:01:14. > :01:22.They are away. You can't keep that guy away, Jorge Lorenzo right in the
:01:22. > :01:31.hunt. An absolute champion's innings at the crease, bringing it home in
:01:31. > :01:36.fifth place. Cal Crutchlow moved off the line
:01:36. > :01:44.really well but he has been shuffled back a bit now. He has got him under
:01:44. > :01:53.brakes. Marc Marquez is being annihilated high bike number two,
:01:53. > :01:57.Cal Crutchlow. Crutchlow almost connected him. I am pleased the
:01:57. > :02:07.Valentino, it is nice to see him back winning. I would have preferred
:02:07. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:20.it to be me! -- pleased for Valentino. Valentino Rossi is on
:02:20. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:26.it. He takes the lead! He is back! He wins the Dutch Grand Prix.
:02:26. > :02:36.victory after a lot of time gives me a great feeling. I worked a lot, I
:02:36. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:41.never give up. It was a day for heroes or right.
:02:41. > :02:47.The first victory for Valentino Rossi for the first time in over two
:02:47. > :02:53.years. A battered and ruse to Marc Marquez. Third place the Cal
:02:53. > :03:01.Crutchlow and the superhuman run by Lorenzo less than 48 hours after
:03:01. > :03:06.breaking his collarbone. For Jorge Lorenzo it has been a case of deja
:03:06. > :03:13.vu. He found himself on a plane back to Barcelona last night again after
:03:13. > :03:19.another massive crash. It was in turn ten just behind me, very fast.
:03:19. > :03:25.He lost the rear and came down heavily on his injured shoulder
:03:25. > :03:29.during free practice after going fastest in the warmup. X-rays
:03:29. > :03:34.revealed damage to his plate. He needs another operation to replace
:03:34. > :03:40.it. This time there will be no miracle return, he is out of this
:03:40. > :03:45.race and possibly the next one at Laguna Seca in a week's time. A real
:03:45. > :03:54.disappointment for him. A big chance the Dani Pedrosa to extend his
:03:54. > :03:58.league, -- his lead, but fate turned against him. A cold morning, a few
:03:58. > :04:05.drops of rain in the air and he lost the rear turning into gate one and
:04:05. > :04:10.had a massive high side and came down badly on his shoulder. He went
:04:10. > :04:17.straight for his collarbone. X-rays revealed no fractures but the last
:04:17. > :04:27.we saw was him being airlifted away for further checks. This is a story
:04:27. > :04:28.
:04:28. > :04:32.that is developing by the minute here. Give us the latest if you can.
:04:32. > :04:37.As you say, he was taken to the local hospital. The reason for that
:04:37. > :04:42.being that he had low blood pressure and concussion and also extensive
:04:42. > :04:47.damage to his helmet so as a precaution they took him to the
:04:47. > :04:53.local hospital to have a cat scan. He is back now, he arrived after the
:04:53. > :04:57.last session was going, he will not be taking part in qualifying. It
:04:57. > :05:02.looks like a small fracture in the collarbone, that is what the team
:05:02. > :05:07.have just told me. We will have to wait and see what happens with him
:05:07. > :05:10.overnight to see if he will be able to participate in the race tomorrow
:05:10. > :05:18.but meanwhile we know that Jorge Lorenzo will not be participating.
:05:18. > :05:25.The team manager here. I guess it was too much to ask for a repeat of
:05:25. > :05:33.Assen. He has had the operation this morning, how does it look for him?
:05:33. > :05:40.Many questions in one! After Assen, he said in the press conference,
:05:40. > :05:48.what I did nobody should do again. That was very clear. He had a lot of
:05:48. > :05:56.pain in Assen and it took a lot of physical and mental strength. I saw
:05:56. > :06:06.the crash here, and especially bending the plate was a bad
:06:06. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:16.situation. What about in two weeks time? Well, really it is one week.
:06:16. > :06:21.We will have to wait for his answer. He has just finished his operation,
:06:21. > :06:26.I think he is still asleep. If he is listening it is the first time we
:06:26. > :06:31.see each other on television. I hope he is recovering well because that
:06:31. > :06:37.is the first priority at the moment. We wish him and Pedrosa a speedy
:06:37. > :06:44.recovery. Absolutely, and it is a long journey
:06:44. > :06:54.to Laguna Seca. That is in California. A big query mark for
:06:54. > :07:09.
