1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Same track, different name. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 2: Moto GP is back at Mazzano, but this time for 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 2: the Pramac sponsored Amelia Romana Grompri. I'm your host, Rinita Vmullen, 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: and joining us today is the man who cracks the 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 2: case on every Motor GP rumor, hunts down every headline 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 2: and leaves no pit lane stone unturned, our very own 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: Moto GP News detective Matt Clayton. Matt, I think we 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: have to start this podcast by talking about the whole 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: can of worms that has recently been reopened by Valentino 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: Rossi as cans. 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 3: Of worms go, Rnita, how big is this can at 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: this point because we've been opening and reopening and reopening 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: this can of worms for about nine years. But yes, 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 3: it wouldn't be a race at Massado without a Valentino 15 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: Rossi headline because it is in his backyard, and quite 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 3: often the headline with Valentino since twenty fifteen, anyway, has 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 3: involved Mark Barkez and here we go again. But perhaps 18 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: you can set the scene for people as to what's happened, 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 3: and then maybe I can weigh in with a few thoughts. 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, So for those who don't know what's happened, 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 2: He's recently come on one of his Protegees podcast and 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: it is in Italian but you can listen to it 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 2: with English subtitles, and they've basically came on to talk 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: about his career so far. But obviously a huge part 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: of his career is that twenty to fifteen clash at 26 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 2: Sapaying with Mark Marquez where we don't. 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: Really know the outcome of it. 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: One side of it was Valentino Rossi kicked him or 29 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: pushed him. 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: The other side of. 31 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: It was Mark was there trying to basically just ruin 32 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 2: Valentino's whole chances of winning the Moto GP World Championship. 33 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: So this got brought up in conversation and by the 34 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: sounds of it, Valentino Rossi just hasn't let go. He 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 2: hasn't brushed that under the rug at all. 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 3: No, there's no building of bridges to get over things here, 37 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: are there. But it's interesting to meet Reneita that you know, 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 3: this is nothing new from Valentino in that I wrote 39 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 3: a piece for Fox Sports dot com dot AU that's 40 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: gone up for Wednesday Australian time and talking about he 41 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 3: sort of played all the hits because he's just doing 42 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 3: all the old Rossi favorites. With this particular topic, there's 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: nothing particularly new here. 44 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: What is new in. 45 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 3: The discussion of Malaysia twenty fifteen is who's won the 46 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: past two murder GP Grand Prix. Oh, yes, it's Mark Marquez. 47 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: So Mark for the first time in really since twenty 48 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: twenty one, when he won a couple of races when 49 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: he was still pretty beaten up, and really since twenty 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 3: nineteen when his last fully healthy season when he was 51 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: on the Honda. Mark's actually a legitimate threat to win 52 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: races again, and we've seen him get closer. In this 53 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 3: first year with Dicadi has been pretty prominent. He's been 54 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 3: up on podiums, but these past two Grand Prix he's won, 55 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: and I don't think he's He's mathematically in championship contention. 56 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: He needs a lot to go right. He's not probably 57 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: going to win the title this year. But Rossi is 58 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 3: going back into the past because of the future, and 59 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 3: the future is that he be Marquees, will be teammates 60 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 3: to Peco Banyaya Rossi protege on a factory Ducati in 61 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 3: the factory team for twenty twenty five. It's likely to 62 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 3: be the best bike on the grid and now we're 63 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 3: going to have this answer to You've got a six 64 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 3: time world champion coming in after one year getting his 65 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 3: feet wet on a twenty three Ducatti against a rider 66 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 3: who could be a three time consecutive Motor GP world 67 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 3: champion at the end of this season in Bannyaya. And 68 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but is there a little 69 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 3: paranoare here from Rossi in that maybe the star Rossi 70 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 3: protege is about to come up against a force of 71 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: nature that Marquees has won championships when he's not been 72 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 3: on the best bike in the past. If you put 73 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 3: him on the best bike, that's going to be super interesting. 74 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 3: But I thought the timing of all this, there's nothing 75 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 3: new in what Rossi said, and look, he answered a 76 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: question that he was asked, so that's completely fine. But 77 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 3: the timing of it was the curious thing for me 78 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 3: because Marques is going into the factory Ducati team to 79 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: try and win, which is something Rossi couldn't do for 80 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 3: those two years that he was there. And now granted 81 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 3: Ducatti was no we need the force then that it 82 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 3: is now he's going up against Valentino's star pupil from 83 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 3: the VR forty six Academy in Banyaya, and he's going 84 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: there with some momentum, So I didn't think that there 85 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: was anything new in what he said, but the timing 86 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 3: of it, particularly in between two Massano weekends. And what 87 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 3: about that reception that Marquees got on the podium after 88 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: Massano won. You trying to tell me that that's not 89 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: going to fire up the crowd to do something similar 90 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 3: this Sunday if Marquees is on the podium again, because 91 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: I think we know how that's. 92 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 2: Going to go, oh one hundred percent, and we know 93 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: that that feels the fire for Mark. 94 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: We know that he loves it. 95 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 2: But could this be Valentino just poking the bear, shall 96 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: we say? But also Valentino has been out of the 97 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 2: sport for so long as a racer, He's obviously still 98 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: huge part of Moto GP and Dawna loved to show 99 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: him on the broadcast how many all the time, and 100 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: you know, you still see the VR forty six merge, 101 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: You see that that fluror yellow forty six throughout the fans. 102 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,239 Speaker 2: So we know that he's a big part of why 103 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: people do like Moto GP. But I just don't like 104 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: the fact when people are trying to turn people against 105 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 2: each other. I feel like there's no need for that, 106 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 2: especially if you're actually not racing anymore. Like you said, 107 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 2: it's been and Gorne. But Valentino's also had all these 108 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 2: feuds with Max Biaggi said a gym. And now in 109 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: the past, you know, and if we look at that 110 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 2: twenty fifteen season, so he can say that Mark Marquez. 