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Speaker 1: The Malaysian Grand Prix put on a thrilling spectacle and

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Speaker 1: over three unforgettable laps, two rivals traded the lead. Are

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Speaker 1: staggering eleven times pushing led you caddies to the absolute edge.

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Speaker 1: With the title fight going down to the final round,

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Speaker 1: who will come out on top and become this is champion.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rinita Vanmilan, and of course we have

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Moto GP guru mister Matt Clayton. Matt Malaysia

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Speaker 1: was crazy and I feel like putting the whole title

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Speaker 1: fight to the side for a second. We have to

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Speaker 1: start this pod being the Aussie Moto GP podcast about

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Speaker 1: Jack Miller's miraculous escape after that first lap collision which

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Speaker 1: led to a red flag. I still can't believe he

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable ronetta really and there's something about that sequence of corners.

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Speaker 2: I mean, let's face it, Sepang was designed to be

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Speaker 2: a car track. It was designed for Formula one. It's

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Speaker 2: obviously Formula one's moved on from there since and it's

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Speaker 2: now become a Motor GP staple with testing and what

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Speaker 2: have you. But that sequence of corters at the start

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Speaker 2: just about the worst on the calendar, quite frankly. And

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Speaker 2: one of the unfortunate things when you work in motorsport

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Speaker 2: you occasionally have to write about fatalities. And I've done

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Speaker 2: this numerous times with bikes and cars, and whenever anyone

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Speaker 2: just instantly get a flashback to Marcosimonicelli and having been

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Speaker 2: obviously it wasn't as bad as that in terms of

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Speaker 2: those riders is the writer that most of our audience

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Speaker 2: engages with the most, with Jack Miller, And then when

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Speaker 2: I could not believe given where we saw him ten

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Speaker 2: But you mentioned it, how lucky was he? And we

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Speaker 2: Jack's head hitting the back of Fabio's Yamaha, I had

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Speaker 2: and I thought, he's either run over Jack's head or

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Speaker 2: And I think both Fabio and Joanmir went to visit

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Speaker 2: But we dodged a ball at there, didn't.

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Speaker 1: this is all these thoughts that we're thinking about, and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, massive too. And you know, obviously from a

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Speaker 2: That's the absolute worst part of all of this, because

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Speaker 2: But Rinita one more thing before we sort of put

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Speaker 2: This is one of the sort of unintended consequences of

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Speaker 2: because I kind of knew what was going to happen

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Speaker 2: about fifteen seconds beforehand. So spoiler alert for everybody. If

432
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Speaker 2: you don't want your live viewing of Murdo GP to

433
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Speaker 2: be completely ruined while you're watching it in the time,

434
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Speaker 2: don't have the lifetiming on like me, park it off

435
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Speaker 2: to the side where you can't see it and check

436
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,000
Speaker 2: it afterwards. So I kind of spoiled my own surprise.

437
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Speaker 1: There, didn't I Oh no, that's a shame, honestly, because

438
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,520
Speaker 1: I report live for Fox Sports on the socials, and

439
00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,360
Speaker 1: so when that happened, I wanted to throw my laptop.

440
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,840
Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it. I was just going, oh, Pecco,

441
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,040
Speaker 1: what are you doing? But he was just pushing hard

442
00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,320
Speaker 1: and I love that. After the race, you know, Jorgesan,

443
00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,840
Speaker 1: you know, you know Peco was trying too hard. Blah

444
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,680
Speaker 1: blah blah, pecock is I am going to send it tomorrow.

445
00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 1: And that is what he did Sunday before we had

446
00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,120
Speaker 1: that red flag. Those two they must have touched going

447
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,480
Speaker 1: down that straight into turn one. You could just see

448
00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,520
Speaker 1: them get so close, and they were like, it's like

449
00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,679
Speaker 1: a game of chicken. Who was going to break first?

450
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,639
Speaker 2: Completely that first start, which we've kind of overlooked a

451
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,840
Speaker 2: little bit because the race was red flagged on lap one,

452
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,159
Speaker 2: but Banyaya dangling the right leg off Martin seeing it

453
00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,280
Speaker 2: have to slide, they check up on the inside to

454
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,320
Speaker 2: avoid running into him. They were, yeah, it was completely

455
00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,159
Speaker 2: a game of chicken. It's like I'm not breaking, so

456
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,920
Speaker 2: you breaking. There was a lot of that going on,

457
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,640
Speaker 2: so it would have been really interesting to see how

458
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 2: that played out. But I think we've probably now I

459
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,720
Speaker 2: don't know your run shit here, but I'm sure we're

460
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,439
Speaker 2: about to talk about would you say it was eleven

461
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 2: overtakes in three laps or something? It felt like about

462
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,720
Speaker 2: twenty one overtakes in three laps? I don't know about you.

463
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,240
Speaker 2: Was that the best opening to a Grand Prix we've

464
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,760
Speaker 2: seen in as long as I can remember? That was

465
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,480
Speaker 2: absolutely wild, those firstly three laps. Just the sheer intensity

466
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Speaker 2: of it. It was pretty staggering, wasn't it.

467
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Speaker 1: Oh, And that's what's so exciting about MotoGP is when

468
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,920
Speaker 1: we have races like this, is they are going head

469
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,400
Speaker 1: to head and it's who's going to break first, who's

470
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Speaker 1: going to check out first, who's going to pull a

471
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,119
Speaker 1: move that they didn't see coming? Keeps you on the

472
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 1: edge of your seat the whole race, And obviously we

473
00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 1: know what the ultimate outcome was, but those beginning laps,

474
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Speaker 1: it's like, I am speechless. But the same time, I

475
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: read a quote from Mark Marquez going they were battling

476
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,159
Speaker 1: like that, and they were still pulling away from me,

477
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 1: and he was sitting there at third, which I thought

478
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Speaker 1: was fascinating that these guys are going on the absolute

479
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Speaker 1: edge and they're still gapping.

