:00:59. > :01:23.This is going to be strong. I was doing it, I was set for the win. He
:01:23. > :01:32.has done it. Pedrosa was going to have to try and do something as
:01:32. > :01:43.quickly as possible. I completely missed the braking. This time he
:01:43. > :01:48.touched. In the touch you broke my traction control system. And then I
:01:48. > :01:58.touched. In the touch you broke my was flying. The guy trying to do the
:01:58. > :02:05.right thing gets the worst part. I think everyone should have the same
:02:05. > :02:12.cars and play by the same rules. It is difficult to change.
:02:12. > :02:20.It is hard not to love him, but is he the Messiah or just a very
:02:20. > :02:27.naughty boy? Marc Marquez continues to rewrite the history books. A
:02:27. > :02:32.capacity crowd have turned out to witness the next chapter. Welcome to
:02:32. > :02:37.the Malaysian Grand Prix. Marc Marquez has been taking some heavy
:02:37. > :02:43.stick for his aggressive riding this season. One penalty point was the
:02:43. > :02:47.result of that. That penalty point goes on his licence, one more will
:02:47. > :02:57.mean he starts from the back of the grid. Honda meanwhile have been
:02:57. > :02:58.penalised. They have had 12 points taken off in the championship
:02:58. > :03:02.penalised. They have had 12 points because the race direction deemed of
:03:02. > :03:09.the bike had a safety fault effectively. This is what they have
:03:09. > :03:13.come up with, a protector of which covers up the traction control which
:03:13. > :03:19.slipped when Marc Marquez made that contact with the Druze in that race
:03:19. > :03:28.two weeks ago. That could have saved them a lot of bother. -- with
:03:28. > :03:35.Pedrosa. As it is, Dani Pedrosa is almost out of things. After Marc
:03:35. > :03:43.Marquez's sixth win of the season, even Jorge Lorenzo needs divine
:03:43. > :03:52.intervention. Marquez has already been on the podium, at all but one
:03:52. > :03:56.race so far this season. His aggressive riding and plenty of
:03:56. > :04:01.criticism so far. But close racing is what it is all about at MotoGP
:04:01. > :04:07.and we have seen plenty of it throughout the year.
:04:07. > :04:23.Looking back on the championship the biggest thing was some of the
:04:23. > :04:31.astonishing passes. Marc Marquez, down the inside of Lorenzo. I like
:04:31. > :04:35.the fact he came back and said, Valentino Rossi did five years
:04:35. > :04:43.previously, no one said anything about it then. Round 1, he had been
:04:43. > :04:50.fast in the test and he got there. There had been that Mendez battle
:04:50. > :04:56.between him and Valentino Rossi. Rossi was having the ride of his
:04:56. > :05:02.life. He battled his way through, past Marquez. He is not at all shy.
:05:02. > :05:12.He has been a catalyst this year to most of the championship. He has
:05:12. > :05:19.made two premeditated passes. Surely not, round the outside of Valentino
:05:19. > :05:28.Rossi. He cannot do it. Oh my goodness, he has watched Valentino
:05:28. > :05:30.Rossi. That was crisis management. In fairness, Rossi ran deep in their
:05:30. > :05:35.Rossi. That was crisis management. to say, you are not coming past me.
:05:35. > :05:41.I am running to the edge of the track. Marquez just took another
:05:41. > :05:49.meter and went round the outside. Marquez said, I saw that happen
:05:49. > :06:01.before. Let's's think about precision. Lorenzo was beautiful to
:06:01. > :06:06.watch at the British Grand Prix. Lorenzo has got the power. This is
:06:06. > :06:14.beyond possible. Lorenzo has done it. Marc Marquez will have looked
:06:14. > :06:20.back on that and gone, I made a mistake there. He died up the
:06:20. > :06:26.inside. He had it, all he had to do was go around the curve, but he did
:06:26. > :06:33.not. Jorge Lorenzo thought all his Christmases had come at once. We are
:06:33. > :06:41.in for a cracking end to the season. My favourite, just for the sheer
:06:41. > :06:48.lunacy. Bradley Smith gets a toast through there. Bearing in mind those
:06:48. > :06:54.guys are battling for eighth and ninth, Bradley Smith took it. It was
:06:54. > :06:59.great to watch. Let's's hope we see plenty more of that racing here
:06:59. > :07:05.today. Unfortunately Stefan Bradl will not have the opportunity to be
:07:05. > :07:08.involved, he was ruled out after a freak crash in practice yesterday
:07:08. > :07:15.afternoon which left the German with a broken ankle. I was a bit
:07:15. > :07:20.aggressive on brake. I lost the front which is normally not a big
:07:20. > :07:32.drama. Then my bike slipped away in front of me. There is this green
:07:32. > :07:40.carpet, which the handlebar went into. Then the carpet came up, and I
:07:40. > :07:45.touched it with my right leg. Really, immediately I could feel
:07:45. > :07:52.something was wrong. I had a lot of pain, I could not move. In the end,
:07:52. > :07:56.there is a fracture. It is not a big fracture, but we need to fix it with
:07:56. > :08:03.an operation and we are checking what is the best solution. He went
:08:03. > :08:08.under the knife yesterday here in Malaysia. The latest news is he is
:08:09. > :08:18.hoping to be fit for next week. The boys back on track in five days
:08:18. > :08:24.time. Hopefully Steve and Charlie, you can hear me. Not the ideal time
:08:24. > :08:32.to be getting yourself injured, three races in three weekends. It is
:08:32. > :08:41.very tough. And they are all physical racers. This one would have
:08:41. > :08:47.been impossible. The good news was, as he said, it is not a terrible
:08:48. > :08:51.injury, it is a broken ankle. He is here today and there is a good
:08:51. > :08:58.chance he will be back at Phillip Island, he does not want Casey
:08:58. > :09:05.Stoner on his bike. Your thoughts on the Marquez decision? One point on
:09:05. > :09:09.his licence, bad decision? Yes, because one point has not really
:09:09. > :09:14.affected him. It has moved him closer to being put to the back of
:09:14. > :09:18.the grid, whether that will affect him is another matter. They had to
:09:18. > :09:25.do something, a lot of people were moaning. The keywords it is, it is
:09:25. > :09:31.actually a penalty to Honda. If Marquez starts from the back, that
:09:31. > :09:36.will not matter to him. Honda being penalised as they had been, for the
:09:36. > :09:41.software failure if you like, has meant they are now neck and neck in
:09:41. > :09:49.battles with Yamaha for the manufacturers title. Honda have
:09:50. > :09:54.learnt something because of that software failure. Quite honestly it
:09:54. > :09:57.has made things better for them. Marquez can ride safely now for the
:09:57. > :10:02.final four rounds of the championship starting today. Weather
:10:02. > :10:09.conditions looking good, the sun is out and it is really hot. Will it
:10:09. > :10:20.affect the way Marquez writes? No, Marquez has only got one speed, flat
:10:20. > :10:25.out or nothing. I am Marc Marquez, and I cannot change, that is what he
:10:25. > :10:35.said. That is what we love about him. And I think he is getting to
:10:35. > :10:39.one or two of the riders now. We had mixed conditions yesterday for
:10:39. > :10:45.qualifying, anything can happen here. Yesterday was an example of
:10:45. > :10:52.that in a short qualifying race we had wet and dry conditions. It did
:10:52. > :10:57.not slow Marquez down. It did not. Valentino Rossi, middle of the front
:10:57. > :11:05.row, he has not done that since 2010. Cal Crutchlow, a great
:11:05. > :11:10.qualifier. Those conditions were tricky, but once again you get Marc
:11:10. > :11:17.Marquez willing to push the envelope further. He was the guy who laid it
:11:17. > :11:20.down. Crutchlow back on the front row for the first time since
:11:21. > :11:27.Silverstone, but still nursing some injuries. It is going to be very
:11:27. > :11:32.difficult. I have got a real bad pain in my right arm from the crash
:11:32. > :11:37.at Silverstone. I need to have an operation on it. We tried our best,
:11:37. > :11:43.the lap times were amazing considering one corner was wet. We
:11:43. > :11:47.pushed hard for that, there is no doubt we need to be starting on the
:11:47. > :11:51.front couple of rows anyway to get away with these guys as best as
:11:51. > :11:58.possible. I am pleased for the whole team. Trying to find a bit of a
:11:58. > :12:03.setup, and my guys, working on my arm. Hopefully tomorrow will be a
:12:03. > :12:04.good race for us. I am so happy because the qualifying was so
:12:05. > :12:13.difficult. Everybody was so fast. because the qualifying was so
:12:13. > :12:20.The rid of everyone was so good. In the beginning it was completely wet.