:07:09. > :07:19.could lead the world championship if everything goes his way today and
:07:19. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:29.tomorrow. Marquez set the fastest practice time. Espargaro was the
:07:29. > :07:34.second fastest this morning, third overall over the weekend. Stefan
:07:34. > :07:44.Bradl or so performing well in front of his home crowd. The top ten go
:07:44. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:56.directly into Q2. Dovizioso gets in by virtue of that withdrawal. The
:07:56. > :07:59.top two will qualify for Q2. Look out for Northern Ireland's Michael
:07:59. > :08:04.Laverty. He has been impressive on Laverty. He has been impressive on
:08:04. > :08:10.his first visit to this track. I think we have all been watching him
:08:10. > :08:15.with keen interest, 17th overall but unfortunately a crash for him this
:08:15. > :08:19.morning in turn 11, downhill. It has caught a few experienced riders over
:08:20. > :08:29.the course of the week and it is a bit of a rite of passage for a rocky
:08:30. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:42.to go down there. -- rookie. We saw Casey Stoner go down there about a
:08:42. > :08:49.week ago. Just about every rider has gone down there. A lot have been at
:08:49. > :08:54.turn 11. It is the fastest right-hander and they have a lot of
:08:54. > :08:59.left, seven corners before they get to that. A lot of people are falling
:08:59. > :09:05.down there unfortunately, and wrecking bikes. I can't imagine how
:09:05. > :09:10.much money did Cathy have spent this weekend. Yes, that crash by you know
:09:10. > :09:20.me in particular was bad, it broke the rear swinging arm. -- Andrea
:09:20. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:39.Iannone. It is extraordinarily fast. OK. We have so many crashes to show
:09:39. > :09:49.you I don't know where to start. This is yet another crash a moment
:09:49. > :09:57.ago in this last session. On the back of Andrea Iannone's leathers it
:09:57. > :10:03.says, maniac drivers. That was at turn one. He came in too hot, rear
:10:03. > :10:09.of the bike got in the air and he went horribly down. The guys are
:10:09. > :10:19.going to go out there, we have a practice one coming up and the top
:10:19. > :10:21.
:10:21. > :10:31.two from this go through to qualifying two. Terrific stuff from
:10:31. > :10:33.
:10:33. > :10:36.the CRT guys, particularly Espargaro. A very powerful display.
:10:36. > :10:41.They are going faster and faster with that bike in terms of engines
:10:41. > :10:48.but it is still a bit town on the top speed of the prototype likes,
:10:48. > :10:58.but Espargaro on a CRT machine, not one of the prototype 's, was the
:10:58. > :11:07.fastest in two and three. -- prototypes. Valentino Rossi's crew
:11:07. > :11:12.are doing nothing but power. The only place where you are absolutely
:11:12. > :11:22.pinned on full throttle will be coming out of the start, in front of
:11:22. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:30.our commentary booth. Before turn 11 it is a run down the hill to the
:11:30. > :11:36.turn where Casey Stoner went down last year. This circuit always seems
:11:36. > :11:40.to be a race of attrition and it is last man standing at the moment. It
:11:40. > :11:45.is a very difficult track, the sort of place that invites accidents,
:11:45. > :11:53.lots of downhill corners, blind corners as well, where you can't see
:11:53. > :11:56.where the bike will end up before the corner starts. We had Dani
:11:56. > :12:06.Pedrosa crashing, Jorge Lorenzo in session two at the start of it
:12:06. > :12:16.yesterday, Cal Crutchlow had two enormous crashes yesterday, Andrea
:12:16. > :12:24.Iannone and Dovizioso, Hayden, Laverty. The list goes on and on.
:12:24. > :12:34.Five of them were up around ten, 11th. I would say about $1 billion
:12:34. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:52.worth of damage. -- $1 million. Yonny Hernandez's team say that they
:12:52. > :12:59.have stopped him crashing this year. That is by dialling out a lot of the
:12:59. > :13:06.traction control. There he is, Yonny Hernandez. He feels he is in control
:13:06. > :13:12.of it, he has the throttle. I hope we are not putting on a
:13:12. > :13:16.commentator's curse but he feels much better. People tweet me and
:13:16. > :13:24.say, surely crashing control will not stop you crashing because once
:13:24. > :13:28.it starts spinning you have so much inertia that the traction control
:13:28. > :13:32.does not stop you running, but it stops the tire a little bit. It
:13:32. > :13:36.reduces the spinning through a corner. The rear tyre accelerating
:13:36. > :13:41.out of any of these corners will be travelling faster than the front
:13:41. > :13:48.tyre because of the spin. The traction control is designed to stop
:13:48. > :13:58.the degradation of the rear tyre. snapshot of what is going on, that
:13:58. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:23.is hero, . In terms of your former guard, the fastest in the three
:14:23. > :14:33.qualifying sessions were Marquez, Espargaro and Rossi. In this
:14:33. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:48.session, the guys from ten onwards, it was the pits CEO, Mikael Pirro.
