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:01:42. > :01:53.Aspar The arid plains of Aragon provide a bleak setting for the

:01:53. > :01:56.fastest sport on two wheels as the MotoGP Championship returns to

:01:56. > :02:03.Spain. The riders come with everything still at stake, five

:02:03. > :02:09.rounds to go and with a an intercontinental double-header

:02:09. > :02:15.coming up, the battle has an extra spice. Back-to-back wins for Jorge

:02:15. > :02:26.Lorenzo at Silverstone and Misano brought him level with Danni

:02:26. > :02:29.Pedrosa. Both would have to finish ahead of Marc Marquez if they were

:02:29. > :02:34.to close down the deficit at the top. So second place will be enough

:02:34. > :02:39.for Marc Marquez in each of the final five rounds if he is to win.

:02:39. > :02:46.We get the impression off Mark that he is not the kind of guy to finish

:02:46. > :02:50.second? No, he sees racing as fun and if he happens to have a

:02:50. > :02:55.Championship fall out of the bottom, all the better. Maybe not what the

:02:55. > :03:00.boss thinks. I think the boss will have had a word. Because they were

:03:00. > :03:07.trimming -- tripping themselves over at the last race and second is maybe

:03:07. > :03:11.the not best way of doing it. Jorge had the samation last -- same

:03:11. > :03:17.situation last year. I think it was the fact that Jorge was just being

:03:17. > :03:21.steady and getting points. He has won Championships before, but some

:03:21. > :03:26.extra spice with it being a home race for the Spaniards. The first

:03:26. > :03:32.few laps you think will be crucial, to keep it together. That is where

:03:32. > :03:40.we have seen a difference between Lorenzo and the Honda guys. Yes,

:03:40. > :03:46.Ingmar kwez is pressure-resilient. -- I thinkMarquez is pressure

:03:46. > :03:51.resilient. He does push hard. Even in qualifying, right to the death he

:03:51. > :03:55.was coming second and pulled it out of the bag. Looking at the Misano

:03:55. > :04:07.race, it was in the first three or four laps where Jorge won the race.

:04:07. > :04:13.Yes it is a high risk strategy. A second a lap for those first four

:04:13. > :04:18.laps, it was ridiculous and he broke them and Danni and Marquez were

:04:18. > :04:24.tripping over each other. Otherwise I believe that Marc Marquez could

:04:24. > :04:29.have gone through and caught Jorge. The dynamic is Danni Pedrosa is a

:04:29. > :04:35.fantastic starter and chances are even if Jorge does a blinder, Danni

:04:36. > :04:42.will get in front of Marquez. Then Marquez had to find his way through.

:04:42. > :04:47.Here the first turn is so close to the start line. We know what will

:04:47. > :04:51.happen. We have seen Jorge even in the warm up today, the first laps,

:04:51. > :04:56.this morning he was one second faster than anyone else on the

:04:56. > :05:00.second lap. He is ready for that same treatment. Grid position is

:05:00. > :05:05.crucial. That is one reason why we saw such an intense qualifying

:05:05. > :05:12.session yesterday. I didn't think for a minute that Jorge Lorenzo was

:05:12. > :05:16.not going to get it. It was such a screaming lap. About four guys

:05:16. > :05:20.thought they had pole position. They look at their timers and think that

:05:20. > :05:24.would be enough. As we speak, I can tell you Jorge Lorenzo and his team

:05:24. > :05:27.are working out what front tyre to use, because the temperature is up

:05:27. > :05:33.are working out what front tyre to and down. At the moment the sun is

:05:33. > :05:38.out and they want to run a soft front tyre. Steve mentioned how

:05:38. > :05:43.close it was, four people thought they had pole, including Valentino

:05:43. > :05:48.Rossi. He was a tenth of a second off and that is one of his best

:05:48. > :05:52.qualifying sessions. Yes, he is on the second row in fourth. It is

:05:52. > :05:56.tight at the top and this circuit is very long, very technical and there

:05:56. > :06:01.are so many different set ups that they have to consider. Putting that

:06:01. > :06:08.together, Rossi is in touch. To get times that close over the lap at the

:06:08. > :06:16.thick end of two minutes is extraordinary. Not quite enough to

:06:16. > :06:20.break up the three on the front row. That position was so close. Jorge

:06:20. > :06:28.and Danni were so fast. But any way I tried to do my best. One lap we

:06:28. > :06:32.were fast. But the most important is tomorrow and we need to be

:06:32. > :06:35.concentrated and we have to manage well the tyres. Because in the end

:06:35. > :06:41.concentrated and we have to manage it is light weight a lot. But for

:06:41. > :06:47.everybody it will be the same. We had the fist goal was good. -- first

:06:47. > :06:51.goal. I I expect to improve with the had the fist goal was good. -- first

:06:51. > :06:58.second tyre. Finally third place and still front row. This is OK, but

:06:58. > :07:04.hoping to do a good start tomorrow and because the first corner is very

:07:04. > :07:09.close and there is not much metres to get on a good place after the

:07:09. > :07:17.start. So we should do a good start and then a good race. I thought I

:07:17. > :07:23.was the first one. But when I look at the last lap time I was in fifth

:07:23. > :07:28.position. I thought, wow, they're going so fast. Now I have to be

:07:28. > :07:35.faster. The second try I tried to push more and I made 47.08. I

:07:35. > :07:46.thought that was pole position or close. I don't know until I check

:07:46. > :07:51.the lap time, finally only four Milly? Hundredths. Any way I

:07:51. > :07:56.couldn't do it. The bike at the end, was it out of fuel? We hope it is

:07:56. > :08:05.the fuel. Because if it is another thing, we are... Worse. Thankfully

:08:05. > :08:08.it was the bike running out of fuel on the warm down lap. A few people

:08:08. > :08:11.asked me yesterday on Twitter, because in Formula One there is a

:08:11. > :08:19.asked me yesterday on Twitter, penalty if you run out of fuel, but

:08:19. > :08:23.not in GP. No, you're right. It is good job they don't at the end of

:08:23. > :08:28.the race. We saw Valentino Rossi getting a lift back. Fuel is tight.

:08:28. > :08:34.But I think somebody made a mistake. A good session for Lorenzo and Rossi

:08:34. > :08:39.on the factory Yamahas. Not for Cal Crutchlow. He only managed seventh

:08:39. > :08:44.place. But it wasn't a complete disaster this weekend. It was just a

:08:44. > :08:48.case of a bad qualifying session. We had three attempts, well four

:08:48. > :08:52.attempts at a fast lap and I made four mistakes. That is the reason

:08:52. > :08:58.why we are not up there. I made a mistake in nearly every sector of

:08:58. > :09:04.every lap. Our pace seems in free practice 4 was not bad. But we need

:09:04. > :09:08.to improve. But this is... We are lacking 12 or 13k an hour down the

:09:08. > :09:13.straight. It is just... You can't get in that time anywhere against

:09:13. > :09:21.any of the other guys. Even if I slip stream them, I'm still losing

:09:21. > :09:25.eight or nine an hour. Even to Bradley and we are on the same

:09:25. > :09:30.engine. That is just the way it is sometimes. Tomorrow, we need a good

:09:30. > :09:37.start. Let's hope he can. How does that work, he is giving away so much

:09:37. > :09:42.time down the straight, but on the same engine. For the factory they

:09:42. > :09:54.have the same gear box. For Bradley, I think Cal has broughter --

:09:54. > :09:58.broweder should -- broader shoulders. Also it is important how

:09:58. > :10:03.you get out of turn 16 on to the straight F you get a run on to that

:10:03. > :10:08.it makes a big difference. But still not impossible to achieve his

:10:08. > :10:14.realistic objectives after a tough few weeks? Yes, he had a lonely ride

:10:14. > :10:20.in Misano, but after the last round he had a day's testing made a lot of

:10:20. > :10:24.improvement, big head way in braking over a shorter distance and braking

:10:24. > :10:30.later. So he is confident and he just had a stivenger of a qualify --

:10:30. > :10:37.stinker of a qualifying. But he will be much more in the hunt. He said he

:10:37. > :10:43.chose the wrong bike. So warm up today was better. Let's keep our

:10:43. > :10:54.fingers crossed for Cal. All eyes on him from the third row. That is the

:10:54. > :11:00.front end. Yonny Hernandezes has taken the place of Ben Spies on the

:11:00. > :11:07.Pramac. So he is the first ever Columbian to ride a MotoGP

:11:07. > :11:24.prototype. What made you first pick up a bike

:11:24. > :11:31.and decide to start racing it It is strange, because in my country this

:11:31. > :11:37.sport is like don't exist. I only have one track in all country and it

:11:37. > :11:46.is not like a European track. It is a small track and really dangerous.

