1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Cell Aduti. 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: Everyone, Moto GP is heading to Magnificent Magello for this 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: weekend's Round nine of the twenty twenty five Moto GP 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: World Championship, and as always, Pit Talk is brought to 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: you by Shannon's Insurance. I'm your host Ronita Vmulan, and 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: joining me is the man who knows more about Moto 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: GP than I'm gonna say me and everyone else included 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: Mac Layton Matt. We were talking off here about Migello 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 2: and what's going on this weekend, and I feel like 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: we have to start, as always with the whole top 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: Rack and Jack Miller news because that is just a 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 2: circulating NonStop at the moment. 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: What's the latest with Jack? 14 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 2: Then? 15 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, it sure is. I mean, it's the topic. It's 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 3: been the big story since Aragon, the fact that top 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 3: Rack is definitely coming to Moto GP, despite me banning 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 3: myself from talking about him until it was official. Now 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 3: I have to talk about him because it is official. 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 3: But of course, the knock on effect with these things 21 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 3: is three riders, two seats, not a great equation for somebody. 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 3: So you've effectively got this shootout now between Miguel Olivera 23 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: and Jack Miller it sounds like that's going to be 24 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 3: for the next four rounds. It sounds like they're going 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 3: to make a call on this by the latest, probably 26 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 3: at the Czech Republic Grand Prix next month. So you've 27 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 3: got what you've got, Italy, you've got asen. Czech Republic 28 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 3: is the fourth. I think Austria's in there as well, 29 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 3: so you've got the four rounds for these rights. Jack's 30 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 3: obviously got a significant advantage over Miguel at the moment. 31 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: It seems like we discussed this last week. There's a 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: clause in Olivera's contract that if he is the fourth 33 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 3: of the four Yamaha riders in the standings, then he 34 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 3: can be effectively demoted. That twenty twenty six contract can 35 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 3: be torn up. So right now, that is Jack's best 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 3: bet to keep his seat with Yamaha for next year 37 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: because statistically, right now he has the high ground. That's 38 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 3: the good news for Rent the bad news. And I'm 39 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: going to write about this for Fox Sports probably in 40 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 3: the next twenty four hours or so. And I know 41 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 3: this because I live this with Jack for many many years. 42 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 3: Every rider or driver or anyone in a sport, they 43 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 3: have a track or a ground or somewhere where it 44 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 3: just goes to shit, let's be honest most of the time. 45 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 3: And for Jack Miller, that place is Migello. The very, 46 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: very grim statistic that I've managed to dig out this 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 3: week is this is the least successful circuit of all 48 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: the tracks that Jack has done in every year he's 49 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 3: been in the World Championship. It's an absolute graveyard for him. 50 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: So if he gets anything out of Magello this weekend, 51 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 3: based on past history, that has got to be a 52 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: very very big tick. And the good news for him 53 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 3: is that he has more than just this one race 54 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 3: weekend to sort of stake his claim for a twenty 55 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: twenty six seat, because if it came down to Migello 56 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 3: or nothing, nothing has generally won with Jack when it 57 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 3: comes to Migello. And the funny part about it is 58 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 3: he absolutely loves the place. He was a factory Gcatti rider, 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 3: so he's sort of reveled in the support of all 60 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 3: the grand stands there. He loves riding it. He's not 61 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 3: slow there, it's just never worked out. For whatever reason. 62 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,279 Speaker 3: Somewhere has got to be your worst track, and unfortunately 63 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: for Jack, this is that worst track. So anything he 64 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 3: gets this weekend as a bonus, and then we move 65 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 3: on to happier hunting grounds and hopefully that's the recipe 66 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 3: for him to keep his seat for twenty six. 67 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: So interesting because every time I've seen Jack on this track, 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 2: you know, it looks like he enjoys it. 69 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm thinking back, like you said, the factory, do you Caddy? 70 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 2: But then when you're talking about the results, how funny 71 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: that a writer can love a track and just do 72 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 2: dismal results and not not be able to produce anything there. 73 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 2: But do you think for Jack though, knowing that this 74 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: weekend is going to add some extra pressure to him? 75 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: Or do you think because I, like I said to 76 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: you we spoke about on the pod, is I see 77 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: this new and improved, relaxed, happy Jack Do you think 78 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 2: he'd like? No, my results are going to speak for 79 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: themselves as a consistent over the whole entire season thus far. 80 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I reckon the latter. I mean, it's interesting like 81 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 3: the Jack of old would have been turning up to 82 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 3: this race weekend like a little bit jumpy, little bit 83 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 3: on edge, knowing the history, knowing that it's not gone 84 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 3: that well for him there in the past. He seems 85 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 3: oddly for a guy who's got on paper no job security. 