480
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Speaker 2: Yeah, the performance that the two of them have got

481
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Speaker 2: was talking about with qualifying before. But the little subtext

482
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 2: to all of this, of course, is that because of

483
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Speaker 2: the championship position, he Martin could have won the championship

484
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:32,120
Speaker 2: on Sunday, so he theoretically should have been risking less.

485
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Speaker 2: There was no need for him to be that aggressive

486
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Speaker 2: in the first three laps. But I think he did

487
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Speaker 2: it well for two reasons. I think we know the

488
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,400
Speaker 2: value of racing at the front in terms of keeping

489
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Speaker 2: your tire temperature and pressure under control, so on and

490
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,879
Speaker 2: so forth. But I think Jorge Martin's tried to ride

491
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Speaker 2: counter to his instincts before, and I don't reckon it

492
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Speaker 2: works for him, where some guys it's like, okay, if

493
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Speaker 2: I need to finish fifth to day, if finished fifth,

494
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,440
Speaker 2: and there'll be guy that do that. Now, I think

495
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 2: Bagnai would be better placed, just personality wise and with

496
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 2: a mentality that he would have raced that race really differently.

497
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 2: I reckon if he was the one with the championship advantage,

498
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Speaker 2: whereas Martin is I'm not going to call him a

499
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 2: one trick pony because it sounds like I'm devaluing what

500
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 2: he does. But he has a very very significant advantage

501
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 2: is that he gets up to his best speed really

502
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,000
Speaker 2: really fast, and his whole mo is about being super aggressive.

503
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,880
Speaker 2: So if he has to write harder and think less,

504
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,959
Speaker 2: it's probably the better for him. And so look, if

505
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 2: they both be n f'd on Sunday, it was going

506
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,200
Speaker 2: to be to Martine's benefit because there's one fewer race

507
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 2: for Vanyay to catch up points. But it was so

508
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 2: interesting that he decided to back his instincts and be

509
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,640
Speaker 2: himself even though he didn't need to, because that's when

510
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,399
Speaker 2: he can be the best version of himself. So I

511
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 2: thought that was interesting in that had Banyai had a

512
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Speaker 2: twenty nine point lead over Martine, I think we would

513
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,200
Speaker 2: have seen a really different race in that Banyai I

514
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Speaker 2: would have said, cool, go and knock yourself out, go

515
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,320
Speaker 2: go for your life. I don't care because I would

516
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 2: just sit behind you because I've got a performance and

517
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,919
Speaker 2: I'll finished second and you're already taking five points off me. Anyway,

518
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 2: So we got that outcome with Banyaia beating Martin, But

519
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 2: it was just so interesting that Martin was true to himself,

520
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,880
Speaker 2: and to be fair, I think that's what's got him

521
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 2: to this point in the championship. In that last year,

522
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,639
Speaker 2: it felt like from the outside that he might have

523
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 2: overthought it a bit, and this year he's like, no, no,

524
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 2: let's just park the brain and do what got me here.

525
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 2: It's probably going to see him crowd world champion in

526
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Speaker 2: two weeks time. But even in that fight, what made

527
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Speaker 2: that fight was Martin's willingness to have it because he

528
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 2: didn't need to, but he chose to, and I thought

529
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Speaker 2: that was it was fantastic for us, It was amazing TV.

530
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Speaker 2: But I think it was a pretty interesting insight into

531
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Speaker 2: his psyche this year, and that's the biggest change he's

532
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,680
Speaker 2: made from twenty three to twenty four. He's now not

533
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 2: apologizing for being there, and he's not trying to be

534
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 2: someone he's not. He's now going to be authentic. This

535
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 2: is how I got here, this is how I'm in

536
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 2: the lead, this is how I'm going to win the

537
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 2: World Championship. I thought that was just super interesting because

538
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,919
Speaker 2: psychologically there was a lot going on in that race.

539
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 2: The old Martin I wouldn't have trusted in a situation

540
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 2: like that, But I think the evolution of him this year,

541
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Speaker 2: I'm not surprised he raced like that because that's who

542
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 2: he is, but also knowing, knowing when to know that

543
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 2: you're beaten and not step over that line. He tried

544
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,679
Speaker 2: to get the win, he didn't get it, but ultimately

545
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 2: it didn't hurt him because he did the next best thing.

546
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 2: And this is this crazy stat now and I think

547
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 2: I raised this every single podcast. Thirty podiums in thirty

548
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 2: eight races now for Martin this year, which is mad.

549
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 2: But also he's finished second sixteen times through Sprints and

550
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 2: Grand Prix, so he wins when he can win, and

551
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 2: on the days that he can't, he finishes second. So

552
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 2: Banyai's won ten Grand Prix this year, Martin's finished second

553
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,920
Speaker 2: in six of those, so he's mistigated the damage in

554
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 2: the best way possible, and that's why he's going to

555
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 2: win this championship.

556
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Speaker 1: I was hearing something about apparently last year Joe Martin

557
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 1: got to this point in the championship. He couldn't sleep,

558
00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: he couldn't eat, he was just nervous and stressed, and

559
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,119
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw it on the broadcast,

560
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 1: you could see his girlfriend and his family, especially when

561
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: the red flag and the Reselle happened, and the nerves,

562
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 1: and then you see Jojo Martine and he's just like

563
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 1: leaning back on his chair. You see him here he

564
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,120
Speaker 1: visualizes a lap. You see him get into race mode,

565
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: but he looked cool, calm and collected, and you're like, okay,

566
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,640
Speaker 1: what you said is hit the nail on the head?

567
00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 1: Is that is the new jogem Martine? So he's like,

568
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: I'm going to go out there and I'm going to

569
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 1: race him because I know what he wants to do.