:12:20. > :12:27.I know the lack time will be on the last lap because every lap was
:12:27. > :12:32.better and better. I am excited, it it was the best qualifying of the
:12:32. > :12:37.season with second place. Unfortunately Marquez beat me on the
:12:38. > :12:42.last bit, but I am so happy. Today was a difficult situation. One
:12:42. > :12:49.corner was wet. I had to keep attention, but push it 100%. I feel
:12:49. > :12:57.good with the bike. I think tomorrow I can have a good race, but it will
:12:57. > :13:03.be very, very hard. 20 laps is so long. But we hope it will be dry. 20
:13:03. > :13:11.laps in this heat will not be easy for anybody. In the mid to low 30s
:13:11. > :13:12.at the moment. Valentino's preparations took a bit of a knock
:13:12. > :13:19.at the moment. Valentino's this morning. Yes, he went out on
:13:19. > :13:24.his number one bike and crashed it. He missed quite a lot of the warm up
:13:24. > :13:30.this morning, not good news. But he love this track. He is at the front
:13:30. > :13:37.row and he is competitive which this crowd will be excited about. He is
:13:37. > :13:43.popular here. There is plenty of Rossi fans in the stadium. He has
:13:43. > :13:47.got to deal with these three Spaniards, but he has a sensational
:13:47. > :13:54.record here. Dani Pedrosa is also hot here. Much stronger than
:13:54. > :14:06.Lorenzo. Would you really want to put Europe books, and helmet on now?
:14:06. > :14:11.Lorenzo, in particular, had a few problems during qualifying yesterday
:14:11. > :14:20.afternoon. With the modifications we made on the bike I felt better from
:14:20. > :14:31.the beginning. Unfortunately, appears the rain. The track was OK,
:14:31. > :14:44.but turn six and ten seven were very dangerous. I had a moment on turn
:14:44. > :14:56.seven, I almost lost it. From then, I did not have confidence. On this
:14:56. > :15:03.corner I last some time. Lorenzo forth on the grid, but he does love
:15:03. > :15:08.this place. He won the MotoGP -- MotoGP title in 2010. He spends a
:15:08. > :15:25.lot of time doing promotional work here.
:15:25. > :15:36.You want me to buy you a T-shirt? Lorenzo is sold out! It is good to
:15:36. > :15:49.be here in Malaysia. It is like a movie.
:15:49. > :15:58.How do you look at where you are in the season now the title looks
:15:58. > :16:06.impossible? You always have to look with positive thinking. It could be
:16:06. > :16:12.much worse. We had some injuries. We are fighting against very tough
:16:12. > :16:24.riders like Valentino. You cannot always win. You have to accept it
:16:24. > :16:31.sometimes. How has Marc Marquez coming in changed you as a rider? To
:16:31. > :16:37.come into the category has made us better riders, I believe. He is a
:16:37. > :16:43.strong rider who always pushes 100%. If you want to beat him, you have to
:16:43. > :16:53.push 100%. Some races in the past I could manage to save a little bit.
:16:53. > :17:01.This year I cannot. I have to push 100%. It makes you stronger and
:17:01. > :17:08.faster. It was quite rare to see you have two crashes in a row. Why does
:17:08. > :17:17.that happen? May I crashed twice and twice I broke my collarbone. Dani
:17:17. > :17:25.Pedrosa crashed twice and once broke his collarbone. Marc Marquez has
:17:25. > :17:34.crashed nine or ten times and has only broken a little finger. I
:17:34. > :17:40.regret crashing on Friday and on Saturday especially. I think there
:17:40. > :17:43.are lessons to learn. You can never change the past. The only thing you
:17:43. > :17:56.can do is to learn from your mistakes. The bike that we have in
:17:56. > :18:00.my team, we have a good system. I am not happy but I cannot say that
:18:00. > :18:06.gamma heart has not put in everything they have to improve the
:18:06. > :18:19.bike. They are working a lot. -- Yamaha. It is not simple to fight
:18:19. > :18:29.against Honda. For me it is enough that they are trying and putting in
:18:29. > :18:36.all their effort. Good luck. He is going to need to fight like
:18:36. > :18:42.Bruce Lee today. I have Yamaha motor racing director with me now. This is
:18:42. > :18:47.a big race for Jorge Lorenzo, trying to keep this championship alive in a
:18:47. > :18:53.tough race. Yes, it is extremely hot in Sepang. The top four riders are
:18:53. > :18:57.really quick. Lorenzo is in fourth position and did not go so well in
:18:58. > :19:02.qualification but his race place is good. We are confident we can be in
:19:02. > :19:08.the mix but it is anybody's guess who will win. You have had great
:19:08. > :19:13.times at this circuit in the past. It is great to see Valentino
:19:13. > :19:20.upfront. Yes, he is really comfortable this weekend. Today
:19:20. > :19:27.could be a different story. If Valentino gets a good start, he
:19:27. > :19:30.could be in the mix until the end. I was saying before that Jorge Lorenzo
:19:30. > :19:35.comes here and does a lot of promotional work for Yamaha. Why is
:19:35. > :19:38.the market in this part of the world so important? This is where the
:19:38. > :19:42.centre of the motorcycle business is now in the world. The numbers are
:19:42. > :19:48.huge. This weekend we have guessed from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia
:19:48. > :19:54.and Singapore. The race is sold out. 80,000 spectators. We need more
:19:55. > :19:58.races in Asia because the market is there to support it. The testament
:19:58. > :20:02.to that is the fact the crowd is sold out. The first time we have
:20:02. > :20:08.seen it. It looks like a different place. It is brilliant. This is one
:20:08. > :20:18.of the highlight Grand Prix is these days. It is hot here. Bad enough in
:20:18. > :20:26.short sleeves. And the humidity as well as about 64%. Imagine how tough
:20:26. > :20:33.it is for the riders. When you are on the bike it feels like you cannot
:20:33. > :20:40.breathe. You cannot disburse the heat. It is like riding into a
:20:40. > :20:44.hairdryer. When you put the suit on, you are completely dry. When you go
:20:44. > :20:49.out, it looks like you went in a swimming pool. This is where all the
:20:49. > :20:51.preparation and training comes in but nobody gets you ready for this
:20:51. > :20:59.preparation and training comes in type of suffering. This is the
:21:00. > :21:05.temperature gays to monitor the rider's temperature inside the suit.
