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Speaker 1: exactly what we saw this weekend. Pitt Talk is brought

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Speaker 1: to you by the team at Shannon's Insurance. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Rinita Vanmullen. Joining me is the Mark Marquees of motor

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Speaker 1: GP Stats, mister Matt Clayton. Matt, We've been catching up

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Speaker 1: off air on everything that's happened over the weekend, but

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Speaker 1: Saxon Ring it delivered. It showed us the good, the bad.

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Speaker 2: And the ugly.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly the last part with so few riders finishing

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Speaker 3: the race will definitely get into that. But you know,

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Speaker 3: That's probably not a surprise, But the weirdest bit before

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Speaker 1: Well, that was what I was just thinking then, as

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Speaker 3: during the spring, and then it really poured with rain

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Speaker 3: Saturday night and into Sunday morning, so the track was

436
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Speaker 3: super green. It was like it was the start of

437
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Speaker 3: the weekend. The weird thing there was that some people

438
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Speaker 3: on the ground were telling me that the wind had

439
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Speaker 3: flipped around on Sunday, so it was a tail wind

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Speaker 3: into turn one. So you're pushing the riders into turn

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Speaker 3: one downhill. There's no grip because the track is as

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Speaker 3: green as it is. And what was interesting was that

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Speaker 3: you notice that all the crashes in turn one they

444
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Speaker 3: were in the second half of the race where people

445
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Speaker 3: had worn tires right. So you got to about lap

446
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Speaker 3: fifteen eighteen, everything's fine, and then Jane Antonio goes down,

447
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Speaker 3: and then a couple of laps later, Bazeki goes down,

448
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Speaker 3: and then a guru goes down and takes Juan Miir

449
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Speaker 3: with him, and then Savadori goes down. They all happened

450
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Speaker 3: in about a five lap span, but after about two

451
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Speaker 3: thirds of the race were done. So you've got a

452
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Speaker 3: combination of worn tires, green track, tail wind, and you know,

453
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Speaker 3: people trying to change ginger maps with Jack Miller was

454
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Speaker 3: talking about this. It was a real survival race towards

455
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Speaker 3: the end there. And interestingly, Pecovannaya said afterwards, he said

456
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Speaker 3: he had a couple of moments in tern one where

457
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Speaker 3: he pretty much lost the front and managed to recover them,

458
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Speaker 3: and he said, all right, for the rest of the

459
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Speaker 3: for the last eight laps of this race, I'm not

460
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Speaker 3: pushing at all into turn one. I'm almost going to

461
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Speaker 3: roll into turn one and then I'm going to push

462
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Speaker 3: everywhere else to try and make up for her, because

463
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Speaker 3: the risk reward ratio just tipped over the edge at

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Speaker 3: turn one. But it was this weird circumstance of just

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Speaker 3: literally no grip. It was like Friday FP one. There

466
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Speaker 3: was no grip down at all because it had all

467
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Speaker 3: been washed away with the rain and that tail wind.

468
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Speaker 3: It changed everyone's breaking markers because you're coming up out

469
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Speaker 3: of the bubble and you're getting shoved along by this

470
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Speaker 3: wind and then by the time you're too deep into

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Speaker 3: the corner on a green track and down you go.

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Speaker 1: That's pretty much what happened ten riders ten riders to

473
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Speaker 1: finish a race.

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Speaker 2: When was the last time that that happened? In Rotor GP?

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Speaker 3: Matt, See, this is where I'm watching the race, and

476
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Speaker 3: I'm going, m Philip Island. I was sinking the day

477
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Speaker 3: that Casey Stone And won the championship, and I'm thinking,

478
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Speaker 3: I reckon it's that day. So I went back and

479
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Speaker 3: out of look and yeah, twenty eleven Australia ten Riders

480
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Speaker 3: finished that race. And that was another weird race where

481
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Speaker 3: very few people started. Oh hai Lorenz, I'd hurt himself

482
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Speaker 3: in the warm up. He'd taken off the tip of

483
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Speaker 3: one of his fingers. He was pretty much Casey's only

484
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Speaker 3: championship contender. How was that that? Yeah? And so Casey

485
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Speaker 3: just basically had to stay upright to win the championship

486
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Speaker 3: on home soil that day. And because Casey and Philip pilot,

487
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Speaker 3: he went won the race like he always did. But

488
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Speaker 3: it was one of those races that we only had

489
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Speaker 3: an eighteen to start with. Because of all of the

490
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Speaker 3: various things that you talked about in the lead in

491
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Speaker 3: and then when they just start going down like like skittles,

492
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Speaker 3: towards the end, you look at someone like Alex Rinns

493
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Speaker 3: took six points away from the weekend for Yamaha, which

494
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Speaker 3: you know, you look at it on paper in the future,

495
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Speaker 3: you're going, oh, that was all right. Alex Rins had

496
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Speaker 3: a top ten finish, Alex Rinns was last, and Alex

497
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Speaker 3: Rinns was last by a long, long way, which is

498
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Speaker 3: another topic we probably need to get into at some point.