111 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: Was trying to, I guess hurt his chances of winning. 112 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: But what about Andrea Ianoni who overtook overtake him A 113 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: Philip Island was that back in that year as well, 114 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: So why is he not all of. 115 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: A sudden coming into conversation. 116 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 3: It's interesting in that So to set the scene, they'd 117 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 3: had a couple of flashpoints during the start of the 118 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 3: year in twenty fifteen in Argentina, in Asen where they 119 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 3: had a couple of pretty contentious clashes in races. The 120 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 3: Australian Grand Prix of twenty fifteen is still one of 121 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 3: the best races in the history of the world championship, 122 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 3: absolutely all with Rossi marquees Lorenzo, so it was a 123 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 3: Rossi Lorenzo title fight. Marquez had crashed him many times 124 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 3: earlier in the season he was out of it, and 125 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 3: then you had that random Andrea Younoni weekend where he 126 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 3: was capable of actually running with those guys at the 127 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 3: front when he was going and remember that was the 128 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 3: famous race he had butted the seagull as well, if 129 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: you remember that vision from the Lookie Heights on the 130 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 3: first lap, but absolutely amazing brawl in that race. Rossi's 131 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 3: spin on the whole thing was that Marquees was playing 132 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 3: with him and playing with the field because he could 133 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 3: have gone one by ten seconds, and he was trying 134 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 3: to favor Jugey Lorenzo to win a world championship because 135 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 3: the Spaniards were teaming up against the Italians or something 136 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: or other. But it was always a really bizarre argument 137 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 3: to me for a couple of reasons, in that Marquez 138 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 3: won that Grand Prix, so if he was really helping 139 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 3: juge Lorenzo, he just took five points off him on 140 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 3: the last lap to go and win the Grand Prix. 141 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 3: So that didn't really stand up for me. And it 142 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: wasn't like Marquez and Lorenzo have been great mates because 143 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 3: they've had millions of flash points over their career. You 144 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 3: remember when Marques was at harath early on, and then 145 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 3: the other factor as well is that Rossie was off 146 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: the podium that day because andre Unoni overtook him on 147 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 3: the last lap. So absolutely amazing race. Kind of a 148 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 3: bizarre spin that Rossie put on it after Philip Island, 149 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: and then of course Malaysia was the next round and 150 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: we all knew what happened there. But you know when 151 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 3: you said that in your intro where you know Rossi 152 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 3: kicked or pushed Marquees off the bike, that is completely true, 153 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 3: and that Marquez was trying to mess up Rossi's race, 154 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: which is also completely true because of everything that had 155 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: happened during the season and then had built to a 156 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: boil at Philip Island. But the crazy part about this 157 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: is that I don't feel we've advanced the story along 158 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: because we could have had this conversation in November twenty 159 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 3: fifteen if we were doing a podcast there, which would 160 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 3: have been interesting. It's nothing's changed, but it's just the 161 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 3: timing of bringing this all up and the fact that 162 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 3: we're at Massano and Marquez is winning races again. That's 163 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 3: the curious part for me. What's interesting is I reckon 164 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 3: this puts Banyai in a really difficult position. And we're 165 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 3: just talking about this off air. Before banya was trying 166 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: this impossible needle. Now he's got to try and appease 167 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 3: his mentor and the guy who has helped him be 168 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 3: what he is in Motor GP and ROSSI. He's got 169 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 3: to keep the atmosphere in the Decady garage next year, 170 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 3: you know, safe and the way he wants it, because 171 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 3: we know he operates really well in that sort of environment. 172 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: And you don't need to fire Marquez up like you 173 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: were saying before, because the last thing you want to 174 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: do is poke the bear. We've seen what happens if 175 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: you poked the bear. Marquez wins. That's what happens. And 176 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: so it's a really difficult position for Bagnaia to be 177 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 3: in as much as anything else, because you know, he 178 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 3: came out and said when it was announced that Marquees 179 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 3: was going to be his teammate, he was quite frank 180 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 3: about it. He said it could be amazing or a disaster, 181 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 3: and he's completely right because it has the potential to 182 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 3: be one of those two extremes. But I think deep 183 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 3: down he'd like to control that on his terms, not 184 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 3: be answerable to something that happened well before he was 185 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 3: in Motor GP. So that's the tricky thing for me, 186 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 3: and that Rossi's comments might actually make it harder for 187 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 3: Bagnaya to succeed against this force of nature that's going 188 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 3: to be on the other side of the garage next year. 189 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 3: It's going to be awesome TV. We know that, and 190 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 3: it's going to be a fantastic fight because it's probably 191 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 3: still going to be the best bike in the field, 192 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 3: but it just adds another layer for Bannoa. It's going 193 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 3: to be hard enough as it is, and I think 194 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 3: it's just become a little bit harder, oh. 195 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: One hundred percent. 