:21:05. > :21:13.It can get up to 45 degrees. -- temperature gauge. It is extremely
:21:13. > :21:19.hot and hard to deal with. They sweat a lot. Some of them can lose
:21:19. > :21:24.two kilos in terms of sweating in one practice session which is a lot.
:21:24. > :21:29.The suit is as ventilated as possible. You can see all the way
:21:29. > :21:35.down the chest and around the legs there is ventilation. May if you get
:21:35. > :21:43.dehydrated, you can lose consciousness. That is why they
:21:43. > :21:51.tried to keep themselves drinking a lot of fluids during the day. This
:21:51. > :21:55.bag holds 500 millilitres of liquid and goes inside this hump which is
:21:55. > :22:02.bag holds 500 millilitres of liquid then placed inside the suit. This
:22:02. > :22:08.connector comes out the top. This piece goes inside the helmet. A
:22:08. > :22:15.rider can then have a drink jeering the session. The most important
:22:15. > :22:21.thing is they train well throughout the year. They start early, after
:22:21. > :22:23.the last race. I normally tell them to have a couple of weeks to do what
:22:23. > :22:31.the last race. I normally tell them they want and then start again. You
:22:31. > :22:38.lose a lot of fluids. This is one you prepare for and where training
:22:38. > :22:46.pays off. You see the locals wearing jumpers and it is 45 degrees. Being
:22:46. > :22:50.an industry, it is no good. I stay out of the air-conditioning and try
:22:50. > :22:53.and acclimatise. You have to drink a lot of water. It can almost be
:22:53. > :23:14.classed as torture. I think they will suffer today.
:23:14. > :23:19.There will be some unorthodox ways of keeping cool on the grid. The
:23:19. > :23:25.riders are not out yet but we will show you when they are out. We have
:23:26. > :23:31.had a photo sent in from a man from Gloucester who has turned his
:23:31. > :23:39.wheelie bin into an ice pack. We do not recommend you do this. That is
:23:39. > :23:47.what he has been doing this weekend. That is how hot it is. Let
:23:47. > :23:53.us have a look at Alvaro Bautista. We hope to get a quick word with
:23:53. > :23:58.him. He likes to get focused and get into the race. He has been a strong
:23:58. > :24:10.podium contender in the last few races. He missed out by just the
:24:10. > :24:16.second in the last race. Top five out of five in the last seven races.
:24:16. > :24:23.This is really an emotional weekend, two years on from the
:24:23. > :24:34.tragic death of Marcus -- Marco Simoncelli. Today is all about the
:24:34. > :24:46.racing. Alvaro's way of keeping cool is a nice cold towel. And they last
:24:46. > :24:50.drink. Alvaro, it helps that your sponsor is an energy drink supplier.
:24:50. > :25:06.Very hot conditions and have to keep cool. Yes. I tried to keep energy
:25:06. > :25:12.for the last lap. It is very important. I tried to survive the
:25:12. > :25:15.race. How are you feeling on the bike this weekend? You have put in
:25:15. > :25:21.some strong, consistent performances. The second half of the
:25:21. > :25:25.year has been really good. We were really good this weekend. The
:25:25. > :25:32.conditions were not easy because sometimes it was raining. It did not
:25:32. > :25:37.Help to Work with the bike but I am confident for the race. We will see.
:25:37. > :25:42.As I told you, on the first lap I try to conserve energy for the end
:25:42. > :25:48.of the race. Rather you than me. Good luck.
:25:48. > :25:54.It will be a real race of survival. Survival of the fittest. None fitter
:25:54. > :25:58.than Cal Crutchlow. He was doing laps of the Isle of Man in the
:25:58. > :26:04.winter on his push-bike. Different conditions here but the hard work
:26:04. > :26:17.pays off. That is an ice pack going in. Let us try and have a word.
:26:17. > :26:21.Excuse me. A quick word. How are you feeling before this one? First time
:26:21. > :26:29.since Silverstone on the front row? I am feeling hot! It will be a hot,
:26:29. > :26:33.long rays. We will see what we can do. It will be tough for everybody.
:26:33. > :26:39.The condition of the track is not good at the moment. We will give it
:26:39. > :26:48.a go and do the best job we can. I look forward to it. All the best. I
:26:48. > :26:52.just got a nudge of his physio to say he did not want us to speak to
:26:52. > :26:58.him. The reason for that is he is in a lot of pain with his arm injury.
:26:58. > :27:01.There was some kind of explosion yesterday inside his arm in the
:27:01. > :27:05.press conference at Silverstone and that has flared up because of the
:27:05. > :27:10.heat. It will be a long, difficult race for him. Let us look at the
:27:11. > :27:15.guys he has to beat on the front row. Valentino Rossi in second
:27:15. > :27:18.place. Wait to see him back on the front row at a circuit where he has
:27:19. > :27:33.nine podiums in the premier class in the past. Six victories included in
:27:33. > :27:42.that row. There is Valentino's energy gel going down. S we can grab
:27:42. > :27:47.a quick word. -- let us see. How is he feeling on the front row of the
:27:47. > :27:51.grid? Pretty good. The bike was good this morning. A little bit of a
:27:51. > :27:58.knock on the first bike that everything is great. Looking forward
:27:58. > :28:10.to the race. It should be a great one and Avon has the crowd. A
:28:10. > :28:14.capacity crowd. Real anticipation. -- you have had some great results
:28:14. > :28:20.in the past. Valentino not any younger but a fit lad. It will be a
:28:20. > :28:28.long, gruelling race. How do you prepare for it? The bike is setup to
:28:28. > :28:30.go fast. He has a few years on the other guys but hopefully in the heat
:28:30. > :28:35.go fast. He has a few years on the of the battle, we will be able to
:28:35. > :28:45.get through. Valentino is 34 years old now. 14
:28:46. > :28:49.years his junior is Marc Marquez who was still in nappies when Valentino
:28:49. > :28:59.made his race debut in Malaysia in 1996. Here he is on pole position
:28:59. > :29:02.for the eighth time this season. For victories from his previous seven
:29:02. > :29:11.polls. He does not need the win today. But that is not what he is
:29:11. > :29:18.all about. Let us see if we can speak to somebody here. Just buffing
:29:18. > :29:21.the shine on his glasses. It is all about the detail.
:29:21. > :29:36.can grab the technical director. OK for a
:29:36. > :29:43.can grab the technical director. OK Not to worry. Let us move on. It
:29:43. > :29:52.can grab the technical director. OK from. All the pace on the front row,
:29:52. > :29:53.can grab the technical director. OK weekend have been Jorge Lorenzo and
:29:53. > :29:56.can grab the technical director. OK Dani Pedrosa,
:29:56. > :30:00.can grab the technical director. OK wants to speak to
:30:00. > :30:17.today but let us see if this man will. The crew chief for Jorge
:30:17. > :30:26.Lorenzo. It is very hot here, people are losing their come a little bit.