:14:48. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :15:00.-- the bridge CEO. It is a particularly nasty track in terms of
:15:00. > :15:04.catching people out. Yet one of the slowest. That is the nasty bottom
:15:04. > :15:14.corner, the second of the right-handers. It just flipped him
:15:14. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:26.up. Knocked the wind clean out of up. Knocked the wind clean out of
:15:26. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:41.him. It has been of into the gravel. Why did I mention that? That was not
:15:41. > :15:44.traction control. That was a front end sliding out. To go through the
:15:45. > :15:52.list of who did not crash is much shorter this weekend, it is
:15:52. > :16:02.extraordinary. Another foot rest and handlebar, it should be as good as
:16:02. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:07.new. It is not the fault of the Marshall. Paul Bird is here this
:16:07. > :16:15.weekend to watch what is going on. He has been doing particularly well
:16:15. > :16:25.in practice sessions. What can he do now to put him on the best possible
:16:25. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:36.grid position? Claudio Corti has been extremely strong. 10th fastest
:16:36. > :16:46.outright out of all the teams. change we have got all CRT in this
:16:46. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:58.session. They have all gone through. Helped of course by the fact that
:16:58. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:11.Jorge Lorenzo is not here. Randy De Puniet is a wonderful rider that he
:17:11. > :17:18.has been thoroughly eclipsed by his team-mate. Alex Espargaro was just
:17:19. > :17:26.charging so hard, quite extraordinary. They do have the
:17:26. > :17:32.latest upgrade on those bikes. I am told that they have changed the top
:17:32. > :17:40.and a fair bit. And that has helped with reliability. They produce more
:17:40. > :17:50.power. But if you want that upgrade it is about �20,000 per engine.
:17:50. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:08.is not. It is.Andrea Iannone has a dislocated soldier died -- shoulder.
:18:08. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:15.Cordially, De Puniet and Hernandez is how it goes at the moment. It is
:18:15. > :18:25.rarely a tall order for Hernandez to even get back and try to qualify any
:18:25. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:39.better. There he goes. Trying to go out with his second tire. Just
:18:39. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:48.before lunch he was saying he was not looking forward to turn 11. That
:18:48. > :18:56.is the infamous 1011 as it drops away. He had no idea what caused the
:18:56. > :19:04.accident. He was off the throttle. Just really quite peculiar. Hector
:19:04. > :19:14.Barbera in the pits at the moment getting a change of tyres. Colin
:19:14. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:21.Edwards's team-mate is back in fifth place. It is a very tight circuit.
:19:21. > :19:29.Randy De Puniet and Claudio Corti would be the ones to go through if
:19:29. > :19:38.it stopped right now. Michael Laverty, third fastest in this
:19:38. > :19:48.session at the moment. There he is right now. This is a good lap for
:19:48. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:55.Michael Laverty. A good lap from Randy De Puniet. Just lost it on
:19:55. > :20:00.that last exit. He is second place but at the moment that would carry
:20:00. > :20:08.him up into the next practice session as well. Five minutes
:20:08. > :20:18.remaining. Anyone out there really has no time to come in and put on
:20:18. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:26.new tyres. There is Yonny Hernandez. Back in force now in the session.
:20:26. > :20:35.There is nowhere to hide now. The guys will trawl through all the data
:20:35. > :20:43.and show you where you went wrong, a little more front brake pressure, or
:20:43. > :20:53.whatever. At least in my day you could come in and say that the
:20:53. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :21:01.throttle had stuck open! That is true! This is a great lap from Randy
:21:01. > :21:06.De Puniet. He is under a lot of pressure from his team-mate who has
:21:06. > :21:11.just dominated CRT. It is extraordinary. Looking at the
:21:11. > :21:21.combined times of the top three sessions, Alex Espargaro is second
:21:21. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:38.fastest in front of Valentino Rossi. What is going on here with demo
:21:39. > :21:47.judging's -- Danilo Petrucci? are making extraordinary leaps and
:21:47. > :21:57.bounds in the CRT bikes. They are getting faster and faster. These
:21:57. > :21:59.
:21:59. > :22:06.guys are going quicker and quicker. All the time they are honing the
:22:06. > :22:12.chassis. They can run with a softer rear tyre which really does work for
:22:12. > :22:17.this qualifying, 15 minute modifying sessions. It might not work quite so
:22:17. > :22:25.well in the race. So at the moment just under three minutes remaining
:22:25. > :22:35.of this session. These bikes have different compounds available to
:22:35. > :22:41.
:22:41. > :22:46.them of course. Absolutely. Mr Edwards, going into turn one. I
:22:46. > :22:56.thought he was going to let the brakes off. He is second-fastest at
:22:56. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:08.the moment. This man will be disappointed with his run.
