:00:59. > :01:07.MATT ROBERTS: Through a blend of sublime scheme and aggression, Marc
:01:07. > :01:12.Marquez has reached the summit of MotoGP. At this level, you can't
:01:12. > :01:18.always get your own way. Marquez wins again! The man who holds the
:01:18. > :01:22.crown of World Champion is also a deeply-driven individual, a man on a
:01:22. > :01:26.mission to be the best that he can be, the best there is. The
:01:27. > :01:32.Silverstone win was important for me. When you know you have a strong
:01:32. > :01:37.rival, you push yourself to higher limits. I thought he lost a bit of
:01:37. > :01:46.confidence after the crash he had in the warm-up. I wanted to go out from
:01:46. > :01:58.the beginning and I tried to push 100% to Lorenzo is riding beyond the
:01:58. > :02:11.ability of that bike. It is almost impossible. Marquez shouldn't be
:02:11. > :02:19.walking. The mentality I have, I want to fight with him. It is the
:02:19. > :02:25.last lap. On to the back straight. Brace yourself, partner. Marquez...
:02:25. > :02:30.At this moment, I thought it is over, no? One second later, I
:02:30. > :02:37.changed my mind and I have to try. It is now or never. He holds him out
:02:37. > :02:47.wide. They touch each other. This is beyond possible. He's done it!
:02:47. > :02:53.Marquez... The victory cost me a lot. I try a lot to win this race.
:02:53. > :03:00.That is why it was the sweetest victory all year. Now or never
:03:00. > :03:04.moment for Jorge Lorenzo in the race at Silverstone two weeks' ago. We
:03:04. > :03:10.are approaching now or never time in the Championship. A third distance
:03:10. > :03:18.to go yet. But a long way for Jorge to make up. Welcome to the Misano
:03:18. > :03:24.World Circuit for round 13 and we come here with Marc Marquez still on
:03:24. > :03:27.top of the Championship. His closest challenger is Dani Pedrosa. 30
:03:27. > :03:49.points between the Honda pair now. Marc unable to continue a four-race
:03:49. > :03:52.winning streak at Silverstone. Second place could prove to be his
:03:52. > :03:56.most important result of the season. There is no doubt that Marquez has
:03:56. > :04:00.brought something new to the MotoGP party this season, with that
:04:00. > :04:07.aggression, that ruthless edge and that skill that he honed last year
:04:07. > :04:15.in particular on his way to the Moto 2 World Championship title.
:04:15. > :04:23.No-one had ever questioned the speed of Marc Marquez, but he had to start
:04:23. > :04:26.at the back of the grid in 2012 and there he goes. One, two, three,
:04:26. > :04:30.four, he's already passed. Tricky there he goes. One, two, three,
:04:30. > :04:39.conditions, as you can see. Five, six, seven, eight. Nine, ten, 11, 12
:04:39. > :04:43.riders before turn one. It was incredibly tricky. He darts through
:04:43. > :04:48.the inside of two more there. Have you ever seen anything like it? It
:04:48. > :04:51.was like a video game. He was already the World Champion. He had
:04:51. > :05:01.won that at the previous round. He still wanted to prove he was the
:05:01. > :05:07.fastest by a long way. He's already 125 champion in 2010. I couldn't
:05:07. > :05:13.believe what I was seeing. He dived through every single opportunity. It
:05:13. > :05:17.was spectacular. The key question was could he convert that wild style
:05:17. > :05:23.through to MotoGP, which is supposed to be about being smooth? The answer
:05:23. > :05:30.was yes because he's raised the bar one more time. Marquez hasn't given
:05:30. > :05:35.up yet. Look at the way he flicks that bike upright. Marc Marquez is
:05:35. > :05:42.through. Surely not? Rossi - he is on the dirt. Oh my goodness!
:05:42. > :05:48.Extraordinary stuff. Marquez down the inside. He's stood up Lorenzo.
:05:48. > :05:54.He shouldn't be walking! Marc Marquez has passed the World
:05:54. > :05:58.Champion. How does he sail past World Champions with the rear wheel
:05:58. > :06:01.up in the air? It is about confident, trust and bravery. He
:06:01. > :06:08.transfers all the weight of the motorcycle down on to the front
:06:08. > :06:14.Bridgestone tyre which squashes it into the track. Some of the riders
:06:14. > :06:23.thinks he leaves his brain in the toolbox. Here at turn 13, down into
:06:23. > :06:30.14, it could be interesting. You picked out turns 13 and 14
:06:30. > :06:34.there, Steve. Marc has found it interesting through there? He's been
:06:34. > :06:39.shaking his head in disbelief. It's all about - he pushes the envelope a
:06:39. > :06:44.bit more than the next guy. He loads up that front end. Yes, it happened
:06:44. > :06:48.to him on Saturday and again this morning. Luckily, he's not hurt
:06:48. > :06:53.himself. When I watch that guy, it is like he is trying to catch a fish
:06:53. > :06:59.on a two kilo line and it is a four kilo fish. In fairness to him, this
:06:59. > :07:06.is the sort of track where you get those front-end crashes. Everybody
:07:06. > :07:11.loses it here. It is bumpy. A lot of the corners are low-speed. Only one
:07:11. > :07:15.race crash for Marc this season. You get the impression that Yamaha's
:07:15. > :07:29.best chance could be a crash in one of the remaining six races? That was
:07:29. > :07:34.a front-end crash there. Still a long way to go. Yamaha doing their
:07:34. > :07:45.best to take things into their own hand? They have finally gone to the
:07:45. > :07:50.seamless gearbox. Just what they are doing and what makes it quicker is
:07:50. > :07:55.with a sequential gearbox, when those dogs go into the next one, you
:07:55. > :07:58.have to cut the engine, you cut the drive. What they have managed to
:07:58. > :08:03.work out now is a system where the next gear is already engaged. When
:08:03. > :08:06.you go from third to fourth, it has to disengage the third. Fourth is
:08:06. > :08:10.already there. You can reduce the period of time when the drive is
:08:10. > :08:14.away from the motorcycle. With Honda, it works. There is a downside
:08:14. > :08:21.to that. You are carrying more weight. Yes.And there's frictional
:08:21. > :08:27.loss as well. When you think this track has something like 900 gear
:08:27. > :08:32.shifts around. Here is my hi-tech... I saw the kid he stole that from!
:08:32. > :08:42.When you are disengaging the drive, you are unbalancing the motorcycle.
:08:42. > :08:49.You cut the engine and it dips. Now, that will let the bike move over.
:08:49. > :08:53.Now you can accelerate out of the corner and they can change in the
:08:53. > :09:01.middle of a corner. They are already in the gear above. It unsettles the
:09:01. > :09:11.bike less. Lovely.It does look like Charlie! Rides like him! It worked
:09:11. > :09:15.for Yamaha, the seamless gearbox. Both of their factory riders have
:09:15. > :09:22.qualified on the front row of the grid for the first time since 2011.
:09:22. > :09:27.The perfect start tomorrow, Valentino Rossi? I'm very satisfied
:09:27. > :09:31.about the first row. Also about my lap time, it is good. We work well
:09:31. > :09:34.during the practice. I stay always on the top. Especially this
:09:34. > :09:39.afternoon for the last 15 minutes, my bike was fantastic. I can ride
:09:39. > :09:46.very well. I can push, I try the maximum. I still lose a bit too much
:09:46. > :09:50.in the first half of the track. I am strong in the second. So, for
:09:50. > :09:57.tomorrow, it is very important, the start on the third position because
:09:57. > :10:01.I need to do a great race in front of all the crowd, drive to the
:10:01. > :10:05.maximum because I want to arrive on the podium. A beautiful helmet,
:10:05. > :10:13.beautiful song and beautiful sentiment? Yes, this time it is
:10:13. > :10:21.something more deep. This track was the track of Marco. When I hear the
:10:21. > :10:28.song in the words, I remember always him. We decide and it is a great way
:10:29. > :10:36.to remember Marco. Good luck tomorrow. The song he was referring
:10:36. > :10:41.to Wish You Were Here. What would it be like Marquez and Stoner racing
:10:41. > :10:47.this year? We come to a circuit named after Marco? He was such a
:10:47. > :10:52.character, so flamboyant and the crowd loved him. He was the star of
:10:52. > :10:58.the future. That would be the perfect front row. He had proper
:10:58. > :11:07.speed as we know. He had such aggressive racecraft. He used to rub
:11:07. > :11:14.people up the wrong way. In a lot of ways, he hunted them down. Some
:11:14. > :11:16.stand-out performances in qualifying, most notably from Marc
:11:16. > :11:20.Marquez. Who else should we be qualifying, most notably from Marc
:11:20. > :11:24.looking out today? With those crashes from Marc, you have to
:11:24. > :11:26.sailor Lorenzo has to be looking at some chinks in the armour. He has to
:11:26. > :11:31.sailor Lorenzo has to be looking at get some points back. We keep
:11:31. > :11:36.discounting Dani Pedrosa and we shouldn't. He needs a win. He can't
:11:36. > :11:43.get rear grip. He is struggling with it. He is starting to lose
:11:43. > :11:49.confidence with it. Another guy to watch for is Cal Crutchlow. He is in
:11:49. > :11:56.the middle of the second row. Quickly, Aleix Espargaro? Fantastic
:11:56. > :12:04.stuff. A quick bit of news. Yamaha have announced they are going to be
:12:04. > :12:16.supplying Forward Racing with an engine and chassis for next season.