196 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: And just to add on to what you're saying, I 197 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: think for Peco, he also needs to trust in du 198 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 2: Canti because they've made this decision. It can't be in 199 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 2: the back of his mind thinking am I the second writer? 200 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: Or is Mark going to beat me? Or do I 201 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: need to keep Valentino happy? All these things that you said. 202 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 2: It's a lot of pressure on his shoulders already trying 203 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 2: to currently regain his World Championship status and take the 204 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 2: third title, and then next year trying to beat Mark 205 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: Marquez as well. That's a lot for a Moto GP 206 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: writer to handle, and you'd have. 207 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 3: To say a lot so far. He's actually handled the 208 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 3: challenges that have come to him in these past three 209 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 3: years really well. You remember, he was ninety one points 210 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 3: behind Fabio Guasurerara in twenty twenty two and came back 211 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 3: and won that championship. Last year's fight with Jorge Martin, 212 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 3: it was an intro to catty fight, but it was 213 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 3: clearly difficult, and you had Martin trying to prove that 214 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 3: he should have been the one on the sister bike 215 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 3: to Vanyara in Ae Bastianini. He felt jilted that he'd 216 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 3: been overlooked for twenty twenty three. So he've got all 217 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 3: this going on in the background. Banna has handled himself 218 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 3: really well in that regard, and you know, we've discussed 219 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 3: on this podcast numerous times. He's been so good this year. 220 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 3: When he's been good, He's already won as many races 221 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 3: this year as he won in his twenty two championship year, 222 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 3: and he's twenty three championship year. And if I was 223 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 3: a betting man, I'm still putting my money on him 224 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: for this season. I still think he'll win the title. 225 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 3: But man, it puts him under a lot of pressure 226 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 3: that he doesn't necessarily need to be on because, yeah, 227 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 3: he could be going into this new partnership next year 228 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 3: as a reigning three time world champion. That's not something 229 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 3: that many writers have done. And yet there's going to 230 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 3: be all these questions and all this discussion because of 231 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 3: the hornet's nest that's been stirred up again. 232 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 2: I guess the hard thing here, Matt is we do 233 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: see both sides of the story, and for us, we 234 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 2: do need to keep quite an open thought process about it. 235 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 2: We see Mark and where he's at now going through 236 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: the injury. Obviously, back to back wins with you, Caddie 237 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: for him is huge after what he's been through. But 238 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 2: also Valentino or Rossi, he is the legend, He's the 239 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 2: goat of Moto GP. 240 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: It's just so. 241 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 2: True he to be in a position where, like I 242 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 2: said earlier, Valentino, I feel like he's poking the bear. 243 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: But we don't want to see the crowd booing. 244 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 2: We don't want to see any negativity towards Mark Marquez. 245 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 2: But the rivalry because weird as it sounds, it's kind 246 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: of exciting because we don't really have it with anybody 247 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 2: else in the grid at the moment. 248 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 3: No, it does sort of hark back to just the 249 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 3: sheer presence that Rossie was for the majority of his 250 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 3: premier class career because he always had You mentioned Max 251 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 3: Biaggi and Sete Jibbinow and Casey Stoner. When Casey was there, 252 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 3: there was always an enemy for Valentino. It was great theater, 253 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: it was great TV. He was a brilliant writer, a 254 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 3: brilliant showman, absolutely fantastic for the global growth of the sport. 255 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 3: His impact is immeasurable, turning motor GP into what it 256 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 3: has over the course of his career. And then from 257 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 3: the marquers side, you look at what he did. He 258 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 3: redefined what we thought a young rider could do by 259 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 3: coming in and winning the world championship when he was 260 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 3: twenty years old. I think he's probably been more responsible 261 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 3: for changing the way motor GP bikes are ridden with 262 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 3: the way that he rides the bike on his elbow, 263 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 3: and we've seen the evolution of that over the years. 264 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 3: His ability to save crashes that other people would be 265 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 3: in the gravel trap with, and he's been a brilliant 266 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 3: champion for a long time. And then had this massive 267 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: career crossroads where he got injured and injured and injured, 268 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 3: and it completely changed the course of his career. So 269 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 3: you can acknowledge both sides of this argument have done 270 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 3: wonderful things for the sport. It's so polarizing. The Rossie 271 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,719 Speaker 3: fans will hate the pro Marquees stuff, the Marques fans 272 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 3: will hate the pro Rossi stuff. It's just the way 273 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 3: that it goes. But from a journalistic perspective, generally we 274 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 3: cheer the story. What you cheer the narrative, because narrative 275 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 3: is interesting stories to tell, there's more depth in it. 276 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 3: You can bring a sense of inclusion to the fans 277 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 3: that are trying to understand how this all works. Generally speaking, 278 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 3: people in the press room, well they shouldn't if they're 279 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 3: actually being legitimate journalists. No one's taking sides here. The 280 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: only thing you should be cheering for is the actual story. 281 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 3: It's a big story. It's going to continue to be 282 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 3: a big story. And whatever happens with Marquees Bangnaia next year, 283 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 3: if Peko is able to see Mark Off in the 284 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 3: same team, on the same bike and win another title, 285 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 3: I think we will look back at his career at 286 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 3: the end of it really differently because he stared the 287 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 3: giant in the eye and beating him. If that's the case, 288 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 3: and then if Marquees is to go and complete this 289 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 3: amazing career redemption story by going to a factory that 290 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 3: he's not written for, forcing his way in there to 291 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 3: be fair, and then winning against the guy who's the 292 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 3: benchmark over the past three is that's also an amazing story. 