1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Mark Marquez is back to his winning ways in Moto GP, 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: absolutely owning the Aragon grompri in the Spanish Desert, but 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: his victory celebration got a bit upstaged by a wild 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: family affair. His brother Alex Marquez took out Peco Banyaya, 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: the championship leader, in a crazy crash could have been 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: straight out of a Wild West movie. I'm your host, 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: Rinita Vmulin, and alongside me is my partner in crime, 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: the sharp shooting legend of Modorspot Media. Matt Clayton. Matt, 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: We've got a lot to cover in this episode, but 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: it's hard not to talk about the eight time world 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: champion Mark Marquez, who was finally returned to the top 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: step of the podium after a saggering one thousand and 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: forty three days Bruneta. 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: I felt that I wrote one thousand and forty three 15 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: about one thousand and forty three times yesterday and the 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: wash up of Aragon, But it was great to see him. 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: It was kind of nostalgic to see him just completely 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 2: boss a wish Hendroom start to finish like he did, 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: and it was funny watching the race on Sunday. Yes, 20 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: he'd already won the sprint on Saturday, but it was 21 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 2: sort of strangely unemotional for a guy that hasn't won 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: and over three years, because it just seems so inevitable 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: from the moment that we got on track at Aragon 24 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: on Friday, and there are a lot of circumstances leading 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: to that that will probably get to But I don't 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: know about you, but I quite enjoyed the nostalgic factor 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 2: of watching him just make everyone else look a little 28 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: bit silly for a weekend. It was like the old days, 29 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: was it? 30 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: It was like the old days, And like you said, 31 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: we kind of knew it was coming. And the lead 32 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: up there's been a lead up to the Wraith in 33 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: America coda. Then there was Saxon Ring and we're like, okay, 34 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: come on, Mark, you have to have a win soon Aragon. 35 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: Calling into this weekend, I thought, you know, maybe the 36 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: circuit and the resurfacing wasn't going to suit him. Straight 37 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: from the gate, go fastest and Friday Fastest on Saturday 38 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: qualifies on poll Win's the sprint, wins the Grand Prix. 39 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: It's a Mark Marquez masterclass. 40 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: Well, and what was really interesting afterwards was he was discussing. 41 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: He was asked about why he was able to be 42 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: so strong this particular weekend, and he didn't talk about 43 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: the pace, He didn't talk about the left handed nature 44 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: of the track, which we know he's so good on 45 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: the anti clockwise track. The word that he used was adaptability, 46 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 2: in that he adapts faster to changing conditions better than 47 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: anybody else on the grid. And what was so weird 48 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: about this weekend is that, Yeah, we had the new 49 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: track surface that you were talking about before, so nobody 50 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: quite knew how that was going to play out, and 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: you could see it on the TV shot how dark 52 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: that surface was. You could see how new it was. 53 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: But effectively we had a new track for three straight 54 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: days because it kind of rub it in a little 55 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 2: bit on Friday, massive thunderstorm Friday night washed it clean, 56 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: so he had a really green track on Saturday. We 57 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: saw what he did on Saturday. The pole margin eighteenth 58 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: or point eight four zero as the biggest pole margin 59 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 2: in the dry for thirteen years, so shows you how 60 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: dominant he was. He wins a sprint and then it 61 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: rains again on Saturday night, so it washes the track 62 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: clean again for Sunday. So each day. It was almost 63 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 2: every lap for every rider was how much grip do 64 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 2: I have here? And how far off line can I go? 65 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: In conditions are super sketchy like that. You add that 66 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: to a track where he's had great success and where 67 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 2: he's clearly very very confident. He's the greatest improviser on 68 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 2: the grid, and I think we've got three totally different 69 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: days Friday, Saturday, Sunday. He proved how adaptable he was, 70 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 2: and that's why he was so dominant. 71 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 3: Oh, you're exactly right there. 72 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: A lot of the other writers were complaining about grit 73 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: constantly all weekend, and we could see it as we'll 74 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: get into with Peco Bannaya, just not having any confidence 75 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: at all. But like you said, Marquez, the lack of 76 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: grip almost suited him. It felt like he could maybe 77 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: go back a little bit to the way that he 78 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: write or rode the Repsol Honda, but put that in 79 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,279 Speaker 1: the Ducatte style and he could blend the two almost seamlessly. 80 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,839 Speaker 1: So really, the conditions just matched up perfectly for Mark 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: to have the weekend that he wanted and I felt 82 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: like he needed as well. 83 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit. I think, you know, the longer 84 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: this wind drought went on particularly, I mean, no one 85 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: expected him to win on a Honda after how Paul, 86 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: that bike's been for a few years, and you know, 87 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: he spent the best part of three years physically and 88 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: capable of winning, which makes those three wins that he 89 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: had in twenty one even crazier when you think about it. 90 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: But I think the pressure and everyone kept mentioning that 91 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: oney forty three days or whatever it was, week by week, 92 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: you could sense there was a burden there. And what 93 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: was really interesting after he won that sprint was he 94 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 2: looked more stressed than he looked happy in a lot 95 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 2: of respects because there was now you're expected to go 96 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: and win the Grand Prix, and that was like, all right, 97 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: that's a little bit of pressure. But I think the 98 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: way he celebrated after winning on Sunday, I had to 99 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: remind myself as like, have you just want to race 100 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: here or have you actually won the World Championship, because 101 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: that's the sort of the intensity of that celebration was 102 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: like we've seen him do when he's won titles in 103 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: the past, And it was interesting afterwards he said that 104 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: he felt that he'd lost several kilos and that's just 105 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: the monkey on the back of this drought going on 106 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: year after year after year, and all the doubts that 107 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 2: he would have had. It feels like he's back, and 108 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 2: I think mentally this win's worth way more than the 109 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: win and the twenty five points, because now that he's 110 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 2: broken through this sort of glass ceiling that was above 111 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 2: his head, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if 112 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: he runs off some wins now. Now, I don't think 113 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: he's going to win the championship. He said that he 114 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: probably isn't a championship contender, but I certainly can think 115 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 2: he's going to shape the way the rest of the 116 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 2: season goes now because we know it's probably between Banyar 117 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: and Martin. But if Marquez is up there winning more 118 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: than occasional races, I'm going to say this right now. 119 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,559 Speaker 2: By the way, if he doesn't win at Philip Island, 120 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: it's because he hasn't finished. I can only see white 121 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 2: outcome for him at Phlip Island. He's either gonna win 122 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 2: it or he's going to DNF because I think another 123 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 2: left handed circuit that's not going to punish that GP 124 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 2: twenty three is right in his wheelhouse. But I don't 125 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 2: think that's the only race he's going to win for 126 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: the rest of the year. I can absolutely see him 127 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 2: shaping the rest of this championship. 128 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: I you just look the words out of my mouth. 129 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: I completely agree. I think now that he's got that 130 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: first win under his belt, there's that confidence and that 131 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: sense of Okay, I can do this again, and now 132 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: we're going to see the full markers back. 133 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 3: Not that we have. 134 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: Well, we've just been in the last five minutes to 135 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 2: try to come up with an eloquent way to describe 136 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: what he did. I might just quote Jack Biller here 137 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 2: and bleep out one of the obscenities. Jack was asked 138 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: after the race about Marquez and said Mark put on 139 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: an effing clinic in Jack's own typically sort of Australian style. 140 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 2: So I don't think any of his rivals were particularly 141 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 2: surprised by what he did, but seeing it when you 142 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 2: haven't seen it for a while and seeing it be 143 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 2: that dominant, I think his peers were pretty impressed. And yeah, 144 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 2: there was a lot of there was a lot of 145 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 2: motion coming out in that celebration. It was nice to see. 146 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: It was nice to see and really cool for Grassini 147 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: as well. 148 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 3: To have that win. 149 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: You know, they took on Mark equally Mark took on 150 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: them as well. For them to stand on the top 151 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: step of the podium. Together with the weekend that was 152 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: full of highs for Mark and lows for Alex Marquez, 153 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: I think it was a nice balance. But we're going 154 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: to get to that much a later in the episode. 155 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 3: I want to talk about. 156 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: Jorge Martin this weekend because Okay, the Mark saw the limelight. 157 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: You know, you can see on the Fox socials we 158 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: posted about how consistent he was during the race with 159 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: his lap times, how is strong all weekend, but Jojey 160 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: Martin also looked super just stable, strong, consistent apart from 161 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: that one crash on Saturday and Q two I believe 162 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,119 Speaker 1: poem Martin was there as well. 163 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: This has been the story of the second half of 164 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: his year. We keep going back to the fact he 165 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: hasn't won a race now, hasn't won a Sunday race 166 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: since Lomol in round five, So it's quite a long 167 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: time over the context of the last two or three 168 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: seasons when he's been a consistent race winner. But he's 169 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: always doing the best he can on the day. If 170 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 2: he can't win, and he just keeps finishing second, whether 171 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 2: it's to Peco or to Mark this weekend. You combine 172 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: that with an absolute shock of for Banyai, which we'll 173 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 2: get to. But Martin's always there, and that's nineteen out 174 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 2: of twenty four starts this year he's finished on the podium. 175 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: So he's just always there. He's always there. He's always there, 176 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 2: and I think that's part of the evolution of him 177 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 2: this year in that it kind of felt last year 178 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: that if he couldn't win, it almost not prefer to crash, 179 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: but he'd crash trying to win. And I think this 180 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: year he's probably learned to keep his power to dry 181 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 2: a little bit more and say, Okay, I can't catch 182 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: Mark this weekend, but someone needs to finish second, and 183 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: that someone needs to be me, and that's why he's 184 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: in this position of advantage in the championship. So, yes, 185 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 2: he didn't win the spread, he didn't win the Grand Prix, 186 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: and it was an awesome story that, you know, for 187 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 2: Marquez after what he's been through, that he won. But 188 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: you'd almost argue that Martine was the biggest winner over 189 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: the weekend in terms of the course of the season, 190 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 2: because he did exactly what was on offer and that's 191 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: why he's in the lead now, oh. 192 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: One hundred percent. He needed to be ahead of Peco. 193 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: He knew that coming to the weekend Friday for everybody 194 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: was a game of what ifs because they didn't know 195 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: what the track was going to be, like, what the 196 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: weather was doing, everything. But as it progressed, like you said, 197 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: Mark was going to be in front, that was clear 198 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: or hey just had to be behind Mark and Peco 199 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: had to be behind him, and that seemed to work 200 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: out for him. I think that he kind of ebbs 201 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: and flows right, and we spoke about it a little 202 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: bit in our preview to the weekend. He posted on 203 