:11:46. > :11:51.But for me, my sport is... Was motocross. I dream with the pro-in

:11:51. > :12:00.motocross. When I come into Europe, to Spain specially, I go into this

:12:00. > :12:04.and see the GP races on the TV and it is like a dream for me, because

:12:04. > :12:13.I'm the only, the only Columbian person to see the MotoGP and the

:12:13. > :12:25.second American staying in GP and I want to stay in the Championship. It

:12:25. > :12:30.has been a difficult year for Yonny with countless crashes, so it was a

:12:30. > :12:36.surprise when Pramac asked him to replace Ben Spies for the remaining

:12:37. > :12:44.five races. His riding style is aggressive and emotion... That it

:12:44. > :12:51.make me curious. And he is fast with the bike last year. He did very well

:12:51. > :13:02.in Indianapolis and we found a way to make him free, thanks also to the

:13:02. > :13:08.team and that is it. The challenge is tough. What was that first

:13:08. > :13:15.feeling on the bike like? I felt good, because for me, it is the best

:13:15. > :13:17.bike I try in my career. Because I only have different bikes and this

:13:17. > :13:23.is a real MotoGP. And I'm happy, the only have different bikes and this

:13:23. > :13:27.most important thing I think is the electronic things and the power. I

:13:27. > :13:33.feel a lot of power in the bike and I try to do my best in this race.

:13:33. > :13:39.Was it scary that first time to see how much more power it has? Yes, at

:13:39. > :13:43.the beginning, you're like a kid and you're nervous, because it is my

:13:43. > :13:51.first time in MotoGP and they open, when they open the control, you feel

:13:51. > :13:57.a lot of power. It is really nice. The Ducati has had a reputation, it

:13:57. > :14:05.is a scary bike for some people. It is easier for you coming from a CRT

:14:06. > :14:10.bike? For me it is the best bike I try. Because I never try a bike like

:14:10. > :14:15.this. I have a lot of power. I have a lot of electronic things. And

:14:15. > :14:22.other bikes it is difficult, they're always moving a lot. Now, I stay

:14:22. > :14:27.concentrated with the metalwork and have a good feeling with the bike

:14:27. > :14:29.and make more laps and my objective is to learn a lot and go fast with

:14:29. > :14:46.the bike. The Australian is taking his place

:14:46. > :14:53.in the team. He is not the only new phase. Another you might recognise.

:14:53. > :14:58.You are crew chief, how does that work? I was thinking a weekend off

:14:58. > :15:05.in the schedule before it gets busy bus stop I was on the way back from

:15:05. > :15:09.Assen. And then he said what you doing next weekend? I said I had a

:15:10. > :15:14.weekend off and he said you have not now. I have known Michael for

:15:14. > :15:20.years. Because of that, we can communicate well. It is a change

:15:20. > :15:23.for Michael, moving from the chassis made by the team on to the

:15:23. > :15:28.for Michael, moving from the Aprilia chassis. He made a test at

:15:28. > :15:34.the end of last year. He had quite a good feeling with the bike. It

:15:34. > :15:40.has been a learning experience for him. It is his first time on the

:15:40. > :15:47.track. You do not get many laps to learn. He has done really well. We

:15:47. > :15:52.are really close to the Colin Edwards kind of pace. If we can

:15:52. > :15:58.race here with a couple of other guys, more in a weekend them all

:15:58. > :16:03.year, so fingers crossed. The laps times have been tight. The have

:16:03. > :16:07.been improving every session. We think we have the bike better.

:16:07. > :16:12.Chatter has been a problem. I have not dealt with that for years. The

:16:12. > :16:18.changes we have made should combat the chatter. When that goes, you

:16:18. > :16:26.get to be -- better feeling. It is all about the race now. Hopefully,

:16:26. > :16:30.you can enjoy it for a change. I reckon this is even more stressful!

:16:30. > :16:35.We have been doing work experience ourselves this year. Steve went up

:16:35. > :16:48.with the marshals at Laguna Seca air. And Charlie went behind the

:16:48. > :16:53.scenes -- Laguna Seca. Long before the wheel is turned,

:16:53. > :17:00.these safety people have to sign off before anybody is on the track.

:17:00. > :17:06.He is counting, how many flag Marshalls, how many track marshals.

:17:06. > :17:12.Normally the target is 240. Always, we have more. Are you looking at

:17:13. > :17:19.the track surface? Many times we go out to check the conditions. We get

:17:19. > :17:31.a lot of marbles, Pickup, around the race line, is it swept every

:17:31. > :17:36.day? Yes. But not aggressively. There is a rule that the track

:17:36. > :17:40.surface cannot be cleaned. Sweeping is OK to take off the rubber and

:17:40. > :17:46.gravel, anything other than that needs explicit permission from us.

:17:46. > :17:51.The last race of the day is the Red Bull rookies. The race director has

:17:51. > :17:59.to get down to start the race. The safety car heads around. Coming to

:17:59. > :18:06.where the competitors have to clear -- the people have to clear the

:18:06. > :18:09.grid. When they are off, it is a mad scramble to race control. The

:18:09. > :18:15.first thing to check is whether it mad scramble to race control. The

:18:15. > :18:25.was a clean start. Bike number 19 will get a signal. Jump-start

:18:25. > :18:30.number 19. Within five laps he has to come through. All he is

:18:30. > :18:36.disqualified? A lot of this his judgment? It is subjective. The

:18:36. > :18:45.disqualified? A lot of this his ease our TV pictures. 13 cameras

:18:45. > :18:51.around the track. They have their own cameras. They can see every

:18:51. > :18:58.part of the track all of the time. There is a fixed camera on every

:18:58. > :19:05.turn. On that side, cameras we can control that cover every part of

:19:05. > :19:12.the circuit. That is amazing. I had not realised there was so much. The

:19:12. > :19:18.last race of the day, job done. For me, I am going for a cup of tea.

:19:18. > :19:28.You go and do the track inspection. I am always late! We have to go. We

:19:28. > :19:37.are looking at that place. You can check it, it is done, ended the

:19:37. > :19:43.day? For me, yes, for you, know. -- no. It is almost dark. Normally,

:19:43. > :19:49.after one day of practice, we have a lot of tyre on the track. You

:19:49. > :20:02.have to clear everything. Have a nice night. Race directing, it

:20:02. > :20:09.sucks. We mentioned Cal, qualifying 7th,

:20:09. > :20:12.two-tenths of a second slower and one position behind his team-mate

:20:13. > :20:18.Bradley Smith. You had a good session. You looked as if you found

:20:18. > :20:24.something. We definitely found something. It felt comfortable on

:20:24. > :20:31.the new tyres. It is having three goes at it. It turned out

:20:31. > :20:34.beneficial to us. These conditions are slightly more different than we

:20:34. > :20:39.are used to. There is a lot of wind are slightly more different than we

:20:39. > :20:46.around. It seems to be swirling around between the banks. Easy to

:20:46. > :21:07.get caught out. A pigtail on the straight. I ran off -- big tail. It

:21:07. > :21:11.drops away, probably two laps. You finished on the podium and few

:21:11. > :21:18.years ago in a different class. But this is different. Every track is

:21:18. > :21:22.completely different. It is like going to another circuit every

:21:22. > :21:30.weekend. Saturday we seem to improve and Sunday we are here for

:21:30. > :21:36.a result. Yonny Hernandez qualified in 13th on the new bike. His best

:21:36. > :21:43.qualifying to date. Previously it was 16th. Big smiles when you came

:21:43. > :21:55.in from you and the team after qualifying. You seem to be having a

:21:55. > :22:06.lot of fun on this bike. I am happy. I need to learn a lot. And I have

:22:06. > :22:12.fun. This bike has been scary for many. There you have come in.

:22:12. > :22:18.Francesco said he was curious to see your style on this bike. How

:22:18. > :22:26.have you found it? I like the bike. I can do what I want with this bike.

:22:26. > :22:40.I need to improve. Ducati is faster. I need to learn. I need to have fun

:22:40. > :22:44.and to finish the race. Thanks. We are on pole position with

:22:44. > :22:53.Marquez for the third successive race. He needs to finish in the top

:22:53. > :22:59.two for the remaining five races of the season. Interesting, just his

:22:59. > :23:06.crew, his chief, his mechanics and his mentor around him. If we look

:23:06. > :23:10.next door. Moving to second place. Look at the crowd of cameras around

:23:10. > :23:17.Jorge Lorenzo. He qualified in second. He has won from second

:23:17. > :23:22.place in the past two races. This is the only Spanish track he has

:23:22. > :23:29.not won at. He is lapping up the attention. I will talk to his team

:23:29. > :23:34.manager. Grabbing him from the crowd. Always these are tense

:23:34. > :23:45.moments on the bridge macro. How does Jorge handle it? -- on the

:23:45. > :23:52.grid. There is a lot of pressure. The circumstances are nice for us.

:23:52. > :24:03.Does that mean you are running a soft front The Hour today and to

:24:03. > :24:11.bolt from the start? You are right. -- front tyre. To pursue the

:24:11. > :24:20.beginning. To try to do his own rhythm. -- to push from the

:24:20. > :24:25.beginning. A familiar face at the back of the great. The fourth year

:24:25. > :24:27.running he is coming in as a replacement rider, in MCI a couple

:24:27. > :24:41.of times. -- Moto2. How is it on replacement rider, in MCI a couple

:24:41. > :24:48.this bike? It has been a tough weekend. We knew it would be hard.