:12:16. > :12:25.I know you have one of these at boot camp. Of course I do.Go easy on me.
:12:25. > :12:31.You sure? I'm a bit worried.Come on. It is a fun little games room.
:12:31. > :12:38.You have landed on your feet in this team? Yes, this is - sorry, I'm so
:12:38. > :12:43.sorry. Is that a little rude? That is your competitive streak. I'm just
:12:43. > :12:54.playing. Speaking of which, the last few races have gone well for you.
:12:54. > :13:00.Not bad for an old dude. Getting closer to now? We still have some
:13:00. > :13:05.work to do. It's been easier. Only because the bike is better. Can you
:13:05. > :13:12.tell us anything about next year? Did you see that, oen the corner? --
:13:12. > :13:24.on the corner? I can't tell you about next year. I had the handshake
:13:24. > :13:30.in blood! No, we should be OK. Oh - sorry about that. Two years of some
:13:30. > :13:36.- a couple of bikes that have been what they were. Next year with the
:13:36. > :13:42.package, I'm looking forward to it. What can you tell us about it? It is
:13:42. > :13:47.almost like a full-spec satellite Yamaha? It's a Yamaha with 24 litres
:13:48. > :13:51.of fuel. It should be a good package. I think fuel-wise, we are
:13:51. > :13:58.not going to have a problem. The factory guys will have an issue with
:13:58. > :14:03.20 litres at certain tracks. We might have an advantage somewhere. I
:14:03. > :14:09.have proved myself pretty good at this. You are pretty good.Shall we
:14:09. > :14:21.have a go on the table football? I might be better at that one. Let's
:14:21. > :14:29.try! You ready? You almost go yourself! I should be better at
:14:29. > :14:34.this! Maybe not. Sorry. I'm so sorry about that. What keeps you going?
:14:34. > :14:39.It's been a while since you have been able to fight at the front and
:14:39. > :14:44.I'm sure there must have been offers over the years. Have you never been
:14:44. > :14:49.tempted to go back and be closer to the front? Man, I have done the
:14:49. > :14:54.superbike thing. I had an offer a couple of years ago that was a
:14:54. > :15:00.little more money than coming with this team. But I wanted to build
:15:00. > :15:04.something. And in reality I knew what the CRT was and I knew
:15:04. > :15:06.obviously CRT can't last forever. There is a vision somewhere in there
:15:06. > :15:10.and this next year is when the There is a vision somewhere in there
:15:10. > :15:15.vision - it is when we are going to see it. It will maybe take a little
:15:15. > :15:19.letsds money but to stay here in this paddock and be with the people
:15:19. > :15:32.I wanted to be with was a no-brainer. It is a great paddock?
:15:32. > :15:38.Yes. Looks like Nicky Hayden maybe your team-mate. What do you think?
:15:38. > :15:46.Alex has got some contract issues for next year. He will be a great
:15:46. > :15:51.team-mate as well. Nicky Hayden, honestly, do I want him as my
:15:51. > :15:57.team-mate? Is he my number one choice? Probably not. He might take
:15:57. > :16:04.some money out of my pocket! For a PR dream and for the team, I think
:16:04. > :16:11.it would be awesome. I think it would be awesome. The American
:16:11. > :16:18.dream? It would be the dream team. No, it would be cool. I'm doing
:16:18. > :16:26.everything I can to make it happen. Perfect. Cheers to that, Colin!
:16:26. > :16:30.Cheers. Have a good weekend.Thank you very much. It looks like your
:16:31. > :16:38.money could be safe in your pocket we are led to believe that Nicky
:16:38. > :16:42.Hayden has signed a contract with Team Aspar. So Aleix Espargaro may
:16:43. > :16:47.move into this garage after all. We are going to slip through - as you
:16:47. > :16:51.can see the riders and the bikes are on their way out to the grid fully
:16:51. > :16:53.loaded. It is very important they have not just the right amount of
:16:53. > :16:54.loaded. It is very important they fuel on board, but the right type
:16:54. > :17:14.and that is just the riders! I have come about the job! Thank you
:17:14. > :17:20.for your help. I hear you need extra help. Not sure if they are any use,
:17:20. > :17:26.but we will find out. We will show you how to make the sauce of the
:17:26. > :17:45.favourite pasta of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. We will start with
:17:45. > :17:50.cherry tomatoes. Onion, very thin. This is not really my speciality.
:17:50. > :17:56.You have worked here for a long time over the years. Have you had any
:17:56. > :18:07.strange requests from riders? Sometimes we did - Valentino Rossi
:18:07. > :18:10.likes Nutella. Marc Marquez like parmesan cheese. He likes so much.
:18:10. > :18:17.likes Nutella. Marc Marquez like We joke, we say some pasta in the
:18:18. > :18:29.parmesan cheese. LAUGHTER Maybe this is the secret to his speed, the
:18:29. > :18:35.parmesan cheese? Oh my God.This is for Marc and Dani. But you have lots
:18:35. > :18:42.of guests that you have to cater to. How many people will you serve?
:18:42. > :18:50.Depends on the race. Like Misano, we have... ? 120 guests. Every day?
:18:50. > :19:02.Every day. That is like a wedding every day. Yes. Without a woman!
:19:02. > :19:09.LAUGHTER This is the important part, yes? This could be the part where I
:19:09. > :19:14.make a mess. Anybody for a tomato? You have to find the different
:19:14. > :19:16.ingredients in every country. Which is the most difficult country to
:19:16. > :19:24.ingredients in every country. Which find ingredients? We went to Japan.
:19:24. > :19:28.I knew a guy there and I bring some seed and he put it in his garden and
:19:28. > :19:36.he gave me... You gave the seeds to seed and he put it in his garden and
:19:36. > :19:39.the guy to plant the basil? Yes. That is fantastic. It is quite good
:19:39. > :19:57.now. Wonderful. Here we go, the moment of truth.
:19:57. > :20:10.Excuse me, guys? Marc, dinner. I Here we go, the moment of truth.
:20:10. > :20:20.believe this is tradition. ? Good job. Thank you. Wait till you taste
:20:20. > :20:30.it. You like parmesan on all your food? This is not what you do? It
:20:30. > :20:38.seems to be working for you. OK. Thank you.
:20:38. > :20:46.He liked it. I can imagine young ratesers having parmesan all over
:20:46. > :20:52.their lunch. What is this about Mick not eating his crusts. That is a
:20:52. > :20:59.terrible example. The bred is too good. -- the bred is too good. --
:20:59. > :21:05.the bred is too good. -- the bread is too good. What do you make of
:21:05. > :21:11.Marc Marquez. He is growing up incredibly fast? He is. A lot of
:21:11. > :21:16.guys come in and they are quick. They slow up a little bit. He's just
:21:16. > :21:19.got quicker and quicker. He's got more confidence. The more he is
:21:19. > :21:24.winning, the more confident he is getting. When he is making a little
:21:24. > :21:30.mistake, he brushes it off, he gets back on and goes. It's looking more
:21:30. > :21:35.difficult for these guys to pin back those points for the Championship.
:21:35. > :21:40.There are still six races left. It would be great to see him win first
:21:40. > :21:49.time out. But it is not going to be easy. The guys - they are a great
:21:49. > :21:53.personality for our sport. Thank you. Enjoy the race. Cheers.Marc
:21:53. > :21:58.Marquez on pole position once again then. A toss up between him and
:21:58. > :22:05.Aleix Espargaro for the best performance in qualifying yesterday.
:22:05. > :22:14.Another great performance in qualifying from Aleix Espargaro.
:22:14. > :22:23.This time, he's making up the second row of the grid. Aleix Espargaro,
:22:23. > :22:28.another incredible qualifying for you. I am really happy. We are
:22:28. > :22:34.really proud of yesterday qualifying. We did two fast laps and
:22:34. > :22:43.really close from Carl so it means the time was really fast. This is
:22:43. > :22:52.history. This is 28 laps. We will give 100 plus 10%. We will fight
:22:52. > :22:57.with all of the Ducatis. I will try my best. It's been consistent
:22:58. > :23:02.through the weekend. You were fifth fastest after day one as well. We
:23:02. > :23:08.can see what you can do over one lap. Over race distance, what is
:23:08. > :23:14.your target? Who can you run with? If I can stay with both Hondas and
:23:14. > :23:20.Ducatis all the race, this will be perfect. I will try to repeat. If we
:23:20. > :23:27.give 100%, we are with MotoGP, this is more than the maximum. We will be
:23:27. > :23:30.happy. Good luck. From an easy enough qualifying for him, a
:23:30. > :23:36.slightly more difficult one for one of our British riders. It wasn't
:23:36. > :23:42.ideal. Ahead of Aleix Espargaro is Cal Crutchlow in fifth position.
