:02:26. > :02:32.Rossi? Dishonouring the Roman emperor back in 2001... Sometimes
:02:32. > :02:38.comes a moment when the current hierarchy has to lie down... They
:02:38. > :02:47.have hit each other! Foot down, off the track! And Valentino Rossi is
:02:47. > :02:51.going off! Casey Stoner tries to come back... The question is, are we
:02:51. > :03:01.witnessing any changing of the guard over the reigning aristocracy assert
:03:01. > :03:09.
:03:09. > :03:12.their dominance? Enough for a Jorge Lorenzo to think about heading into
:03:12. > :03:17.the fourth round of the MotoGP World Championship. Welcome to the man for
:03:17. > :03:21.the French word -- French Grand Prix that looks set to take place in iffy
:03:21. > :03:24.conditions. We could see some surprises at the front and perhaps
:03:24. > :03:29.if with different winner from the opening four rounds of the season.
:03:29. > :03:34.It has been one apiece for Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, who
:03:34. > :03:39.leads the Championship by virtue of that backyard move on his fellow
:03:39. > :03:43.Spaniard two weeks ago. Cal Crutchlow dies in fifth place and
:03:43. > :03:47.the good news is he is fit to ride today after a late fitness check
:03:48. > :03:55.this morning. He had quite a heavy crash during free practice yesterday
:03:55. > :04:00.morning, look at this. Like he loses traction on the rear in the dry
:04:00. > :04:05.conditions and he came down hard. The session was red flagged as he
:04:05. > :04:11.was lying prone on the floor. We were all worried but he did not need
:04:11. > :04:16.any stretch, he rode his bike! He was diagnosed with a fracture to the
:04:16. > :04:20.top of his tibia and he also had taken quite a knock to his head,
:04:20. > :04:26.which is why he had to go through checks this morning but he is like
:04:26. > :04:36.Chuck Norris, it will be 28 lap of gruelling racing for him this
:04:36. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:07.afternoon. you have had a nice few days hanging out together. You seem
:05:07. > :05:10.
:05:10. > :05:17.to get on quite well. There seems to be some mutual respect between you.
:05:17. > :05:23.Good fun? Yes. We went to Disneyland. I felt really sick on
:05:23. > :05:33.the rides. Me and Randy De Puniet didn't like it. It is great for the
:05:33. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:59.fans here. There are lots of British fans came over as well. Is is
:05:59. > :06:04.extremely competitive. You have not had your friendship tested on
:06:04. > :06:12.track, have you? We thought we would get you both in the simulator and
:06:12. > :06:22.see how you get on. I think the machinery is going to play a big
:06:22. > :06:27.
:06:27. > :06:37.part. Go on. No contact? I am watching. All equal machinery. Good
:06:37. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:05.luck. No, no, no! Well, guys, there were a few moments the four races to
:07:05. > :07:13.deliberate on. A few penalties. They didn't go to the last corner, did
:07:13. > :07:23.it? Good luck in the race, guys. Thank you. Let's hope that Cal
:07:23. > :07:33.Crutchlow can take Georgia Lorenzo to the final corner. The team
:07:33. > :07:38.manager the Tech three has confirmed that they are in talks with Pol
:07:38. > :07:47.Esparago. You have been keeping an eye on the progress of Cal
:07:47. > :07:51.Crutchlow. It looks like Pol Esparago might be moving up. You
:07:51. > :08:01.have had a hit operation recently. What are the chances of seeing you
:08:01. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:08.on the grid next year? The chances are 50-50 right now. I have had some
:08:08. > :08:18.hip replacement surgery. A few weeks out since I have had that. I have
:08:18. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:24.recovered well. I am walking around. That is the best art. -- part. It is
:08:24. > :08:29.just amazing to be back in the paddock. It is an adrenaline rush
:08:29. > :08:39.being here. It is great to see you're looking fit and healthy after
:08:39. > :08:40.
:08:40. > :08:45.a difficult few years. Yes, we are expecting our first child, me and my
:08:45. > :08:49.British wife, Ashley, at the end of -- at the end of September. I am
:08:49. > :08:54.over the moon. It is an amazing experience. I am really happy about
:08:54. > :09:04.it, and so is she. She is over in San Diego right now, soaking up a
:09:04. > :09:05.
:09:05. > :09:13.little bit of sunshine. I wish we were, to estimation mark --! Marc
:09:13. > :09:21.Marquez, with that elbow dragging style, is taking it to a new level.
:09:21. > :09:26.Yes, I have been doing the elbow dragging since 2007, but he is doing
:09:26. > :09:33.a very good job. I am very happy for him. He is making the championship
:09:33. > :09:41.really exciting. He has got no respect for all of the older boys,
:09:41. > :09:49.but he is doing a great job. Let's see of Cal Crutchlow can catch up
:09:49. > :09:57.with him, because he has been really riding well. I am told that Lewis
:09:57. > :10:04.Hamilton is here behind me. Just been intimate Jorge Lorenzo. -- in
:10:04. > :10:10.to meet Jorge Lorenzo. It is great to meet you, Lewis. I believe this
:10:10. > :10:14.is your first time at a MotoGP event. How does it compare, the
:10:15. > :10:21.atmosphere, to Formula one? atmosphere is great. It is very
:10:21. > :10:31.similar. I am buzzing. I have never been to a MotoGP race before. I
:10:31. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:36.watch it on TV all the time. I am a big fan of bikes. And the British
:10:36. > :10:40.guy, Cal Crutchlow, going out there with a fractured tibia. He has got
:10:40. > :10:50.that build spirit like you. Have I got that bulldog spirit? No
:10:50. > :11:00.estimation mark --! This is kind of reminiscent of the way that you came
:11:00. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:07.onto the scene in Formula one. Not any respect our reputations. -- not
:11:07. > :11:11.any respect for reputations. Yes, not being scared of him, not being
:11:11. > :11:20.afraid. Just going out there and doing the best you can. Coming on
:11:20. > :11:24.the scene like that is phenomenal. What he is doing is incredible.
:11:24. > :11:31.just saw your overtaking of Fernando Alonso in that first race in 2007 in
:11:31. > :11:36.Australia. It is reminiscent of the way that Marc Marquez has coming.
:11:36. > :11:46.Who do you fancy in the race? don't like to say. I wish everyone
:11:46. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:52.the best. I watching the Yamahas as well. They put on a great show. I
:11:52. > :11:58.have been watching Valentino Rossi for years. It would be great to see
:11:58. > :12:07.him. And also, Lorenzo. I wish them all the best. Enjoy the rest of the
:12:07. > :12:17.race. Thank you very much.Let's find out how the riders are lining
:12:17. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:24.up on the grid. Here is Charlie. After crash in practice four, Marc
:12:25. > :12:30.Marquez continued his assault on the MotoGP establishment, grabbing pole
:12:30. > :12:40.position. It was close, with Jorge Lorenzo just 300 summer second
:12:40. > :12:46.
:12:47. > :12:56.adrift. -- three hundredths of a second adrift. It is a very good
:12:57. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:09.time. I am very happy for that. Today, we have dry weather and the
:13:09. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:21.forecast should be rain, . The big surprise was the gardai's Andrea
:13:21. > :13:25.Dovizioso, who claimed third position. We knew that we had the
:13:25. > :13:33.Ducati working better. We are closer. But anyway, I think,
:13:33. > :13:40.tomorrow, we can have a good race, ended right, I hope. -- in the dry,
:13:40. > :13:48.I hope. Dani Pedrosa crashed with nine minutes remaining of a very
:13:48. > :13:51.short session. He is behind Stefan Bradl and Cal Crutchlow. The
:13:51. > :13:56.disappointment of the day was Valentino Rossi who after showing
:13:56. > :14:05.good taste on Friday will start from eighth place on the grid. -- good
:14:06. > :14:11.pace on Friday. Confirmation of those positions. Fantastic
:14:11. > :14:13.performance from Bradley Smith to qualify in ninth place. Look at
:14:13. > :14:23.Valentino Rossi coming into the middle of that third row in eighth
:14:23. > :14:30.position. As you can see, we're out on the grid. We have got Steve and C
:14:30. > :14:35.with us. Just looking at qualifying for this. That took lace in the
:14:35. > :14:41.drive. Now it is spitting with rain. Can you imagine running up there,
:14:41. > :14:48.under turn one, side-by-side with this lot? It would be absolutely
:14:48. > :14:53.horrible. It was wet in the warmup, but not as wet as this, but it could
:14:54. > :15:00.still dry out. It is looking brighter, but really, who knows?
:15:00. > :15:04.will take forever to dry out, even if it stopped now. Starting with a
:15:04. > :15:11.wet race and wet tyres, so the riders will be free to come in and
:15:11. > :15:16.change if they want. It is not just like Formula one the way that you
:15:16. > :15:22.change tyres. If you want to come and have a look at what gets changed
:15:22. > :15:28.on the bike, the first thing is, you change the tyres, the wet tyre as
:15:28. > :15:34.opposed to the right tyre, you change the desktop, the disc brake,
:15:34. > :15:39.and you change the linkage on the bike. The rear spring down inside
:15:39. > :15:44.their gets changed. And interestingly, the wet tyre, the
:15:44. > :15:51.rear tyre, is smaller than the dry tyre. And they take a link out of
:15:51. > :15:55.the chain and shorten the wheelbase. You have got to make sure that those
:15:55. > :16:05.are the changes that take place in a wet race. But they could change to
:16:05. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:12.the dry bite. It looks unlikely because the rain has continued. If
:16:12. > :16:16.it is fully wet all the way to the end, we have seen Valentino, on the
:16:16. > :16:21.podium for the last two years on the Yamaha but with the problems in the
:16:21. > :16:27.dry, this would be a very big chance? He was quicker with Ducati
:16:27. > :16:32.and the Ducati has done pretty well with Dovizioso. But he has won three
:16:32. > :16:39.out of four races, Jorge Lorenzo, he was smoking in the wet plaster, I
:16:39. > :16:42.cannot imagine him not winning. was speaking to the guys this
:16:42. > :16:45.morning and they are getting those wet settings, you just had to
:16:45. > :16:49.something added that you hope will work and you never know until you
:16:49. > :16:54.get out there but getting off the line, Randy De Puniet fell off last
:16:54. > :17:00.year, you are trying to put 200 horsepower on the wet track. Let's
:17:00. > :17:05.hope nothing like that happens this year. Not ideal conditions but
:17:05. > :17:15.thankfully the boys did get some dry time during free practice on Friday,
:17:15. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:45.are looking for is a very big question but what do I compare with?