:30:26. > :30:31.Heavy rain clouds forming as well. It is really hot. 20 laps is a long
:30:31. > :30:38.race. They being some energy will be very important. Lorenzo starts from
:30:38. > :30:46.the second row. Himself and Dani Pedrosa, we could see a battle for
:30:46. > :30:54.the victory. Yes. Difficult to give an answer. It would be nice to see
:30:54. > :30:59.those boys a long time together. Just winning the race is not enough
:30:59. > :31:02.for us. It would be nice to have those guys battling for more than
:31:02. > :31:08.for us. It would be nice to have two or three laps. Winning the race
:31:08. > :31:11.would be a good start, wouldn't it? Thankfully, the talking is done for
:31:11. > :31:54.now. It is time to go racing. The heat and the strain and the
:31:54. > :32:00.breaking with an arm injury, that is going to be difficult. Yes, but it
:32:00. > :32:05.breaking with an arm injury, that is is extraordinary what adrenaline can
:32:05. > :32:09.do. You do not need any kind of problem here in these temperatures.
:32:09. > :32:13.It is extraordinary what you have to do.
:32:13. > :32:17.The first thing you have to do with pause for the graphic, now let's
:32:17. > :32:30.return to the race. It was a cracking qualifier from
:32:30. > :32:39.Crutchlow. A real key as Matt was saying, is both Lorenzo and Pedrosa
:32:39. > :32:45.have got sensational race pace. Qualifying does not really mean
:32:45. > :32:54.anything. Pedrosa was fastest all week end until we got to qualifying.
:32:54. > :33:02.A good session from Bradley Smith. Michael Laverty their road six, very
:33:03. > :33:11.much in the thick of it. The sea IT guys in a race all of their own. A
:33:11. > :33:22.few new faces in there. And, of course, Damian Cudlin there are
:33:22. > :33:27.replacing Ben Spies. Talking of those guys, it is interesting to see
:33:27. > :33:38.what is going on, who is going where. There are still 12 things to
:33:38. > :33:47.be slotted into place. -- one or two things. This is a very different
:33:47. > :33:53.turn. You can see two things about it. It is a very long way from the
:33:53. > :34:01.start line. It is right where Rossi crashed. It really condenses, if you
:34:01. > :34:08.get hung out on the first part, you can recover. You can, even in a car.
:34:08. > :34:15.This is about 180 miles an hour, before they get on the brakes. If
:34:15. > :34:22.you dare go round the outside, you can just squeeze yourself in for
:34:22. > :34:26.that next left-hand turn. It is going to be fast and furious, it is
:34:26. > :34:37.the real bottleneck into that first turn. 44 degrees track temperature.
:34:37. > :34:43.A nice little breeze out there. Very, very fast circuit this. 200
:34:43. > :34:47.miles an hour a couple of times. One of the keys to this is actually
:34:47. > :34:54.going to be if the cloud does not build up. If it stays this clear,
:34:54. > :34:57.the heat will build. We are heading into the hottest part of the
:34:57. > :35:04.afternoon and it could get hotter again. The forecast has been to rain
:35:04. > :35:07.later on in the day, but it is quite good. Generally when we have been
:35:07. > :35:15.here in normally reigns at about this time. There are the
:35:15. > :35:22.championship points as you can see. Marquez really looks good, but he
:35:22. > :35:28.could lose it. We saw yesterday, Stefan Bradl's innocuous crashed,
:35:28. > :35:43.that is how dangerous motors -- racing can be. Then you come down
:35:43. > :35:48.the start and finish straight. These guys, of course, to a lot of
:35:48. > :35:51.pre-season testing here. These bikes will be more sorted for this race
:35:51. > :35:57.than they have been for anywhere else across the year. Just about
:35:57. > :36:05.everyone has the same tyres. There is no real tyre war is going on. It
:36:05. > :36:13.is about your suspension setup, your durability within yourself. No pit
:36:13. > :36:19.stop here, it will be 20 laps of fast and furious racing. They are
:36:19. > :36:26.getting ready. We are going to have a hot and furious afternoon. Rossi
:36:27. > :36:33.in the middle of the screen, Marquez to the right. Great start from
:36:33. > :36:38.Marquez. Rossi has done a great job. Marquez made a hash of that, now
:36:38. > :36:51.coming back. Lorenzo round the outside! They all turn left, is he
:36:51. > :36:58.in line? Yes, as we forecasted. Pedrosa and Lorenzo getting the job
:36:58. > :37:03.done. What a start! That was brave stuff from Jorge Lorenzo. He went
:37:03. > :37:09.around the outside. It is Pedrosa... Steve, you just said
:37:09. > :37:17.Smith then Cal Crutchlow. What is Pedrosa... Steve, you just said
:37:17. > :37:21.that about? A terrible start from Cal Crutchlow, maybe that injury is
:37:21. > :37:27.affecting his clutch control. But what about Lorenzo? He knows he has
:37:27. > :37:33.got to win races. He is the world champion, if he wants to retain that
:37:33. > :37:39.he has got to win races. The real key to that was Marquez was great,
:37:39. > :37:47.instantly off the line. Rossi actually beat him to the first
:37:47. > :37:53.corner. Marquez coming back again. He knows he cannot let the big boys
:37:53. > :38:01.get away. Those big boys are Lorenzo and his team-mate Dani Pedrosa.
:38:01. > :38:06.Valentino Rossi got through there. The Yamaha lit up and he lost some
:38:06. > :38:19.ground. Crutchlow was through on Smith at the moment. Look at that.
:38:19. > :38:25.We are OnBoard with Rossi now. This is a big stop, this one. Lorenzo has
:38:25. > :38:31.done exactly what he has needed to do in the last couple of races to
:38:31. > :38:37.good effect. He is making Marquez work forehead. 19 laps to go.
:38:37. > :38:44.Pedrosa making a move. Bautista work forehead. 19 laps to go.
:38:44. > :38:55.stuff that down the inside. Very loose from Marquez. Rossi has got
:38:55. > :38:59.back in front of Marquez. You could see already, the Honda have two
:38:59. > :39:11.speed down the street. We have some jump-start here. Riders number
:39:11. > :39:14.five... I can tell you, it certainly was not Cal Crutchlow. At the front
:39:14. > :39:20.five... I can tell you, it certainly it is Lorenzo and Pedrosa. This
:39:20. > :39:29.jump-start scenario, we had the same in Japan. Someone jumps the start
:39:29. > :39:37.and they all follow. You can see that Dani Pedrosa's Honda, number
:39:37. > :39:43.26, had the speed on Jorge Lorenzo. Yes, he is a tiny little bundle of
:39:43. > :39:49.muscle, Pedrosa, he can tap in really tight and carry some serious
:39:50. > :39:57.speed. As we watch Pedrosa are looking pretty comfortable in behind
:39:57. > :40:02.Lorenzo. Marc Marquez is probably just weighing things up at the
:40:02. > :40:06.moment. It would be beneficial to him if Pedrosa could get back
:40:06. > :40:14.Lorenzo. That would take the big five points away from Jorge Lorenzo.
:40:14. > :40:28.Valentino Rossi right out in the dirt. This is down the back
:40:28. > :40:36.straight. Have a listen to this. His corner entry speed is phenomenal,
:40:36. > :40:44.Marc Marquez number 93. Everybody is still in touch. Dani Pedrosa trying
:40:44. > :40:52.to probe his way round. Cal Crutchlow has made up a lot of
:40:52. > :41:02.ground. Marquez is the fastest guy on track. On your screen by the
:41:02. > :41:09.jump-start. It is extraordinary. We are looking back on Dani Pedrosa. He
:41:09. > :41:21.knows he has got to get past Lorenzo before by number 93 takes him out
:41:21. > :41:23.again. Holding a very tight line. Yamaha looks nimble enough to hold
:41:23. > :41:33.again. Holding a very tight line. him at bay. With these long
:41:33. > :41:41.straights, get yourself on the inside into the braking zones. That
:41:41. > :41:48.is where it is going to be at. Having said that, Marquez just likes
:41:48. > :41:55.to fly. They shift up early, taking two gears at once. Pedrosa looking
:41:55. > :42:02.good. We said he had issues in qualifying. It is a new lap record.