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: social media saying that he felt real fresh, his batteries 204 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: were recharged coming in. I think now because the next 205 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: two races are essentially on Peco Bannyaya's home soil. It's 206 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: it's Massano, It's a track that he knows like the 207 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: back of the hand. For him being ahead of Peco 208 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: Banyaya going into those two back to backs I think 209 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: was a big game changer and what Jorge Martin needed 210 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: to go into those weekends as well. 211 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, completely agree, because you know these are the equivalent 212 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 2: of sort of two away fixtures coming up. Now, if 213 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 2: you've got to talk about it and say if like 214 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 2: a football parlance, I guess because back to back races 215 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: at Massano. Once that second race was announced there, I 216 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 2: think our immediate reaction was all, like, this is really 217 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: big for Banyaya in terms of the World Championship because 218 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 2: it's another free hit for him at home. We know 219 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 2: how good he is at Massano. Now, look, Joge Martin 220 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 2: won the sprint and the Grand Prix at Massano last year. 221 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: I don't like to put asterisks on things, but Banyai 222 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 2: was so beeping up after he'd had that massive high 223 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 2: sight on the first lap at Catalonia the week before that. 224 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 2: He was super compromised and Martine had a bit of 225 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 2: a free hit with that one. But it was so 226 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 2: important that Martin was able to take some sort of 227 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 2: advantage out of Aragon because these next two races, for me, 228 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 2: it's almost like a guy playing defense for two races 229 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 2: in that there's so much more to lose than there 230 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: is to gain, but he's now doing that defensive position 231 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: from a strength of advantage. Super super important for Aragon 232 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 2: and just a really mature weekend for him, where you know, 233 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 2: we saw how sketchy it was, it was very very 234 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: easy to throw it down the road. He did exactly 235 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: what he needed to do. 236 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, talking about throwing it down the road, I want 237 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: to talk about Peko Banyaya, not that crash a shout, 238 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: but his starts this weekend, his stars. Like I said earlier, 239 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: he had no confidence and you could clearly see that 240 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: and he just didn't look very happy at all all weekend. 241 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 3: But I can't believe. 242 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: That in both the sprint and the main Grand Prix, 243 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: how sketchy his starts were and how well he saved 244 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: those and that there wasn't a crash. 245 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 2: Amazing. One of those weeks where you almost wish you 246 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 2: didn't qualify on the front row because he qualified third, 247 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: and it was interesting qualifying set up for me. There 248 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: were three guys that had their weekends completely determined by 249 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 2: where they qualified. Juge Martine was off the front row. 250 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 2: It's not something we say very often. He was fourth 251 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: on the grid, but he was on the racing line 252 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: that had been cleaned up. And I put air quotes 253 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 2: around this because the track was so dirty. Banion started 254 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 2: on the front row, but he was right up against 255 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 2: the pitwall there in P three, which is the side 256 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 2: of the track that no one ever rides on, let's 257 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: be honest. And so both of his starts it was 258 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 2: like he was starting in the wet and everyone else 259 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 2: was starting in the dry, and I think he went 260 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 2: more sideways than he went forward on both starts. So 261 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 2: qualifying third actually hurt him in some respects. And he 262 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 2: was able to show some pretty decent pace in the 263 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 2: Grand Prix before the incident, which we'll get to, but 264 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 2: the sprint he was kind of nowhere. I mean, he 265 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: tried alled around finishing ninth in the sprint, and without 266 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 2: being too unkind to Jack Millie, you know you've had 267 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 2: a bit of a shocker when you've scored as many 268 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 2: points on the weekend as Jack has when you're Peko Vnel, 269 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 2: because Jack scored one pointed Aragon and that's all Peco 270 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: left with as well. But it interesting after the sprint, 271 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 2: the he was pretty clear that he was unhappy with 272 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 2: Michelin without actually naming Michelin, because he said, well, you know, 273 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: my team did everything right. I did everything right and 274 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 2: sort of left the sentence hanging there because he wasn't 275 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 2: particularly happy with the tires. But his whole weekend really 276 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 2: was defined by where he qualified, because quite frankly, he 277 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: would have been better off qualifying fourth or fifth or seventh, 278 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 2: because he probably would have got off to a better 279 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: start in both races, and then both races completely changed 280 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: because anyone in those spots up against the pit wall 281 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: three six, nine, twelve going back, they just couldn't get 282 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 2: off the line because it was so so dirty and 283 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 2: greasy out there, and that's ultimately what cost him. 284 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: So an interesting start that I found out Peko's third 285 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: crash in his sixth DNF this year, where in I 286 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: think it was twenty twenty one, he was finding Fabio 287 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: Corderrero for the championship and he'd only had five DNFs, 288 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: So I think at this point of the year to 289 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: have six, that's a big thing for Peco the professor. 290 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: And you know, I think having starts like this, not 291 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: having confidence for someone who is so cool, calm and 292 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: collected all the time. 293 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: I think he got under his skin a bit this weekend. 