1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: The professor prevails in Mategui, while the rookies errors cost 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: him his first Grand Prix victory twice. I'm your host, 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: Rnita Vanmullen, and today we've got the Motor GP Ninja 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: of Knowledge mac Layton Matt. I feel like we have 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: to start with Saturday and talk about Pedro Acosta taking pole, 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: huge step for the rookie, and then also the first 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: time I think we've had all year, three different manufacturers 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: on the front row. It's so exciting to see these 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: changes happening in the grid. 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was cool Pedro Acosta on pole, Vanya second 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 2: Vignales thirty. Okay, we've had this season that's been so 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: massively dominated by a decady that it was nice to 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 2: see some variety up the front. But that was a 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: very very cool qualifying session because you had this looming 15 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: specter of rain the entire time. It looked like Mark 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 2: Barkes had pulled just a supernatural lap out of the bag, 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: and then it turns out that he breaks track limits 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: at turn four and the message was slow getting to him, 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: so he didn't have a chance for a second lap. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, you end up with 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: Pedro Acosta on pole and he's been a little bit 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: wasn't so anonymous, but he certainly cooled down from how 23 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 2: well he started the season. And remember Austria was terrible. 24 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 2: He's berating himself and angry with everybody and everything that 25 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 2: we've got a taste of this in Indonesia the previous week. 26 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: And then to seek him put a bike on pole that, 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: let's face it, it's not really a bike that should be 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: on pole on merit, and he's a rookie and he 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 2: goes and sticks it on pole at a track that 30 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: he's clearly never ridden a Motor GP bike before against 31 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 2: all of those decaddees. So so impressive, and it just 32 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: shows you why everyone's so excited about what this kid 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 2: could do. Because I don't know about you, but it 34 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: doesn't look like it's some one off, does it. It 35 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 2: looks completely repeatable that you wouldn't be shocked at all 36 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: if he got another pole or two before the end 37 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: of the season. I just think he's that good. 38 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: Oh for sure, he's going to get a podium and 39 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: a win. Sorry, he's going to get his Motor GP 40 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: win in his rookie year. It's inevitable. It's got to 41 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: have to happen because it's Pedro Acosta, right. 42 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: It feels like it when you consider what he's riding 43 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: relative to I mean, look, the Catty's not only got 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: strength of numbers with eight of them, but they're clearly 45 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 2: the best spike. We've talked about this a few times, 46 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 2: and you have to look at what a cost is 47 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: doing relative to super experienced guys like Brad Binder and 48 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 2: Jack Miller on the same machinery. Now he's behind Binder 49 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: in the standings for reasons that we'll get to it 50 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: later in this podcast. But you cannot help but be 51 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: impressed with his rookie season because he came in with 52 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: so much hype after winning mto three, Moto two. But 53 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: you know, when someone comes in with that much expectation, 54 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: they can only kind of disappoint, if you know what 55 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 2: I mean, if they're not great from day one. But 56 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: we saw those first two or three races when he 57 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: was on the podium and he's finishing strong, and look, 58 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: you know, we do have to talk about what happened 59 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: over the course of the weekend because you'll beating himself 60 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 2: up for it. But at the end of the day, 61 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: he ticks so many boxes this rookie season, and yeah, 62 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: I mean he's running out of chances to get that 63 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: first win in twenty twenty four, it wouldn't be a surprise. 64 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 2: But once he's in that factory KTM team next year, 65 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 2: I think that's going to lift that entire organization up 66 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 2: and maybe they had a big challenger to Decanty next year. 67 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: Well, you mentioned Q two and I want to talk 68 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: on that a little bit because it was super interesting 69 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: in the fact that Joe Martin had his worst qualifying 70 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: I think since was it twenty twenty three that you 71 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: don't expect that from him. So my thought, and I 72 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: know I've been saying this so much, but is it 73 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: the pressure? Was it just mategi because there was like 74 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: so many unknowns of was it the weather getting that 75 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: file lap in? Was it that needed to be happened 76 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the session? Did he leave it 77 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: too late? What is going on with Joje Martin in 78 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: that Q two because it's so unlike him. 79 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a little bit. It's felt inevitable that 80 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: more of them were going to go down because that 81 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: was such a weird Q two because normally you see 82 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: the way Q two develops and that everyone will get 83 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: a banker lap in on that first run, they'll build 84 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 2: to the ball, they'll leave it all out there on 85 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: that last lap. But it felt like every single corner 86 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: of every single lap, the weather was variable. It wasn't 87 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: like it was starting bad and getting worse. It was 88 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: very So is there a bit of raid on your visor? 89 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: Is there not? Is it threatening in some parts? Is 90 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: it threatening in other parts? And you see the aerial 91 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: shot of that twin ring Motigui layout, it's over such 92 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: a vast area because you've got the IndyCar oval there 93 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: and so the circuits super spread out, you can have 94 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: totally different weather in one end of the track than 95 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 2: the other. So combination of really strange track conditions and 96 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: air conditions and the nature of that track where it's 97 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: a lot of big stops into hairpins, I think it 98 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: was inevitable that someone was to come off. Now the 99 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: fact that it was Martin, he's normally so volcanic over 100 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: one lap, we'd seen what Marquez had done earlier in 101 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: that session, perhaps a little bit of pressure. But what 102 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: was strange for me is that everything leading up to 103 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 2: qualifying it kind of felt like of the two title protagonists. 