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What's gonna happen
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when the red lights go out
at 2:00 in the afternoon?
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MotoGP race time.
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In the next 45 minutes,
25 laps, 70 miles.
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Wheel to wheel, side by side
at 200 miles an hour.
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What's gonna happen?
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On a good day, the answer doesn't
come until the very end.
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The race is a battle
to the finish line.
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June 15th, 2009
was a very good day.
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The Catalan Grand Prix,
two laps to go.
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Thirty-year-old Italian
multiple MotoGP champion
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Valentino Rossi,
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against his 21-year-old Spanish
teammate, Jorge Lorenzo.
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"Teammate" is a
misleading term.
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They are bitter rivals
in the same colors
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on the same bikes.
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Rossi is used to
being number one.
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Lorenzo wants to be.
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Lorenzo has won two of the
five races so far this season,
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the champion only one.
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Now, Rossi faces losing to Lorenzo in
front of the Spaniard's home crowd
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and losing another five points
to him in the championship.
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Victory would put
Rossi level on points.
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More importantly, it would
put Lorenzo in his place,
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at least for the time being.
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A hundred thousand fans are watching
the battle around the track,
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millions more on TV
around the world.
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Here he
comes, down the straight,
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Jorge Lorenzo's
gonna go through,
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and he's gone through
Valentino Rossi.
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Lorenzo brakes,
closes the door.
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Very smart move, fairing
to fairing in the chicane.
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He's trying to get past.
Jorge won't let him.
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Final lap. Lorenzo in
front, Rossi behind.
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Attention, attention. They've
been together all race long.
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Of all those
watching, nobody knows better
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than Rossi's own team where his
last chances to overtake are.
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Faster, faster,
faster here!
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Go, go!
More, more faster!
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Rossi's best chance
is in the next few corners.
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From Turn 10 onwards
it's all but impossible.
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Haifa lap
to go here at Barcelona-
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Jorge's beating him
hand to hand.
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It's crazy, he'll be
leading the championship.
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Go Valentino, go!
Head to head.
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Lorenzo's carrying
a lot of speed out of Turn 9.
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There's no way
through there.
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Oh, mamma mia!
Mamma mia! Mamma mia!
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On the inside,
Jorge's really got him.
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Three corners to win
the Catalan Grand Prix.
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He said
to me before this weekend,
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if you go into
these corners first,
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you know you're
gonna win the race.
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Almost impossible. Very, very difficult.
Lorenzo ahead, Rossi behind.
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There's no room here.
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When Jorge
closed the door on me in Turn 9,
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I say, "Fuck, I have to
try in the last corner."
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But I don't know
if I crash.
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And I hope, if I crash, we
crash together. Not alone.
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And from that moment, I tried to
stay very, very, very close to him.
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And I know I have a small
chance on the last corner.
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It is strange
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because I thought, "Okay, if
I can be the maximum fast,
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"the maximum quick I can be
in the last two corners,
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"he can't overtake me."
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I just ride to go fast,
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so some part of me thought, "Okay,
Valentino is going to try."
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So, I didn't want to close
more, because Valentino is...
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He's going to try the same.
So, maybe we could crash.
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And another
part of me thought,
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"Valentino is not
going to try,
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"it's impossible
to pass there."
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The surprise
was the important thing,
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because also
Jorge don't expect.
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When we arrived
to the last corner,
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I said, "I have to brake a little bit
later than him, but not too much."
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So, when he brake, I brake a bit
later, like five, six meters later,
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and I try to put my bike
at 180 kilometers an hour
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in 35 centimeters.
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And I say,
"Maybe now I crash."
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At the maximum braking,
when I go to the apex,
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I feel the front go away.
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And I say, "Please, don't
slide more because we crash."
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But the front stayed.
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The Bridgestone
front tire is a great tire.
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What a race. He's got one corner left.
He's going for the inside.
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And Rossi, he manages
something in the final corner.
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I don't believe it.