86 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 3: He actually seems very relaxed, and I think part of 87 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 3: that is he knows he's sort of got this career 88 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: lifeline last year, because you remember when we spoke to 89 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 3: him in September last year for the POT after he 90 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 3: just signed that Pramak deal, he was he'd kind of 91 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 3: come to terms with the fact that it was over, 92 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 3: and he was not happy about it, but he understood 93 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: it because the KTM tenure hadn't gone particularly well, particularly 94 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 3: this second year, and it took a special set of 95 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: circumstances for him to be on the greed for twenty 96 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: five and he's almost been given this sort of like 97 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,119 Speaker 3: eleventh hour reprieve, and I think he's done a really 98 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 3: good job with it. We've talked this year about he's 99 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 3: so much more confident, he's so much happier. He knows 100 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 3: he's having an impact with this team that yeah, you've 101 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 3: got an established team in Pramak, you've got an established 102 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: manufacturer in Yamaha, but it's kind of a startup, right, 103 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 3: and so his fingerprints are all over that place at 104 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 3: the moment, and I think his input there has been 105 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 3: greatly appreciated. And I think he's enjoying being a bit 106 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: of a leader. You know. You sort of don't think 107 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: of Jack as being the responsible adult in the rub 108 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 3: a lot of the time, but he certainly is because 109 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 3: he's just now so experienced he's been around. I think 110 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: he's actually really reveling in what the job requires. And 111 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 3: so for a guy who contractually is actually under a 112 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: bit of pressure right now, he seems quite relaxed. So 113 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 3: how that pertains to this weekend, I don't think he's 114 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: going to be as jumpy about Michello as perhaps he 115 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 3: was in the past. It's a bit of age and 116 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 3: a bit of wisdom, but he also knows that it 117 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 3: doesn't quite come down to this one weekend. But he's 118 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: so funny, isn't it, Like you were saying before that 119 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 3: he likes everything about the place except for the results 120 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 3: that he gets there, and it's just so weird. Like 121 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 3: I used to have this discussion on four wheels with 122 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 3: Daniel Ricardo all the time. We used to choke that 123 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 3: he may as well not bother catching the Flights of 124 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 3: Brazil for the Brazilian Grand Prix because it was absolutely grim. 125 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 3: It was by far the worst place he ever went 126 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 3: to whatever could go wrong in sow Paolo did go wrong. 127 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 3: But the other one I always think about when you 128 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 3: consider how good this guy was, Seis Stoner never did 129 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 3: anything at her Wrath. It was really weird, Like he 130 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,559 Speaker 3: was so good everywhere else, he won so many Grand 131 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 3: Prix everywhere else. It took him until the last year 132 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 3: of his World Championship career to finally win a race 133 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 3: at Herrath. All the years that he'd been in Europe, 134 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: he never won anything in there until the very last time. 135 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 3: He wrote it on the Honda before he retired. So 136 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: maybe there's a lesson in there for Jackets, a bit 137 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 3: of what good things come to those who wait sort 138 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: of deal. But you know, for someone as good as Casey, 139 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 3: for him to have this one circuit that he just 140 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 3: couldn't do anything at didn't make any sense. And it's 141 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 3: a bit like that with Jacket Magello. It makes no sense, 142 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 3: but it is the reality. 143 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 2: I was reading an article on crush dot net and 144 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: they were speaking with a Yamaha motor Racing managing director, 145 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 2: Paolo Pavesio. I hope I pronounced that right, you did, yes, yeah, 146 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: thank you, thank you. They were saying that how they 147 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 2: wanted top rack no matter what. But how they're realizing 148 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: it is coming at a consequence. 149 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: And to quote him here. 150 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: He's saying, you know, Miguel has had a difficult start 151 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 2: because of the injury, but Jack had the energy immediately 152 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 2: in the project. Maybe some ups and downs, but he's 153 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: also new to the m one. Me reading that, even 154 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 2: though they continue on to say, you know, we're going 155 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: to assess, we have until the summer, blah blah blah. 156 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 2: Me reading that is like, okay, we like Jack. We 157 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 2: spoke about the fact that he's tied in with the 158 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 2: Suzuka eight hours as well. 159 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: Then there's that other room. 160 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 2: I don't know if you've heard that, Matt about potentially 161 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 2: Jack going to superbikes and Cal Crutchlow stepping in as 162 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: a team manager, and I think that was with Honda 163 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: in Love Superbikes. So silly Sethan is just well and 164 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: truly underway. But it seems like Jack Millers caught up 165 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: in all. 166 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: Of it right now. 167 