Catalunya MotoGP

I have got something to say. I have got something to show you. See it,

here it, feed it. -- hear it, feel it. The temperature is rising as

the Championship arrives at Barcelona. As pressure mounts, we

are about to find out who can take the heat. People love Marc Marquez.

They are talking about probably more than 80,000 people on Sunday.

He made a revolution since he came to MotoGP. He made a mistake in

Mugello, but I am sure he learned the lesson. Jorge is the strongest

rider, if we talk about motivation, concentration. I think Dani will be

so fast. Lorenzo is unbelievable.I said Marc would win. We will see.

This Spanish media do not seem to be able to make up their mind.

Welcome to the Catalan Grand Prix and happy father's day to all the

MotoGP fathers out there, including mine. Lorenzo move to Barcelona

when he was a teenager. Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez were born

a couple of miles from the track on the north side of the city. Dani

lives in Switzerland at the moment, so this is a special homecoming as

he comes here leading the Championship. Glamour ahead of your

home GP. How is it to be back in Barcelona? It is a long time. It is

good that the people here love it when it comes here. Does it feel

like home when you come here? you come to your place, you feel

the atmosphere, you feel you are close to your friends and family.

You feel like home. It is a long time I flew away, so home is

everywhere! You are leading the Championship. The first time in a

long time. Does it feel like a natural thing? It is something I

really wanted. I feel comfortable in that position. I feel more

uncomfortable when I am off, but it has been a long time, and I was

getting used to read and that is not a good thing. Basically,

leading, -- used to it. Leading, you have responsibility of your

team, the fans, you have to take care because you are in that

position and you have to keep it as long as you can. The Dani Pedrosa

that came back from injury in 2000 in F1 is a different one son the

one that finished 2012 and is now in 2013 -- 2001. I was always in

the top three or four. I was not a really happy with the situation. I

was crashing. I was hurting myself all the time. This situation takes

your confidence. It takes the feeling that you can ride safe and

overtake and there is no risk, things like this. When you are in

the group, when you are in a fight, it takes your confidence. How do

you think Marc coming into the team has changed you as a rider? He is a

little different from the riders I used to work with the fall in the

team. Casey Stoner was extremely fast. Talented. He had his own

thinking and idea of how to do it. He would be in second gear and I

would be in third gear on the same corner, also the gearbox choice for

the race. He was working his way in and I was working my way. Marc is

super-fast also, but he does not have the knowledge of the class. He

is more into, OK, Dani is using this gear, I will use the same. I

have to do this because he has the experience. Somehow, it is hard for

me to know him because he is new in the class. In the other way, I have

to keep the throttle open. He looks at me as a reference. He is always

pushing to me close to the or to Jorge. If you win on Sunday, that

will be four Spanish GPs in a row. That would be quite an achievement.

I did not know that. That is extra motivation, of course. I won in

2008 and the feeling was so good. It is time to do it again.

Hopefully, it will be champagne on Sunday!

He is an intense person at work but it is great to see him looking

relaxed away from the track. He has relaxed away from the track. He has

a 12 point advantage at the top of fourth. The first British rider to

have backed about podiums since Ron have backed about podiums since Ron

Haslam. We expected a straight battle, but

there has been a mixture in practice and qualifying. Who would

have thought it. Lorenzo was up there and at the end of the first

day, Valentino Rossi was at the top of the time sheet. And Marquez in

the next morning. He likes it in the morning, when it is not so hot.

And qualifying, Danny -- Dani, extraordinary. The next nine riders

are covered by 0.6. He is so far in front of the rest of them. Six

tense behind him, Cal Crutchlow, sensational from him. That lap from

Dani, the top riders were separated by half a second. Six tense between

him and Cal Crutchlow in the afternoon. It is a new record, and

as you can imagine the fans loved the lap from Dani Pedrosa and so

did he. It was a very good lap time. It is great to be leading in front

of my fans. I am well pleased with the race performance improvement

today. I was working a little bit on the distance. I think that this

is the key for tomorrow. That is the key for today. One thing we

have seen, a mixture of riders at the top. It has been dependent on

conditions. It is probably as hot as it has been this weekend. It is

as hot as springtime in Sydney! This is what I said about Marc,

when it gets hot, he is not confident with the front end. Rossi

and Lorenzo are struggling for comfortable grip. He honestly

thinks he has a race pace. If he can clear a rough and preserve his

tyres well enough, that will be key. Jorge Lorenzo had a problem in

qualifying with the clutch. That flatters to deceive, but Cal

Crutchlow is still in the hunt. Crutchlow looking for his third

consecutive podium, but a different target for Bradley Smith, who

almost lost his finger at Mugello. The wind was so bad they could not

operate. Again, this weekend, he is riding through the pain barrier.

Round 6 coming up. How has this season been? There is a problem

just there, but other than that? Other than Mugello, the season has

gone better than expected. Still, a little bit worse than I would have

hoped for, if that makes sense. When you are a racer, your

expectations always keep on climbing, even if you set a

realistic goal at the start of the season. The unhappiness at the

moment is a 42nd gap. A little bit too fine races. You look at the gap

to the front. Result does not come into it? Mugello, I was 9th.

