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200 the spectacular north coast of Northern Ireland, home to one of | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
the most exhilarating sporting events in the world. Welcome to the | :00:28. | :00:38. | |
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Relentless International North West got this one done and dusted. | :01:11. | :01:21. | |
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Last year's event was curtailed because of an oil spill and bad | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
weather, but this year, conditions are perfect. It is fast, furious | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
and frightening. This is one of the few places in the world where you | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
will see wheel to wheel motorcycle racing at speeds over 200 mph. And | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
some of the best riders on the planet are here to compete around | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
this unique nine miles circuit on the closed public roads between the | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
towns of Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine. We have to the top | :01:53. | :02:01. | |
contenders from across the Irish Sea. Some of the finest motorcycle | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
racers from Down Under. And the very best of our home-grown talent, | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
hoping to thrill that tens of thousands of spectators with a | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
local win. One rider has been on the podium here more times than | :02:15. | :02:25. | |
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anybody else. Phillip McCallen. He took Cameron Donald on a flying lap. | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
The North West 200, one of the fastest circuits in the world. We | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
are about a mile from start, finish. In my day, this was flat through | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
here. What is the difference? have a roundabout. Once we leave | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
York, we come up the hill region third gear on the Superbike, up to | :02:44. | :02:52. | |
130 mph, slowing down to first year, 25 mph around the corner. We are | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
now going into Station Corner, the fastest corner on the circuit. In | :02:58. | :03:05. | |
my day, we would knock it off for a bit, 160 mph. It is now about 180 | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
mph. This is what racing is all about. Fifth gear, rolling it off a | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
little bit. This is an important corner. If you want to hit 200 mph, | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
you have to come through as fast as possible. Mather's Cross probably | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
was one of the most difficult, tactical corners in road racing. It | :03:27. | :03:35. | |
is coming up at 180 mph. Hard on the brakes, as we approach this | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
chicane. Still a very challenging corner, but a lot different than | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
back in your day. Black Hill, it is all about the last lap. It is a | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
heck of a corner. It is a flying crest on to the big stretch, the | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
Coast Road, as your last chance to get a win. We hope to see you on | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
the podium, but that is what it takes to do a fast lap at the North | :03:59. | :04:09. | |
For the first time, organisers introduced racing on more than one | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
day at the North West 200, and the first two races were won by a local | :04:14. | :04:24. | |
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looks so strong. -- Seeley. The hopes are resting on the outcome of | :04:35. | :04:45. | |
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day. He took the honours in the Supertwin race, but also his team- | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
mates were second and third to fill the podium up -- places. And | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
Alastair Seeley was the start to finish a winner in the Superstock | :05:01. | :05:10. | |
class. That was Alastair Seeley's 6 North West 200 win. And he is in | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
pole position for the first race of the day, the Supersport class. Only | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
one rider has ever won five races in a year at the North West 200, | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
Phillip McCallen. But if this man can win a clean sweep today, he | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
would rewrite the record books. No pressure, but can you win or five | :05:27. | :05:37. | |
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It is not impossible but you need a lot of luck, and to be in the right | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
place at the right time. I have prepared pretty well. I have set | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
some benchmarks, fast lap times in practice. This will probably be the | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
hardest race, the Supersport class, because the bikes are so even and | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
it is just down to slipstream, being in the right place. I am | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
looking forward to it. This is the first race and it is a matter of | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
getting a decent result and building on it. Thank you. That is | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
a man is fighting fit because he has been training full-time in | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
Northern Ireland. He will have his work cut out because alongside him | :06:10. | :06:16. | |
