1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Alora Murdo Gip heads to the Mazzano World Circuit Marcos 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: Simonchelli and for the championship leader Joje Martine. This means 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: he heads behind enemy lines as the VR forty six 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: Academy rule the roost. Here in remeny Jiaoduti. I'm your host, 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Rinita Vmullin, and here to help preview the Grand Primo 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: red budis San Marino Adela Riviera. Did Rimini is a 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: man who is like a fine Italian pizza. He's got 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: the right ingredients, knowledge, insight and just a hint of 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: spice bon. 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: Matt Clayton married that was unbelievable because I almost burst 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 2: out laughing at the first Alora, because I just got 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: flashbacks of every single time I bid an depressa with 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: Valentino over the. 14 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: Years, and he just does that thing where he thinks 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 3: of the question in English, translates it to Italian, comes 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 3: up with the answer, and every answer starts with a 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 3: lotta you know, very thoughtfully. So I did enjoy that 18 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 3: very much, and you even managed to get the name 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: of the event out, which while you were doing that, 20 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: I just realized his eighty eight characters, which is about 21 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 3: twice a length of Sunday's Grit Masardo. But who's counting. 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,279 Speaker 1: We're on video, but you guys only see the audio, 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: and I was doing all they in hand gestures. I 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: was really trying to get into character. 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 3: With that one fantastic Oh my. 26 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: God, well, Matt, so obviously we've introed that. But heading 27 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,639 Speaker 1: back to Mazzano second gear in a row where Peco 28 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: Banyaya heading to his home Grand Prix injured, is this 29 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: the edge that Joge Martin needs this weekend? 30 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 3: Well, I reckon jje Martin had sign up for a 31 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 3: repeat of last year's Grand Prix because obviously Peko came very, 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: very injured to Messano last year after that absolutely terrifying 33 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 3: accident that he'd had seven days earlier at Catalunia. And 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 3: I was writing a preview piece earlier this week, and 35 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 3: I have this thing about describing injuries for body parts 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: where a human has more than one of them. I 37 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 3: don't just like to say it's a leg injury. I 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: wouldn't know if it's a a right leg injury or 39 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: a left leg injury, because I'm just pedantic with things 40 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 3: like this. So of course I went back and watched 41 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: the accident from thelast year at Catalunia, and I forgot 42 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 3: how bad that was and just how horrendous and how unlucky, 43 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 3: how lucky sorry he was to actually get away with that, 44 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: and it was his right leg for those of you 45 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: playing at home, But he was so compromised last year 46 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 3: that that was a bit of an own goal for 47 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 3: Jgey Martin, and he duly won the sprint and the 48 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 3: Grand Prix. But you said it before, Martin behind enemy Lines, 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 3: I thought was a really really good line, because he's 50 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: going to not only Peco's backyard, this is an AA 51 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: Bastia in his backyard, it's Marco Berzeki's backyard. There's a 52 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 3: whole bunch of Italian riders that could lap this circuit blindfolded. 53 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 3: Jorge Martin has last year's winning his pocket, he has 54 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: the championship lead in his pocket, but he's very much 55 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: on the defensive for the next couple of weekends. Peco. 56 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 3: I don't think anywhere hears injured as he was last year. 57 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 3: But whatever advantage that ha Hay can take out of 58 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 3: these two rounds remember at Massano, the better. So all 59 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 3: sets it up for a really interesting weekend. I think 60 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 3: because of what happened last Sunday at Aragon. 61 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: We'll get into a little bit more of the track 62 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: action soon, but for those of you who aren't sure 63 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: about how close we're talking, so Tavulia where Valentino Rossi 64 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: is from, I google map sit eighteen minutes from San 65 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: Marino Circuit, his hometown and Aobashanini you mentioned before, he's 66 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: born in Rymany twenty five minutes, so it is literally 67 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: those writers that you mentioned. It is their home circuit 68 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: where Valentino's ranches, the VR forty six Academy. They come 69 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: and train at this track so you mentioned it. They 70 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: could do this with their eyes closed and probably like 71 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: one hand on the handlebar, one leg up in the air, 72 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: doing all sorts of tricks and still manage to set 73 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: a fast lap around this circuit. But coming from last 74 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: weekend where we weren't short, the surface was going to 75 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: be like and it ended up being quiet slippery and 76 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: we had a lot of issues with grip. We're coming 77 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: to a track now that is known for its grip. 78 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: So it makes me think, are we just going to 79 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: see another do Caddi dominance this weekend? 80 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: History would suggest that's probably on the cards and particularly 81 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 3: with one of those home riders that you mentioned. I 82 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: don't think there's going to be anywhere near as many 83 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 3: variables as there was Aragon, because Aragon was it was 84 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 3: going to be bizarre anyway, because of this new track 85 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 3: surface and it clearly wasn't properly cured embedded in as 86 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: we saw just by the color of it. And then 87 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 3: the fact that the weather was so random at Aragon for 88 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: those couple of days, and we mentioned this on our 89 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 3: Aragon review podcast, all of those potential trip wires on 90 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 3: that circuit and that weekend is just Mark Marquez's territory 91 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 3: because he's the fastest guy to adapt to a changing circuit. 