294 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, completely agree. He strikes me as someone who likes 295 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 2: things to be just right, Like he's probably going someone 296 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: who's like, you know, putting the chairs tucking him under 297 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 2: the table. So they're all that completely right eggles like 298 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 2: everything has to be completely right for him, and when 299 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: things get a bit off, like we said in the 300 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 2: sprint with the with the tire thing, there's almost like 301 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 2: a not a sense of injustice, but he's almost he's 302 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: so principled about everything that everything has to be right 303 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 2: and just so for him to be in his sweet spot. 304 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 2: He's very woh Lorenzo in that respect, in that he's 305 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: just completely metronomic. And we've seen various races this year 306 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 2: that once he gets out front, he's basically impossible to 307 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: beat because he just keeps churning laps out time after 308 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 2: time because he's in control of the situation. Where we 309 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,719 Speaker 2: talked about Marquez being this great improvisational writer, I think 310 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 2: Peco is someone who knows what he sweet spot is, 311 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 2: tries to get into it, and knows that he's kind 312 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 2: of unbeatable when he gets there. So the whole weekend 313 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: everything felt a little bit chaotic, like Friday practice wasn't great. 314 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: He managed to get himself into Q two, but it 315 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 2: never felt like he was under control the entire weekend 316 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 2: and was fighting against things that are going wrong. And 317 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 2: you know, maybe what we saw in those two races 318 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 2: was a result of that. But is it interesting you 319 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 2: mentioned with the DNFs we were having this same conversation 320 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: last year in Motor GP circles that Martin was the 321 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: one who was losing the championship by throwing points away. 322 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 2: You think at the amount of points he chucked away 323 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: last year with needless crashes from positions of advantage. It's 324 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: almost like they've done a role reversal this year and 325 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 2: Peco's turned into Joge Martin and vice versa, isn't it. 326 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're exactly right. It does kind of feel like 327 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: that with Joja Martin just being a little bit more consistent, 328 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: comfortable in the situations. But like we said before, we've 329 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: got Mazano coming up back to back, so that could 330 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: completely change everything. One thing I did find interesting this weekend, 331 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: and I asked you this question in our previews, where 332 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: do you think the ktms were going to be, and 333 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: we're like, na, ktms are not going to do very well. 334 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: That's talk about Pedro Acosta, because he really surprised me 335 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: this weekend and when I was researching and figuring out 336 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: what was different, he actually said that he went back 337 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: to the standard settings. There was a while where he 338 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: was changing the settings so much and that just felt 339 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: like you couldn't connect with the bike and gel with it. 340 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: He said, he went back to the standard settings and 341 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: just worked on himself. And we've seen a whole new 342 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: Pedro a Costa this weekend. 343 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 2: The new Pedro Acosta was a bit like the old 344 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 2: Pedro Acosta that we saw at the start of the 345 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 2: season where we had those two podiums in Portugal in 346 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: the America's right at the start of the year. And 347 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: what you said then about maybe going back to basics 348 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: and working on yourself rather than just throwing things at 349 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: the wall with the bike and hoping that some of 350 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 2: them stick. I think that's part of the the evolution 351 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 2: of him as a writer. You know, we forget sometimes 352 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: the guy's twenty years old because of how good he is. 353 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 2: But I mentioned before about qualifying defining certain riders weekends, 354 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: and he was one because he had to come through 355 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: Q one and that kind of made his weekend because 356 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 2: he got to experience the track conditions through Q one, 357 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 2: got through that and then was able to be in 358 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 2: Q two and qualify second. And I think having those 359 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: laps in Q one under his belt really unlocked the 360 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 2: confidence that enabled him to put it on the front 361 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 2: row where there were some guys in Q two that 362 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: were still trying to find where the track was. He 363 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 2: knew by that stage because he got through Q one, 364 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 2: qualify second, put yourself in a position of advantage. Now, 365 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 2: he wouldn't have finished on the podium if it wasn't 366 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 2: for what happened with Banyora and Alex Marquez on Sunday. 367 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: But to grab two podiums out of a weekend which 368 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 2: came two weeks after the worst weekend of his season 369 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: at Austria was pretty horrible and he was pretty down 370 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: on himself about it. But yeah, you know, you're right. 371 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 2: He was the shining light of the riders on the 372 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 2: RC sixteen. Brad Binda had a pretty strong weekend all 373 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: things considered, but a Costa was really good on that bike. 374 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 2: And we mentioned before about the adaptability. We forget because 375 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 2: he's the only rookie in Motor GP. He's coming with 376 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 2: less data than any of these other riders at any 377 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: of these tracks, even ones we haven't been to, like 378 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: Aragon since twenty two. When you get a hard reset 379 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 2: of a track three straight days. It actually helps what 380 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 2: it mitigates the lack of experience that a Costa has 381 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: on motor GP machinery at a new circuit to me, 382 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 2: so that kind of played into his favor as well 383 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 2: in that he's probably more in the Marquees camp of 384 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 2: being an improviser. The fact that the track had a 385 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 2: hard reset for three straight days actually really helped him. 386 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 2: But without coming through Q one and being on that 387 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: front row, that's a totally different weekend. So you know, 388 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 2: a not so great Friday probably unlocked a good Saturday 389 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:33,239 Speaker 2: and Sunday for him. 390 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 3: I think yeah. 391 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: And like you said, well, Brad Bendo, obviously Jack Miller 392 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: had a decent race, which we'll touch on shortly, but 393 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: alluding back to the preview episode, I honestly thought that 394 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: the apriliers would be really strong here this weekend. I 395 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: talk about Maverick and Elish because you need to take 396 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: this away from me, Matt, because I don't even know 397 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: where to start with those boys. 398 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 2: Well, we both had an absolute shocker because I think we 399 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 2: had Alasias Bargo on the sprint podium, so