570
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: He's going to fully send it, so I'm going to

571
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: fully send it as well.

572
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 2: And isn't sports so much more interesting at this level

573
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 2: when you've got different ways of trying to achieve the

574
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 2: same goal, different personalities, different nationalities, different tactics, different mindset.

575
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 2: That's what makes you know, what's the saying in boxing?

576
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 2: Styles make fights? You know, it's one of those things

577
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:49,880
Speaker 2: that you know, if everyone did the same thing, it'd

578
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,479
Speaker 2: be pretty boring. And it's really interesting watching Martine now

579
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 2: with the visualization. They love doing that, but he has

580
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 2: admitted he's dot a lot of work on the mental

581
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 2: side of things. But these guys are smart, like they

582
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,159
Speaker 2: know where the cameras are. He knows there's going to

583
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 2: be a camera on him in the garage, and if

584
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 2: he's panicky and jumpy and fraught and you know, pretty

585
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 2: similar to like his dad and his girlfriend and the

586
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 2: other people in his entourage, the camera is going to

587
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 2: stay there and focus on that, keep chipping away at that.

588
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,639
Speaker 2: If he presents this sort of outer sheet of no, no,

589
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 2: I'm good, you know, I'm ready to go. I'm doing

590
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 2: a visualization, I'm all fine. It's not amazing TV for daughter.

591
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 2: They just move on to the next person. So he's

592
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 2: actually playing that aspect of it really really well. Probably

593
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 2: wore his heart a little bit overly much on his

594
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,639
Speaker 2: sleeve publicly last year. Other about you. But what's interesting

595
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 2: for me is, I'm look, he's going to win the championship.

596
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 2: Let's be honest. Here, will that sort of facade of

597
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 2: calm and everything once he wins it, will that just

598
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 2: completely crack and he'll go crazier than any crazy person's

599
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 2: gone before because he's been bottling all this all up

600
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 2: for the entire year. Trying to make up for what

601
00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,879
Speaker 2: happened last year. Is that raw emotion you're going to

602
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 2: come out when there's an outcome, Because I keep thinking

603
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 2: back to Valencia last year. He was so sort of

604
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 2: adamant and belligerent the whole year. Last year, when he

605
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 2: crashed at Valencia and lost the championship, there was this

606
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 2: amazing video that was going around on Dorner that you

607
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 2: probably saw. Once he got back to the box with

608
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 2: his team and his mechanics and his people, and the

609
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 2: facade just broke. He just completely broke down, and he

610
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 2: was publicly really really emotional, and I think he'd repressed

611
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 2: that quite a bit. So it was nice to see

612
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 2: how much he cared for one, but it also showed

613
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 2: you how tightly wound up he'd been for the second

614
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 2: half of last year, and when it was really over,

615
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 2: he let himself go. And there's almost been this feeling

616
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 2: with him. I've since this year that I never want

617
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: to feel like that again, And so the whole way

618
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 2: he's gone about twenty twenty four has been I know

619
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 2: how bad that felt. I have no intention of going

620
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,719
Speaker 2: back there. So even if I lose, I'm not going

621
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 2: to go down that path. Again. But when I win,

622
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 2: I think this celebrations of the emotion will be pretty

623
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 2: extreme because I reckon he's just been holding it, holding it,

624
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 2: holding it for the entire year. And more power to

625
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 2: him if he's able to overcome that and make himself

626
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 2: a better writer. And with the World Championship against a

627
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 2: guy who's having quite frankly, one of the best seasons

628
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 2: historically in Grand Prix we've ever seen championship very very

629
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 2: well earned because he completely deserves it.

630
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: Isn't it fascinating though, that Pekubo is having one of

631
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: the best championships seasons ever and he's second in the

632
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: World Championship.

633
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, unreal. So I am going to write something about

634
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 2: this spoiler my own story here in the next couple

635
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 2: of days. But so, Martin's leading the World Championship is

636
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 2: twenty four points with one round to go. So Martin

637
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 2: has outscored Baannyai by forty eight points in sprints, Bangnai

638
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 2: has outscored Martin by twenty four points in Grand Prix.

639
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: So the margin that Martin has over Banyora in the

640
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 2: entire World Championship is exactly the same margin that Bangnai

641
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 2: has over Martin in the Sunday races twenty four points.

642
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 2: It shows you, you know, Vanyai has won ten races.

643
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 2: There's only three other riders who've won more than ten

644
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 2: races in a season in Motor GP history, and they've

645
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 2: all won the World Championship Valentino Rossi twice, Casey Stona twice,

646
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 2: Mark Marquez twice. Vanyai's won ten, could be eleven by

647
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 2: the end of the season, and he's probably not winning

648
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 2: the World Championship. So it shows you how good he's

649
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 2: been on Sundays. And the whole thing comes down to

650
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 2: the fact that he's still after two years, hasn't got

651
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 2: the sprints right, and last year Martin led him off

652
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 2: the hook by making too many mistakes. This year, Martin

653
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 2: hasn't made the mistakes and it's going to come back

654
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 2: to bite him. But it's just so interesting that you

655
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 2: always refer to Banyoro as the professor, and I love

656
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 2: that too for him, because the more time he has

657
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 2: to get a weekend right, the better he's going to be.

658
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 2: I think he builds slowly to his ceiling and his potential.

659
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: Martin gets out there and just goes bang first lap

660
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: when it actually matters, and he's there. I don't reckon

661
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 2: he has as much room to grow after that, because

662
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 2: he gets closer to his ceiling much quicker than Banyai does.

663
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 2: And that's how the sprints work. Because the sprints, you've

664
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 2: got to be on it because it's a shorter distance

665
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 2: and you've got to go in the early parts of

666
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 2: those races. It goes against Spanya's methodical way of working.