:42:02. > :42:08.I cannot keep up with the number of records Marquez has broken. He
:42:08. > :42:14.slashed the qualifying record, now he has broken the lap record as
:42:14. > :42:21.well. It will be busy in pit lane as they all ride through. They all have
:42:21. > :42:28.to go down to the minimum speed. A bit of cement dust put down there to
:42:28. > :42:39.absorb some oil. There was a crash, in Motu two. Look at these guys all
:42:39. > :42:47.bunched up. Bautista doing a really good job. Bautista trying to go
:42:47. > :42:54.round the outside of Valentino Rossi, but there is this switch
:42:54. > :43:03.back. This was exactly the way qualifying suggested it might be.
:43:03. > :43:06.Really close for the top five. Jorge Lorenzo is holding these guys up a
:43:06. > :43:18.bit, they should not be bunched up like this. Here we go, not quite
:43:18. > :43:24.close enough. Here is the first of the jump-start is having to ride
:43:24. > :43:29.through. Dani Pedrosa probing, he has now got a monster problem on the
:43:29. > :43:36.tail of his bike. His team-mate is all over him. Just be careful he
:43:36. > :43:46.tail of his bike. His team-mate is does not buying into the back of
:43:46. > :43:55.him. We are close enough to have a look at the guard over the rear
:43:55. > :44:00.wheel. Lorenzo was probably doing his best to conserve themselves.
:44:00. > :44:06.Making his Yamaha as wide as he possibly can. He knows they are the
:44:07. > :44:17.three guys behind them -- behind him. For Mac -- four Spaniards and
:44:17. > :44:26.an Italian. Lorenzo can set his own pace, but he is not getting any help
:44:26. > :44:31.down the street. As you were saying, yesterday in qualifying, the amount
:44:31. > :44:41.of time you are on the brakes is astounding. The good news is they
:44:42. > :44:47.are not so tight on fuel. Dani Pedrosa, number 26, have a look. He
:44:47. > :44:56.has never been the hardest guy on brakes. Bautista went very deeper
:44:56. > :45:04.there. Cost himself sometime. Riding with your race leader Pedrosa.
:45:04. > :45:14.Bautista has a bit of work to do. What -- watched the last bike. He
:45:14. > :45:18.came very close to taking Valentino. Colin Edwards has now entered the
:45:18. > :45:26.pits. They are all gradually getting their way through. Number five, bad
:45:26. > :45:31.news for him. There is a real sense of urgency with Dani Pedrosa. He has
:45:31. > :45:42.got to get it done, and he knows he has got to get it done. The lovely
:45:42. > :46:00.sound of the Honda. He is also trying to get his way
:46:00. > :46:10.through. He takes a wide line to try and cut back. Third gear. The revs
:46:10. > :46:19.go up as they lay the bike on its side. Dani Pedrosa throws himself
:46:19. > :46:31.into the upright vision to get power back.
:46:31. > :46:42.I do not know if Lorenzo can cut back. If the can cement this coming
:46:42. > :46:52.down the straight... He has. Marcus takes the inside line. He is
:46:52. > :47:04.through. Lorenzo is coming back, forcing the issue. This is tight.
:47:04. > :47:16.How close! He held Jorge Lorenzo out at that void. Marquez held him out.
:47:16. > :47:29.He will not be a will to hold him back so long.
:47:29. > :47:41.If you are Lorenzo, which side do you defend first? Lorenzo is not
:47:41. > :47:51.giving up on that championship. Dani Pedrosa has the pace of.
:47:51. > :48:11.He went wide there but managed to bring it back. Lorenzo is back!
:48:11. > :48:14.Fantastic. Will he get any points? Jorge Lorenzo said in the press
:48:14. > :48:18.conference that maybe they should get points for banging into each
:48:18. > :48:22.other. He should get a point there. He is not playing games. He wants to
:48:22. > :48:35.give Marc Marquez the same as he gets back. Now, a big left-hander.
:48:35. > :48:41.Marc Marquez looking really, really focused. Better on the apex van
:48:42. > :48:52.Lorenzo. Lorenzo still holding him at bay.
:48:52. > :49:06.This is the most sensational session. Extraordinary stuff. Marc
:49:06. > :49:12.Marquez runs it in it deep but poor game realises that -- Jorge realises
:49:12. > :49:25.that. We have not seen Jorge Lorenzo game realises that -- Jorge realises
:49:25. > :49:30.racing like this. It is good to see. 80,000 people getting their money's
:49:30. > :49:36.worth. Look at the entry corner speed. Marquez has made everyone in
:49:36. > :49:48.this championship sharper and better. He has lifted the bar.
:49:48. > :49:57.This is giving Dani Pedrosa a chance to escape. It is also helping Ross
:49:57. > :49:59.Sea stay in touch. These four are clearing off from the rest of the
:49:59. > :50:19.field. There is no more Bautista. He does not have to worry about her
:50:19. > :50:37.dross escaping. -- about Dani Pedrosa escaping.
:50:37. > :50:46.Ross Sea running a bit too deep there. A bit hot on the brakes. --
:50:46. > :50:52.Rossi. He won the race last year. It is his sort of circuit. At the
:50:52. > :51:07.moment he has seven tenths of a second gap. Cal Crutchlow behind
:51:07. > :51:15.Bautista. He has closed him down. He is right on his rear wheel. They
:51:15. > :51:25.have had some scraps this year, these two. Bradley Smith is the next
:51:25. > :51:37.one back, having a good ride. In the battle for fifth position. Nice
:51:37. > :51:45.moves. A beautiful block pass. He did not lose any momentum in the
:51:45. > :51:54.process. He is in fifth position after that appalling start. Jorge
:51:54. > :52:01.Lorenzo has picked his pace up because Dani is not getting away.
:52:01. > :52:08.His tactic for Dani must be to get his head down. He has to go for a
:52:08. > :52:09.break if there is one in it. It looks like Jorge has picked up the
:52:09. > :52:31.pace. Andrea Iannone there is explained in
:52:31. > :52:35.how the bike was not turning. We had Ben Spies coming in a few years ago
:52:35. > :52:40.because he thought he had a soft rear tyre but he did not have one.
:52:41. > :52:46.But if your confidence is not there, you cannot ride it fast.
:52:46. > :52:52.Lorenzo has been riding it hard and fast. Nothing between Lorenzo and
:52:52. > :53:11.Dani Pedrosa. What is going on here? Nicky Hayden
:53:11. > :53:27.has retired. There is smoke coming out of the bike. That is a warranty
:53:27. > :53:33.claim! That is not a good site. That is second only to John Hopkins
:53:33. > :53:38.kicking his Suzuki a few years ago. One of life's funny moments. We
:53:38. > :53:59.still watch Marquez chasing Lorenzo. It is broken. Not a common sight.