104 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: It felt like Pecot was on the back foot a 105 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: little bit and he was the one that came through. 106 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: And I do wonder if that's going to be a 107 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 2: theme over these next four races with Martin holding the advantage. 108 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: But I think, and we've said this before, I think 109 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: I have more trust in Banoya to make fewer mistakes. 110 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: Now. 111 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: I know that sounds weird for a guy to had 112 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: seventy nfs this year, but because he's been in a 113 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 2: couple of title fights already and he's won them, I 114 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 2: trust him to be a bit more solid in the 115 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: back end of races. And maybe Joje Martine's the guy 116 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: who's possibly faster but maybe more prone to making errors. 117 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 2: It's probably something to watch going forward. But yeah, it 118 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: was unusual to see him so far back on the grid, 119 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: But you've got to say he did a pretty good 120 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 2: job saving it, didn't they. 121 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: Yes, he made up a fair few positions, which we 122 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: will talk about the sprint and the race shortly. But 123 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: you mentioned earlier that Mark Marquez's poll lap disqualification. I 124 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: posted on the Fox Sports socials this social media screen 125 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: grab basically where Moto GP posted. You know, the rules 126 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: of the rules blah blah blah, and you can see 127 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: where Mark's blake goes on there, and then Mark commented that, going, yeah, 128 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: but the timing is the timing, and you could see 129 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: he was so frustrated with the fact that it took 130 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: so long for the stewards to get that notification to him. 131 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: Do you think that it was fair or should it 132 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: have been a much quicker response from the stewards. 133 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 2: Look, I think it should have been a much quicker response. 134 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 2: I don't think they are denying that, and I don't 135 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: think Mark's denying that he ran onto the green and 136 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: it was a track limits violation either. I think both 137 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: agreed with the sentiment. But the timing of when that 138 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 2: message was delivered there was some sort of software or 139 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 2: electronics glitch or something someone's probably trying to install, like 140 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 2: a new iPhone update in the background or something who knows, 141 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 2: But you know, when you've already got a roll at 142 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 2: clock at a fifty buet Q two session, you can't 143 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: have delays like this. So here he was thinking that 144 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: he was on pole and then the lap got scrubbed 145 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 2: and he was nine that he didn't have a chance 146 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: to do anything about it. So look, just one of 147 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 2: those weird technical things that it shouldn't go wrong in 148 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 2: top level sport, but it does. The stewards explained what 149 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: had happened, and they said they'll try a nine it 150 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: out so it doesn't happen again. But you know you're 151 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 2: going to have situations like this where things fail. It's 152 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 2: just you don't want them to fail at that moment. 153 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: So it was a The problem was a problem of timing, 154 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: not the fact that there was some sort of dispute 155 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 2: that he broach track limits or the fact that the 156 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 2: penalty needed to be given. It was just a timing 157 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 2: thing and unfortunate for markus. My goodness, that was a 158 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 2: lap when you consider what it is that he's writing. 159 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 2: And I love watching him about you, but I love 160 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: watching him in those conditions where everyone's a little bit unsure. 161 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 2: You know, we see guys going out on their outlaps 162 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: in there, dragging their foot along the ground to trouble 163 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 2: work out how wet it is. I love watching him 164 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: in situations like that because he's always been a guy 165 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 2: that's just all right. There's only one way to find 166 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 2: out where the group is. Let's go and attack it 167 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: and just live on my wit it's it's super fun 168 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: to watch, but in the end, a bit like Juje Martine, 169 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: like he was way further back on the grid that 170 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: he should have been, But it didn't really affect his 171 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: weekend too much because of how well he. 172 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: Recovered Saturday's sprint. It's hard to not talk about peker 173 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: van Yaya's starts at the moment because we see him 174 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: in these his practice starts and it looks like he's struggling, 175 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden it comes to the 176 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: Grand Prix, he just gets the whole shot every time. 177 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: Those two caddies are insane. But then we had the 178 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: opposite happen with Maverick Vinalez who got the terrible sart 179 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: and just like blended into the back of the field. 180 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: Well did it twice, did it on Saturday and Sunday. 181 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 2: And my understanding was the Saturday problem was that the 182 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: rear ride height device didn't disengage properly, which we've heard 183 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: that a number of times. And I don't think there's 184 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: going to be that many people too worried about when 185 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: they leave the sports. I'm not sure exactly what they're 186 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: adding at this point. If everyone's got them and everyone's 187 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 2: theoretically making the same start. Then we're just investing a 188 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 2: heap of money into something that's not really helping the show. 189 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: That's another podcast, I think. But yeah, Vignalez, the race 190 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 2: started and he went from the front row and we 191 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: barely saw him again except for what he crashed on 192 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 2: Sunday is just you know, a black bike down in 193 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 2: the gravel. So it was a weird one because he 194 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: hasn't been up the front in qualifying for a fair while, 195 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: and like you said, it's like, oh, this is good. 196 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: Three manufacturers on the front, maybe we're going to get 197 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: a diverse race. But he was out of the equation 198 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: pretty quickly because of that ride height device I mentioned 199 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 2: before on Saturday and then crashed out on Sunday. And 200 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 2: I think where you're going next? And I haven't seen 201 