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, if you're looking at it from Jack's 168 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 3: point of view, it sounds like he has options. Whereas 169 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 3: this time last year, it was at Magello last year, 170 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 3: on the Saturday of that race, weekend that he officially 171 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,679 Speaker 3: the news came out that he's been replaced by Pedro 172 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 3: Costa at Katie the Factory Katim team. And that was 173 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 3: the first Domino You remember Magello last year like it 174 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: went completely crazy on the Sunday and then the Monday 175 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 3: postseason test and you know, Mark Marquez says no to 176 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 3: pramat Juge, Martin goes and signs with a Prillier, all 177 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: Domino starts scattering in a million directions. This time last 178 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 3: year Jack, The one thing Jack did not have were options. 179 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 3: He was scratching around to cheep and try and have 180 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 3: an option singular. So it does sound very much like 181 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 3: he is a man with certain cards he can play 182 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 3: this time. And I also read those Perversio comments and 183 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 3: my reading between the lines, and you have to be 184 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: careful with management speak. With this sort of stuff. It 185 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 3: feels like it's Jack's to lose. And I know that 186 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 3: sounds weird for a guy that's in a position of 187 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 3: contractual weakness relative to Olivera. But I think that comment 188 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 3: about Jack hit the ground running. He came in with 189 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 3: the energy. He was doing well even before the Olivera injury. 190 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 3: You've got to feel a little sympathy for Olivera here 191 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 3: because he missed three rounds through absolutely no fALS own 192 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 3: and that's the second big injury he's had in the past. 193 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 3: They'd be nine months. You remember Indonesia last year, the 194 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 3: bike's electronics spat him off over the over the edge 195 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 3: because they thought he was in a different part the 196 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 3: track and just high sighted him. And then he got 197 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 3: taken out by fermin Aldegre in Argentina in the sprint race. 198 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 3: So he's had two pretty significant setbacks that are nothing 199 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 3: necessarily to do with him. And I still think that, 200 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: and we sort of discussed this last time. I think 201 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 3: that Miguel Olivera is a Motor GP writer still, I 202 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 3: just don't know if it's here, and then you haven't 203 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 3: had to look at where the other options are and 204 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 3: could he be an option somewhere else. I still think 205 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 3: he's worthy of a place on the grid, but in 206 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 3: terms of what Yamaha need right now and what Yamaha 207 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 3: need going forward, and as good as top rack is 208 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 3: next year, he's still a rookie in Motor GP. He's 209 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 3: a twenty eight year old rookie, but he's still a rookie, 210 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 3: and you need someone with Jack's skill set to be 211 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 3: on the sister bike a a benchmark what Razcatlioglu does 212 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 3: because there's going to be some ups and downs. He's 213 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 3: a rookie. I don't care how old he is and 214 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 3: how good he is, but also the wider impact that 215 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 3: Jack has with Yamaha now and then what that means 216 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 3: for twenty seven when we go to this new rule set. 217 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 3: I think Jack's the right guy for the job. I 218 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 3: feel that he's in a position of strength contractually here. 219 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 3: If it really does come down to these next four races, 220 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: let's just survive Magello and then we can move on 221 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 3: to the next ones. I still think it's his to lose. 222 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 3: So it's a good position for him to be in 223 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 3: because this time last year, you know, you and I 224 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 3: were talking, it's like, man, like the doors are closing 225 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 3: left and right here. When he didn't get that second 226 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: the seat at the second KTMT, which was Tech three 227 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: last year, when they just randomly signed Vignales and Bastindini 228 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 3: from other manufacturers last year, that was when it first 229 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 3: got to like this is looking pretty dicey here, because 230 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 3: it's like the old game of musical chairs, right, you know, 231 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 3: you keep circulating and the music stops and there's not 232 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 3: too many chairs left and he grabbed the last one. 233 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 3: He's made a good fist of it, and I think 234 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 3: he's in a stronger position now than he was this 235 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 3: time last year. So fingers crossed for all the Australian 236 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: fans that it does work out. 237 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 2: That way exactly, and fingers crossed this weekend for a 238 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: better result for Pekobanaya heading into Magello Moto GP Releaser 239 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 2: Masters of Magello video that you can see on their 240 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 2: and they're talking about the previous amount of winners. 241 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,479 Speaker 1: I think Valentino Rossi's seven times winner. 242 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 2: Here or Hee Lorenzo six and Peko Vanyaya three times winner. 243 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 2: I posted on the Fox Motorsports socials last year the 244 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: flashback to the kiss inspired helmet. They had the blue 245 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: livery which was so cool. But for Peco, we've kind 246 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 2: of been saying this since the circus came back to 247 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: the European rounds, is when is he gonna step up? 248 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 2: When's he gonna step up? We spoke about that small 249 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 2: little change. You wrote the article on Fox sports dot 250 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: com for Slash Motorsport. Is this the weekend for Peko Banyaya. 