Bautista crashed, Rossi crashed and Marquez crash. The gap to the front

is always going to be backed. There will be races when I finish another

9th, but we are 25 behind and we have to look at that rather than

results. A lot of people do not realise how a little finger can

hurt. I have done it myself and it is painful. It is also awkward.

That is the problem. I would rather a broken bone, because at least you

can put it in a pass to cast an ago -- plaster-cast and go. The hand is

essential. When leaving a clutch, I do not know how many times and over

race time it hurts. It is part of the sport. You have to take what

happens. Unfortunate that that was the only thing. I had high sides in

Mugello. Painkillers and away I go. I suppose but in the glove on is

the hardest part. A that is the worst. I do not have the 10 done

any more and I cannot keep the fingers straight. In Mugello, I was

putting a ruler inside and pushing it -- tendon. My glove at the

moment, I have one thing and these two are together and that helps.

When I bend this one, it moves this one. You had the glove modified?We

are trying to do everything to make it easier for me. Good luck, I hope

it does not hurt too much. He is brave. He has had some moments this

year. He is a brave customer. Using a ruler to push his finger into the

glove, that is really painful. He had a tough time. He has found it

difficult. What I admire his he thinks, he works on it, the had to

work hard to get into qualifying two because he was too slow and he

finished up 11th and found half a second by chipping away. It is

getting hot out on the grid as we make our way out and tyre choice

will be fundamental. I am with one of the rear tyres. Track

temperature not as hot as yesterday? It is about 53 degrees.

It is high, not as high as we saw, but it is hot enough. Managing the

tyres will be an issue. We can look at the tyres. It has three

compounds, soft on the left, pretty hard in air and on the right-hand

side. We actually have hard on the right-hand side, turn 3 is the

difficult one. This circuit is the hardest we have on the calendar for

the right. Spending so long on the lean angle. He manages them the

best? It is close between the riders. The Hondas are good at

managing the edge of the tyre because they do not use as much as

the Yamahas. Depending on how the rider treats it during the race, we

will see how it goes. Ducatis are testing tomorrow. It is very

exciting, Suzuki is coming back and doing it properly would be brilliant

to see. This is part of a change that the organisers have been

working on, to keep slowing down the full prototype bike. We will have

customer prototype hikes from Honda and engines from Yamaha. We will

find out after testing from Suzuki. Hopefully be will have news in the

next round in two weeks. The writer market is in full flow, Cal

Crutchlow is in talks with Yamaha and possibly with Suzuki. The

brothers could end up racing each other in MotoGP next year. Racing

bikes is not the only big passion You are really big Barcelona fans.

Every match, we come to see the match. It would be nice to see your

helmet here! One-day! Yes!Which player would he be? Lionel Messi!

would be Carlos -- Carlos Puy. have grown up racing together, you

have a close relationship. How do you rate each other as riders?

a really good rider, he has a big talent. He is battling for the

title. He is really good. He just has to continue working like this.

He never gives up. That is really important. Where were you?I was in

the stadium. I was at Wembley. supporting Barcelona. Because you

are a Liverpool fan! He is showing to the people how he can do it with

an unofficial bike. He needs more confidence of the teams to take a

better motorbike, but he is doing really good, and he will have a good

motorbike next year. Do you have a trophy cabinet? Yes, I have a big

room. My house is not big enough!It seems that there is a possibility of

you racing in the same class next year. It would be really nice,

because in the past, we have raced together in the Spanish

championship, and in the world championship. One complete year, it

was beautiful. Two brothers racing will be like the starting grid at

the Catalunya Grand Prix. My God! Much bigger than I expected! This is

incredible. It is so big. Wow! Imagine scoring a goal! Yes!

Calm down! What a lovely pair of lads. He is wishing his brother well

on the grid. Fresh from winning the Moto 2 race earlier. We were hoping

to grab a quick word with Alvaro Bautista, but he is speaking to the

Italians. He has qualified for fastest today, looking really good.

Another Spanish rider in his home race. Nicky Hayden had a good run in

qualifying. He is in fifth place. I will try to squeeze in and speak to

him. We for a quick word? Really good in qualifying yesterday, how I

do looking for the race? Tyre wear has been a problem in the hot

conditions, but until now, this has been my most consistent weekend of

the year, but now it counts, so I will have to do a good race. It will

be hard, these conditions are not easy, but the teams have done a

great job. All the best. Nicky Hayden in fifth place, his best

position in over a year. Behind him, Marc Marquez, the same position he

had two weeks ago, sixth place. He came through to challenge for second

place. He would have had it if it was not for a rookie crash. A very

busy grid today. On the front row, Jorge Lorenzo. He is taking some

shade, listening to music. He told us that he likes to listen to Phil

Collins on the grid. I wonder what it is today! Let's get round to Cal

Crutchlow. Second on the grid, equal best qualifying for him. He was

second in the opening round. Excellent qualifying session

yesterday, he went fastest this morning, but different conditions

now. Thank you. It was OK. We were fast in the warmup, but different

conditions now, the Honda is strong in these conditions. If we can get

away, we will do the best job we can in the front, but we will try to

defend from behind as well, because there are lots of guys on the same

pace. I hope it blows your way today. Cal Crutchlow in second

place. It is not easy for the British to deal with the heat in

these conditions, especially if you are from Northern Ireland!