667
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 2: Martin just gets out there and just let's go, and

668
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 2: he's on it. And that's the difference in this World Championship.

669
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 2: Martin's been so good in the sprints. Bano's helping him

670
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 2: by falling offtivity times. But that's where this championship is

671
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 2: going to be decided and why in the history books

672
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 2: in the years to come, we'll look back and go,

673
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 2: how did this guy win ten or eleven Grand Prix

674
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 2: and not win the championship? How does that work? But

675
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 2: very specific set of circumstances because we've got sprint races now.

676
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: It's just this year, this season, we knew it was

677
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: going to be a battle between Juge and Peko, but

678
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: I didn't expect to come down to what we've just

679
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: discussed in this last half an hour. On this pod

680
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 1: is the difference in the personality. Is the difference in

681
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: the mentality. They're on the exact same bikes and talking

682
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: about writing styles and everything that's so different. And that's

683
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 1: what makes Moto GP just phenomena. I know I've said

684
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: that so many times in this pod, but you know,

685
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: we talk about a lot of different motors's at Fox

686
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: Sports and from Memoto GP is just it is a

687
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: cut above the rest because we're experiencing this.

688
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 2: I've got a question for you. I'm going to put

689
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 2: you out of the host chair for a minute here

690
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 2: take over. Do you find it What do you think

691
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 2: about the whole Dukatti thing in terms of the fact

692
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 2: that they know that the rider that's probably going to

693
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 2: win the World Championship and the team that he rides

694
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 2: for are both leaving Dakadi at the end of the season.

695
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 2: So Martine's off to a Prillier, Prama's off to Yamaha.

696
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 2: Are you surprised that Dacadi hasn't got more involved here

697
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 2: and tried to I don't know. It's hard to manipulate

698
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 2: a result towards Vannaya, but clearly Ducaddi would like the

699
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 2: World Championship crowd and the number one to stay in

700
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: the factory team. That's probably not going to happen. Are

701
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 2: you a little bit surprised that Dacadi hasn't got more

702
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 2: involved here, because it's commendable that they have let them race.

703
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, Motor GP is

704
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 2: a marketing exercise, and it's a branding exercise. And so

705
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 2: every time you hear Martin's name next season, should he

706
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 2: convert this in Barcelona, it'll be world champion hale hay

707
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 2: Martin and they'll cut to a picture of him and

708
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 2: he'll be writing in a prillier. You know. So I

709
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 2: do wonder about it, like, what do you think? Are

710
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:08,959
Speaker 2: you surprised that Katie hasn't got involved yet?

711
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: Look, I got into mindsets, I go, yeah, I am

712
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: surprised exactly for the reasons that you said. It's too Catti.

713
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: They've worked so hard. Remember years ago we'd be talking

714
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: about oh Ju Caddia back down where Yamaha and Honda

715
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 1: are now. Yeah, so they've done a full three sixty

716
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: and of course they want to take as much of

717
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: the wins and the celebration as they can one hundred percent.

718
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: But then the other mindset that I go into is

719
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: if du Caddi interfere, or if it looks like at

720
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: any point they are interfering, that's going to look so

721
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 1: bad and reflect on them that you know they did that.

722
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: They didn't let joorhe win. He clearly was the better writer,

723
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: or whatever the situation may be, they're not. I think

724
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: if they interfere, it's gonna reflect badly on them. So

725
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 1: I think that's why they're stepping back and listening to

726
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: Shea Baddie or I've just lost his name, the man

727
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: with the eyebrows and g Catti course with the eyebrows, Digitalia,

728
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: the man with the eyebrows. I'm so sorry, sorry Gig.

729
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 1: But you hear them in the interviews and they're like, no, no, no,

730
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 1: we respect Jorge, respect what he does. We respect Peker

731
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: and what he does. And these are our two best riders,

732
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: and they're battling at From what they're saying is like,

733
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: we're going to take that step back and we're going

734
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: to let them decide.

735
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 2: I think it's kind of a lesser of it's kind

736
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 2: of lesser of two evils.

737
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: Right, because yeah, yeah, I mean way better than I did.

738
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Like Neither of them are great outcomes, but

739
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 2: there's one that's worse than the other. And I think

740
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 2: that's kind of the way they've looked at it. But

741
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 2: I guess a wider picture this might be an off

742
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,800
Speaker 2: season podcast. Are they going to live to regret letting

743
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 2: Martin go? Because effectively they have they've forced him into

744
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 2: a position to leave. He's younger than Peco for one

745
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 2: season at least, he's going to be better than Pecko. Now,

746
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 2: if you've got the chance to sign Mark Cares, I

747
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 2: don't think you go, Oh maybe not. I think you

748
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 2: probably do. But it comes at the expense of possibly

749
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 2: losing the generation's fastest writer. So it looks a lovely

750
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 2: problem to have. But I don't think there's any right

751
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 2: answers in this. But man, what a conundrum. When they

752
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 2: made that decision back in June, they probably made it thinking, well,

753
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 2: this might be the end of Martine's World Championship contender.

754
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,240
Speaker 2: Now we'll probably be fine. It's kind of their doomsday

755
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 2: scenario coming back to bite them here, because they were

756
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 2: damned if they didn't Damned if they didn't. Right, if

757
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 2: you've got a chance to sign marquees and you don't

758
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,800
Speaker 2: and he goes somewhere else and beats you. That's the

759
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 2: ultimate egg on your face. He's signing a six time

760
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,240
Speaker 2: Boo GP world champion, but at the cost of watching

761
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 2: Martine walk out the door like that's really tough. So yeah,

762
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 2: interesting with Dicadie. They've had such an awesome year. They

763
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 2: win everything every weekend, and yet there might be a

764
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 2: slightly bitter taste to all of this because they're going

765
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 2: to be losing. They were going to lose something at

766
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 2: the end of it, regardless, and you know, it's an

767
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,879
Speaker 2: amazing achievement. They've got the best bike on the grid.