499
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Speaker 3: But if you stayed on your bike and you kept circulating,

500
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Speaker 3: no matter how slow, you were going to bank decent

501
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Speaker 3: points because it was just an absolute race of attrition.

502
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Speaker 3: And I think the disappointing thing for a couple of

503
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Speaker 3: these riders was there there were guys who crashed out

504
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Speaker 3: of really promising positions, and I thought to jan Antonio,

505
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Speaker 3: had he sort of sealed the deal with that second place?

506
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Speaker 3: He was really impressive of the entire weekend. He was

507
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Speaker 3: really good through Friday practice. He was one of the

508
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Speaker 3: guys who looked like he could actually over one lap.

509
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Speaker 3: Take it to Marquez didn't qualify well because he tends

510
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Speaker 3: to not qualify well. But he raced well all weekend

511
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Speaker 3: and he sort of emerged out of that big battle

512
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Speaker 3: pack in the early part of Sunday's race, and that

513
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Speaker 3: he had Perzeki's measure and he had Banyaya's measure and

514
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Speaker 3: a Costa was up there for a bit. Digita looked really,

515
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Speaker 3: really good. He was the first of these guys to

516
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Speaker 3: go down at turn one, and I think it sort

517
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Speaker 3: of caught him by surprise, and then everyone else started

518
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Speaker 3: going down, almost in sympathy afterwards. But look, he was

519
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Speaker 3: to get to catch Marquez because no one was going

520
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Speaker 3: to But that was a ride that felt like it

521
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Speaker 3: probably deserved a podium in a decent result. And we've

522
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Speaker 3: talked about this for a couple of podcasts. Now I

523
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Speaker 3: do think he's going to come forward a fora a

524
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Speaker 3: bit in the second half of the year because the

525
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Speaker 3: speeds there, in the bikes there, He's getting more and

526
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Speaker 3: more confident. Just a shame that didn't work out for

527
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Speaker 3: him on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I heard him say post race though, that he was

529
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Speaker 1: happy that he crashed out of the podium position because

530
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Speaker 1: it showed that he was fighting for it rather than

531
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Speaker 1: being fifteenth, seventeenth and crashing out further down the field.

532
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Speaker 2: I feel like you can kind of look at that

533
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Speaker 2: two ways, as in.

534
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Speaker 1: Why are you happy that you crashed out of like

535
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Speaker 1: why would you?

536
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Speaker 2: Why are you not wanting it more?

537
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Speaker 1: But I think from his point of view, it's like,

538
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Speaker 1: my speed was there, you know, it was Mark, it

539
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Speaker 1: was me, and then it wasn't Aprillia.

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Speaker 2: You know, where's Peco?

541
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Speaker 1: Where's Alex there?

542
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Speaker 2: Further back?

543
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Speaker 1: Okay, then the mistake happened, but it changes in the variables, right, Yeah.

544
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Speaker 3: I reckon that he feels that that speed is repeatable.

545
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Speaker 3: I think that's probably why he was quite optimistic. I

546
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Speaker 3: don't think this is just some outlier one off at

547
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Speaker 3: this particular circuit. He'll be quick at Bruno, He'll be

548
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Speaker 3: quick in most places because I think he's you remember,

549
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Speaker 3: he came into this preseason super injury compromised after the

550
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Speaker 3: dumb thing that he did so pag what he decided

551
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Speaker 3: to do really at the end of the first day

552
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Speaker 3: of the Test and came off and broke the same

553
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Speaker 3: colo mode he'd broken last year. But I think he

554
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Speaker 3: realizes that the speed is repeatable, So yeah, you'd be

555
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Speaker 3: annoyed in the moment that you chucked a podium away.

556
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Speaker 3: But I suspect that we're going to We know that

557
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Speaker 3: decade's so good, and I suspect we're going to see

558
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Speaker 3: him on podiums plural in the very short term.