:17:45. > :17:49.That is important, he knows exactly what he is doing but he cannot see
:17:49. > :17:54.what all of the other guys are doing. If he has a problem in the
:17:54. > :17:58.turn and he will tell but to the technicians and able work with it,
:17:58. > :18:04.but I can see that the others are also struggling in that particular
:18:04. > :18:09.corner so we need to Allen said information, maybe he is not the
:18:09. > :18:13.only one struggling and perhaps the track is slippery or not. It is
:18:13. > :18:23.important for him to know and to analyse and I can confirm what he
:18:23. > :18:26.feels. At Le Mans, what are the strong and the weaker points?
:18:26. > :18:30.loves the track here and one of his special skills is corner entry and
:18:30. > :18:37.keeping corner speed so consistency and smooth cornering is very
:18:37. > :18:47.important for him and when his bike is able to let him do that, then he
:18:47. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :19:01.is quite fast at this track. But when he doesn't, he struggles.
:19:01. > :19:07.second vantage point, this is where we saw him going into the gravel?
:19:07. > :19:13.Well, it is a very difficult corner. It looks easy but they come
:19:13. > :19:16.from quite a fast speed downwards into this double apex so the bike is
:19:16. > :19:20.pushing quite a lot and it is difficult to stop so that is why
:19:20. > :19:30.many riders run off the track here and they don't go on to the gravel
:19:30. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:37.but they are not able to stop their bike well and they run wide.
:19:37. > :19:42.have the live timing going out here, what are you looking for? I can
:19:42. > :19:48.compare the speeds with other riders and he is in a very good rhythm at
:19:48. > :19:55.the moment and I can check those splits, where he struggles compared
:19:55. > :20:02.to others. Split to and three, he has not read. This is where we would
:20:02. > :20:10.go for the next practice. I am sure you will be doing worse sessions in
:20:10. > :20:17.the rain? -- more sessions. You guys would bother me any more and I won't
:20:17. > :20:20.miss any more laps! -- will not bother me. Interesting insight into
:20:20. > :20:26.what goes on during free practice, he knows a thing or two about
:20:26. > :20:34.racing, the former 250 cc winner himself and instrumental in the
:20:34. > :20:41.success of Jorge Lorenzo. As it can see, now Jorge Lorenzo on the grid,
:20:41. > :20:44.he has gone for a quick toilet brake. Dovizioso on the outside, the
:20:44. > :20:47.first round row for the Ducati factory team and a one-year body
:20:47. > :20:51.likes this track and these conditions and has been on the
:20:51. > :20:56.podium in all classes no fewer than seven times. Marc Marquez, no
:20:56. > :21:00.interruption necessarily, leading the world Championship after three
:21:00. > :21:09.rounds and looking to take his fourth podium out of four races, no
:21:09. > :21:14.rider has done that at the start of their career since PRG. Lets look
:21:14. > :21:19.just behind the second row. It looks like the local circuit is stealing
:21:19. > :21:26.my thunder, getting in... Will he comment on the gentle man's
:21:26. > :21:33.clothing? He has got away with it. Lets get his team-mate, Bradley
:21:33. > :21:36.Smith... He also had an excellent qualifying session. Equalling his
:21:37. > :21:41.best horrifying of ninth place on the grid and you said beforehand
:21:41. > :21:47.that you do not want half and half, well it isn't, it is raining but you
:21:47. > :21:49.have not ridden in the wet on a MotoGP bike, yet? I had a couple of
:21:49. > :21:54.laps if you terms to ring the testing but not really rain like
:21:55. > :21:59.this, it is cold and it is wet so it will be slippery so I am just trying
:21:59. > :22:02.to take things step-by-step and we know if we finish the race, we will
:22:02. > :22:08.get a good result, that is normally what happens in the rain so just
:22:08. > :22:11.ride with my limits and see where we can end up at the end of it. How can
:22:11. > :22:17.you make any gameplan when the conditions are so new? It changes
:22:17. > :22:21.every lap, the track is ever evolving and the tyres, the way that
:22:21. > :22:27.they warm up and the feeling you get, so we just have to adapt to the
:22:27. > :22:34.current situation and to the best we can. Good luck. I think Matt is with
:22:34. > :22:44.Cal Crutchlow? Final preparations, you guys have had a lot to do since
:22:44. > :22:53.24 hours ago and high feeling? -- how are you feeling? I cannot say
:22:53. > :22:58.much, you have not put on your proper Attar? I am fine, we have a
:22:58. > :23:03.small lake fracture, the top of my tibia, towards my knee, and my knee
:23:03. > :23:10.is quite swollen, some internal bleeding and I was coughing up blood
:23:10. > :23:13.and a red nose bleeds when it crashed initially, but I am OK. This
:23:13. > :23:16.morning, warmup went OK and I am looking forward to the race, same
:23:16. > :23:24.conditions as last year, so they should move this race to be on in
:23:24. > :23:28.the year! Thank you, anyway and good luck. A good day for Cal Crutchlow,
:23:28. > :23:32.the top non-factory rider on the grid, as he has been at every race
:23:32. > :23:39.so far, he has eyed qualified the factory man, Valentino Rossi. Not
:23:39. > :23:44.the best session for him? Jeremy Burgess, you were on the pace on
:23:44. > :23:49.Friday but fell off in qualifying, what has been the problem? No real
:23:49. > :23:54.problem, yesterday we made a mess of qualification, as we seem to have
:23:54. > :23:57.done all year but the pace in the practices was good, this morning we
:23:57. > :24:01.tried a couple of things with two bikes in different settings in the
:24:01. > :24:04.rain so that was not an issue, we were not worried about the times
:24:04. > :24:13.this morning and we hope we have it very good package for this
:24:13. > :24:20.afternoon. You had that win in 2008, what can you do hear? It is a good
:24:20. > :24:26.track for Yamaha? We just have to see how the race starts, nobody has
:24:26. > :24:32.had any malpractice in the rain so I guess we just have to keep things up
:24:32. > :24:38.and keep going to the end. Good luck. Cheers, thanks. Valentina will
:24:38. > :24:44.be one to watch, it's also look at Michael Laverty, starting from 20th
:24:44. > :24:48.place but in the dry, your lap times were close to the boys in front,
:24:48. > :24:52.what are you expecting? I am normally fairly good in the wet but
:24:52. > :24:57.this morning was my first time in the wet and I felt terrible, to be
:24:57. > :25:02.honest. Fingers crossed we shall get more comfortable but it was pretty
:25:02. > :25:07.poor this morning. I am not holding my breath for anything outstanding
:25:07. > :25:13.but hopefully we can do a decent job. In the wet, less horsepower,
:25:13. > :25:20.not so much of a disadvantage, any chance that you have your eyes on
:25:20. > :25:23.some prototype guys this afternoon? Not today, it was a big culture
:25:23. > :25:27.shock this morning in the wet so still a bit to learn before we can
:25:27. > :25:33.get the maximum out of this bike in the rain. Just keep my head up and
:25:33. > :25:38.hope we don't make any mistakes. Michael is well supported with his
:25:38. > :25:48.lovely fiancee, but his brother, Eugene, is also here. Supporting a
:25:48. > :25:53.brother out there. You were also a world Superbike rider? It is not
:25:53. > :25:59.perfect for Michael, he has not ridden this bike before. Michael is
:25:59. > :26:03.good and the wet. We spoke to you briefly yesterday during qualifying
:26:03. > :26:07.but in general it has been a very steep learning curve, stepping up
:26:07. > :26:12.from British superbikes into this panic. Yes and he has been doing
:26:12. > :26:16.brilliantly, he has surprised a lot of people and it has been difficult
:26:16. > :26:21.developing this new bike and I think he is going to show us what he is
:26:21. > :26:31.capable of before too long. The boys at the front, quick production?