:23:08. > :23:18.expected a lot more of him around here. You can see by the faces of
:23:18. > :23:20.
:23:21. > :23:28.the team, they were expecting a lot more. Leaving the best until last,
:23:28. > :23:35.maybe. Time for another lap after this. But he will want to try to get
:23:35. > :23:43.this sorted out and get him through to the next qualifying session.
:23:43. > :23:53.has gone away! There or thereabouts but not quite close enough. Watch
:23:53. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:02.for the third split. He's starting to drift out. He needs to finish
:24:02. > :24:08.first or second in this session to graduate to the next one. De Puniet
:24:08. > :24:18.does not make it. Of course they all have another lap remaining. Michael
:24:18. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:39.Laverty in hot pursuit. These final laps dropping away. 39 seconds
:24:39. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:49.remaining. Michael Laverty's best time of the week so far 23.6. This
:24:49. > :24:59.is his fastest lap of the weekend he has already put in. He is at the top
:24:59. > :25:05.
:25:06. > :25:13.of his field. A strong performance from him. This is a good lap from
:25:13. > :25:18.Randy De Puniet. That could bump him all the way up there. Two of the lab
:25:18. > :25:24.bikes have been destroyed in the first crack this session. And by
:25:24. > :25:34.destroyed, you really do mean absolutely trashed. Iannone, that
:25:34. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:42.look the abbey of the two. -- trashed the uglier. That is
:25:42. > :25:50.frustrating. He does not have the chance to roll the dice. I would
:25:50. > :26:00.love to know the difference in the setup of the bikes. Randy De Puniet
:26:00. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:33.is no mean rider. He is a full really having a stellar season. Down
:26:33. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:53.in ninth place at the moment. The chequered flag is out. Petrucci and
:26:53. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:12.Corti going into the final qualifying session. The first time
:27:12. > :27:22.Petrucci has made it through. But he has done a cracking job here today.
:27:22. > :27:22.
:27:23. > :27:32.23.1. The best time we have seen all weekend was from Mark Marquez.
:27:33. > :27:34.
:27:34. > :27:40.team applauding him. Where did that come from? I do not know. He has
:27:40. > :27:50.really persevered. He had a challenging start last year but has
:27:50. > :27:50.
:27:50. > :28:00.done very well. Just in front of this man, Claudio Corti. Laverty in
:28:00. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:12.six place. Bryan Staring had a nasty crash at the bottom of turn three.
:28:12. > :28:17.Out on the left at the top you can see that infamous 1011. It is a very
:28:17. > :28:23.short track. They really got the most out of their real estate. It is
:28:23. > :28:29.a tiny track that turns back on itself. They fit quite a lot of
:28:29. > :28:39.mileage into a small piece of tarmac. There are just two places on
:28:39. > :28:40.
:28:40. > :28:50.the whole circuit where the bike is fully upright. It is extraordinarily
:28:50. > :28:51.
:28:51. > :29:01.steep. That piece of road was the old Sachsenring. Back in the 1950s
:29:01. > :29:02.
:29:02. > :29:11.and 1960s. There are big crowds here but they used to get something like
:29:11. > :29:21.300,000 spectators turning up back in the mid-60s. It was 50 years ago
:29:21. > :29:24.
:29:24. > :29:28.sadly when the late and great Bill Ivor was killed here at Sachsenring.
:29:28. > :29:34.Laverty did not have a bad run there. He was not that far off it in
:29:35. > :29:40.there. He was not that far off it in the end. Michael, that was your best
:29:40. > :29:45.grid I think. You have never been to a track like this before. You must
:29:45. > :29:54.be pleased. I am happy with how things have been going this weekend.
:29:54. > :29:59.I took a setback this morning with that crash. That upset as going into
:29:59. > :30:03.qualifying but I got a reasonable lap time in the end. It is nice with
:30:03. > :30:13.the two straight on the circuit, giving our bikes much more of a
:30:13. > :30:19.fighting chance. I was chuffed with that. We had a tough weekend in
:30:19. > :30:25.arson and this weekend, it is nice when it works like that. It gives
:30:25. > :30:30.you a fighting chance. The bike has been working well and hopefully we
:30:30. > :30:36.can pick up some points tomorrow. You were one of several riders to
:30:36. > :30:41.crash over the course of the weekend. What is it about 1011?
:30:41. > :30:47.think with the temperature being lowered it was hard to get the into
:30:47. > :30:54.the tyres. There are just too right hand tends before that. So getting
:30:54. > :31:01.the temperature to drop out of the right tyres, there is nothing that
:31:01. > :31:04.you can do. You are on the ground before you know it. It's kind of
:31:04. > :31:11.looked me because I had done nothing wrong, there is nothing to change to
:31:11. > :31:17.avoid it. But the temperature was up there at the end of qualifying so I
:31:17. > :31:27.was able to push through. It is just one of those corners. One of the
:31:27. > :31:37.fastest in the calendar and really easy to crash. It was closed between
:31:37. > :31:38.