:24:48. > :24:52.It is nice that my name is even thrown out there for the

:24:52. > :24:58.opportunities. I am grateful for the team -- to the team. They have

:24:58. > :25:03.been great to work with. The bike, still struggling in some areas, but

:25:03. > :25:08.the biggest thing is just time on the bike. The crash yesterday set

:25:08. > :25:13.us back. I shaved off the end of my finger, which did not help! I want

:25:13. > :25:20.to get to the end and pick off a couple in front of us if I can.

:25:20. > :25:26.Best of luck to him. His home Grand Prix will be in a couple of weeks'

:25:26. > :25:38.time. Dani Pedrosa. It is his birthday. 28 years old. Let's see

:25:38. > :25:50.if he can celebrate with a -- a victory like last year. Bautista on

:25:50. > :25:55.the second row. We just saw you having a final word with Dani

:25:55. > :26:01.Pedrosa. How is he feeling? It is his birthday, I am sure he would

:26:01. > :26:09.like to celebrate. Not just for his birthday, but for the race. He has

:26:09. > :26:23.a good pace, but these raises -- races are always difficult. Thanks.

:26:23. > :26:39.Dani Pedrosa on his 20th birthday chasing his 122nd podium. -- 28

:26:39. > :26:43.birthday. It is a crucial race for the Championship. The first couple

:26:43. > :26:57.of laps will be vital to the outcome of the race.

:26:58. > :27:13.A great start for Lorenzo. And it is a good one for Lorenzo!

:27:13. > :27:20.That would be a good one for Lorenzo here, if there was ever a

:27:20. > :27:26.time. They have to use a designated area to do the practice start and

:27:26. > :27:33.they have been doing it. Cal Crutchlow, he is not pleased with

:27:33. > :27:38.that. It is going to be a rush to the first corner. We know that

:27:38. > :27:51.Jorge will be bolting. I think he has gone for the softer front The

:27:51. > :27:58.Hour. -- tyre. It will be a cracking race. Marquez does not

:27:59. > :28:05.have to win any more races, he only has to finish second, and that

:28:05. > :28:10.should be easy for him. He would be feeling foolish if he chucks it

:28:10. > :28:43.down the road and gives away the points. We have a problem. Barbera,

:28:43. > :28:52.I think. It is a fantastic circuit. Poor old Hector. He is in a real

:28:52. > :28:57.battle in the CRT ranks. Those bikes are very different. Whether

:28:57. > :29:01.he will switch to the spare and get it going, whether he will start

:29:02. > :29:11.from the back of the grid, all from the pit lane. It is a big crowd,

:29:11. > :29:17.considering where we are, and a lot of people cheering on number 93,

:29:18. > :29:24.Marc Marquez, the new superstar of MotoGP. It is a technical circuit

:29:24. > :29:30.and this is a wonderful part of it. Down the hill and these sweeping

:29:30. > :29:36.left-hander. Three corners in one and then they shuffle right. Many

:29:37. > :29:41.overtaking places. I have information from Bridgestone. Jorge

:29:41. > :29:47.Lorenzo has gone for the soft. Who was? Marc Marquez. Maybe he fancies

:29:47. > :29:53.running with him in the early stages. That is interesting,

:29:53. > :30:08.Marquez, with his style, his leaning angle, it is tough on tyres.

:30:08. > :30:20.Word is out that Hector will go out on his second bike. The reason

:30:20. > :30:24.Lorenzo is ahead, is mathematically, he is in front. Exactly the same

:30:24. > :30:30.number of points. We talk about Lorenzo. He has done a built-in job.

:30:30. > :30:45.But historically, Dani Pedrosa is the hottest.

:30:45. > :30:53.It is all about clutch control. Really, really looking forward to

:30:53. > :30:57.this one. It should be a belter. Stand well back, this is going to be

:30:57. > :31:05.strong. Marquez on the left, Lorenzo in the middle, Danni Pedrosa on the

:31:05. > :31:10.right. Revs are up in Aragon. A good start once again by Lorenzo. First

:31:10. > :31:21.guy off the line as we head into turn one. Can he shut the door? Yes

:31:21. > :31:27.he has! Bang - according to plan. Already look at that lead by

:31:27. > :31:31.Lorenzo. As we said, Jorge Lorenzo has gone away, but Marc Marquez has

:31:31. > :31:38.gone with the softer tyre so he can try to run that pace. But who can? A

:31:39. > :31:46.high risk strategy by Jorge Lorenzo. Already he has about six bikes'

:31:46. > :31:51.length lead. He has no choice. He has got to win. Marc Marquez second

:31:51. > :31:56.place. He will be trying to keep in front of Danni Pedrosa. He doesn't

:31:56. > :31:59.want to get tangled up with him. Valentino Rossi in fourth. The most

:31:59. > :32:07.significant part of the start was not that Lorenzo did well, but on

:32:07. > :32:11.turn 2, Marquez got down the inside of Danni Pedrosa and gave himself

:32:11. > :32:16.half a chance of chasing him down. The trick will be as we watch

:32:16. > :32:21.Valentino Rossi challenging Marc Marquez. He had a dink there, but he

:32:21. > :32:26.should be able to shut the done. It is whether Danni Pedrosa can do well

:32:26. > :32:32.down the straight, he is so small. There is a left turn and then we

:32:32. > :32:43.see. Turn 16 it out of second gear and, third, fourth, fifth, sixth

:32:43. > :32:50.gear. Pedrosa dropped off Valentino, but he is not close enough. This

:32:50. > :32:56.Superfast left-hander. How about? He has gone super wide. Can he get it

:32:56. > :33:04.back. It may cost him some places. It has cost him some time. Like we

:33:04. > :33:11.were saying, he has got the pace. Laverty has crashed out and No 9.

:33:11. > :33:15.Two riders are down. I don't know whether they have got tangled. There

:33:15. > :33:20.has been a lot of crashing in the other classes. It may well be

:33:20. > :33:25.rubbish on the circuit as we look at Bradley Smith, doing his favourite

:33:25. > :33:33.thing and having a battle with the Ducatis and he is right behind

:33:33. > :33:39.Dovizioso. Jorge one second in front. I do think that Marc Marquez,

:33:39. > :33:45.who is second behind him, he can pace himself and lock on to the back

:33:45. > :33:49.of the Yamaha. This is I think a Honda track. I think the Hondas have

:33:49. > :33:55.the acceleration and that is where the advantage will come. The thing

:33:55. > :34:00.is, when we were in Misano, yes, Jorge did a fantastic job, was the

:34:00. > :34:05.-- but the key was Danni Pedrosa and Marc Marquez kept getting tangled

:34:06. > :34:11.up. But Marquez is in the clear and he can put in some fast laps and I

:34:11. > :34:17.think it is going to be a busy time for bike 99 in three laps time. Then

:34:17. > :34:22.that will be the time when the optimum tyre grip goes and it is an

:34:22. > :34:28.abrasive track. Danni Pedrosa, it looks like we have been run over by

:34:28. > :34:32.a truck there, but the one thing Danni Pedrosa is thinking, I have

:34:32. > :34:38.got the better front tyre. Once we are at pace, it is coming to me now.

:34:38. > :34:42.I'm running what would in theory be a more stable front tyre. The

:34:42. > :34:49.difference is it warms up quicker the softer one. But the harder tyre

:34:49. > :34:57.has a stiffer construction. It has more stability. Danni, I would say.

:34:58. > :35:04.Here we go, fastest lap too. So yes, a risky move. This is -- is this the

:35:04. > :35:14.moment? Yes, three involved. One goes straight on. Laverty there, I

:35:14. > :35:34.hope he is OK. He is getting up very slowly. A few new riders. Scassa is

:35:34. > :35:39.filling in for the Czech rider. Times 48.860. Danni Pedrosa, well

:35:39. > :35:47.every record has been mangled here across the week. The pole lap by so

:35:47. > :35:50.much. So I wz this a good move? I should imagine Marc Marquez is

:35:50. > :35:56.thinking to himself, because he hasn't been able go with Jorge

:35:56. > :36:03.Lorenzo and he has his team mate, Danni Pedrosa, behind him. 21 laps

:36:03. > :36:10.remaining. It is all going to be who can do what. They're all in the 48s,

:36:10. > :36:23.even Valentino Rossi popped in a nice 48.09. There he is. He is being

:36:23. > :36:31.pressurised by Bradl. There is only a second covering the first four.

:36:31. > :36:38.That is a superhard left-hander. A savage break at the end of the pit

:36:38. > :36:44.straight. Danni Pedrosa looked at the outside. But what lor will be

:36:44. > :36:50.hoping -- Jorge Lorenzo will be hoping is these two start tripping

:36:50. > :36:54.themselves up again, as we saw at Misano. They have both got the same

:36:54. > :37:00.motorcycle under them. And they have both got the same aspirations. They

:37:00. > :37:09.both want to win this Championship. But it is wide-open. This would be

:37:09. > :37:17.good news for them coming into the pits. That is not looking very good.

:37:17. > :37:26.For the Paul Bird team. Damian Cudlin, the Australian, is filling

:37:26. > :37:32.in. Let's have a look up the hill they go. Second, third. Out of this

:37:32. > :37:37.part they grab fourth gear and start spinning up, leaving nice black

:37:37. > :37:41.lines. The helicopter doing its best to keep up with them. This is the

:37:41. > :37:46.area where the hardest construction front tyre will work. Into that

:37:46. > :37:53.corner. They have the magnets and the pair of them are reeling in

:37:53. > :37:56.Jorge Lorenzo. I said three laps, this will be the second. It will be

:37:56. > :38:02.fascinating to see what it looks this will be the second. It will be

:38:03. > :38:09.like in a lap's time. This is where the Honda will gain. It has got the

:38:09. > :38:20.Yang on the -- advantage on the yap ma down this section. -- Yamaha.