:23:42. > :23:49.Cal, a bit of a relief to come out with a second row start. How are you
:23:49. > :23:53.looking for the race? It will be a tough race, a long race. We have
:23:53. > :23:57.been struggling this weekend. I'm the first to admit it is probably my
:23:57. > :24:01.fault. We are lacking a bit of confidence in everything, the
:24:01. > :24:07.riding, the bike, this, that and the other. We will see if we can do a
:24:07. > :24:12.good job. All the best.Cheers. That is the goal for Cal. You would think
:24:12. > :24:16.after a confidence-sapping weekend last time out, he said on Thursday
:24:16. > :24:19.afternoon that he was battered and bruised but it took him a bit of a
:24:20. > :24:25.while to build his confidence backup. Ahead of Cal, there is Dani
:24:25. > :24:27.Pedrosa putting his gloves on. The third consecutive race that he
:24:27. > :24:32.starts from the second row of the grid. He's had problems all weekend
:24:32. > :24:37.with rear grip, he's not managed to sort that out until the last couple
:24:37. > :24:42.of laps of qualifying yesterday. Let's have a look at the front row.
:24:42. > :24:47.Isn't it great to see this man here, Valentino Rossi, the second time in
:24:47. > :24:54.2013 that he starts from the front row of the grid. He had his only dry
:24:54. > :25:02.weather podium of 2012 last year. There's plenty of support for all of
:25:02. > :25:08.the Italian riders on the grid. Yes, Claudio Corti, it is an incredible
:25:08. > :25:14.atmosphere here? In Italy, it is always like this. I don't know if
:25:14. > :25:18.there is something special in the air here. I think they are the two
:25:18. > :25:23.best races for the fans. I don't know why. Anyway, we have fun these
:25:23. > :25:31.three days. I hope to have fun also now. Target for the race?This
:25:31. > :25:36.morning was a bit better compared to yesterday. I will see. Stay with
:25:36. > :25:44.Colin will be a good thing. Good luck. Thank you. Plenty for the
:25:44. > :25:49.Italian fans to get excited about. Some fresh new talent to look out
:25:49. > :26:00.for as well. Some more vintage tall ebt out on the grid as -- talent out
:26:00. > :26:03.on the grid as well! We have Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo on
:26:03. > :26:08.the front row. You are still a big supporter of Yamaha. Who can do the
:26:08. > :26:15.business today? We watch a very good race, a very exciting race.
:26:15. > :26:21.Everybody is very close and the three people, Marc, Lorenzo and
:26:21. > :26:26.Rossi, everybody try to win very hard and everybody will be riding
:26:27. > :26:32.100% today. What do you make of Marc Marquez? Has he surprised you? He is
:26:32. > :26:39.fantastic. I know he is very good. I don't think quickly he will win five
:26:39. > :26:46.Grand Pries just at the start of his season. Thank you. Enjoy the race.
:26:46. > :26:52.Thank you. Marc the youngest ever rider to start back-to-back races
:26:52. > :26:56.from pole position. Marc has won here for the past three years. Which
:26:56. > :27:50.way will the pendulum swing today? CHARLIE COX: I have a feeling
:27:50. > :28:01.something big is going to happen today, Steve. STEVE PARRISH: It is
:28:01. > :28:05.darker, it is cooler, the forecast is for rain this afternoon. It is a
:28:05. > :28:09.darker, it is cooler, the forecast matter of when. I can tell you the
:28:09. > :28:13.teams will be getting themselves prepared now for a flag to flag, so
:28:13. > :28:18.the spare bikes will be getting geared up with wet tyres. A short
:28:18. > :28:22.run, Charlie to turn one. Marc Marquez has sat there on pole
:28:22. > :28:28.position. He has a fair bit to do. Dani Pedrosa on the second row. It
:28:28. > :28:32.is really one of the shortest runs we have to the first turn and then
:28:32. > :28:36.after that there is a quick right, left. This circuit is short, it is
:28:36. > :28:40.tight, it is demanding. The top speeds are low. It is fiddly. It is
:28:40. > :28:44.a right handful. There is the right. There's the left and there is a
:28:44. > :28:49.right again. It is so easy to get on the wrong side of either turn one or
:28:49. > :28:53.turn two and have to shuffle it through. You might see some people
:28:53. > :28:57.on the AstroTurf. It is wide enough to get on there. If I was Nicky
:28:57. > :29:03.Hayden, I would start from the pit-lane! He's always taken out by
:29:03. > :29:08.somebody. There is the double right-hander. The circuit comes
:29:08. > :29:15.right back into itself halfway backup and it moves all the way down
:29:16. > :29:20.to the very long run. There is the waste, then they chuck a left. This
:29:20. > :29:25.is reversed, this circuit was invented to run the other way
:29:25. > :29:32.entirely. For safety reasons, they have reversed it. The corners keep
:29:32. > :29:37.tightening up on you. Absolutely. You can see the massive crowd here.
:29:37. > :29:44.51,000 people here. We are sat three hours down south from Milan here on
:29:44. > :29:50.the side of the Adriatic Sea. A big crowd. They are the three right-hand
:29:51. > :29:54.corners. This is turn 11, 12, 13 and 14. That is one of the crashes that
:29:54. > :29:58.Marc Marquez had coming into that one. It is all about having
:29:58. > :30:03.confidence and loading up the front end of that tyre, but not overdoing
:30:03. > :30:14.it. It is not hard to overdo it. Two of the riders said - you were saying
:30:14. > :30:19.Cal Crutchlow was lacking a bit of confidence? To be blunt, he was lost
:30:19. > :30:23.all weekend. Somehow, he dragged a lap out for qualifying. Can he do it
:30:23. > :30:32.in the race? It did take him a while to get that lap. He wants a good,
:30:32. > :30:37.solid race here this weekend. What a treat. 46 on the front row. How
:30:37. > :30:40.sweet it is, Marquez in the foreground, Lorenzo in the middle
:30:40. > :30:49.and Valentino Rossi sharing the front row. We are ready for a race.
:30:49. > :30:56.Revs are up and they are away! That was fast from Aleix Espargaro. He
:30:56. > :31:02.nailed it. Lorenzo is through. Lorenzo has mugged the lot of them.
:31:02. > :31:06.Who has gone with him? None other than Dani Pedrosa. How about that?
:31:06. > :31:17.Espargaro gets in front of Valentino Rossi. It was an OK start from Cal.
:31:17. > :31:23.If he is not careful, he just didn't see him off. A really good start
:31:23. > :31:28.from Lorenzo. Aleix Espargaro did set off quickly. Let's hope he
:31:28. > :31:32.didn't jump the start. There he is. Valentino Rossi diveling up on the
:31:32. > :31:38.inside of him through the left-hander on the Mound there. Yes.
:31:38. > :31:44.Look at that. Lorenzo, 99, has already got six or seven pike
:31:44. > :32:05.lengths - -- bike lengths - that trust in your tyres. We are watching
:32:05. > :32:18.Cal Crutchlow. I can't believe Lorenzo is so fast in the corners.
:32:18. > :32:24.2.26 miles around, but look at that advantage. He keeps stretching it
:32:24. > :32:31.out. Looks to be about half a second. He goes through and it is...
:32:31. > :32:36.1.2 seconds. 28 laps the journey down here. One done. That is Cal
:32:36. > :32:41.Crutchlow, getting back past Aleix Espargaro. Cal has to keep that pace
:32:41. > :32:47.up and it was a jump-start from Espargaro. How about that? Aleix
:32:47. > :32:51.Espargaro - well, hero to zero. It will be zero when he's done his
:32:51. > :32:56.Espargaro - well, hero to zero. It ride-through penalty. Rotten shame
:32:56. > :33:06.because it was a stonking job. Cal Crutchlow has dispensed with him. At
:33:06. > :33:11.the front, Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Marquez. The German goes around the
:33:11. > :33:16.inside. The Honda will have the power coming out of the corner.
:33:16. > :33:22.Ride-through penalty - there it is. He will have to have a look at that.
:33:22. > :33:27.Probably has an idea that he was a bit early. His pit will put the same
:33:27. > :33:31.penalty out because he will be knowing to look at his pit board
:33:32. > :33:36.even if he is not expecting anything from the race officials. That was
:33:36. > :33:42.the race officials ride-through. He will get it on his own pit board. It
:33:42. > :33:50.was a giant slaying performance. How about this? Pedrosa, he was holding
:33:50. > :33:56.up Marquez, he's now gapping him. That will keep the punters happy
:33:56. > :34:01.here. It will. We know Marc Marquez has had those tumbles this weekend.