768
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 2: We've seen that the whole year, except for that random

769
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 2: Maverick Videalo is a brilliant winning at Kosher. But yeah,

770
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 2: they are going to lose a little bit even though

771
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 2: they win.

772
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: Right, Well, you're just talking about Mark Marquez going to

773
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: the factory to Caddy and I guess it's too early

774
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 1: to tell. But you see all these signs, You see

775
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: the fans, you hear people talking what Mark's done this

776
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: year on a GP twenty three is phenomenal. When you

777
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: look at Frankie Morbidelli, who's on a GP twenty four,

778
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: factory bike, and he's down the field and Abashanin is

779
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: not always up the front, right, he's further down the

780
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: field sometimes. And then we see Mark Marquez and what

781
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: he's done the second half of the year. So I

782
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: get what you're saying about JJ Martine leaving, but if

783
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: you look at what Mark Marquez has done, I think

784
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: they're like, look, we're going to give away Hey Martin,

785
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,320
Speaker 1: but look what we can.

786
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 2: Have with Mark Martin.

787
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, Mark and Peco battling for the Germanship and guarantee

788
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: one of them is going to win.

789
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 2: Well, Mark and Peco and all the marketing and the

790
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 2: attention and the oxygen that comes with Mark because he's

791
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 2: still the biggest star in the sport, even though he

792
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 2: hasn't won achampionship now since twenty nineteen, and we all

793
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 2: know why that is. But I think this year for

794
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 2: me was you have to have your doubts with Mark

795
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 2: to an extent because it's been a long time since

796
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 2: he's won, and his body's gone through so much. There

797
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 2: had to be the questions like, well, has this guy

798
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 2: still got it or is it the bike? When he

799
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 2: was at Hondi, you had to ask the question because

800
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 2: you know he's it's funny to think, I think you'll

801
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 2: be the second oldest guy on the grid now, now

802
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 2: that for next year, after Alasias Barger advertise, I think

803
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 2: it's only Jean Zarko that's older, if I'm reading that correctly.

804
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 2: It's funny to think of Mark as one of the

805
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 2: seasoned veterans now, but you've got to ask questions of

806
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 2: a guy in his early thirties. He's had four shoulder surgeries,

807
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: like well, do you still have it or not? And

808
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 2: I think this year has emphatically answered that question. And

809
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 2: I know I keep looking forward to next year, like

810
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 2: I'm talking about this year's already over. But man Bagnaia

811
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 2: and Marquez in the same factory to caddy box, like

812
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 2: let's get the pop called out, that's going to be massive.

813
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: Let's just touch a little bit more on the Malaysian

814
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: Grand Prix because after Mark marquees and know we're praising

815
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: him here, but he did crash out of Sunday's crand

816
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: Prix and Neyvashanini was third, and he was ten point

817
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: four seconds behind our leaders talking about.

818
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 2: He barely saw him. Now, we barely saw him on

819
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 2: the coverage because he was in a different He was

820
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 2: in a different category to the front two, like the

821
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 2: rest of the worthy entire weekend, and he wasn't super

822
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 2: happy about it either, was he. An Aya, He's just

823
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 2: disappointed with the way the whole weekend had gone. So look,

824
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 2: the GP twenty four is so good that he was

825
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 2: able to still get on the podium with it. And

826
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 2: you've got this battle going on between Marques and Bastianini

827
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 2: for third World championship, which you know it's not first,

828
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 2: but they'll be happy to win it over the other,

829
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: particularly given that Mark is taking an a seat at

830
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 2: the Factory Tea for next year. But yeah, he was

831
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 2: Bastianini was best of the rest, but the rest were

832
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 2: in a different sport pretty much, weren't they on the

833
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 2: work end.

834
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 1: I'm just looking at the race results, so we know

835
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: Alex Marquez, we know that this this track seems to

836
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: somehow suit him. So he was on the front road

837
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: for qualifying. But even he was twelve seconds behind our

838
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: leader Pedro Cossa thirteen point six seconds if we go

839
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: all the way down to Augusto Fernandez who finished tenth.

840
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: Now that I feel like that must have been one

841
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: of his highest results this year, it was twenty two

842
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: seconds behind our leaders.

843
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 2: That's phenomenal, right over a second a lap, you know,

844
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 2: nineteen lap race after they restarted at twenty two seconds behind.

845
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,919
Speaker 2: So you're shipping one and a bit seconds a lap

846
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 2: to the guys at the front, and then by the

847
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 2: end of it, you don't know how hard beanyo. I

848
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 2: was pushing anyway, because he had a pretty comfortable lead

849
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 2: those last five laps. So they'll show you the gap

850
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 2: that the rest of them have to make it up,

851
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 2: doesn't it well?

852
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: Sorry, So you just touched then on Peko, and I

853
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: wanted to say I read in an interview that he

854
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 1: we've seen previously where there will be times if a

855
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: World championship with the title fight, they're out in the

856
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: front and they know that they're fighter, the battle is

857
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: behind them, they'll actually slow down to try and create more.

858
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 1: And I read that Peco was like, I'm not doing that,

859
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: and how interesting, because I think it was. I feel

860
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: like Valentino's definitely done it at some stage. I'm also

861
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 1: thinking back to like the late nineties, where it might

862
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: have been like a Marco Milandry or so.