92 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 3: So it's very much a known quantity. At Mazzano. You 93 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 3: can get some weather there. I mean, we've seen some 94 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 3: wet ones there in the past and a couple of 95 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: flag to flags there in the past. It's so close 96 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: to the coast that the weather can roll in a 97 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 3: little bit. But it's much more of a known quantity. 98 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 3: And for that reason, Bannal, we don't know what percentage 99 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 3: of fitness is going to be. After that accident with 100 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 3: Alex Marquez at Aragon, he did mention his sword neck 101 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 3: and he certainly won't be at one hundred percent, but 102 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 3: you look at him and Bashianei on the GP twenty fours, 103 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 3: Bashianeni's always been really good here, even before he started 104 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 3: to emerge as a World Championship Grand Prix winner and 105 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 3: Moto GP. If you cast your mind back to those 106 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 3: I think it was twenty one where he was on 107 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 3: that Avincia. Ducati qualified like fifteenth or sixteenth in both 108 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: of the two races that year, finished on the podium, 109 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 3: so it shows you how good he is there. But 110 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 3: it's hard to look past a da Cati for the 111 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 3: main podium places in this weekend. But I don't want to, 112 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 3: don't want to jinx it after what we did last 113 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 3: weekend with the crystal ball. But if anyone's going to 114 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 3: challenge him, it might be in a Prilier weekend to 115 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: come through because Maverick particularly is particularly strong on this track. 116 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 3: But it's still really hard so look past Ducatti because 117 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 3: of the strength of the riders and the fact that 118 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 3: so many of their riders Peco and a Bastianini, Marco 119 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 3: Bozeki that I mentioned at Fabio de Jane Antonio, this 120 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 3: is a track they all know, so well, so it 121 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 3: really is Jorge versus the Italians this weekend, isn't it? 122 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: Mohayvers the Italians? I love it. Looking at last year's 123 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: results as well, Marco Betzeki was on the podium in 124 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: the sprint and the me and Grand Prix, and I 125 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: loved that clip where Marco Betzeki and Paco Banaa were 126 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: kind of giving each other a little bit of a 127 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: back chat in the post race press conference. I don't 128 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: know if you remember that where Becky was talking about 129 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: something and then Marco Betzeki was like, yeah, but who's third? 130 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: Who won this race? 131 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 3: Not you so kicking Hi man when he's down like 132 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 3: Pecko's limping around with one working leg that weekend. But yeah, 133 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: there's some history where those two is there. But yeah, 134 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 3: you mentioned Bears. Isn't it funny? Like you look back 135 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: at last year's results and so often we're seeing him 136 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 3: on podiums. He obviously won three Grand Prix last year 137 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: and he's just been so anonymous this year. Really hasn't 138 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: worked with that GP twenty three for him. He's not 139 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 3: a podium at Harrath. We remember that, but it's been 140 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 3: few and far between, and I don't know about you, 141 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 3: but I thought it was pretelling last weekend that until Fabiota, 142 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 3: Jan Antonio had that post race penalty put in for 143 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: the tire pressure of the sixteen second penalty. Pretty second 144 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 3: and to Jane ANTONIOO beat Bozeki and Aragon last weekend 145 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 3: on the same bike, and I'm thinking, Wow, it does 146 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: show you what a difference a year has made. And 147 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: it's kind of gone a little bit beneath the radar 148 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 3: because of other stories elsewhere in the paddock. But Bozeki 149 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 3: just has not been the same rider this year. 150 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: Has he? 151 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 2: No? 152 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: Even at like the beginning of the year, he was 153 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: quite open and honest and just said I am not 154 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: gelling at all with this GP. Now he's on the 155 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: twenty four, isn't he? 156 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 3: He's on the twenty three. Forty six guys are on 157 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 3: the twenty three, and it's just it's interesting, I think 158 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: that and the different reartire this year probably doesn't allow 159 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 3: him to slide the bike quite as much, and he's 160 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 3: someone who's really paid the price for that because he 161 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: has a natural style. He's a bit of a bigger 162 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,559 Speaker 3: guy and has a certain way he likes to ride. 163 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 3: We remember last year when grip was pretty ordinary. Remember India, 164 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: that was so dusty that circuit, and he just made 165 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 3: them all absolutely ridiculous in India. So I think hasn't 166 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 3: probably quite jelled with the twenty three and I think 167 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 3: that reartire hasn't quite worked either. But he's been pretty 168 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 3: anonymous for the season, and it was interesting when he 169 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 3: signed that deal with Aprillia to go there to be 170 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 3: ju Hey Martin, Martin's teammate next year. Massimo Rivella came 171 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 3: out and said, well, we hope we get the real Marco, 172 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: not the one that's been riding this year, because he's 173 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: not the guy that you would normally sign. And it's 174 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: been pretty contrary to the way Bizeki's career is gone 175 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 3: because it was just building so nicely last year was 176 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 3: so convincing. Maybe we end up looking at twenty twenty 177 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: four when it's all said and done, as being a 178 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: bit of an aberration because he's kind of been nowhere 179 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 3: all year. 180 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: You mentioned Tyers there, and I just want to lead 181 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: into that for a little bit because Michelin have said 182 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: that they're going to bring three variations of the front 183 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: this weekend, where normally they would only bring two. So 184 