on the front row, two talented individuals. His team-mate, | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
Englishman Guy Martin, and the road racing legend, John McGuinness, | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
riding for the Padgetts Honda team. This race is going to be an | :06:24. | :06:34. | |
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absolute cracker. Time to join the row, there is a depth of talent at | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
the North West 200 this year that is going to make every race into a | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
cracker. Have a look at the Grid. Strength in depth is what the North | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
West 200 has, more than any other road race on the planet. On the | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
second row, Dunlop, Jonson and Stefano Bonetti. Michael Dunlop, | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
Cameron Donald and Adrian Archibald John Rothery, and Ian Hutchinson | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
back on the racetrack after his nasty accident at the beginning of | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
the year. We are run for a cracking race to start the day. I think the | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
great shows a trace of the weather which afflicted us earlier in the | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
week. But the forecasters were dead right, and this one will go in what | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
amounts to blazing sunshine here at the North West 200. We look down | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
from a helicopter. The Grid is clear it and they point to the red | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
light. Away they go, a good start for Alastair C-diff. Even better | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
for John McGuinness. Guy Martin looks like he has got a hold of it. | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
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We are on board with John at the start. John McGuinness and | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
Guy Martin side by side. McGuinness had the inside line into the | :07:55. | :08:02. | |
hairpin. Martin had to think again about that one! There was a lot of | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
talk about Alastair Seeley before this. Let's have a look at the | :08:07. | :08:17. | |
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second wave. He had a big accident last year at them accident -- the | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
Mexican Grand Prix. We are back with Alex the Seeley, looking back | :08:24. | :08:34. | |
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at John McGuinness. -- alliss to goes blasting past Alastair C leave. | :08:37. | :08:46. | |
This is what the North West 200 is all about. Look at Cameron Donald | :08:46. | :08:53. | |
on the top. It is a William Dunlop. Where on earth did he come from? | :08:53. | :09:02. | |
is in the lead. It does not matter what position you are in, as long | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
as you are in the lead group at this point in the race. We are | :09:09. | :09:16. | |
looking back at Alastair Seeley. William Dunlop in front. Bruce | :09:16. | :09:26. | |
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Anstey, number five, he was on road the running. This is the Ballysally | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
roundabout. Back on to the home straight. Along here, the bumps are | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
unbelievable. It looks flat out, but they start to bounce about | :09:49. | :09:58. | |
because it is so bumpy. Super quick as well. Reaching over 160 mph and | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
already thinking about the breaking point at Mather's Cross. There is | :10:04. | :10:12. | |
all sorts going on. Somebody has gone on. I did not see who it was. | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
It was Gary Johnson. I don't think he gained any advantage. I think he | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
carefully weighted to pick up his place, so no advantage gained and | :10:23. | :10:31. | |
no penalty. But advantage to William Dunlop. Earlier days, still. | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
On the first lap, it is about being in the leading bunch. But it does | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
your confidence good to lead. William Dunlop, Majestic through | :10:38. | :10:48. | |
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the chicane. So aggressive on that 600. You need to carry speed out of | :10:52. | :10:59. | |
there if you can. It is all about the run to Metropole. It is John | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
McGuinness, closing in on Cameron Donald. Who could forget Cameron | :11:04. | :11:13. | |
Donald last year, putting in a stunning performance. Mrs Alastair | :11:13. | :11:20. | |
Seeley's territory. You have to move your body around. He was right | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
on the edge. You would think he would take it steady on the opening | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
lap, but he was right on the edge of the breaking through that | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
section be on the Metropole. And he is very anxious down on the Coast | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
Road section to get on with getting past William Dunlop. He thought he | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
had a chance. He almost overcooked it. John McGuinness is behind in | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
third place. This is great from John McGuinness, because he has | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
been a big bike specialist in recent years. He wrote at world | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
level on the 612 years ago. And here he is riding with the likes of | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
Alastair Seeley and William Dunlop. He was very sharp in the practice | :12:02. | :12:07. | |