:31:38. > :31:45.you so we are looking for a good race tomorrow. Yes, in the
:31:45. > :31:55.qualifying session it was not my preferred chassis sessions. I am
:31:55. > :31:56.
:31:56. > :32:06.right up there with the top CRTs. So we will just keep chipping away
:32:06. > :32:06.
:32:06. > :32:10.tomorrow. This track seems to lend itself to our style. Great
:32:10. > :32:20.performance by Michael. Let's see what he can do in the race tomorrow.
:32:20. > :32:24.Coming through to Q2 now. The true Chi makes it for the first time and
:32:24. > :32:33.Laois Espargaro, we will all be looking to see how he gets on after
:32:33. > :32:42.coming third. -- Danilo Petrucci makes it for the first time and
:32:42. > :32:49.Espargaro. Espargaro is a hard charger and his bike is going
:32:49. > :32:54.quicker and quicker. The interesting factor is that people are saying
:32:54. > :32:58.that his brother has been signed by Yamaha for next year. But you would
:32:58. > :33:03.think he was the one who would be snapped up because he is doing a
:33:03. > :33:11.sterling job, the other guys must be thinking, what on earth is he doing?
:33:11. > :33:15.He is riding that much harder. He is on top of it, he doesn't crash too
:33:15. > :33:22.much, he is just riding extremely well. He is getting the best out of
:33:22. > :33:29.his bike. For those not familiar with VCR to rules, we will review
:33:29. > :33:37.that. More immediately, the number of crashes we have had over the
:33:37. > :33:44.weekend. That is Cal Crutchlow, the first one. It is like being in a
:33:44. > :33:49.tumble dryer. You can see smoke of the low side of his tyre. You can
:33:49. > :33:59.see him thinking, I don't need this. He will be trying to slow himself
:33:59. > :34:01.
:34:01. > :34:11.down, trying to get as much contact with the track as he can get.
:34:11. > :34:12.
:34:12. > :34:22.sliding at about 120 mph. Not really what you want to try at home.
:34:22. > :34:23.
:34:23. > :34:29.is 120 mph. When the crash seems to be over, he starts to tumble and
:34:29. > :34:36.tumble, slides about 400 metres down the hill. It is extraordinary and a
:34:36. > :34:41.miracle more people are not hurt. I was talking to Cal Crutchlow's dad
:34:41. > :34:46.earlier and he said, he is seriously beaten up. He passed out trying to
:34:46. > :34:53.get some of the dressings of the wounds because they cause nasty skin
:34:53. > :34:59.injuries. And he is as tough as they come. He had already beaten himself
:34:59. > :35:09.up in turn one yesterday. He jumps off there, takes all the skin off
:35:09. > :35:23.
:35:23. > :35:27.his hands. These guys at half. -- official free practice. Marquez from
:35:27. > :35:37.Espargaro and Valentino Rossi of Italy. Crutchlow next, bow tester,
:35:37. > :35:43.
:35:43. > :35:51.Bradley Smith, Nicky Hayden, and Patricio so -- Dovizioso. They will
:35:51. > :35:55.be riding with the boys who made it through from free practice one. This
:35:55. > :36:00.is a 15 minute session but only half the field here. Theoretically they
:36:00. > :36:05.are not supposed to get tangled up and fall over each other but we know
:36:05. > :36:11.it doesn't work like that. minutes remaining of this session. I
:36:11. > :36:21.think they will have another three laps, put a new rear tyre on and
:36:21. > :36:24.
:36:24. > :36:34.have another three laps. There is -- Reece Edwards, there, the PR guy.
:36:34. > :36:41.They were disappointed because Dani Pedrosa is not going out. He will
:36:41. > :36:48.start in 12th. It is not guaranteed that he will start tomorrow. If he
:36:48. > :36:53.is deemed to have had concussion they won't let him start. It is
:36:53. > :37:00.extraordinarily bad luck. I'm sure Dani Pedrosa was not feeling too
:37:00. > :37:03.sharp when he saw Lorenzo crash like that, nobody wishes ill on anybody
:37:03. > :37:13.else but he would have known it was a chance to bag some points, but
:37:13. > :37:17.
:37:17. > :37:27.then he did the exact same. Who says they don't wish bad on each other? !
:37:27. > :37:28.
:37:28. > :37:33.Pedrosa was going to go back -- Pedrosa shook his hand and wished
:37:33. > :37:41.him the best. He would not have thought that he was going to be in
:37:41. > :37:51.the same situation, being flown off to hospital this morning. Pedrosa
:37:51. > :37:56.