Not easy for me either, I am trying to get under the banner! Your first

time here, another new track, decent qualifying, you must be happy.

happy with the pace we have had, I thought we could have qualified

higher, but we got held up a few times. Feeling quite confident for

the race. Hopefully we can fight for points today. This weekend, we are

on the pace. It will be a hot race. I am feeling the sweat running down

my back. I am looking forward to it, try to keep the pace consistent.

Michael is on the PBM chassis, his team-mate is on the full ARP

package. He has agreed to speak to us. Donny had, a Colombian rider in

the British team, how is it going? Really good. I hope to make some

points for the team. How are you feeling on the brilliant? It is

good, really different from last year. It might be better for the

race. Your English has certainly improved. Good luck. A nice story,

not a nice story for Hiroshi Aoyama, who lost the top of his

little finger in a crash yesterday, but it is the team's home race, they

wanted to ride, so they roped in Javier del Amor. At the age of 36,

he has been riding in the Spanish championship for many years, 15

years, and he was here doing pitlane tours for the team when the team

boss said to him, get your leathers on and get on the bike. There is

hope for you yet! I am not sure about that! We are

looking at Annie Pedrosa. -- Dani Pedrosa. He emptied a bottle of

water over his head before he put his helmet on. In the aerodynamic

hump, they feel that with fluid, food replacement or water. That will

keep him going through the race. He is making his 200th start this

weekend. The first pole position here. The second one in a row. Cal

Crutchlow second on the grid, looking for his third consecutive

podium. No British rider has done that since Barry Sheen in 1982. He

is looking at today. On the outside of the front row, Jorge Lorenzo,

looking ready to get back in business. He won here twice in the

last three seasons. AQ clutch problems in qualifying yesterday,

but the team have got that sorted. He has got good race pace. Let's

grab a word with his personal manager. Can we get a quick word? We

saw him resting under the umbrella, taking fluids on, how his he

feeling? It is warm today, he wanted to take a rest, be focused. How has

he dealt with the pressure of the week? His fan club RCR. He says a

Grand Prix is like a wedding. But he is happy to be at home with his fans

will stop he would like to give them a victory here. Thank you. We are

clearing the grid now, the heat is really coming down, it is about 33

degrees, really tough for the bikes, for the tyres, but especially

for the riders. It is about that time again.

The attention, adrenaline, the heat of the weather. When you are just

with the mechanics, it is intense. It is stressful and a pressure

moment. It is not easy, it is difficult, it is the worst part of

the race. Some of the girls are I did not notice that myself! Too

busy concentrating! It is much nicer up here. It is extremely hot,

especially in the pitlane, because you have got a high grandstand on

one side. Then you have got the pit wall on the other side, it is like

an oven. Valentino Rossi a bit further back than he would want.

Bradley Smith, a good job for him under the circumstances, because he

had to get to this after the first qualifying session. Riding MotoGP on

this track for the first time, there are different braking points,

angles, tire grips. It is a scorching day. Not quite as hot as

yesterday afternoon. A number of teams have gone for the harder rear

slick tyre than was expected. I am surprised at that. The bridge -- the

Bridgestone engineer was surprised as well. Yes. Looking at Bradley

Smith, trying to get your eye in on a machine that quick, in crude

terms, the scenery comes at you much faster. Yes, that is exactly what it

is, everything is faster and harder, and it lets go in a bigger way. You

have to find out the parameters of the group level. This will be a drag

down to the first corner. We have got a kilometre straight, and where

they will start from is taking a bit out of that, but I would guess there

are at least 600 metres left. Downhill as well. A massive big stop

into that corner. Then they will go up to third gear for this long

right. This is the one that really does get the tyre temperature up on

the right-hand side. Then it goes to another right. This is the hardest

track as far as the right-hand Phillip Island, but this is hardest

for the right-hand side. That corner is a bit off-camera. It is a great

view. How much is involved in this circuit. It is a big lap. They climb

back up the hill again. This is the sixth race, it will be one third

over after this. This is key for the lead, this is the vital seventh game

in a tennis said. It really matters at a level playing field. It seems

the Honda can cope with the higher temperatures. It might be to do

with the size of the rider, in Dani Pedrosa. Respect to Cal Crutchlow,

coming second fastest. Yesterday it was hot in qualifying. It was a

brilliant job. 91,000 people are here today. The queues this morning

were bigger than I have seen before. We had a big crowd for qualifying

yesterday. We will see who's Filo Tiatia lasts the longest. The

frontrunners are on the same tyres. -- we will see who's able to manage

their tyres. We are ready for the start. It is a good start from

Lorenzo. Getting in front of Cal Crutchlow. Pedrosa. Putting a

squeeze on Lorenzo. Unbelievably, Lorenzo gets there first. That was

terrific. Dani Pedrosa was trying to squeeze him. Dovizioso, I think

on the second of the Ducatis was having a moment, getting tangled up.