863
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 2: My favorite one in this particular category, I do you're

864
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 2: going to go here? So talking about marquees, but one

865
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 2: of the older guys these days. It was twenty thirteen

866
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 2: Mark's rookie season when he was going to win the

867
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 2: World championship. In the last round of Valencia. The only

868
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 2: I think he Jorge Lorenzo needed Mark to finish something

869
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 2: like fifth or less to beat him, so it was

870
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 2: a log shot. Lorenzo got to the front of that

871
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 2: race and then slowed the pace down so ridiculously that

872
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 2: the entire field were climbing all over Marquez who was

873
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 2: coming behind him. And then I ripso Holda had Danny

874
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 2: Pedroza at that time, so Pedrosa would pass Lorenzo because

875
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 2: Lorenzo was literally go so slowly. Lorenzo would go back

876
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 2: past Padroza and then back everybody up again, and it

877
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 2: was ridiculous. The first half of the race. It's like

878
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 2: they were having a walking pace where Lorenzo just kept

879
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 2: looking over his shoulder to make sure there were still

880
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 2: eight guys in the front pack because he was slowing

881
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 2: down so much. When he then realized that the rest

882
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 2: of the pack didn't have enough pace to trouble Marquez,

883
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 2: he just decided, oh well, I'm just going to go

884
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 2: and then just completely cleared off and won the race

885
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 2: and thought, well, whatever happens to Mark happens to Mark.

886
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 2: And I think Marks finished third that day, so he

887
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 2: won the world title. But it was the just most

888
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,720
Speaker 2: cunning display of just complete bastardry by Lareze. I loved

889
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 2: it because he was so trying to mess with Marquez's head.

890
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 2: Mark is a twenty year old rookie about to win

891
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 2: the world championship, and he's like, I'm going to make

892
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 2: you sweat for this. It was just so brilliant to

893
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 2: watch because Jorge had the rest of them just on

894
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 2: puppet streets. He knew exactly what he was doing. But

895
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,439
Speaker 2: Baniel's point. I did hear that on Sunday and thought

896
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 2: that was interesting too, because it was two things. There's

897
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 2: a purity to the way that Banyai likes to win. Now,

898
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 2: whether that's practical or not most of the time, who knows,

899
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 2: but he's like, no, no, I'm not going to resource

900
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,479
Speaker 2: to that. The other part about it is it would

901
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 2: be useless if you were going to resort to that,

902
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 2: because the two of them just too fast for everybody.

903
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 2: And this is the problem. Even if he was to

904
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 2: back Martine up, which is hard to do on a tracklight.

905
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 2: So pang anyway, because it's so wide, where's the rest

906
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 2: of the pack anyway? You're mentioning that guys, you know,

907
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 2: finishing fourth or twelve seconds behind. It wasn't like you

908
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 2: had a whole cluster of them within three seconds of

909
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 2: each other, where it becomes practical. You can slow it

910
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 2: up all you like, you can't slow it up enough

911
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 2: for those guys to get in the fight. So it's

912
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 2: kind of a moot point, Like, even if he wanted to,

913
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,360
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's practical to do that because

914
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 2: the rest of the feel is just not quick enough.

915
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.

916
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: I just thought it was funny when they bought that up,

917
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: and I'm thinking about the amount of times that it

918
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: has happened in the past, where yeah, it's just like

919
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure

920
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: I'm in the right position and they're in the right position.

921
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 1: And Pecko's like, nah, I'm good, I'm good. But let's

922
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: think we've I think we've done all of Moto GP.

923
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: I don't know what else we can talk about other

924
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: than just go and watch those first three laps and

925
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: go and watch qualifying because if you haven't seen it, oh,

926
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: it is so good. Let's move on to Moto too.

927
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,879
Speaker 1: I just have to say, Jake Dixon, oh my god,

928
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: he did an alasiaus spargo catalunya. If you don't know

929
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 1: what we're talking about, he thought the race finished a

930
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: lap early. Now he's gone on socials and said it

931
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 1: was a technical error on his dash. He's not blaming

932
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,840
Speaker 1: his team, it's just it is what it is. But man, like,

933
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: don't they have pitboards. There's multiple ways of communicating this.

934
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: I swear there's even a screen on that sign that

935
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 1: goes There's got to be so many ways that he

936
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: could see that there's still one more lap to go.

937
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 2: See, this is where we need I'm saying this very

938
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 2: tongue in cheek here, this is where we need a

939
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 2: Pitza rider radio, which is going to happen in the future.

940
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 2: It's like, Jake, you're on the second last lap. Don't stop. No,

941
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 2: I'm joking, that's that might be coming dad of the tracks.

942
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 2: You gotta be careful what you wish for. But when

943
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 2: you saw him come out of that last quarter and

944
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 2: I'm thinking, why is he pushing for the finish light

945
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 2: here that he crosses the line and sort of slightly

946
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 2: sits up in Cocotte though he's done the Elasian Catalonia

947
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 2: a couple of years ago, so he at least got

948
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 2: back on it, but chucked a podium away because of it.

949
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 2: And as you say, it was more message on his

950
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 2: dash because a lot of the dashboards on these bikes

951
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,800
Speaker 2: and even the circuits timing tower where there'll be a

952
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,800
Speaker 2: countdown with how many laps there are to go, and

953
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 2: it sounded like the dash was incorrect the entire race,

954
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:22,840
Speaker 2: so it was probably one lap ahead of itself, so

955
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 2: super unlucky for him. But this is more than I

956
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 2: expected to talk about Moto two on this week's podcast.

957
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 2: I must admit because once center Ageus and Harry Voy

958
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 2: were both out on the first lap, I must admit

959
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 2: I did kind of push the chair out and went

960
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 2: put the kettle on and did a few errands and

961
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 2: stuff and just tried to half watch what was going

962
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 2: on for the rest of that race and came back

963
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 2: for the end. Because the Aussie involvement was significantly shorter

964
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 2: than the last sentence.