I can't believe it.
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He's done it.
I can't believe it.
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It's impossible. Bravo!
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And we arrived on the finish line
like this, but a little bit in front.
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And it was
a great emotion.
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What a race.
What a pass.
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How did he do it?
Rossi's done it.
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Valentino Rossi is one
of the most incredible riders...
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I make
a really good race-
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The only mistake I made
was in the last corner.
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You always have something to
learn every day in racing.
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Rossi!
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They come and they go.
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And they go as fast
as they possibly can.
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For over 60 years, the fastest
motorcycle racers in the world
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have dreamed
the same dream.
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To win at the highest level.
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The Grand Prix
World Championship.
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Most of them last
a few seasons.
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A rare few,
a decade or more.
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And some,
just a few races.
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Most walk away.
Some do not.
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Safer now than it was,
but how can it ever be safe?
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Wheel to wheel at 200 miles
an hour on a motorcycle.
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People die doing this.
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But most of them live.
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Really live.
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Over 750 riders
since 1949,
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all brave, all fast,
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and almost all destined to fail
at the ultimate challenge.
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In 60 years, only 24 riders have won
the premier class world championship.
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Of them, a few
won multiple titles.
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And at the very summit of the
sport stand just two men
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who have won the title
more than five times each,
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Giacomo Agostini, who raced
in the '60s and the '70s
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and took the premier
class crown eight times.
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And Valentino Rossi, on his way
to his seventh title in 2009.
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How many more races?
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How many more
championships can he win?
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Is he the greatest of all time?
Time will tell.
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But for every year
that you push your bike
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and your body
to the limit,
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you push your luck
to the limit, as well.
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You can't be
the fastest forever.
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And when the red lights go
out, nobody's looking back.
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The past is behind you.
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And there's only
one question.
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Who's fastest now?
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I like to ride
motorcycles- I enjoy a lot-
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I go in the best
circuit in the world
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with the best bike
in the world,
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try to go
as fast as possible.
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Until I have this taste
and this passion
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for riding motorcycles,
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why I have
to stay at home?
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Rossi won six of
the 18 Grand Prixs in 2009,
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Lorenzo, four.
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Another world championship
for the Italian
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and a step closer for Lorenzo,
who finished second.
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Valentino has won
a lot of world titles.
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And Valentino has done a lot of
things for the motorcycle sport.
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So, you must have
a lot of respect for him.
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But for me,
he is not a god.
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If you work really hard,
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if your technique is extremely
good, then you can beat him.
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As important as winning
races, is not crashing out of them.
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In 2009, Rossi failed to finish
only once, at Indianapolis.
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At the next Grand Prix
in San Marino, his home race,
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he mocked his stupid-ass mistake at
Indy with a special helmet design
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and a victory celebration
to go with it.
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Lorenzo crashed
out of four races in 2009.
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There goes up to 100 points
in the championship.
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You can't afford to crash, and
you can't afford to get hurt.
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But both are inevitable.
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Where do MotoGP riders
go in the winter?
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Onto the dirt for fun,
and they say, for fitness.
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Training in
motocross is very important.
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For physical, for mental,
it's very important.
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And motocross is very fun,
I like a lot motocross.
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Valentino will not race
motocross anymore.
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I have big, big pressure from
my father that say always,
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"No, you don't go
with motocross.
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"You're stupid.
It's too dangerous."
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I think a lot of MotoGP riders
have injury with motocross.
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Because we have
the mind to go fast,
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but we don't have
the technique.
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Motocross is very
dangerous for the jumps,
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it's more dangerous
for the bumps.
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When we crash with MotoGP
on the asphalt, you slide.
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Sometimes in motocross in the
mud, you crash and you stop.
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2010, the French Grand
Prix, third race of the season.
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Valentino Rossi
is walking wounded.
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He injured his shoulder
in a motocross crash in Italy
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a few days after winning the
first MotoGP race in Qatar.