:26:31. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :27:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 54 seconds
:27:25. > :27:30.splash fantastic, that was. And for the first half, it will be exactly
:27:30. > :27:35.what we're going to expect here. It is lighter out there but as we sail
:27:35. > :27:40.on the grid, it is going to take at least one dozen laps, even if it
:27:40. > :27:45.completely stops raining, for any usable driveline? I am guessing
:27:45. > :27:50.somewhere around 19, 25, 26 seconds before you can come in and change
:27:50. > :27:58.hikes. The rider has two now when he can ride and when he cannot on those
:27:58. > :28:02.wet tyres. But also, the team has to work out if anybody comes in, and
:28:02. > :28:11.all of these permutations have to be sorted out so it does become a team
:28:11. > :28:16.effort between the boys out there and the pit board. Or, I've had
:28:16. > :28:20.enough, I quit! We want to see more clear visor is, Lewis Hamilton
:28:20. > :28:27.wishing he was not out there, it is one thing in the car but on a motor
:28:27. > :28:32.cycle, that puts it on it different level a game. In formula one, you
:28:32. > :28:37.still get wet. And I am pleased to see that Jorge Lorenzo has got his
:28:37. > :28:43.clear visor and we shall see those piercing eyes. Those eyes are
:28:43. > :28:49.looking about 200 metres down the road. It is about looking about at
:28:49. > :28:52.where you want to go. Marc Marquez will see what he can do, he was
:28:52. > :28:58.pretty quick in the wet, Cal Crutchlow on the second, Dani
:28:58. > :29:01.Pedrosa also. He threw down the road, right in the middle of that
:29:01. > :29:07.short session but he does start very well. Valentino Rossi, marvellous
:29:07. > :29:10.rider, as the world knows, and it ever was a chance for him to strut
:29:10. > :29:16.his stuff, this would be aired, it does not matter if you are in the
:29:16. > :29:24.middle of road number three, he can use his craft. As Matt said when he
:29:24. > :29:28.was talking to Michael Laverty, it is a great leveller, rain? It is,
:29:28. > :29:32.but it is also about confidence and that clearly comes from wet bikes,
:29:33. > :29:38.the dry bike will work the same but it is about balance, and the top
:29:38. > :29:43.teams, they know exactly what to put on the bikes. They don't know what
:29:43. > :29:48.exactly will work on the day but they know the settings they have to
:29:48. > :29:53.go to with engine mapping and the power. You don't need the top force.
:29:53. > :29:58.But you do need to have the balance and the feedback, and there are
:29:58. > :30:03.80,000 wet French people today. And some English people, I saw some
:30:03. > :30:12.bikes, riding over from the continent. Lots of campers, wet
:30:12. > :30:19.tenths, this costing as it is, but it would be awful, camping out here.
:30:19. > :30:29.It was reading this hard all night stop Nike you have no spirit! You
:30:29. > :30:38.
:30:38. > :30:46.would be thriving if you were mould. It looks absolutely grim.
:30:46. > :30:51.Lorenzo should be very strong around here. The key to that is that
:30:51. > :30:54.although they can get a very fast lap out of that bike and Dovizioso
:30:55. > :31:04.has been more successful than Valentino, nonetheless, they run out
:31:04. > :31:10.of puff in the drive. But, in the wet, it takes a bit of a load of.
:31:10. > :31:17.Trying to get that power down as you power up the hill, it is a 2.6 mile
:31:17. > :31:27.circuit. 28 laps. And try to stay off the Astroturf, or anything other
:31:27. > :31:36.
:31:37. > :31:46.than the blast -- -- the black you like. The revs are up, ready for
:31:47. > :31:48.
:31:48. > :31:53.a start. Cracking start from Dovizioso. Side-by-side, Dovizioso
:31:53. > :32:00.has got it, I thought. It might have been Lorenzo, but Dovizioso has
:32:00. > :32:05.allowed him to have the better of it. That looks like Nicky Hayden
:32:05. > :32:12.just getting past Valentino Rossi, and in doing so, how about that?
:32:12. > :32:22.That was tough stuff. And of course Dani Pedrosa, up into third,
:32:22. > :32:24.
:32:24. > :32:32.already. He got absolutely squeezed their coming up into third. Jorge
:32:32. > :32:39.Lorenzo there, they don't know what kind of grip levels they have got.
:32:39. > :32:46.What about this? Dovizioso on the Ducati. And Nicky Hayden, right end
:32:46. > :32:52.there. Absolutely brilliant stuff. Maybe the bike will hang together
:32:52. > :33:02.and stay comfortable for the entire race if it stays wet. Dani Pedrosa
:33:02. > :33:07.
:33:07. > :33:12.up into third, and Cal Crutchlow in front of Andrea Iannone. In his
:33:12. > :33:20.defence, he has not written in wet conditions on one of these MotoGP
:33:20. > :33:30.bikes. Valentino Rossi has got past Nicky Hayden. Marc Marquez has got a
:33:30. > :33:31.
:33:31. > :33:39.tip his way round. -- got to tiptoe his way round. It has been
:33:39. > :33:45.slippery. The first of the big left-handers, very tight. Valentino
:33:45. > :33:53.Rossi giving a big squeeze to Stefan Bridle, who is trying to respond,
:33:53. > :33:57.but it is too late, because it is a left-hander. Unless Stefan Bradl
:33:57. > :34:01.should position himself well on the exit. Marc Marquez is up into eighth
:34:01. > :34:04.place, he has got it all to do. He has got it all to do. He's behind
:34:04. > :34:11.Cal Crutchlow. Dovizioso has picked up two places. Dani Pedrosa has
:34:11. > :34:21.picked up three, and Nicky Hayden picked up four, so that is a top
:34:21. > :34:24.six. It is a great shuffle. The rain always provides that. Did you see
:34:25. > :34:34.what Rossi did to Stefan Bradl? He shoved him out on the outside and
:34:35. > :34:41.
:34:41. > :34:47.cut him up nicely, I very precise but polite mode. -- move. And with
:34:47. > :34:52.that spray that is coming up, the vision is skewered. Dovizioso can
:34:52. > :35:01.feel this way round and check the depth of the puddles. And he's
:35:01. > :35:05.having to deal with the affections of bike number 26, Dani Pedrosa.
:35:05. > :35:15.Traditionally, you would back Lorenzo in these slippery conditions
:35:15. > :35:18.on the sweet handling Yamaha. Dani Pedrosa used to hate the rain. He
:35:18. > :35:28.crashed out of the German Grand Prix leading by a long way, two years
:35:28. > :35:30.
:35:30. > :35:35.ago. And he was miles ahead in that championship, as well. Pressing on
:35:35. > :35:43.pretty hard, and these horrible conditions. Stefan Bradl, falling
:35:43. > :35:49.away from Valentino Rossi. You can see that they are on the softest
:35:49. > :35:56.option wet tyres. It is wet enough not to destroy the tyres, but the
:35:56. > :36:01.edge will go off them. It just grinds the square, sharp edges off
:36:01. > :36:07.the side of the blocks on these tyres. And the deterioration goes,
:36:07. > :36:17.and the lap times come down. And the wider has to work out exactly how
:36:17. > :36:18.
:36:18. > :36:22.much he has got to push. And there we go, Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo,
:36:22. > :36:32.already looking for a spot, but there is no room at the moment.
:36:32. > :36:39.There is no dry line -- it is completely sodden. That is quite
:36:39. > :36:46.encouraging for everyone. It would be great to see. He is giving him a
:36:46. > :36:56.real hurry up. You can never write him off, especially when the
:36:56. > :36:56.
:36:56. > :37:00.conditions are like this. I'm not sure how Jorge Lorenzo will be
:37:00. > :37:06.thinking about that for his championship. Normally, they would
:37:06. > :37:16.run over that white line, go right over the top of it. And where is the
:37:16. > :37:18.
:37:18. > :37:28.advantage. Nicky Hayden, still running there. Cal Crutchlow is in
:37:28. > :37:37.seventh position just in front of Marc Marquez. Dani Pedrosa is the
:37:37. > :37:42.fastest, the fastest lap. There he is on the Honda, in second place.
:37:42. > :37:49.This is a bit of a cold run followed Bradley Smith. Trying to learn his
:37:50. > :37:57.way. Pedrosa is the man on the move. He has really got the magnets
:37:57. > :38:02.on. He is all over the back of Andrea Dovizioso. He has had some
:38:02. > :38:07.problems with his bike on the drive. They have not got really good for
:38:07. > :38:12.full control, and that is what you need in these wet conditions, just
:38:12. > :38:17.trying to tap the power on, just to get the power down. Transferring the
:38:17. > :38:27.weight to the back of the bike. Everything has to be done sort of in
:38:27. > :38:27.
:38:27. > :38:37.slow motion. Everything has to be done so smoothly. It is like
:38:37. > :38:38.
:38:38. > :38:45.treading on eggshells. Valentino Rossi, still very much in touch
:38:45. > :38:55.there, in fourth place. When did we last see a Ducati leading the race?
:38:55. > :39:05.I am just trying to scratch my head here. And there is the pit board
:39:05. > :39:11.
:39:11. > :39:15.out. Cal Crutchlow is up into six plays. -- sixth place. Dani Pedrosa
:39:15. > :39:24.was having second thoughts that time. He looked like he had got the
:39:24. > :39:34.speed. In the last lap, Cal Crutchlow is a second alarm faster
:39:34. > :39:38.
:39:38. > :39:46.than the man -- second a lap faster than the man leading the race.
:39:46. > :39:50.are trying to work out exactly how much depth of grip they have got.
:39:50. > :39:56.Dovizioso will have to tuck right in behind him, see if he can fight
:39:56. > :40:06.back, yes he can. This is fantastic stuff. Ballroom dancing at 130 miles
:40:06. > :40:10.an hour. The Honda s seem to get the grip. He was compromised on the exit
:40:10. > :40:16.and Dani Pedrosa was able to get the power on coming out will stop
:40:16. > :40:25.probably in second gear in these wet conditions. Through the tight
:40:25. > :40:35.section here, which is right, left, right, right. Again, Cal Crutchlow,
:40:35. > :40:45.very fast. He is on the back of this pack in a big way. The league has
:40:45. > :40:48.
:40:48. > :40:53.concertina id. -- the lead has concertina'd. So, Valentino Rossi
:40:53. > :41:03.right in the mix. You can see it for yourself will stop Cal Crutchlow
:41:03. > :41:04.
:41:04. > :41:08.coming up on the screen right now. 45.638. Nicky Hayden also had his
:41:08. > :41:17.fastest lap that time around. He is in the slipstream, sorry, this
:41:17. > :41:27.spray, of Cal Crutchlow. A little bit too hot through the, and
:41:27. > :41:30.