they didn't 400 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 2: go so well, did it. But Alasias Bargo's main contribution 401 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 2: of the weekend was completely stuffing up the start of 402 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 2: the sprint and cannoning into Fabio de jan Antonio at 403 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 2: turn one and knocking himself to the ground and being 404 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 2: out after one corner. So our predictions A crystal Ball 405 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 2: needs needs to recharge. I think it's not going so well. 406 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: But they were horrible at Prillia the entire weekend. Cor 407 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 2: fid okay. Both the track house guys were up in 408 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 2: Q two, so that was pretty decent. But Maverick just 409 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 2: had one of those weekends where he didn't have the grip, 410 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 2: that he didn't have the confidence and he did have 411 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 2: the pace, and then on Sunday he basically parked the 412 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 2: bike after trumbling around at the very back and said 413 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 2: that he couldn't do any more with it. One of 414 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 2: those weekends where he just got in his own head 415 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 2: a little bit and look Alaish tries because Alas always tries. 416 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 2: He tried pretty hard in the in the race itself 417 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 2: and did okay, but they just had absolutely no front 418 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 2: feeling the entire weekend, and we thought Aprillia would probably 419 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 2: be better than KTM in that battle of best for 420 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: the rest, So yeah, fair to say we got that 421 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 2: one wrong, and one of those weekends for a prillier 422 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 2: where you just flush it and move on, because everything 423 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 2: that conspired could conspire against them did and yeah, they 424 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 2: were just completely anonymous the whole weekend. Miguel Olivera was 425 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,239 Speaker 2: pretty quick out of the four A priliers, but then 426 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 2: he was on the ground after one lap in the 427 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: main race, so he would have featured probably in the 428 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: back end of the top ten somewhere, but the rest 429 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 2: of them were pretty much nowhere in the sprint through. 430 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: What I found fascinating was the first four or five riders. 431 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: I think we're all on satellite teams. There was no 432 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: factory writer. Was the truckhouse Boys? One of them featured 433 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: in that as well, didn't they In the spring? 434 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 2: Well, Oliver and ralpher Anders were both pretty decent in 435 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 2: the spread. Oliver it was much better towards the front. 436 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 2: So yeah, that is interesting, isn't it the satellite thing, 437 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: because that's not something that we normally say. And there 438 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 2: were circumstances there with Banyai having a bit of a 439 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 2: chakra in the spring, Bastianini qualifying so far down and 440 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 2: having to fight his way through. But yeah, it was 441 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: a strange one, but yeah, jeez, what a forgettable week 442 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 2: that was for a Prillia. That's one of those ones 443 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 2: that there's not a lot of analysis needed for a Prillia. 444 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 2: He just shrunk his shoulders and say, let's just never 445 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 2: do that again and move to Massano. 446 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 3: You mentioned Bashinini there. 447 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: Let's just touch on that really quickly because coming from 448 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: he won here on the Christini he beat Peco Vannaya 449 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 1: back in twenty twenty two and they were last there, right. 450 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: I honestly thought this weekend, being on the factory bike, 451 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: he was going to come in full of confidence. 452 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 3: And be a lot stronger. 453 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: But it seems like and everybody knows, is Abashanini kind 454 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: of similar to Marrick Vinalez. 455 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 3: He just ebbs and flows. 456 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: We'll see him super strong one weekend, then another weekend 457 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: he's down the back of the field, and that just 458 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: seems to be I guess a weakness of his and 459 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: why he hasn't been able to retain that factory seat 460 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: for next year. 461 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, the gradient of the Bashiinidi rollercoaster, it's not quite 462 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 2: as steep as a video as well, Let's be honest, 463 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 2: but the problem with an AA was, Well, it's two things. 464 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 2: He's not great in terms of qualifying, and he gives 465 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 2: himself too much to do on Sundays and to an extent, Saturdays, 466 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 2: because he's often starting further back than he should be 467 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: on the machinery that he's on. But he's also pretty 468 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 2: unlucky to try and get into Q two. On Friday, 469 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 2: he was on a lap that probably would have got 470 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 2: him in there, and then Jack Miller crash at the 471 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 2: last corner. Yellow flags had to have bought the lap, 472 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 2: didn't get a chance for another one, so he's buried 473 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 2: back in the mid pack. And he came forward in 474 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 2: both races because that's what Bastianini does. But yeah, another 475 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 2: one of those weekends that had he manage to qualify 476 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 2: even if he'd been on the first three rows. I 477 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 2: think he's probably pushing up towards the podium spots, but 478 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 2: gave himself too much to do. Fridays are definitely an 479 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 2: issue for him. But yeah, he was on the roller coaster, 480 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 2: but not quite the Maverick roller coaster. Miss Maverick is 481 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 2: his own roller coaster at this point. 482 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: All right, guys, now we're going to get to the 483 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: juicy business. Let's talk about that crash between a Peko 484 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: Vanyaya and Alex market that is totally divining the whole 485 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: Moto GP community at the moment, Matt. Was Pecko just 486 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: being too optimistic trying to overtake Alex when he was wide? 487 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 1: Was Alex bining off more than he could chew? Were 488 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: trying to battle with Peco? 489 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 3: Or was it just a racing incident? 490 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 2: Boy, Let's just say that I have watched this video 491 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 2: probably seventy five times at this point, maybe give or 492 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: take about twenty five. It is probably overstating it a 493 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 2: little bit because my initial reaction, I don't know about yours, 494 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 2: was I threw my hands up and thought, Alex Marquez, 495 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 2: what are you doing in this incident? And let's just 496 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 2: say also that Peco was really lucky that he wasn't 497 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 2: more edged after he got trapped under a bike and 498 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 2: dragged off the track into the gravel, which that transition 499 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 2: is always horrible, and he was stuck under the bike, 500 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 2: so he was lucky that he wasn't more hurt. It's 501 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 2: obviously hurt his championship position, which we'll talk about. But 502 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 2: my initial reaction was, what are you doing Alex? Marquez. 