week, John McGuinness. Every session, he went out, no matter | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
what the weather. Look at the body language from Cameron Donald, so | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
aggressive. The Sun has really just come out at the start of the race. | :12:18. | :12:27. | |
Fingers crossed we will not get any rain today. It looks good. Track | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
temperature will be quite cold right now. Not on these tyres. They | :12:31. | :12:37. | |
will be fully warm at the end of the first nine mile lap. Six laps | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
in all. We have four more to go, and then this one. Cameron Donald, | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
leading the group. Look at the power of the Honda coming out as | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
they go to the roundabout. Still William Dunlop against Alistair C | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
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leave. McGuinness is struggling to him? Nobody else's red and yellow | :13:14. | :13:20. | |
light that. Flat out yet again. This is what makes the North West | :13:20. | :13:30. | |
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200 unique. Five or six bikes abreast. Wow! The scariest corner | :13:30. | :13:36. | |
in road racing, flat out on a 600. No slacking going through there. | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
William Dunlop is pulling away. All of the talk before the race was of | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
Allister Seeley possibly getting five, and William Dunlop has said | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
that he is his biggest rival, the man to beat. Bruce Anstey comes | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
driving alongside Cameron Donald. There was some slipstream going on | :13:57. | :14:03. | |
behind him, Gary Johnson, I think. It was. We are looking at John | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
McGuinness, trying to really in the leaders. William Dunlop, superb. He | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
has been such a good ride on the 600 in recent years. He came to the | :14:13. | :14:23. | |
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for second place. -- the John McGuinness. This was the battle at | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
the front of the second wave. It is now it for a second place. William | :14:41. | :14:49. | |
Dunlop is on his way. Alastair Seeley has still got him in his | :14:49. | :14:59. | |
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William Dunlop? The Honda, in a straight line, is a rocket. This is | :15:19. | :15:26. | |
a much more flowing chicane than the one before. I am very impressed | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
with John McGuinness so far. I would not have predicted him in the | :15:32. | :15:42. | |
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top three in the 600 with Alastair Seeley. Have they given away | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
anything through the twisty bits? Cameron Donald with John Simm | :15:53. | :16:03. | |
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tracks are presume of Michael Dunlop? Not I did breezy look -- | :16:11. | :16:18. | |
pre-season for Michael Dunlop. Michael Dunlop is by Cobbing this | :16:18. | :16:28. | |
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Dunlop, the way he is showing Alastair Seeley the way. A lot of | :16:41. | :16:51. | |
this is about the horsepower of the Wilson Craig Honda. William appears | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
to be on the V6? I think any of them will tell you that the Honda | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
has the edge over the Suzuki in a straight line. Perhaps that is why | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
John McGuinness is going so well. William is making do bite work. Oh, | :17:08. | :17:18. | |
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had a disappointing night the other night, 15th place. That is it for | :17:32. | :17:40. | |
Archibald, game over. There is no sign of John Magennis behind Seeley. | :17:40. | :17:50. | |
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Oh, there he is. The race's halfway down. It is all down to William | :17:55. | :18:05. | |
Dunlop. He does not have to worry about see coming up on him. -- | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
Alastair Seeley. He has to hope that Alastair Seeley does not Mabel | :18:09. | :18:17. | |
into his lead. Last year we saw a battle between Alastair Seeley and | :18:17. | :18:26. | |
Cameron Donald. Glorious sunshine, and you can see | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
big gap back to second place, Seeley in third place, and an | :18:29. | :18:39. | |
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eternity behind them. We are going towards the Ballysally roundabout. | :18:49. | :18:59. | |
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Seeley and John McGuinness. You have no choice but to cross the | :19:07. | :19:15. | |
camber while being under par. On the bigger bikes, they will be | :19:15. | :19:25. | |
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clinging on. John McGuinness for a Mather's Cross so chicane. -- | :19:40. | :19:50. | |
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to be pulling him back so Cameron Donald cannot bridge the gap to | :19:57. | :20:07. | |
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Dunlop into Metropole, look at Alastair Seeley. If John McGuinness | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
can stay there, he could pull something out of the back at the | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
end. Eight Johnson couldn't catch Cameron Donald, he is going to | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
track around the coast road with him. You will not see a lot of | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
overtaking along here unless you happen to be Alastair Seeley in a | :20:39. | :20:45. | |
chicane, in which case, look out! He is not close enough to William | :20:45. | :20:51. | |