559
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Speaker 1: Another writer who I hope the speed is repeatable for

560
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Speaker 1: is Marco bet Zeki because I missed all the Joge

561
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Speaker 1: Martin drama that's been going on off track. It's been

562
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Speaker 1: so refreshing to see Marco abt Zeki fighting the front,

563
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Speaker 1: fighting for those podium places, and just to have an

564
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Speaker 1: aprillia there another manufacturer up close to the front. It's

565
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Speaker 1: a shame that there's the track house guys aren't following

566
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Speaker 1: suit and it's just been Marco at the moment. But

567
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Speaker 1: I mean another sprint prodeum for him.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure he's over the moon with that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I reckon that was an important one too, because

570
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Speaker 3: you know, we know he'd wanted Silverstone, and Silverston has

571
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Speaker 3: always been a good track for a Prillier. He was

572
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Speaker 3: very good at acid and that's always been a good

573
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Speaker 3: track for him. So it's almost like we needed a

574
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Speaker 3: bigger sample size of all right, you know you've bett

575
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Speaker 3: a good track for Aprilia. You've betted a good track

576
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Speaker 3: for yourself. Can you do it somewhere else? I think

577
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Speaker 3: this is super interesting for two reasons. A what you

578
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Speaker 3: just said about the fact that it's another manufacturer in

579
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Speaker 3: the mix. It looks like that's something that's going to

580
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Speaker 3: translate to multiple circuits now. But doesn't it get you thinking,

581
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Speaker 3: like hmm. Once Jorge Martin gets fully fit and he

582
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Speaker 3: gets up to speed with what Napullia can do, won't

583
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Speaker 3: that be interesting towards the end of the year, Because

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Speaker 3: if that's a bike that can achieve podiums, a fully

585
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 3: fit Jollgey Martine is absolute top shelf. We saw that

586
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Speaker 3: last year, we saw it the year before. On balance,

587
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Speaker 3: he's probably going to achieve more when he's completely being

588
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Speaker 3: Joge Martine than Marco Berseki's going to. So that's interesting

589
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Speaker 3: for me because right now that's clearly the second best

590
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Speaker 3: bike in motor GP. You add a world champion on

591
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Speaker 3: there that will have some level of motivation. We don't

592
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Speaker 3: know how much we're about to find out, but you

593
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Speaker 3: add Martine on that bike and he gets a sniff

594
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Speaker 3: of being competitive and having good results there, he could

595
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Speaker 3: be a bit of a random wild card for the

596
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Speaker 3: end of this season. Martine once he gets confident and

597
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Speaker 3: gets his full fitness and race fitness back, because he's

598
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Speaker 3: not scared of anybody. We saw it last year. He'll

599
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Speaker 3: go will to will with Banyai, He'll go will to

600
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Speaker 3: will with Mark. We've never really seen like a really

601
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Speaker 3: full on, motivated fit Martin up against Marquez in the

602
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Speaker 3: mood that Marquez is in at the moment. So when

603
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Speaker 3: we know that it's not going to be the championship

604
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 3: or anything super meaningful because the way the season's panned out,

605
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Speaker 3: but we might get some pretty explosive races towards the

606
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Speaker 3: end of the year, I reckon.

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Speaker 1: So Martin's coming back this weekend for Bruno, it's the

608
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Speaker 1: first time Reto GP have been to the Czech Republic

609
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Speaker 1: since twenty twenty. The track's been resurfaced, so it's going

610
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Speaker 1: to be really interesting, I think as well, because we've got.

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Speaker 2: The veterans like Mark.

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Speaker 1: The last time Juan mir was that he was on

613
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Speaker 1: a Suzuki, right, So there's all these changes. But johe Martin,

614
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Speaker 1: I think everyone's going to be looking at him this weekend.

615
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Speaker 1: Do you think I'm probably already jumping the gun with this.

616
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Speaker 1: But do you think Martin's going to come back and

617
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Speaker 1: be strong instantly or do you think he's gonna He's

618
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Speaker 1: going to take his time this time because of everything

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Speaker 1: that's been happening.

620
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I reckon. There's elements of both here because of

621
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Speaker 3: the way the calendar falls, Like we've got a full

622
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,479
Speaker 3: week break after Bruno. The absolute last thing Jorge Martine

623
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,160
Speaker 3: needs to do it Bruno is hurt himself. He needs

624
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Speaker 3: a full race weekend where he can do a full

625
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 3: sprint distance and he can do a full Grand Prix

626
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 3: distance and he can get used to fighting with people again.

627
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,120
Speaker 3: The points are immaterial because who cares how many points

628
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 3: he gets this year? Really, and it certainly doesn't matter

629
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Speaker 3: this much for the time being. The biggest thing he

630
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 3: can do this weekend is shake the rust off because

631
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 3: there's going to be some race rust. He has not

632
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,400
Speaker 3: raced a motor GP like properly. You know, he hasn't

633
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 3: completed a full race since last November, let's be honest,

634
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,239
Speaker 3: So shake the rust off, get used to the way

635
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 3: the team works operationally. What's his motivation, Like, how does

636
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 3: he feel physically, because we know that he's only been

637
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 3: pas medically to ride in the last couple of weeks,

638
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,639
Speaker 3: so he's clearly going to be underdone. The one thing

639
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 3: he cannot do this weekend is hurt himself. So I

640
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 3: think what you'll see is, because we've got this month

641
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 3: after Bruno, he won't be cautious or circumtant. He'll still ride,

642
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 3: but he's not going to be pushing at ten tenths.