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: the writers have the option of the soft, the medium, 185 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: or the hard. They're saying that, I guess the way 186 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: that the bikes have improved so much this year that 187 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: they're really starting to use the fronts a lot more. 188 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: And I guess from last weekend where they worn't with 189 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: the track surface everything like that. How much do you 190 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: think that with the duke in the GP twenty four 191 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: is obviously just gelling so much with the rear tire, 192 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: how much of it is coming to play when with 193 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: this new front tire, is that going to just help 194 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: them ecceed or is it still people like the Zaki 195 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: who just can't get the bike to work, it's not 196 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: really going to help them in any way. 197 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 3: Well, I think the front these days is where you 198 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 3: make up time, because, particularly with the twenty four, one 199 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 3: of the characteristics of that bike and what makes it 200 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 3: so good is the squad device coming out of the 201 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 3: corners is so unbelievably good. You can even see how 202 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: much better it is in the twenty four compared to 203 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 3: the GP twenty three. Look at any time Mark Marquez 204 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 3: is behind one of the GP twenty four is coming 205 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 3: out of a slow quarter onto a long straight and 206 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: the gap just increases instantly because the twenty three doesn't 207 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 3: have the great rear high device that twenty four does. 208 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 3: So in answer to your question, I think a lot 209 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 3: of the lap time we gain lap time in these 210 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 3: days is pushing the front and we've seen some riders 211 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 3: really struggle with that over the course of the season, 212 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: so you can see why Michelin is having to you know, 213 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 3: the way the bikes are being ridden this year, we've 214 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 3: seen the times you know, pole position times fast aslap 215 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 3: record times pretty much broken at every single track, but 216 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 3: the way these guys are achieving the lapse this year 217 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 3: is different, and I think that's where that front tire 218 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 3: becomes critical because they're all pushing the front so hard 219 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 3: because one of the worst things of that rear ride 220 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: height device it kind of means that everyone exits the 221 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 3: corner the same way, which is one of the reasons 222 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 3: I think I'm not a massive fan of it. It 223 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 3: takes a lot of the rider's skill out of that 224 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 3: part of the riding, but they're all now trying to 225 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 3: push the front to compensate for the fact that your 226 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: corner exit is pretty similar. So yeah, certainly a challenge 227 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 3: for Michelin because you know, we're seeing speeds and lap 228 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 3: times that we've just never seen before. So for a 229 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 3: tire provider, that's just a moving target. The bikes have 230 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 3: got so good that Michelin are kind of chasing the 231 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 3: performance of the bikes, and there's been some tracks where 232 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 3: it's been difficult. I'm not really sure what they were 233 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 3: supposed to do last weekend, to be honest, because it 234 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 3: was this bizarre confluence of track circumstances, whether a whole 235 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,599 Speaker 3: bunch of other different variables. Massano's more it's more of 236 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 3: a known quantity, you could say. But yeah, it's tough 237 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 3: for them because the performance of the bikes this year 238 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 3: has just been unreal from top to bottom. 239 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the second group. So we obviously have 240 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: the Dow Caddies and all four du Caddy teams up 241 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: the front. We kind of know that it's going to 242 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: be a Ducaddi dominant weekend or a VIR forty six 243 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,599 Speaker 1: Academy dominant weekend. Let's talk about the next group. So 244 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: we've got the ktms and the Apprillias. You mentioned Maverick 245 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: Vinalees earlier. Let's talk about Alish but also Miguel Olivera. 246 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: Do you think that they could both have a strong 247 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: weekend here in Mazano. 248 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 3: To track the rewards good corner speed and Maverick's been 249 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 3: good here particularly. Maverick's been good here previously won one 250 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 3: of the two races here in twenty twenty, and he's 251 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 3: always been pretty strong back through the Yamaha and the 252 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 3: Suzuki days here. So it wouldn't surprise me to see 253 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 3: if any other manufacturer is going to muscle in on 254 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 3: thed caddies at the front this weekend that it would 255 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 3: be a Prillia. They had a pretty miserable time. It 256 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 3: just had no group in an Aragon and to the 257 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: point where vinale is in this argar were almost doing 258 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 3: Moto two times. I mean Vianalees ended up parking the 259 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 3: bike at one point during the Sunday Grand Prix, and 260 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 3: Alisha was kind of nowhere for most of the weekend. 261 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 3: But you mentioned Olivera. He's an interesting one for me 262 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 3: because I suspect we might see his name in a 263 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 3: few headlines this weekend as we wait to see what 264 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 3: premak Abajara doing with these final two seats. He's obviously 265 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 3: one of the riders in the frame there, but he 266 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 3: was actually pretty quick, and I think he would have 267 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 3: featured reasonably well at Aragon of all the Aprillias, but 268 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: had that first lapship off when he was running in 269 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: the top six. He was pretty decent in the sprint. 