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Valentino understands
with this accident
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that motocross is not the
right way to drive the bike.
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I have a small crack
to the bone, here,
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but I think now
the bone is okay,
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because it's more
than one month.
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Jorge Lorenzo
finished second in Qatar,
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riding with a broken thumb
after a pre-season crash
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on a dirt bike.
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He won the next
race in Spain,
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ahead of his compatriot
and archrival, Dani Pedrosa.
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Touching in the last corner
and beating him in the last lap
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has been 100% adrenaline.
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Lorenzo then staged
a post-race celebration
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to rival Rossi's
own theatrics.
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At Le Mans, MotoGP
rookie Alvaro Bautista
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is also walking wounded after a
motocross accident a week earlier.
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When I crashed, I
thought, "Okay, I broke."
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I'm here because I think
I can try to ride. No?
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Bautista had a compound fracture of his
left clavicle operated on a week ago.
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He also had thoracic
bruising and broken ribs.
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He wants to ride, and
that is quite incredible.
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Bautista is one of
six MotoGP rookies in 2010.
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They may be new to MotoGP, but
they're not new to each other.
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They've raced each other for years
in the junior MotoGP categories.
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Bautista and fellow Spaniard,
Héctor Barberé
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have some history with the
Italian, Marco Simoncelli.
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I like a lot
when there is a physical fight
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in the last lap,
to try to win the race.
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You fight with the
other rider, you touch.
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During the race, you want
to kill the other rider,
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but after the race,
you give him the hand,
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and you go to drink
a beer together.
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Okay, you are fighting
and you want to pass bad.
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I think he is different, because
he's very ready to hit you.
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Every time something happens,
they come to the race direction,
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and they say,
"Simoncelli touched me.
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"You have to
disqualify him."
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And for me, it's not the true
spirit of the motorcycle race.
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For me, it's normal.
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And also, if you see, Lorenzo and
Pedrosa in the last race touched,
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but nobody say nothing.
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Simoncelli
sometimes is very hard.
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I am his friend, so with
me, he is more soft.
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But especially with Bautista,
Barbera, always hard, hard fight.
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But he says they are girls.
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Yes.
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The rookies have graduated
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from 150 mile-an-hour
lightweight machines
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to 170 mile-an-hour
middleweights.
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Now, it's time to go racing on
210 mile-an-hour MotoGP bikes.
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There are no better riders than
the men they are up against,
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and there are no faster bikes.
This is it.
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The beginning of the
season, it was quite difficult.
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In Malaysia, I crashed,
I had a big crash.
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It was a very
strange crash,
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because entering the corner,
I lose the front of my bike
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and with the leg, I pick up
the bike for some meters,
239
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but after, the bike
retake the grip,
240
00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,321
and I had a very
bad high side.
241
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,286
After that moment, I don't
remember very well what happened.
242
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I am afraid
when I crash
243
00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,441
and I understand that
I can do nothing.
244
00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,251
So, in this moment,
I am a little bit afraid,
245
00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,288
not little bit afraid.
246
00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,169
The sixth MotoGP
rookie is American Ben Spies.
247
00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,963
Unlike the others, he's come from
the world of superbike racing
248
00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,168
and has the most
to learn in MotoGP.
249
00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,251
The Grand Prix tracks, riders and
machines are all new to him.
250
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,331
On the other side
of the track,
251
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Bautista has an even
worse high side crash,
252
00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:32,040
where the rear wheel slides
sideways, and then regains grip
253
00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,521
and flicks the rider
into the air.
254
00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,809
Meanwhile, Simoncelli experiences
the much preferred low side fall,
255
00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,166
where the front
wheel slides out
256
00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,722
and the rider drops just
a few inches to the ground.
257
00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:53,263
The rider has decided
not to ride in Le Mans
258
00:16:53,298 --> 00:16:57,606
and be ready for the
next race in Mugello.
259
00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:03,846
Ben Spies had a big fall with bruising to
his foot and dislocation of the ankle.