643
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 3: He might be at like eight and a half tenths

644
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 3: or something, because it's like, you've got a championship to

645
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 3: think about. Get through that, have another month of training,

646
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 3: getting your fitness up a lot more, riding some superbike somewhere,

647
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 3: doing what you need to do, and then you know

648
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 3: how this second half of the season goes like it

649
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,359
Speaker 3: feels like it just comes and goes in a flash

650
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 3: because there's so many double headers and it comes super

651
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 3: super fast. What he does in those last ten races

652
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 3: will be more representative of who he is. I think

653
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 3: this weekend the main goal is to get back deal

654
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 3: with a bunch of annoying journos in the press conference.

655
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 3: Like me, he'll be asking him a thousand questions about

656
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 3: things he doesn't want to talk about. Get some points

657
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 3: and then go on his holidays for four weeks and

658
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 3: do some training and then come back for Austria and

659
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 3: be ready to go.

660
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that.

661
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 1: It is definitely going to be full on and I

662
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 1: fully jumped the gun there talking about Bruno when we

663
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: still have.

664
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 2: Heaps to catch up on from this weekend.

665
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: But I want to talk about Luca Marini because for me,

666
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: just a phenomenal ride. You think it's his first Grand

667
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: Prix back after that nasty accident. He had well training

668
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: first to zook. You know, he was in a hospital

669
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: bed in Japan for so long and then he's come

670
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: back and you could see that camera after Sunday's Grand Prix.

671
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: You could see him just wincing in pain and the

672
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: fact that okay, he's not fully one hundred percent, but

673
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: you had to be on your bike at the end

674
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: of the day. You just had to ride the track

675
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: as you could cross that finish line. And he didn't

676
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: finish last.

677
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 2: He was six.

678
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: He was okay, twenty four seconds behind Marquez, but he

679
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: was six. He wasn't down with Alex Renz who was

680
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: forty seconds behind.

681
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 3: Well, and for him to come back this is we

682
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 3: know that it's not the highest speed track on the calendar,

683
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 3: Saxon Ring, but it's so random in that the configuration

684
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 3: of it, and you're hanging off the left side of

685
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 3: the bike the entire time. He was actually getting sore

686
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 3: on the right side of his body because he was

687
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 3: sitting in a different position to try and compensate for

688
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 3: the fact that his body's not really in any sort

689
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 3: of condition to do thirty laps around a track like that.

690
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 3: It's amazing what adrenaline does. And you give a guy

691
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 3: a chair as to you know, if you were telling

692
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 3: him that he was going to finish sixth and he

693
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 3: was going to do thirty laps and how sorry it

694
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 3: was going to be. If you told him before the race,

695
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 3: he'd say, no, thanks, I don't really fancy that. But

696
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 3: there's nothing like the smell of competition and getting back

697
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 3: into it so hugely commendable for him to be able

698
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 3: to clearly push through the pain barrier and come back.

699
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 3: It sounded like he probably came back a little bit

700
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 3: earlier than most people were expecting. But again, it's one

701
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 3: of those things like if he gets to through these

702
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 3: two rounds, doesn't hurt himself, can reset over the summer break,

703
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 3: but given what he's gone through in the last couple

704
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 3: of months. That was a really really brave effort by

705
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 3: Let's not forget he's a writer who's out of contract

706
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 3: at the end of this year, and I reckon if

707
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 3: he had the comfort of a contract for next year,

708
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 3: I don't reckon. That's a race that you do. Maybe

709
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 3: you might sit out for another round or two. It's like,

710
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 3: you know what, I'll come back after the break. I'll

711
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 3: be good. He needs to get back and show what

712
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 3: it is that he can do, be it for Honda

713
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 3: or for someone else who would like to employ him.

714
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 3: And coming back and doing that when you're so clearly

715
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 3: injury compromised, like big tick from me. It was a

716
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 3: really really impressive effort.

717
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: Have you heard is Luca going to compete in the

718
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: Suzuka eight Hour? Have you heard any updates on that?