:34:01. > :34:06.His team would have told him to calm down. The Championship - he has a
:34:06. > :34:17.30-point advantage over Dani Pedrosa. A third place here wouldn't
:34:17. > :34:24.do him any harm. Espargaro has to go in. Crutchlow doing a good job in
:34:24. > :34:31.fifth position. All looking good. Valentino Rossi hassling now. 25
:34:31. > :34:41.points for a win, so Marquez is more than a win in front. Have a listen
:34:41. > :34:47.to this. This is the Yamaha - we are riding with Rossi. He knows his way
:34:47. > :34:56.around here. As we said, he finished second in the race here last year.
:34:56. > :35:00.Albeit, it was Dani Pedrosa that got wiped out. There he is in second
:35:00. > :35:07.place. It looks like Marc Marquez has picked the game up a little bit.
:35:07. > :35:14.He is closing in on the 26 machine of Dani Pedrosa. That was a storming
:35:14. > :35:19.lap from Lorenzo. That is just off the dial. Let's hope that Aleix
:35:19. > :35:28.Espargaro sees this. He will get three laps before he is told to - he
:35:28. > :35:34.will be black-flagged. Jorge Lorenzo is 1.7 seconds in front of Dani
:35:34. > :35:41.Pedrosa. In two laps, that is breathtaking. 34.02 - he is 2.2
:35:41. > :35:49.seconds in front of these guys. That is absolutely astonishing. It is.
:35:49. > :35:57.Bearing in mind the lap record is 1:33.906. He is very close to that
:35:57. > :36:01.indeed. Dani Pedrosa needs this more than anybody does. He is second in
:36:01. > :36:08.the Championship, but he has not been in the sun for a bit. He needs
:36:08. > :36:25.to be seen to win races, quickly. There is that time. Not quite his
:36:25. > :36:42.own lap record. 52, Pesek, has entered the pits. Oh no, Iannone -
:36:42. > :36:48.he was having such a good weekend. He has been injured pretty much all
:36:48. > :36:54.season. They have tested here a great deal. Ducati test a lot here.
:36:54. > :37:01.Maybe not as much as Pirro, who is the test rider here for Ducati. He
:37:01. > :37:07.is sitting in 12th place. Bradley Smith is behind Nicky Hayden in
:37:07. > :37:11.tenth place. It is quite an interesting thing - Marquez has the
:37:11. > :37:16.magnets on. He wants to get past Pedrosa as quickly as he can.
:37:16. > :37:24.Valentino Rossi is sitting with him. There is the ride-through. It is
:37:24. > :37:29.awful when you have qualified so well to tear it up like that. A
:37:29. > :37:38.jump-start is an accident. No, that is leaving Colin Edwards the fastest
:37:38. > :37:46.of the CRTs. He is in 12th place. I'm sure Azi is good at another
:37:46. > :37:52.sport(!) Jorge Lorenzo, 2.7 in front of those Hondas. 93, there goes that
:37:52. > :37:57.front end. That is Rossi through. Thank you very much, says Valentino
:37:57. > :38:02.Rossi! Now, Marquez has got a bit further to ride. He's got a bit
:38:02. > :38:10.further. He has to try and get past back the 46 machine. He runs out
:38:10. > :38:21.very wide. You can see he is not getting it turned in. Dani was late
:38:21. > :38:29.on the brakes. Dani Pedrosa has worked harder than most on improving
:38:29. > :38:35.his braking. He tips it in, he gets it stopped before he tips it in.
:38:35. > :38:40.Marquez will just throw the thing in with the back wheel off the ground.
:38:40. > :38:47.He doesn't have issues there. His confidence has to be rebuilt. He's
:38:48. > :38:54.had a few tumbles. Cal Crutchlow - a good ride. If he can stay there in
:38:54. > :39:04.that position that he is in, in front of Stefan Bradl, just to
:39:04. > :39:09.regroup. Yeah.The Yamaha factory have told him to stick with what
:39:09. > :39:13.he's got, which is the same fuel tank as Jorge Lorenzo and Dani
:39:13. > :39:28.Pedrosa. Valentino Rossi is doing everything
:39:28. > :39:32.he can to close down his old mate. Dani Pedrosa is one of the very
:39:32. > :39:36.experienced hands here now. He started his MotoGP career very
:39:36. > :39:39.young. He's had so many years in this already.
:39:39. > :39:54.Won't the joint be jumpling -- jumping if he can get on to the
:39:54. > :40:01.podium? The joint will be jumping wherever he is.
:40:01. > :40:13.At the moment, it is Lorenzo - that gap is three seconds. That is big.
:40:13. > :40:17.Three seconds in five laps. That is really getting a move on! Pedrosa
:40:17. > :40:22.probably did Lorenzo a bit of a favour there. Have a look at this
:40:22. > :40:30.now, Steve. When you look at the times coming across here, Marquez
:40:30. > :40:38.has dropped off. Cal Crutchlow 1: 35.0. Really chasing him down hard.
:40:38. > :40:41.I was hoping that Cal had found a set-up that would last a bit longer.
:40:42. > :40:47.He seems to be struggling for pace now. Everybody is on the limit.
:40:47. > :40:56.There is not a great deal of grip around this circuit. It is very
:40:56. > :41:03.bumpy. Most of these teams here are compromising all of the time. It is
:41:03. > :41:08.about trying to find that perfect balance that you see. We spoke about
:41:08. > :41:14.Jorge Lorenzo at the top of the show. He got the new seamless
:41:14. > :41:20.gearbox. You know that helps you in your head as well as on the track?
:41:20. > :41:24.??FORCEDCY Oh yes. If you have got the latest, the factory is working
:41:24. > :41:29.hard, if you run too wide, you can soon get a penalty. The point is, if
:41:29. > :41:34.you think you have got it, the problem is if you think the other
:41:34. > :41:43.guys have got it and you don't, it works against you. That's the pit
:41:43. > :41:49.board going out for him saying he has a two-second lead. Pedrosa
:41:49. > :42:01.closed him down a couple of tenths last time around. It is now coming
:42:02. > :42:07.up to 2.8. Lorenzo is good here. Jorge Lorenzo has won the last five
:42:07. > :42:11.Grand Pries in Italy. The last guy that cracked it for a win other than
:42:11. > :42:17.Lorenzo was this man here, Dani Pedrosa, back in 2010. So Lorenzo is
:42:17. > :42:20.sweet as a nut around here. As we have discussed before, the Yamaha is
:42:20. > :42:29.sweet handling. I would say we are have discussed before, the Yamaha is
:42:29. > :42:33.into - we have seven laps down. We are stabilising. Temperatures are
:42:33. > :42:39.all up. We have the next ten laps before the tyres start really going
:42:39. > :42:47.off. Their best time is about - Abrahams is into the pits. Pesek,
:42:47. > :42:52.Abrahams has come in and I am trying to look where - Aleix Espargaro has
:42:52. > :43:02.come back in, Charlie. Colin Edwards is just behind Bradley Smith. These
:43:02. > :43:09.next ten laps will be a solid part of the race. Yeah. It looks like a
:43:09. > :43:20.health issue. He has had some big crashes. He is in the recovery
:43:21. > :43:27.phase. I saw him run deep in there. He recovered. But the pain in his
:43:27. > :43:33.shoulder is stopping him on the bike. 2.6. Lorenzo, the last time
:43:33. > :43:38.around was two-tenths slower than Dani Pedrosa. Valentino Rossi put in
:43:38. > :43:44.the fastest lap that time around. These next ten laps will be about
:43:44. > :43:51.who has got what pace? Ducati versus Ducati. How about that?The outgoing
:43:51. > :44:02.Nicky Hayden, who has signed a deal... Three Ducatis there. Pirro -
:44:02. > :44:08.these two are fantastic to watch together. Dovizioso puts a pass back
:44:09. > :44:13.on Nicky Hayden. Hayden ain't giving up so easily. Look at that, bike 51,
:44:13. > :44:21.Pirro, he's got the bike that they up so easily. Look at that, bike 51,
:44:21. > :44:27.call the lab bike. As you can see, none of them faster than the other.
:44:27. > :44:32.The only thing you would say - you would say that Dovizioso and Nicky
:44:32. > :44:36.Hayden are probably classier riders than Pirro. Fair play and more
:44:36. > :44:43.experienced. Maybe the bike is better, but we hope they can come up
:44:43. > :44:58.with the ingredients to put a nice motorcycle under Cal Crutchlow at
:44:58. > :45:01.the start of next season. The Ducati seems to be more temperature
:45:01. > :45:08.sensitive than anything else. Lorenzo is still holding that gap -
:45:09. > :45:13.2.7. It swings around. It is - as a rider, Lorenzo will be talking away
:45:13. > :45:17.to himself. Be smooth, be calm, be patient with your times. They have
:45:17. > :45:22.to keep coming to you. Every time he goes over the start and finish line,
:45:22. > :45:29.he will be looking at his lap counter. There is the leading CRT
:45:29. > :45:34.rider, Colin Edwards. He said he has had a handshake in blood to stay
:45:34. > :45:41.with the team next year. He has really upped his game of late, as
:45:41. > :45:46.you have cruelly said. He has been riding the wheels off that bike. It
:45:46. > :45:57.is great to watch. There you can see Michael Laverty in 18th place behind
:45:57. > :46:04.Espargaro. I am very surprised. They are all entering the pits. Change
:46:04. > :46:09.the mode! Talk faster!It could be to you! That is really trying to
:46:09. > :46:15.ease the tyre wear and make it easier to ride as the grip seems to
:46:15. > :46:18.go away. We will have to see if that makes any difference. Look at Marc
:46:19. > :46:22.Marquez. He is closing back on Valentino Rossi. He lost that time
:46:22. > :46:27.when we saw into turn eight. He lost that time. He's regrouped himself.