270 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 3: So I think if it's going to be anyone muscling 271 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 3: in or Dcaddi this weekend, I'm not sure they've got 272 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 3: podium pace, but I would back a Prillia probably as 273 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 3: the manufacturer. That might steal some of Dcaddi's thunder. And 274 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 3: we don't want eight tocaddies in the top eight. Nobody 275 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 3: wants that. But if we get some Aprillas in there, 276 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 3: that would thicken the brew a little bit. 277 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: And the Pramac announcement that we're all waiting for, we're 278 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: hoping we also pretty much I think that it's going 279 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: to be Jack Miller there as well. 280 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 3: So well, I'm amazing you didn't say Pramaha because you've 281 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 3: got me now that you've said it so many times. 282 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 3: But yeah, well look, I mean the smart male was 283 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 3: that there was going to be an announcement of what 284 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 3: premat Kamaha we're going to be doing at Massano. Of course, 285 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 3: the asterisk is this two Messanos, so it could be 286 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 3: this week. It could be next week, but I think 287 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 3: they will make the announcement at Messanos, simply because it's 288 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 3: an Italian team with an Italian sponsor and you want 289 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 3: to get the most mileage out of that. But it's 290 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 3: hard to see how it's not going to be Jack 291 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 3: Miller and Miguel Olivera, simply because a lot of the 292 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 3: other guys that were in the frame for those two 293 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 3: seats have signed on elsewhere. So Joe Go Si, you're 294 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 3: staying in Moto two. We know that. So Tony Abellino 295 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 3: is probably going to be running a Pramac backed Moto 296 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 3: two bike next year, as you know, probably the successor 297 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 3: to either Jack or Miguel down the track. But look 298 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 3: when we'll get that announcement. By the time we get 299 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 3: to Friday practice, there might be announcement, but it also 300 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 3: might be before Massano too, because of course between these 301 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 3: two Massano races we actually have a test on Monday 302 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 3: as well, So basically no one's going home for about 303 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 3: the next two weeks, and you get to practice your 304 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 3: Italian and I get to think about pizza recipes for 305 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 3: the next two Grand Prix. 306 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: Perfect. That's the best. I love it. Yamaha Yamaha coming 307 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 1: into this weekend. We know Fabio and Alex Runs had 308 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: a decent weekend in Aragon, but I feel like it's 309 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: just because that lack of grip, it kind of made 310 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: for a bit more of an even playing field. How 311 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: do you think they're going to go this weekend? Do 312 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: you think we're going to just see them back in 313 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: their usual spots. Yeah. 314 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 3: Quatrero was a little bit pessimistic coming into this because 315 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 3: they've tested here fairly recently, and he said, look, you 316 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 3: know the performance was generally okay, but the time attack 317 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 3: speed wasn't. So we know that in modern day motor GP, 318 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 3: you unless there's some wet conditions or unless you're an Ambassiadidia, 319 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 3: that's the one the outlier, you need to be probably 320 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 3: in the first two or three rows to do anything. 321 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 3: So if we if we don't see a Yamaha in 322 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 3: Q two, for example, it's going to be pretty hard 323 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 3: for them to do something. But again, Fabio has been 324 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 3: pretty decent here. It's obviously the sight of his greatest 325 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 3: career moment. He secured his twenty two anyone World championship 326 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 3: at this track, so I'm sure he gets a big 327 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 3: smile every tobby drives into the circuit. But look, unless 328 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 3: we can get one of them in Q two, and 329 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 3: let's face it, that one is likely to be Fabio, 330 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 3: it's hard to see them doing a hell of a 331 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: lot this weekend. But about you, it was nice to 332 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 3: see Yamaha looking a little bit more competitive at Aragon, 333 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 3: Like Fabio was really really good in the sprint, and 334 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 3: he looked like he was able to pass some people 335 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 3: and really get his elbows out, which was fun. And 336 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 3: we mentioned this on our Monday post Aragon podcast. Alex 337 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 3: rins in the top ten, which was something we kind 338 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 3: of took for granted back in the day. It was 339 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 3: actually really nice to see him up there because I 340 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 3: do feel a little bit sorry for Alex. I think 341 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 3: we've forgotten a little bit how good the guy is. 342 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 3: We saw it at the end of his time at 343 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 3: Suzuki when he won two of those last three races, 344 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 3: but he's basically not been fit for eighteen months. It's 345 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 3: been so tough for him since he had that crash 346 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 3: at Majello on the Honda. So you only have to 347 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 3: look at, you know, watching him walk up and down 348 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: the paddock and watching him walk to the bike on 349 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 3: the grid to see how unfitt he is. It'd be 350 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: nice to see those two back up front, because well, 351 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 3: any any extra manufacturers we can see in the fight 352 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 3: for things meaningful emotor GP, I'm all for it. 353 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: I was reading an article with Max Bardolini, who is 354 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: the new technical developer at Yamaha Technical. The other's a 355 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: correct you out technical ye, and he's come over from Jucaddie, 356 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: and he was very open and said that Fabio Corderraro, 357 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: he finds is so hungry to be back up the 358 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: front again that his mindset's almost changed, and there'll be 359 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: times where he'll get frustrated or get a bit angry, 360 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: but then they'll work on something, he'll go out, there'll 361 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: be like a slight improvement and it seems like things 362 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: just start to click together, which is good, which is 363 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: what we want to see. But he preferenced it by 364 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: saying he doesn't believe that just because they'll have the 365 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: two extra bikes next year that it's going to make 366 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: a massive difference straight away. He thinks twenty twenty six 367 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: is going to be the year where Yamaha can finally 368 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: be competitive again. And I think it kind of rings 369 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: true because obviously you can see how much far do 370 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: you caddy have? Just like progressed forward, katm is similar, 371 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: a prilier is similar. I think Yamaha, you can see 372 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: them trying and as much as you know, we hate 373 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: seeing Fabio who's a world champion down the back, saying 374 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: with Alex Trenz, who's a multiple Grand Prix race when 375 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: a down the back. Unfortunately, they're gonna stay down there 376 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: until they start getting that extra data that they need, right. 