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: your run sheet here, so I'm just projecting. I think 202 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 2: the next two words on your run sheet might be 203 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: Pedro Acosta, because we do have to talk about what 204 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: happened to the pole sitter, don't we. 205 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: Well. I heard on the coverage that he's running the 206 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: chassis that Brad Benda was testing, and Brad didn't like it. 207 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,719 Speaker 1: But I wanted to ask you, is that what you 208 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: think is helping propel Pedro Acosta. Does he seem to 209 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: just be gelling with this new Chaffi. But then obviously 210 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: what happened, what happened crashed out of the lead. Is 211 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: that just like I said, the intro was at just 212 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: a rookie error A little bit. 213 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, on the first part, I was curious 214 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: to hear Herbet Poncherraal speaking to Simon Crafar on the 215 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 2: coverage where they said that after Aragon they've stopped throwing 216 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: so many new bits at Pedro and the bike to 217 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 2: test because Katim's always trying to push the envelope and 218 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: bring updates, and it got to the point where I 219 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 2: think he was almost trying too much stuff without you know, 220 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: being remembering what it was that he'd tried and how 221 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: he tried it. I remember he mentioned in the Messano 222 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 2: test he said we tried this, and I think that 223 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: was the second run, but maybe it was the third 224 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:07,959 Speaker 2: run and I can't remember. And then there was something else, 225 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 2: and they're throwing so much stuff at him that maybe 226 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 2: they've stripped it back and said all right, here is 227 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 2: a bike, go and work with this, go and understand this. 228 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 2: Find out where the performance envelope goes, and he just 229 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 2: seems to have been a lot more settled since then. 230 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: We saw how good he was in Indonesia, as I 231 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 2: mentioned earlier, but in terms of the sprint and the 232 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 2: Grand Prix, I mean the sprint was the one that 233 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 2: surprised me a little bit because you would have thought 234 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: starting on pole in motor GP race for the first time, 235 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 2: all right, bit of pressure in the early lapse, but 236 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: he had a pretty comfortable lee before he crashed out 237 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 2: with three laps left, and I reckon that one was 238 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: done simply because Bagnal was second and not really going 239 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 2: to push hard enough to risk for a minimal number 240 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 2: of points where he's got a championship deficit to think about. 241 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 2: So the race was there for a costa to lose, 242 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 2: and he managed to lose it, probably by over pushing 243 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 2: a little bit. He had a comfortable margin, he was 244 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 2: trying to make it more comfortable. That's just an inexperienced thing, 245 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 2: perhaps being a bit anxious for that first win. But 246 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 2: the Sunday race, where he'd been beaten into term one 247 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 2: by Vanyaya, he had second place pretty comfortable at that 248 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 2: point because as we mentioned, before Martina Marquez was so 249 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: far in the pack that they had to fight their 250 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 2: way through. So it wasn't a comfortable second place, but 251 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: it was a second place you could consolidate on and 252 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 2: then see what happened in the back half of the race. 253 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 2: And then not even three laps it, he's down at 254 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 2: the last corner and managed to continue on for a 255 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 2: little bit. I think he kept going hoping there might 256 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 2: have been a flag to flag and he could have 257 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 2: come in and changed bikes and see what happened there. 258 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: But such a disappointment to leave motigue with no points, 259 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: given how good he was for the whole weekend, and 260 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: you know, he said he was just sad after the race. 261 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 2: Like the good thing with him is he's pretty unfiltered 262 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 2: when it comes to when he does his media and 263 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 2: that sort of thing, and there's no hiding how disappointed 264 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 2: he was. And it's good that he's disappointed, because you 265 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: get the sense that once he gets away from the weekend, 266 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: he'll look at how that panned out. It's like, I've 267 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 2: got no points here, but I've taken pole. It's still 268 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: a successful weekend despite the lack of points, but it's 269 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 2: already a successful weekend, if you don't make the same 270 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: mistakes next time you're in that situation. So the next 271 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 2: time he gets up the front, I don't think if 272 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 2: it doesn't go well, I don't think it's going to 273 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: because of that. Let's say that. 274 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's going to learn those lessons and 275 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: the mistakes that he made. He'll go and assess everything 276 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: and what I feel like I'm learning about Pedro And 277 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: I guess you can agree or disagree, but it seems 278 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: like he is a very methodical writer and is almost 279 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: like an old soul when it comes to his riding 280 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: and the bike and understanding. Where quite often you'd see 281 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: these rookies come in and I'm interested to see next 282 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: year with these motoritude guys who are stepping up, is 283 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: how much it is just like full gaass flat out 284 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: where Pedro seems to be. He's so involved with the development, understanding, 285 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: working with the engineers and everything that it's almost like 286 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: he's a different generation writer. He shouldn't be so young. 287 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, completely, like he's got an old head on 288 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: young shoulders. The thing I like about him too is 289 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 2: he's really accountable in that he's not going to be 290 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 2: one of these guys that looks for a million excuses 291 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: to blame everything under other than himself. He's very much 292 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 2: in the moment. He'll put his hand up and say, 293 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 2: I stuffed up here. Now we move on to the next. 294 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 2: But it's good that he there's a real care factor 295 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: there because he is so invested, like he's impatient, which 296 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 2: all the great writers are. You have to remember, this 297 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 2: kid's still twenty years old. But there's a degree of 298 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 2: accountability there that I like. And you see this in 299 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 2: all forms of motorsports. Sometimes it's a bit I win, 300 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 2: but you lose or we lose, and there's a deflection 301 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: of accountability there. He's very quick to put his hand 302 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 2: up when it's his mistake, even if sometimes there might 303 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 2: be extenuating circumstances. So long term, as much as matigue 304 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 2: is going to hurt, I think it's going to hold 305 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 2: him in good stead because yeah, he would just learn 306 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 2: from his mistakes, and he's that mature old soul as 307 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 2: you were saying before, and I'd be very surprised if 308 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 2: he did the same thing twice in the future. 