:46:27. > :46:32.Still a long way to go for this race, 19 laps remaining out of 28.
:46:32. > :46:39.This sort of performance plays into the hands of somebody like Lorenzo
:46:39. > :46:45.and Rossi, in particular. Rossi, more than just about anybody else
:46:45. > :46:51.out there, is capable of nursing a bike through to the end of the race.
:46:51. > :46:56.I agree. He is good at monitoring what is happening underneath him. He
:46:56. > :47:02.changes his riding style. Have we got the same Rossi we used to have?
:47:02. > :47:07.I don't think we have quite. Cal Crutchlow fending off number six,
:47:07. > :47:12.Stefan Bradl. He is making that as wide as a truck! Brilliant to watch.
:47:12. > :47:20.A neat bit of defensive riding. You have to say Cal Crutchlow on the
:47:20. > :47:27.Tech 3 bike, that doesn't have the new seamless gearbox in it. That was
:47:27. > :47:36.a bit deep there. There is a - that corner is so cambered that sometimes
:47:36. > :47:42.you get a bit high. 2.5 - that gap is coming down, Charlie. This guy is
:47:42. > :47:46.coming back, too. 93, Marc Marquez, is now starting to reel in the
:47:47. > :47:54.Doctor. It was eight-tenths last time. That looks closer to me,
:47:54. > :48:00.Steve? It does. Marc Marquez - where he seems to have his armory -
:48:00. > :48:08.providing he can make that front tyre stick on the tarmac, his entry
:48:08. > :48:13.is good going into the corner. There you can see the gap. It is coming -
:48:13. > :48:24.2.5 now. Marc Marquez, the fastest lap in the race, e Charlie. As you
:48:24. > :48:29.can see, he is a couple of tenths behind Valentino Rossi. That is what
:48:29. > :48:33.two-tenths looks like. At the front, Lorenzo still maintaining 2.5
:48:33. > :48:44.seconds from Pedrosa. As you say, it is a long race here and you can see,
:48:44. > :48:49.as Rossi responds, and Marquez goes with him, that they are... Marquez -
:48:49. > :48:55.this was the corner we saw him run wide. I suspect it could be the next
:48:55. > :49:05.corner - we have the two corners, nine and ten, and he will try to
:49:05. > :49:09.brake a bit later. If he is going to do anything about his team-mate -
:49:09. > :49:14.Dani Pedrosa is behind him in the Championship - he could do with not
:49:14. > :49:18.losing any points to him. This is where Marquez is so fast, Steve. He
:49:18. > :49:33.is just awesome through there. He is fearless. He has a different
:49:33. > :49:36.threshold to a lot of people. It is going to be difficult to get past
:49:37. > :49:44.Valentino Rossi. Not an easy circuit to pass on. They are short
:49:44. > :49:48.straights. If there is any way he is charge out of the final corner -
:49:48. > :49:53.this is where it is very bumpy. Watch the front end of Rossi's
:49:53. > :50:02.Yamaha. Just there. Look how fast Marquez is on that change of
:50:02. > :50:06.direction, the right-left. He has to work out and plan where he will work
:50:06. > :50:10.a couple of laps to have a look at Valentino Rossi to see where he has
:50:10. > :50:14.a chance of doing it. We talk about the line here. We have always known
:50:14. > :50:17.there is one perfect line. It is a compromise to pass someone. If
:50:17. > :50:24.anyone can do it, Marc Marquez can. We know most overtaking takes place
:50:24. > :50:27.on the brakes in motorcycle racing. There is only one line as we watch
:50:27. > :50:35.Rossi take an entirely different one. There he is. He's just nailed
:50:35. > :50:39.it. Marquez is so close now - he's through down the inside. Rossi will
:50:39. > :50:44.try and cutback. He's stuffed it in some firmly there is no room for
:50:44. > :50:51.Rossi to respond. That was tough. That is Marquez. How can he do that?
:50:51. > :50:53.Rossi... Watch this now. Rossi gets on the brakes. Marquez lets the
:50:53. > :50:58.Rossi... Watch this now. Rossi gets brakes off and runs in there. That
:50:58. > :51:01.is still loaded up. Just let those brakes off, ran in there and got
:51:01. > :51:06.back on them. He has so much confidence. The area of the pass was
:51:06. > :51:10.back on them. He has so much about 50 metres. Yes. He made it
:51:10. > :51:15.look so easy. He was so on the limit there. Has that wonderful feel, or I
:51:15. > :51:19.hope he does, for his sake, with 16 laps to go. Stand back and tupb your
:51:19. > :51:24.collar up. Marquez is now going to put on some blistering performance.
:51:24. > :51:27.He is one second behind Dani Pedrosa. He's 3.4 seconds behind
:51:27. > :51:31.He is one second behind Dani Jorge Lorenzo, who leads the race.
:51:31. > :51:37.We have 15 laps to go. Slightly more than half the race. Every one of
:51:37. > :51:42.these guys here in this picture, the top four, are on the same tyres. The
:51:42. > :51:47.only people who have made different decisions is Dani Pedrosa - sorry
:51:47. > :51:57.all these top guys. We have softer front compounds for the Ducati boys,
:51:57. > :52:02.Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso, Michele Pirro and Stefan Bradl.
:52:02. > :52:06.There's been a pass on this lap. Watch for a full clean lap, the one
:52:06. > :52:10.we are watching now, to see the time that Marquez puts in. You can
:52:10. > :52:17.already see - you don't need a timer to see he is closing down Dani
:52:17. > :52:23.Pedrosa in quite a big way. 2.3 for Lorenzo. That is coming down. Dani
:52:23. > :52:28.Pedrosa is banging in those laps. 34.3s all the time. The danger man
:52:28. > :52:34.there, number 93, the man we... You surprise me! This is on board with
:52:34. > :52:41.Valentino Rossi. Excuse me, could you have a look at my rear end?
:52:41. > :52:51.There is his dad. I taught him how to ride a motorbike! Marc Marquez,
:52:51. > :52:56.287 kilometres per hour, top speed last time. We don't get anywhere
:52:56. > :53:02.near 200mph here. Still jolly fast. It is a stop-go circuit. This man
:53:02. > :53:04.here, 99, you can see how hard he is working on the Yamaha. He will
:53:04. > :53:09.here, 99, you can see how hard he is a pit board that is tilling him the
:53:09. > :53:13.gap is -- telling him the gap is coming down. That is the man that is
:53:13. > :53:19.catching him, number 26 there, Dani Pedrosa. There it is, the pit
:53:19. > :53:21.board... There is the bad news for Dani. He is going to have to try to
:53:21. > :53:31.fend off his team-mate. Can I tell you that Marc Marquez was
:53:31. > :53:37.nearly four-tenths of a second faster than Dani Pedrosa last lap.
:53:37. > :53:42.He is coming for him. He is 0.7 off of him. That is very close. The best
:53:42. > :53:45.thing that can happen to the World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo, is that
:53:45. > :53:52.Dani Pedrosa can hold off his team-mate for as long as possible.
:53:52. > :53:59.Just check that lean angle. We are talking about 60 degrees.
:53:59. > :54:13.Look at that front tyre, how nicely it is used. This man entered his
:54:13. > :54:20.first Grand Prix 50 years ago today. Were you on the grid with him? Those
:54:20. > :54:25.leanings, they are exaggerated here because we have so many ultra-slow
:54:25. > :54:34.corners. So they really are tipping over? Yes. For some, second-gear
:54:34. > :54:42.corners as well. Here is the start. There was Espargaro. It looked from
:54:42. > :54:47.the word go lls No, no, it was a clutch moment or an excitement
:54:47. > :54:55.moment being so far up the grid. I was up in race control yesterday and
:54:55. > :55:00.there is nowhere to hide. It is not possible to sneak a millimetre
:55:00. > :55:07.without it being seen. In my day, you went when you like, really! I
:55:07. > :55:09.did say that in the piece! You can see how busy it is through there.