Valentino Rossi made a good fist of it. Behind Cal Crutchlow, who got

shuffled back a couple of spots. To beat Pedrosa from pole position.

Dovizioso is riding further than looked like he did not get the

first right, but then he fired that. Even with the action of Pedrosa

trying to move him over, he had enough pace. Stefan Bradl, Ducatis

behind him, that was not a bad start from him. Not again, that is

Rossi. He is out.And at least he did not take Noci with him. They

are all going down. -- did not take We can look at this again. On the

inside, he squeezes the front brake and does not want to hit Valentino

Rossi. Parlanti de Rossi was lucky. He tried to cut the speed and got

hat-trick of taking out Rossi. That was a big move from Hayden. He took

the place back from Iannone. It was a great qualifying for Hayden but

he did not do too well on the start. Dovizioso, the third -- he changed

the chassis. They were working on second between him and Lorenzo. De

Puniet, he had a monster this morning in the warm up. He goes

his team-mate has been going so well. He is also testing the Suzuki

Championship, those who could be in a hunt to take it this year in that

job. The fastest lap has come from Pedrosa. Arguably the fastest by a

long way yesterday with a stunning qualifying time. In qualifying,

they have to manage their tyres. him is not that he can get a fast

lap, that is fine, he said when the edge has gone off the tyre it is

all over. There is a big difference between good grip and bad grip,

particularly on turn 3. After six laps, which is what we are coming

into, it wants to spin all the time and you have to turn down traction

control. If you have too much, it is kicking into early. You have to

switch it down or control it with the throttle. Watch for the gap.

The man under pressure is Dani Pedrosa from Marquez. He gets the

fastest lap. They qualified in the 41s. They are pressing on.

Valentino Rossi could not turn the bike in as tight. A lot of the

management of the tyres is how you set the bike art. These things will

a bike set-up in a way where he can manage his tyres better. He is well

will have a lot of difference for the Formula 1 cars, they turned

rider. You can see where the cars half a second. What they are

thinking about now, they are thinking, I want to give 100% and

get away, but I have to think about not just how much I have left on my

tyre, but how much grip is left because the temperature is going up

on the track. Everything is getting slippy. We will see the peak of the

times in a minute. We have had a 1:42 from Marquez and I suspect it

will drop away. This is encouraging for Hayden at the early stage,

trying to get past Bradl. He is not We noticed in qualifying, it is a

monster turn, turned 10. They cost it is downhill, you have to get the

bike turned and it is a compromise corner, and you go in hot and come

out slow. Iannone. It was going well, he had been leading the

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Ducati charge at want point. -- one Michael Laverty went out on the

first crash. This is the view of the race leader. He was lapping

strongly. He has chucked it away on the way through that. In it was a

real shame. Down at the bottom. A front and pulled out almost

certainly. The bike could be OK. Trying to remount. Do what you can.

He was up to fourth place in the Championship. Hayden is down as

well. He is furious with himself. He was in the top six. The best

showing they had had in ages. Turn 10 again. The track is getting

greasy. Front end, exactly the same. In a minor classes, we have also

seen, without giving anything away, it has been a race-day a high

attrition. You watched that turn in the second practice session and

loss account of how many people went to Greece. Cal Crutchlow

trying to get the bike going. I think they will have to push it

into the safety barrier. Now there hats to manage his tyres. Cal

Crutchlow, fourth, that blotted his copybook. He was trying hard. The

only one. Valentino Rossi will be thinking, this is a great chance

ninepins. He has had a very busy weekend. Remind me which session he

did not crash in. Even in the warm up, Pesek. Same place, front end.

Way back in 125s. He is fast, but he does not finish a lot. We are

down to 17. Javier del Amor is now in 17th position. Iannone, Pesek,

Crutchlow, De Puniet, Bautista and Michael Laverty are out. Michael,

what happened? I made a good start. I was on the back of Espargaro and

I got dropped down the back straight and trying to get too much

and the fuel tank caught me out. I was pushed on to the gravel and

down I went. You cannot bump start it. I was out. Unfortunate, with

the start I had, and without the crashes, it would have been a day

for scoring points. It was unfortunate. Exactly what you were

saying, it is about getting sucked in. He admitted, he got carried

away. An extra 15 kilograms of weight, relatively up the top,

albeit the fuel tank is low on these bikes, he got in there too

tight. Most people would think about breaking, but you cannot, the

rear wheel is turning at seven or eight kilometres faster than the

front, just enough spin. It is held on the traction control system, it

will make your life easier, goes it will not spend any more than that.

Dani Pedrosa was inch perfect, right up to the curb. It looks like Nicky

Hayden is about to cry. He probably is. That was a really good show. The

10th corner. That is where Michael Laverty went down and Alvaro

Bautista. On a single tyre, you have limitations with the leaning angle.