:53:59. > :54:07.The Ducati engine is normally reliable. Is Marquez going to push
:54:07. > :54:20.hard and get through? Is he happy sitting in third position? It would
:54:20. > :54:32.be nice to have a 35 point lead. He has gone through! Can he hold him
:54:32. > :54:40.out? You could see Lorenzo not giving in. Doing everything he
:54:40. > :54:45.could. He got himself through. Jorge Lorenzo will be furious. Now Marc
:54:45. > :54:56.Marquez goes into second. Watch aims to shove him out -- watch
:54:56. > :55:09.him shove him to the edge. Those two Watch aims to shove him out -- watch
:55:09. > :55:22.will not be exchanging Christmas cards.
:55:22. > :55:31.I was surprised Dani was not able to escape but he now has that lead. We
:55:31. > :55:35.will now see who has the tyres, stamina and strength to keep this
:55:35. > :55:45.going. We are shortly coming up to the half race.
:55:45. > :55:54.This gap has opened out a little bit because of the shenanigans between
:55:54. > :56:04.Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo. Once we get a clean stamp at a full start to
:56:04. > :56:10.finish measurement, expect that gap to close down. Dani Pedrosa will be
:56:10. > :56:19.riding faster than he ever has before. He is achieving just under
:56:19. > :56:28.200 mph on the straight. If we had good, clean, cool as they would be
:56:28. > :56:30.doing about 220 mph. But because of the high air temperatures, the bikes
:56:30. > :56:55.do not like that. Let us check these gaps. He has
:56:55. > :57:04.taken another ten. Let us see what Marquez can do. Now he will regroup.
:57:04. > :57:18.Marc Marquez got flustered. He now has a clear lap. Ten laps remaining.
:57:18. > :57:27.We will now get a clear lap. Rossi is in fourth.
:57:27. > :57:41.Knee, elbow and handlebar. Look at that. Look at the exhaust moving
:57:41. > :57:48.around. It is designed to do that. His body weight right to the inside.
:57:48. > :57:51.Traction control will be assisting. He will have his chin on the ground
:57:51. > :58:01.next if he is not careful. He pushes so hard.
:58:01. > :58:15.It is a really physical circuit. Dani Pedrosa is on painkillers and
:58:16. > :58:25.still bruised. He has a sore hip where he hit the ground very, very
:58:25. > :58:34.hard. The gap is starting to come back.
:58:34. > :59:02.Marc Marquez nailed it again. He has opened it out. That engine that
:59:02. > :59:08.Nicky Hayden had, that will be his second withdrawal. He will only have
:59:08. > :59:21.three left. Look at this, Cal Crutchlow and Alvaro Bautista.
:59:21. > :59:34.Bradley Smith running around in seventh.
:59:34. > :59:46.Those CRT bikes get a caning on a circuit like this. Yes, and I think
:59:47. > :59:57.Cal Crutchlow will struggle with Bautista. His bike does not have the
:59:57. > :59:58.seamless gear shift on the Yamaha. I will think Alvaro Bautista can pick
:59:58. > :00:04.him off on this straight. Yes, the will think Alvaro Bautista can pick
:00:04. > :00:18.satellite bikes have a different tech spec.
:00:18. > :00:31.They are dropping like flies. It is a tough old place on engines.
:00:31. > :00:40.This is absolutely all Marc Marquez needs to do. He is still taking
:00:40. > :00:43.points out of Lorenzo. Unless Marc is hit by a meteor shower, Dani
:00:44. > :00:57.Pedrosa is not going to meet him this year. These two still at play.
:00:57. > :01:03.Number 19, which is pretty much a factory spec Honda, just having the
:01:03. > :01:10.legs on Cal Crutchlow. Crutchlow will be really feeling it on the big
:01:10. > :01:16.breaks. As the race goes on, the bikes get hotter. Crutchlow will
:01:16. > :01:26.just hang in there. That is the pass into the street. That was so
:01:26. > :01:31.committed from Bautista, wasn't it? Crutchlow has a look at turning it
:01:31. > :01:37.back. The Honda will have that advantage. Eight laps remaining.
:01:37. > :01:45.Crutchlow will cling onto the back of Bautista. Pretty solid ride from
:01:45. > :01:52.him. We were talking to match before... Watched the start, watch
:01:52. > :01:58.Crutchlow particularly. It is a good view, you are riding with Pedrosa.
:01:58. > :02:05.Rossi did a good job. What has happened there? I don't know, he
:02:05. > :02:11.just did not have his gear shift right. He just did not go. Once he
:02:11. > :02:23.got second gear, that is where he lost the time. Look at that. Marquez
:02:23. > :02:24.just jams it down. The front wheel came up for Crutchlow. It is so
:02:25. > :02:31.just jams it down. The front wheel difficult to get that right. That
:02:31. > :02:37.was Marquez trying to give Rossi a short, back and sides. He does not
:02:37. > :02:50.mind the fights he picks, Marquez, and he gets results. They are just
:02:50. > :03:01.going around the very last turn. It looks about a similar gap to me.
:03:01. > :03:08.Still 1.8. Marquez again Trail Blake King it, his stylus or different to
:03:08. > :03:19.all the other MotoGP riders. -- trailblazing. Realistically, I know
:03:19. > :03:25.Marc says he only has one pace, but the sensible thing to do is not push
:03:25. > :03:30.the envelope any more. He has a nice, comfortable lead. The obvious
:03:30. > :03:40.thing to do is sit there, but I do not think he will. 43 points. 25 for
:03:40. > :03:45.a win. Three races left, there will only be 75 on the table after this
:03:45. > :03:53.race. All he has to do is keep circulating. The gap stabilised
:03:53. > :03:57.there. Dani Pedrosa knows who is following. He is an exceptionally
:03:57. > :04:03.great rider around this circuit, probably one of the most unlucky
:04:03. > :04:07.riders. The chance of cooking that wire, you have more chance of
:04:07. > :04:21.catching a fish in the swimming pool I am in. -- a fish in the swimming
:04:21. > :04:25.pool of the hotel I am in. If it looks as though could rose is
:04:25. > :04:29.running out of tyres, anything like that, Marquez will really increase
:04:29. > :04:38.the pressure. -- Pedrosa. What 18, that, Marquez will really increase
:04:38. > :04:44.apart from incidents, and those incidents have not always been their
:04:44. > :04:52.own fault, have been pretty solid. Marquez has been on the podium every
:04:52. > :05:00.time apart from one. Michael Laverty has crashed out, perfectly OK. He
:05:00. > :05:13.has crashed out, he was down. That is frustrating because he was not in
:05:13. > :05:17.a bad place. That was the past he went through. It was a block past on
:05:17. > :06:06.the inside. Look at that Another force.
:06:06. > :06:21.the top four in the last nine races. He is better than that. Again, you
:06:21. > :06:27.cannot knock him. 34 years old. 14 laps out there behind his younger
:06:27. > :06:32.team-mates. He is seven seconds away from Dani Pedrosa. 2.6 behind
:06:32. > :06:36.Lorenzo, the reigning world champion. There is not much wrong
:06:36. > :06:48.with Valentino Rossi. Doing a great job. That gap still sits at around
:06:49. > :06:59.two seconds. I think Marquez is now saying, here is a little gift. There
:06:59. > :07:10.is your 25 points. Now are we square? Jorge Lorenzo was two tenths
:07:10. > :07:18.of a second faster than Marc Marquez. Has Marquez got any issues?