251 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 2: Is this him back on his home turf where he's comfortable, 252 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: he's made those shifts. Are we gonna see Herko Banyaya 253 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 2: back on top this weekend? 254 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 3: Matt, I think we have to right for the sake 255 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 3: of the World Championship. This kind of feels that, I 256 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 3: know there's still fourteen rounds to go, We're only at 257 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 3: round eight. If this championship is going to burn for 258 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: the duration of the year. GP does this great job 259 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: at having last round showdowns. We've had three in a row. 260 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: It tends to boil down to that this next two 261 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 3: weeks or ten days or whatever it is. From where 262 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 3: we're speaking here, you've got Magello where Bangyoa has won 263 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 3: the last three years, and you've got Asen where Bagnyai 264 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 3: has won the last three years. And you compare and 265 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 3: contrast Banya's fantastic record at Magello to Mark Marquez's record, 266 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 3: which is probably more pertinent here. Marquees is only one 267 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 3: at Magello once, and you know, it's not a bogey 268 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 3: circuit as such, like Mark has a couple of you know, 269 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 3: inverted commas bogie circuits. But this is such Banyaya territory 270 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: that I still think he's too far behind Mark as 271 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 3: it stands right now to be in the championship fight 272 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 3: unless Mark helps him by a couple of DNFs. So 273 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 3: I don't think it's necessarily going to come down to 274 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 3: what Peco does. But now never's a hard thing to 275 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 3: say with fourteen rounds to go. But if he's ever 276 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 3: going to stand his ground and ever going to stick 277 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 3: it to Marquez on home territory, it has to be now, 278 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 3: and it has to be these next two weeks. Whether 279 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 3: what he found at Aragon is terms of you know, 280 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 3: he uses the word feeling a lot. I don't have 281 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: the front feeling on the bike. What that really means 282 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 3: is I just don't have the confidence to hammer the breaks, 283 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 3: which is the greatest strength. And we're he's so awesome 284 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 3: at Magello, like the ground he makes up into that 285 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 3: first corner there has always been one of his calling cards. 286 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 3: It kind of feels like this is the weekend it 287 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 3: has to happen. So for the sake of the World Championship, 288 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 3: I love it to happen. But what's been weird this year? Right? 289 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 3: We talked all last year once Pecko was signed there 290 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 3: to be alongside Marquez. Oh wait, till these two get 291 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 3: together on tracks, it's going to be fireworks. It's going 292 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 3: to be fantastic. They've almost had this season this year 293 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 3: where they've kind of existed in parallel, like they've been 294 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 3: on the same racetrack. They haven't fought for a lot 295 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: of positions in races together because Mark's been too far ahead, 296 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 3: or he's made a mistake, or you Pecko's having an 297 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 3: off weekend, other than the early laps at Harath where 298 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 3: they've really got into each other. On those first couple 299 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 3: of laps that they was pretty ferocious. They made contact 300 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 3: a few times behind Quasherraro at the start of that race, 301 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 3: and then Mark fell off early in that race and 302 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 3: sort of took that out of the equation. They've not 303 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 3: had too many fights on track. It's been kind of 304 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 3: weird that we've got eight rounds in and we've not 305 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 3: had the like fall on Bangnai Marquez fight like was 306 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 3: it large The last year at her Wath when Mark 307 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 3: was on the Grassini bike like that was epic. The 308 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: fight between those two in that race, it was fantastic. 309 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 3: And when they were teammates, logically you sort of thought, 310 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: well they're on the same bike. This will just be 311 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 3: on week after week after week. It hasn't happened. So 312 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 3: I guess the question for me is that Mark's been 313 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 3: so good this year, as we know, this is absolute 314 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 3: Bangnayo territory. You combine those two things, does this mean 315 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 3: we get the fight between the two of them on 316 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 3: track that we've been so looking forward to the whole year. 317 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 3: And if we get it, like Banyai's record is so good, 318 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 3: Master's and Magello, like you mentioned, it's going to take 319 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: something pretty special for Mark to stop that if Peko's 320 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 3: in one of those moods that he gets into at Magello. 321 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 3: And the one thing, you know, the last couple of years, 322 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 3: Peko has been so good at Magello that the races 323 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 3: up front have actually been pretty pedestrian because he's just 324 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 3: way too good for everybody else. If you combine a 325 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 3: more confident Banyaya and a marker is trying to make 326 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 3: a point, like if Mark can beat Peco here, that's 327 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 3: worth more than like twenty five points. Psychologically that's massive 328 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 3: for Mark. So you add all those things and this 329 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 3: is why I'm so looking forward to this weekend because 330 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 3: a it's an awesome race track from Oto GP bikes. 