:37:56. > :37:59.was on 138, Pedrosa was second on 127. If Pedrosa does not turn up
:37:59. > :38:09.tomorrow and this man wins it, he will lead the championship at the
:38:09. > :38:12.
:38:12. > :38:21.end. This man, Stefan Bradl, the local German rider, has been
:38:21. > :38:28.absolutely on it all weekend, his best qualifying last week in Assen.
:38:28. > :38:31.That is, two weeks ago. A great opportunity for Valentino Rossi, who
:38:31. > :38:41.delighted the motorbike world by winning for the first time in two
:38:41. > :38:45.years in Assen. He had not won since 2010, the Sepang circuit. This is
:38:45. > :38:51.another great opportunity without Lorenzo and with Dani Pedrosa
:38:51. > :38:56.obviously below par even if he does race tomorrow. When you start
:38:56. > :39:00.looking down the list of people, Pedrosa leads, second, Lorenzo,
:39:01. > :39:10.neither of them riding. Marc Marquez is in pretty good form but he broke
:39:11. > :39:11.
:39:11. > :39:16.a tow and a finger to weeks ago. Cal Crutchlow is walking wounded. Every
:39:16. > :39:26.rider you talk about. At the moment, Stefan Bradl is the fastest out
:39:26. > :39:36.there. The fastest this weekend has been 93, Marc Marquez, the young
:39:36. > :39:40.
:39:40. > :39:50.Spaniard. 1.24.849, that is the fastest we have seen all weekend.
:39:50. > :39:57.Cal Crutchlow is on a great run as well. I fear for him because if he
:39:57. > :40:00.is really beaten up it will be hard to run a race distance. It is
:40:00. > :40:09.amazing what adrenaline does. Crutchlow is about to go fastest
:40:09. > :40:19.coming over the line. Rossi initially was fastest. Crutchlow is
:40:19. > :40:23.
:40:23. > :40:32.two tenths under. Casey Stoner got the all-time record in 2008. Marquez
:40:32. > :40:37.has just missed out on that pesky turn 11, down to turn 12 where we
:40:37. > :40:42.saw Casey Stoner crashed trying to pass his team-mate. That was
:40:42. > :40:52.probably the turning point of the championship last year. Stefan Bradl
:40:52. > :40:53.
:40:53. > :41:00.is fighting it, he is a cowboy. Marquez holding third, expect more
:41:00. > :41:04.from him and from Stefan bravo. Espargaro is still in fifth place,
:41:04. > :41:08.an extraordinary performance. Stefan Bradl really led from the front
:41:08. > :41:14.yesterday, he was fastest in the second session and ended the day the
:41:14. > :41:24.fastest man on track. There is his team boss. Dovizioso, who just made
:41:24. > :41:26.
:41:26. > :41:29.this session, has got a bit on the get up front from 11th, where he is.
:41:29. > :41:39.They struggle with quick direction change and that is what you need
:41:39. > :41:40.
:41:40. > :41:50.here. Yes, not at all about horsepower here. You are in good
:41:50. > :41:52.
:41:52. > :41:56.company, Stefan Bradl. You are -- at least you are up and running.
:41:57. > :42:05.have seen an identical crash with Valentino Rossi in the race. Too
:42:05. > :42:09.much lean angle. We were talking about 60 degrees of lean angle. This
:42:09. > :42:15.is the second long corner, the bike just slides out from underneath him.
:42:15. > :42:24.The grip gives up on you. There is only a certain angle that you can
:42:25. > :42:33.get out, the kinetic energy wants to go on. It is an extraordinary
:42:33. > :42:39.concept to think that the bike is near horizontal than stood up. --
:42:39. > :42:42.nearer. There is Valentino Rossi, racing through the part of the
:42:42. > :42:52.circuit where Lorenzo was injured yesterday. An astonishing crash
:42:52. > :43:02.because it was more in 11 than ten. Now Rossi pulls into the pits.
:43:02. > :43:06.
:43:06. > :43:13.Callao audio quality, Smith behind him. -- Claudio Corti. Another
:43:13. > :43:22.couple of tenths chipped away for Stefan Bradl. We were talking about
:43:22. > :43:25.his finger, that has more or less sealed up. He has a little finger
:43:25. > :43:35.that is bent and will never straighten up for the rest of his
:43:35. > :43:37.
:43:38. > :43:47.life, though. Dovizioso sitting in ninth place. His team-mate Nicky
:43:47. > :43:54.Heidenreich behind him. -- Nicky Hayden. Cal Crutchlow is holding
:43:54. > :44:04.pole with more than half the session going. Will this guy be able to
:44:04. > :44:05.