:38:20. > :38:29.That gap was a second. It was then down to 0.07. I think it is about

:38:29. > :38:34.0.4 now. It is 0.4. Danni Pedrosa is probing on his young, extraordinary

:38:35. > :38:52.team mate, Marc Marquez, who leads the Championship. He is very close

:38:52. > :39:00.to him. Bradley Smith has seen off Dovizioso. There is Cal Crutchlow at

:39:00. > :39:05.work. Oh, he has done it! He has done it! How about that? It is just

:39:06. > :39:12.what Lorenzo ordered. Danni Pedrosa down the inside and past his team

:39:12. > :39:18.mate and boy, oh boy, that will slow things up! I think Marc Marquez, the

:39:18. > :39:21.smart move islet Danni do the work and squeeze past Jorge Lorenzo and

:39:22. > :39:27.follow him through. This is the pass and I suspect it will be in the

:39:27. > :39:35.braking zone. Yes. It is. Squeezing on the brakes. How close do you like

:39:35. > :39:39.that? Front tyre rubbing the back tyre. Danni Pedrosa, the fastest guy

:39:39. > :39:43.on the track, he is up into second. It is matter of time before he takes

:39:43. > :39:49.the lead. Dairn did win this last year. -- Danni Pedrosa did win this

:39:49. > :39:56.last year. A high speed circuit for the smallest guy out there is going

:39:56. > :40:01.to be just what he needs. He has that hole in the air and he can feel

:40:01. > :40:09.the drag through the long last two 16 and 17. He is down the inside and

:40:09. > :40:14.we are going to cutback in time. Jorge Lorenzo, that is a strange

:40:14. > :40:20.corner, that final one. 16 and 17. Because if you miss the first apex,

:40:20. > :40:21.you get a better run on to the straight. Jorge knows he doesn't

:40:21. > :40:30.have the speed, so it is worth straight. Jorge knows he doesn't

:40:30. > :40:38.sacrificing the corner speed. Pedrosa will have to do something

:40:38. > :40:50.about him. Look at that, the Lorenzo is on the Yamaha and it is a

:40:50. > :40:55.sweet-handling thing. He is going to have to be very careful not to take

:40:55. > :41:01.out Danni Pedrosa. I think if I was him I would have five laps to see if

:41:01. > :41:07.Danni can do anything. Don't forget theoretically, Danni Pedrosa has the

:41:07. > :41:12.most durable tyre set up. Yes, he is the guy with the temperatures up.

:41:12. > :41:18.Look at that lean angle. That is interesting, Pedrosa had about one

:41:18. > :41:24.degree more lean angle. Marc Marquez clambers off more. Oh dear me! He

:41:24. > :41:32.has missed the corner. And he is down! He is down. Danni Pedrosa was

:41:32. > :41:40.taken out. Oh, man, oh man! That was so close! That is just what they did

:41:40. > :41:44.not want! That is an absolute disaster for these guys. It is just

:41:45. > :41:50.precisely what they were told not to do. Yes, you're right. But I don't

:41:50. > :41:58.think he hit him. Danni did it on his own. Look, completely on his

:41:58. > :42:03.own. He just spun out. He went in hot. Marc Marquez can't turn. He

:42:03. > :42:07.went straight on. It is just the battle between them. That is the

:42:07. > :42:16.point. They take the hunt to themselves. That is just... An

:42:16. > :42:23.unusual crash for Danni. And then there were two. This Championship

:42:23. > :42:27.will be between Lorenzo and Marquez. Danni Pedrosa a Lorenzo were on

:42:27. > :42:33.identical points. Lorenzo has won more races. Is he going to be the

:42:33. > :42:38.braids maid forever. Will he be well enough to ride again? Has he done

:42:38. > :42:43.his collar bone again? Some breathing space for Jorge Lorenzo

:42:43. > :42:47.and now it is two seconds at least. Marc Marquez has to regroup and sort

:42:47. > :42:52.himself out. But that was a strange situation for that to happen. It was

:42:52. > :42:57.an unusual place. I don't know if there was an issue with traction

:42:57. > :43:02.criminal. Danni just got on the power and it spun out. Marc was

:43:02. > :43:08.running too hot and had to go straight on. I wonder whether they

:43:08. > :43:15.were, because they're both dicing so hard, Danni's trying to chase

:43:15. > :43:19.Marquez and they have outsmarted each other. At least Marquez got

:43:19. > :43:21.away with it. This is all getting hot stuff here. The only thing you

:43:21. > :43:27.can say is it is very good news for hot stuff here. The only thing you

:43:27. > :43:31.Jorge Lorenzo, equal points with Danni Pedrosa. If you were Marquez,

:43:31. > :43:37.you would think, hang on a minute here, I might just stroke this home.

:43:37. > :43:42.Let's not get too silly about this. We know the 34 point lead he had. It

:43:42. > :43:51.would be down to 29. He only has to finish second in every race. The bad

:43:51. > :43:55.news for Danni Pedrosa, for sure now with the Championship as it is, Mr

:43:55. > :43:59.Honda will say you're not about to be tripping up Marc Marquez. Because

:43:59. > :44:04.he the man who could take Championship. It is a fight between

:44:04. > :44:12.the Yamaha and the Honda now. Still with Cal Crutchlow as they close in

:44:12. > :44:22.on Bautista. It is all going on. There is a third podium position

:44:22. > :44:31.that we are look at. They love the doctor here. This is a fantastic

:44:31. > :44:51.battle. Yamaha, Honda, Honda, ham what. -- Yamaha.

:44:51. > :45:09.That is the sweetest sound in motorbike. The V5. That was the

:45:09. > :45:19.very best. We look at Bautista. Maybe that was a slippery bit of

:45:19. > :45:27.the track. Again. He is as keen as mustard, Bautista. Downhill, he

:45:27. > :45:41.would have balked himself a little bit. -- bogged. Last year, Rossi

:45:41. > :46:12.could not get the bike turned in. Rossi is in third. Look at this.

:46:12. > :46:31.Has he got it? Yes, that was beautiful from Cal Crutchlow. Get

:46:31. > :46:47.yourself on terms with Stefan Bradl. The gap at the. -- at the front 1.3

:46:47. > :46:54.seconds. This was the moment. Did he slow his entry speed?

:46:54. > :47:03.I wonder whether he went back to many gears. It was an unusual

:47:03. > :47:15.situation. We see him straight away there was too much speed. It was a

:47:15. > :47:21.lucky escape for Marquez. It was the worst for Dani Pedrosa. He

:47:21. > :47:24.seems to be destined to be one of the greatest never to have won a

:47:24. > :47:34.world title. Marc Marquez must be the greatest never to have won a

:47:34. > :47:49.careful he does not overdo things. 20 points in his pocket. He would

:47:49. > :47:54.like 25. What is interesting is the speed down the main straight,

:47:54. > :47:59.neither Marquez nor Lorenzo have any real drag. Lorenzo was 3.30.

:48:00. > :48:14.Marquez was 3.32. This is looking to be building and

:48:14. > :48:25.building. They are on the same tyres. Rossi is in fourth place,

:48:25. > :48:31.just in front of Cal Crutchlow. There are a lot of.S on the table.

:48:31. > :48:54.-- points. This is another view of this. One

:48:54. > :49:06.of those moments that will haunt him a decade from now. It would

:49:06. > :49:11.have been easier if he did not have to battle with Marc Marquez. Down

:49:11. > :49:24.have been easier if he did not have the hill again we go. We will check

:49:24. > :49:37.the speeds. Going through turns 16 and 17. It is such a long circuit.

:49:37. > :49:57.Rossi was 3.29. Cal Crutchlow was three. We D8. Nothing in it. --

:49:57. > :50:26.3.38. Rossi tends to run more fuel in than everybody else.

:50:26. > :50:32.We are often asked why somebody drops away at the end of the race,

:50:33. > :50:39.it is not always to do with tyres. They have to go on economy. The

:50:39. > :50:43.engine will start to back the power down if they are running out of

:50:43. > :50:48.fuel. They will have a light coming on if they are using too much fuel.

:50:48. > :51:03.You tried to run as efficiently as you can. You can short shift a

:51:03. > :51:09.little bit. Down the hill again. It looks as though Marquez is starting

:51:09. > :51:23.to draw in Lorenzo. We have 13 laps left to go. They are now on these

:51:23. > :51:29.softer front tyres. Rossi is getting a comfort gap over Stefan

:51:29. > :51:37.Bradl. Cal Crutchlow is doing well, as is Bradley Smith. He got past

:51:37. > :51:51.Dovizioso and he is making it stick. That is a very strong showing. The

:51:51. > :51:59.bad news for Dani, he is in the clinic at the moment. He is fragile.