293 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 3: So as far as I see it, Motor GP fans 294 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 3: can't lose with either outcome here because the narrative is fantastic. 295 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 3: The best bit is we get to sit back now 296 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 3: and rub our hands together and go, so how's this 297 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 3: going to play out? Because right now I couldn't tell you, 298 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 3: And that's the best bit. 299 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about Peko going into this weekend Mazano two. 300 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 2: From our previous pods, we know his home track is 301 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: super comfortable here and this weekend he's not necessarily coming 302 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 2: in injured like he was. 303 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 1: I say that air. 304 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: Quotes because we have no broken bones, but we know 305 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 2: there's some bruising and stuff. How do you think he's 306 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: going to go into this weekend? Do you think his 307 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: results last weekend? The weather was ify and after reading 308 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 2: what the weather's going to be like this weekend, it's 309 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 2: still going to be questionable. There's apparently insane rain in 310 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 2: Central Europe. 311 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: And stuff at the moment. 312 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 2: And I guess for Peco, is this a part where 313 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 2: he now needs to put his head down and just 314 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: focus on the racing to try and bag that secondry 315 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: third World Championship under his belt. 316 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: Is this the crucial time to do that? 317 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 3: This is a race where he needs to put a 318 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 3: marker in the ground for shore. By the way, I'm 319 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 3: just looking at the BBC's weather forecast for Bisano over 320 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: the weekend, one hundred to two hundred millimeters forecast a 321 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 3: Thursday in that region. So well boy, but look, this 322 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 3: is a big weekend for Banyai. He was able to 323 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 3: take second in the sprint and the Grand Prix at 324 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 3: Massano one, which was kind of a good save in 325 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 3: a lot of respects because he came to that race 326 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: pretty beaten up after the crash with Alex Marquez Aragon 327 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 3: the weekend before, which of course was all part of 328 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 3: the Rossi Marques conspiracy. Let's not go there. But it 329 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 3: was a good save for him because he was clearly 330 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 3: physically compromised, and it was made even better by the 331 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 3: fact that Jorge Martin hemorrhaged a whole heaper points in 332 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 3: the Grand Prix by that crazy flagged flag bike swap 333 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 3: that he decided to make that none of the other 334 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 3: front rothers bothered with. So Banya has seven points behind 335 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 3: the championship with seven rounds to go. He's still in 336 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: a pretty good position. But this is one of those 337 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: weekends where if the conditions are normal, and again using 338 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 3: your air quotes, if the conditions are normal and on 339 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 3: a normal weekend, I struggle to see anyone other than 340 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 3: perhaps one rider will get to laying a glove on 341 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 3: him at this particular track. But this is one where 342 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 3: he's expected to win, so he needs to convert on 343 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 3: this because there'll be other tracks as we go into 344 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 3: the flyways where Jorge Martin may be stronger, or maybe 345 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 3: it's someone outside of those top two who really shows 346 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: their hand on those weekends. This is a home round 347 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 3: you need to convert at home. It was a good 348 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 3: save for him last time, but he'll want more than 349 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 3: a couple of second places this time, and if the 350 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 3: Sunday race is dry, he's the guy that you would 351 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 3: expect to win, but he kind of needs to because Aragon, 352 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 3: whatever percentage fault you want to place on him for 353 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 3: that accent with Alex Marquerez, it was a big blow 354 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 3: because He've been on this enormous run. Martin's been unbelievably 355 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 3: consistent this year, which is not a sentence I can 356 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 3: believe that I'm saying after last year, but he's been 357 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 3: the consistent one. Peco can't afford to just chuck points 358 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 3: away and this is the one that he needs to get. 359 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 2: I think, well, let's touch on Martine because you wrote 360 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: a story earlier in the week for Fox Sports talking 361 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 2: about how this is johe Martin's last chance at possibly 362 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 2: taking a world title. We have this feeling that maybe 363 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 2: moving to a Prillier going to be able to do 364 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 2: that in the foreseable future, purely just because of where 365 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 2: a Prillia is this year. But you know, never say never. 366 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 2: How do you think Joe Martin is feeling going into 367 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 2: this weekend? Made that terrible mistake rolled the dice didn't 368 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 2: work out in his favor? 369 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: Is he coming back for redemption this weekend? 370 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 3: Very much so? And I think you don't often get 371 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 3: the chance within the same season to make up for 372 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 3: a huge mistake at the same track. You've normally got 373 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 3: to wait twelve months to undo something that you've done wrong. 