:07:18. > :07:23.He has never ridden a MotoGP bike around this circuit, in this heat in
:07:23. > :07:34.competitive conditions. It is physically demanding. If he starts
:07:34. > :07:38.dehydrating, that is an issue. When it is hot here, when it is not
:07:39. > :07:45.racing, it is the most physically demanding race of the season. Their
:07:45. > :07:53.rematch so. I am wondering if he is getting tired. It is something you
:07:53. > :07:58.cannot really practice. You can train all of your life, but riding
:07:58. > :08:08.under this heat, in this intensity... Cal Crutchlow is not
:08:08. > :08:15.done with yet. He will not give in. He is very much not giving in,
:08:15. > :08:16.putting him under pressure. These two are separated by nothing, as you
:08:16. > :08:34.can see. It is a cracking crowd here. You
:08:34. > :08:44.give everyone a ticket for a fiver, they all turn up. Such an important
:08:44. > :08:50.market for Yamaha. They sell so many of the machines around here.
:08:50. > :08:51.Everyone commutes on them. There are literally hundreds of them on the
:08:51. > :09:08.roads. You can see the Honda just stretches
:09:08. > :09:17.away from the acceleration. Closes on the apex. Crutchlow got on the
:09:17. > :09:25.power little bit earlier that point. It will stretch out now, over the
:09:25. > :09:35.line we go. Last time around, Marquez had a bad time. Cal
:09:35. > :09:42.Crutchlow just takes a little -- takes him a little wide. Just a
:09:42. > :09:54.little bit too hot. Can he claw it back again? Still 2.5 seconds, the
:09:54. > :10:02.gap at the front. The previous lap, Lorenzo lapsed faster than Marquez.
:10:02. > :10:13.Maybe Marquez just had a bad lap. He has a buffer of three seconds, so it
:10:13. > :10:22.should be enough. Two bikes at that corner. Everyone counting down. It
:10:22. > :10:30.should be enough. Two bikes at that has become more spaced. And a little
:10:30. > :10:33.disappointing compared to the way qualifying suggested. The first half
:10:33. > :10:40.of this race was jammed together very tight, just as the qualifier
:10:40. > :10:47.had delivered. Man and machine are both tiring. Pedrosa 2.5 seconds
:10:47. > :10:57.from Marquez. Three seconds from Rossi. Shortly to be three laps
:10:57. > :11:11.remaining. Silverstone is the longest track. Much hotter at
:11:11. > :11:17.Silverstone! Paroled Valentino Rossi, qualified second, but with
:11:17. > :11:23.three laps left, the podium is alluding him. Lorenzo, I do not
:11:23. > :11:30.think we have seen him race more firmly than that, even when he was
:11:30. > :11:35.chasing and trying to get on terms with Rossi earlier in his MotoGP
:11:35. > :11:55.career. The last time we saw something like this was in 2010 in
:11:55. > :12:04.Japan. The Spargo doing well. Aleix Espargaro doing well still with a
:12:04. > :12:23.heavy lean angle from Dani Pedrosa. You see him grabbing a couple of
:12:23. > :12:27.gears quickly there. 58 degrees lean angle, that is with the tyres
:12:27. > :12:30.completely worn out. They are angle, that is with the tyres
:12:30. > :12:36.designed to be completely worn out by the end of the race. You see him
:12:36. > :12:42.leaping from one side of the bike to the other, he is bruised and on
:12:42. > :12:46.painkillers but doing a pretty good job. I do not know what the
:12:46. > :12:59.painkillers are, but I will have some. Turn 15. Dropping how much
:12:59. > :13:06.speed? Takes a very deep lying going into it. You missed the first apex
:13:06. > :13:24.and nail the second one. You carry the speed down the street. They are
:13:25. > :13:27.going for 200 miles an hour -- from 200 miles an hour to 70 miles an
:13:27. > :13:40.hour. It will be fascinating next year
:13:40. > :13:43.with an extra class coming into the championship with these customer
:13:43. > :13:51.bikes which will be allowed to have more fuel. Factory bikes will be
:13:51. > :13:53.reduced to 20 litres. Cal Crutchlow is sending off Bautista again. There
:13:54. > :14:07.will be Yamaha 's out there with not is sending off Bautista again. There
:14:07. > :14:17.as good and eligible neck package. -- electronics package. You cannot
:14:17. > :14:25.maximise the width on these factory bikes any more. They have two have a
:14:25. > :14:30.system which probably will not be as finite and well sorted as the
:14:30. > :14:50.factory Yamaha team. But down the street it will probably be better.
:14:50. > :14:57.-- straight. It is no good having all the horsepower if you cannot lay
:14:57. > :15:02.down on the track. Bautista once this badly. A great bit of racing
:15:03. > :15:10.between the pair of them. They are still fighting for fifth place on
:15:10. > :15:17.the track. On the last lap, Dani Pedrosa, 2.9 seconds. It is going to
:15:17. > :15:26.be cold comfort given what happened on the last race. Can Crutchlow
:15:26. > :15:31.sorted out? One lap to go. Cal Crutchlow was doing a good job of
:15:31. > :15:37.blocking. He knew Bautista would have the speed. Bautista has
:15:37. > :15:42.probably learnt if he breaks too late he will wipe out part of the
:15:42. > :15:56.track. We ride with the leader Dani Pedrosa. This will be his 25th win
:15:57. > :16:01.in MotoGP. He has had two wins so far this season, compared to his
:16:01. > :16:12.team-mate Marc Marquez. This will bring him up to three. Rossi has had
:16:12. > :16:16.the other win. We did think we had not seen the best of him in
:16:16. > :16:18.qualifying. Fastest throughout the whole weekend in the practice
:16:18. > :16:33.sessions until it got down to that one. But Dani Pedrosa is going to
:16:33. > :16:34.lock another one away. This time last year he was racing against
:16:34. > :16:49.Casey Stoner. This guy will go away with three
:16:49. > :17:05.races remaining. Dani Pedrosa is This guy will go away with three
:17:05. > :17:09.going to win it but he will be wondering what and if. Dani Pedrosa
:17:09. > :17:14.going to win it but he will be wins in Malaysia. Marc Marquez, his
:17:14. > :17:21.team-mate, cross the line second. And Jorge Lorenzo, reigning
:17:21. > :17:36.champion, will join them on the podium. Valentino Rossi in fourth.
:17:36. > :17:55.Fifth for Alvaro Bautista. A good ride for him.
:17:55. > :18:05.So that is your top eight. A rather spread out second half of the race.
:18:05. > :18:17.Very significant points wise. Very entertaining in the first half. A
:18:17. > :18:21.good ride from Hernandez. I am waiting to see the body language
:18:21. > :18:29.between Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo. It was pretty boisterous
:18:29. > :18:37.stuff. Marc Marquez does not ride to make friends. Yes, Jorge Lorenzo is
:18:37. > :18:45.looking at this championship slipping through his fingers. He
:18:45. > :18:52.needed this race. A very, very solid ride by Dani Pedrosa. Marquez does
:18:52. > :18:55.not need to turn up for the next round and Lorenzo could win it and
:18:55. > :19:08.it would probably still not be enough. It is that tough. The great
:19:08. > :19:10.price Dani Pedrosa pays is that twice he has not finished. He made a
:19:10. > :19:14.mistake in Germany and his twice he has not finished. He made a
:19:14. > :19:20.team-mates made mistakes him in the last race. Lorenzo hurt himself in
:19:20. > :19:30.Holland. He did manage to get some points. Interesting. I do not think
:19:30. > :19:38.Lorenzo would have offered the hand myself. I am pleased to see that.