:44:05. > :44:14.close him down? Rossi is just one tenth behind him. Last stab at it,
:44:14. > :44:22.guys, six minutes remaining. I think we have some more changes yet to
:44:22. > :44:26.come, everybody is getting a bit braver. Just take a look at that,
:44:26. > :44:34.the way he is shifting his body around on there, it is like
:44:34. > :44:40.tightrope walking, moving his body weight around. The bike should be
:44:40. > :44:48.falling over but he stands it up, lays it down, stand it up. The back
:44:48. > :44:54.wheel was over steering and drifting. Astonishing commitment, in
:44:54. > :45:04.terms of appearance Marc Marquez is the most aggressive rider. Yes, the
:45:04. > :45:06.
:45:06. > :45:12.most animated. Local hero Stefan Bradl across the line. Spare bike,
:45:12. > :45:21.different brakes. He will have two tried to do while himself into this
:45:21. > :45:30.bike. He took one end was rather scraped and scratched. -- he took
:45:30. > :45:40.one in. Stefan Bradl runs two very different setups, one has a longer
:45:40. > :45:48.
:45:48. > :45:53.swingarm full stop sometimes they can compromise that by the sliders.
:45:53. > :46:01.Petrucci made it through into qualifying but he is now on the
:46:01. > :46:06.gravel. Dovizioso usually can hold his breath for a lap. This is the
:46:06. > :46:13.second shortest track that we go to. We are in California next weekend.
:46:13. > :46:21.All this year has to be shipped out there. Valentino Rossi looking for a
:46:21. > :46:28.clear piece of track. California is the shortest lap of the year. This
:46:28. > :46:34.is the second shortest. You can see all the rubble and debris thrown out
:46:34. > :46:44.to the edge of the track. Just similar speeds here over the top of
:46:44. > :46:46.
:46:46. > :46:51.the hill. About 280 kilometres per hour. It is hard to do justice to
:46:51. > :47:01.the steepness of the hills around here. They are massively heavy
:47:01. > :47:03.
:47:03. > :47:13.hills. They gathered so much pace. Then you climb all the way back up
:47:13. > :47:19.
:47:19. > :47:29.to the start -- finish straight. We will keep an eye on this. That is a
:47:29. > :47:31.
:47:31. > :47:41.provisional pole. The scary part coming up. We tip into the right.
:47:41. > :47:43.
:47:43. > :47:51.Poultry breath. He is through it. Just underneath the fastest time.
:47:51. > :48:01.This is provisional pole position. Stefan Bradl crossing the line.
:48:01. > :48:03.
:48:03. > :48:08.Marquez on the last corner. He goes across the line. 1.21.3. He will
:48:08. > :48:18.have seen that time. I do not even know if you have time to look at
:48:18. > :48:19.
:48:19. > :48:28.it. You are doing everything you can to get everything just right. The
:48:28. > :48:33.back wheel comes up in the air. Down into second gear. Marc Marquez, he
:48:33. > :48:41.says on this circuit in particular being so tight, the scenery comes at
:48:41. > :48:48.you so fast. Stefan Bradl started very well. Just drifted out on the
:48:48. > :48:57.second sector. This is much better from Nicky Hayden. He goes up to
:48:57. > :49:07.fifth position. Just over one minute remaining of this session. Can
:49:07. > :49:11.
:49:11. > :49:19.Stefan Bradl get it all together? Look at Alex Espargaro. He goes in
:49:19. > :49:25.fifth place. In front of Nicky Hayden. He is very fast in the
:49:25. > :49:35.middle section of the lap. Cal Crutchlow still in the middle of the
:49:35. > :49:38.
:49:38. > :49:48.front row. Half a minute left. Valentino Rossi will start from the
:49:48. > :49:48.
:49:48. > :49:58.front row. Or he will if he can keep up this pace. He is even under the
:49:58. > :49:59.
:49:59. > :50:03.time set by Marquez. Very close. One more corner to go. He will try to
:50:03. > :50:10.get his head down as quickly as he possibly can. Valentino Rossi
:50:10. > :50:16.chasing pole position. He moves up to second place. Cal Crutchlow has
:50:16. > :50:25.just gone faster again. Unbelievable stuff. Rossi had it for a second,
:50:25. > :50:35.Cal Crutchlow took it back. world of motorcycling loves
:50:35. > :50:38.
:50:38. > :50:43.Valentino Rossi. What an ambassador for the sport. Marquez holds it by
:50:43. > :50:53.one tenth from Cal Crutchlow who is one tent in front of Valentino
:50:53. > :50:58.