Dunlop to worry about going through the chicane. We have got William | :20:51. | :21:01. | |
Dunlop, who has never won a four- stroke race around this circuit. He | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
is just blowing all the Hyde Park out-of-the-way, all of the talk | :21:06. | :21:14. | |
about Alastair Seeley. -- all of the high-power out of the way. | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
he has got a hand injury. I figure it is his right hand that is a | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
problem for him. He is doing a brilliant job out there and a | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
surprise job as well. He is a problem for Alastair Seeley. I am | :21:29. | :21:39. | |
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amazed he has not made any inroads Donald. We might see some | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
overtaking going into the hairpin. He is not close enough just yet. He | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
needs to be a little closer to Cameron Donald. Maybe next time, if | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
they are in the same position on the next lap. Of course, the laps | :22:12. | :22:19. | |
are counting down. Gary Johnson looking very good indeed. Cameron | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
Donald seems to be fading. He is not catching up with the leaders | :22:23. | :22:33. | |
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and he is not keeping his distance from Gary Johnson. Maybe Cameron | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
Donald might have best idea and it has halted his momentum? -- missed | :22:41. | :22:51. | |
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a gear. Honda horsepower, pulling away. Wilson Craig Honda Spa. Gary | :22:53. | :23:00. | |
Johnson is on a Honda as well but Wilson Craig seem to have that | :23:00. | :23:09. | |
tuned so sweetly. Only two things could beat him, misfortune or | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
stamina. Five races might be too much for a guy who normally only | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
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has to on a normal race day. Here he comes. John McGuinness, objects | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
on the on-board camera are closer than they appear, so he has not got | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
it as easy as it looks. Gary Johnson just tracking Cameron | :23:41. | :23:51. | |
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Donald round. Gary Johnson head into the roundabout. Gary Johnson | :23:53. | :24:02. | |
might have got a few vital mm. would have predicted, John Magennis, | :24:02. | :24:12. | |
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third race? And William Dunlop in the lead. This is a very difficult | :24:15. | :24:22. | |
chicane. It is much more difficult and it is easy to make a complete | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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mess of it. Cameron Donald, being chased by | :24:33. | :24:43. | |
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Gary Johnson. We are riding with Alastair Seeley through the chicane. | :24:44. | :24:53. | |
We are looking at a back marker? We are. Cameron Donald will go past | :24:53. | :25:03. | |
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him. Yes! Maybe Gary Johnson might close in. It is evenly spaced. | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
gap has come down between William Dunlop and Alastair Seeley, but | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
still comfortable for William Dunlop. Gary Johnson, really good. | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
William Dunlop does not need to see Alastair Seeley in his tracks on | :25:22. | :25:32. | |
this next that. -- next lap. Alastair Seeley and John McGuinness | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
might just be disappearing. That was the perfect line out of | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
Metropole. Alastair Seeley is definitely pulling away from John | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
McGuinness and closing up onto the back end of William Dunlop. The gap | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
between William Dunlop and John Magennis is as big as it ever was, | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
but Alastair Seeley is on the move. That was a good lap from Alastair | :25:58. | :26:04. | |
Seeley. That might put William Dunlop under pressure. John | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
McGuinness might be thinking, 40, third place, first race today, | :26:09. | :26:18. | |
might settle for this. Alastair Seeley is right behind William | :26:18. | :26:27. | |
Dunlop now, as in, I am about to pass you! I am not so sure he is | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
close enough. We will have to wait and see, maybe next time. He will | :26:31. | :26:38. | |
not get him at York. He has closed right in. He has! Where has that | :26:38. | :26:46. | |
come from?! It is a red flag that stops the race as Alastair Seeley | :26:46. | :26:53. | |
takes the lead. We go back one lap and that means that it is victory | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
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for William Dunlop. Maybe William He looks very tired and very happy | :27:14. | :27:21. | |
and why not? Is that the biggest win of your | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
career so far? In it is up there. It has been a long time from | :27:26. | :27:30. | |
getting a win and it is nice to be the first one to get it. You got | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
the bit between their teeth, didn't you? I thought if I could get to | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
the front I could maybe get away, and that was what happened. It was | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
hard to keep the pace on my own. I got tired and made some mistakes, | :27:43. | :27:53. | |
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but I made it. The North West 200 isn't the only | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