719
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 3: My understanding is that he will. I think when you've

720
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 3: got a chance to ride for a Japanese manufacturer at Suzuka,

721
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 3: that's not something you take lightly. So he'll clearly still

722
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 3: be there. I mean, look, it's the funny thing. It's

723
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 3: an the eight Hours. It is a true endurance test, obviously,

724
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 3: but it's a very different style of riding and you're

725
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 3: sharing the bike with two other riders, But to ride

726
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 3: for a Honda team at Honda owns Suzuka at such

727
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 3: a prestigious event, like you would not miss that for

728
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 3: the world. I mean, we obviously know Jack Miller's doing it,

729
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 3: but my understanding is that he's going to be there

730
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 3: because you don't put all that effort in to go

731
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 3: along and go through all of the training and how

732
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 3: particular it is to race it that particular track. But

733
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 3: my understanding is that it will be Zako and Marini

734
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 3: and Miller that will all beyond the grid start of August,

735
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 3: and you.

736
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: Guys can catch the Suzuka eight Hour on both Fox

737
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: Sports and ko all the race.

738
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 2: The whole eight hours is going to be broadcasted live.

739
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: So I mean, if you want to sit on the

740
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: sofa for eight hours and watch some rotorbikes go around Telly,

741
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: by all means do it. Otherwise you can catch it

742
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 1: up when suits you. But you mentioned Jack Miller there.

743
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Jack because you wrote a really interesting piece.

744
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: Now we know that Jack's up a contract at the

745
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 1: end of this year, we know Top Racks sign with

746
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: Prama High. Everything like that there's your shot. Take it

747
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: if you're playing along. But let's look at Jack's results

748
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: from the weekends, because you told me a P five

749
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: from Jack that was the best sprint result he has

750
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: since last year?

751
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 3: Did you say Austria last year? So it was his

752
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 3: best sprint that he's had in the last twenty So

753
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 3: that's going back to Austria in August last year. So

754
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 3: he'd only scored one point in the sprints the entire year,

755
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 3: which is at Silverstone before last Saturday. And the really

756
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 3: key point here is that we know we're coming to

757
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 3: this crunch time here where Yamaha have said we want

758
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 3: to make a decision on who's going to be top

759
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 3: rax teammate by the summer break. Now, the summer break

760
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 3: starts on Monday, basically, so one day after the Czech

761
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 3: Republic Grand Prix. Jack picked a really really good time

762
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 3: to have his best weekend of the season and scored

763
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 3: thirteen points over the weekend. That's his strongest single weekend

764
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 3: of the season. Finished eighth in the Grand Prix. Obviously

765
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 3: stayed on which many people didn't, which was super important.

766
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,719
Speaker 3: But it was more the fact that you look at

767
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 3: the two people that are potentially in the frame to

768
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 3: deny him that place. At Pramat Gamaha, he was ahead

769
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 3: of Miguel Olivera in every single on track session for

770
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 3: the entire weekend. Jack made Q two. Olivera did not.

771
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 3: He was well behind Jack in the sprint and then

772
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 3: he crashed out super early in the Grand Prix. So

773
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 3: Jack had that covered for the entirety of the weekend.

774
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 3: The other name that had been floated around, which I

775
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 3: mentioned in the piece you just referenced there was There's

776
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 3: been a lot of buzz about Diogo Marrera coming up

777
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 3: through Moto two for a lot of obvious reasons. He's

778
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 3: clearly really talented, he's clearly really fast. He has an

779
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 3: association with Yamaha Brazil from a lot he trains on

780
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 3: Yamaha bikes, and he's back home in Brazil, and of

781
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 3: course we have a Brazilian Grand Prix next year, so

782
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 3: you know there's a lot of boxes being ticked for

783
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 3: a young, up and coming rider. And when Yamaha started

784
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 3: this second team, it's a bit like we see it

785
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 3: in Formula One with Red Bull and whatever. The second

786
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 3: team racing balls this year is being called. The second

787
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 3: team is almost like a proving Ground training school to

788
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 3: bring young guys in to potentially elevate them to the

789
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 3: main team, and because Pramak Yamaha was new this year,

790
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 3: they went with a couple of thirty year olds because

791
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 3: they are available and they needed data and they needed information.

792
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 3: The long term future of that team for me is

793
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 3: to bring younger riders through to see if they've got

794
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 3: what it takes to step up to the main Yamaha team.

795
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 3: So you're not going to have a pair of thirty

796
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 3: year olds in there for the long long term, short

797
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 3: term this is what plays to Jack's favor, but also

798
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 3: short term. Marera did I don't know how you feel

799
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 3: about this. That Moto iiO race on Sunday at Saxon Ring,

800
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 3: he showed you why he's probably going to be in

801
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 3: Motor GP. He also showed you why he's probably not

802
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 3: going to be in Motor GP yet because he was

803
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 3: twenty fifth on the grid where he screwed up qualifying

804
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 3: in the rain, and he was awesome in that Grand Prix.