It was one of those situations, everybody will have done that. You

are trying to get it stopped, because if you don't, you will lose

time. All the time teetering on the point of crushing. All of these guys

are right on the point of crushing every single corner. The last lap

was 43.4 four Jorge Lorenzo and 43.6 four Valentino Rossi. The pits do

not know what is going on with the engines, there is no system like in

Formula 1, we only have data on the bikes. They can only pick up the

data when the bikes come in. But they will know they have used up the

best part of the tyre. If they switch, that will give them less

traction control. The gap is pretty constant between these three. The

message is about to be passed on. radios, no telemetry. Yes, every

time you go past a bit bored, it always used to confuse me, the

information you get is one lap out of date. But I think they will have

somebody at the top with a radio. But generally, yes, one lap out of

date. That is why you did not know you have lost your championship!

did not realise until one lap after the close. Until you got fired! Back

at the front, I thought Marc Marquez had something up his sleeve, but he

will see whether the Yamaha comes back to him. Every member of the

team will be riding with him, on the back of Jorge Lorenzo, mentally.

is a creditable performance by Jorge Lorenzo. We did not see the best of

the bike because he had the clutch problem in qualifying, but he is not

as confident about the front end as he wanted to be. Dani Pedrosa felt

his bike had good race pace. We shall see. We are almost fresh out

of the cat is, we have lost Andrea Iannone. This would be Bradley

Smith's best result. Aleix Espargaro is in eighth place, so Bradley Smith

is doing a good job, with a dodgy digit. It is good to see Colin

Edwards circulating, he is not having too bad a race. He is in

ninth place. That is really something for him. They are dropping

like flies, Karel Abraham is in. A mechanical problem, it is all over.

They have plugged in to find out what is going on with the

motorcycle. He was running around at one minute 59, so I suspect a major

issue. The bike leading is an in-line four. Riding with Dani

Pedrosa, he is starting to close down Jorge Lorenzo. Not quite at

half race distance yet. Dani Pedrosa radiators normally. Getting on the

pit wall side keeps your team-mate at day. That is a good point. The

lap times are dropping off, we are in the low one minute 43 territory.

That is why the tyre gets such a hammering. 200 kilometres an hour.

Completely different line from Jorge Lorenzo. He cut that to the last

part. This is the corner where we saw Cal Crutchlow go out

unfortunately, the seventh corner. They are trying to get drive out of

it. If you are too hot, you ruined the run up the hill. The second

fastest part of the course, down the hill towards the 10th corner. He has

gone very wide, but he will cut back and get the drive up. It might be a

quick run uphill here. At this point, once your tyre has gone,

well, it still has huge amount of grip, but you cannot believe how

slippery it is, although they are still pulling 55 degrees lean angle

and massive horsepower. In some ways, it is a better track and

temperature, for the CRT bikes, so there is more parity with the lower

powered machines. It sounds almost at idle when it is dropped back to

9000 revs. My old Ducati expires at that. He cannot believe it. Front

end issues. Perhaps they had a suspension problem, no field going

into the corner. Not the only guy disappointed today. Nicky Hayden was

bent out of shape on that crash. the more disappointing for how well

you were doing before. What happened? It is really hot. I just

made a little mistake, I got by Stefan Bradl, I felt faster than

him, so I wanted to push, getting a few good laps and see how fast I

could go. I stayed on the break a bit too long, and it was my fault.

It is really frustratingly. It was the best I had gone all year. I had

hurt, and he was right, he was much faster than Stefan Bradl. You could

see how fast Marc Marquez was, sixth on the grid. Look at the leaning

angles. Follow my leader! How many world Championships there? Everybody

has won it. We have got 23 world championships on the grid this year,

nine world champions. You could see the rear of Dani Pedrosa's like,

getting traction for the right-hander. We are into the second

half of the race now. Dani Pedrosa might be thinking about pouncing. He

would like to have a stab at Jorge Lorenzo before his team-mate has a

stab at him. The move is bike number 26, he has dropped off his team-mate

ever so slightly. His last lap was 0.2 seconds faster than Jorge

Lorenzo. Look at how quick he has closed it up. He was much further

back than that, he has closed it up. Marc Marquez is the fastest guy on

can hear it. Jorge Lorenzo has responded a bit. The Yamaha seems

happier on the downhill section. Valentino Rossi in the background.

That is only four seconds away from the race leader. Yes, ten laps to

go. Marc Marquez, the young pretender, the Spanish Armada here.

He dropped away but he has closed the gap up, which indicates he has

the pace. He was the one who was saying, when it got hot, he could

not do it. He was quick yesterday morning, but by the afternoon, he

was not boxing, he qualified sixth, he could not get it together.

big issue that he has is where to pass. The only places I can

think... The forlorn looking bike of Cal Crutchlow. That was it again. It

is horrible to watch, every time you see it. I feel the pain for him. The

horrible sound of metal and carbon fibre grinding across the track.