:51:59. > :52:11.We know that. We do wish him the best. We would like to see him in

:52:11. > :52:22.Malaysia. Marc Marquez had three kilometres an hour down the back

:52:22. > :52:33.straight. He will shortly have more. When we watched them go down, tell

:52:33. > :52:48.us that what point he is getting that.

:52:48. > :53:01.Espargaro 11. He has covered himself in glory. Also the Pramac

:53:01. > :53:09.Ducati team. That is the ambulance for Dani Pedrosa. That is bad news.

:53:10. > :53:25.We will keep you posted. We look at Marc Marquez. I make that three-

:53:25. > :53:30.tenths now. It is close. Where would you expect the pass?

:53:30. > :53:36.Probably not at the end of the straight. We have said he Marc

:53:36. > :53:40.Marquez is so strong on the brakes. There are places where you can

:53:40. > :53:46.squeeze down on the inside if you have the confidence. Laps times

:53:46. > :54:00.squeeze down on the inside if you have dropped off. Mid- to late 49s.

:54:00. > :54:12.That is down to the rear tyre grip. They will have to stand the bike a

:54:12. > :54:29.fair bit more up. A natural spot fall Marquez to mug Lorenzo.

:54:29. > :54:33.Marquez, he is close enough for slipstream. It is a long straight.

:54:34. > :54:40.He is not close enough to punch a hole and get through to pass. If

:54:40. > :54:45.Marc Marquez in the next black can get a run through the corner...

:54:45. > :54:58.There is an apex when you let the bike run right out. The last apex

:54:58. > :55:06.is the most important. If that fails, he can run it in hot and

:55:06. > :55:18.bulletin. That is what happened at the start of the race. -- pull it

:55:18. > :55:24.in. I think Marc Marquez is smart enough to analyse what is going on

:55:24. > :55:32.to see if he has a little bit of something up his sleeve somewhere.

:55:32. > :55:41.Unita analyse what the others are doing. Work it out a little bit --

:55:41. > :55:48.you need to. I think he would prefer Marc Marquez to get past and

:55:48. > :55:54.to see what he can do. This is an incredibly long left-hander. I

:55:54. > :56:08.think Jorge is inclined to let him through. There you go. See what you

:56:08. > :56:13.can do. Lorenzo can use less fuel for a lap or two. They have a 6.5

:56:13. > :56:25.second lead. Rossi is a relatively for a lap or two. They have a 6.5

:56:25. > :56:43.comfortable half a second in front of Stefan Bradl. That is good news

:56:43. > :56:48.for Rossi fans. Marc Marquez. He has captured the imagination of

:56:48. > :56:53.everybody. He has broken every rookie record you can and he is now

:56:53. > :57:03.hunting down the real records. It is extraordinary. The Rossi League

:57:03. > :57:28.has been whittled away. They have dropped off power. Last time he was

:57:28. > :57:47.three. Would you than. -- 3.29. That was a let me through tight

:57:47. > :57:51.pass. -- type pass. The great thing about Marc Marquez is that he

:57:51. > :57:56.forces everybody else, masterful people like Jorge Lorenzo, to try

:57:56. > :58:01.things they have not tried it, tactics they have not implemented,

:58:01. > :58:05.whether it is the demon hard start. Even letting him through. Lorenzo

:58:05. > :58:11.is having to think like never before, as well as to the racing.

:58:11. > :58:17.This is tough, even more than when he teamed up with the great Rossi.

:58:17. > :58:26.He has raised the bar, he is also aggressive. I think Jorge Lorenzo

:58:26. > :58:30.did not want him charging up on the inside and wiping him out, because

:58:30. > :58:35.there are no limits to what he can do and how he does it. He is

:58:35. > :58:40.there are no limits to what he can fantastically fast. We have seen

:58:40. > :58:45.him muscle people off the track in an unnecessary way. We look at

:58:45. > :58:52.Rossi doing fire fighting. That was a bit of a favour. Bike number 19.

:58:52. > :58:57.Slamming the door in front of Stefan Bradl, who was trying to

:58:57. > :59:02.make a pass on Rossi. That has given him a breather. Cal Crutchlow

:59:02. > :59:08.is regrouping. Bautista looks to be on a roll. Sparks are flying at the

:59:08. > :59:13.moment. Rossi is clinging on to the final podium position he would

:59:13. > :59:20.dearly like. It has not been his best season. He won the race that

:59:20. > :59:25.Assen and since then a third in Germany, a third in the United

:59:25. > :59:32.States and then 4th. Third place would be a welcome relief to him

:59:32. > :59:37.and his millions of fans. This corner, I have driven around in a

:59:37. > :59:43.road car, you have to go as hard as you can, to automatically find way

:59:43. > :59:48.you ought to be on the track. You find yourself in the middle of the

:59:48. > :59:52.road unless you press on. Completely blind. The hardest corn

:59:52. > :00:10.on the track. -- corner. Cal Crutchlow was nearly out of the

:00:10. > :00:16.seat there. He was trying to get on the power early. That will have cost

:00:16. > :00:20.him more than he is going to gain. Losing time on a long straight like

:00:20. > :00:26.that when you're not quick down the straight any way. That is about four

:00:26. > :00:29.bike lengths. But apparently relatively speaking Pedrosa is OK.

:00:29. > :00:42.bike lengths. But apparently That is good news and that gap has

:00:42. > :00:53.not extended, it was 0.6, now it is 0.05. He is playing his tactics.

:00:53. > :00:59.Also good news, Bradley Smith is not holding at bay Dovizioso, he is

:00:59. > :01:10.almost a second in front of him. So well done, Bradley. Espargaro is in

:01:10. > :01:18.tenth. Always in the hunt. Look at this shot - knee, elbow, about 60

:01:18. > :01:32.degrees of lean angle. The tips of his toes on the footrest. 200 and

:01:32. > :01:39.odd horsepower. I am wondering if Jorge has anything left. Has Marc

:01:39. > :01:47.Marquez given his best and it is not enough. He had 0.06 and wept back to

:01:47. > :01:54.0.5. The one advantage Lorenzo has is in knowing the back so well, he

:01:54. > :02:00.can judge what sort of tyre will the bike have left. And will it still be

:02:00. > :02:08.strong for him. It is still a learning curve for Marc Marquez.

:02:08. > :02:16.Which he has seemed to hang on to that learning curve. Everyone is

:02:16. > :02:23.standing up and cheering. That is stable at the very least. That is

:02:23. > :02:28.good. Valentino Rossi, still under the blowtorch from Bautista. But he

:02:28. > :02:34.is holding him at bay. Valentino is still the third placed man. So

:02:34. > :02:36.wouldn't that be a jolly happy afternoon? Except for poor old Danni

:02:36. > :02:40.Pedrosa? Well, I think we might afternoon? Except for poor old Danni

:02:40. > :02:45.still have a race on. Six laps remaining. Maybe Jorge Lorenzo is

:02:45. > :02:51.just saving himself, saving some tyre. But he is clinging on to the

:02:51. > :03:01.back of the Honda. : He can use -- If he can use less fuel by being

:03:01. > :03:10.towed down the hill, then so much the better. That is the view he has

:03:10. > :03:15.of the doctor. There is your speeds. He is tucking in well. This is the

:03:15. > :03:20.kind of blind corner we are talking about. If you look over his

:03:20. > :03:24.shoulder, you can see the track disappearing over the crest and the

:03:24. > :03:28.climb up the top, you have to get on to brakes before you get over the

:03:28. > :03:34.top of the hill. Bautista looks the strongest to me. He is holding

:03:34. > :03:38.tighter lines and has more grip than Valentino Rossi. He should have more

:03:38. > :03:46.speed. On the bottom of the screen you can see. Bautista now. Has he

:03:46. > :03:52.got him? He has! Bautista going to use the legs of Honda and get

:03:52. > :03:58.Valentino Rossi down the hill. Rossi is right in the tow. This is as fast

:03:58. > :04:06.as you want. Way over 200mph. There is not a sniff in it for Rossi yet,

:04:06. > :04:14.unless he can get some speed around the outside. And stoney faces from

:04:14. > :04:20.Valentino's side of garage. Rossi not quite close enough. There is a

:04:20. > :04:27.second shot on the outside of paut. -- Bautista. But we ain't close

:04:27. > :04:31.enough. Bautista hasn't had a podium this season. It was just it.

:04:31. > :04:37.Remember Cal Crutchlow last year, doing it to Dovizioso on the last

:04:37. > :04:43.few laps. But the Honda has the speed. Even though he took a tighter

:04:43. > :04:50.line, Honda seemed to have that more top speed. Sonchts he could make it

:04:50. > :04:56.-- so he could make it stick. Five laps to go and there is a whole new

:04:56. > :05:02.chapter opening up in this race. Chipping away, seven tenth, six

:05:02. > :05:06.tenths, four tenths. This is rally something -- really something. These

:05:06. > :05:13.guys are making each other ride so well. They are. Lap times since 1.59

:05:13. > :05:19.and a half which is very fast. Look at this high motion camera. You can

:05:19. > :05:25.see the front tyre rubbing on there and you can see it is the tyres, the

:05:25. > :05:32.bottom of the tyre that is flat with the track. As you said, not a bit of

:05:32. > :05:36.word going on in the garage. Everyone just staring at the

:05:36. > :05:43.screens, trying to work out what is going to happen here. Loads of speed

:05:43. > :05:50.by Lorenzo in the entr toy that corner. Really carries -- entry to

:05:50. > :05:59.that corner. Really carries it in. Across the line, that gap is 3. 35.