374 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 3: So the fact that you know he put his hand 375 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 3: up admitted that he made a mistake, it didn't cost 376 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: him the championship lead because he had won the sprint 377 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 3: the previous day. That's the key part. So he still 378 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 3: has his nose in front. But having a redemptive story 379 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 3: so soon after making a big stuff up is good 380 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 3: for him. But I do think and I wasn't trying 381 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 3: to be sort of overly pessimistic in this story that 382 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 3: I'd written for Fox Sports, but you look at where 383 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 3: a Prillier is at the moment, and they're actually going 384 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 3: back was it probably has drop off over these last 385 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 3: couple of rounds has been pretty alarming. And as good 386 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,959 Speaker 3: as Joge Martin is, I'm not sure that any rider 387 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 3: could go on and a Prillier next year. Banyaya, Mark Marquez, Martin, 388 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: none of these guys could go to a Prillier and 389 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 3: suddenly make it a championship winning bike next year. I 390 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 3: can't really see that happening. And so he had every 391 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 3: justification to leave to Caaddy. I mean that overlooked him 392 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 3: twice for the seat alongside Banyayra, and you can completely 393 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 3: understand why he's gone. But until we get that regulation 394 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 3: reset for twenty twenty seven, which is kind of an 395 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 3: open open book, we don't really know how that's going 396 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 3: to shake out yet because it's a big change to 397 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 3: the category. But we're looking at engine freezers and a 398 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 3: lot of rules staying in status for the next couple 399 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 3: of years. It's really hard to see how a Prillier 400 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 3: catches up given they're coming from so far back. So 401 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 3: I don't want to say it's his last chance to 402 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 3: win a world title, but it might be his best one. 403 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 3: Given that he's twenty six. It's going to take a 404 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: while at a Prillier. He needs to go in there 405 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 3: and really take control of that a Prillier project because 406 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 3: they've got virtually no continuity year on year. Only one 407 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 3: of their four riders is coming back between twenty four 408 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 3: and twenty five, in ral Fernandez, So it's his best chance. 409 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 3: Might not be his last chance, but man, look seven 410 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 3: point lead with seven rounds to go. He's in a 411 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 3: better position than he was last year because he's more 412 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 3: consistent this year, he's just not He's got to avoid 413 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: the own goals like Massano won, because I still can't 414 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 3: believe that he pulled in for a bike swap in 415 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 3: that race, given that with a position of advantage in 416 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 3: the championship, he was the person that needed just to 417 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 3: sit there and let everyone else overreact, and he was 418 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 3: the one that did the overreacting. So be interesting to 419 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 3: see if it rains on Sunday, because he'll be the 420 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 3: last guy that comes over a bike swap. This time, 421 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 3: he's going to wait for everyone else to do it. 422 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 2: I think this weekend will either see johe Martin just 423 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 2: get out the front like he did in the sprint, 424 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 2: or we'll just see him behind Peco the whole race 425 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 2: trying to figure out what he's going to do next. 426 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going to do what you do, and it's 427 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 3: not if you do that from a position of championship advantage, 428 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 3: then you just shadow the guy that's in front, and 429 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 3: if you finish one place behind him, there's still a 430 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 3: lot of championship to be played out. But I don't 431 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 3: think he's going to go the Hail Mary. If it 432 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 3: raiins this weekend, that's for sure. 433 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: Let's talk about someone who is always on the podium 434 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 2: at Mazzano Andeneia Bashanini. 435 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: How do we think he's going to go in to 436 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 1: this weekend? 437 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 3: Do you remember I mentioned before the other rider I 438 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 3: think they could win this weekend. I think it's an 439 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 3: Aya And you absolutely hit it on the head there. 440 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 3: He's raised four times in Modo GP. At Pasona, he's 441 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 3: four and four in terms of podiums and he was 442 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 3: putting a third string of Vincia Ducati on the podium 443 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 3: back in his rookie year in twenty twenty one. So 444 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 3: we know that he's literally from five minutes down the road. 445 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 3: There's no exaggeration. He is literally from five minutes down 446 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 3: the road to this circuit. It's very much his home track. 447 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 3: He's incredibly good here. He wouldn't say it was a gamble, 448 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 3: but he took a different tire option to the other 449 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 3: three front running guys in the last race and it 450 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 3: kind of bit him a little bit. But we know 451 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 3: how good he is Layton races and if it's not 452 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 3: Banyaira on the top step on Sunday, my money. And 453 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 3: it's easy for me to say this because I'm probably 454 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 3: not going to put any money on it, but my 455 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 3: money would be on Bastianini because he's so good around 456 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 3: there and he's worst. He's probably going to be on 457 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 3: the poe him because we know the bike's good and 458 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 3: we know how good he is there. But wouldn't surprise 459 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 3: me if he has one of those Silverston weekends where 460 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 3: if he qualifies in the top four, you know that 461 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 3: he's going to be there in the last five laps. 462 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 3: And look, it's got a great track record there, He's 463 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 3: on a very very good bike and he should be 464 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 3: pretty confident. So yeah, I think he's a genuine chance 465 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 3: to win this weekend. 466 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 2: Let's touch on qualifying real quick, because the last round 467 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 2: of Massano, Mark Marquez got that terrible qualifying where he 468 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 2: crashed and so it was p ninth on the grid. 469 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: I believe memory he wants yes. 470 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 2: Yes, So I wanted to ask you, do you think 471 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 2: if Mark gets a better qualifying this weekend, he could 472 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 2: be in contention for a podium if it was a 473 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 2: dry race, not saying it's his magical mixed conditions. If 474 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 2: it's a dry race, Mark gets a good qualifying, say 475 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: front two rows, do you think he could be in 476 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 2: contention for a. 477 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 3: Podium, Yeah, very much so. I mean, I think that 478 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 3: was the understated story of Massano one, in that he 479 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 3: kind of got out of jail and crashed in qualifying, 480 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 3: started on the third row, the conditions came to him, 481 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 