massive sporting event taking place on the north coast this year. Next | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
month, Royal Portrush hosts the Irish Open golf Championship and | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
you will never believe he we find cutting the grass! | :28:09. | :28:19. | |
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You play a bit of golf, don't you? I was meant to be playing today but | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
they have got me cutting the grass. Maybe I will get a game in later. I | :28:27. | :28:35. | |
have got a ride on Mullaghmore, it is fantastic. -- a lot more. | :28:35. | :28:42. | |
was it racing against Michael Rutter? It was a great experience. | :28:42. | :28:51. | |
It was great fun. How much are you looking forward to this year's | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
North West 200? We have build a bike specially for this event. | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
Obviously it is different rules. We can use a slightly different engine. | :29:00. | :29:10. | |
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It is only very slightly different. Any bid highlights? The streets, | :29:15. | :29:22. | |
there is nowhere else like it. -- the streets. We have not won since | :29:23. | :29:26. | |
2008, and there are lots of brilliant Irish lads coming up with | :29:26. | :29:36. | |
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some brilliant backs and some very Michael Rutter, along with a jelly | :29:43. | :29:47. | |
Dunlop, the most successful Superbike rider in the history of | :29:47. | :29:51. | |
this event. -- Joey Dunlop. There are dozens of newcomers from as far | :29:51. | :29:56. | |
away as Brazil making their debut at the event this year, but it is a | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
newcomer from Northern Ireland who has grabbed the headlines, Jeremy | :30:00. | :30:10. | |
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McWilliams, at the age of 48. This career on the roads but plied his | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
trade on the Grand Prix short- circuits, taking on the likes of | :30:19. | :30:29. | |
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48 he has not yet hung up his leathers. And now he is taking on a | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
new challenge and doing his homework with the aid of a North | :30:41. | :30:51. | |
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It is something new to me. I'm looking forward to the section on | :30:51. | :30:54. | |
the Coast Road. Because of the nature of the circuit, it is quite | :30:54. | :30:59. | |
different on this side to the Coast Road side. There is quite a bit of | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
learning. It was strange to see a Grand Prix hero wearing the new,'s | :31:05. | :31:10. | |
orange top. And then the big moment, his North West 200 debut in the | :31:10. | :31:20. | |
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took to the North West 200 like a doctor water, even though Adrian | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
Archibald came along to say hello at one point. -- like a duck to | :31:31. | :31:36. | |
water. What a day it would turn out to be, finishing second along his | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
team mates, Michael Rutter and Ryan Farquhar. I never thought I would | :31:40. | :31:44. | |
get the chance to open a bottle of champagne on the podium, but there | :31:44. | :31:50. | |
is no feeling like it. So it was a dream debut for Jeremy McWilliams. | :31:50. | :31:55. | |
Time for the Superbike race. There was history made at the North West | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
200 in practice, when Martin Jessop went through the speed trap at an | :32:01. | :32:10. | |
amazing 208 mph. What was that It was fast, and I knew it was fast. | :32:10. | :32:14. | |
It was a bit of a shock because I have spent the season riding the | :32:14. | :32:20. | |
Supersport bike. That was my first lap out, so it was a bit of a shock. | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
You are on the second row in a good position on a good bike. What about | :32:25. | :32:30. | |
winning the race? That would be amazing. Even to be speaking about | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
the chance of winning. I have never even been near the podium. We | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
qualified second last year but with the weather we did not get to race. | :32:38. | :32:44. | |
The main thing is to have a safe race and do the best we can. Is a | :32:44. | :32:49. | |
good start absolutely key? Yes. We need to get down to the hairpin at | :32:49. | :32:53. | |
York as quick as we can and try to get past a couple and then it will | :32:53. | :33:03. | |
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spread out a bit heading down practice is more difficult. | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
qualified well last year and he was quick out of the box on his out lap. | :33:11. | :33:21. | |
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But he is in the middle of the crashed in the Supersport race. We | :33:25. | :33:29. | |
will have to wait to see if he comes back in the next race. Going | :33:29. | :33:39. | |
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down through the grid, so much qualifying. They are almost 50 | :33:43. | :33:48. | |
bikes out on the start line. This will be a very busy six laps. | :33:48. | :33:52. | |
Alastair Seeley could argue he was saving the best to last and the | :33:52. | :33:56. | |
Supersport race. Maybe this time he will make sure he gets to the front | :33:56. | :34:02. | |
quicker than last time. Another cracking start by John McGuinness. | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
Ian Hutchinson is in third place as they go down Primrose Hill to York | :34:07. | :34:12. | |
for the first time. We are with Michael Dunlop on a Honda. Michael | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
Dunlop did not get the start he might have wanted. Let's go to the | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