:55:09. > :55:16.did say that in the piece! You can Back at the front, 2.2 seconds. The
:55:16. > :55:20.gap is easing off a little bit. That is probably more to do with Pedrosa
:55:20. > :55:21.trying to respond to the impending threat of Marquez than anything
:55:22. > :55:27.else. He's just taken a bit out of threat of Marquez than anything
:55:27. > :55:34.Lorenzo. Look how close Marc Marquez is. He is in the slipstream area. It
:55:34. > :55:39.is not high-speed around here. It can upset the bike a little bit. It
:55:39. > :55:43.is a matter of time that Dani Pedrosa will be able to hold off his
:55:43. > :55:47.team-mate. We still have 13 laps remaining. If Pedrosa has been
:55:47. > :55:54.complaining about rear grip in speed sessions like qualifying, but also
:55:54. > :56:04.race distances, that is going to come into play here. Yes. There it
:56:04. > :56:09.is, 0.3 to Marquez. The gap at the front has been stabilised. Jorge
:56:09. > :56:19.Lorenzo has responded. He has really nailed it. He's done 1:34.037. Is
:56:19. > :56:25.Dani riding defensively now? We ride with Marquez and see him shifting
:56:25. > :56:32.down into first gear. Tell me where he can take him? Either into 12, 13,
:56:32. > :56:42.14 on the brakes or where he passed Valentino Rossi into turn nine. This
:56:42. > :56:47.is down into turn eight. It was out - if he gets a run out of here, I
:56:47. > :56:50.don't think he is close enough. This is where he snuck underneath
:56:50. > :57:11.Valentino Rossi. This is it. This is down into 12,
:57:11. > :57:14.13. This is where he is strong. This is where we were talking about his
:57:14. > :57:21.confidence running into the corner. He will have to be brave to charge
:57:21. > :57:27.up the inside. Takes a wider line. Just probing around. Does not want
:57:27. > :57:35.to compromise himself. I think he will leave it until after this
:57:35. > :57:42.corner. . He is close. There is a bit of a tow. Can he get in there?
:57:42. > :57:51.Not quite close enough. He can lunge down the inside. He does it!He gets
:57:51. > :57:56.a hold off the right... Wow!He can pass in such a short bit of tarmac.
:57:56. > :58:07.In so many different places. He has a bit of everything. He was so fast
:58:07. > :58:13.to change direction there. Got the run out of the final corner. At this
:58:13. > :58:27.point, he lets his brakes off, turns it straight in and a perfect block
:58:27. > :58:33.pass. Dani is always coming off second. Yes. You would have to say
:58:33. > :58:39.he must be seeing his likelihood of winning a World Championship
:58:39. > :58:47.slipping away one more time. Again, people give him a hard time, Dani
:58:47. > :58:50.Pedrosa, but he is up against the best in the world. He is in front of
:58:51. > :58:55.Valentino Rossi. This young kid has come along and spoilt the party. He
:58:55. > :59:05.is in front of somebody who is brilliantly fast. It is a little bit
:59:05. > :59:11.like comparing Rossi and Stoner with the Ducati. I don't think Dani
:59:11. > :59:17.Pedrosa is quite willing to take the the chances that -- take the chances
:59:17. > :59:23.that Marquez will. I agree. He is able to ride closer to the limit.
:59:23. > :59:32.And he does breach it a lot. As I said, he does get away with a lot.
:59:32. > :59:37.So is this guy. And they have also - Lorenzo has stretched that backup to
:59:37. > :59:53.three seconds. He's giving a lot of work for 93. Now he has a clear lap.
:59:53. > :59:57.Marquez knows he has a Championship to chase. All that is going to
:59:57. > :00:03.happen is he is going to lose five points to Jorge Lorenzo, who is 39
:00:03. > :00:09.back. Yes, he will still...He will extend his lead. Yeah. Jorge Lorenzo
:00:09. > :00:14.is not the guy in second place in the Championship. It is Dani
:00:14. > :00:18.Pedrosa. So Marc Marquez can be quite magnanimous when it comes to
:00:19. > :00:23.the reigning World Champion and giving him a few points. We are fast
:00:23. > :00:29.running out of rounds in this series as well. This is round 13, five to
:00:29. > :00:41.go after this. 125 points left on the table after we leave here. Dani
:00:41. > :00:46.is scrabbling around. I can tell you that Cal Crutchlow is holding Bradl
:00:46. > :00:56.at bay. There is only a tenth in it. With nine laps left, he is holding
:00:56. > :01:01.him off. That makes it a hard race. It is mentally exhausting. Bradley
:01:01. > :01:07.Smith is still in 11th, just in front of Colin Edwards. Espargaro is
:01:07. > :01:19.coming back through the field, up to 14th. Watch this. Back wheel up in
:01:19. > :01:24.the air. Tipping it in. And Dani Pedrosa, I would say is stretching
:01:24. > :01:29.himself. He looks like you did leaning on that! The worst that was
:01:29. > :01:33.going to happen, I was going to tumble over the top of the tyre!
:01:33. > :01:37.Brilliant to watch. Fair point, Steve. Dani Pedrosa is doing
:01:37. > :01:41.everything he can and also riding a neater line. Youz can see that,
:01:41. > :01:47.carried a lot of speed in, was neat out. Dani Pedrosa much more wheels
:01:47. > :01:55.in line than Marquez. He is an economical rider. He is hanging on
:01:55. > :02:08.to Marquez. At the front, again there is 3.1 seconds - the gap. We
:02:08. > :02:15.have all done it - you have and I have - you have to follow them to
:02:15. > :02:22.see how brave they are. Nothing worse than getting a young
:02:22. > :02:27.team-mate! Back across the strip we go, Dani Pedrosa has to go for it!
:02:27. > :02:33.Marquez has done nothing to eat into the lead of Lorenzo. It is still
:02:33. > :02:45.3.1. There is 35, Cal Crutchlow. Keep those elbows out! Doing a great
:02:45. > :02:47.job there keeping Stefan Bradl at bay. Bautista is back there in
:02:47. > :03:02.seventh. There is Pirro and there is Bradley
:03:02. > :03:06.Smith. Bradley Smith - there's Colin. He has to watch out for
:03:06. > :03:11.Espargaro, who is lapping a bit faster than Colin. About a second
:03:11. > :03:17.faster for that matter. He is a fair way back down the road. It is still
:03:17. > :03:22.3.1 seconds. I would say Dani Pedrosa there really clinging on to
:03:22. > :03:26.the back of Marc Marquez. I tell you what, Steve, this shows - it is how
:03:26. > :03:35.quickly these guys are going this year. Valentino Rossi, on that
:03:35. > :03:41.Ducati last year, managed to winch the thing on to the podium. This
:03:41. > :03:49.year on a Yamaha, Valentino Rossi has been dropped off. These guys are
:03:49. > :03:57.really upping the ante. The pace was very hot here last year. One of the
:03:57. > :04:02.issues - Dani Pedrosa is having a probe in there all the time. He
:04:02. > :04:08.can't get the drive out. That is to do with his weight as well. He has
:04:08. > :04:13.ten kilos less in his leathers than the man in front. He's going to have
:04:13. > :04:22.a go in a minute. He wants to be careful he doesn't tangle up. Last
:04:22. > :04:31.time around, Pedrosa 1:34 - they are all lapping... Rossi had a 1:36.80.
:04:31. > :04:34.He obviously had a moment. These two are at play. It isn't over yet.
:04:34. > :04:44.He obviously had a moment. These two Seven laps left. Dani Pedrosa wants
:04:44. > :04:49.a bit. He is going. He's got him!He stands up his team-mate! That will
:04:49. > :04:53.have felt good. Great stuff from Dani Pedrosa. Head down. Up the hill
:04:53. > :04:56.we go. This is now playing into the part of the circuit where the
:04:56. > :05:03.Marquez is so fast. You are riding with him. Let's listen. He is going
:05:03. > :05:05.to go for it down here. He's got to keep his head and cool. He is
:05:05. > :05:08.to go for it down here. He's got to chasing the Championship. Those
:05:08. > :05:15.points won't hurt him that will badly. He's going to run Pedrosa
:05:15. > :05:20.wide. He's missed the apex. Pedrosa has to cutback. There is one more
:05:20. > :05:25.left-hander and then we are on to the pit straight. This is absolutely
:05:25. > :05:29.stonking stuff! Perfect for Jorge Lorenzo. All the time, this is just
:05:29. > :05:33.playing into the hands of the current World Champion, Jorge
:05:33. > :05:37.Lorenzo. He has a 4.2 second advantage with six laps remaining.
:05:37. > :05:41.You can think Lorenzo is thinking to himself, "I've had enough of this,
:05:41. > :05:46.this is stupid. I might as well chuck it down the road and be
:05:46. > :05:52.humiliated by this kid so I will keep trying!" You can just feel that
:05:52. > :05:57.the tension that was there - Marquez keep trying!" You can just feel that
:05:57. > :06:01.probably thinking, "I'm chasing this Championship, I want to win this
:06:01. > :06:09.Championship." Of course, the Championship is not done with yet.
:06:09. > :06:14.Two weeks' time, we have Aragon. These two Hondas are one-two on the
:06:14. > :06:21.track, they are one-two in the Championship. Have a look at this.