331 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 3: We love it and I'm deeply envious that you're going 332 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 3: to be there this weekend. And yes, we will talk 333 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 3: Corden names because we're not calling them numbers. Michael Lemonato, 334 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 3: I'm talking to you here. But the thing about this 335 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 3: track is that we know how awesome Peco is here. 336 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 3: So if he's ever going to stand his ground against market, 337 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 3: kind of feels like it's going to be this weekend. 338 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 3: And I am fully here for this because I think 339 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 3: whatever happens one way or the other, we've got an 340 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 3: awesome storyline, don't we. 341 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 2: There's a rumor that started which started from our friends Matt. 342 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: Oxley and Peter Baum at the Oxley Bomb podcast. 343 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 2: Okay, they joked about how Valentino Rossi is going to 344 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 2: give Pego Vannyaya a bonus if he beats Mark Marcos 345 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 2: here hundred grand or whatever they said, And now I 346 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: keep seeing it across everywhere saying, yeah, Valentino and Rossi 347 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 2: has given Pego Vanyay and extra bonus to beat Marc 348 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 2: has A Magello, which I think is just I can't 349 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 2: believe that that's that's gone into a rumor. But here's 350 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: this for the statsman, Mark is only one pole position, 351 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 2: so if he gets poll this weekend, that's his one 352 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 2: hundredth pole position and his career number ninety three victory. 353 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 2: If he wins, you think, wow, they're big numbers to 354 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: happen in Magello, right on the Italian's home race, Peggo 355 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 2: Vanya's home race, DW Caddi's literally home Racemugine. 356 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: If the Spaniard does it all, that's. 357 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 3: Well, ninety three wins for ninety three that's and we 358 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 3: can see that's a Matt Burke commentary special that'll be 359 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 3: coming out on the weekend for sure. But the thing 360 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 3: with Mark is that Mark loves finding ways to motivate himself, right. 361 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: I mean, he's done so much winning over so long, 362 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 3: and he's obviously got this. He's on this redemptive tale. 363 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 3: Now that you know I've said this before, I think 364 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 3: if he wins this year World championship, given what he's 365 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 3: been through physically for the last six years, it's one 366 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 3: of the great redemptive tales in any sport, forget motorsport. 367 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 3: But you also know that he loves being the villain. 368 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 3: He absolutely loves it. So a chance to go into 369 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 3: Migello in Peco's backyard and Rossi's backyard. There's no love 370 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 3: lost between those two. And win for the Italian team, 371 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 3: but beat the Italian riders in their backyard. That Mark 372 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 3: loves this sort of stuff. So yeah, it's not been 373 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 3: a fantastic track for him in the past. He's had podiums, 374 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 3: he's been beaten in some pretty awesome last lap battles. 375 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 3: I remember Lorenzo getting him there one year. How much 376 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 3: would he love to beat Banaya this weekend? So you're 377 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 3: going to have two super motivated riders, And the key 378 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 3: thing for me was, you know, I think we know 379 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 3: how important qualifying there is there because you want to 380 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 3: be out the front and not courting those crazy slipstreaming 381 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 3: battles that you get up and down at the start. 382 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 3: Finished straight there. Q two on Saturday is going to 383 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 3: be awesome because those two will be throwing absolutely everything 384 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 3: at it. And then you add the fact that you 385 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 3: know Alex Marquez is like sort of motor GP's metronome, 386 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 3: like he's just ticking away at the same pace the 387 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 3: entire time you look up and go, oh look, Alex 388 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 3: Markeez is second again, because that's where Alex Marquez lives 389 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 3: these days, You've got a whole bunch of other Italian 390 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 3: riders on fastikes wanting to play spoiler. There's a lot 391 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 3: going on this weekend and Saturday. I think the intensity 392 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 3: of Saturday is going to be fantastic, and then you 393 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 3: know that place will pack out on Sunday. We know 394 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 3: what it's going to be like on Sunday. We know 395 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 3: that Decadie will have some special livery because they always 396 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 3: do for this particular round. It's going to be a 397 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 3: great round. It's a fantastic racetrack at the best of times. 398 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 3: But you look at all those little side plots that 399 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 3: we've just discussed in the last ten minutes. I cannot 400 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 3: wait for this weekend. 401 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: You mentioned Alex Marquez, then I definitely want to highlight 402 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 2: your article that you've got on Fox sports dot com 403 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 2: do Au Forward Slash Motorsport of Alex Marquez and why 404 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 2: he won't win the world title, which I thought was 405 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 2: really interesting because obviously everyone's saying, you know, he has 406 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 2: missed a consistency. 