Just what he wanted to see! He qualified second, in front of Jorge

Lorenzo and everybody but Dani Pedrosa. It was a good weekend's

work, they are on the limit. Marc Marquez again has dropped back. He

is having goes and he is not working. At the end of this map, he

will be with them again. 0.3 seconds between Jorge Lorenzo and Dani

Pedrosa. Nothing in it, really. He will not make a lunch from there,

but he will not be disappointed. 0.2 seconds a lap slower than the

front guys. A terrific ride from Bradley Smith. My finger hurts,

thinking about him. He is in seventh place. As he was saying, talking

about the gap to the front, with ten laps left, he is 20 seconds from the

front. If he places here, he will be well pleased. What have you got,

Dani Pedrosa? Everything working in harmony, knee pad on the ground,

suspension working extremely hard, the rear exhaust pipe wobbling

around with the bumps. They have steer -- steel exhaust pipes. It is

a bit cheaper. Yes, it saves you five grand if you crash. Spectacular

helmet design from Jorge Lorenzo for this race this weekend. Three

Spaniards, the free that you would expect to fight for the

championship, the top three, 103 points for Dani Pedrosa. That is how

it sat before this race. Jorge Lorenzo has got the hammer down, he

has put in a good lap, 0.2 seconds faster than the Honda bikes

following him. Will he think he will try to break them? This has been a

huge race. Hector Barbera as well. There will be a tonne of interviews

on this crushing fest when we get to the extra programme later. Javier

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hot, they will try to get some Dani Pedrosa will be thinking the

same thing. We talk about tyre management. Nothing like working

out the option, it is about fitting the tyre that will do the distance.

From the likes going out to the chequered flag. 0.5, the gap is

that is half a second, that is so long -- how long it takes them to

cover that distance you saw in the The hardened front tyre, the softer

tyre that everybody said had more edge grip, it might not have the

construction feel, but it has the fourth, first, tenth, there will be

more people waiting outside his truck to see him at the end of the

race. And that is where most of them are sitting. Here we are,

three Spaniards in Spain, they could all win the Championship this

year. You cannot get past the truck of Valentino Rossi in the paddock.

It must annoy the Spaniards. wonder how many of the crowd would

like the first three to run off the track and for him to win it.

Disloyal? Never. Poetry in motion. He has still got it. He gets the

bike sliding. 200 kilometres per know whether Pedrosa has made an

error or whether Lorenzo has the hammer down suddenly. He is

clearing off and Dani Pedrosa is close to his team-mate. Dani

dropped three-tenths on the last lap. We will see as we cross again

at the end of the lap whether it is a recurring theme. If it stays in

this order, Dani Pedrosa, with the 12th point advantage, would still

in front of his team-mate. This is the best chance he has had ever to

win the title. I think his team- mate will be more of a handful next

year. He is learning so fast. We had the unfortunate crash in

Mugello. Jorge Lorenzo with the winner in Mugello. 1.2 seconds.

it is a problem, it is not a mistake. Suddenly, and... Our I

believe number 93, Marc Marquez... Three-tenths faster than Dani

Dani Pedrosa was slower, Marquez got past him. I think he wants a

piece of the action. This is like Austin, Texas. -- Dani lead and

seems to be able to run through the corner. He is probably saying last

time I went through to fast I ended up in the gravel trap. He is using

Dani Pedrosa as the gauge to what pace he can go at. He must feel he

can go faster because when he has lost ground, he has been able to

get it back. Javier del Amor, the man they bumped into in the pit

lane, is actually in the points. He is 15th. That's it looks good. Turn

up at your home Grand Prix and get a point. That is special. You could

have got the job doing the pit lane 2 oz. I would have look silly in

has a lot to worry about. He has a younger son in Moto3. He went so

sideways, he turned to tight. Like an oversteer on the car, albeit

harder to do on a motorcycle. is why you picked motorcycles and

not cars. And down the hill we go again and this is getting

comfortable for Lorenzo. One second in front of Pedrosa, who has his

hands for dealing with his team- mate. Rossi is five seconds further

back. Colin Edwards is also inside the top 10. Bradley, he is chasing

down Dovizioso. If he could get him and get a top-six finish, that

circuit well. But not at these speeds. Marquez is all over the

back of Dani Pedrosa. Be my opinion, it is the run out of the final

corner, turn 13. If he could carry speed. It will be hard. Dani is

probably lighter. They both trying this. That was very

defensive from Dani Pedrosa. Rightly so. His mechanic, thinking

hang on to it. If Marquez gets past, Lorenzo takes more points out of

We have spoken about her tiny Dani is and whether it is an advantage.

I believe it is too small for these bikes. On a hot day like this, and

also shifting your weight around. When you watch him come out of the

corner, he knew it really throws himself upright to get the fat part

of the tyre. He has to shift his weight more because he has less of

it. 51 kilograms, Dani Pedrosa of. size... He came very close to

letting the brakes off. In that had not been his team-mates... It would

have been an audacious move, but I think possibly he would have had a

go at that. This will be a long three laps for Dani. Jorge Lorenzo,

just bringing it home. These two will go down to the wire. Marquez

got it sorted out again. Valentino Rossi, in fourth place. Dani

Pedrosa is having the right of his life, trying to keep him off him.

