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Speaker 1: Motor Gipi heads to the iconic Motegi twin Ring circuit

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Speaker 1: and it's all set to be a thrilling weekend. Known

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Speaker 1: for its unique mix of high speed straights and tight

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Speaker 1: technical corners, Mategi always delivers intense racing action and with

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Speaker 1: the championship battle heating up and the weather is always

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Speaker 1: such an unknown here, this round could be a game changer.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rindita Vanmullen, and today we welcome the

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Speaker 1: sense of Motor GP knowledge, a man who slices through

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Speaker 1: stats like a samurai with the katana. Matt Clayton, Matt,

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Speaker 1: I guess the question that everybody's thinking coming into this

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Speaker 1: weekend is Jorge Martin going to continue his run and

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Speaker 1: have a replay from last year? We're taking that double

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Speaker 1: victory in Japan.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Ronanda, that is the question I guess after last year.

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Speaker 2: The other question, I think you mentioned it in the

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Speaker 2: intro there is the pertinent one is that Earth's going

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Speaker 2: to happen at the weather at this Grand Prix, because

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Speaker 2: we see it happen year after year. It's such a

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Speaker 2: and we remember last year the rider's parade was held

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Speaker 2: completely in the dry and then we got twelve laps

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Speaker 2: into the race and you needed a boat more than

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Speaker 2: you needed to murder GP bike, and that was the

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Speaker 2: correct decision to red flag it. So yeah, it looks

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Speaker 2: super interesting race weekend because this is such an unusual

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Speaker 2: circuit and for those of you playing Bingo at home,

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Speaker 2: it won't take you long to feel like your Bingo

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Speaker 2: card with stop and Go, because you'll hear every single

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Speaker 2: you know the teams will have to install break specific

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Speaker 2: only to this round at this track because it is

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Speaker 2: So definitely a bit of an outlier in terms of

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Speaker 2: And look where the championships finally poised as this one is.

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Speaker 2: I think things always happen in Japan, and I just

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Speaker 2: I don't expect this year to be any exception.

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Speaker 1: I had a little look at the weather before we

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Speaker 1: and this was on weather dot Com, so could be

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Speaker 1: there's a seventy percent chance of rain on Saturday and

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Speaker 1: Sundays looking like nineteen percent chance of rain. But honestly

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Speaker 1: that could change tomorrow. So who knows. There's something about

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Speaker 1: a typhoon like there as well, So it's Japan.

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Speaker 2: We just don't know, right, there's always this time of year.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, you're not living in Japan in October unless

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Speaker 1: Well, someone who's been struggling in the Q two and

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Speaker 2: He's one of the guys you would put your money on.

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Speaker 2: So he's certainly due to have a clean qualifying because

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Speaker 4: A pleasure. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: Jack. I've got to say, every time you go to

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, as we saw with Mark's downfall

435
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,560
Speaker 3: with Honda, I mean, if the head's not in the

436
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,480
Speaker 3: right place in terms of developing a bike and so on,

437
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,200
Speaker 3: we've seen that story far too many times.

438
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,480
Speaker 4: You know, where you.

439
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:30,280
Speaker 3: Can override a bike to a certain degree, but sooner

440
00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,520
Speaker 3: or later it'll come out in the wash, as we

441
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:39,240
Speaker 3: saw with the whole Honda Marquees situation. So I think

442
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,679
Speaker 3: that the ceilings as high as Pedro wants it to be.

443
00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:49,760
Speaker 3: But in saying that, it's not twenty and thirteen when

444
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,320
Speaker 3: Mark came in anymore twenty fourteen when Mark twenty thirteen.

445
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:58,240
Speaker 4: It was when Mark came in. You know, it's it's

446
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,920
Speaker 4: twenty going on twenty twenty five, and.

447
00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,879
Speaker 3: There isn't just a Lorenzo and Rossi to sort of

448
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,600
Speaker 3: battle with Padreiser on his day.

449
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:13,040
Speaker 4: It's it's you know, from first to twentieth.