377 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, agreed, But I think the thing with Yamaha that 378 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 3: separates them from Honda for me is they kind of 379 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 3: there seems to be a plan there, right, there's a 380 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 3: pathway to get out of this. You have two more 381 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 3: bikes next year, which means you double the data and 382 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 3: theoretically half the time it needs to get back towards 383 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 3: at midfield and then the front again. Their big hope 384 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 3: is that they understand what they're doing and how they're 385 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 3: doing it before you get to this big reg re 386 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 3: set for twenty seven. But I think what you were 387 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 3: saying twenty six, I would imagine that they're going to 388 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 3: be stiffing around for podiums and things in eighteen months 389 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 3: time and that's well, that's difficult for someone like Fabio 390 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 3: to take because we already know how the guys he's 391 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: won a World Championship, his commitment to that project and 392 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: their commitment to him. They know that if they provide 393 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 3: the materials, that this guy's good enough to win a 394 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 3: World Championship, win Grand Prix. Yeah, they're a long way 395 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 3: away from that at the moment, but I think the 396 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 3: hunger and the determination to drag this back to the 397 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 3: top for Fabio is pretty high because if you can 398 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 3: do that, if you can take something that's from rock 399 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: bottom and drag it back towards the front, that's a 400 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 3: pretty big tick on the CV for him. But there 401 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 3: does seem to be a plan there, and I think 402 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 3: you know, they're throwing everything they can at testing. That 403 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 3: obviously got the concessions this year, so they can test 404 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 3: more and more and more. Having two more bikes next year, 405 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 3: and I think having that likely lineup of Miller and 406 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 3: Olivera is really important because they need a couple of 407 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 3: experienced guys who know all of the other machinery on 408 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: the grid. Because you look at those two guys, they've 409 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 3: ridden for every other manufacturer between them, so they know 410 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 3: what works elsewhere and they can bring some fresh eyeas 411 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 3: to the project. There is a pathway there. Honda at 412 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 3: the moment feel like they're just sort of paddling and 413 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 3: trying to survive, whereas you get the sense that Yamaha 414 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 3: is swimming. You know, they're swimming in the correct direction. 415 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 3: It's going to be slow for them, but there is 416 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 3: a pathway. I'm still not sure what Honda are doing. 417 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 3: They seem a long way away from even having a pathway, 418 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 3: and I think that's what separates those two manufacturers down 419 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 3: the back. Yamaha has a way out. Honda is still 420 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 3: looking for theirs. 421 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: Well, Honda. This weekend we'll have Stefan Bradle as a 422 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: wild card, and we always love a good wild card. 423 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: Makes me think back to Danny Paturosa. He's wild carded 424 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: here with KTM in the past. I think that for Honda, 425 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: Luca Marini, it's hard to say because used to read 426 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: the articles or you read the statements, and they say 427 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: they're trying, they're trying, they're trying new things, but like 428 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: you said, it just seems like they're not necessarily taking 429 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: the steps or getting the answers that they're needing. Right, 430 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: so we're going to just see them down the back 431 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: and hopefully finishing races. 432 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 3: It's interesting when you look at those two Factory Honda 433 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 3: with Luca Marini and Juan Meir, you get the sense 434 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 3: that Marini knows where the limit of the bike is 435 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 3: and would like to remain on the safe side of 436 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 3: doing that, and I think that's why you've seen him 437 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 3: screed one point this year and not fall off very much. 438 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 3: Whereas Juan Miir, he's one of these guys that he 439 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 3: knows where the limit is and he's almost unwilling to 440 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 3: accept that. He's going to push himself harder and harder 441 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 3: and harder. And every time you see that the graphic 442 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 3: come up on the screen, you expect it to say 443 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 3: Juan Meir crash rider okay, because it happens so often 444 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 3: with him. He's hit the deck so many times this season. 445 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 3: But what I thought was interesting at Aragon was there 446 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 3: were some flashes from the LCR boys, like Nakagami raced 447 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 3: really well on Sunday at Aragon. Jaanes Arko was kind 448 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 3: of the under the radar star of Friday. Put the 449 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 3: Hondre into Q two qualified higher than it's been a year, 450 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 3: and I think he's actually had a pretty decent year. Obviously, 451 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 3: it's a massive downturn compared to last year and he's 452 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 3: on a Pramack de Catti, but he's been pretty decent there. 