309 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: I just want to also mention and we'll move on 310 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: from Pedro shortly, but I loved how in the Thursday 311 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: press conference. Afterwards, Motor GP posted how he was saying 312 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: that Johe Martin and Peco Banyaya need to create more 313 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: entertainment for everyone. I thought that was hilarious. And then 314 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: after the sprint, I think it was Lewis Sudderby said 315 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I said, how you haven't put a 316 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: tire wrong or race and then you tucked the front. 317 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: And then Pedro looks directly down the camera and was like, commentators, 318 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: just don't mention my name in Sunday's grom pre please, 319 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: I don't want the commentator curse. 320 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: He's I love this kid's krismus because he's so unfiltered 321 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 2: about everything. You get the sense that you know, he's 322 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 2: pretty similar to the way he is on camera when 323 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 2: he's off camera. There's just one speed with him and 324 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: he says what he thinks. But that was Lewis Sardaby. 325 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 2: I felt you're always flirting with dangerous a commentator when 326 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: you start mentioning things like that, And he wasn't saying 327 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 2: anything that was untrue. He had been absolutely flawless to 328 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: that point, and no, sir, in that sentence come out 329 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: of his mouth that a Costa was in the grad 330 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: so yeah, ultimate commentator's curse there. That was horrible. 331 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: Let's touch on Jack Miller. So Saturday Sprint PA, first 332 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: KTM across the line thanks to obviously Pedro crashing out 333 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: and that weird technical error that happened with Bradbinder's bike, 334 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: and then p ten on Sunday. I guess, is this 335 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: the boost of confidence that Jack needs heading into the 336 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: rest of the year. 337 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 2: The start on Sunday, if you've gone back and watched it. 338 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 2: I actually went and watched the onboard. It's a bit 339 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: like a video game in it. He went from fourteenth 340 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 2: on the grid to fifth on lap one and he 341 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 2: just decided, I'm going to stick to the inside line here, 342 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: and I'm going to run a really really tight line 343 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: and where everyone's elbowing each other and carrying on the 344 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 2: first lap and we can talk about Juan mir and 345 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 2: Alex Marquez a little bit later on. He looked up 346 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: and he said afterwards, holy shit, I'm in fifth place. 347 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: It was just like the greatest analysis of all time. 348 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: It's like, how did I do that? And look, the 349 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 2: KTM is not a bike that should be fighting up 350 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: in those positions for anyone than Pedro Acosta. At the moment, 351 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: there was always a sense he was going to regress 352 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: to the meme, but put a couple of nice passes 353 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 2: on Marquez and Bastianini and looked pretty decent and it's 354 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: settled to where it probably should have been by the end. 355 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 2: I think he was probably a bit disappointed that he 356 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 2: lost that place to Elasias Bagaro on the second last lap. 357 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: He looked like he had that covered. But look top 358 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: ten finish in the sprint in the Grand Prix. It's 359 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 2: not often we've said that. 360 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: This year. 361 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 2: It's the third double top ten of the year Portugal 362 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 2: and San Marino with the other two, so definitely heading 363 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: in the right direction. I think he was super frustrated 364 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 2: on Saturday because he just keeps getting knocked out in 365 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: Q one, where you look at who's in Q one, 366 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 2: you're thinking, all right, he should be a guy that 367 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: comes through here and just made a mistake at the 368 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: end of Q one, and the difference between qualifying on 369 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: the first three rows and qualifying further back is yeah, 370 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 2: we know the KT gets off the line really well. 371 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 2: Jack's one of the best guys on the GRIT on 372 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 2: first laps but you're giving yourself so much to do 373 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 2: this weekend up paid off where he had that mega 374 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: first lap seven days before that, he was on the 375 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 2: ground three corners because he's just in the jungle of 376 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 2: the mid pack as they thunder through the first few corners. 377 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 2: So a Q two appearance, I mean, look, Phillip Island 378 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 2: is somewhere he's generally qualified pretty well and he always 379 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 2: starts well there. We've seen that several times, even going 380 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 2: back to the older second tier Honda days. He was 381 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 2: got off the start at Philip Island. But you've just 382 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 2: got to get out of Q one because the depth 383 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 2: of MotoGP at the moment. There's seriously good guys in 384 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 2: Q one and we don't see it as much because 385 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 2: the TV coverage focuses on the front, but it's madness 386 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: back there on the first lap, and the risk taking 387 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 2: because people know how these races go now is pretty 388 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 2: severe back there. So you know, in seven days he 389 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 2: got the he went from zero to hero in seven 390 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 2: days on the first lap. But look, double top ten 391 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 2: as good as it can get at the moment, and yeah, 392 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 2: at least things are looking positive ahead of Philip Island 393 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 2: for him. 394 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: Did you see those photos that we posted on the 395 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Fox socials of the Vader seas or the vapor trails 396 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: coming on. Yes, how incredible is that taken by Gareth 397 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: Harford who's a motor GP photographer. If he's been captured before. 