450
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:18,679
Speaker 3: It's stacked. So we'll wait and see how high the

451
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,440
Speaker 3: ceiling is for him. But obviously it's different, different eras

452
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,480
Speaker 3: now I think. But you know, and as we've seen

453
00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,880
Speaker 3: this year with you know, all the armchair critics before

454
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,080
Speaker 3: the season come on about Mark He's going to win

455
00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,600
Speaker 3: every race going to to the end of the year,

456
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,879
Speaker 3: and that hasn't worked out how they all thought.

457
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 4: I mean, they all dismissed Peco and Martin.

458
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 3: And those boys and how good they are riding, because

459
00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,200
Speaker 3: you know, there's no feat like, for example, what Peko

460
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:53,119
Speaker 3: did to Mark in her wrath was out marking Mark

461
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 3: at his own track. So, you know, I think the

462
00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 3: level of competition is he stupidly high at the moment,

463
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,760
Speaker 3: and you know, we'll have to wait and see if

464
00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 3: they can turn the package around.

465
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly, it's an awesome time to be a fan

466
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,840
Speaker 2: at the moment because the depth is so strong, as

467
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,439
Speaker 2: you mentioned. But Jack, we haven't spoken to you since

468
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 2: your deal for twenty five with Pramak Yamaha came up,

469
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,240
Speaker 2: or Pramaha, as Roneita likes to keep calling it, I

470
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 2: keep saying that. But obviously fantastic news for you and

471
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 2: for the Aussie fans. And from your perspective, what can

472
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,120
Speaker 2: you see that's happening at Yamaha at the moment, because

473
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,639
Speaker 2: the arrow seems to be pointing in the right direction

474
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,840
Speaker 2: now after some pretty tough times. And I guess is

475
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,480
Speaker 2: a second question to that, was there a time where

476
00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 2: you were genuinely concerned that you may not be on

477
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 2: the grid in twenty five because there was a long

478
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 2: time between Migello and then obviously Missano when you got

479
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 2: named there was it looking a bit dicey there for

480
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:49,560
Speaker 2: a while.

481
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:52,959
Speaker 4: It was well and truly dicey.

482
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,639
Speaker 3: It was just done in my books at one point

483
00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,080
Speaker 3: over the summer break, so you know, we'd add that

484
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,439
Speaker 3: sort of conversation with the family and people around and

485
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 3: basically said you come to phillip Islon is probably going

486
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 3: to be our last one, you know.

487
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 4: So that was that was pretty shitty time to deal with.

488
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 3: And you know, something that we had not shitty to

489
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,360
Speaker 3: deal with, but just sort of you had to come

490
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 3: to terms with it.

491
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,720
Speaker 4: It's not on your you know.

492
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,679
Speaker 3: The biggest thing I kept saying at the time was

493
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 3: the thing that pissed me off most was that it

494
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:28,919
Speaker 3: wasn't on my terms.

495
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 4: You know, I didn't get to leave on my terms.

496
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,399
Speaker 3: Or and you know, the more I thought about it,

497
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 3: how many professional athletes do actually get to leave on

498
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:37,879
Speaker 3: their terms?

499
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 4: Slimedon? So it's a tough thing to deal with.

500
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 3: But I did feel I do generally feel like I've

501
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 3: still got more to give.

502
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 4: I still generally feel like.

503
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 3: The determination and let's say, the work that I put

504
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,919
Speaker 3: in for this season, you know, and to get up

505
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,720
Speaker 3: until this point bugger all out of it has been

506
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 3: a very very hard peeled in the swallow, but it's

507
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 3: made me all the more hungry because I know that

508
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:11,199
Speaker 3: if we can get comfortable and understand the motorcycle and

509
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 3: try to make things work, I'm I'm almost I can

510
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 3: almost guarantee that, you know, they will help me to

511
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:23,679
Speaker 3: put in again another epic off season and hit the

512
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 3: ground running hopefully in twenty twenty five with like you say,

513
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,120
Speaker 3: a project like that where you know, they're they're they're

514
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 3: trying so much, and I think they've got some great

515
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 3: leadership involved there and they're trying to turn things around

516
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,439
Speaker 3: and to be a board the one. It's it's almost

517
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 3: like a dream come true for me because I went

518
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,199
Speaker 3: through the whole Lorenzo Rossi era and then even with

519
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 3: Jonas and guys like that that you know pretty much

520
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 3: it seemed like at one point everybody, every bloke that

521
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,120
Speaker 3: hopped on it, whether they are rookie or not, we'll

522
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,360
Speaker 3: get pardiums on that thing.