3: and as we know, when it's not quite wet or 482 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 3: not quite dry, he's in a completely different league. So again, 483 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 3: all eyes to the skies to see what's going on 484 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 3: with the weather forecast. And also I'm sure we're going 485 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 3: to touch on this. The earlier start on Sunday as well, 486 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 3: could be interesting before the weather comes in. But in 487 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 3: a normal dry weather race, if he wants to be 488 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 3: on the podium, he's got to be in those first 489 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 3: two rows, because I just don't think that GP twenty 490 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 3: three is good enough even in his hands in a 491 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 3: normal race for him to overcome a poor qualifying, So 492 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 3: Q two super important for him. Got away with it 493 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,479 Speaker 3: last time because the conditions played in his favor. But 494 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 3: I did have to go back and look when I 495 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 3: was doing my preview for this that the last time 496 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 3: he won three races in a row. Trivia question for 497 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 3: everybody Thailand, Japan, Australia twenty and nineteen, so nearly tooking 498 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 3: five calendar years, So that's what's at stake this weekend, 499 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 3: and he'll need a lot of things to go right, 500 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 3: but it's certainly not be on the realms of possibility. 501 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: Before we move. 502 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 2: On to what you just mentioned before about the timing 503 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 2: change this weekend, I wanted to post you, could this 504 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 2: be Frankie Moore Buterdally's best chances at a Motor GP 505 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 2: podium this season? On the jew Caddie because it's his 506 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 2: home race. Obviously, he was on the sprint podium last 507 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 2: week and qualified on the front row as well. Could 508 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 2: this be his best chance at a podium this season? 509 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely. I stuck my neck out and said that 510 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 3: he'd be on the podium last time, and I was 511 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 3: sort of right because he was on the sprint podium 512 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 3: at least. But he's been so anonymous for most of 513 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 3: the rest of the season that you would never mention 514 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 3: this sentence except for the fact that it's at Massano. 515 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 3: Qualified really well last time, and we know he's particularly 516 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 3: good at this circuit. So if he's going to get 517 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 3: a podium this year, it's probably going to be here, 518 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 3: given the flyaways are coming up, and I don't expect 519 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 3: him to be anywhere near as prominent, but he's on 520 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 3: the right bike, he's on a track that he knows 521 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 3: extremely well and was about you. It was kind of nice, 522 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 3: like refreshing to see him back up there again because 523 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 3: it's been so long, and to add another rider into 524 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 3: this mix where you know that Peco is going to 525 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 3: be there, you know that Jorge Martin is going to 526 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 3: be there, and a bas Junini. Most of the time, 527 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 3: Mark Barcres, the same guys are kind of locking at 528 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 3: the podium. It was kind of nice to see Morbidelli 529 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 3: in there for a bit of a change. But if 530 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 3: it wasn't at Bizaro, I'd say no chance. But the 531 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: fact that it is, yeah, absolutely a very strong chance. 532 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 2: Isn't it crazy that we're saying, you know, obviously Peco, Martin, 533 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 2: Mark and Are they're the kind of guys who are 534 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 2: always on the podium. But like you said, you see Frankie, 535 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,479 Speaker 2: you see Pedro Acosto on there, and it's exciting and 536 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 2: we're seeing these changes come through, and that's what's keeping 537 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 2: the championships so alive at the moment where it's not 538 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 2: just being run away by. 539 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: Peco or Johe MA team. 540 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 3: No, not at all. That was one of the disappointments. 541 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 3: I reckon Massano won and that Acosta was super feisty 542 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 3: in those first few laps and then he came off 543 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 3: I think Lat four and then obviously damaged bike. It rained. 544 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 3: He made the bike swap because he had nothing to lose, 545 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 3: But we never quite got to see how that race 546 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 3: would have played out for him because he looked like 547 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 3: he was on a bit of a charge there and 548 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 3: things are starting to get a little bit better after 549 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 3: that absolute disaster that was Austria for KTM. So yeah, 550 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 3: it wouldn't surprise me to see a up there because 551 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 3: we know he's going to be brave and yeah, him 552 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,479 Speaker 3: against five to caddies, he doesn't care. He will take 553 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 3: them all on. So yeah, it be interesting to see 554 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 3: if he can convert on the speed because I don't 555 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 3: think the speed was in question last time, just a 556 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 3: little bit too fast he broke some bits and then 557 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 3: fell off, So perhaps a little bit of discretion in 558 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 3: the earlier lapse and we'll see what happens later in 559 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 3: the race. 560 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 2: Well, we posted on the Fox Motorsports socials saying that 561 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 2: Pedro in air quotes will want revenge at Mazano too, 562 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 2: and even his team are saying that, you know, he 563 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 2: had the speed, he had the confidence. Maybe a little 564 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 2: bit too much confidence when things got a bit iffy there. 565 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 2: But I think this weekend he's really going to try 566 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 2: learn from his mistakes. But he's got the speed. We'll 567 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 2: see him up the front and hopefully the other ktms 568 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,479 Speaker 2: with Brad Binder and Jack Miller as well. But this 569 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 2: is a good segue into Jack Miller because we are 570 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 2: hoping at the time of recording this, nothing's been officially 571 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: announced that Jack will be moving over to my favorite team, Pramaha, 572 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 2: my favorite thing to say. So it is being said 573 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 2: that Pramak, who were sponsoring this event, they were going 574 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: to spread out their announcements. Last weekend we had Miguel 575 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 2: Olivera and hopefully Thursday at their team launch or press 576 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 2: press duties on Thursday, we will see Jack Miller officially 577 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 2: announce as the second writer at Pramak Yamaha for twenty 578 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 2: twenty five. 579 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: Matt, you're smiling away, go on. 580 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 3: Say it's just it's seriously, it's the world's worst kept secret. 