453 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 3: So look, it's there's a bit of self preservation with Marini, 454 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: and I can understand that he could also do that 455 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 3: because he's got a second year on his cod track 456 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 3: next year, so there's no point smashing yourself up for 457 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 3: a bike that's going to struggle to get into two 458 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 3: Q two. And it's absolutely best day. But it is amazing, 459 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 3: isn't it. Like we looked at Honda for years as 460 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 3: being the absolute gold standard of the sport, and there 461 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 3: were times during the Marques era that they were. But 462 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 3: I think it also shows you how good Marques was 463 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 3: because there were clearly times where that bike wasn't the 464 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 3: best bike on the grid. I still vividly remember going 465 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 3: to a pre season test in Sepang, which would have 466 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 3: been let's say nineteen I think it was eighteen or nineteen, 467 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 3: I can't remember which year, and they were so embarrassed 468 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 3: hod that they were getting blitzed on the straight by 469 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 3: the Jacadi and the Daviciosa era that they said to Marques, 470 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: we're going to make you a bike that's faster on 471 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 3: the strait, but it's probably going to be harder to 472 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 3: ride in the quarters, and you're just going to have 473 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 3: to deal with it. And so every other Honda ride 474 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 3: of that year spent most of the season picking gravel 475 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 3: out of their teeth, and Mark being Mark's just like okay, 476 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 3: and then papered over the cracks by being Marques and 477 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 3: was able to win races and do what Marques did. 478 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 3: So it does show you that for a lot of years, 479 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: maybe a lot of the alarm bells were ringing quietly 480 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 3: in the background, but Marquez was so good that he 481 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 3: was actually able to paper over the cracks. Once they 482 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 3: lost him, I think that was when Honda went, oh, 483 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 3: we really are in some trouble here and it's going 484 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 3: to take him a fair while to dig their way 485 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 3: out of it. 486 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: That just shows, right, you can't build a bike that 487 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: is just around a certain rider. It has to be 488 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: something that all the different riding styles can suit. I 489 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: fear that it's kind of what katm have done, is 490 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: they've built a bike that suits a certain rider. Because 491 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: Jack and Brad to me are very similar. I think 492 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: that Pedro Acosta very similar as well. They love to 493 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: slide that rear into entry, so hopefully they're not heading 494 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: in that direction either. Because the KATM was pretty much 495 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: built just like the Honda for so long, wasn't it, 496 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: with the design and everything. 497 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, and what's interesting with KATM, particularly next year, You've 498 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 3: got this situation where a Costa is in the factory 499 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 3: team for the first time, and the second team that 500 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 3: get the Tech three team is going to have two 501 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 3: Brandy riders in an About and Maverick Vinalez, coming from 502 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 3: very different parts of the axis. So you've got a 503 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 3: Decatti rider and an Aprillier rider coming into Rider KTM. 504 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 3: So I think the development you can imagine that they're 505 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 3: going to head down whatever patha Costa wants to take 506 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 3: the bike because he's their guy for the next decade. 507 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 3: If they play it right, he's the guy that's probably 508 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 3: going to win them the world title somewhere down the 509 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 3: track if the bike is good enough. So the other 510 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 3: guys might have to make do with a bike that 511 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 3: Pedro wants. And well, you're going to have a twenty 512 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 3: year old or twenty one next year a guy directing 513 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 3: your development of a bike trying to take on Tocadi. 514 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 3: It's a big, big ask. But we also know that 515 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 3: he's a generational talent. So if you're going to hit 516 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 3: your wagon too anything, maybe hit your wagon to the 517 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 3: generational talent and not the guys that have been around 518 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 3: for a while. 519 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: Well for guys, well those of you listening, Sorry, guys, 520 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: those are you listening? Turn eight at this track is 521 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: the hardest breaking track. But Matt, what corners should they 522 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 1: watch out for for the best overtakes and action pat 523 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: content this weekend? 524 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 3: Well, the first quarter of any race at Massada, where 525 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 3: you've got the right followed by the left, there's always 526 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 3: a bit of an action zone there, and it's quite 527 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: a short run from the start finish line into turn one, 528 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 3: so it's always a little bit chaotic there. But it's 529 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 3: the end of the back straight, isn't it where a 530 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 3: lot of the passes get made into that final sector there. 531 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 3: You can really hug the inside there and push your 532 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 3: opponent out wide. But a lot of these races, particularly 533 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 3: in the lower classes, they get settled in that final sector. 534 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 3: Moto three at Messado is always one of those ones 535 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,959 Speaker 3: that you settle in for the last lap, and if 536 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 3: there's a pack of nine on the final lap, you 537 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 3: absolutely know there's two or three of them that probably 538 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 3: aren't making the check at flag. It can get a 539 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 3: little bit chaotic going into the final sequence there. So 540 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 3: three at Messado is always a bit of a highlight 541 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 3: because it's just shake your head and hope for the 542 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 3: best a lot of the time. But it's a great track. 543 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 3: I mean, it's one of those tracks that it's stood 544 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 3: the test of time. It's got a lot of character. 