523
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 4: You know, look like an absolute dream to ride.

524
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,439
Speaker 3: And yes, it's it's changed in the latter years, but

525
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 3: it's still you know, the bones of that bike are

526
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,360
Speaker 3: a fantastic bike. So I believe if we can work

527
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 3: up from that and you know, try to hopefully bring

528
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:17,360
Speaker 3: some of our experience and ideas across, hopefully we can

529
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,919
Speaker 3: all start to gel together. And you know, having that

530
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 3: opportunity to work again with Parlow and the team over

531
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,359
Speaker 3: at Parmag, you know, it's like a second rom for me.

532
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 3: So no, I'm looking forward to it, and as I said.

533
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 4: Now.

534
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 3: Just Magato to get that opportunity just to try and

535
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 3: prove myself a little bit more, not so much prove

536
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 3: to myself.

537
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 4: More so than prove myself. I feel like I've done that.

538
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 3: I don't need to prove anything to anybody except for myself.

539
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,919
Speaker 3: I just want to do things on my own terms

540
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,159
Speaker 3: and that's about it. So that's obviously the government. The

541
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 3: main goal is to go over there and.

542
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 4: Just try and take the best out of it. For myself.

543
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 1: Well, Matt's asked all the spicy questions, so I'm going

544
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,400
Speaker 1: to come in with a fun one. The next Grandfrix.

545
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,720
Speaker 1: Obviously you haven't even sun the Japanese gran Frie yet,

546
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: but the next one you're heading home back to the island.

547
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 1: How excited are you to return to Philip Island and

548
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 1: reason in front of the ouzzy crowd.

549
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to it.

550
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 3: Hopefully we don't get blown off the oil and this

551
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 3: time around it'll be a little bit better weather this year.

552
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 4: Around, hopefully.

553
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 3: No, I'm looking forward to it, you know. Obviously, not

554
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 3: getting to turnal app really on Sunday was was pretty shitty.

555
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,679
Speaker 3: So looking forward to heading home and seeing the Aussie

556
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 3: fans and as I said, hopefully the weather puts it

557
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 3: on for us and we have you know, three beautiful

558
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 3: sunny days down the island, but it is Philip Holland,

559
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 3: so we won't all their breath. But now I'm looking

560
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,880
Speaker 3: forward to to getting home. Obviously it's a nice one

561
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,240
Speaker 3: for us, the way that the Calens work out this year.

562
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,280
Speaker 3: So head home from Japan and and get a week

563
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 3: back in OS or just over a week back in

564
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 3: os and then you know, quite easy flight from Townsville

565
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,719
Speaker 3: down down in Melbourne and and be ready to go

566
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 3: all on this time zone. Say no, I'm super excited.

567
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 3: I'm always excited to head back to Philip Island. You know,

568
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 3: it's it's an extreme words can't even describe. It's just

569
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,199
Speaker 3: an it's an extremely awesome feeling heading down there and

570
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 3: just seeing the houssy motives WATS fans because I think,

571
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 3: you know, especially Aussie motor soccing fans, they are one

572
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 3: of a coin where they love it, you know, they

573
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 3: do or do I And last year was was awesome

574
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 3: just to be able to even with the race getting.

575
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 4: Kenned on on Sunday and whatnot.

576
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,959
Speaker 3: You know, it was awesome to get out there and

577
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 3: sign some fans autographs and stuff like that and standing

578
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 3: bloody on gardener straight there for you know, almost a

579
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 3: couple of hours on in there, signing and giving away

580
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 3: pretty much everything that had on me. But you know, no,

581
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 3: I get back and just see everyone's it's awesome to

582
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 3: come back.