805
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,720
Speaker 3: It was like watching twenty twelve Via and Mark Marquez

806
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 3: in Moto two is just carving through guys and all

807
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 3: of a sudden you look up and you go, oh

808
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 3: my god, he's fourth and there's still plenty of laps

809
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,359
Speaker 3: to go in the race. And then he came off

810
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 3: second best in a bit of a skirmish with Jake

811
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 3: Dixon for third, and then went off onto the grass

812
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 3: and pulled straight back onto the circuit, not really looking

813
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 3: at where he was going or what was coming up

814
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 3: behind him, and David Altso ran absolutely full speed, never

815
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 3: checked up straight into the back of him. I'm far

816
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 3: too old and cynic all these days to get too

817
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 3: excited about crashes all things like that, but that literally

818
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 3: got me out of my seat with my hand over

819
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 3: my mouth, going, oh my god, that's like an aeroplane

820
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 3: accident because you don't see crashes like that. They are

821
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 3: so lucky, the pair of them that they didn't sustain

822
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 3: major injuries. And Marrera has been hit with a pit

823
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 3: lane start for this week's Moto two race at the

824
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 3: Czech Republic, and I reckon that's pretty lenient, quite frankly,

825
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,760
Speaker 3: because he did an absolutely crazy thing that endangered himself

826
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 3: and another rider, and I wouldn't have minded them parking

827
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 3: him for a race and said sorry, you're not racing

828
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 3: at Bruno next weekend. That's just absolutely crazy. So I

829
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 3: think in one Moto two race we saw the speed

830
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 3: and the decisiveness and the ability that the guy's got

831
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,800
Speaker 3: which makes him look like a murder GP rider in

832
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 3: the future. We also saw a completely stupid crash where

833
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 3: it probably shows you that that future might be twenty

834
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,320
Speaker 3: twenty seven or twenty eight or whatever that's going to be,

835
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 3: which in a very long winded way, which if you've

836
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 3: read my story, it was very long winded. Everything aligned

837
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 3: this weekend to me, I reckon that Jack Miller has

838
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 3: one hand and four fingers on a murder GP contract

839
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 3: with promat Gamahah next year, and it would not surprise

840
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 3: me if at all, if that gets announced at Bruno

841
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 3: this weekend.

842
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 2: I think, Yeah, you pretty much hit the nail on

843
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 2: the head.

844
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: I completely agree with everything you just said that the

845
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: Diego Morera thing. Let's move on to Moto two because

846
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 1: we've pretty much wrapped up GP there. But let's talk

847
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: about Moto two and then let's come back to Diego Mora.

848
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:02,239
Speaker 1: But Jake Dixon was on pole jumped the start. Oh

849
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: and then once you saw it and he knew straight away, right,

850
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 1: you could just see him shaking his head. Then he

851
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: had that small collision with Jake into turn one, so

852
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: then Sena got that double long lap penalty. Then as

853
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: the race progress, let's then go obviously that incident with

854
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: Marrera happened.

855
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,400
Speaker 2: I think I agree with you.

856
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:30,360
Speaker 1: I think Marrera, you can just tell he's still a teenager,

857
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: you're a young adult. Like he needs to get that

858
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: experience because he's only been in the World Championship, the

859
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: Moto GP World Championship for a few years now, right,

860
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: so he's come up from Junior GP. I think that

861
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,719
Speaker 1: he needs to still get a bit more of that

862
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 1: thorough experience before you do go.

863
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:50,879
Speaker 2: Into Moto GP.

864
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: I don't think we're ever going to see another Jack

865
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 1: Miller go from Moroto three straight up to Moto GP,

866
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 1: because I think you have to do you have to

867
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: do your exams, you have to past the test and

868
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 1: then you'll go up right.

869
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,879
Speaker 2: But for me, in Moto.

870
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: Two, the fact that Aaron Connett still finished in the

871
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: top ten and you see him in pain, I mean

872
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: Saxon Ring and the crashes and the fact of like

873
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: the red flag and everything, and you could hear Barry

874
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: Belts and Jake Dixon being like wipe all out the

875
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,479
Speaker 1: red flag. You know, I will saving my tires until

876
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 1: the end. But when you saw that camera on Aaron Connett,

877
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: in him wincing in pain or you could feel it.

878
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 2: I could feel it through the TV map.

879
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was a monster, monster crash. I was pretty

880
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 3: surprised he even race, quite frankly, but we know he's

881
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 3: pretty tough and he's certainly not one who's going to

882
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 3: be backwards in a battle. That was hugely impressive. I mean,

883
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 3: the red flag. No one likes to see a race

884
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 3: stop with a red flag, let's be perfectly honest. But

885
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 3: we know that there's world TV time schedules to keep

886
00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 3: and that sort of thing, and you know, by the

887
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,280
Speaker 3: time they would have cleaned everything up and re started

888
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 3: the race for what two laps at the end, it

889
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 3: was probably not going to be worth it for everyone involved.