front of the field and see what the lead it -- the leading Borderers. | :34:20. | :34:27. | |
It is still John McGuinness. That is a bit of a shock, isn't it? | :34:27. | :34:37. | |
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Farquhar did not get a good start grid. This is the race. He did not | :35:01. | :35:07. | |
want to be left behind at the start like last time. Whether Hutchinson | :35:07. | :35:17. | |
can keep this going over six laps is another question. 200 mph as | :35:17. | :35:25. | |
they go down there. No one in this race will be doing less than 195 | :35:25. | :35:32. | |
mph along there. Out of the seat, it was Alastair Seeley, momentarily. | :35:32. | :35:38. | |
There is a hump in the circuit there. Sealey is leading the late | :35:38. | :35:42. | |
breakers. Ryan Farquhar nearly made it up the outside. Where has he | :35:42. | :35:49. | |
come from. He was about 15 per going into the York hairpin. -- he | :35:49. | :35:59. | |
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is trying to use the draft. Michael Dunlop is close enough to get towed | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
along by the bikes in front. They will hit the brakes for Mather's | :36:17. | :36:22. | |
Cross, the chicane. You want to be sitting up at the 300 metres board | :36:23. | :36:32. | |
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at the very least. You want to be on the brakes by 200. Ryan Farquhar | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
with that new Kawasaki Superbike, using all of his power, as they | :36:46. | :36:50. | |
waved their front wheels in the air. That was getting up to 190 mph | :36:51. | :36:59. | |
again. Michael Rutter, a great start from him, in third place. | :37:00. | :37:06. | |
Ryan Farquhar in 4th. Ian Hutchinson in fifth. What will we | :37:06. | :37:14. | |
see from Conor Cummins today? That is Cameron Donald on the Wilson | :37:14. | :37:23. | |
Craig Honda. Hillier is going very well again. Hutchinson nearly got | :37:23. | :37:30. | |
taken. Look how many bikes are involved! James Hillier just scoots | :37:31. | :37:38. | |
past. Gary Johnson wants some of that as well. Along the Coast Road, | :37:38. | :37:42. | |
this is where it turns into short circuit racing. One of the best | :37:43. | :37:47. | |
corners in motor sport coming up ahead of you. You cannot really see | :37:47. | :37:56. | |
it there, but it was breathtaking. Out front, Alastair Seeley, John | :37:56. | :38:03. | |
Magennis and Michael Rutter. John McGuinness was third in the | :38:03. | :38:08. | |
Supersport and now second. This is his territory. Alastair Seeley on | :38:08. | :38:13. | |
the Coast Road, his territory. This is going to be a corker. Michael | :38:13. | :38:18. | |
Rutter in third, he did not have a great grid position. He obviously | :38:18. | :38:22. | |
got a good run, because of the couple of missing people. | :38:22. | :38:28. | |
Nevertheless, third place for Michael Rutter. And you must | :38:28. | :38:31. | |
remember that Alastair Seeley is running on British Superbikes | :38:31. | :38:41. | |
settings. They have knocked back the traction control. Again, it is | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
a super showing from him. Also from Ryan Farquhar. That is a brand new | :38:46. | :38:52. | |
Superbike. This time, he is almost on level pegging. He has only had | :38:52. | :38:58. | |
the bike a few days. He is also almost on Michael Rutter's tail | :38:58. | :39:04. | |
pipe. Looking very, very good. Hutchinson has lost another couple | :39:04. | :39:09. | |
of places. Maybe he is feeling it. He is not as strong as he needs to | :39:10. | :39:13. | |
be for Superbike racing. He is getting bundled backwards in the | :39:13. | :39:20. | |
crowd. Ryan Farquhar against Michael Rutter out front. And then | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
the battle for fifth place with about nine or 10 names. Bruce | :39:26. | :39:36. | |
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Anstey, one of those names. He has woken up! How can you tell? Don't | :39:36. | :39:42. | |
they look great and sound great? The fastest, most challenging | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
corner in road racing. Ryan Farquhar tries to make the pass on | :39:46. | :39:52. | |
Michael Rutter. Some of them will further the back brake over there | :39:52. | :39:56. | |
to try to get the front wheel back down. Some of them say they roll | :39:56. | :40:06. | |
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down a bit -- they will back a bit, every day of the week. He is one of | :40:13. | :40:22. | |
the smoothest ride as you will see on any road race on the planet. | :40:22. | :40:26. | |
Conor Cummins has been getting some good mentoring this weekend is | :40:26. | :40:36. | |
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conference's right back up. Ryan Farquhar is on the Superbike and he | :40:37. | :40:41. | |
has really had one hand tied behind his back in Superbike races of late, | :40:41. | :40:47. | |
but this time he has a good chance. Look at the draft. It is pulling | :40:47. | :40:51. | |
him closer and closer. Many would have expected Michael Dunlop to be | :40:51. | :40:58. | |
closer to the front. Into the Mather's Cross chicane, following | :40:58. | :41:04. | |
the Padgetts Honda of Gary Johnson. Gary Johnson has got past Ian | :41:04. | :41:12. | |
Hutchinson and has Martin Jessops in front of him now. There is | :41:12. | :41:22. | |
another battle going on at the front. He has just blown past two | :41:22. | :41:29. | |
bikes in one breath. And then he loses it again. Michael Rutter from | :41:29. | :41:39. | |
Ryan Farquhar. It is Alastair Seeley and McGuinness out front. | :41:39. | :41:48. | |
Rutter knows that Ryan Farquhar is there. There is a big screen down | :41:49. | :41:55. | |
there for them to watch, so they do not miss the action. Sublime from | :41:55. | :42:02. | |
Rutter. Inch-perfect. Also from Ryan Farquhar. Not so much their | :42:02. | :42:07. | |
from Michael Rutter, a little squirm. But nothing to really give | :42:07. | :42:17. | |
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his momentum any cause for concern. Paul Owen is a 250 man. He has this | :42:20. | :42:24. | |