545 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 3: There's some super fast flowing sections, but a good first 546 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 3: corner and a good last corner. Sign me up because 547 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 3: we know there's going to be action at both of them. 548 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: Let's talk about Moto three and Moto two because recently 549 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: you wrote an article where you had Jack Appleyard, the 550 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: Moto GP commentator and Pitt Lane reporter, who gave his 551 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: thoughts on who are going to be the future stars 552 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: of Moto GP, and he did feature our Australian Center aegis, 553 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: which we love for. But Moto two, are we going 554 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: to see another Dixon on the podium or is it 555 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: going to go back to the ways of. 556 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 3: Before Moto two has been utterly bizarre this year because 557 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 3: I don't think Dixon scored pointed about the first five 558 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 3: races off the top of my head, and he's been 559 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 3: the form guy pretty much ever since, obviously one last 560 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 3: Sunday Aragon. It's been a strange season Moto two because 561 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 3: you've had some of the front runner guys get injured 562 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: like Agura. Sergio Garcia was absolutely horrendous last weekend of 563 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 3: He was basically right the way down the back, got 564 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,959 Speaker 3: a long lap, penalty, parked it, and they walked out 565 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 3: the back of the garage. I think he may have 566 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 3: just gotten the higher car and gone straight to the airport. 567 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 3: He certainly wasn't having around for a hanging around for 568 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 3: the end of that race, So there's some discussion that 569 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 3: he's head bight have dropped a little bit after it 570 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 3: was overlooked for the Prama Yamaha Moto GP promotion, which 571 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 3: is interesting from a psychological point of view. But god's 572 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 3: been such a weird season in Moto two. But you 573 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 3: mentioned the chat I have with Jack Appleyard. I thought 574 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 3: Jack's an interesting guy to get his perspective on Moto 575 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 3: two and Moto three, simply because he's around those guys 576 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 3: so much. He's in the pit lane. We hear him 577 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 3: on the World feed commentating Moto two and Moto three. 578 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 3: He's got a pretty good finger on the pulse for 579 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 3: who's coming through and who's going to make some waves 580 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 3: in years to come. And look, I mean there's a 581 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 3: couple of absolute obvious slam dunk ones there and that 582 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 3: David Alonzo in Moto three, the young Colombian is absolutely 583 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 3: the guy to watch. And what he's doing in Moto 584 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 3: three this year, he's doing things that he's approaching a 585 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: record that Valentino Rossi set in nineteen ninety seven in 586 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 3: the light light class, So that shows you the sort 587 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 3: of company he's keeping. But really interesting that he spoke 588 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 3: about center AGEUS and maturity and the progression and just 589 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 3: how methodical he is and the way he approaches it 590 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 3: for a young guy who's been around for a little while. 591 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 3: And I think it was one of the things that 592 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 3: you said when you spoke to him in the mid 593 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 3: season break. He's just really well put together and really 594 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 3: thoughtful for someone who's so inexperienced, and I really like 595 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 3: that about him. I think he's got the right attitude. 596 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 3: He's not trying to win every race yesterday, But there 597 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 3: is a gradual progression with him, and he's looked more 598 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,479 Speaker 3: and more comfortable as this season's gone on. He's had 599 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 3: a couple of quiet races in the last couple but 600 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but he seems like off 601 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 3: the bike he's super convincing. And Jack's point was, at 602 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 3: some point Jack Miller is not going to be on 603 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 3: the moor GP grip. We thought it might not be 604 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 3: next year, but it looks like that's going to continue. 605 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 3: So when Jack's off the greed in years to come, 606 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 3: who's the next Australian to step up? Because he's got 607 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 3: this huge run of Ossie's on the grid that goes 608 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 3: back to the early nineteen eighties. The very fact that 609 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 3: he thought that Center's on the right track to perhaps 610 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 3: be Jack's successor sometime in the future was really interesting 611 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 3: because one thing with Jack Appleyard he knows those lower 612 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 3: categories so well. And yeah, pretty interesting to hear his 613 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 3: thoughts on Center and pretty exciting for Australian fans. I think, well, 614 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: let's talk. 615 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: About the other Aussies as well. Joel and Jacob in 616 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: Moto three. So Joel's been on a run where he's 617 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: been qualifying really well. We mention this in every part 618 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: he's qualifying well. He's starting off the race good because 619 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: he's in one of those front two rows, but it 620 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: seems like midway through the race he's almost fading a 621 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: little bit. Is that just because of tie away? Is 622 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: it physical being able to withstand the race or is 623 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: it just because that Obviously the Colombians and the Spanish 624 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: are just able to keep going the distance. 625 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, probably a bit of column and a bit of columbo. 626 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 3: I think with Joel, we know how good he is 627 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 3: over one lap and he probably outqualifies the performance of 628 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 3: the bike a lot of the time on the one lap. 629 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 3: He's so so good over one lap, so he puts 630 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 3: himself in a good position to start races. Harder to 631 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 3: maintain for him him on that machinery over the course 632 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 3: of a race, and he knows his type management is 633 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 3: something he needs to get a little bit better at. 634 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 3: But it's good to see that he's in the conversation. 