583
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 4: So I'm looking forward to it now.

584
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 3: I'm in that tracks, so much fun to ride, So

585
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 3: looking forward to at least some more decent weather and

586
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,120
Speaker 3: riding around there in decent decent conditions.

587
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 4: Awesome.

588
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for taking the time to

589
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: chat with us, and good luck this weekend, and we

590
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,239
Speaker 1: will see you in a couple of weeks down at

591
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: the island.

592
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 4: You will thank you very much.

593
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: Well, Matt, do you have it? Jack Miller? And he

594
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: was quite honest in that conversation.

595
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 2: It's one thing I've always admired about Jack from the

596
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 2: moment I started covering, which you know, if he's old,

597
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 2: it makes me older. But if you ask Jack a

598
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,880
Speaker 2: direct question, he doesn't duck the answer, and I think

599
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: that's massively refreshing and part of why from a media perspective,

600
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 2: we all like talking to him, because if you want

601
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 2: an honest opinion on anything, a red flag, grace, what

602
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 2: someone's doing on another bike, his own performance, you might

603
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 2: not like what he has to say, but he's always

604
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 2: unflailingly honest, and look listening to him verbalized the fact that, yeah, look,

605
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 2: this very much could have been done. I think that's

606
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 2: going to be great for him going into Yamaha, because

607
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 2: it's a second chance for him, it's a chance to

608
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 2: ride a bike and for a manufacturer he's always wanted to.

609
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 2: And I think he's going to play a pretty important

610
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 2: role there with Yamaha because they are starting to come

611
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: back to where we think Yamaha should be. I think

612
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 2: he's definitely got a role to play there with his experience,

613
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 2: and I'm very, very curious to see how it works

614
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 2: out for him.

615
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 1: It was cool to hear him so excited coming home

616
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: for the Australian Grand Prix, especially even he admitted sorry

617
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: is quite a deflating year for him, so I think

618
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: coming home to the Aussie fans, obviously he's got a

619
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: corner named after him at Philip Island as well, so

620
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: it's quite exciting to have his mum and daddy, all

621
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: his family and friends come down to watch him race.

622
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 1: So we're obviously excited to see him in a couple

623
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: of weeks time, but we do have the Japanese grandfrie

624
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: which is what this podcast is about. And before we

625
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: wrap things up with the news headlines, David Alonso could

626
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: take home the Moto Iree title this weekend. I mean,

627
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 1: it's pretty much going to happen, right unless something we

628
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: don't want to talk about happens. But what do you

629
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: think David Alonzo winning the title this weekend?

630
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 2: I think he has to win, finish thirteenth or better,

631
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 2: which given the way that he's got this year, he's

632
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 2: had one of the most successful lightweight class seasons in

633
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 2: the history of the CHET World Chair, so he'll be

634
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 2: almost certainly our wheel champion for twenty twenty four. And

635
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 2: he's a guy who I don't think it's gonna be

636
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 2: too long before we see him on a Motor GP grit.

637
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,479
Speaker 2: And if Acosta is the new Marquees, then I think

638
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 2: David Alonso could be the new Acosta. And yeah, wow,

639
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 2: seeing those two in Motor GP in a couple of

640
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 2: years time. Looking forward to that, I.

641
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: Was just thinking, if the weather is typical Japan Matteggy

642
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: weather where it's a lot of rain and stuff, imagine

643
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: what the Moto three race is going to be like.

644
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: What they've been like the last few, and they've been dry.

645
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: Imagine if it's wet or it's a you know, a

646
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 1: flag to flag whatever like at.

647
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 2: The Carnage, Moto three will be as entertaining as it

648
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 2: always is, and the best news for us is it's

649
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 2: going to basically be like a midway through Sunday. So

650
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 2: get comfortable on the couch. It's going to be good fun.

651
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: Well, guys, that is all we have time for for

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