965
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: I've just said, let's just say that, you know, it

966
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: was such a shame for both of those guys, and

967
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: I heard after the race center was not obviously happy

968
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: as expected to be. But if you are just speaking

969
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: of Cener, if you wanted to know what a dash

970
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: looks like on a Moto two bike, head to our

971
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: YouTube channel because we did a behind the scenes garage

972
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 1: tour with Senna and you can see the size of

973
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 1: this thing. I'm doing the hand signals now is well

974
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,759
Speaker 1: smaller than an iPhone. And you think the riding on

975
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: there is they've got I mean, Moto GP bikes are

976
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: even different. But they'll have tire temperature, bike temperature, they'll

977
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 1: have their uppm, they'll have gears, they'll have all these

978
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: little messages on there, and then somewhere on there's meant

979
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 1: to fit in how many laps they've got. So obviously

980
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 1: it's easy to understand how this error can be made

981
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: and how we don't see it more often. But well,

982
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: there's little dashes that they have on their bikes are tiny.

983
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,800
Speaker 1: But yes, I agree with you, there was some battles

984
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: up the front, but look, it wasn't It wasn't the

985
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: most exciting race called a Cpny get the win, and

986
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: obviously Navarro and then Jake's teammate Gervera got third place

987
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 1: and obviously ultimately put him on the podium. I think

988
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: is also his first World championship. Proto sighting for Aspar

989
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,360
Speaker 1: and everything that's going on in Valencia, we know that

990
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: there's a big connection as the team of base there.

991
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:10,360
Speaker 1: So a good weekend for Aspar in that sense that

992
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: they had one of their riders in Moto two and

993
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: then obviously in Moto three, that really beautiful sentimental statement

994
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: from David Alonso after where he said he's going to

995
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: donate all his bonuses from winning this weekend. Who's obviously

996
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 1: achieved another goal of winning basically every round this year

997
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:33,359
Speaker 1: in Moto three, but that was really nice I thought

998
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: of him to do that. At the end, they took

999
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: the oath of not celebrating in honor of Valencia. But

1000
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: the battle with Frosato, you could just see him in

1001
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: park firm mate. At the end, he was like, mate, mate.

1002
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:52,439
Speaker 2: Just give me one win. He he just ticks every box.

1003
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,359
Speaker 2: This kid, doesn't he a lot. So like he's got

1004
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 2: the speed, he's got the charisma, he's got the wisdom

1005
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,879
Speaker 2: of someone much older than he actually he's eighteen years old,

1006
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,239
Speaker 2: and you you know, he's doing all these post race

1007
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 2: interviews and what have you not in his native language.

1008
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 2: There's just a world sort of wise aspect to him

1009
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 2: that I really like to go with the talent. But yeah,

1010
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 2: you're right about him winning nearly everything, six wins in

1011
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 2: a row in Moto three, which is almost silly to

1012
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 2: say because of how crazily impossible that series is. Thirteen

1013
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 2: winners for the season. Like, he's the next guy. I'm

1014
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:27,279
Speaker 2: absolutely convinced of it. But there's a combination of personality

1015
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 2: and talent and just I don't know, I don't know

1016
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 2: about you watching him, but he doesn't come across as

1017
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 2: your standard eighteen year old, does he He he's much

1018
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,239
Speaker 2: much wiser than that, and I think it's going to

1019
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 2: really really help him as he moves up the food chain.

1020
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: It's like I feel like I've said this on a

1021
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 1: previous podcast, It's like, with the visor open, he's this happy,

1022
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: go lucky kid, really bubbly and vibrant. He puts the

1023
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: visor down and he just turns into.

1024
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:53,399
Speaker 2: Animal animal.

1025
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so cool to see, right, And like you said,

1026
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:01,439
Speaker 1: he's the next Pedro Costa, Mark Marquez. I think if

1027
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 1: he goes well in seasons, doesn't get too many injuries,

1028
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 1: maintains this progression that he's going through, it won't be

1029
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 1: long and we'll be seeing him in MotoGP and hopefully

1030
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:13,399
Speaker 1: it's still at a time where Mark Marquez is there

1031
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: and Pedio Acosta's fighting for the world championship and then

1032
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: we have this young rookie come in. Talk about Fabio's

1033
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,320
Speaker 1: back at front. Oh, it's going to be exciting in

1034
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 1: the years to come, but sure it is. Let's talk

1035
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 1: about Joe kelsorry because he got P six which is good,

1036
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: and then Jacob rules in twelve. So a weekend where

1037
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 1: Jacob finally scored some points. So I feel like that's

1038
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: the confidence he needs to finish off this year on

1039
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: a bit more of a high.

1040
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:40,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, agreed. I mean, it was good to see him

1041
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 2: do reasonably well in Australia and he's kind of righted

1042
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 2: the ship a little bit because it was getting a

1043
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 2: bit rocky for him after Germany when he'd had that

1044
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 2: accident mid season. So we know that he's back there

1045
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 2: next season again and has got the continuity in the stability.

1046
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 2: So finishing off with a good couple of results is

1047
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 2: key for him. Still not doing a great job in qualifying.

1048
00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 2: I have to say, it's twentieth on the grid, so

1049
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 2: gave himself a fair bit to do, but got through

1050
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 2: to twelfth. And it was another very Joel Kelso race,

1051
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:07,960
Speaker 2: wasn't it really qualifying the front two rows lead for

1052
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 2: a bit, fight at the front, drop back a little

1053
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 2: bit in the last couple of laps and bank another

1054
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 2: top six, which just feels like pretty much every race.

1055
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 2: So look, it's it'd be frustrating for him that he

1056
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 2: can't take that next step. And it's not even a

1057
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 2: big step, it's a small step. He's right there, but

1058
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,480
Speaker 2: he Now it's funny, isn't it perceptions with Joel, Like

1059
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,600
Speaker 2: in the past you go, oh, Joel Kelso's up the front,

1060
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 2: that's good, and now it's like Joel Kelsop's up at

1061
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:33,120
Speaker 2: the front because of course Joel Kelso's up the front.

