22:22.going in for a skin graft after testing. Another victory for Jorge
:22:22. > :22:28.Lorenzo, his third of the season. said it was the seventh game in a
:22:28. > :22:38.tennis set. Annie Pedrosa has got two victories. Marc Marquez was a
:22:38. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:54.UKIP regrouping. I was behind Dani Pedrosa. I tried to attack, and when
:22:54. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:00.I tried the first time, I knew he was stronger, and he braked later,
:23:00. > :23:10.so I thought if I try to pass him on that lap, we would both go on the
:23:10. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:19.gravel, so I tried to stop the bike. On the last lap, I pushed 100%, but
:23:20. > :23:29.I did not do it. But I am very happy, because this weekend was
:23:30. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:43.tiring, and we have finished on the team-mate on the points. Jorge
:23:43. > :23:53.Lorenzo, sorry, Dani Pedrosa has given points to Jorge Lorenzo. Only
:23:53. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :23:59.seven points in it. Cal Crutchlow still hangs on to fourth place.
:24:00. > :24:05.Valentino Rossi has closed up on it. It was a costly mistake by Cal
:24:05. > :24:11.Crutchlow, but he is still holding on. Bradley Smith did not do himself
:24:11. > :24:21.any harm, he is up into 11th place. Jorge Lorenzo might have thought it
:24:21. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:31.would be hard work, but he made it work in hot conditions, but you have
:24:31. > :24:41.just won back-to-back races. I did not expect this. I did not have many
:24:41. > :24:42.
:24:42. > :24:52.options. I did not want to let Dani Pedrosa getaway. I made a better
:24:52. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:00.start than expect it. It was a nightmare physically, but I kept
:25:00. > :25:10.pushing, concentrated, hardly any mistakes. I won an important
:25:10. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:15.victory. A big fiesta tonight!My helmet for this race is for sale. If
:25:15. > :25:25.you want to buy it, it is possible to have it. We will let you have
:25:25. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:39.is for sale now! Andrea Dovizioso worked so hard. He did. From the
:25:39. > :25:49.championship point of view, he is in fifth place. Not quite the way he
:25:49. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :26:02.planned, but at least Dani Pedrosa few laps. It was, because Marc
:26:02. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:09.Marquez was pushing from behind. It was not a perfect race for me. I'd
:26:09. > :26:13.had a good feeling yesterday, so I started confidently. After the first
:26:13. > :26:21.lap, I was confident behind Jorge Lorenzo, I tried to push harder on
:26:21. > :26:30.the front, and I started to close, so I had to ride more careful. In
:26:30. > :26:36.the last two corners, I was losing a lot. I could never be close. I was
:26:36. > :26:44.never really close enough to make a pass. It was a shame. I had to ride
:26:44. > :26:47.defensively at the end, yes, not a good feeling today, but second
:26:47. > :26:57.place, it is good for the championship, and I hope to improve
:26:57. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:06.Dani Pedrosa. In defence of Jorge Lorenzo, the helmet was a new
:27:06. > :27:13.design, design by a Down's Syndrome friend of his, a graffiti design, so
:27:13. > :27:18.check it out. Hearing from Dani Pedrosa about his problems, Marc
:27:18. > :27:24.Marquez had better corner speed, is it time for him to stop worrying
:27:24. > :27:28.about the championship? If history repeats itself, Dani Pedrosa is
:27:28. > :27:38.stronger in the second half of the season. He has been so strong, it is
:27:38. > :27:43.not time to doubt him yet, but Jorge Lorenzo is there every weekend. It
:27:43. > :27:50.is going to boil down to those two. But Marc Marquez will be right
:27:50. > :27:53.there, and hopefully Valentino Rossi finds his Mojo again. It must be
:27:53. > :28:02.frustrating to see his team-mate winning races. It is all to play
:28:02. > :28:08.for. It is still early on. Valentino Rossi, people ask me, do
:28:08. > :28:16.you think he can get back to where he was? Or is it all over? You do
:28:16. > :28:19.not lose it. It has been Jorge Lorenzo's baby for the last two
:28:19. > :28:26.years, he has changed a bit of the set-up direction towards his unique
:28:26. > :28:32.style. Valentino Rossi is trying to get it back into how we write it. It
:28:32. > :28:38.will come, everybody expected it out of the box, because he looked fast
:28:38. > :28:42.in testing, but I still think there is life in the old dog yet. In a few
:28:42. > :28:45.races, he will be right up there. But it has been tougher than
:28:46. > :28:54.everybody expected. It was almost worse for him today. Similar to
:28:54. > :28:58.Mugello. You might not have seen this, but this is Alvaro Bautista.
:28:58. > :29:04.Very close to taking out Valentino Rossi. That would not have been
:29:04. > :29:09.nice, two in a row! Things are not going his way. The sun normally
:29:09. > :29:15.shines on him. But since he has joined Ducati, things do not go his
:29:15. > :29:23.way any more. But you cannot always have it your way. You cannot rule
:29:23. > :29:27.him out by any means. Alvaro Bautista took Jorge Lorenzo out a
:29:27. > :29:33.couple of years ago, and he took Valentino Rossi out at Mugello. No
:29:33. > :29:37.such problems for Jorge Lorenzo in the race at his home Grand Prix, he
:29:37. > :29:47.moved to Barcelona as a teenager from Majorca, and for the third
:29:47. > :29:57.
:29:57. > :30:02.time, he will stand on top of the Lorenzo now, 116 points, seven
:30:02. > :30:09.behind Dani Pedrosa. Dani Pedrosa will be very pleased that he held
:30:09. > :30:19.Marc Marquez at bay, but he will need to make another victory. Three
:30:19. > :30:26.
:30:26. > :30:35.victories for Jorge Lorenzo, two That his relief, as well as delight.
:30:35. > :30:45.It was a brilliant after-dinner password. 43.8, the last lap for a
:30:45. > :30:56.
:30:56. > :31:00.Pedrosa. 43.2, the last lap for That must be the helmet designer.
:31:00. > :31:10.Honda still in front of the Constructors' Championship. Yamaha,
:31:10. > :31:12.
:31:12. > :31:22.though, right behind on 127. Very close. At the end of one third
:31:22. > :31:24.
:31:24. > :31:34.championship distance. This is race six, there are 18. Valentino Rossi
:31:34. > :31:44.
:31:44. > :31:54.contributing valuable points One of my great delight us is to
:31:54. > :31:55.
:31:55. > :32:05.look down and see Mr Javier del Amor with a point. Marc Marquez, 93
:32:05. > :32:15.
:32:15. > :32:20.points, riding back number 93. That is auspicious. -- bike 93. We would
:32:20. > :32:24.have thought after yesterday Dani Pedrosa could easily have walked
:32:24. > :32:33.this race. Half a second faster than anybody else. But across the
:32:33. > :32:43.course of this race, a quick lap is not necessarily the same, in this
:32:43. > :32:43.
:32:43. > :33:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:33:54. > :33:59.Fantastic scenes on the podium. Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and
:34:00. > :34:03.Dani Pedrosa, the three from Barcelona do it at home. The last
:34:03. > :34:09.four seasons, the winner in Barcelona has gone on to win the