1000 cc machine and he got this deal late in the day. He is just | :42:24. | :42:29. | |
glad to be out there. John McGuinness is glad to be out there | :42:29. | :42:34. | |
as well! Where is Alastair Seeley? He should have been in that picture | :42:34. | :42:42. | |
and he was not. There he is now! What happened to Alastair Seeley? | :42:42. | :42:47. | |
He has missed a gear or done something. He is now down at the | :42:47. | :42:54. | |
back end of the field. He is at the tail-end, in the bottom end of the | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
top 10. 14th, Alastair Seeley. It is all over. He is going to pick | :43:00. | :43:05. | |
them off, but he only has a couple of laps to get back to the front. | :43:05. | :43:09. | |
You save 14th, but that is almost as good as fifth, because they are | :43:09. | :43:13. | |
bunched together and maybe he could still get a podium out of this. | :43:13. | :43:18. | |
They are bunched together. Although it looks spaced out, when you see | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
them on the ground it is nose to tail. John McGuinness is now the | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
race leader. He is free and clear with no one to bother him. He just | :43:31. | :43:36. | |
has to sit there and ride his bike, doing his day-job, and he will pick | :43:36. | :43:46. | |
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up another North West 200 win. Bruce Anstey is tucked in. He is | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
not in it, really. Cameron Donald, with his distinctive crash helmet, | :43:53. | :43:57. | |
with Michael Dunlop behind him and then Bruce Anstey. Look how close | :43:57. | :44:04. | |
they are. There are not big spaces between them. John McGuinness is | :44:04. | :44:12. | |
leading the race. Conor Cummins, just past by Alastair Seeley. | :44:12. | :44:17. | |
see what Alastair Seeley can do. Gary Johnson had a moment as well. | :44:17. | :44:27. | |
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He has lost some places and is at as they go for the brakes at | :44:35. | :44:44. | |
university. William Dunlop, saw her in hand department. Alastair Seeley, | :44:44. | :44:49. | |
a demon in the breaking department. Alastair Seeley takes its superbly, | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
another non dom. I do not think he was expecting Alastair Seeley to | :44:55. | :45:03. | |
come up behind him like that. is a rider down. It is William | :45:03. | :45:12. | |
Dunlop. He is walking away, so William Dunlop went across the | :45:12. | :45:16. | |
grass. He said his hand was sore and he said he did not think he | :45:16. | :45:24. | |
would get to the end of the race. Cameron Donald in the slipstream | :45:24. | :45:31. | |
and starting to move up. He is going to do the pair of them! | :45:31. | :45:41. | |
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Paroled William Dunlop. -- a shame for William Dunlop. That is William | :45:42. | :45:52. | |
Dunlop's bike being cleared away. He always walks a bit like that. | :45:52. | :45:57. | |
What a race this is turning out to be. Alastair Seeley, back to 14th | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
place. He is finding the speed that we know he is capable of and that | :46:03. | :46:13. | |
he is perhaps looking for from his bike. They are very close together | :46:13. | :46:20. | |
on the run down towards Metropole. If you take their high line on the | :46:20. | :46:27. | |
right hand side you can sweep through the corner. This low-lying | :46:27. | :46:34. | |
sometimes requires you to turn tighter and you lose it on the exit. | :46:34. | :46:39. | |
Cameron Donald almost pushed out and James Turley are almost coming | :46:39. | :46:49. | |
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The wonder whether he can get on the podium, he is right in the mix. | :46:55. | :47:02. | |
He is not far from a podium finish. If he pulls this off, and he has | :47:02. | :47:12. | |
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got time, it would be akin to George Best. Nose to tail through | :47:17. | :47:27. | |
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the final chicane. John McGuinness leading the race. This is a race | :47:29. | :47:35. | |
for the last few places in the top six. It is as fierce and intense as | :47:35. | :47:40. | |
the one for the first few places. This has been defused by Alastair | :47:40. | :47:47. | |
Seeley's moment, wherever that was. John McGuinness is running home for | :47:47. | :47:50. | |
another when Aba North West 200. Who would have bet on John | :47:50. | :47:58. | |
McGuinness? It is not over yet. McGuinness has got a good lead. | :47:58. | :48:04. | |
Last time, the advantage was 10 seconds. Cameron Donald will not | :48:04. | :48:14. | |
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just out of the Magheraboy chicane. Taking a high line, he is under no | :48:31. | :48:37. | |
pressure. Alastair Seeley goes past Ryan Farquhar and is now in second | :48:37. | :48:46. | |
place! What a ride! Another lap to go after this one. I do not think | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
for poor will get past Alastair Seeley. He is having a go. Alastair | :48:51. | :48:57. | |
Seeley is so determined. So too is Ryan Farquhar, still on for a | :48:57. | :49:03. | |
podium finish. Either way, this will be a good result for Northern | :49:03. | :49:13. | |
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Ireland. For the record, Ryan Farquhar has gone too deep. | :49:17. | :49:23. | |
cannot have both. John McGuinness, going back to Alastair Seeley, and | :49:23. | :49:27. | |
another lap to go. It is durable but it would be the right of his | :49:27. | :49:37. | |
life if he is going to catch John McGuinness. -- the ride of his life. | :49:37. | :49:47. | |
I do not think even Alastair Seeley is going to catch John McGuinness. | :49:47. | :49:53. | |
He is not close enough for John McGuinness to worry about. This is | :49:53. | :50:01. | |
a return to form for Conor Cummins. John McGuinness, into the chicane | :50:01. | :50:11. | |
at Mather's Cross. John McGuinness has been strong all week. In every | :50:11. | :50:16. | |
qualifying session he has been there, wet or dry, on time. He does | :50:16. | :50:21. | |