:05:59. > :06:07.Can he find three tenths in four laps? What you tend to think is even

:06:07. > :06:11.if Jorge could squeeze by. It is keeping them at bay. It is the fact

:06:11. > :06:17.that Marc Marquez, if Jorge can squeeze past him on that last lap,

:06:17. > :06:32.out of the final sharp corner turn 15 down the long straight could have

:06:32. > :06:41.the advantage. A short shift. Grabbing some gears. Through what is

:06:41. > :06:48.a bit like the cork screw in Laguna. This is the tricky part. 61 degrees

:06:48. > :06:54.you have got for a maximum lean angle. This is the crest again. Over

:06:54. > :07:08.the top of the hill. One fluid movement, sits up nice and smooth.

:07:09. > :07:14.That is where his team mate crashed. And this is the final corner out on

:07:14. > :07:18.to the straight. Let's have a look at that gap. Pretty constant. Jorge

:07:18. > :07:25.must be just doing everything he has, using up every single piece of

:07:25. > :07:29.knowledge, skill, speed that he has, squeezing everything he can out of

:07:29. > :07:39.the Yamaha. But it doesn't look like it is working, does it? No, the last

:07:39. > :07:46.time he was 2ks an hour faster down the straight. Three laps left. But

:07:46. > :07:54.Marquez has nailed it now. Seven tenths, he has taken the thick end

:07:54. > :07:57.of half a second out of Lorenzo. Jorge has lost speed down the

:07:57. > :08:02.straight. Marc Marquez has decided to give it another big push I think.

:08:02. > :08:07.Just to see if he can break that. That didn't help at all. Jorge

:08:07. > :08:17.Lorenzo missed the line, missed the apex, lost that, pretty much a

:08:17. > :08:26.quarter of a second at that. So if it stays as this, add another five

:08:26. > :08:32.points on to those 34 points, 49 points -- 39 points he would have

:08:32. > :08:37.left. We still would have 100 points left. I was write gt for The Times

:08:37. > :08:41.and trying to work out how you explain Marc Marquez. How is it we

:08:41. > :08:46.are suddenly thinking of him winning the Championship in his first year.

:08:46. > :08:48.That last guy to do that was conditione Roberts when we were --

:08:48. > :08:53.That last guy to do that was Kenny Roberts when we were kids. In

:08:53. > :08:56.fairness, back in those days, Roberts didn't know the tracks. He

:08:56. > :09:02.hadn't been to Europe properly and he was having to learn the tracks.

:09:02. > :09:09.At least Marc Marquez knew where the tracks went. Of course he didn't

:09:09. > :09:14.know the bike. Bautista now looking comfortable in front of Valentino

:09:14. > :09:18.Rossi for that final podium position. Kralj still -- Cal

:09:18. > :09:23.Crutchlow still clinging on at the back. All of a sudden the maths have

:09:23. > :09:30.crept up and yes, he is in the box seat now. It is no just a 30-odd

:09:30. > :09:39.point. He is really is the man to beat. In your rookie year. Me has

:09:39. > :09:43.broke all the rookie records. It is extraordinary. Valentino Rossi is

:09:43. > :09:51.now not going to have Bautista in front of him for too much longer. He

:09:51. > :09:56.has had enough. He is trying to do the outside line and do the cutback.

:09:56. > :10:02.Is that a rehearsal for the last lap? Well, he was lucky, because he

:10:02. > :10:09.opened up the door for No 6 to get through. Rossi tries to get the run.

:10:10. > :10:16.Watch here, can't quite do it. There goes the M1 Yamaha. Oh! That was

:10:17. > :10:20.close! He has done it. He carries the speed. Bautista is trying to

:10:20. > :10:26.look a way back and he has done it. Now, where are we going to go? He

:10:26. > :10:35.has to change direction. A fight, fight, fight sboo the left-hander.

:10:35. > :10:41.Now, buoy this is -- boy this is... This is Valentino Rossi, he always

:10:41. > :10:45.makes a race. He never gives up on anything. Bautista will want that

:10:45. > :10:49.final podium position. So does Valentino Rossi. The smart money is

:10:49. > :10:54.on Bautista being as neat and clean as he can be through this

:10:54. > :10:57.left-hander and then the left chicane and get the drag down the

:10:57. > :11:04.straight. That is the answer for him on that Honda. Sacrifice a bit of

:11:04. > :11:11.the right for the left. This is where it is going to be. Rossi will

:11:12. > :11:17.take the tight line. He won't want to go the long way around. Look at

:11:17. > :11:22.Bradl. He is also probing away. There is nothing wrong with the

:11:22. > :11:31.speed of that Yamaha. The gap is out to 1. 01 last lap. Jorge Lorenzo's

:11:31. > :11:38.bottom lip will be dropping. Bautista is in all sorts of trouble.

:11:38. > :11:44.Bradl is having a run now. He has gone from hero to zero. That filthy

:11:44. > :11:49.that part of the track. Bradl has mugged him and the doctor is away. I

:11:49. > :11:57.think Bautista got cross. It is so easy, somebody passes you. Oh, he

:11:57. > :12:03.not having this. It is a big lunge back, but he is riding such a long

:12:03. > :12:09.way around. These two are like 250 riders. And the doctor says, thanks

:12:09. > :12:15.guys, you're doing me a favour, because they're screwing each other

:12:15. > :12:20.up. And Cal Crutchlow, can he do something? Rossi could get his

:12:20. > :12:29.podium. We have half a lap done. I reckon #i79 is job -- I reckon #i79

:12:29. > :12:37.is job done. We are in P6 and for want of 50 yards we could be on the

:12:38. > :12:43.podium. A good job done by Valentino Rossi. Bautista had to have a lunge

:12:43. > :12:48.but he did himself in in the process. What about Marc Marquez? He

:12:48. > :12:57.will leave with 39 points advantage. That is 25 for a win. He can afford

:12:57. > :13:03.to drop a race. Marc Marquez, the joint will be jumping when he

:13:03. > :13:07.crosses the line. Valentino Rossi is going to step on to the podium as

:13:07. > :13:16.well. How do you think they will react to that? Marc Marquez wins in

:13:16. > :13:19.Aragon, Loris second -- Jorge Lorenzo is second. And Valentino

:13:20. > :13:26.Rossi is stepping on to the podium as well. Everyone's a winner! Cal

:13:26. > :13:34.Crutchlow is sixth. Bradley Smith is coming around in seventh in front of

:13:34. > :13:38.Dovizioso. Here he comes. A good job. Head down and across the line

:13:38. > :13:45.Crombs Bradley Smith. He has done a job. Head down and across the line

:13:45. > :13:52.terrific job in holding at bay Dovizioso and Haydon and the Pramac

:13:52. > :14:00.machine of Iannone. A nice job. A very lonely ride for Dovizioso. And

:14:00. > :14:12.remember, Ducati won this race in 2010 with one Casey Stoner -- Steve

:14:12. > :14:22.Stoner on board. And Hernandez comes home first time on a Pramac machine

:14:23. > :14:30.in 12th. A great ride for him. Spare a thought for Michael Laverty. And

:14:30. > :14:33.Damian Cudlin as well. All those guys didn't get very far. Danni

:14:33. > :15:07.Pedrosa of course crashed. There are a lot of 93 flags a round.

:15:07. > :15:10.Jorge Lorenzo, a nicer man you would be hard pressed to meet, but

:15:11. > :15:31.he has not captured the imagination of the public in the way that Rossi

:15:31. > :15:40.house. -- has. Dani is out of it. It was looking like top three to

:15:40. > :15:58.the Spanish. It was almost Bautista filling the slot. And Cal Crutchlow

:15:58. > :16:08.has upset that on occasion,. He has gone off the gas early. Marc

:16:08. > :16:13.Marquez had to pick up -- the bike. Perhaps dale macro was in the wrong

:16:13. > :16:21.gear or something. Marquez turning into the corner -- Dani. It is so

:16:22. > :16:30.unusual at that point. The reason it looked like contact, there was a

:16:30. > :16:35.jerk of the bike. It looked like he was being nudged. It might have

:16:35. > :16:43.been the first instant. Loss of traction. They will be analysing

:16:43. > :16:51.everything that went on and looking at the data. It did not look like

:16:51. > :17:04.he went into early. Jorge, going, what am I supposed to do? It looks

:17:04. > :17:20.like a satanic group. A death metal outfit! With the logo he favours.

:17:20. > :17:31.Number 93 is the number of the day. It is great to see him where he

:17:31. > :17:40.belongs. Welcome back. He does not look so please. I thought he would

:17:40. > :17:47.be ecstatic. Four times fourth place. If it were not for Dani

:17:47. > :17:53.Pedrosa, it would be five. You are absolutely right. This man is going

:17:54. > :18:07.to break all records. Where would you like to start? The number of

:18:07. > :18:20.pole positions in the first here? - - first year. There is no rookie

:18:20. > :18:23.record he has not broken. When he wins the World Championship, which

:18:23. > :18:32.he almost certainly will do, you have to go back to the Seventies.