260
00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:09,882
If all goes well, and he has the heart
I saw today, he will do the race.
261
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,002
Pedrosa,
two quick laps on the mount,
262
00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,085
puts a 10th of a second into
Valentino Rossi, who's second,
263
00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,605
Stoner,
who's now third.
264
00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,842
To the last lap
for Jorge Lorenzo.
265
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,090
Still,
it's Valentino Rossi
266
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,084
with just a five-hundredth
of-a-second advantage
267
00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,323
on the pole position,
ahead of Jorge Lorenzo.
268
00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,085
Here's Casey Stoner,
2007 World Champion.
269
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,050
It's gonna be touch and go
whether Casey gets on the front row.
270
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,242
I don't think he's gonna be
able to get on the front row.
271
00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,324
I can't see it. No way.
I can't see it either.
272
00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:48,205
Pole. It's the first pole of 2010.
It's Valentino Rossi.
273
00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,009
Didn't think
he'd be able to do that
274
00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,650
at the beginning
of the session, Julian.
275
00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,609
He was quite
a way back.
276
00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,604
But how many times have we been
fooled by Valentino Rossi?
277
00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,366
"Giacomo, watch out,
just 18 races left. "
278
00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,408
"Thank you, Stefania,"
who is mum.
279
00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,927
That's a very Italian sort of
thing, a thank you to the mother.
280
00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,683
Valentino is a student
of history, he knows very well,
281
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,367
and he knows he's within
range of Agostini's records.
282
00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:26,162
He wants to say, "I won
the most Grand Prixs ever."
283
00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,851
He's on 104 at the moment
here in late May, 2010.
284
00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:35,124
He's got 123 to get
to beatAgostini's 122.
285
00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,246
Valentino is now 31,
286
00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,807
and he's having to
dig very deep indeed
287
00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,090
to fight off these youngsters, who
are immune to his mind games.
288
00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,328
Rossi is still the king.
289
00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:54,047
We're looking for the person
who is going to depose him.
290
00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:00,204
On Sunday, one of the worst
parts is the nerves you feel.
291
00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,004
There is something important
that is gonna happen.
292
00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,690
I hate this feeling.
293
00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:20,565
Meditation
helped me a lot,
294
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,406
I just turn on the sunglasses
and I hear my music
295
00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,847
and I just close
my eyes and relax.
296
00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,684
Like Bruce Lee, no?
297
00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,491
Be water, my friend
298
00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:37,363
I always feel a
personal connection with the bike,
299
00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,330
because I think
the bike has a soul.
300
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,722
I always make a personal
feeling together.
301
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,802
I always speak
with the bike.
302
00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,407
When the bike arrive in January,
it is like with a girlfriend.
303
00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:57,168
MotoGP is a team sport. But
when you start for the race,
304
00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,130
for the crucial moment, you
are alone with your bike.
305
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,885
When you are on the
track, you have to be flowing,
306
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,645
and you have to be
enjoying the moment.
307
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,245
Be water, my friend.
308
00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,646
You go for the finish line, and
you try to be the fastest.
309
00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:24,885
And it seems
a little bit stupid,
310
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,924
20 riders making the
same way, lap by lap.
311
00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,082
But this simple thing
is very complicated.
312
00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:40,566
It's very important to be
faster, but also to be clever, quiet
313
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,085
and don't feel
a lot of the pressure.
314
00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,445
I think motorcycle
racing is more fun,
315
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,484
because with motorcycles,
it's more a battle sport
316
00:20:50,519 --> 00:20:52,125
with the other guys.
317
00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,688
I follow the philosophy
of thinking outside the race.
318
00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,923
But when you are on the bike,
when you are riding,
319
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,083
it's better not to think and
to act with your instincts.
320
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,209
If you're always thinking
about your competitors,
321
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,164
you don't put your limit
higher and higher.
322
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:15,481
Today,
323
00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:20,762
if I have to be honest,
it was easier than I expected.