890
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 3: So that was a shame tactically for some of these

891
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,720
Speaker 3: guys that were saving tires, but probably the correct decision.

892
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 3: But I must admit there was a part of me

893
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 3: when I mean the sometimes with these jump starts they

894
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 3: look a little bit marginal. That was so not marginal

895
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 3: by ages on Sunday, unfortunately, and as soon as that happened.

896
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 3: There was a part of me that literally pushed the

897
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 3: chair out from the desk and just put their head

898
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 3: down and went, well that's the end of that then,

899
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 3: And I mean it's the way it worked out. He

900
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 3: managed to get back through and at least score some points,

901
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 3: but you could just see on the rundown to term

902
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,839
Speaker 3: one he was absolutely filthy with himself because I think

903
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 3: he knew he had the pace to probably finish on

904
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 3: the podium. So that's definitely one that got away for him.

905
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, so soon I finished eleventh, and I'm just looking

906
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: at the results. Seven writers crashed out of Moto two,

907
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: so we had eight and a Moto GP and obviously

908
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: X four that didn't start, and then we had seven

909
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 1: writers crash out of Moto two. Then let's go to

910
00:39:56,239 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: Moto three, our favorite, where it's the fifteen or so

911
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: writers in one group going into turn one together a

912
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: lap after lap. Munios finished first ahead of Gears and Rueida.

913
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: Now Matt for me, Ruaida, he is missed a consistency

914
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: this year. It's not always about winning the race, it's

915
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,280
Speaker 1: about banking those points. It's like the it's the Peko

916
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 1: Bagnyaya version of when Peco was trying to get the

917
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: championship right.

918
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, he's read the book on how you build

919
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 3: a championship. And I use the word build because it's

920
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,320
Speaker 3: not about getting like one or two headline results and

921
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 3: then being nowhere. He's always there and thereabouts. He'll win

922
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 3: races when he can, but he'll bank good points when

923
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 3: he won't, and that's how you build a championship over

924
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 3: twenty two rounds. I'm frankly not surprised at all to

925
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 3: see him move his way towards the front of the

926
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 3: group and be there when it matters towards the end

927
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 3: of the race. But I guess the fun thing for

928
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,919
Speaker 3: us was that, you know that front group of about

929
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 3: eight or nine that broke away at the end. It

930
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 3: was nice to see both see both ossies in that

931
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,320
Speaker 3: shot and you look at them going, Okay, they're in

932
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 3: with a chancey, they're right in the train. And to

933
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 3: see both Joe Kelso and Jacob Rolston particularly have strong

934
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 3: results was nice because that was a no holds barred race.

935
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 3: There's Moto three years in most places, but at the

936
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 3: Saxid Ring, My.

937
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: God, yeah no, like you said, so, Jacob Wilstone was

938
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 1: pa across the line, Joe Kelso six and our key

939
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 1: we across the Pond Cormack Buchanan.

940
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 2: He was a top ten his.

941
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,919
Speaker 1: Best results so far in the World Championship. So yeah,

942
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: it was nice to see the guys from down Under

943
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: and obviously New Zealand representing us and being closer to

944
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: the front. And I think for Jacob just to touch

945
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: on that this is the confidence he needs. We knew

946
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: in I think it was Migello where he was strong

947
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: there and then he had that technical issue and wasn't

948
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: able to finish the race. You could see that really

949
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: got to him and I think he needs this boost

950
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: of this top ten. While okay on paper it's only

951
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 1: a PA, I think for him it's that set because

952
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:02,439
Speaker 1: he is going into the second part of the year.

953
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 1: He doesn't have a contract for next year, he is

954
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: with Red Bull, Katim Tech three, the pressure everything starting

955
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: the season a few races late, everything's adding up. I

956
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: think he needed that PA to boost him for the

957
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: rest of the season.

958
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 2: Yeah.

959
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 3: And it's a nice base, like it's a platform which

960
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 3: you can build, like this is all you want to

961
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 3: sort of wrap up this first half of the season.

962
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 3: A couple of decent results. I mean, he gained ten

963
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,800
Speaker 3: places in the race from where he started, which is

964
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 3: pretty impressive in itself, but just moving steadily forward and

965
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,879
Speaker 3: we know there's a good rider in there. Like you said,

966
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 3: there's been so many things that have tripped him up

967
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 3: this year that's been difficult. It feels like he's been

968
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 3: sort of swimming upstream for the whole year to try

969
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 3: and get back to where he wanted to be at

970
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 3: the start of it. So if this is the first

971
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 3: building plot for that, then that's terrific. But yeah, I

972
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 3: just enjoyed seeing both OSSI's in the front group.