:18:32. > :18:38.It is extraordinary. The Bautista team saying hard luck, you did your

:18:38. > :18:50.best. It was a gambler's throw, but he had to give it a go. It was

:18:50. > :18:54.worth a try. That was a race that was eventful. We did forecast it

:18:54. > :19:00.would be close and interesting. It was. Cal Crutchlow, sixth place.

:19:00. > :19:08.Still only 14 seconds of the race winner. That is how tight it was.

:19:09. > :19:11.Two seconds between Cal Crutchlow winner. That is how tight it was.

:19:11. > :19:19.and Valentino Rossi. And Rossi is winner. That is how tight it was.

:19:19. > :19:23.on the podium. On the Dani Pedrosa side of the garage, they are upset.

:19:23. > :19:40.They will be concerned. All very well to say he is not very much

:19:40. > :19:51.injured,. Will he be 100% fit? Will he be Steph? Will it be difficult?

:19:51. > :20:07.It would not be there this -- will he be stiff? I think he is saying

:20:07. > :20:19.you have 39. Macros. Look. It is the tiniest...

:20:19. > :20:33.It was like he was tipping in. Like it was one gear too early. We are

:20:33. > :20:45.watching history in the making. I think Marquez is asking what

:20:45. > :20:50.happened with Dani. Valentino Rossi, he is pleased to be on the podium,

:20:50. > :20:53.but he gave a be debriefed to the engineers about the bike not

:20:53. > :21:00.turning the corners very well, or whether he had chatter, something.

:21:00. > :21:05.What is interesting is that Rossi did not seem to be able to

:21:05. > :21:14.capitalise in the High mobility areas of the track. He was doing it

:21:14. > :21:24.with bravery and braking. Maybe he was also talking about the choice

:21:24. > :21:34.of tyres. Marc Marquez. What do you say? I have run out of superlatives.

:21:34. > :21:47.Incredible. That moment between you and Dani. What was your view? The

:21:47. > :21:54.race was difficult. In the beginning,... I was able to lose

:21:54. > :22:01.only one second. I thought I was able to be faster. On the back

:22:01. > :22:06.straight, before it, I saw I was touching him and went wide. But

:22:06. > :22:12.they said to me that maybe I touched his cable. And therefore

:22:12. > :22:22.for that reason he loses. I am very disappointed for that. The race was

:22:22. > :22:31.so nice. The soft front tyre was working quite well. Congratulations.

:22:31. > :22:43.Congratulations, indeed. Wickham confirm the results -- and we can

:22:43. > :22:56.confirm the results. A great job from Bradley Smith. Nicky Hayden,

:22:56. > :23:00.53 seconds adrift, a former world champion. It is not working as it

:23:00. > :23:05.ought to. Great to see Valentino Rossi back.

:23:05. > :23:11.I have Jorge Lorenzo here, Charlie. What happened? It seemed like you

:23:11. > :23:17.let Marquez pass and maybe could not catch up. Did the tactic go

:23:18. > :23:25.wrong? And I tactic was to start well and open up like normally. I

:23:25. > :23:43.could not make -- I could make one microsecond at the beginning but

:23:43. > :23:52.simply Marc Marquez was faster. When I -- when he went away, I

:23:52. > :24:04.tried my best. He swapped places as we were about to talk to him. It

:24:04. > :24:10.was not down to me. Have you got him this time?

:24:10. > :24:14.I do, congratulations. It is nice to see you back on the podium. The

:24:15. > :24:20.battle looked enjoyable to watch, what was it like? At the end, I am

:24:20. > :24:30.satisfied. The podium is a good result. I hoped to go faster it. --

:24:30. > :24:37.faster. Today, the choice of tyre on the front, I decided to use the

:24:37. > :24:43.hard, but it was the wrong choice. I was always in difficulty with the

:24:43. > :24:52.front tyre. I had understeer. Difficulty breaking. I had to slow

:24:52. > :24:58.down. But to arrive on the podium is always a positive.

:24:58. > :25:08.They podium is a positive. It was a storming job that he did. He had to

:25:08. > :25:17.work as hard as you like. Bautista, Stefan Bradl, they all rode a great

:25:17. > :25:23.race. Cal Crutchlow was in the hunt. Literally two seconds behind Rossi

:25:23. > :25:30.in the end. That is how close it was. This is what it does to the

:25:30. > :25:57.Malta boys. -- CRT. That circuit is absolutely

:25:57. > :26:07.extraordinary. Espargaro has Mike to be CRT battle -- has smoked.

:26:07. > :26:12.What was it like you? It was fun. I started good. In front of the

:26:12. > :26:19.Ducatis. The first part was good. But this track is really long.

:26:19. > :26:30.Every time on the straight, overtaken, and there was nothing I

:26:30. > :26:43.could do. I gave 100%. Finally, we arrived really close from Iannone.

:26:43. > :26:45.I think this is our target. Cal Crutchlow close to the podium

:26:45. > :26:55.again. Top six, job done. Must have Cal Crutchlow close to the podium

:26:55. > :27:00.been a frustrated spectator as they swap positions. Six, it is probably

:27:00. > :27:09.the best we could have hoped for this weekend. The others had two

:27:09. > :27:13.days of testing. To come away with a top six and not too far off

:27:14. > :27:18.Valentino, it was clear to see, there is a conspiracy theory in

:27:18. > :27:26.Yamaha with how slow hour engine is. We are losing up to 13 kilometres

:27:26. > :27:32.an hour compared to the top guys. Why, we do not know. We need to

:27:32. > :27:36.look at it for the next two races. We are able to challenge, no doubt,

:27:36. > :27:44.but I made too many mistakes trying to keep up with the others. I am

:27:44. > :27:49.pleased. We have gained confidence. We are back where we should be,

:27:50. > :27:55.fighting with people such as Valentino and Bautista. I feel

:27:55. > :28:03.confidence is back. We are able to challenge for the next race. Cal

:28:03. > :28:14.Crutchlow is a conspiracy theories. That was strong. They need to sort

:28:14. > :28:22.it out. With the next circuit, you have less horsepower. They need to

:28:22. > :28:26.sort things out. We saw in the race, coming out of turn 15, trying to

:28:26. > :28:34.get on the power early enough to compensate. You're always pushing

:28:34. > :28:41.too hard. It is disappointing for him. I am sure he is not serious

:28:41. > :28:46.about a conspiracy theory. But when they moved to another factory,

:28:46. > :28:51.Yamaha do not have much reason to get behind Cal, they are more

:28:51. > :28:56.inclined to give Bradley Smith a hand. Quite possibly, but I do not

:28:56. > :29:02.think that would be going on. Yamaha want the best of every rider

:29:03. > :29:09.and they have no reason to do that. Maybe he has an engine that is just

:29:09. > :29:21.not working right. I think he has one more engine left. On the last

:29:21. > :29:25.lap, Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow were within one kilometre

:29:26. > :29:34.of each other. Maybe he is breaking late, but the time does not say it.

:29:34. > :29:40.I am just looking at his glasses matching your shirt! A over to

:29:40. > :29:47.Charlie. Well, well, well. Look who is on

:29:47. > :29:54.the podium. Valentino Rossi. Brilliant to see him there. He did

:29:54. > :30:00.have a victory in Assen. Valentino is very much in the hunt. If Dani

:30:00. > :30:02.Pedrosa had not crashed, it is more likely than not he would have been

:30:02. > :30:19.on the podium. He did a great race and he was very

:30:19. > :30:22.close to Rossi to the end. So consolation for Cal Crutchlow. Watch

:30:22. > :30:24.for him in the next few races. Great consolation to see Valentino Rossi

:30:24. > :30:29.for him in the next few races. Great back on the podium, where he

:30:29. > :30:34.belongs. Alongside his team mate, who is the reigning world champion

:30:34. > :30:43.and one step beneath Marc Marquez who is the odds on world champion

:30:43. > :30:50.for 2013. Three extraordinarily talented individuals at different

:30:50. > :30:55.stages of career. Lorenzo at the height of his powers in the middle

:30:55. > :31:03.of his career. Rossi on the exhaust stroke of his career and this guy

:31:03. > :32:00.has just clutch-started his career and it is on fire.