398 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: I think it might have a few years ago with Zako, 399 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: but you could really see how the arrow is coming 400 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: into play makes it that's what you seek. 401 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, there were some really interesting stuff with Jack on Saturday. 402 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 2: He had those amazing photos which was a combination of 403 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 2: the light being dull enough that you could see and 404 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 2: this huge humidity because it looked like it was about 405 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: to rain the entire time and never quite did, so 406 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,959 Speaker 2: those photos were amazing. But I don't know if you 407 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: saw on the coverage the slow mo shot of Jack 408 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 2: coming out of that big stop at the end of 409 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 2: the back straight there with the chassis twisting and bucking 410 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 2: and vibrating. And every time he comes into a media 411 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 2: debrief he always talks about the vibration through the chassis 412 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 2: and we haven't been able to get on top of 413 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 2: it during the year. And someone brought up that that 414 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 2: slow mo shot had gone out on the world feed 415 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 2: through Q one and he looked at everyone said, see, 416 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: I'm not making this up, like this is exactly what 417 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 2: we've been dealing with for the last ten months ever 418 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 2: since that new re attire went in. It's just so 419 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 2: the performance of that retire is so strong and so 420 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: powerful that that bike looks like a super handful getting 421 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 2: back on the gas. And that's what he's been saying 422 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 2: all year. If you're doing that corner by corner lap 423 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 2: by lap, someone like a Coster maybe who's never ridden 424 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 2: abotor GP bike before, you know, he doesn't necessarily know 425 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 2: any different. So it's almost sometimes it's better to not 426 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 2: know what's going on, where someone like Jack or Brad 427 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 2: Binder or some of the more experienced guys on that 428 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: bike are like, hang on, it wasn't like this before, 429 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 2: but it was Jack saying on Saturday, So I'm not 430 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 2: making this shit up. This is actually real. So yeah, 431 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 2: it was quite funny to see that. 432 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: I think. Yeah, even from like a technical standpoint, it 433 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: was really cool to witness because you hear these writers 434 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: talking about chatter a lot, and I guess it's someone 435 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: who doesn't understand the bikes or what's going on. You're like, 436 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: what's his chatter? Like I don't understand that. And then 437 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: you see that bouncing and like you said, corner after corner. 438 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: If that's happening, no wonder. They're losing the drive, they're 439 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: losing corner entry, they're losing the speed everything that comes 440 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: along with it. But yeah, I guess for Jacket it 441 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,120 Speaker 1: was really cool to see and cool to see even 442 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: the commentators talk about, like, oh my god, look at 443 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: what's happening to his US sixteen right now. So I 444 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: love those supersomos on the I. 445 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 2: Could watch those soups. I'm a massive nerd for the 446 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 2: super SlowMo camera. I got a bit. I love watching 447 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: those things because the just the detail that you get 448 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 2: to see with everything slowed down that much that it's 449 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 2: impossible for the naked eye to see. And I find 450 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 2: myself watching them a couple of times because you're looking 451 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 2: at what the front of the bike's doing. You look 452 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 2: at what the back of the bike's doing when it's 453 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 2: dull like it wasn't Motigi. I love the clear visors 454 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 2: so you can see where the rider's eyes are. That's 455 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: always a really cool thing to watch on the coverage 456 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 2: as well. So yeah, super slowo camera, big tick in 457 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 2: this household big tick. 458 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: But let's move on to Sunday's from Prix so we 459 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: can tick that one off the list. You mentioned it earlier. 460 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: I was going to bring up straight away what a 461 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: bizarre crash between Alex Marquez and Johan Mia. I know 462 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: that Alex has been given that penalty, but the way 463 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: that his bike was stuck under John Muir's Honda, that 464 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: was just so so weird. 465 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 2: I'm not I'm not sure I've seen a crash like 466 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 2: that where another bike attaches itself to a bike with 467 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 2: a rider still on it and get dragged the entire 468 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 2: way through this at the gravel trap and Juami managed 469 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 2: to stay upright while towing Alex Marquez's riderless Deckatti behind 470 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: him through a gravel trap. It was absolutely bizarre, and 471 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 2: Mira ended up falling off, which Mir and foleyoff as 472 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 2: a common theme on this podcast. For those of you 473 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 2: playing podcasts Bingo at home, that's twelvety and f's for 474 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 2: Jeanmir this year out of thirty. It's pretty grim for him, 475 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 2: but this one wasn't his fault because he got just 476 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: completely rammed up the back by Alex Marquez. And nobody 477 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 2: was happy after that because Jeanmir was saying, it's not 478 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 2: the first time he's done it, and I want an 479 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 2: apology and this is ridiculous. And to be fair to him, 480 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 2: he'd actually had a really good start because he qualified 481 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 2: down the back and he was already nibbling around the 482 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 2: fringes of the top ten. But Alex Marquez was pretty 483 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: filthy because he's got a long lap for Australia and 484 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: he was saying, all right, so I got taken out 485 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: by another rider's bike in just seven days ago when 486 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 2: Jack Miller's Katim skittled everyone on the first lap. There 487 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: no penalty for Miller, which I did agree with to 488 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 2: be fair, because it was Jack had made his own 489 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 2: mistake and Jack Spike had taken somebody out. Alex Marquez 490 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 2: ran straight up the back of Juan Mir and fell 491 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 2: off his own bike, So I'm not sure he's got 492 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 2: a leg to stand on with complaining about the penalty. 493 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: But yeah, I think if Alex Marquez gets through lap 494 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: one at Philip Isle and they probably should be like 495 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: a round of applause or something, because the last two 496 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 2: races he's got all the way to Indonesia, all the 497 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 2: way to Japan. I think he did three corners in 498 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 2: one race and about ten in the other, so a 499 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 2: lot of travel for not much reward for Alex Marquez. 