581 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 3: This thing's has been bubbling around for a while. I 582 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 3: can see it completely from Promac's point of view, in 583 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 3: that why announce Olivera and Miller on the same weekend, 584 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 3: because all you're doing is getting one bite at the 585 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 3: publicity apple. You can spread it out over a couple 586 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 3: of weekends, two races at Massano, which is a team's 587 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 3: home track, and Pramak are sponsoring this particular race, the 588 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 3: Amelia Romania GP, so it makes sense to have held it. 589 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 3: But it'll get announced probably Thursday, Australian time, and people 590 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 3: will go, oh, yeah, I knew about this already because 591 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 3: it feels like we've been talking about. 592 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: It for weeks. 593 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 3: But what I'll be curious about is that the Olivera 594 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 3: deal is too, and I'll be curious to see what 595 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 3: Jack's deal is here because it makes sense to align 596 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 3: these contracts to the end of the regulation cycle that 597 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 3: we mentioned before, so we know Olivera is going to 598 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: be there while we're still racing on thousand cc bikes. 599 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 3: Will Jack's contract be equivalent or would they go for 600 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 3: like a one plus one or something else, because they're 601 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,239 Speaker 3: clearly both being brought in because they're experienced and they 602 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 3: can help bring the whole Yamaha project out of the doldrums, 603 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 3: But are they going to value one of them more 604 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 3: than the other. So if Jack gets a deal that's 605 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 3: anything less than the deal that OLIVERA has got, we 606 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 3: know which of the two of them is going to 607 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 3: be on thinner ice, because you know they're both going 608 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 3: to be in their thirties next year. You're not going 609 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 3: to want to keep an older group of riders forever 610 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 3: because in some ways you'll be responsible for your own demise. 611 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 3: The better you make the bike, the more likely Yamahara 612 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 3: to put some young guy on it, and either Olivera 613 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 3: or Jack will be binned off, probably earlier than they 614 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 3: would like to, So be curious to see the length 615 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 3: of the Jack contract. But there's so many any arguments 616 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 3: for having an experienced crew with these two guys available 617 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 3: on that second team for Yamaha, because right now Yamaha 618 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 3: need data because I've only had two bikes for the 619 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 3: past couple of years, and they need people with experience 620 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 3: of other manufacturers, And between Miller and Olivera, they've written 621 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: for a free other manufacturer in the field, So it's 622 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 3: a good fit. It's a good confluence of timing. There'll 623 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 3: be plenty of debate as to whether Jack deserves to 624 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 3: stay in after how bad this year has been, and 625 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,719 Speaker 3: we can you can sugarcoat Hervey you like, it's been 626 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 3: a really really poor year for Jack and he'll be 627 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,400 Speaker 3: the first to admit that really he's not one. He's 628 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 3: not one to bss in these sorts of situations. He 629 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 3: knows that he would have liked it to have been better. 630 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: He's got an extension to his career because he feels 631 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 3: a job a job set that Yamaha need and also, 632 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 3: you know, having the Australian passports a little bit part 633 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 3: of that as well. But he's been given a lifeline. 634 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 3: It's a good lifeline because his input will be really 635 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 3: valued there and I'm very curious to see what he 636 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 3: makes of it. 637 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 2: I think from a fan perspective, Jack does bring a 638 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 2: different kind of audience, and especially the Australian audience who 639 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 2: love his I don't want to say Bogan, but you 640 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 2: know when he has the mullet and he has the 641 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 2: dirty mustache and people really like that and relate to 642 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 2: him because he is just so down to earth. 643 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: That's what I was thinking, down to earth he is. 644 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 3: I got to say, he's got to be in a 645 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 3: sport that's filled with a lot of characters that are 646 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 3: trying to pretend that they're nice guys when they might 647 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 3: not be. In a lot of respects. Jack is the 648 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 3: single most authentic guy you could come across because where's 649 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 3: he's hard on his sleeve, says what he thinks. Some 650 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 3: people don't like it, some people do like it. But 651 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 3: from a media point of view, Jack never ducks a 652 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 3: question even if the answer is uncomfortable for him. And 653 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 3: I think that's you know, and he's been like that 654 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 3: since he was in Motor III. He's never really changed. 655 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 3: It's just that the he's got a little bit older, 656 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 3: and you know, life has changed around him, but he's 657 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 3: still as authentic and blunt as he ever was. And 658 00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 3: I think the sport can be a little bit for 659 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 3: Nila sometimes. And also when you're dealing with a lot 660 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 3: of guys where English might be a second or third language. 661 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 3: From the English language preys they love Jack. Where you 662 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 3: go to Jack with an open mic and say, hey, Jack, 663 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 3: what do you think about this? And he's going to 664 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 3: have an opinion. You might not like the opinion, and 665 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 3: some fans may or may not like what he has 666 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 3: to say, but he has one, and you know, like 667 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 3: I said, things can be a little bit vanilla. Sometimes 668 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 3: he's the extra flavor in the ice cream feruza for 669 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 3: all of us journalists. But we love talking to him. 670 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 2: I also love his Spanglish accent that had come out 671 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 2: as well. I think I'd always miss that if that 672 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 2: wasn't in Moto GP. 673 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 3: It's so funny. It was a couple of years ago 674 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 3: at Philip Island where Peco looked at him and said, 675 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,959 Speaker 3: why do you speak differently when you're speaking to Australians 676 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 3: that when you're speaking to us in the box, Because 677 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 3: he's got these two various iterations of English. It's hilarious. 