:19:38. > :19:47.Whatever you think of anyone, anyone riding at this sort of level, you
:19:47. > :19:52.have a huge respect for them. Jorge was a little nasty towards him at
:19:52. > :19:59.the press conference. A poignant moment for Valentino Rossi. This is
:19:59. > :20:10.where Marco Simoncelli was killed moment for Valentino Rossi. This is
:20:10. > :20:17.two years ago. It is a tough moment for the Rossini team. A tough moment
:20:17. > :20:32.for everyone. We all enjoyed him racing.
:20:32. > :20:40.I know you were looking forward to drink. Can you imagine what these
:20:40. > :20:59.are feeling? They will probably have water though. Nicely done, Dani
:20:59. > :21:04.Pedrosa. Marquez has extended his lead over Lorenzo. Dani Pedrosa has
:21:04. > :21:18.actually closed up on Lorenzo as well. So second place in the
:21:18. > :21:27.Championship is very much wide open. Marc Marquez could wrap up the
:21:27. > :21:33.Championship. He could. Jorge will not be pleased with that. He did his
:21:33. > :21:42.best. Truthfully, the Honda looks to be the better package at the moment.
:21:42. > :21:54.Credit to both the drivers on the Hondas. If Jorge Lorenzo had not had
:21:54. > :22:04.that crash in Holland... It was a block pass from Marc Marquez again.
:22:04. > :22:19.Great, great racing. He cannot carry the corner speed as
:22:19. > :22:26.he goes down but is able to run it out wide. There is nothing in the
:22:26. > :22:39.rule book which says you cannot do that.
:22:39. > :22:58.Fourth again. I think he was saying he had some brake problems there.
:22:58. > :23:06.Fewer places are harder on breaks them here. At the end, from Rossi to
:23:06. > :23:15.Dani Pedrosa, there was ten seconds in it. Once Rossi was in a comfort
:23:15. > :23:21.zone, no one was challenging him. Let us confirm the result. The three
:23:21. > :23:39.Spaniards have done it again. Marc, congratulations. One step
:23:39. > :23:47.closer to the championships. What was it like in these conditions? In
:23:47. > :23:56.the end it was quite hard. I had a good battle with Jorge in the
:23:56. > :24:01.beginning. I tried to do a quick overtake but we lost time there. We
:24:01. > :24:06.had a great battle. I saw there was too much risk to try and catch Dani
:24:06. > :24:15.Pedrosa. I thought, second will be OK. Match point now in Phillip
:24:15. > :24:21.Island in one week. Good luck. Thank you. A few things would have to
:24:21. > :24:28.happen for him to win it there. you. A few things would have to
:24:28. > :24:43.Crutchlow did his best. Yes, I think he did. He could not
:24:43. > :24:46.get any grip, spinning out the corners. Congratulations Dani
:24:46. > :24:58.Pedrosa. Dani, what was that race like once
:24:58. > :25:05.you got in front? It looked comfortable. It was not because the
:25:05. > :25:17.conditions were extremely hot. Actually, on the grid, I was already
:25:17. > :25:27.super warm. I knew it would be tough. I had a good run and enjoyed
:25:27. > :25:33.it very much. Thanks to all my fans who supported me in the last week.
:25:33. > :25:57.Congratulations. Yes, congratulations indeed.
:25:57. > :26:06.So, Valentino Rossi looks safe in fourth in the Championship. Most of
:26:06. > :26:10.those places seem to be pretty resolved. They do. Barbera slipping
:26:10. > :26:30.down with his injury. Jorge, I am sure you are
:26:30. > :26:39.disappointed with that result. Some quite tense moments. How was it for
:26:39. > :26:45.you? The only thing I could do was try and overtake him again and
:26:45. > :26:50.again. I did not want to get nervous and make some mistakes. But when you
:26:50. > :26:54.are slower, it is difficult. Today they are much much faster. We
:26:54. > :27:03.finished in third place, the best result we could make. Thank you.
:27:03. > :27:07.It is impossible in fact because all Marc Marquez has to do in Phillip
:27:07. > :27:13.Island is back himself seven points and it is all over. There are only
:27:13. > :27:15.50 points left after Phillip Island. So he only has to get seven points
:27:15. > :27:32.and it is all done. That was Dani Pedrosa taking the
:27:32. > :27:36.lead on turn 15. Nicely done. Once you are parked in the middle of the
:27:36. > :27:40.track that is it. He has not got much to do in Phillip Island. Just
:27:40. > :27:55.keep his nose clean and not injure himself. He did today. If he has the
:27:56. > :28:03.same result as we have seen here, it will be done. Not enough points
:28:03. > :28:10.left. Look at that crowd. And what a stadium. Built in 1999. Quite a
:28:10. > :28:14.spectacular circuit. A great place to watch from. You can watch three
:28:14. > :28:22.or four corners from that stand. A special place. If you have a cold
:28:22. > :28:29.beer, a nice spot to be. So, for the Championship, we wonder if Jorge
:28:29. > :28:42.Lorenzo can do better than third in Australia. Then we go to Japan and
:28:42. > :28:45.we keep going. They are not friends. Not a great deal of love lost
:28:45. > :28:49.amongst those three but that is motor racing for you. You can be
:28:49. > :28:52.mates with people slower than you but when you are fighting for a
:28:52. > :28:56.championship, it is tense out there. Or just amongst the riders
:28:56. > :29:03.and teams but you are fighting for the team managers. It is a tense
:29:03. > :29:17.event. Once you retire, you mellow a great deal. Everyone mellows.
:29:17. > :29:45.This is interesting. Honda is in fine Vettel.
:29:45. > :29:48.It was a controversial moment when they lost the 25 points from the
:29:48. > :30:14.manufacturers championship. Pretty special trophies. Mentally to
:30:14. > :30:26.helmets. They will wish they had those on today. -- ventilated. A
:30:26. > :30:36.nice breeze. The rain stayed away. That was extraordinary. The sun
:30:36. > :30:46.stayed out the whole time, there was no cloud cover to cool things off. A
:30:46. > :30:52.big round of applause. These guys have got to pack everything up
:30:52. > :30:54.tonight. Head to the airport to Kuala Lumpur where they will be
:30:54. > :31:12.shipped out to Melbourne. A punishing schedule. Good to
:31:12. > :31:22.Dani Pedrosa on the top step of the podium. Still very much a
:31:22. > :31:27.competitive rider. Now that Marquez is the man, still a very able
:31:27. > :31:33.team-mate. Lorenzo has Rossi as a great back-up. If Marquez is going
:31:33. > :31:39.to be the charge of the future, having someone as experienced as
:31:39. > :31:46.Dani Pedrosa, even in a number two rule, will be very useful for Honda.
:31:46. > :31:48.Arguably, the title for a second is what we have got to keep an eye on
:31:48. > :32:00.now. Another win to add to his tally. A
:32:00. > :33:20.third for the year. Fantastic victory for Dani Pedrosa
:33:20. > :33:25.at the Malaysian Grand Prix. You get the feeling that as long as this
:33:25. > :33:29.championship is alive, Jorge Lorenzo will keep fighting. 80,000 people
:33:29. > :33:37.championship is alive, Jorge Lorenzo enjoy this race, I hope you enjoyed
:33:37. > :33:38.it at home. We are live from Philip Island next week. 5:30am start.