1062
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 2: We just expect that. So you know, he has raised

1063
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 2: the expectations of what we think he can do on

1064
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,800
Speaker 2: a week to week basis. He's so close just to

1065
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,279
Speaker 2: getting that next big breakthrough result. He's had a poll.

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00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 2: Now he's been right at the front most of the season,

1067
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 2: So let's hope the Errata doesn't need to progress too much.

1068
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:51,319
Speaker 2: Just a little bit, just just a little bit.

1069
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 1: We'd like to see Joel take his maiden Moto three victory.

1070
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: I mean, he could do that a Valencia. We know

1071
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,719
Speaker 1: he's strong there, but it could be next year with

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00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 1: a new team as well. But what I thought was

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00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:04,759
Speaker 1: interesting before we finalized our Malaysian recap was in Moto

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00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,800
Speaker 1: III those Hondas, was there a problem with them overheating

1075
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: or the engines blowing? And then I saw on socials

1076
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: Alisha Spargo struggling with the heat on the Apillius, which

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00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: we know, so it's got to be so challenging for

1078
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: these riders, and obviously the Bianks who come from phillip

1079
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 1: Island where it's freezing down then and they go back

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00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: into Asia where it's hot and humid. Just the equipment

1081
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,360
Speaker 1: and what they're dealing with, and these writers and the

1082
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: because the track temperature for a Moto GP was something

1083
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: like fifty or sixty degrees, right, fifty.

1084
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,040
Speaker 2: Four degrees started degrees.

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00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 1: That's freaking hot.

1086
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy, isn't it you think? And they kind

1087
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 2: of got away with it. At burram On Race takes

1088
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 2: it rained right, so we didn't get that super hot

1089
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:49,000
Speaker 2: race in Thailand. What was weird about Sunday at Sepang

1090
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,320
Speaker 2: was you know that the ambient there is going to

1091
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 2: be really high, but you normally get that afternoon cloud

1092
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 2: cover that takes some of the edge off it. You

1093
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 2: think of TV pictures of Sipang, Normally it's dry and

1094
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:01,439
Speaker 2: it's hot, but it's not super bright because you don't

1095
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 2: often get that crazy sun light there because the clouds

1096
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,439
Speaker 2: are starting to roll in. Sunday was the brightest day

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00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:09,800
Speaker 2: of the weekend. And that also might be the hottest

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00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 2: pit laid in the history of mankind because it's all

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00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:14,759
Speaker 2: that white, polished concrete. And I've stood out there through

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00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:16,719
Speaker 2: pre season testing a few times and I'm not even

1101
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,719
Speaker 2: doing anything. I'm not riding wearing leathers and riding motorbikes,

1102
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,359
Speaker 2: And after about twenty minutes, I'm like, yeah, I think

1103
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 2: that's enough of that. I'll go back in the air con.

1104
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 2: So God knows what those guys were going through on Sunday,

1105
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,880
Speaker 2: and that Aprillier does run hot, and yeah, by the

1106
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 2: end of it, Alisia Spargo, we know he's retiring. In

1107
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,239
Speaker 2: one raceist time. I think if someone had said the

1108
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 2: offensive retiring like now that exact moment, he probably would

1109
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 2: have said, yeah, I'll be up for that, because he

1110
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,120
Speaker 2: looked absolutely shot after the race, and he's one of

1111
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 2: the fitter guys with he's cycling at what have you.

1112
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,239
Speaker 2: So yeah, super big test of those guys.

1113
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,919
Speaker 1: I just thought, then, how cool is it that motor

1114
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:55,960
Speaker 1: GP is going back to Catalonia, his home track. He's

1115
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,600
Speaker 1: literally borne the town next to it, that's where he

1116
00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:00,600
Speaker 1: grew up, and that's going to be his final race.

1117
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:03,120
Speaker 1: I just thought of that. I thought, Wow, that's got to.

1118
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,000
Speaker 2: Be cool for a lash right full circle moment, And

1119
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:09,919
Speaker 2: funnily enough, he's actually, well, maybe not funnier, he's really

1120
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,440
Speaker 2: really good there. You know, he's won Sprint Series, one

1121
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,360
Speaker 2: Grand Prix there, he won Sprint there this year, so

1122
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 2: you know, Priory is kind of in nowhere for the

1123
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,560
Speaker 2: back half of the season. But the change of venue

1124
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,759
Speaker 2: for Barcelona for this final round, his final round in

1125
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 2: the World Championship, it might see him and Maverick Vidale,

1126
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 2: they're both pretty good there. We might see a bit

1127
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,799
Speaker 2: of a return to see Exibit Prilli as up towards

1128
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 2: the front again, because we've not said that very often

1129
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:34,799
Speaker 2: in the back half of this year, have we well

1130
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 2: fingers crossed.

1131
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 1: But we're going to keep you guys up to date

1132
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:40,600
Speaker 1: as soon as we get confirmation, the official confirmation from

1133
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:44,080
Speaker 1: Donna as to when the exact dates are for the

1134
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 1: final Moto GP round, So keep an eye out on

1135
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 1: our Fox socials for that at Fox Motorsport, or you

1136
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:53,240
Speaker 1: can keep up to date with all the latest news

1137
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:56,120
Speaker 1: on our website at foxsports dot com to au forward

1138
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:59,279
Speaker 1: Slash Motorsport. Plus, if you're like us and you can't

1139
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,719
Speaker 1: get enough, you can watch all the action live and

1140
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 1: add break free on Fox Sports, and you can go

1141
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 1: back and watch the qualifying and the first three laps

1142
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: from the Malaysian Grand Prix on KO but from Matt

1143
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 1: Clayton and myself Ronita vmillen. We're going to be back

1144
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Speaker 1: soon with more Moto GP Pittock