407 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: He's mister P two. He's always there. Moment is Mark 408 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: crashing too much or Peko's trying to hard, but Alex 409 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: is there. 410 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 2: Let's dive into that, Matt, because Alex Marquez, yeah, he 411 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 2: has missed a consistency. Buddy is on last year's bike, right, 412 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 2: is that he's downfall for not winning the world title 413 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 2: and obviously not being Mark Marquez. 414 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, well, the latter part's pretty difficult. At 415 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 3: the moment, he's the second best rider in the World Championship. 416 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 3: He's the second best rider in his own household. That's 417 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 3: a little bit depressing, but he he's been this year. 418 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: I never thought that we would ever discuss Alex Marquez 419 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 3: the way we've discussed him, because there's been nothing that 420 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 3: we've seen in his previous years in motor GP that 421 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: suggested he was anything other than a guy who would 422 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 3: occasionally have an awesome weekend at a track that he's 423 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 3: good at and get all the podium, Like he's always 424 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 3: good at Sapang, he's always good at Cataloonia. He has 425 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 3: certain tracks where he's good. But you know, the fact 426 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 3: that we're, what eight rounds into the season, he's already 427 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 3: scored more points this season than he has in any 428 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 3: other full season in his career. We're not even what 429 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 3: thirty five percent of the way through the season. Yes, 430 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 3: we know that GDP twenty four is a fantastic bike, 431 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: but he's shown a level this year that I don't 432 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: think too many of us thought that he had in him, 433 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 3: and the consistency thing he certainly hasn't had in him 434 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 3: in the past, and at the moment he's staying in 435 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 3: this title fight based on the fact that he's crazily 436 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 3: consistently had that one DNF at Lamont in the Rain, 437 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 3: which quite frankly was an excusable one because that was 438 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 3: a crazy race for everybody. Other than that, he's just 439 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 3: there the whole time. He's been first or second in 440 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 3: every single sprint. And we talked in Germany last year 441 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 3: the fact that, oh wow, the two Marquez brothers are 442 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 3: on the podium. It's the first time for thirty years 443 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 3: we'd had brothers on the podium. It's almost a shock 444 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 3: these days when they're not on the podium together. We've 445 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 3: seen it so often this year. He's redefined my ceiling 446 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 3: of how good of a rider I think he is. 447 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 3: And you can't say it's all about the bike because 448 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 3: Franco Morbidelli's on a GP twenty four. In fact, he 449 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 3: rode a twenty four last year as well, so he 450 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 3: should theoretically be more used to it than Alex Marquez, 451 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: who rode A twenty three last year. He's ahead of 452 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 3: Morbidelli in the standings. He's the head of Banaya in 453 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 3: the standings on A twenty five. He's ahead of de 454 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 3: jan Antonio in the standings on A twenty five. You 455 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 3: would expect him to be ahead of his teammate firm 456 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 3: and Aldergare because Aldagare is good, but he's also rookie, 457 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 3: so he's still got a bit to learn. So Alex 458 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 3: has been awesome this year. I think Alex's biggest issue 459 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: is his sibling is a in the lead b one 460 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 3: of the greatest riders we've ever seen and see. You 461 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 3: do wonder if Alex sometimes thinks, can I actually beat 462 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 3: Mark in a straight head to head because we've seen 463 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 3: them go ahead to head a couple of times this year. 464 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: It's been Mark in Thailand, Mark and Argentina. Alex's two 465 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 3: big results in the two races where he's led the 466 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: championship after Austin when Mark crashed, and after Spain, where 467 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 3: he won his first Grand Prix after Mark had crashed 468 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 3: on lap three. Now caveat to that he was ahead 469 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 3: of Mark on the road at the time when Mark 470 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 3: threw it down the road, so good for him. But 471 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 3: he also made the most of Mark's bad days. So 472 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 3: for him to stay in championship contention, he needs to 473 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 3: retain this crazy consistency that's almost unsustainable that he's had 474 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 3: for eight rounds. Is going to need Mark to help him, 475 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 3: and I think those two things will probably actually go 476 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 3: against him as this season goes on, because the GP 477 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 3: twenty four has got to a very high level, but 478 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 3: it's hit its level. It's not really going to get 479 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 3: a lot better from here. You suspect the twenty five 480 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 3: will I also suspect that you can see a bit 481 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 3: of this with Mark at the moment. Mark's crushing people 482 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 3: on the weekends where he can like Aragon, and he's 483 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 3: riding really smart on the weekends where he doesn't quite 484 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 3: have it. And we'll look back at this championship. If 485 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 3: Mark gets it, it'll be huh. He finished on the 486 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 3: podium at Silveston where he's not particularly good. He kept 487 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 3: his head when everyone was losing theirs at Lamar where 488 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 3: everyone's throwing it down the road, and Mark's like you 489 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 3: know what Zarko's got this, but I'm going to finish 490 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 3: second here and I'm going to bank twenty super important 491 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 3: points on a day where my brother's not scoring at all. 492 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 3: They're the days that are going to win Mark the 493 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 3: World Championship. So I think the twenty five will get better. 