973
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 1: So as we mentioned a little bit earlier when I

974
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,320
Speaker 1: was really excited to talk about Juai mantine A Moto

975
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 1: GP heads Sabruno next weekend of the first time since

976
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, I was looking back at some old footage

977
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: for a sports socials earlier today, and like I said,

978
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 1: Juan Miir was on the Yamaha and even like the

979
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 1: previous races where Lorenzo and Rossi and whatnot, like Bruno's

980
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: a pretty iconic track that's been on the Moto GP calendar,

981
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 1: says Shane that it hasn't been on for a few

982
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:20,800
Speaker 1: years now coming back there. It's resurfaced now and this

983
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: is where I'm starting to think, Okay, how's he going

984
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: to play out this weekend? Matt, and I want to

985
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: get your opinion on this because we've got so many

986
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: rookies in the Moto GP paddock now Moto GP grit

987
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:35,240
Speaker 1: who've never ridden there. Yeah, absolutely, or on a METOGP bike.

988
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 3: Yeah.

989
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: But then you've got Mark Marquez, Alex Runs, juanmir All,

990
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,800
Speaker 1: these guys who've ridden there on past GP bikes, but

991
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 1: the track's been resurfaced. How do you think that's going

992
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 1: to play out and we're going to see the veterans

993
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: exceeding quite early on in the or do you think

994
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,319
Speaker 1: it's just going to be an even playing field.

995
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 3: The one name that you didn't mention there and he

996
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,360
Speaker 3: never gets to run on this podcast because you've been

997
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 3: kind of invisible all year. The last rider to win

998
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 3: when we went there for MotoGP was Brad Binder on

999
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 3: a case And you forget that was such a strange

1000
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 3: season twenty twenty because it was round three, but it

1001
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 3: was about August because we went race the first six

1002
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 3: months of the year, there was no one there. It

1003
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 3: was a really really strange one. It's the last time

1004
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 3: we went to Bruneau. It's obviously it's usually such a

1005
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,319
Speaker 3: vibrant race. It's such a massive crowd that turns up there,

1006
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,240
Speaker 3: so to see them racing around that awesome, big open

1007
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 3: circuit with no one there was really weird. Yeah, been

1008
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 3: to the most recent winner there, bizarrely, not someone we've

1009
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 3: talked about very much on the pod this year. But

1010
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 3: getting back to what you just said, then, I think

1011
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 3: guys who've got motor GP reps around there are going

1012
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,879
Speaker 3: to start with a significant advantage because we're not going

1013
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 3: back to the same Bruno because if you know, after

1014
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 3: the teams had tested there the other week, they reckon

1015
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 3: that the lap times might be about two seconds faster.

1016
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 3: And that's not a slow track to start with. It's

1017
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 3: a proper iconic motor GP track. I'm super glad we've

1018
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 3: found a way to get back there because you know

1019
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,600
Speaker 3: those big, wide open tracks with massive crowds, and the

1020
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 3: thing I love about Bruno it's so wide as a track,

1021
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 3: so it's not just one line into corners. You'll see

1022
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 3: guys fan out into the breaking zones and it's a

1023
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,879
Speaker 3: track where you can pass and repass. It's a track

1024
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 3: that invites fights. It's one of the great things about

1025
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 3: that particular layout, So it's one of the best layouts

1026
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 3: on the calendar. It's going to be a top five

1027
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 3: layout on the calendar. It's really good that they found

1028
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 3: a way to find the money to get the thing

1029
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 3: resurfaced and get it back on the calendar. I'm just

1030
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 3: really looking forward to see bikes on that circle again

1031
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 3: because it's one of the best ones and it always

1032
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 3: throws up good races. But going back to what you

1033
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 3: were saying, I think experience counts. I think guys who've

1034
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 3: been there before on motor GP Machinery are going to

1035
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,400
Speaker 3: start with a pretty significant advantage.

1036
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,879
Speaker 1: Well, Bruno is up this weekend, like we just said,

1037
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 1: and you guys can catch all the action live on

1038
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 1: Fox Sports and KO big thanks to the team as

1039
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Speaker 1: Shannon's Insurance for sponsoring the Pittok podcast. If you want

1040
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: to read any of Math's articles that we spoke about

1041
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: or the ones he's got coming up, which he was

1042
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 1: telling me before there's something pretty cool coming out at

1043
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Speaker 1: the time of this podcast as well, you can head

1044
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:04,080
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1045
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,800
Speaker 1: you can follow us on socials at Fox Motorsport on

1046
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,480
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1047
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: do live updates as well for the race, so if

1048
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: you can't watch it live, you can follow along there.

1049
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: But from Matt Clayton and myself, Rinita.

1050
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Speaker 2: Vermullen, that's all for now, and we're going to be

1051
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Speaker 2: back real soon with more motor GP. Pittalk Well