678 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 3: But yeah, he knows he's doing it. I think he 679 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 3: does it all purpose, but it is funny because he's 680 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 3: Peers though at two and Peco was bagging him about 681 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:53,719 Speaker 3: it at the time. 682 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 2: Well, let's move on, because we touched on it briefly 683 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 2: that Moto GP has moved the schedule to an hour earlier, 684 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 2: so where the Grand Prix would normally be at three pm, 685 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 2: it is now at two pm. 686 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: And there's been a whole cluster of reasons as to why. 687 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: Some are saying it's because. 688 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 2: F one's on at Singapore at the same time, so 689 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 2: they've done that to separate it. I've also heard that 690 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,239 Speaker 2: it's because Well Superbikes is on at Cremona, which is 691 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 2: just up the road, apparently in Italy, so they're trying 692 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 2: to separate it. Matt, what's your take on on this 693 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 2: timetable change? 694 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 3: A bit of both. I think you don't want to 695 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 3: direct clash with a Formula One event going back into 696 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 3: Europe if you possibly can, because the Singapore GP is 697 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 3: a night race, of course, but it goes back into 698 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 3: Europe at two pm on a Sunday, so you want 699 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 3: to try and avoid that wherever possible. And you have 700 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 3: to remember we're only here in Masano this weekend because 701 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 3: we were supposed to be in Kazakhstan and then we 702 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 3: were supposed to be in India, and now we're having 703 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 3: two races at the same track in a three week period. 704 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 3: But that extra hour, where it's going to be an 705 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 3: hour earlier, so nine pm Eastern for the Motor GP 706 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 3: race here in Australia, that extra hour is going to 707 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 3: be pretty critical because the following weekend, Motor GP is 708 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 3: in Malaysia at Mandalika, and logistically This has actually become 709 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 3: a really, really difficult turnaround now for Motor GP because 710 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 3: they were going to be coming from Kazakhstan or India 711 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 3: where it would have been easy to get all the 712 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 3: freight out. And you know, it's twelve thousand k's between 713 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 3: Massano and Mandaleka I was reading earlier this morning. It 714 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 3: doesn't sound like much, but the Indonesian circuit's quite remote, 715 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 3: and you've got to get the entire paddock packed up 716 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 3: and out of Messado on Sunday afternoon slash evening, so 717 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 3: you think about it. Motor GP race starts at one 718 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 3: pm local. Everyone they do the track, invasion of the podium, 719 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 3: everyone's out of there by three pm, and then there'll 720 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 3: be this race after the race where everyone's trying to 721 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 3: get things in packing crates. Because we're week one of 722 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 3: a three week triple header where we go Massano, Indonesia, Japan. 723 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 3: It's absolutely mad to try and get all this freight 724 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 3: around the world, three races in three weekends. So yeah, 725 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 3: that's part of it. But avoiding a direct clash with 726 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 3: the Cremona Superbikes as you mentioned, and also F one 727 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,719 Speaker 3: in Singapore is part of it too. But certainly going 728 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 3: to make an early start for the Moto three boys 729 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 3: on Sunday morning in Italy. There might not be a 730 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 3: lot of track temperature for those guys, I would say, just. 731 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 2: Looking at the times, Yeah, sorry, I did get out 732 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 2: wrong earlier. So Moto three local time in Europe and Italy, 733 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 2: but too three go out at ten am, which is 734 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 2: kind of quite. 735 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: Early for those boys. 736 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 2: Moto GP warm ups on an eight forty am. That's 737 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 2: really early for Moto GP. But for those listening here 738 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 2: in Australia in AESD time, we've got Moto three on 739 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 2: at six pm, followed by Moto two at seven fifteen 740 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 2: and Moto GP on at a comfortable nine pm, which 741 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: I'm very much looking forward to not having to stay 742 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 2: up till all hours of the morning to watch Moto GP. 743 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, it's a great time schedule for us. And 744 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 3: this is the part of the calendar that as an 745 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 3: Australian fan you love because we get afternoon races, you 746 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 3: get Indonesia, you get Japan obviously Australia coming up, and 747 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 3: then we've got Thailand and also Malaysia. So it goes 748 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 3: from being a trying to keep your eyes open late 749 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 3: on a Sunday Night Sport to being right in the 750 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 3: middle of the afternoon. It's almost like the Europeans have 751 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,399 Speaker 3: it too easy for most of the rest of the year. 752 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 3: They have to get up, which is which always makes 753 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 3: me laugh because they complain about it so much. But 754 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 3: it's it's going to be fun for us. We've got 755 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,320 Speaker 3: this great run of flyways coming up with Australia smack 756 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 3: bang in the middle of it. 757 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 2: Well, guys, you can catch all the action live and 758 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,720 Speaker 2: add break free on Fox Sports and KO don't forget 759 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,240 Speaker 2: to keep up with all the latest Moto GP news, 760 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 2: including that timetable change on our socials at Fox Motorsport 761 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,720 Speaker 2: or via our website Fox sports dot Com, do au 762 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 2: Forward Slash Motorsport. But I think that pretty much pretty 763 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 2: much wraps up all our Motor GP talk for the 764 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 2: Mazzano too, Amelia Romana Grand Prix. But Matt Clayton and 765 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 2: myself Reneda Famulan, we're going to be back real soon 766 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 2: to talk more Moto GP Pittoc