:32:00. > :32:11.There is dad, a proud dad indeed. No 1 son top step of the podium and

:32:11. > :32:17.Marc's little brother was on the podium in Moto 3 just a couple of

:32:17. > :32:23.hours ago. Champagne time and that is not going to be the only

:32:23. > :32:29.champagne, you have got to say. Come back Marc, unless he has a whole new

:32:29. > :32:31.line and he is going to make a late charge. Yes, he even has his own

:32:31. > :32:36.unique line on the podium. The charge. Yes, he even has his own

:32:36. > :32:47.pretender and the master. 20 paces with champagne bottles. Just

:32:47. > :32:53.recapping those. You have to say Matt, it is tempting to say it is

:32:53. > :32:57.job done? Well almost. 39 points that would mean with four races,

:32:57. > :33:03.that third place in the last four would be enough more Marc. So it is

:33:03. > :33:08.almost job done. This win is almost academic. The decisive moment and

:33:08. > :33:13.perhaps in the Championship was this. Let's have another look. That

:33:13. > :33:17.is the point. I think I heard that Marc said he didn't have the

:33:17. > :33:28.traction control when is coming down. But it was a peculiar

:33:28. > :33:33.incident. It seems there may have been a cable broken that was caused

:33:33. > :33:38.by contact. The only cable that could have been broken if there was

:33:38. > :33:44.would be the wheel speed sensor on the rear wheel. . There is no way a

:33:44. > :33:48.collision would have caused that. I don't think so. I would be

:33:48. > :33:51.surprised. Wen you look at that closely, I don't think there was

:33:51. > :33:56.contact there. I find that very hard to understand. But it does look like

:33:56. > :34:00.maybe there was an issue with the traction control. I guess it will

:34:00. > :34:07.come out in the postmortem. But unfortunate for Danni. The times he

:34:07. > :34:14.has been so close to Championships. But he is knocked and bruised around

:34:14. > :34:18.and if you're Honda, you won't want him interfering too much with the

:34:18. > :34:22.Championship. We say its done and dusted, but you can break your wrist

:34:22. > :34:29.or anything can happen. We still have four tough races to go. Yes and

:34:29. > :34:35.three in three weeks in faraway countries, Malaysia next anything

:34:35. > :34:39.can happen. There was a moment in this one where Jorge as he said, his

:34:39. > :34:47.plan was to lead the race and then just roll off the tlot toll let Marc

:34:47. > :34:53.-- off the throttle to let Marc past. That look over his shoulder

:34:53. > :34:57.was saying, I can't go harder. I think he wanted to weigh what was

:34:57. > :35:01.going on and check out how good the Honda was. Maybe he could find a

:35:01. > :35:10.chink in the armour. But he didn't and let him through. At one point it

:35:10. > :35:16.went 0.05 and then 0 .4 and then Marc just went up another step. The

:35:16. > :35:20.bad news for Lorenzo, now Danni can't help him, there is not anybody

:35:20. > :35:28.else that is threatening to get involved. No, the next rapes is

:35:28. > :35:32.malaise -- race is Malaysia, it is a high-speed race. We know how well

:35:32. > :35:37.Marc Marquez goes around there. The rest of the field were 12 seconds

:35:37. > :35:44.back today in the battle for third. It was a fantastic battle between

:35:44. > :35:48.Valentino Rossi and Bradl and Bautista. It was the old master,

:35:48. > :35:53.Valentino Rossi sort of got sorted out and you see his tactics around.

:35:53. > :35:58.There was some terrific racing. There is so many passes. At that

:35:58. > :36:03.point he nearly wept up the back -- went up the back of Bautista.

:36:03. > :36:07.Bautista stands the bike up and Valentino Rossi was having nothing

:36:07. > :36:13.of it and then Bautista got beaten up! There was so many passes going

:36:13. > :36:18.on. We were pleased with Valentino Rossi and the crowd were, they were

:36:18. > :36:23.going mad. It was noticeable standing here and listening to the

:36:23. > :36:28.crowd, so much more when Marc came past in the lead. I think Valentino

:36:28. > :36:35.Rossi, his merchandising may drop off, because I think there will be

:36:35. > :36:41.more orange 93s out there. Well it was a bad day for Britain's Michael

:36:41. > :36:48.Laverty. A crash early in the race. Let's find out what happened to him.

:36:48. > :36:51.Michael such bad luck. Not the way you wanted the race to go. What

:36:51. > :36:58.happened? A tangle with the three of you it looked? Not sure what

:36:58. > :37:04.happened behind me. That was the first I saw. It looked like he

:37:04. > :37:10.cowln't stop. -- couldn't stop. All I knew I was about to lean over into

:37:10. > :37:16.the turn and I got wiped out. Not ideal first race on the bike. I had

:37:16. > :37:21.made a good stort and Corti had made a few mistakes. But that is the way

:37:21. > :37:27.it goes. Frustrating, because we have been building all weekend and I

:37:27. > :37:34.could have had a good race. But move on to Sepang now. A real shame, but

:37:34. > :37:39.these things happen. Not a lot you can do. No, it does. Emp is pushing

:37:39. > :37:44.-- everyone is pushing hard. The guys at the back are trying as hard.

:37:44. > :37:54.So disappointing for him. Because it was his first proper run on the ARP.

:37:54. > :38:00.Not a got finish. Not a good mascot today. If you don't want to know the

:38:00. > :38:04.result of the Moto 2 race and would like to watch it back in full on the

:38:04. > :38:09.iPlayer, then close your eyes for the next couple of minutes. It was

:38:10. > :38:14.another good day for Britain in that race with Scot Reading who leads the

:38:14. > :38:24.Championship. He went into this leading. But under threat. The omens

:38:24. > :38:31.were not good for Scott. No, they were not. But you watch what happens

:38:31. > :38:37.here. A brilliant start. At the front of the race there is Tyrol who

:38:37. > :38:43.is ninth. The guy in red. He just disappears. Forget him. The two we

:38:44. > :38:50.care about are Espargaro and Rabbit. That was Tom Lutton. He made it to

:38:50. > :38:58.turn 2. He is fine, but it was all over red koefr. And then watch out

:38:59. > :39:06.the front. You have got Espargaro, he is trying to beat Reading. And

:39:06. > :39:16.Reading goes through. And there goes Scott Reading and behind him

:39:16. > :39:23.Espargaro and Rabbit plays a big part. Rabbit through on the inside.

:39:23. > :39:27.Trying to cutback. Scott can't do it. At the moment it doesn't matter,

:39:27. > :39:31.because we have Espargaro behind us and he is the man that threatens to

:39:31. > :39:39.challenge in the Championship. So there we go. Bike No 40, Espargaro,

:39:39. > :39:46.Scott Reading fighting. He does not want to give it away. Down the

:39:46. > :39:51.inside. Brilliant stuff. Tough as you like. Trying to hold him offment

:39:51. > :39:58.Scott Reading is the biggest guy in the field. There is no way you can

:39:58. > :40:04.dedraft him. Instead you fight your way around the inside. Heroic stuff.

:40:04. > :40:11.Scott Reading was not taking no for an answer and pushing as hard as you

:40:11. > :40:17.like. Was there anything Scott Reading could do? There is the guy I

:40:17. > :40:23.told you forget about. Tyrol. A world champion in other minor

:40:23. > :40:33.classes. Second was Rabbit. But the bad news that second was Espargaro.

:40:33. > :40:42.A bit of damage if you like to Scott Reading's lead. But he still has got

:40:42. > :40:47.20 points. Reading, and Rabat. He did as much as he could do to hold

:40:47. > :40:51.him at bay. But it is damage minimisation. It is the same scoring

:40:51. > :40:56.for these boys, 25 for a win. So he is still in a good place. Not bad

:40:56. > :41:00.under the circumstances and tough racing. Never seen anything like it.

:41:00. > :41:05.That was fantastic. Damage limitation as you said. But Scott is

:41:05. > :41:10.with us and he is shaking his head watching that footage. Going into

:41:10. > :41:15.the race you would have accepted that result? I had a different mind

:41:15. > :41:19.set. Sunday's race day and that is what you have got to go for. I had

:41:19. > :41:25.my race head on and I didn't expect to be that consistent at the front.

:41:25. > :41:29.Was t -- but in the end I put my mind to it. I was disappointed we

:41:29. > :41:38.didn't get third. The back straight was killing me and Paul had me

:41:38. > :41:47.there. And you had some surgery in the week as well. Look at that. I

:41:47. > :41:52.had the op last Wednesday and I had a few metal clips in. It wasn't

:41:52. > :41:57.hurting. The leather was painful. But when you go racing, you can't

:41:57. > :42:03.let this bother your mind. We are going for a Championship. That is

:42:03. > :42:08.just to relieve some arm problem. It is not arm pump, but the feeling in

:42:08. > :42:13.my fingers. It was a step better, but not 100%. But I only had the op

:42:13. > :42:23.last week. So as long as we can improve bgs I'm happy. Just get the

:42:23. > :42:30.mechanics to take it out and it looks painful. That is a go-faster

:42:31. > :42:36.tache? We thought we would try and grow a moustache. I be I have been

:42:36. > :42:42.growing this baby for four or five days and it is still not getting any

:42:42. > :42:51.bigger. I feel your pain. Maybe you and me could have a race. It might

:42:51. > :42:58.be ready by Phillip Island. We will let you go and Loat you get more

:42:58. > :43:03.physio. You can watch those races live on the red button. Steve Scott

:43:03. > :43:08.can wrap up a World Championship for Britain. Final thoughts Steve? Well

:43:08. > :43:12.I'm not going to accept the Championship is over and done with,

:43:12. > :43:21.but I think it is a long way down the road. The only person I think

:43:21. > :43:25.the beat Marc Marquez is himself or an engine failure. We will go and

:43:25. > :43:30.watch the other race. We will see you in a couple of weeks. Remember

:43:30. > :43:34.to set your alarms nice and early for the Malaysia Grand Prix in the

:43:34. > :43:41.small hours in two weeks time. Until then, well Danni, get well soon,

:43:41. > :43:43.your old mate Jorge needs you back!