503 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 2: This was absolutely nuts. This is an avoidable accident. And 504 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 2: having watched it more and more so, Alex Marquez goes 505 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 2: deep into turn twelve. He didn't run off the track, 506 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 2: which I think is key. He's not just joined from 507 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: off the track and crazily taken bag Vanyayra out here. 508 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 2: He's run wide rather than completely off the track. So 509 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: to my mind, it seemed it's more careless than it 510 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 2: is dirty, if that makes sense. And there's a delineation 511 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 2: between those two things. And I'm looking at from Banyai's 512 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 2: point of view. Yes, he took his normal racing line, 513 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 2: but I also thought he was so much faster than 514 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 2: Alex Marquez. At this point, there's still six laps left, 515 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 2: so this is not a last lap maneuver where you 516 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 2: need to take that racing line or this might be 517 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 2: your last chance. There was an inevitability for me that 518 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 2: Banyai was going to overtake Alex Marquez at some point, 519 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 2: and it probably would have been down the back straight 520 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 2: within the next lap or two, and the consequences of 521 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 2: that is that he's thrown away sixteen points. It was 522 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 2: a pretty sure fire sixteen points. He wasn't going to 523 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 2: catch Martine in second. He had too much pace for 524 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: Alex Marquez and Brad Bender and that group behind him. 525 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 2: So if we're going to carve up a bit of 526 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 2: blame pie here, I love a bit of blame pie. 527 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: He'll get used to this. It's not one hundred percent 528 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 2: on Alex Marker, as I probably thought it was when 529 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 2: I first saw it. It's maybe sixty five thirty five. 530 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 2: I just thought it was a little needless by Banal 531 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 2: to put himself in that position because he didn't have 532 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 2: to take that much risk. He was clearly the faster 533 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 2: of the two, and at some point he was going 534 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 2: to pass him because there were enough laps left to 535 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 2: do it. And I think Alex Marquez was more more 536 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 2: careless than dirty. But you know, there was a bit 537 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: of discretion that probably needed to be taken there because 538 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 2: he's in a battle. He knows he's in a battle 539 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 2: with a guy. To take the line that he took, 540 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 2: knowing Banya is going to sweep into that next right hand. 541 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 2: It was just a little bit on the careless side. 542 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 2: But as I said before, I reckon Peco's super lucky 543 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 2: that he didn't get a finger caught under a bike 544 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: and break a finger or do something to his elbow, 545 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 2: because that when you've got a one hundred and sixty 546 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 2: kilo bike on top of you and you're skidding through 547 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 2: the gravel trap that can go anyway, You've got no 548 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: way of deciding how you roll or fall in that situation. 549 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 2: So you know, it's lucky that he's okay about it. 550 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: But yeah, it's fair to say that social media got 551 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 2: lit up a a bit on Sunday night and all 552 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 2: through Monday here in Australia. And just to remind you, 553 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 2: Pecko Beano is a Valentino Rossi protege. So let's just 554 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 2: bring up Marquez Rossie Malaysia twenty and fifteen all over again. 555 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 2: And let's just bring that little one out because it's 556 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 2: only been nine years. We haven't talked about it for 557 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 2: a while, have we. 558 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I'm going to be a bit controversial 559 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: here and I'm going to disagree with you. I actually think, yeah, 560 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: I know, let's do it. I actually think I actually 561 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: think Pecko is that fault for this one. 562 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 3: I think it's a okay, it's my thoughts. Peco overtook Alex. 563 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: He knew Alex was there right in his post race interview. 564 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 1: He's saying, but Alex was going at the throttle and 565 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: I couldn't see him. 566 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 3: You just passed him. 567 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: You knew he was right there, Kay, he ran wide, 568 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 1: But what is someone going to do when they run 569 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: wide and they're going to come back in. I think that, yeah, 570 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: you were faster, but at the same time you you 571 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: weren't necessarily on the racing line either. I think that 572 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: Peco was visibly frustrated from the start. He's taking that 573 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: aggression out. Then this happened. He didn't want to let go. 574 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: Alex didn't want to let go. That then I just 575 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: call it a racing incident. But at the same time, 576 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: I still think Pecko was the one who kind of 577 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: caused it. 578 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 2: Go on that well, yeah, well, I do agree with 579 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 2: what you just said then. In it strikes me that 580 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 2: this was an accident that Pecko could have chosen to avoid, 581 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 2: if that makes sense, because maybe there was an inevita, 582 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,959 Speaker 2: there was an inevitability of them coming together. And this 583 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 2: goes back to what I was saying before about his 584 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,959 Speaker 2: sort of sense of injustice and being principled and what 585 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: have you. It's like, no, I'm going to take more 586 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 2: normal racing line here without potentially considering the consequences of 587 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: an accident between the two of them. Now we're talking 588 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 2: about milliseconds and making decisions. But what you just said 589 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 2: before that perhaps he was there was a bit of 590 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 2: embedded frustration about the poor start and the way the 591 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 2: weekend had gone out of his control. But look, Marquez 592 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 2: himself in a position to have the accident, but Peco 593 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 2: decided to not back out of having an accident. But 594 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 2: I think he could have made maybe a more sensible decision, 595 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 2: And I just keep coming back to six laps left. 596 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 2: There was plenty of time to make that position and 597 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 2: just bank those shore fire sixteen points, which would have 598 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: been a pretty good salvage job from a pretty ropye weekend. 