500 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 2: But the trivia nuts noticed that there were seven decatties 501 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 2: in the top eight finishes. His was the only one 502 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 2: that wasn't, so a bit of variety for Alex. Thank 503 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 2: you for providing that, if not anything. 504 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: Else, well exactly because Mark then said in the post 505 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: race press conference the big Debrie Storry to Simon krafas 506 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: super boring race, and we're like, yeah, apart from that 507 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: crash that happened earlier on and maybe Vignalas and then 508 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: Pedro Acosta, there was nothing else that really happened in 509 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: Sunday's Grand Prix. 510 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: Right, it was super frustrating because it felt like it 511 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 2: felt like something was about to happen for twenty four 512 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 2: laps it didn't actually happen. Let you go, oh, here 513 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 2: we go, this is going to happen. You got the 514 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: top four in the championship, in the top four positions 515 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: after about ten laps, after Martine and Marquez have worked 516 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 2: their way through, So thinking, all right, this thing's like 517 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 2: a you know, a sauce bent on the stove right now, 518 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 2: that's sibbery. You know, it's coming up to the boil, slowly, slowly, 519 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: but surely, and it never quite got there. And we 520 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 2: had the bit where the white flags came out. It's like, oh, 521 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 2: it's it going to be a bit of rain here? 522 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 2: Does someone have to be brave on some dry tires. 523 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 2: It almost became a good race for fourteen laps and 524 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: never actually did. And I've written something for Fox Sports 525 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 2: this morning on Monday here saying that, you know, Mark 526 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 2: Marquez kind of summed up what we all thought that 527 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: he just struck his shoulders and said it was a 528 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 2: super boring race, and he's not wrong. It's Look, it's 529 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 2: great that Banya has narrowed the championship deficit to ten 530 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 2: points now, because I'd be really surprised now if this 531 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 2: doesn't go to a last race showdown at Valencia, which 532 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 2: you know we've seen that in the last couple of years. 533 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: It's super tense, it's really really good TV. You find 534 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 2: out a lot about writers under stress in those sorts 535 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 2: of situations. But if the long term payoff is worth, 536 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 2: if Valenci is good, if we get a fantastic Malaysia, 537 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: and of course Australia in two weeks time, but I 538 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 2: don't think Japan's going to rank very highly on races 539 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 2: that I will rewatch again just to see if I 540 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 2: missed anything, because I'm fairly sure I saw everything I 541 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 2: needed to see. 542 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: Did you see Jojem Martin and Peco Banaya Mark Marquez 543 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: in that little room before they go out on the 544 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: podium and Peco? I think Mark said, what's the points gap? 545 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: Now Peco goes ten and then Peco goes joyes should 546 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: let me close the gap and then we go to 547 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: Valencia with zero points and just battle it out and 548 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: then Peco Sorry, Jem Martine was like, yeah, I'm keen. 549 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 2: And where that was funny too? Is you wonder how 550 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 2: that conversation goes if there's not a camera heaves dropping 551 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 2: on it as well? Because there's a performative aspect to 552 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 2: that green room before they go out on the podium too, 553 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 2: because they know everything they say and do is be 554 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 2: recorded and it's going to be broadcast. That was pretty funny, 555 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,239 Speaker 2: but Peko put him on the spot there. But well, 556 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 2: I don't know about you. I don't mind necessarily a 557 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 2: championship where one manufacturer is doing so much winning. I mean, 558 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 2: Decadie's on my last thirteen Grand Prix. We've not seen this 559 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 2: since I think it was two thousand and one, two 560 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 2: thousand and two with Honda. It was the last time 561 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 2: a single manufacturer won this many races in a row. 562 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 2: I don't mind necessarily one manufacturer dominating if you get 563 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 2: a really live championship fight, which it feels like we're 564 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 2: going to get with banyor Martin for a second straight year. 565 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 2: But you've got all of these little ancillary stories in 566 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 2: that Martin's leaving Tocadi. Imagine if Dacadi dominate a season 567 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 2: like this and then Martin wins the championship and takes 568 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 2: number one and goes off to a prilier with it 569 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 2: like as a marketing exercise, that's a disaster. You've got 570 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,360 Speaker 2: the Marquez situation where he's coming into bad YYS team 571 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 2: next year. So there's all these little subplots bubbling away 572 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 2: in the background that makes me think these last four 573 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 2: races will be pretty good. But yeah, the Sunday race 574 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 2: was nearly a good race for twenty four laps, but 575 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 2: not quite. 576 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: I guess one of the highlights that we could say 577 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: juhe Martin from p. Eleven to P second, P. Two 578 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: on Sunday and Mark Marquez from p. Nine to P. Three. 579 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: I love it when you see them coming through the pack, right. 580 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 2: So what you're saying is we should have reverse grid, 581 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 2: like just like a random wildcard reverse grid race. So 582 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 2: we'll start, you know, like one of the Hoddess probably 583 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 2: be on pole or something, and all the decadeies have 584 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 2: to start down the back. That would be kind of fun, 585 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 2: just to change things up. 586 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: The carnage. Oh could you imagine the carnage? Oh, so entertaining. 