:41:31. > :41:36.Valentino really gave him a tickler. We spoke about this yesterday.
:41:36. > :41:44.Whoever out of the top guys, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa or Jorge
:41:44. > :41:52.Lorenzo, whoever wins the race will lead the championship. Dani Pedrosa
:41:52. > :41:58.really getting his head down. He has confidence in wet weather. He used
:41:58. > :42:05.to crash a lot, but not any more. This is stunning stuff from Dani
:42:05. > :42:13.Pedrosa. That explains some of the performance from Marquez. He is
:42:13. > :42:23.finding it hard at the moment will stop he is back in eighth place.
:42:23. > :42:28.
:42:28. > :42:33.That is his championship lead about to disappear. We saw our pit board
:42:33. > :42:38.for Dani Pedrosa, G four, I think that is about engine management,
:42:38. > :42:44.just to keep the engine delivering the sort of power they would expect
:42:44. > :42:54.in these conditions. It is a very close bunch in this race, if you
:42:54. > :42:56.
:42:56. > :43:02.have a look at it. Pedrosa, 3.5 seconds in front of Nicky Hayden.
:43:02. > :43:12.You consume red lights, the new introduction this year. Those are
:43:12. > :43:14.
:43:14. > :43:19.being used to a great extent today. -- you can see the red lights. Rossi
:43:19. > :43:26.has now got to be more than careful for his team-mate. The last thing
:43:26. > :43:35.you want to do is to wipe out your team-mate. I thought about it with
:43:35. > :43:45.you, so many times! There is Cal Crutchlow, right and the mix. Three
:43:45. > :43:52.
:43:52. > :44:00.Yamaha s. To the thick stuff. terrific stuff. It looks to me like
:44:00. > :44:08.the Dovizioso is just backing them all up. Dovizioso is doing a very
:44:08. > :44:14.good job on what has proved, the greatest of all time, Rossi, has
:44:14. > :44:20.proved it is a very difficult bike to ride, and he got it on the front
:44:20. > :44:28.row in the drive. There are the breakaway seven, then it drops back
:44:28. > :44:34.some way to Marc Marquez. He went off the track. That would have cost
:44:34. > :44:44.him 23 seconds, by the time he sorted that out. Two four three
:44:44. > :45:00.
:45:00. > :45:05.Dovizioso. He has found his depth. That was a massive moment, he has to
:45:05. > :45:15.try to regroup and get himself sorted out. As he goes wide
:45:15. > :45:16.
:45:16. > :45:26.against... -- wide again. Dovizioso has seen this before and he is
:45:26. > :45:31.getting it sorted. This is where it happened two years ago. This is
:45:31. > :45:36.turning into a cracking race, candidates you are so hold the lead
:45:36. > :45:45.for just a bit longer? All my goodness, how on earth did he not
:45:45. > :45:50.get into the gravel? I think it just locked up, he locked the front going
:45:50. > :46:00.onto the brakes, just so lucky not to be in the gravel. And relaxed...
:46:00. > :46:06.! He will need a paper bag to breathe into. Still 20 lap left, 28
:46:06. > :46:11.laps, the journey. I am starting to enjoy this French Grand Prix even
:46:11. > :46:15.more, this is the type of race you want to see and it is very read that
:46:15. > :46:20.you get a bunch of guys like this, seven of them, all going for the
:46:20. > :46:23.lead, and it is very much about who is still a bright at the end because
:46:23. > :46:30.every time they push harder, you saw the sort of thing that happened to
:46:30. > :46:40.Dani Pedrosa, just trying to squeeze more lap out of this, just onto the
:46:40. > :46:41.
:46:41. > :46:51.brakes a fraction later. Corti is out, and Staring stop act everyone
:46:51. > :46:55.
:46:55. > :47:01.else is still circulating. --. think Jorge Lorenzo went wide, he
:47:01. > :47:07.did not need a second invitation. He is doing it horrific job, Cal
:47:07. > :47:11.Crutchlow trying to pull from the outside. He lost a lot of space,
:47:11. > :47:21.Lorenzo is just about living past, Nicky Hayden busy this unfolding and
:47:21. > :47:23.
:47:23. > :47:28.we can get this long shot. Room --. He is just trying to regroup, he
:47:28. > :47:33.knows at the Championship is not lost, yet. Jorge Lorenzo, all the
:47:33. > :47:41.way back into sixth position, the Chiefs looking on with a great smile
:47:41. > :47:49.on their faces. Ducati reading, sixth place, and on-board with Jorge
:47:49. > :47:52.Lorenzo. He just slid out wide.Marc Marquez, just in the distance back
:47:52. > :47:56.there. The last time around he was the fastest man on the track.
:47:57. > :48:02.going to say that Marc Marquez has just posted the fastest time so it
:48:02. > :48:12.did not scare him too much, he is very much in touch, albeit back six
:48:12. > :48:13.
:48:14. > :48:20.seconds on Stefan Bradl. Boy, he has got problems, Bradl slipping by.
:48:20. > :48:23.think he has got a steamed up visor. It is a possibility. We need to get
:48:23. > :48:28.a close-up of that to see if there is anything going on but it is
:48:28. > :48:31.unusual for a bike to be going wrong and we know he has the same tyres
:48:31. > :48:41.and the same suspension settings as Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow
:48:41. > :48:42.
:48:42. > :48:50.will have very similar settings. Room --. Up periscope, he cannot see
:48:50. > :48:55.a thing! Not a thing. Having another look. So difficult to pass in the
:48:55. > :48:59.wet because generally in these conditions, it is not raining very
:48:59. > :49:05.much about their and the optimum line is a drier part, when they pull
:49:05. > :49:10.onto the main part of the racetrack, you don't get as much spray so Dani
:49:10. > :49:14.Pedrosa is on to the much wetter parts of the track. He has already
:49:14. > :49:17.had a life, we have seen that, he was gone in the middle and somehow
:49:18. > :49:23.he pulled things back together so he will be very grateful for that and
:49:23. > :49:29.will be aware how tricky this can be. We now have the dry line
:49:29. > :49:39.appearing, as you can see, but boy, Dovizioso just clawed his way out of
:49:39. > :49:46.that corner. Brilliant driving. 44.267. If it is not raining any
:49:46. > :49:50.more, which it is not, they will get faster and faster, until the tyres
:49:50. > :49:57.started a grid and then it will start to slow down. Keep an eye out,
:49:57. > :50:01.Marc Marquez again. It is getting quite light out of the commentary
:50:01. > :50:09.booth window, you can see a tiny breeze picking up so perhaps there
:50:09. > :50:15.is a big hole in the cloud. I can see Marc Marquez at the back of the
:50:15. > :50:18.pack, he will be the next one, if Lorenzo keeps dropping the pace.
:50:18. > :50:26.need one of those super slow motion shots of Lorenzo to see what he can
:50:26. > :50:30.see, as we can see what Dani Pedrosa can see, and it is just... There is
:50:30. > :50:35.room in there for a small one! was a small want in there! Just
:50:35. > :50:40.centimetres away at that point because he dived up the inside and
:50:40. > :50:46.he now has 2... We saw him pulling out with the advantage until it all
:50:46. > :50:56.went wrong as he went over the top of the hill from Dunlop bridge down
:50:56. > :51:06.into the Chaparral. Superb stuff from Dani Pedrosa. Last time around,
:51:06. > :51:07.
:51:07. > :51:13.as I said, 1: 44.267 from Marc Marquez. Ten laps and we still have
:51:13. > :51:17.the first nine runners in the top ten, it is very tight and one second
:51:17. > :51:27.covers the top four racers. Marc Marquez, there he is. Behind Jorge
:51:27. > :51:32.Lorenzo. Just what he needs. Oh, good! Marc Marquez, you say? Lovely!
:51:32. > :51:36.He has some matters more -- has someone matters this weekend, a
:51:36. > :51:41.simmering heat keeps things up right. Cal Crutchlow doing a superb
:51:41. > :51:46.job. I'm sure he has got the pace but he is just trying to pick his
:51:46. > :51:49.pace, when and where and if he can do it. He will be aware of the
:51:49. > :51:56.significance of catching a name like Rossi, so he will be working very
:51:56. > :52:04.hard. Dovizioso, he is really pressurising. Riding with Marc
:52:04. > :52:10.Marquez, Lorenzo in front. We have seen this before, haven't we?
:52:10. > :52:15.Crutchlow, again, looking for the inside. And of course, Dani Pedrosa
:52:15. > :52:23.will just be again... If you talked yourself, keep calm, don't do
:52:23. > :52:33.anything silly. Down into the essence, and this is Marc Marquez,
:52:33. > :52:33.