not seem if he is taking it terribly seriously, John McGuinness, | :50:21. | :50:29. | |
ever. He always seems very laid- back. He cannot afford to be led | :50:29. | :50:37. | |
back, but he looks like he has got it in the back. Four seconds, maybe | :50:37. | :50:41. | |
3.5 seconds for Alastair Seeley to take it out of him. He is leaving | :50:41. | :50:44. | |
Ryan Farquhar and Roger behind. It is all down to John McGuinness as | :50:45. | :50:54. | |
he goes around Metropole. I think we are looking at a genius. He just | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
rides the race. You just cannot touch him. Nobody is going to catch | :50:59. | :51:05. | |
John McGuinness before the finish line now. It would take a mistake. | :51:05. | :51:08. | |
All of the talking about Alastair Seeley getting five Honor Oak, | :51:08. | :51:16. | |
looks like he will get another second place. -- five in a row. | :51:16. | :51:20. | |
Fantastic recovery after he overshot Church Corner. Showing | :51:20. | :51:25. | |
what an outstanding rider he is. John McGuinness in a lead. The sun | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
is blazing down on another little piece of history. Alastair Seeley, | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
he needed to win this to get his record and he is not going to do | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
that. It put him under a lot of pressure. He has got to win the 600 | :51:39. | :51:49. | |
race later to be in with a chance. Michael Dunlop, too fast. I was | :51:49. | :51:55. | |
going to say, Conor Cummins has lost a handful of places. Michael | :51:55. | :51:59. | |
Dunlop will have to make sure he does not go out in front of him. | :52:00. | :52:03. | |
That chicane comes up very quickly. You have just got to know it is | :52:03. | :52:08. | |
their added is easy to make mistakes like that. No advantage | :52:08. | :52:18. | |
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will be a very lucky motorcycle racer. That is a battle for third | :52:31. | :52:34. | |
place at the North West 200. Michael Rutter, a great performance | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
on a Kawasaki. I think he will be really happy. If you had asked him | :52:39. | :52:44. | |
what he would finish, if you had said podium, he would have given | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
you a stern look. This is a great performance on a Kawasaki so far. | :52:48. | :52:57. | |
Ryan Farquhar on a Kawasaki as well. He knows that Ryan Farquhar is | :52:57. | :53:04. | |
tired at the end of this race. It takes it out of you. He is thinking, | :53:04. | :53:10. | |
if I ride smoothly, the podium is there for the taking. The | :53:10. | :53:16. | |
slipstream will help him past Station Corner. Alastair Seeley, he | :53:16. | :53:22. | |
took that 2.5 seconds out of John McGuinness. It looks like John | :53:22. | :53:32. | |
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McGuinness has got this one. Third place up for grabs. Third place, | :53:33. | :53:43. | |
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Michael Rutter. Cameron Donald coming into the picture as well. | :53:44. | :53:53. | |
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Lead at the speed he is gaining. -- Seeley in second place. Cameron | :54:03. | :54:07. | |
Donald wants to get involved and he is running out of time. I cannot | :54:07. | :54:17. | |
get over Alastair Seeley or -- in second place. He is chasing after | :54:17. | :54:27. | |
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John McGuinness. Martin Jessop, looking to see who is behind him in | :54:32. | :54:42. | |
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13th place. Michael Rutter, being buffeted as we go back to Bruce | :54:52. | :55:01. | |
Anstey. I do not think he will catch Cameron Donald in fifth place. | :55:01. | :55:09. | |
He never stops trying. Cameron Donald, he has passed Ryan Farquhar | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
and has now got Michael Rutter in his sights. There is the race | :55:13. | :55:22. | |
leader, just a Coast Road to go for John McGuinness. He is not going to | :55:22. | :55:30. | |
give up his lead to Alastair Seeley now. The battle for third place is | :55:30. | :55:35. | |
very much on. I think we have seen the best of Ryan Farquhar on this | :55:35. | :55:39. | |
race. We are looking down on John McGuinness. Another Superbike win. | :55:40. | :55:47. | |
He. One a few years ago. -- he got one. It will be when No. 6 for John | :55:47. | :55:57. | |
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McGuinness. A-class the wind from John McGuinness, as always. There | :55:57. | :56:05. | |
is Alastair Miss Suu Kyi -- Alastair Seeley. The chequered flag | :56:05. | :56:14. | |
will fall for John McGuinness. Where's the chequered flag, John | :56:14. | :56:24. | |
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How good did that feel? Fantastic. Alastair Seeley came past me and I | :56:39. | :56:46. | |
was trying so hard to hold onto the back of him. He went straight on at | :56:46. | :56:51. | |
Church Corner and that was his mistake. I put two or three fast | :56:51. | :57:01. | |
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laps in. I just said today, I will finish where I finish. I decided to | :57:01. | :57:11. | |
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A fantastic Superbike win for John McGuinness. Phillip McCallen, your | :57:23. | :57:27. | |
record is saved. John McGuinness saved my record there. He got off | :57:27. | :57:31. | |
the blocks and got a good start. Alastair Seeley came back at him | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
and made a mistake. It just shows you, no matter how well you prepare | :57:36. | :57:40. | |
yourself, you make that mistake and you lose the race. What a great day | :57:40. | :57:45. | |
for the Wilson Kray racing team so far? The Wilson Kray team, the | :57:45. | :57:55. | |
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Dunlop name, they are there. -- Wilson Craig. Alastair Seeley | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
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thought he hadn't, and it was William Dunlop. Great racing | :58:06. | :58:12. |