Dani Pedrosa, what he is doing is making sure he completes the corner

early and get the power down early to drive off the corner to not let

what macro get the run on him on a straight. Causing a roadblock in

will have to hold his breath and get the front wheel on the inside

somewhere. Marquez did it last time. He then promptly crash -- crashed.

We are exactly where we were two line into bed. He is faster. I

think it is too late, but he could possibly catch the Yamaha. You can

see the elbow. This is where Dani good out of there. It looks as if

he is carrying the right amount of There was contact. He almost had it.

He slammed the door shut. Take that! The table almost fell over.

Settle down! I think that is the end of the battle. He looked for

out Pedrosa... Water, water. Just touched the back wheel. That was

scary. Regroup!That has given Dani Pedrosa a breath. Just a breath,

mind you, there is 1.5 laps left. We said the same thing. How quick

did Marquez regroup in Jerez? will remember Mugello. He might

think, OK, I give up. He is too far back. This has played into their

hands of Jorge Lorenzo on the Yamaha. Every time they have

tangled up, he has been creeping away. It was a great ride from

Lorenzo, but Pedrosa, maximum composure to keep Marquez at bay.

Again, look how fast he is. He is back on the wheel. 43.7. That

mistake cost Marquez more than half was where it was going to be.

does not give up. I did not think he could regroup. I would have

thought he would need a large glass of water. You could not kill him

with a stick. You cannot get rid of him. He watched Rossi at the last

lap at dog macro. Could it happen fingernails. Lorenzo has strolled

it by the narrowest margin. Dani fantastic result. And Bradley Smith,

yes, you guessed it, he will cross the line in sixth place. How about

that? A top-six finish. Just getting past Dovizioso, which we

did not see because there was too much going on at the front.

Espargaro, covering himself with Edwards will argue that Aleix

Espargaro is the measure of the CRT bikes. That was a race, Dani Pedrosa

will be 51 kilos of sweaty relief, he will say, thank goodness that is

over! He has conceded five points to Jorge Lorenzo, but he is not racking

them up on him. He did not hit him, he was going to hit him. It looked

like contact. He lost the front, he regrouped. I said at the start of

this that qualifying flattered to deceive, with him in third behind

Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa, but even he was not happy with how it

was running in the heat. You said they thought they would struggle.

What happens before the race, you cannot do 25 laps, you have not got

the time or the inclination, but they try to do five or six or seven

and go out on the same tyre. You can never simulate what it will actually

do, because the track temperature changes, but Yamaha just seem to

have the skill, ability, knowledge, experience to put a motorbike under

him that he can ride at a consistent pace. Valentino Rossi is back. He

has had two years of a data hiatus. He has got to relearn the bike. I am

encouraged about where he has finished, not only in terms of track

position but also time. The last lap of Marc Marquez was at least .2

seconds faster than anybody else, just with him catching up. You

wonder what he happens -- what happens if it opens up. If the race

was a little bit longer, he would have won. He has collapsed with joy.

Yes. I do not know what we are re-enacting here. He is having a

week, by the looks of it. What do you make of that? He is relieved! It

looks like they had the legs in the Laverty after a couple of laps, a

shame for you. I suppose you got to watch it as a spectator, so you can

be a pundit for us. What did you make of Jorge Lorenzo? I thought it

would suit him, he looked like he had the rhythm. He did not make any

mistakes. It was a race of attrition, so many guys going down.

What about Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez? The one thing that stands