494 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 3: I'd be amazed if Alex can sustain this for an 495 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 3: entire year. I mean, it's hugely impressive he's done it 496 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 3: for this long. I don't want to discredit what he's 497 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 3: done year Alex, but I still don't necessarily see him 498 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 3: as a championship contender, and I reckon his biggest fight 499 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: might actually come from behind him. For all the reasons 500 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 3: that I mentioned about the twenty five bike and Banyaya 501 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 3: perhaps getting back to doing what Banyaya can do, I 502 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 3: can imagine the gap between second and third and the 503 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 3: championship shrinking to the point where if I had to 504 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 3: put my money on who's going to finish second in 505 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 3: the Championship, I still think it's going to be Banyaia. 506 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 3: But I don't think either of them they're going to 507 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 3: either of them are going to beat Mark. I know 508 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 3: Banyai is spotting Alex Marquez a big disadvantage at this point. 509 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 3: Still fourteen rounds to go, so long Togo. Still, I 510 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 3: don't see Alex being a championship contender for the long 511 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 3: haul unless Mark helps him be a championship contender by 512 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 3: doing a few silly things like Austin and Spain. I 513 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 3: think those mistakes will come be less frequent as the 514 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 3: season goes on. To say all of that, the reason 515 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 3: that I wanted to highlight what Alex is doing in 516 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 3: that story that I wrote for Fox sports dot com, 517 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 3: don Au, that you mentioned. He's having a seriously good season, 518 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 3: and I don't know about you. I never expected to 519 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 3: be having conversations about Alex Marquez being second in the 520 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 3: World Championship and being as good as he has, so 521 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 3: fair play to him. Guy's twenty nine years old. You 522 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 3: don't often rewrite your career story at twenty nine, like 523 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 3: you kind of set at that point. He's been better 524 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 3: than we expected, but I don't know if that's necessarily 525 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 3: going to be good enough. 526 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 2: It's nice to kind of be starting the championship off 527 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 2: like this. I'm thinking back to when it was I 528 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: think Fabio versus Mark, or maybe I've got this wrong 529 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 2: way around Dovey versus Mark and the other one would 530 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: come in and you weren't expecting it. I remember Mark 531 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 2: saying press conference, I was not expecting Dovey to be 532 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 2: there or Fabio to be there, right, So to have 533 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 2: Alex there, I think is really refreshing. Like you said, 534 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 2: this year is going to be Mark and Peco butting 535 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 2: heads the. 536 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: Whole time, and what was that? When was the war 537 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: going to get put up in the garage and all that, 538 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: any of that has gone completely the opposite. 539 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 2: But like you said, Digitis on the GP twenty five, 540 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 2: why is he what is he missing? Where's that missing piece? Morbidelli, 541 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 2: you said John GP twenty five for he's obviously. 542 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: So I think him. 543 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 2: Though it does feel like we're about seven hundred races 544 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 2: into this year, We've got a seven hundred more to go, 545 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 2: and with Marquez it's hard to not bank on him 546 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 2: right now, even me thinking about this weekend going in 547 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 2: and it's hard to not want a bank on Mark Marquez. 548 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: But also the same time, I want Pecker. I want 549 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: to come back because it's Italy. Is that homegrownd Priod. 550 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 2: I want to feel the passion from the Italians fans 551 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 2: while I'm there. 552 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, A great thing for the championship for the next 553 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 3: ten days would be for Banyai to win these next 554 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 3: to Grand Prix and to take a pretty hefty chunk 555 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 3: out of Mark's championship margin, because I think that introduces 556 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 3: another element that we know there's going to be tracks 557 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 3: later in the year where Mark is awesome, like anything 558 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 3: that's anti Clockoise. Let's be honest, Like once we get 559 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 3: to Saxon Ring, I think I think we know what's 560 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 3: going to happen at Saxon Ring. I mean, whether asterisks permitting, 561 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 3: which is a big thing to say. For Philip Island. 