:06:21. > :06:30.Nowhere for Dani Pedrosa to go. There will be plenty of black marks
:06:30. > :06:33.on Dani Pedrosa's leathers. This is the battle not only for the race,
:06:33. > :06:46.this is the battle for the Championship. Pedrosa is the closest
:06:46. > :06:50.guy to challenge. He just can't stick it in there. We have another
:06:50. > :06:54.bit of a moment. Dani Pedrosa might be able to do something on the exit
:06:54. > :06:59.to the pit straight. The straight is not very long. It isn't. It is all
:06:59. > :07:06.about carrying your speed through the corner. Look at Jorge Lorenzo's
:07:06. > :07:14.pit board - it is saying 4.3 seconds in front. Lorenzo can ride hands and
:07:14. > :07:19.heels now and cruise home. You are riding with Cal Crutchlow. Bradl is
:07:19. > :07:25.still hanging in there. Cal Crutchlow managed to fend him off.
:07:25. > :07:34.It looks like the Honda has a bit of acceleration over the start and
:07:34. > :07:41.finish line. The new gearbox will have filtered their way down, too.
:07:42. > :07:52.Yeah, Cal will be wanting one of those. There he is, 99, Jorge
:07:52. > :07:57.Lorenzo, four-and-a-half laps to go. He is able to look after the bike,
:07:57. > :08:09.look after the tyres, keep it all nice and smooth. He is about to lap
:08:09. > :08:13.Bryan Staring. These two Honda boys have given Jorge Lorenzo a huge
:08:13. > :08:21.break. Yes, that is exactly what you are looking for. Dani Pedrosa is
:08:21. > :08:26.still very good in the middle of the corner. He is inch perfect.
:08:26. > :08:34.Wonderful to watch. What a fantastic shot. Again, fully leaning over. You
:08:34. > :08:41.can see they are - they are shot. Again, fully leaning over. You
:08:41. > :08:51.ex-two-stroke riders. But neither of them have their fingers over the
:08:51. > :08:59.clutch. The Doctor started his career on the 225. We ride with him
:08:59. > :09:19.through the esses. Interestingly, Cal Crutchlow is the
:09:19. > :09:22.guy that has adopted more rigorously Interestingly, Cal Crutchlow is the
:09:22. > :09:24.than anybody else "the Doctor's dangle" as you call it. Marquez
:09:24. > :09:29.sticks his elbow in the ground. This circuit with it being so relatively
:09:29. > :09:45.short, there is not quite the advantage. 18 0 would -- 180 would
:09:45. > :09:54.stop it dead. This ride from both these guys is
:09:54. > :10:03.good. These are the guys that were struggling with that. Their heads
:10:03. > :10:09.were gone. Marquez - Bradl was saying he couldn't work out why the
:10:09. > :10:14.front end was feeling the way it did. There is a slow-motion of the
:10:14. > :10:18.boy. A lovely, stylish rider is Stefan Bradl. Again, inch perfect,
:10:18. > :10:22.skimming the kerb with his elbow there. Just turning that throttle
:10:22. > :10:28.on. You can see the hand coming through there. Doesn't look
:10:28. > :10:39.possible, does it? Three laps to go. That gap is precisely one-tenth of a
:10:40. > :10:41.second. Jorge Lorenzo can - his last lap was three-tenths slower than
:10:41. > :10:55.Pedrosa. It was a minute tall challenge.
:10:55. > :11:00.There it is. A slightly wider line for Marquez. It is a cambered
:11:00. > :11:04.corner. You can get yourself through there. Like you rightly say, it is
:11:04. > :11:08.right. Dani Pedrosa threw everything that he could for a couple of laps
:11:08. > :11:14.to see if he could break the youngster. That gap is
:11:14. > :11:17.insurmountable now. He knows it. I know it. Second place - my maths
:11:17. > :11:22.worked that out, that he will extend know it. Second place - my maths
:11:22. > :11:27.his advantage. I'm not really good with maths! Nine points - that will
:11:27. > :11:33.put Pedrosa and Lorenzo on the same points. Yes, that's getting
:11:33. > :11:42.uncomfortable for Dani Pedrosa. He is still working here. It is going
:11:42. > :11:47.to be jolly interesting for the series. He will close right up with
:11:47. > :11:54.the second of the Hondas. This guy, Marc Marquez, will be stroking it
:11:54. > :12:00.off into the distance, really. Valentino Rossi, not hurting his
:12:00. > :12:03.Championship hunt at all. He is fourth in the series. With a
:12:03. > :12:07.comfortable margin over Cal Crutchlow, who is fifth. Cal was
:12:07. > :12:11.leading the Championship in the early rounds, but Valentino Rossi
:12:11. > :12:17.seems to have regrouped a fair amount, he keeps running and
:12:17. > :12:28.knocking the results in. Lap one -... -- lap one. Dani Pedrosa will
:12:28. > :12:33.have to take away, "What on earth do I do? If this kid doesn't fall off,
:12:34. > :12:40.I won't be able to beat him." That is what he will be saying. Lorenzo,
:12:40. > :12:48.it's a masterclass. I make that six wins in a row for him in Italy. Yes,
:12:48. > :12:54.absolutely. Hasn't put a foot wrong. There you see the point. He has
:12:54. > :13:00.extended his lead, Marquez. I said that, did I not? You did. The reason
:13:00. > :13:14.Lorenzo is in front is on race wins. How about that? Tied on the points.
:13:14. > :13:17.Thank you Professor Parrish! I think realistically Marc Marquez probably
:13:17. > :13:23.knows that Jorge Lorenzo is going to be the strongest guy the rest of the
:13:23. > :13:28.season. That is how it's looked as the season has unfolded. Poor old
:13:28. > :13:31.Dani Pedrosa doesn't have the form that he had at the end of last year.
:13:31. > :13:47.No. Crutchlow seems to have some
:13:47. > :13:55.breathing space there. I would want more! I don't know whether Dani
:13:55. > :14:00.Pedrosa has suffered tyre more! I don't know whether Dani
:14:00. > :14:04.degradation as well. He has really struggled for rear grip. He is
:14:04. > :14:10.lining it up more. He will have run out of boots as well. Yes, the tyres
:14:10. > :14:13.won't be as good as they were when they started the race. It is all
:14:13. > :14:18.about shifting your riding style. We saw the Hondas were telling... I
:14:18. > :14:21.can't believe it. Bradl down the inside, through turn eight, Cal
:14:22. > :14:26.Crutchlow trying to cutback. We are going to have a Drag Race to a
:14:26. > :14:32.right-hander here. Cal is in front. But Bradl has the line. Cal let him
:14:32. > :14:38.go back. All he can do is get the run out of here now. He has two more
:14:38. > :14:47.corners. He knows he's got the race won. He's already racing to the
:14:47. > :14:52.crowd. Anyway, let's hope he doesn't run out of fuel. He's all the way up
:14:52. > :14:59.to the line. Jorge Lorenzo does it again in Italy! Fantastic job. Marc
:14:59. > :15:02.Marquez, a huge second place. Dani Pedrosa, thank you both for the
:15:03. > :15:19.wonderful entertainment. Pedrosa brings it in in third. Bradl has
:15:19. > :15:27.just hung on - he's rained on Cal Crutchlow's parade. Cal goes down to
:15:27. > :15:32.sixth. Bautista coming home in seventh. Jorge Lorenzo, two wins on
:15:32. > :15:41.the trot here and at Silverstone. That will buck up his confidence.
:15:41. > :15:50.Andrea Dovizioso, bringing the lead Ducati home. Bradley Smith comes in.
:15:50. > :16:05.Colin Smith in 12th. I'm sure that cements his job. That is Jorge
:16:05. > :16:10.Lorenzo's fifth win of the season. Poor old Aleix Espargaro. He jumped
:16:10. > :16:20.start but he has finished in the points in 13th place. He has ended
:16:20. > :16:27.up four seconds behind Colin Edwards so a tremendous performance for him.
:16:27. > :16:33.Again, wins here. He dominates at this track, Jorge Lorenzo.
:16:33. > :16:41.Congratulations from Valentino Rossi to his younger team-mate. Good day
:16:41. > :16:49.for Yamaha and no shame in the Honda result, Steve. You have yom haar, --
:16:49. > :17:02.Yamaha, Honda, Honda, Yamaha. Yes. A spirited ride from this guy,
:17:02. > :17:07.though. He came back as solid as a rock. All the time, he's absorbing
:17:07. > :17:12.information, learning what is going on. It was real interesting to see
:17:12. > :17:15.how he inspired Dani Pedrosa in that mid-race battle there. The crazy
:17:15. > :17:24.thing is, we have to remind ourselves that Marquez is 20 years
:17:24. > :17:28.old. Yes. And is now - is more than ridiculous, round 13, he's won five
:17:28. > :17:34.of the races. He's been on the podium every time apart frR the time
:17:34. > :17:41.he fell off! Extraordinary. He was the fastest in every session across
:17:41. > :17:46.this weekend. He's had 12 podiums from 13 races. That is a rookie
:17:46. > :17:50.record. He's already got the highest point any rookie has earnt in the
:17:50. > :17:55.first year. He's had six poles, that is another rookie record. The
:17:55. > :18:01.youngest guy to have back-to-back poles since Freddie Spencer. We can
:18:01. > :18:05.sit here all afternoon reeling off-the-records that Marc Marquez
:18:05. > :18:11.has shattered and, yet, he will break them again. Still, as we say,
:18:11. > :18:22.a long way to go yet. We are in Aragon in two weeks' time.