635 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 3: There's absolutely no question that he's got one lap speed, 636 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 3: and we know how how brave the young bloke is, 637 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 3: so I do enjoy the way he's going about it. 638 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 3: Jacob Rolston. He's had a couple of difficult races pretty 639 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 3: much since he had that crash in Germany. Things haven't 640 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 3: been great, but I don't think it undoes what he's 641 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 3: done as a rookie in such a tough field and 642 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 3: a pretty high profile team as well. When you're riding 643 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 3: for a brand like that writing for Hervet pontcheral, the 644 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 3: eyeballs are on you, so on balance, I think he's 645 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 3: had a really really strong rookie season. I think he's 646 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 3: probably a little bit too far back to weird Rookie 647 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 3: of the Year now with Anhelpakeris has taken a bit 648 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 3: of a lead over him there. But he's been good 649 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 3: over the course of the season. But we just need, 650 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 3: you know, maybe a little bit more of what we 651 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 3: saw in the first half rather than these last three 652 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 3: or four races because he's on a bit of a 653 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 3: run of outs at the moment. Let's see if Massano 654 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 3: can unlock something for him this Sunday. 655 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: Fingers Crossy can fingers cross, will see and Ossie and 656 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: hopefully three podiums. But Matt, let's do something a bit 657 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: different in this episode. I want to hear from you. 658 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: I want to hear your Protero GP sprint podium and 659 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: your Grand Prix podium on Sunday. Who your top three? 660 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 3: Ah, I'm so glad you've done this because I spent 661 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 3: last week lighting this guy on fire and a story 662 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 3: that I wrote for Fox Sports, and I didn't feel 663 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 3: bad about it because it was statistically justified. But I'm 664 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 3: going to say, I'm going to go sprint podium, Smoky, 665 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 3: and I hope you're sitting down for this. Franco Morbidelli 666 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 3: is going to be on the sprint podium on Saturday. 667 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 3: What I'm calling it right now? 668 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: All right? 669 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,959 Speaker 3: I like that contravertion GP twenty four. Messano knows the 670 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 3: track like the back of his hand, as all the 671 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 3: Rossi proteges do, and he's been a little bit better 672 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 3: of late Franco. I'm always prepared to throw last Sunday 673 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 3: at Aragne out the window because it was such an 674 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 3: outline with the lack of group and what have you. 675 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 3: But if he's ever going to fire a shot on 676 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 3: that GP twenty four, it's this weekend, and I think 677 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 3: he sneaks onto the podium in the sprint. So now 678 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 3: that you've asked me a question, I get to ask 679 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 3: you one because I should do some journalistic things here. 680 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 3: Who is your most likely non de Catti rider to 681 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 3: get on a podium this weekend? 682 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: Most likely NONJ Catty writer podium this weekend? Or I 683 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: wasn't expecting this. 684 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 3: Question, which is why I did it. 685 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm thinking someone who can handle the grip. I'm 686 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: thinking or I want to say either a Costa because 687 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: I feel like he's on a run, He's got the 688 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: settings back to where he's at, he's feeling comfortable. But 689 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: then earlier you mentioned Vinalees. Part of me also wants 690 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: to say Vinals. Maybe in the sprint only. I don't 691 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: necessarily think the main Grand Prix. 692 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, not a bad shout, because the thing with Maverick 693 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 3: is it's either absolutely amazing or absolutely awful. There's nothing 694 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,959 Speaker 3: in between, and he's due one of these amazing weekends. 695 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 3: I think, you know, I don't know about you. I 696 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 3: look back at this season so far, after twelve rounds, 697 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 3: you have to remind yourself that, oh, yeah, Decaddie's won 698 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 3: every race, every Grand Prix but one, and the one 699 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 3: they didn't win was won by Perfrick Vinales, which just 700 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 3: seems completely preposterous when you see weekends like last weekend 701 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 3: at Aragon when he's last before he parks the bike. 702 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 3: But his high points at Massano are pretty high. He's 703 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 3: had some good results there in the past. As we mentioned, 704 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 3: he'd won a Grand Prix previously, so don't mind that. 705 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 3: And the best thing about these predictions is if both 706 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 3: of them come true, then we look like geniuses, and 707 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 3: if neither of them happen, we will never mention them again. 708 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: Well, it was like our Aragon preview where they're talking 709 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: about how the track's going to just shew the tires up. 710 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: It's going to be super abrasive, and they're all saying 711 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: there's no grip. So our crystal ball needs to be 712 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: shined a bit better so we can see what's happening. 713 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 3: I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm denying 714 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 3: making any such comments until anyone proves otherwise. 715 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: Look, guys, Matt, that is enough of your time that 716 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: I've taken up and I think that's about everything we 717 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: have for the preview of Moto EP PITTOK. But guess 718 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: what We're gonna be back in your ears Monday or 719 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: Tuesday next week to talk all about the sam Marino 720 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: Grand Prix and hopefully the sam Marino Test at Mazzano two. 721 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: But you can catch all the action alive and add 722 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 1: break free on Fox Sports and KO plus. Keep up 723 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: to date with all the leaders, news and some cool 724 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: videos on our socials at Fox Motorsport, or you can 725 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 1: listen and read Matt's articles on the website Fox sports 726 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: dot com dot au Forward Slash Motorsport. But from Matt 727 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: and myself Ranita, We'll be back soon with more Moto 728 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: GP pittok