562 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 3: I think Mark will be absolutely awesome at Phillip Island 563 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 3: because we haven't seen him on the best bike at 564 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 3: Philip Island for a long time, and we know how 565 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 3: good he is there even when he doesn't have the 566 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: best bike. But we want this to be a live 567 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 3: championship with storylines that go on for the remainder of 568 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 3: the season, and I think a lot of that is 569 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 3: not necessarily to do with Mark. I think it's what's 570 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 3: behind him, and to my mind, like if Banyaa can 571 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 3: win at least one of these two Grand Prix in 572 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: the next two weeks and preferably both of them for 573 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 3: the sake of the championship. Then I think it's going 574 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 3: to be super interesting as we get past the mid 575 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 3: season breaking into the second half. 576 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: Well, let's move on. 577 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: To Magello because you mentioned there about the corner names 578 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 2: and a little spoiler alert, Jacob Rylstone, our Aussie star 579 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 2: in Moto three, is going to take me around Migello 580 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 2: to give me his insights on when I make my 581 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 2: Moto three career debut and how I can raise around 582 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 2: that track. 583 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: But you've mentioned corner names here, so tell me what are. 584 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 2: The interesting corner names in at Magello because you've given 585 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 2: us the rundown on them on and that was not 586 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 2: to be expected. 587 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 3: I love this track because the quarner names are so 588 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: over the top, flam boyanly Italian, but they're just perfect 589 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 3: at the same time. And you know, anytime you have 590 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: a corner sequence it's called Casanova and Savelli. When you're 591 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 3: going down the hill there with that packed hillside and 592 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 3: everyone's still wearing yellow despite the fact that Valentino is 593 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 3: not on the grid any murdor GP sights and the 594 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 3: warm up lap before the Grand Prix on the Sunday 595 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,439 Speaker 3: where every single person has managed to get in a 596 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 3: canned air horn and a yellow flare and it's all 597 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 3: going off on the hill as it going round to 598 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 3: the formation lap when they're coming into the grid and 599 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,120 Speaker 3: there's still smoke just wafting over the valley there from 600 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 3: what's got on the formation lap. It's one of the 601 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 3: great sites and I'm hoping for your sake being on 602 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 3: the ground if you do get an Italian winning there. 603 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 3: The way that podium juts out over the start finished 604 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 3: straight and everyone'll invade the track national anthem there is 605 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 3: pretty unhinged when an Italian rider wins. So I'm very 606 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 3: much looking forward to see what you're able to capture 607 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 3: from there, because you'll get swept up with a bunch 608 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 3: of people going completely crazy for an Italian rider winning. 609 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 3: But I I mean it's a great track because it 610 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 3: has undulation, it has history, it's incredibly picturesque and there's 611 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 3: just no there's so much elevation change in so many 612 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 3: high speed corners here, but it's the elevation change that 613 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 3: makes it when you see these bikes side to side 614 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 3: down the hill through the Arabiatas is absolutely fantastic. That Chicane, 615 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 3: the Scarporea Pelagio, Chicaine. There were're going through ten and eleven. 616 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 3: There's a lot of stuff going on there, a lot 617 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 3: of passing and repassing Moto three. If it's closed in 618 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 3: the last few laps, you know something's going down there 619 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 3: because there'll be six riders in the lead pack going 620 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 3: in there on the last lap and not six of 621 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 3: them coming out. You can guarantee that, so there'll be 622 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 3: some sillyness going on there. But then also the charge 623 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 3: out of the last corner there because it is so 624 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 3: steep and it is so uphill. I do hope you've 625 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 3: got some comfortable shoes for this track walk, because you'll 626 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 3: look up coming out of fifteen and look up at 627 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 3: the start figure straight and you won't be able to 628 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 3: see it because it's so steep. You might want to 629 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 3: be on the vesper for the last part of that lap. 630 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 3: I reckon, So hopefully Jacob Birch. Hopefully Jacob treats you 631 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,479 Speaker 3: well or at least gives you a slip straight up 632 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 3: the straight there, because as I'm sure he'll tell you, 633 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 3: coming out of that last quarter on a motor three bike, 634 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 3: that's where racists can be one and lost. We've seen 635 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 3: some awesome last light battles at this track, so yeah, 636 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 3: bring it on, thoroughly looking forward to it. 637 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 2: Yes, well, guys, you can catch that and all the 638 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 2: other action alive and i'd break free on Fox Sports 639 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 2: and ko If you want to see what Jacob gives 640 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 2: me my little pointers around Magello, that is going to 641 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 2: be on the Fox Sports YouTube channel. All of Matt's 642 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 2: articles and more about MotoGP are on Fox sports dot com, 643 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 2: door Au forard Slash Motorsport, and if you want to 644 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 2: keep up to date with us on socials, we are 645 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 2: at Foxmotorsport everywhere. I'm going to take you guys behind 646 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 2: the scenes as much as I can at Migello Matt 647 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 2: as always, thank you so much for joining me on 648 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 2: this episode of Pit Talk, which is brought to. 649 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: You by Shannon's Insurance. 650 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 2: I'm Ronita vmuland and we're going to be back real 651 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 2: soon with more motor GP Pit Talk