:18:22. > :18:30.You feel for him. You can see it in the eyes. Yes.There is nothing
:18:30. > :18:36.worse than your crew chief looking at you as well. What do you say? If
:18:36. > :18:43.he knows it was his best - and I believe it was - then it is hard to
:18:43. > :18:49.imagine Dani riding anymore quickly than that. If he knows that is his
:18:49. > :18:53.best, this guy is better. Yes. It is tough, and it is hard. He is sitting
:18:53. > :19:05.there - we have all seen it and done it. Dani is thinking - I have rode
:19:05. > :19:14.my heart and soul out. He has to do it. They are team-mates. He can
:19:14. > :19:18.afford to finish second for the rest of the Championship with the points
:19:18. > :19:25.advantage. That puts it into context. At this rate, you could
:19:25. > :19:30.confidently predict that the Championship will be resolved in
:19:30. > :19:38.Japan or maybe Australia with a couple of rounds left. Great stuff
:19:38. > :19:49.from Lorenzo. A masterclass. How much do you think he was assisted
:19:49. > :20:01.by... Tremendously. We saw the gap come down to two seconds. As soon as
:20:01. > :20:04.they tangled up, it went out to four seconds. Fourth was alright. Steve,
:20:04. > :20:09.the thing is as well, with those two seconds. Fourth was alright. Steve,
:20:09. > :20:15.Hondas, working as hard as they did, they consume a lot more tyres. Yes,
:20:15. > :20:24.yes. You are riding off line, you can care uRrying -- you are carrying
:20:25. > :20:29.more speed. He would have loved to have seen that pit board with the
:20:29. > :20:33.gap extending. In fact, he is going to thank Dani Pedrosa for this. This
:20:33. > :20:41.was the pass. It was a beautiful pass. It was so quick.Nice and
:20:41. > :20:46.neat. But it invigorated him. Dani Pedrosa got wild at this point.
:20:46. > :20:51.Great stuff. Look how close they are. Marc Marquez trying to pull it
:20:51. > :20:55.back in there tight. That was the point that Jorge Lorenzo's lead went
:20:55. > :21:02.out. Here it came back again. That was the job from thereon in. That
:21:02. > :21:07.was really hard stuff from both of them. It was great to see Dani
:21:08. > :21:10.Pedrosa pushing so hard. Marc Marquez, he had a great race with
:21:10. > :21:15.Pedrosa pushing so hard. Marc his team-mate. That was fantastic,
:21:15. > :21:19.Azi. Incredible stuff. You are celebrating it almost like a win.
:21:19. > :21:25.Great battle with Dani. You must have enjoyed it? Yes. That second
:21:25. > :21:31.place is so important. Especially in the beginning I w struggling a lot.
:21:31. > :21:37.I already showed this morning with the fuel tank full, I was struggling
:21:37. > :21:45.quite a lot. Anyway, I try. I go wide two times. Anyway, we did a
:21:45. > :22:01.good race. We take 20 more points. That is important. Jorge will be
:22:01. > :22:08.34... 30.It will be nice. Maybe it is 34! There is the confirmed
:22:08. > :22:12.result. How about that, 3.3 seconds. He buttoned off the pace near the
:22:12. > :22:19.end. What has Dani Pedrosa got to do? You look dejected at the end of
:22:19. > :22:27.that. What are you feeling? Could you have done more to get past Marc?
:22:27. > :22:31.No. I tried my best every lap. Jorge was super-fast in the opening laps.
:22:31. > :22:39.After that, I tried to settle for good rhythm but I know trying to
:22:39. > :22:44.catch Jorge was almost impossible. Some laps I was doing good. I kept
:22:44. > :22:55.pushing. Finally, I give my best every lap. I tried to fight with
:22:55. > :23:03.Marc. Always - I wasn't able to fight anymore. Thank you.It is as
:23:03. > :23:08.we were saying. That is the real key. He has rear grip issues that he
:23:08. > :23:12.is finding it very difficult, spinning up like that, overheating
:23:12. > :23:17.the tyre and that is how it gapped at the end. He pushed as hard as he
:23:17. > :23:22.possibly could. You can see on the Championship front, they have now
:23:22. > :23:27.drawn level, Lorenzo and Pedrosa, on points. Lorenzo moves ahead of him
:23:27. > :23:31.in the Championship by way of race win Look at that from miscellaneous
:23:31. > :23:37.Mez at the top. Jorge Lorenzo has a bit of work to do on the points
:23:37. > :23:43.front. But two wins on the trot is going to be one enormous relief for
:23:43. > :23:47.him. It is still a lot of points back but an important victory. One
:23:47. > :23:51.we may look back on come the end of the season? Yes, well, luckily, we
:23:51. > :23:56.improve the bike a lot in the warm-up. We struggled so much to be
:23:56. > :24:02.competitive during the weekend. We made some changes and it has been
:24:02. > :24:08.good. I started really motivated with lots of energy. I overtake Marc
:24:08. > :24:14.and I try to push from the first corner to the last one. Finally, I
:24:14. > :24:22.got my goal. Congratulations.Thank you. Cal Crutchlow, your objective
:24:23. > :24:28.was to have a strong finish, and you did that? Yes, we got invaded by the
:24:28. > :24:36.Germans on the last lap! LAUGHTER No, I'm pleased. We were 13th, 14th
:24:36. > :24:42.in practice. Useless all weekend! I was borderline crashing a lot. I had
:24:42. > :24:49.no confidence in the race. Yeah, I was good under pressure. I felt not
:24:49. > :24:55.too bad. We are a long way off where we were earlier in the season. Top
:24:55. > :25:03.six is not bad. I am pleased. It is nice to see you again. You were like
:25:03. > :25:07.One Direction yesterday! We were out for dinner at that point! It is good
:25:07. > :25:18.to see you have come back to your normal day job. Thanks.Cheers. You
:25:18. > :25:23.still look like One Direction, Matt! I'm glad Cal did the business today.
:25:23. > :25:29.Steve and I did our top buttons up before the start of the show to see
:25:29. > :25:35.how we looked! Marc Marquez in front of Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa
:25:35. > :25:39.dead level. There is going to be one almighty track invasion any second
:25:39. > :25:43.now. It goes crazy here. If Rossi doesn't make the podium, the
:25:43. > :25:47.screaming bunch of people won't leave until they are quite happy
:25:47. > :26:04.that Valentino Rossi has come out and waved them off. It is like a
:26:04. > :26:17.noisy Vatican square! It is crazy. Marquez 253. Poor old Cal Crutchlow
:26:17. > :26:21.- 27.5 laps. Just couldn't do it. Just couldn't do it. Tried to
:26:21. > :26:36.fightback. Couldn't manage it. What a great thing for us to see Colin
:26:36. > :26:45.Edwards, the lead CRT again. Congratulations. Top CRT. It's been
:26:45. > :26:51.getting better every race. Yes, we had top qualifying last three races.
:26:51. > :26:58.We had good qualifying yesterday. To put it in the race, it is fantastic.
:26:58. > :27:04.Happy for the guys. Hi, everybody. See you next week. Congratulations.
:27:04. > :27:11.Great stuff from Colin there. Wonderful to see him back in Parc
:27:11. > :27:15.Ferme again. You could sailor Lorenzo, he won the race on the last
:27:16. > :27:20.lap at Silverstone, and he won the race on the first lap here today. He
:27:20. > :27:25.did. It was critical for him to get into that first corner first to see
:27:25. > :27:29.off Marquez. The beauty of it was Dani Pedrosa had one of his stellar
:27:29. > :27:34.starts and that was the key. Pedrosa getting through as well, held up
:27:34. > :27:39.Marquez, and it was not job done, but that was the key. I don't - it
:27:39. > :27:46.is exactly how it unfolded at Silverstone. Yes. As I said, we have
:27:46. > :27:51.Steve here now. Steve, quickly... Having battled my way through the
:27:51. > :27:56.crowd! Jorge Lorenzo won it on the first lap? I think Jorge, that first
:27:56. > :28:08.lap he had ten bike lengths all the way. That is risky. You have cold
:28:08. > :28:13.tyres, youz -- you don't know what is going to go on. He must have been
:28:13. > :28:16.seeing that pit board come down. If you are watching us on the red
:28:16. > :28:21.button this afternoon, fear not, stick with us for half an hour of
:28:21. > :28:26.MotoGP Extra. If you are watching the repeat, that is all we have time
:28:26. > :28:28.for. We will see you again in two weeks' time for the Aragon Grand
:28:28. > :28:43.Prix. # How I wish you were here
:28:43. > :28:47.# We are just two souls swimming in a fish bowl
:28:47. > :28:58.# Year after year # Running over the same old ground
:28:58. > :29:00.# And how we found the same old fish # Wish you were here. #