:52:33. > :52:42.and Jorge Lorenzo, Charlie? O! has made my afternoon. Says,
:52:43. > :52:48.Lorenzo. Fantastic stuff. After you! They have got to selections of
:52:48. > :52:52.what tyres. And everybody has gone for the softer, front and rear, you
:52:52. > :52:58.can see by that white ban around those tyres. We are now riding with
:52:58. > :53:04.Cal Crutchlow. Spinning, coming out of there, they will have different
:53:04. > :53:09.mapping, but also often the horsepower, different demands of
:53:09. > :53:13.wheelspin because of the wet tyres, they will spin a lot more than dry
:53:13. > :53:18.tyres. And you need that spin to keep the heat. It will be fantastic
:53:18. > :53:21.to find out what has happened to Lorenzo, last year it was the same
:53:21. > :53:29.conditions, Lorenzo was just not with us, he disappeared into the
:53:29. > :53:39.distance. But not this year, obviously there is a problem. It is
:53:39. > :53:43.much more than that. I hope it is not an issue with his visor. These
:53:44. > :53:48.are issues you can get, you have a recipe, heat from the engine and
:53:48. > :53:55.cold air outside and a lot of perspiration inside the helmet, it
:53:55. > :53:58.is difficult to keep them nice and clear. They have a system where you
:53:58. > :54:03.have double glazing to stop that happening but I can assure you that
:54:03. > :54:08.Cal Crutchlow hazard that review. Yes, and he has to make his move
:54:08. > :54:12.soon because he is coming under pressure from Nicky Hayden, now 16,
:54:12. > :54:18.so if Crutchlow does not think about Rossi, he might soon have a Ducati
:54:18. > :54:24.in front of him. Dani Pedrosa, chasing Dovizioso, who has regained
:54:24. > :54:28.his lead, they have swapped so many times. Valentino Rossi will be
:54:28. > :54:32.scratching his head, all the standard form guides RIP window, I
:54:32. > :54:38.left Ducati because it was too slow and now the down thing is in front
:54:38. > :54:40.of me, leading the race! Go figure! Nevertheless, and Tina Rossi is
:54:40. > :54:50.still very much in the hunt and currently on a podium position,
:54:50. > :54:54.
:54:54. > :55:03.great to watch. -- Valentino Rossi. Oh, boy! That is exactly where Dani
:55:03. > :55:07.Pedrosa went. Absolutely identical. And Cal Crutchlow has just popped it
:55:08. > :55:15.in there on the exit to the Dunlop chicane, my smooth! Smooth, down the
:55:16. > :55:23.inside. That was a big move from Nicky Hayden as well! Catching in
:55:23. > :55:28.time but losing time in the process. All to do again on the Honda, Ducati
:55:28. > :55:33.in front, different line, they would normally bob -- they would normally
:55:33. > :55:42.be on the inside of that white line. Can he get things stopped? Yes, he
:55:42. > :55:46.does. Yes, he does. Nice work. They have swapped and swapped again.
:55:46. > :55:51.seem to get in front, try to push to get away unscathed herself and go
:55:51. > :55:58.back and Dovizioso is picking up the pieces of going on. I think Cal
:55:58. > :56:03.Crutchlow can lose these guys down. Could we see the British man win a
:56:03. > :56:08.Grand Prix, the closest we have seen, about halfway at the moment,
:56:08. > :56:13.what a treat that would be for everyone. Yes, Cal Crutchlow very
:56:14. > :56:19.much deserves this. I have said before, he seems to think that a
:56:19. > :56:23.satellite bike cannot win a Grand Prix in wet conditions. But this is
:56:23. > :56:28.a great leveller. They say it is easier in the wet, it is just that
:56:28. > :56:34.he has a deficit from the factory bikes, and it has levelled out.
:56:34. > :56:37.have got blue skies and here, right above the commentary box. This is
:56:37. > :56:42.going to make things very interesting, will these tyres last
:56:42. > :56:49.the distance? I am pretty sure they will have to, I cannot see anyone,
:56:49. > :56:54.at this point, anybody coming in. Let's remind one, there are only
:56:54. > :56:57.bikes and we are hearing being warmed up with slick tyres, if we
:56:57. > :57:01.had something like intermediates, which we don't have, but at the
:57:01. > :57:08.moment, slick tyres will not usually the same kind of grip and if that
:57:08. > :57:12.happens, we would be too far into the race. I tell you what, Marc
:57:12. > :57:20.Marquez and Lorenzo, this performance has really taken the
:57:20. > :57:24.heat from Dani Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo has got one so the problem,
:57:24. > :57:29.Mark Agas keeps running deep, that is his problem and Dani Pedrosa must
:57:29. > :57:39.be grinning like a Cheshire cat. He will lead here, leaving here if it
:57:39. > :57:41.
:57:41. > :57:47.finishes like this good points. Keeping that gap up to Dovizioso, he
:57:47. > :57:57.will not want to be beaten by Ducati, I am quite sure. 69 versus
:57:57. > :57:57.
:57:57. > :58:02.46. I said in her effort we had just as many people outside the garage of
:58:02. > :58:12.Mark Arc is as Valentino Rossi, which was uprising, but it has all
:58:12. > :58:20.
:58:20. > :58:28.gone back to Valentino Rossi in France. -- Marc Marquez. 43, the
:58:28. > :58:32.fastest lap so at the moment, the drying track is certainly better
:58:32. > :58:35.than the wear and deterioration of the tyres at this moment. And he is
:58:35. > :58:41.really trying, trying as hard as he possibly can, the bike moving
:58:41. > :58:46.everywhere, trying to get some certain gap over Dovizioso.
:58:46. > :58:56.every find to your liking, you must then press on. These wet tyres, the
:58:56. > :58:56.
:58:56. > :59:00.softest option, and... Boy, he is up to his calves and alligators!
:59:00. > :59:06.could see his eyes and I don't think he has issues with his visor,
:59:06. > :59:11.perhaps it is just grip. Most of the teams, they have not had a lot of
:59:11. > :59:14.wet track time, they will just have to guess the settings and that is
:59:14. > :59:24.literally trying to work out what you think is going to work, there is
:59:24. > :59:24.
:59:24. > :59:27.no time to change anything. That was very deep. Nicky Hayden, Ducati,
:59:27. > :59:31.right behind Valentino Rossi. The battle for fourth place, Cal
:59:31. > :59:35.Crutchlow then Dovizioso, Dani Pedrosa is one seconds down the
:59:35. > :59:45.road, in first place. Crutchlow, two tenths faster than
:59:45. > :59:51.
:59:51. > :59:58.Dovizioso. Lukas Pesek just getting out of the way. It is so awful, the
:59:58. > :00:01.race evolves every lap, it gets drier in one place and you try to
:00:01. > :00:09.find that line and you watch the boy in front, you see where he is going
:00:09. > :00:12.and try a different line and in a car, project really, the line is the
:00:12. > :00:18.off-line but when you try to get off the line to get bogged, you
:00:18. > :00:28.compromise the line but sometimes there is more grip elsewhere. Jorge
:00:28. > :00:35.
:00:35. > :00:42.Lorenzo... He had enough of seeing that. Using the pits. That is the
:00:42. > :00:52.end of it. That is not what you want to do on your home Grand Prix. Randy
:00:52. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:05.De Puniet has chucked it down the supper, fighting off the affections
:01:05. > :01:15.of Alvaro Bautista. It is all going horribly wrong for the current world
:01:15. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:27.champion. There he is, number 93. Marc Marquez is going like a yo-yo,
:01:27. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:37.up the track, off the track. Valentino Rossi finding the limit of
:01:37. > :01:47.adhesion. Running very deep and then getting it sorted out. Exciting now,
:01:47. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:00.for the run up to the hilt. -- run up the hill. It is very difficult to
:02:00. > :02:06.wipe visors, in the wet. Look at those eyes. You can see how far
:02:06. > :02:15.ahead he is looking. They earned their money, these boys, they really
:02:15. > :02:23.do. The gap is pretty healthy. You can sense from that shot that it is
:02:23. > :02:30.getting wider. Stefan Bradl is down. He goes down to sixth place, that
:02:30. > :02:40.helps Marc Marquez with the points. He is riding cowboy. He does not
:02:40. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:47.know when he is beat. Valentino Rossi! Goodness sake, would you
:02:47. > :02:54.believe it? He crashes out of the French Grand Prix. There is no
:02:54. > :03:00.script for that. That was the Chicane again. We are up at the
:03:01. > :03:08.Dunlop Chicane. He has got it back up and running. You wouldn't have
:03:09. > :03:17.said that he did anything wrong, would you? It is downhill. It is off
:03:17. > :03:23.camber. He goes down, and off the track, down at garage green.
:03:23. > :03:28.Squeezing the front brake as he goes in there. Trying to do some
:03:28. > :03:38.mechanicals on the move. Cal Crutchlow is pressing hard for
:03:38. > :03:45.second place. Last time, he was two tenths quicker than Dovizioso.
:03:45. > :03:51.front tyres are starting to go. Even though the track is drying out.
:03:51. > :03:56.Because of the tyre degradation. The person that is going to find this
:03:56. > :04:03.out first is Dani Pedrosa, who is leading. Still doing running
:04:03. > :04:10.repairs. If you are Valentino Rossi, you might be thinking, let me see
:04:10. > :04:16.where I am up to, but it is such a long time. I would not want to go
:04:16. > :04:22.out there with a dry tyre on. I don't think he would. He is sticking
:04:22. > :04:29.with it. He hasn't come in. He is still in the points. That is
:04:29. > :04:34.important. Dani Pedrosa with ten laps to go. He is thinking, would
:04:34. > :04:39.they please hurry up and get this race done with. It is their choice
:04:39. > :04:44.to come in and change the bike, and I would not advise that at the
:04:44. > :04:50.moment. If you went in to change, you would drop all the way back.
:04:50. > :04:57.Look at Nicky Hayden trying to get his weight up to the front of the
:04:57. > :05:03.bike. That is the same place. That is where Valentino Rossi went down.
:05:03. > :05:13.How much do you back the pace down first remark and who has the hardest
:05:13. > :05:15.