587 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about Remy Gardner because he was 588 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: our wild card Aussie for Yamaha, filling in for the 589 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: injured cow crutch Low. Obviously, we know Yamaha this track 590 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: it doesn't really suit their bias because it's very stop 591 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: and go. But from what I heard and what he said, 592 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: it was a positive takeaway for the parts that he 593 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: was testing and giving a clearer understanding to Yamaha. Yeah. 594 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 2: Look, I mean I think when you have a wildcard 595 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 2: in a situation like this, and Remy's obviously not full 596 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 2: time in the series now, so everything's a little bit 597 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 2: alien to him, even though he's done these couple of 598 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 2: wild cards this year with cal Crushlow has been too 599 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: injured to do them. The job description is really different 600 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 2: on these weekends and that yes, she could look at 601 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 2: the standings to go. He was last on the greed, 602 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 2: he finished last in the sprint, he finished last than 603 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 2: the Grand Prix. But you're in your testing things in 604 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 2: a race environment, and if Yamaha are happy with the 605 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 2: jobless they've given you to do, and you've managed to 606 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 2: do that, then that's job done. As far as Rumi 607 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 2: is concerned, I'm sure he would have loved to have 608 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 2: had a soft tire in there and gone healthful leather 609 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 2: for fifteen laps to enjoy himself, to see where he 610 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 2: could have got. But you know what you're signing up 611 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 2: for when you're doing one of these wild cards, and 612 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 2: getting a chance to get on a motor GP bike 613 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: is not something that is afforded to too many people. 614 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 2: And probably he thought that he'd never get a chance 615 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 2: to again after finishing up with Katyeah in twenty twenty two, 616 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 2: so he came to Japan. He did the job for 617 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,479 Speaker 2: a Japanese manufacturer and he will go back. He's got 618 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 2: a back to back to finish world superbikes at Esterilla 619 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 2: and Herrath. I think it is so five weekends in 620 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 2: a row on his bike, He's going to need a 621 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 2: rest after this. 622 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: I think Lucky he loves his job. We said that 623 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: in the last podcast, right, Lucky he loves what he 624 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: gets to do. Well, let's move on to Moto two 625 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: because monor Gping not the most exciting. Grand Prix two 626 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: was so many if but wrong tied choices, slicks, wets, 627 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 1: race restarts, red flagged. It was a lot to process. 628 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 2: I wish we'd had those conditions about an hour later, 629 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 2: just to throw a curveball in there, because it was 630 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 2: one of those. So Moto two they ondly have the 631 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 2: one bike, so there's no changing for wet weather bikes. 632 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 2: So they got halfway around the first lap and it 633 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 2: started pooring with rain randomly, so it was red flagged, 634 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 2: truncated race, and then it became a track that was 635 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 2: wet but drying, but no one knew how fast it 636 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 2: was drying because it was the sun. It was just 637 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 2: the heat and the humidity that might dry it up. 638 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 2: So it was one of those races where sort of 639 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 2: fortune favored the brave a little bit. So the riders 640 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 2: on slicks were the ones that ended up getting the benefit. 641 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 2: The ones that were more cautious on wet's started up 642 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 2: the front and went backwards. But I think I Gura 643 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 2: finishing second in that race. It's now really hard to 644 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 2: imagine that he doesn't graduate to Motor GP next year 645 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 2: as a world champion. In motor two. I think they 646 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 2: leads sixty points now. He came through from a long 647 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 2: long way back to finish on the podium, but nothing 648 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 2: like a bit of rain early in the race to 649 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 2: spicings up. But when I was watching that, I was thinking, Man, 650 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 2: can you imagine if that was Lap one of the 651 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 2: Motor GP race, everyone's diving into the box. There would 652 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 2: have been some and you know who they would have been. 653 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 2: Jack Miller would have been in front of the cue. 654 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 2: It would have been you know what, I've got nothing 655 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 2: to lose here. I'm going to try and wobble around 656 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 2: on some slicks here and hope this and hope that 657 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: this weather passes and I could look like an absolute 658 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 2: hero here and get a podium or even something better. 659 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 2: But I was happy that some rain came. I just 660 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 2: wish it'd have been about an hour later. 661 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: I was thinking the same thing when the white flags 662 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: came out during MEDERGP, going Johe Martin is going to 663 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: follow whatever Peco Banyaya does. dB. 664 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, after what happened at beside it. If Peco appeared, 665 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: Joge was right behind him. If Peco stays out, Joes 666 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 2: just mimicking what Peco's doing. Get this point, that's a 667 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 2: mistake he's not going to make again. 668 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: Well, our Aussie senter ag is sorry, guys, we diverted 669 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: from Moto to to MotoGP, but back to Moto two 670 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: Ozzie Center ags P twenty obviously just tough conditions and 671 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,479 Speaker 1: we see I agree like you said, the guys who 672 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: went out on the slicks just were setting lap times. 673 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 1: They were crazy fuzz Jake Digson, he was on poll, 674 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: got a good start and then just fell back through 675 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: the field. So wrong tied choice for Sena. But it's 676 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: a gamble that he had to make. 677 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 2: Right Well, I think he was also in the majority. 678 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 2: I think there were only seven or eight out of 679 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 2: the twenty six on the grid that went with the slicks, 680 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 2: so you could see if you'll see some guys in 681 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 2: that top ten that you haven't seen all year when 682 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 2: you look at the classification, but he went with the majority, 683 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 2: I guess, and look, it certainly looked wet enough to 684 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 2: be there on wet tires, but in the end that 685 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 2: ashfelt dried pretty quickly. So start a twentieth, finished twentieth. 686 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 2: Just one of those ones you just have to put 687 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 2: down as a learning experience and move on. 688 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: And Moto three we have to talk about David Alonso, 689 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: the first Colombian ever to win a Moto three title. 