599 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 2: And here we have a situation now where it would 600 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 2: have been a seven point championship lead for Juorge Martinez 601 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 2: now twenty three. It's pretty significant. So yeah, it looks 602 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: certainly an interesting certainly an interesting decision by Peco. Certainly 603 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 2: some good social media fighter for everybody, but this one's 604 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 2: going to run and run. But apparently they did have 605 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 2: a meeting behind closed doors Alex Marquez and Peco on 606 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 2: Sunday night with Atney cameras president and put their point 607 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 2: of view across. So I dare say, once we get 608 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 2: to Massano, they'll probably try and bury this and just 609 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: move on. But certainly costly for Peco. 610 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,479 Speaker 1: Definitely costly for Peco. 611 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 3: I think that. 612 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: It kind of divided also the hole Reta GYP, because 613 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: a lot of the Italians didn't want to disagree with 614 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: Peco and what he was saying. And then we had 615 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: non Italians such as Pedro a Costa or Jack Miller, 616 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: who has a longstanding history with the Marcus brothers, shall 617 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: we say, who was very open about his thoughts. So 618 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: it's interesting how everybody's kind of giving their opinion on 619 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: it as well. And like we said, we don't know 620 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: what happened at the end. There was a discussion obviously 621 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: with the FAM shows where Alex Marquez said he could 622 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: see and Peco Banya is like, how could you not see? 623 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 1: But yeah, there was that discussion behind closed doors. We 624 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: don't know the outcome of it. I think we're never 625 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: going to know the outcome of it. They're just gonna 626 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: brush it under the rug, move on and head to Mazzano. 627 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,959 Speaker 1: But yet, like you said, it was still crazy scary 628 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: for Peco to get stuck under both bikes and then 629 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: walk away with literally what he said was a saw 630 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: neck and a sore shoulder where nothing was broken, nothing 631 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: was damaged, and he could get up straight off. You 632 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: don't see those crashes like that too often, and you 633 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: don't want to see those crashes like that at all. 634 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 2: Nah, definitely not. And I think, isn't it funny how 635 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 2: I don't know who's the big winner and loser out 636 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 2: of this, but let's tip our cap to the stewards here, 637 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 2: because I didn't mind the fact that they were going 638 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 2: to give someone a long lap penalty or a three 639 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 2: place screen drop or something for Messano, because they came 640 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 2: to the odeological decision and just described it as a 641 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 2: racing incident and moved on. And I don't like racing 642 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 2: incident as a descriptor to me. I think it gets 643 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 2: used a lot of the time when no one can 644 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: actually decide what the punishment should be, so everyone just 645 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 2: shrugs their shoulders and goes racing incident and we just 646 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 2: move on. I'm kind of glad that neither of them 647 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 2: have been punished for this, because, yeah, it was really unfortunate, 648 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: but it also means we rule a line under it 649 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 2: and we just get on with it from here. We're 650 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 2: not going to be talking about it. Well, we'll be 651 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 2: talking about it on Thursday, let's be honest. But once 652 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 2: we get on track at Massano on Friday and then 653 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 2: perhaps we can just concentrate on the racing. 654 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: Yes, So this weekend some writers who I thought did 655 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: really well. Alice Rinn's nine on the Yamaha. 656 00:29:58,920 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 3: That's fantastic. 657 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: Alex Rinns, who's had such a terrible few years and 658 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: trying to gel with that Yamaha, I think cool to 659 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: see him in the top ten. 660 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, very much. 661 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: So. 662 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 2: It was one of those ones that was concentrating so 663 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 2: much on Marques and the celebrations and Peco and Alex 664 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 2: Marquez and what have you, that I looked at the 665 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 2: standings about the result about fifteen minutes after the race 666 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 2: and went well, Alex Rinn's got Jack Miller on the 667 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 2: last slat for ninth and seeing a Yamaha in the 668 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 2: top ten it was a bit like watching Fabio do 669 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 2: so well in the sprint on Saturday. It's weird seeing 670 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 2: a Yamaha up in the top ten. You almost have 671 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 2: to do this double take and go, what there's not 672 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 2: eight decaddies and then perhaps a KTM and in the 673 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 2: top ten. So great weekend for him. We know how 674 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 2: good Alex Rince is because we saw it towards the 675 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 2: end of the Suzuki tenure. He's been so injured for 676 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 2: the best part of two years that we've kind of 677 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 2: forgotten how good the guy is. So a weekend of 678 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: progress for each rider on different days for Yamaha, but 679 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 2: nice to see him back up there. 680 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: And Takanakagami p. Eleven on the Itametsu Honda recently announced 681 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: that he's going to tire did that after we recorded 682 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: our pod. Thanks Taker, But I think that it's really 683 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: good for him to I get you know, the Hondas 684 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: are struggling. We all know that for him to be 685 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: almost in the top ten is a phenomenal result for 686 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: heading into the remainder of the season. 687 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, not a bad weekend for Honda as far as 688 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four weekends go. We had Zako was fantastic 689 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 2: on Friday, directly into Q two, highest qualification for a 690 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 2: Honda all season. Even Jan Mier managed to score some 691 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 2: points on Sunday, so it was a little bit of 692 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 2: a better weekend, but good result for attacker. He's been 693 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 2: quite decent the last couple of races actually, but maybe 694 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 2: a little bit of the pressure off that he knows 695 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 2: that things are coming to an end at the end 696 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 2: of this season, and he's hugely important for that project 697 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 2: going forward because we know how experience the guy is. 698 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 2: He'll do a lot of his work behind the scenes 699 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 2: next year. They're still at the foot of a very 700 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 2: very steep mountain looking up, wondering how they get to 701 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 2: the top. But certainly a good weekend for him, and yeah, 702 00:31:58,520 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 2: maybe there'll be a few more before the end of 703 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: the season now that he knows he's only got eight 704 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 2: rounds to do. 705 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: Exactly, and as always, we've got to touch on our Aussies. 