:05:15. > :05:21.job? Dani Pedrosa. It is not just running deep. It is a crash. Steve,
:05:21. > :05:26.did you see the front of that bike from Dovizioso? Absolutely on the
:05:26. > :05:30.ragged edge. Bearing in mind that Nicky Hayden is fourth, so these
:05:30. > :05:40.asked now getting into some serious points on the table -- -- these are
:05:40. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:49.now. There we have Cal Crutchlow. He's having the ride of his life so
:05:49. > :05:59.far. Still my laps to go. You still so close. But he has lost that
:05:59. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:09.place. He is just trying to find a place to pass him. They used to be
:06:10. > :06:19.team-mates. Cal Crutchlow has always said that Dovizioso was unbelievably
:06:19. > :06:29.good on the brakes. His best victory was at Donington Park in torrential
:06:29. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:34.rain. It is unusual, for it to be raining at Donington Park! You
:06:34. > :06:39.suspect that Marc Marquez is going to have a good stab at passing Nicky
:06:39. > :06:45.Hayden to get himself up into fourth days. Cal Crutchlow has got to be
:06:45. > :06:49.patient, he has got to probe, to see what he can do. He has got to be so
:06:49. > :06:56.careful every time, squeezing those brakes on. Those front tyres looked
:06:57. > :07:05.to have had their best, but just eight laps remaining. Let's have a
:07:05. > :07:11.look at this. We didn't get much of that. Predictions at the start of
:07:11. > :07:16.the race, he said, I think Lorenzo, and Rossi will fall of. You would
:07:16. > :07:22.have been laughed off the grid. What an extraordinary set of events. And
:07:22. > :07:32.you have still got this guy, on the leading CRT machine, right behind
:07:32. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:49.Valentino Rossi, Alex Aspargaro, in 13th place. -- Aleix. The gap is
:07:49. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:54.sensational. The team can start to say to him, just back it down a tiny
:07:54. > :07:58.little bit. Just make sure that you are keeping a margin. Having a close
:07:58. > :08:06.look, there, and the rear tyre does not look so bad. I think it is a
:08:06. > :08:14.front tyre that are starting to go away. There was a real dry line now,
:08:14. > :08:19.absolutely. That is probably going to make things even worse. The
:08:19. > :08:26.fastest lap time was 44.2. We are sitting around there. The track is
:08:26. > :08:36.getting better all the time. If they are not defending a line they are
:08:36. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:42.going to have to find some water on the track to keep those tires cool.
:08:42. > :08:48.There was Michael Laverty. No, it is Yonny Hernandez. He has had enough
:08:48. > :08:54.will stop he has had a very difficult weekend. Michael Laverty
:08:54. > :09:00.is in 17th place just behind Colin Evans. Cal Crutchlow, probing again.
:09:00. > :09:07.It looks like he can run through the corner fastest. What a result this
:09:07. > :09:12.would be for Dovizioso. Seven laps remaining for Dani Pedrosa. I would
:09:12. > :09:17.like to get that slow motion shot of the front tyre, to see the bike
:09:17. > :09:23.snaking and weaving around. The beauty of this slick tyre is that it
:09:23. > :09:27.has got grip, no matter how hot it gets. It keeps the bike very much in
:09:27. > :09:33.line, but these block trades are moving the whole time, under
:09:33. > :09:36.acceleration, so he has to transfer the weight to the front tyre. The
:09:36. > :09:43.block of those trades starts moving around. It is difficult to see from
:09:43. > :09:49.that shot, but, those front tyres, particularly in the braking area,
:09:49. > :09:53.and of course, the wet tyres have a harder section in the middle than at
:09:53. > :09:59.the edges, particularly on the rear tyre, when the bike is stood
:10:00. > :10:09.upright, it is spinning a lot more. Can Cal Crutchlow squeeze by? Seven
:10:10. > :10:21.
:10:21. > :10:25.Hayden -- has he done it? That is not the brake light, that is just
:10:25. > :10:35.like so that in these dodgy conditions, you can see the rider in
:10:35. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:43.front. Maybe his thinking to himself, let me see what happens.
:10:43. > :10:46.Dovizioso is the hardest bloke on the planet to pass. When they were
:10:46. > :10:56.team-mates, they would ride like this nose to tail all the way
:10:56. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:04.through. Cal Crutchlow looking every which way to try and get past him,
:11:04. > :11:09.but he knows. The pit board will have told him that he has got nobody
:11:09. > :11:19.behind him. He has a five second gap back to Marc Marquez, whose lapping
:11:19. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:39.to do it on the straight. He is too far back at this point. You can see
:11:39. > :11:46.them using the wet part of the track. Look at that dry line -- that
:11:46. > :11:55.is going to be shredding the tyres. Quite honestly, you know coming to
:11:55. > :11:59.the time -- -- you are now coming to the time when you could think about
:11:59. > :12:02.changing the bike, but it is just pointless with six laps remaining.
:12:03. > :12:11.If the conditions were like this with 26 laps to go, then you would
:12:11. > :12:16.have a look at it. It Cal Crutchlow can get the power down early enough,
:12:16. > :12:20.that would give him a chance. He has not been this close, coming up over
:12:21. > :12:26.the start-finish line, and again, the Ducati looks right on the limit
:12:26. > :12:33.of those tires. We are riding with Marc Marquez. Those tires will be
:12:33. > :12:39.like chewing gum by now. That was a big moment, but was Cal Crutchlow
:12:39. > :12:43.close enough to capitalise? He is tiptoeing into the right-hander. And
:12:43. > :12:52.that -- Dovizioso trying to get back. And Cal Crutchlow mugged him,
:12:52. > :12:57.nice one. Nice clear track for him. I was thinking that he could lap
:12:57. > :13:02.faster but he could not get past the Ducati. Just on the power coming out
:13:02. > :13:09.of there, there was a greasy, semidry part of the track, it just
:13:09. > :13:16.spun out. Cal Crutchlow was almost caught on the outside and forced out
:13:16. > :13:24.onto the rumble strip. Just enough room to cut out onto the inside.
:13:24. > :13:31.Now, Dovizioso will probably see him clear off the middle distance.
:13:31. > :13:39.has now got to judge grip levels and what is where. He just spins out,
:13:39. > :13:42.just there. Cal Crutchlow, it took a little while for Dovizioso to
:13:42. > :13:49.regroup and sort things out. The elegant white would have confused
:13:49. > :13:54.themselves and shut the throttle down. 6.4 seconds out for Dani
:13:54. > :14:02.Pedrosa. I'm sure that his pit board will tell him that he can back by a
:14:02. > :14:12.second a lap. For laps remaining and he is winning comfortably. -- four
:14:12. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:23.laps remaining. Let's face it, all of these tyres are one the ragged
:14:23. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:36.edge. That Honda did not look happy on that sweeping right-hander.
:14:36. > :14:42.gummy tyre, that does not bear thinking about. Wriggling around,
:14:42. > :14:52.you can see him shifting his body weight. The leg comes out. It is
:14:52. > :14:55.
:14:56. > :15:01.Pedrosa, crutch low, the fastest lap. -- Crutchlow. And Bradley Smith
:15:01. > :15:11.into ninth place, in front of Stefan Bradl. Valentino Rossi has picked it
:15:11. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:22.want to be one or off that. This it is stunning performance from Dani
:15:22. > :15:26.Pedrosa but I cannot say enough about these Ducati bikes, Dovizioso
:15:26. > :15:31.hanging on to third place and Nicky Hayden in fifth place, that is
:15:31. > :15:37.really something for a team that has worked so hard to get out of bit
:15:37. > :15:42.technological hold. Cal Crutchlow has had podium places, third place.
:15:42. > :15:47.That would be something. Just what we would want for that would wish
:15:47. > :15:57.that, getting onto the podium but second place, are less Dani Pedrosa
:15:57. > :15:57.
:15:57. > :16:01.makes a silly mistake, he will not get any further up. I am sure his
:16:01. > :16:07.pet borders telling him to be nice and smooth and the man is going to
:16:07. > :16:13.have some issues with Dovizioso because Marc Marquez, 44.7, 1.5
:16:13. > :16:19.seconds per lap faster, and he is the third of those three.
:16:19. > :16:23.biggest pressure is that Ducati podium. Marc Marquez has been up and
:16:23. > :16:33.down, like a UU. He has ridden further than anybody. Most
:16:33. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:44.definitely. P2, Dovizioso. Trying to keep to a -- trying to keep up to
:16:44. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:49.speed with what is going on. He can focus and not be too nervous. You
:16:49. > :16:53.can see those lap times on the screen. The fastest man on the track
:16:53. > :16:58.last time was Marc Marquez, there he is. No point in chasing down
:16:58. > :17:07.Pedrosa. Cal Crutchlow just wants to keep that comfortable gap between
:17:07. > :17:11.the boys behind and keep it on the black stuff. If Marc Marquez trips
:17:11. > :17:16.over Dovizioso and they hold each other up... With three laps to go,
:17:16. > :17:25.you would have to say that Dovizioso is about to be mugged by Marc
:17:25. > :17:30.Marquez. Right on the back wheel, if he gets the run out of here, Mark or
:17:30. > :17:37.KERS will be riding with him coming out of here. Has he got the grip? He
:17:37. > :17:42.will have to ride the back brake. Will he be brave? It is going to be
:17:42. > :17:50.tight. He was riding the traditional line with Dovizioso, leaving the
:17:51. > :17:57.door open. Was he deep enough? And he is through, the big question
:17:57. > :18:01.was, has Marc Marquez got enough time to close down Cal Crutchlow?
:18:01. > :18:08.That is what his father will be trying to work out, my boy only has
:18:08. > :18:13.to hang on for 1.75 laps. That was a solid move from Marc Marquez, as you
:18:13. > :18:19.have seen. Michael Laverty, there, getting lapped, getting out of the
:18:19. > :18:25.way. The only thing I would say is they did hold themselves up a little
:18:25. > :18:31.bit, not enough because it were trying to get through that chicane.
:18:31. > :18:36.He has 1.5 laps remaining and the bike will feel awful underneath.