:50:58. > :51:06.Rossi. Cal Crutchlow has done that with his hands red rule from gravel
:51:06. > :51:12.rash. He will be absolutely in agony. So the front row, Honda,
:51:12. > :51:18.Yamaha, Yamaha. Stefan Bradl will not be in the front row for his home
:51:18. > :51:28.Grand Prix, disappointingly. Nicky Hayden rounding it off. It was very
:51:28. > :51:33.
:51:33. > :51:43.good riding from Valentino Rossi. Quality and Petrucci 10th and 11th
:51:43. > :51:51.
:51:51. > :51:56.respectively. -- Corti. We are missing Jorge Lorenzo and Dani
:51:57. > :52:05.Pedrosa, let us not forget. These series of crashes have learned the
:52:05. > :52:15.championship right open. Talk about a leveller. Every team scratching
:52:15. > :52:18.
:52:18. > :52:28.their heads. This CRT stuff is so good. Next year of course we have
:52:28. > :52:32.
:52:32. > :52:42.the production -based Honda coming in. You can purchase that engine to
:52:42. > :52:56.
:52:56. > :53:06.He still has got that speed. The team will be pleased. Perhaps having
:53:06. > :53:09.
:53:09. > :53:19.one or two pints of beer tonight. Alex Espargaro the middle of the
:53:19. > :53:19.
:53:19. > :53:26.second row to start. With the absence of Dani Pedrosa a certain
:53:26. > :53:36.inevitability be about him getting all position. Pedrosa has one the
:53:36. > :53:41.
:53:41. > :53:47.last three years on the trot. -- has won. He came here leading the
:53:47. > :53:54.championship. But Stefan Bradl will be disappointed with that. I think
:53:54. > :54:04.that was real frustration when he walked in there. He would want a
:54:04. > :54:14.front row at the very minimum. Valentino Rossi had that second
:54:14. > :54:26.
:54:26. > :54:35.place for about two seconds until old dog yet, as you say. Top speeds,
:54:35. > :54:43.even though it is such a short lap. A brilliant ride from Crutchlow. And
:54:43. > :54:47.he is in a great position. If you are in any pain, we see that your
:54:47. > :54:54.hands are bandaged, but you did not show it in that session. That was
:54:54. > :55:01.the plan, not to show the pain. But I am definitely in pain. I would say
:55:01. > :55:06.this weekend is the toughest race I have had riding injured. I did not
:55:06. > :55:11.feel well because of what happened yesterday. I took some big banks to
:55:11. > :55:18.the head. I have got some abrasions on my arm. And this morning did not
:55:18. > :55:23.go that well. But I took a calculated decision. I thought we
:55:23. > :55:27.had to try to write today and it was a good job we did. But the podium
:55:27. > :55:35.tomorrow is going to be very difficult. The team are doing a good
:55:35. > :55:42.job. I made a mistake yesterday with the first crash. The second I think
:55:42. > :55:49.was due to that red flag. We waited in the pit lane with no direction. I
:55:49. > :55:56.try my best and it is good to be back on the front row under
:55:56. > :56:03.conditions like that. With Valentino and Marquez being at 100% and me
:56:03. > :56:10.not. Valentino Rossi, his best qualifying of the season. He has not
:56:10. > :56:17.been on the front row over year. was a big effort from Cal Crutchlow.
:56:17. > :56:22.The question is with that kind of injury and open wounds, that he can
:56:22. > :56:32.actually hang together for a race distance. He is knocked around but
:56:32. > :56:33.
:56:33. > :56:39.adrenaline is a wonderful thing. I am sure that that will kick in.
:56:39. > :56:48.Valentino Rossi, his tale will be up after so many races without much in
:56:48. > :56:53.the way of podium action let alone a win. It will be a great relief that
:56:53. > :57:00.he still can do it. Winning in Assen. And that will carry over into
:57:00. > :57:10.this weekend without his team-mate. Congratulations, third hole of the
:57:10. > :57:20.
:57:20. > :57:29.season and a really big chance now. I am happy, very happy. We got pole
:57:29. > :57:34.position but I feel so good with the bike this year. I always feel strong
:57:34. > :57:40.so for tomorrow I think we will have a good day. We hope to get weather
:57:40. > :57:44.like that because if it is hot it is a bit better going round. But we
:57:44. > :57:49.will try to do our best. I feel ready for a fight for the podium and
:57:50. > :57:58.even victory. We need to pay attention to the rivals. Good luck
:57:58. > :58:03.for tomorrow. Well he can certainly right. Marc
:58:03. > :58:07.Marquez on pole for the third time this season in the race tomorrow and
:58:07. > :58:11.possibly going for the championship lead. Let us hope he can be joined
:58:11. > :58:21.out there on the grid by his team-mate, Dani Pedrosa, who will
:58:21. > :58:27.face a late fitness check tomorrow morning. Valentino Rossi also