706 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: Jack Miller across the line in P. Ten, but that 707 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: high oppression fringement meant he got relegated back to P. Fifteen. 708 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: Unfortunate for Jack Miller because it was strong for him 709 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: to be up there. I mean, obviously the crashes out 710 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: helped him, but P. Ten to cross the line, that's 711 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: pretty good. 712 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, LOK tenth would have been his second top ten 713 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 2: of the season had that held, and he was as 714 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 2: he always is when it's very, very sketchy conditions. He 715 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 2: was pretty good at points over the course of the 716 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 2: ARA Gold weekend. He was one of those guys that 717 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 2: probably would have preferred for it just a pretty sketchy 718 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 2: because a bit like Marcus, he gets up to speed 719 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 2: so quickly when the track's very uncertain. There were points 720 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 2: of the weekend that looked pretty decent for Jack, So 721 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 2: fifteenth on paper doesn't sound great. He got it was 722 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 2: unlucky to get devoted so far with that sixteen second 723 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 2: time penalty, but it was better. But he'll certainly want more, 724 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: and I think the gap to his teammate Brad Pinner 725 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 2: was probably the more alarming thing. But look, we know 726 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 2: with Massano coming up, and we'll talk about that on 727 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 2: our preview episode later in the week. He's super super 728 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 2: quick at Pisano, always has been. He's brilliant qualifying there. 729 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 2: So maybe there's some better times ahead for Jack after 730 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 2: what happened to Aragon. 731 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: Ozzie Center Aegis in Moto two got sixteenth, which I 732 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: thought was good. He wasn't super strong this weekend, but 733 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: just outside of the points, I think it's still a 734 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: learning year for him. In Moto two, so he's had 735 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: his highs, he's had his lows this season. I think 736 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: going into Mazzano he's been doing testing at a lot 737 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: of Italian tracks, so I think for him going into 738 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: this weekend coming will be it will be a lot stronger. 739 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 3: Also in Moto. 740 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: Three, our Aussie's Joel Kelso P five started on the 741 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: green and P five got up to second and then 742 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: back to P five and then Jacob Rulstone twenty first 743 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: for the weekend after that crazy high side. 744 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 3: That he had during I think it was Q two. 745 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 3: I don't know how he walked away from that one either. 746 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: He did say he is feeling pretty battered and bruised 747 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: after that. 748 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a nasty one right at the start 749 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,040 Speaker 2: of Q two on his first lapper. Is what are 750 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 2: those ones that you pull yourself back from the screen 751 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 2: to go? That's going to hurt. So, yeah, disappointing weekend 752 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,239 Speaker 2: for him. He's sort of lost he's momentum a little bit. 753 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 2: He's only he's got four points in the last five 754 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 2: races now, so hopefully things get back on track for Jacob. 755 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 2: He's falling to fifteenth in the World Championship, but Kelso's race again. 756 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 2: Just you know, it's becoming pretty routine for Joel to 757 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 2: qualify incredibly well. Sometimes he fades a fair bit back 758 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 2: for where he's qualified, so to start finish fifth bit 759 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 2: lonely in a bit of a strange race where I 760 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 2: think the Moto three guys had the worst of the 761 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 2: track conditions on Sunday because it was still a bit 762 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,799 Speaker 2: damp in parts, but match Diseason best from Portugal and 763 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 2: her wrath with finishing fifth and he was pretty strong, 764 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 2: and yeah, center ageous. I think the thing for Center 765 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,479 Speaker 2: on the weekend qualifying is twenty fourth on the grid. 766 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,720 Speaker 2: And it was a weird weekend for Moto two because 767 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 2: we saw Sergio Ghuslia, the championship leader, have an absolute 768 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 2: shaker and was right down on the back. So it 769 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 2: was one of those strange weekends for Moto two. He 770 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 2: moved forward in the race, but as you said, just 771 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 2: outside about half a second outside the point, so did 772 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 2: reasonably well from where he started, but his weekend was 773 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 2: kind of defined by what happened on Saturday. 774 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: I think, well, guys, that's all the time we have 775 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: for Mono GP pit Hook, But like we said, we're 776 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: going to be back later. This week to preview, and 777 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: Matt has challenged me to say this the Grand Primo 778 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: Red Bull di San Marino Adela Riviera di Rimini at 779 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. 780 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 3: I did it. 781 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,840 Speaker 2: Want that the accent though, I want the accent for 782 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 2: next time. And it's a good job that we've got 783 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 2: an extended time on this podcast, because that's allast the 784 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 2: episode right there. You could just say the name of 785 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 2: the event of where it is, and that's all we've 786 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,320 Speaker 2: got time for this week. So well done. I expect 787 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 2: the Italian accent will be better by the end of 788 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 2: the week though. 789 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll work on it for you guys, but don't forget. 790 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 3: You can catch all the. 791 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,240 Speaker 1: Action live and ad break free, and you can replay 792 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: the Ragon Grand Prix on Fox Sports and KO Plus. 793 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 3: Keep up today with all the leaders. 794 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: MotoGP news on our socials at Fox Motorsport, wherever you 795 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: check out social media, and via our website, foxsports dot Com, 796 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: dot Au, Forward Slash Motorsport. But from Matt Clayton and 797 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: myself Rinita Vermullian. We'll be back in a few days 798 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: with more Moto GP pittok