:18:36. > :18:40.Here we go, Dovizioso trying to hold him out but unfortunately he has
:18:40. > :18:45.compromised that right-hander. Marc Marquez has got that more open line
:18:45. > :18:52.to turn things in, that little blip of the throttle and lazy died in
:18:52. > :18:57.from the Dovizioso. The gap, one and a quarter laps remaining. You would
:18:57. > :19:05.be unlucky for if you were Cal Crutchlow to have any issue with
:19:05. > :19:12.Marc Marquez and his speed. They both had 46.2. Marc Marquez did
:19:12. > :19:21.45.1, that is the trouble. And this next, last lap, Marc Marquez tried
:19:21. > :19:24.to get past Dovizioso last time. I truthfully think on the last lap,
:19:25. > :19:30.Cal Crutchlow just has to keep things nicely together and he will
:19:30. > :19:38.be talking to himself, be smooth, don't do anything silly, do
:19:38. > :19:45.everything, shift your weight around and pray. Surely he has got second
:19:45. > :19:52.place? There is the gap.He cannot surely make that up? It is enormous.
:19:52. > :19:58.It would need a mistake. He never gives up, Mark Arcos quiz Mac this
:19:58. > :20:03.will put Dani Pedrosa in front in the Championship. Yes, for sure, as
:20:03. > :20:13.it stands, Dani Pedrosa believe the French Grand Prix -- lead the French
:20:13. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:30.that is my tyranny. Down the back straight. Down the back straight it
:20:30. > :20:35.is and then it is one two, three, four, five, six corners remaining.
:20:35. > :20:43.Job done, then. Great ride by all these guys, Dani Pedrosa was pretty
:20:43. > :20:53.faultless. He had a couple of scary moments, but then back in front.
:20:53. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :20:58.seconds adrift Michele Pirro. You cannot say too much, he has won in
:20:59. > :21:04.France in the wet, Dani Pedrosa does it. Cal Crutchlow across the line
:21:04. > :21:09.for second place, what about that? Mark Arcade makes the podium in
:21:09. > :21:14.third place. BBC high happy Cal Crutchlow is? His old dad will be
:21:14. > :21:22.there, smiling. But that was a fantastic ride by him, his best ever
:21:22. > :21:27.result in MotoGP. Alvaro Bautista in sixth place, they cannot wait to
:21:27. > :21:30.find out what is going on here. Lorenzo in seventh place. Brilliant
:21:30. > :21:37.stuff from Cal Crutchlow, he congratulates Dani Pedrosa.
:21:37. > :21:47.Excellent stuff. Michele Pirro in eighth place followed by Smith in
:21:47. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:51.ninth place and then Stefan Bradl. Everybody jump up and down. He made
:21:51. > :21:58.it as hard as he possibly could before qualifying but he gets the
:21:58. > :22:03.job done. 10th place, Stefan Bradl. At least he has finished because he
:22:03. > :22:08.has crashed into a wide of the last three races. Excellent stuff and
:22:08. > :22:14.Valentino Rossi comes around, having passed that Yamaha down the road,
:22:14. > :22:22.not really bothered. 12 position. Not good for him. He puts his
:22:22. > :22:32.legate. Just in front of the leading CRT bike. Espargaro in 13th place,
:22:32. > :22:41.in front of the treaty. -- in front of Danilo Petrucci. He timed
:22:41. > :22:51.everything perfectly. The crowd is very appreciative. They got wet but
:22:51. > :22:54.they saw some terrific racing and that was a cracking race. The last
:22:54. > :23:04.points would have been Karel Abraham. Bradley Smith in ninth
:23:04. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:14.place. So, Dani Pedrosa leads the Championship right night at the end
:23:14. > :23:23.of round four. There is a lot of people who crashed, Hernandez went
:23:23. > :23:25.out, Rossi, Stefan Bradl. Those two were lucky to get going again. Randy
:23:25. > :23:34.De Puniet, that was very disappointing on his home Grand
:23:34. > :23:44.Prix. Pedrosa leading by a handsome margin, 83 in Marc Marquez at 77.
:23:44. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:55.Lorenzo has some work to do on 66. How about that? That is the race
:23:55. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :24:02.winning over a cheque and that really stuck. -- overtake. It had
:24:03. > :24:07.to. The boys back. Cal Crutchlow, great stuff. All the boys looking at
:24:07. > :24:12.the rear tyres, just to see what is left of them, I would like to get a
:24:12. > :24:16.shot of that. Just to see what sort of state they are in. Dani Pedrosa
:24:16. > :24:21.is starting to look really complete, last week was a completely different
:24:21. > :24:24.set of circumstances compared to this one. Who was tipped to win the
:24:24. > :24:30.Championship? Somebody had a good guess but he was looking really
:24:30. > :24:34.strong. Those races, you would never thought it was possible but all of a
:24:34. > :24:42.sudden, plenty of races to go, of course, but it has gone back his way
:24:42. > :24:47.and that is wonderful to see. Hopefully we can find out what went
:24:47. > :24:52.wrong with Jorge Lorenzo. That is the question of the day. He seemed
:24:52. > :24:58.to be spinning the whole time. Dani Pedrosa, he did not have a good
:24:58. > :25:03.start in what are, he did not like those dark, sandy conditions. But as
:25:03. > :25:10.soon as that was over, he got together with his second in Texas
:25:10. > :25:15.and winning in Spain and also here. I feel sorry for Dovizioso, he
:25:15. > :25:21.looked so good for so long, he did his best. Very encouraging for
:25:21. > :25:27.Ducati, all round, though? This is the move, Marc Marquez, Dovizioso
:25:27. > :25:31.says, no, Sunshine! But this works, he did not have the faster line over
:25:31. > :25:41.the top of the hill, he did his best to squeeze them out but it did not
:25:41. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:52.work. This is his brother. Valentino Rossi, very unusual mistake.
:25:52. > :25:59.what about Cal Crutchlow? Second place, superb. Fourth in the World
:25:59. > :26:06.Championship with 55 points. There is Nicky Hayden and Valentino, and
:26:06. > :26:10.just... Just the front brake, as he goes into that and you have to trail
:26:10. > :26:14.this in and keep some weight on the front and that was before he even
:26:14. > :26:18.let it off, sometimes you let the front of and it downloads but it was
:26:18. > :26:24.trailing and maybe one metre or six inches off the line. Let us confirm
:26:24. > :26:30.results. But also from Crutchlow and Marc Marquez, Dovizioso and Nicky
:26:30. > :26:33.Hayden and then Alvaro Bautista and then Jorge Lorenzo with Michele
:26:33. > :26:40.Pirro and back then, 41 seconds adrift but on the leaderboard,
:26:40. > :26:50.Bradley Smith. Stefan Bradl rounding up the top ten. Iannone, walking
:26:50. > :27:00.wounded. That is the best result for Bradley Smith in ninth place, so
:27:00. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:08.that is a good day for the British riders. Quite if you non-finishers.
:27:08. > :27:12.Staring, Randy De Puniet, Hernandez. The Championship is very tasty
:27:13. > :27:17.indeed for Dani Pedrosa. There is no doubt. That is a real breathing
:27:17. > :27:23.space for him but with so many races to go, he will just have to keep
:27:23. > :27:28.playing it on. This is where Valentino Rossi went down. You will
:27:29. > :27:35.be pleased to hear it is brightening up so it will be a nice flight home.
:27:35. > :27:39.My eyes are always shot anyway! The campsite and the points. Dani
:27:39. > :27:43.Pedrosa leaping up to the lead of the Championship, in front of his
:27:43. > :27:51.team-mate so that is pretty cool. Honda, one and two. Lorenzo back in
:27:51. > :27:55.third place. Bradley Smith in 12 position in the Championship.
:27:55. > :28:00.Crutchlow up in fourth place, in front of Valentino Rossi and that is
:28:00. > :28:06.very useful indeed. Superb stuff and I think everybody might have got a
:28:06. > :28:11.little bit wet at their but they have enjoyed their racing and we had
:28:11. > :28:15.28 laps are very exciting racing. Marc Marquez, useful points?
:28:15. > :28:19.Congratulations on the podium after that bad start, that moment earlier
:28:19. > :28:29.on, did you think you would finish on the rostrum? Now, especially in
:28:29. > :28:30.
:28:30. > :28:34.the beginning, there was not as much water in the end but from the
:28:34. > :28:43.beginning, the feeling was not so good and I was struggling a lot to
:28:43. > :28:47.get grip and I nearly crashed many times. So I did not expect the
:28:47. > :28:54.podium but then I was focused on my race, I like to do my best and
:28:54. > :29:04.step-by-step, going in front and you know, I am very happy. In the wet
:29:04. > :29:05.
:29:05. > :29:15.for us, so thanks to the team and my team-mate and everything is going
:29:15. > :29:29.
:29:29. > :29:34.well. Congratulations. Happy as a sand boy. He's just absorbing all of
:29:34. > :29:39.this information. He has now got the wet race under his belt. And he will
:29:39. > :29:49.just get faster in these conditions now. That is a nice shot, the
:29:49. > :29:59.factory Hondas sandwiching the Yamaha of Cal Crutchlow. The first
:29:59. > :30:00.
:30:00. > :30:08.of the Yamaha for Mac. They cannot get rid of him. -- the Yamahas. Now,
:30:08. > :30:15.just the traffic jams to think about. What Dave Cal Crutchlow. --
:30:15. > :30:25.what a day for Cal Crutchlow. could not have answered that any
:30:25. > :30:26.
:30:26. > :30:30.better. What a stunning podium. Jorge Lorenzo had his chance to sign
:30:30. > :30:37.the other week, but now it is too late. The team did a fantastic job.