690 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: Big weekend for David, big big year for David Alonzo 691 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: as well, who's moving up to Moto two next year. 692 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: But it's kind of been like we knew it was 693 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: going to happen, Like he's what ten victories this year, 694 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: He's just dominated. But do you think we're starting to 695 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: see well they called him the baby goat, right, are 696 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: we starting to see another Pegro Acosta, Mark Marquez, Valentino 697 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: Rossi coming through the ranks. Yeah? 698 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 2: I love this kid. I mean he's won ten out 699 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 2: of sixteen races in Moto three, which is the hardest 700 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 2: category to win a single race in, and you're looking 701 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 2: at who this season is being compared to. Now, this 702 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 2: is as good as any of the best lightweight class 703 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 2: seasons we've ever seen. Still four rounds to go, you 704 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 2: could still conceivably add to those ten wins. But it 705 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 2: was really interesting in the post race for Moto GP, 706 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 2: where Pecovannaya, Jorge Martin and Mark Marquez all talked pretty 707 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 2: glowingly about a lotso and I know that he's done 708 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 2: a lot of training with Mark Marquez in the past, 709 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 2: and the point that Marquez made that was really obvious 710 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 2: to me on Sunday. He said, you know, he's a kid, 711 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 2: let him enjoy this, but also you can't see how 712 00:31:58,400 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: it's not going to be good for in the future. 713 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 2: He's got the talent, but there's a real charisma to him, 714 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 2: like he's a bit of a showman to him. And 715 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 2: I don't know about you, but the post race celebrations 716 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 2: with his little pocket bike that he'd started his journey with, 717 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 2: and you know, he looked so there. It was just 718 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 2: so genuine how excited he was. And he's a kid, 719 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 2: he's eighteen years old and with what he's done, but 720 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 2: I love the charisma and the way that he speaks. 721 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 2: He's I think he's got three or four languages going 722 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 2: at pretty decent levels as an eighteen year old, which 723 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 2: is certainly more impressive than you and me. But look, 724 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 2: he's an absolute star of the future of this kid. 725 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 2: He sounds like he's got his head screwed on the 726 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 2: right way. He asks the right questions, He trains super hard, 727 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 2: and give him about two or three years and Juge Martin, 728 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 2: he said, he's like, yeah, give it three years. He's 729 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 2: going to be up here giving all of us a 730 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 2: hard time because I think he's the next one. And 731 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 2: winning ten out of sixteen in Moto three. It seems 732 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 2: almost impossible to say it, but it's a full credit 733 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 2: to him. And we've we've got our first world champion 734 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 2: with four rounds to go, which is pretty impressive. 735 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: Very impressive. Tough weekend though for Job Helso and Jacob Rolstone. 736 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: Kelso crashing out when he was in that top ten group, 737 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: which was such a shame. Managed to pick the bike 738 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: out rejoin the race, but p twenty one back of 739 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: the field right, and then same with Jacob Rulso. He's 740 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: just having a tough run at the moment. 741 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, Jacob was a little bit happier with how this 742 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 2: weekend had gone relative to the last couple. He finished seventh, 743 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 2: finished seventeenth, just outside the points, but three straight races 744 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 2: for him with no points, but he was feeling like 745 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 2: he'd actually made some progress and things were better than 746 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 2: Indonesia and that second Massana around it Kelso we've been 747 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 2: so used to him being up the front that I 748 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 2: had to go and scramble and thought, when was the 749 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 2: last time he hadn't had a top ten finish. He 750 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 2: had six straight top tens and score points in eighteen 751 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 2: out of his last nineteen, so he came back to 752 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 2: last year. So he's had a super consistent year and 753 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 2: you're always going to make a mistake here and there. 754 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 2: I think he was just super frustrated because he was 755 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 2: in the back end of that top ten. We've seen. 756 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 2: There's a lot of races this year where he's finished 757 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 2: in that fifth to eighth bracket where he doesn't quite 758 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 2: have the machinery necessarily to fight for podiums, but he's 759 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 2: always in the next group. So I think that was 760 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 2: the frustration for him. But the good thing for Joel 761 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 2: and Jacob and Center, of course, is that their nixt 762 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 2: race is on home soil, and if Joel needs any 763 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 2: more motivation, I don't think many people at Philip Poland 764 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 2: wanted to rain in a couple of weeks time, but 765 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 2: he made pretty good use of it last year and 766 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 2: got that first World Championship podium. And I dare say 767 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 2: there'll be a febit of Joel Kelso Merch in the 768 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,879 Speaker 2: stands because he certainly captured some imaginations that day. 769 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: Yes, he definitely did it one of the highlights when 770 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,240 Speaker 1: I was talking to him earlier this year about Philip 771 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: Island and and his podium place last year, and you 772 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 1: could just see his eyes light up. But to be honest, 773 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: when I was talking to Jacob and Joel, it's the 774 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,399 Speaker 1: same thing. They're so excited to come race at their 775 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,720 Speaker 1: home Grand Prix in front of the fans and friends 776 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: and family here they don't get to see for twelve 777 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: months of the year, right because they're alway traveling. So 778 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 1: for those guys heading home, obviously Jack Miller as well, 779 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: the Australian Grand Prix, and for us as fans, we're 780 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: all so excited to attend. But I think that is 781 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: everything from the Japanese Grand Prix next up, like we 782 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: just said, the ostri Alien Grand Prix and Matt, you 783 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,800 Speaker 1: and I are going to be on the ground covering, 784 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: so we'll give you guys all the latest news, but 785 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 1: don't forget. You can catch all the action live and 786 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 1: add break free on Fox Sports and KO plus keep 787 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 1: website with all the latest Moto GP news on our 788 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: socials at Fox Motorsport or via the website, foxsports dot com, 789 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,359 Speaker 1: dot Au, Forward Slash Motorsport. But from Matt Clayton and 790 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,279 Speaker 1: myself Rinita Vimulan, we're gonna be back real soon with 791 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: more Moto GP Pittalk