out when you watch a race like that, not much overtaking, but they do not

make mistakes. That is the thing with the predict -- the prototype

likes and the Bridgestone tyres, they are hitting their markers every

time, their lap times are so consistent. Not the most overtakes,

but it is a pleasure to watch, they are so meticulous. They are the best

in the world on the best machinery in the world. You cannot take away

the performance of the guys. There was one moment when Marc Marquez

made a mistake. I just saw it up above there. It looked dodgy. It

gets a bit bumpy as you go to tip in, and the front has got quite

lively. He was lucky he saved it and made a comeback. Fair play to both

of them. These are the moments you do not want, with a couple of laps

to go. He is not scared to stick one in, I saw him do one earlier in the

race. Just pulling the front brake a bit harder, trying to not hit his

team-mate. But he is not scared, he gets stuck in. Not a good result for

Stephane Bradl, but what about Radley Smith? His best result so

far, sixth place. He is getting better all the time. I have made

such a good start, I was on his back wheel when I went down. He has done

a good job today, it is good for him to get strong points. You are

keeping out of the sunshine, but here for the first time, what have

you made of your first visit? enjoyed the circuit, a great

atmosphere, a big crowd, it is the hottest I have ever raced in. All

weekend it has been hot, the track temperature has been scorching, good

fun. A heck of an event. It certainly is. His former colleagues

are back in Scotland this week, a appear! Fewer sheep! Not much beats

the sunshine, it was a race of attrition indeed. Jorge Lorenzo was

not found wanting. This was just terrific. He did such a good job, a

top six finish. Bradley Smith is chipping away. This is over the top

of the hill. Into the braking zone. Nice and neat. I bet he has

completely forgotten he has got a dodgy finger. He will remember it

now. It makes it all worthwhile. He has got himself patched up. He is

going in for a skin graft after testing. Another victory for Jorge

Lorenzo, his third of the season. said it was the seventh game in a

tennis set. Annie Pedrosa has got two victories. Marc Marquez was a

UKIP regrouping. I was behind Dani Pedrosa. I tried to attack, and when

I tried the first time, I knew he was stronger, and he braked later,

so I thought if I try to pass him on that lap, we would both go on the

gravel, so I tried to stop the bike. On the last lap, I pushed 100%, but

I did not do it. But I am very happy, because this weekend was

tiring, and we have finished on the team-mate on the points. Jorge

Lorenzo, sorry, Dani Pedrosa has given points to Jorge Lorenzo. Only

seven points in it. Cal Crutchlow still hangs on to fourth place.

Valentino Rossi has closed up on it. It was a costly mistake by Cal

Crutchlow, but he is still holding on. Bradley Smith did not do himself

any harm, he is up into 11th place. Jorge Lorenzo might have thought it

would be hard work, but he made it work in hot conditions, but you have

just won back-to-back races. I did not expect this. I did not have many

options. I did not want to let Dani Pedrosa getaway. I made a better

start than expect it. It was a nightmare physically, but I kept

pushing, concentrated, hardly any mistakes. I won an important

victory. A big fiesta tonight!My helmet for this race is for sale. If

you want to buy it, it is possible to have it. We will let you have

is for sale now! Andrea Dovizioso worked so hard. He did. From the

championship point of view, he is in fifth place. Not quite the way he

planned, but at least Dani Pedrosa few laps. It was, because Marc

Marquez was pushing from behind. It was not a perfect race for me. I'd

had a good feeling yesterday, so I started confidently. After the first

lap, I was confident behind Jorge Lorenzo, I tried to push harder on

the front, and I started to close, so I had to ride more careful. In

the last two corners, I was losing a lot. I could never be close. I was

never really close enough to make a pass. It was a shame. I had to ride

defensively at the end, yes, not a good feeling today, but second

place, it is good for the championship, and I hope to improve

Dani Pedrosa. In defence of Jorge Lorenzo, the helmet was a new

design, design by a Down's Syndrome friend of his, a graffiti design, so

check it out. Hearing from Dani Pedrosa about his problems, Marc

Marquez had better corner speed, is it time for him to stop worrying

about the championship? If history repeats itself, Dani Pedrosa is

stronger in the second half of the season. He has been so strong, it is

not time to doubt him yet, but Jorge Lorenzo is there every weekend. It

is going to boil down to those two. But Marc Marquez will be right

there, and hopefully Valentino Rossi finds his Mojo again. It must be

frustrating to see his team-mate winning races. It is all to play

for. It is still early on. Valentino Rossi, people ask me, do

you think he can get back to where he was? Or is it all over? You do

not lose it. It has been Jorge Lorenzo's baby for the last two

years, he has changed a bit of the set-up direction towards his unique

style. Valentino Rossi is trying to get it back into how we write it. It

will come, everybody expected it out of the box, because he looked fast

in testing, but I still think there is life in the old dog yet. In a few

races, he will be right up there. But it has been tougher than

everybody expected. It was almost worse for him today. Similar to

Mugello. You might not have seen this, but this is Alvaro Bautista.

Very close to taking out Valentino Rossi. That would not have been

nice, two in a row! Things are not going his way. The sun normally

shines on him. But since he has joined Ducati, things do not go his

way any more. But you cannot always have it your way. You cannot rule

him out by any means. Alvaro Bautista took Jorge Lorenzo out a

couple of years ago, and he took Valentino Rossi out at Mugello. No

such problems for Jorge Lorenzo in the race at his home Grand Prix, he

moved to Barcelona as a teenager from Majorca, and for the third

time, he will stand on top of the Lorenzo now, 116 points, seven

behind Dani Pedrosa. Dani Pedrosa will be very pleased that he held

Marc Marquez at bay, but he will need to make another victory. Three

victories for Jorge Lorenzo, two That his relief, as well as delight.

It was a brilliant after-dinner password. 43.8, the last lap for a

Pedrosa. 43.2, the last lap for That must be the helmet designer.

Honda still in front of the Constructors' Championship. Yamaha,

though, right behind on 127. Very close. At the end of one third

championship distance. This is race six, there are 18. Valentino Rossi

contributing valuable points One of my great delight us is to

look down and see Mr Javier del Amor with a point. Marc Marquez, 93

points, riding back number 93. That is auspicious. -- bike 93. We would

have thought after yesterday Dani Pedrosa could easily have walked

this race. Half a second faster than anybody else. But across the

course of this race, a quick lap is not necessarily the same, in this

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Fantastic scenes on the podium. Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and

Dani Pedrosa, the three from Barcelona do it at home. The last

four seasons, the winner in Barcelona has gone on to win the