:30:37. > :30:40.I think we deserve this. We showed pace in the trial, we showed pace in
:30:40. > :30:48.the dry, we showed pace in the wet, and I think we deserve it. I am
:30:48. > :30:52.pleased for everybody. We really deserved it, and I am pleased. We
:30:52. > :30:57.got some great support from the guys at home. The British fans have been
:30:57. > :31:02.fantastic. It is nice to finally get that podium. Hopefully, from now on,
:31:02. > :31:08.we can be injury free. I have got to recover from this weekend and
:31:08. > :31:13.hopefully come back. Talk me through that race. You know what it is like
:31:13. > :31:20.to be behind. You look like you were just waiting for the moment. I knew
:31:20. > :31:23.that he would crack in the end with some pressure, Dovizioso. He were
:31:23. > :31:31.slowing up quite a lot and he let Dani Pedrosa get away with it, which
:31:31. > :31:36.was disappointing. But the front tyre was really bad. But I made sure
:31:36. > :31:41.that I got on the podium. And we can go away from here, which is a
:31:41. > :31:46.difficult race, you could not see anything, which is a problem. When
:31:46. > :31:54.you are behind the rider, things stick to the visor. I did not
:31:54. > :31:59.receive very much. -- I could not really see very much.
:31:59. > :32:05.Congratulations. Are we going to get to talk to Dani Pedrosa? Yes, we
:32:05. > :32:12.are. You mastered the art of the wet race. You had it hardest out in
:32:12. > :32:18.front with the drying line. What was that like? It was a great race for
:32:19. > :32:26.me. I did not expect. Always, we have problems with the tyres being
:32:26. > :32:31.called for me, and we did not get a good grip. But, today, I got some
:32:31. > :32:38.good grip on the tyres, particularly on the front, and my braking was
:32:38. > :32:44.good. But I made a couple of mistakes. I almost run out, twice.
:32:44. > :32:49.But I did stay on the bike. I brought it in. And get working well
:32:49. > :32:59.to the end. I am so happy that the bike was working well. And thanks to
:32:59. > :33:04.my team and to all of my fans. looking like the complete rider.
:33:04. > :33:09.reason he struggles to get the temperature is that he is so light.
:33:09. > :33:15.With the drying track, that played into his hands. He probably wore out
:33:15. > :33:20.his tyres a bit less. It looked like the front tyres had just about had
:33:20. > :33:30.enough, but it did the job. Some stunning stuff here. The
:33:30. > :33:32.
:33:32. > :33:38.championship looking much stronger doubters, that has silenced some of
:33:38. > :33:47.them. What a way to answer the critics with victory in the dry at
:33:47. > :33:52.Jerez couple of weeks ago, and then in the wet here today. That was a
:33:52. > :33:58.great ride, wasn't it, from Dani Pedrosa, particularly? Yes, it was a
:33:59. > :34:04.great race. Just being here, the adrenaline that I get, hearing the
:34:04. > :34:10.bikes go by, seeing them on the grid, I just get so much adrenaline,
:34:10. > :34:14.I get so pumped up. It was a great ride. He kept it smooth. He had a
:34:14. > :34:19.little bit of an injury. Sometimes when that happens you do not have
:34:19. > :34:21.that confidence. You just want to stay in the clear, you just want to
:34:21. > :34:27.get through the first laps and find your rhythm, and that is exactly
:34:27. > :34:37.what he did, he found his rhythm, and he started picking dies off, so
:34:37. > :34:37.
:34:37. > :34:42.hats off to him. -- picking guys off. It was perfect for him to get
:34:42. > :34:47.his best ever result. You spoke about being patient, and we saw that
:34:47. > :34:53.from Marc Marquez. What a performance from him to come back
:34:53. > :35:00.after some early mistakes. He rode pretty quick in the wet today.
:35:00. > :35:06.was a great ride by Marc Marquez. He just started picking people off. I
:35:06. > :35:12.would not have given him, I would not have doubted him to catch all of
:35:12. > :35:18.the way up to Cal Crutchlow. He kept getting faster and faster as the
:35:18. > :35:27.track started to dry out. It was an amazing ride to finish on the
:35:27. > :35:31.podium, considering. He looked out, mid-race. If there had been a couple
:35:31. > :35:38.more laps, he might have done something similar to in Jerez. What
:35:38. > :35:46.a fantastic day for Cal Crutchlow. A real statement. A non-factory rider
:35:46. > :35:52.up there with two factory Hondas, and not a factory Yamaha insight.
:35:52. > :36:00.Yes, the bike there, between the two Hondas. There he is, in the hunt,
:36:00. > :36:10.all race long. His last lap was faster than the last lap of Marc
:36:10. > :36:12.
:36:12. > :36:15.Marquez, so he responded very well. He has been running Dani Pedrosa's
:36:15. > :36:22.side of the garage for so long. He is just a quiet guy, who gets on
:36:22. > :36:25.with his work. Lewis Hamilton handing the trophy for third place
:36:25. > :36:31.to Marc Marquez. They are riding and driving styles are quite parallel,
:36:31. > :36:38.so that this quite appropriate. Cal Crutchlow, that is a red letter day
:36:38. > :36:42.for him. And for Dani Pedrosa, he has got to be utterly relieved and
:36:42. > :36:52.delighted that he can do it in these sort of conditions. The man giving
:36:52. > :37:02.
:37:02. > :37:12.out the trophy, I used to race he is now the complete package. Wet
:37:12. > :37:13.
:37:13. > :37:23.races and drive races. He has put it all together this year. -- dry
:37:23. > :37:23.
:37:23. > :38:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 54 seconds
:38:15. > :38:25.UKIP him to win the championship this year. -- well done to Dani
:38:25. > :38:25.
:38:25. > :38:30.Pedrosa. You tipped him to win the championship. So, there you go. A
:38:30. > :38:36.great day for Dani Pedrosa. A sensational day for Cal Crutchlow.
:38:36. > :38:40.And an encouraging day for Ducati. It could have been so much more for
:38:40. > :38:46.Ducati, but thankfully for us it wasn't. And there is Cal Crutchlow
:38:46. > :38:52.on the podium. You have been up there? Times during your career, but
:38:52. > :38:56.what about Dani Pedrosa? Let's talk about him. This is a big statement
:38:57. > :39:04.for him, winning in the dry, in Jerez, and then winning in the wet
:39:04. > :39:09.here. That is huge for the championship, for Dani Pedrosa. Not
:39:09. > :39:17.only just about points, but on a confidence level. He knows that he
:39:17. > :39:21.can do it in any conditions. he's a confidence rider will stop
:39:21. > :39:25.you have written against him many times. Just looking at some of his
:39:25. > :39:31.passing on Dovizioso. There are times when you need confidence to
:39:31. > :39:37.make passes like that. Definitely. The mistake in the beginning of the
:39:37. > :39:42.race almost put him off the track, he had a major job to keep it on the
:39:42. > :39:50.track. Andrea Dovizioso did very well as well. He made use of the
:39:51. > :39:59.excellent Ducati Alec Onyx. But at the end of the day -- -- LH Onyx.
:39:59. > :40:04.Electronics. You had been saying how difficult it is to riding injured,
:40:04. > :40:11.and that is the lasting you want to see in front of you. Once the race
:40:11. > :40:15.gets going, the injury is right out of your mind. You just want to stay
:40:15. > :40:24.clear of all the chaos and confusion and find your bearings. He did
:40:24. > :40:32.exactly that. It was just tunnel vision at that point. He just kept
:40:32. > :40:40.it smooth and consistent and was just faster than Marc Marquez.
:40:41. > :40:45.you don't know the results, you might want to close your eyes and
:40:45. > :40:52.ears for the results of the other classes. We can be joined by the
:40:52. > :40:57.winner of the Moto2 race, Scott Rennie. Congratulations. Still got
:40:57. > :41:02.the leathers on. You must be so pleased with your first win in
:41:02. > :41:08.Moto2. I am so happy. It was difficult in the rain. The main
:41:08. > :41:16.thing was to protect the 25 points over all my main content -- --
:41:17. > :41:25.competitors. It is amazing. To get the first victory in Moto2 gives me
:41:25. > :41:29.big confidence. Let's have a look at the race. He did not get the best of
:41:29. > :41:36.starts. You have to be patient. But you had to hold it together and push
:41:36. > :41:40.your way to the front. I was put the brakes on quite hard, and I let some
:41:40. > :41:50.guys go through. I thought it would be better to take it easy and build
:41:50. > :41:51.
:41:51. > :41:57.the track. I was riding like 70, 70 5% for most of that race and only
:41:57. > :42:04.went at about 85% to try and get a gap for a couple of laps. It looked
:42:04. > :42:11.like you were riding at 100%. That is a real statement for you. And you
:42:11. > :42:14.have got something of an advantage now at the top. Yes, 24 points. I
:42:14. > :42:19.thought that I need to take as many points from these guys to put more
:42:19. > :42:24.pressure on them will stop to come out with 25 points is the best job I
:42:24. > :42:30.could have done today. What a great day for British racing with Cal
:42:30. > :42:34.Crutchlow on the podium. Yes, well done. He rode well. I'm surprised
:42:34. > :42:44.that he stayed on. He looked a little bit loose, but he did well to
:42:44. > :42:48.bring it home. And well done to you, as well, Scott. Cheers.The
:42:48. > :42:53.future of British racing looks bright in his hands. Definitely. He
:42:53. > :42:58.has got that little white -- wild streak and he is definitely got
:42:58. > :43:04.character. But the sport needs that sort of character. He has definitely
:43:05. > :43:10.got his focus. He is doing an amazing job. He has a good shot to
:43:10. > :43:17.the title this year. It was not Valentino Rossi were day, today, was
:43:17. > :43:25.it? I tipped him to win the thing today. But it just was not meant to
:43:25. > :43:33.be. Thank you for joining us today, hopefully, we will see you back