324
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,883
It is very important for me,
because it gives me the confidence
325
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,327
that I can win
two races in a row.
326
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,641
It seems that
he is always happy,
327
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,449
because he is
a really good actor.
328
00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,729
He knows how to create this
good feeling with the people,
329
00:22:00,764 --> 00:22:03,205
with the people who
are looking at the TV.
330
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,403
But every human has bad
moments in his life,
331
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,324
and for sure, he was
not very comfortable
332
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,927
when he had been defeated
two races in a row with me
333
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,087
in the same bike.
334
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:18,324
So for sure, he goes into the Mugello
Grand Prix with some pressure.
335
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,162
Young people are coming,
336
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,040
but how close we are from
Valentino, we don't know.
337
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,082
We will know
at the end of the year.
338
00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,284
After six seasons
in the smaller MotoGP classes
339
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,131
and double 250cc
World Championships,
340
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,040
Jorge Lorenzo moved up
to the premier class in 2008.
341
00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,691
His debut was nothing
less than astonishing.
342
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,963
A seven-race odyssey
from heaven to hell.
343
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,245
I made pole position in the first
race of my life in MotoGP.
344
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,767
I finished second
in the race.
345
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,123
I repeated with the pole
position in the second race.
346
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:00,964
I finished third.
347
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,645
And I won the third race,
also in the pole position.
348
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,324
For me, it was so easy
349
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,569
and I was beating all the
riders in my first year.
350
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,811
I didn't understand
why it's so easy.
351
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,251
The China Grand Prix, I didn't
get a good pace suddenly, no?
352
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,649
So, I feel that
I must push.
353
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,925
It was a terrific crash.
I broke two ankles.
354
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,682
The day after, I finished
fourth in the practice.
355
00:23:40,717 --> 00:23:43,524
The day after, I also
finished fourth in the race.
356
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,170
I crashed during the
practice on Le Mans,
357
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,970
the next race
after China.
358
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,689
I crashed, but I didn't fail
this race. I finished second.
359
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,566
But when I crashed in
Montmelo, I got unconscious.
360
00:24:25,601 --> 00:24:27,164
Like a boxer, when...
Yeah.
361
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,242
I didn't remember anything.
362
00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,727
Then I realized
what I was doing.
363
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:44,089
I realized that if I continued
like that, maybe I can die.
364
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,849
So then it comes,
365
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,081
the fear.
366
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:59,202
Some riders, after big crashes,
they get this fear of the bike
367
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,365
and they never
go fast again.
368
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,563
And they must retire.
Some others...
369
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,725
Maybe I am of this other,
370
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,764
take this disadvantage
and make this an advantage.
371
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,285
He was in here with
concussion for almost a week.
372
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,285
It scared him a bit.
373
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,723
All of us feel fear. The
thing is to overcome it.
374
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,969
Lorenzo had another
huge crash at the US Grand Prix.
375
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,122
He came back to take
two podium finishes
376
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,282
in the second half
of the season,
377
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:40,887
and finished his first year
in MotoGP in fourth position.
378
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,406
Here, motorcycles are more
important than football.
379
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,960
Here, motorcycles
are number one.
380
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:59,685
We were hoping
for a great rider,
381
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,604
and we got the greatest.
382
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,605
The miracle of Valentino.
383
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:13,204
Valentino and his motorcycle
flying towards the stars.
384
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,841
He was tiny when
he first came here,
385
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,208
and he collected
Japanese toy figurines.
386
00:26:30,243 --> 00:26:35,525
He always loved
Japanese things.
387
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,203
He was not a normal child.
388
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:44,241
At three, he was riding
bikes with Graziano.
389
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:45,801
Not normal.
390
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,721
Valentino could have
done something else.
391
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,771
But his father led him to it
when he was four years old.
392
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,089
I didn't push him,
you understand?
393
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,367
This happened
without saying.
394
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,922
He was the despair
of the police.
395
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:17,048
When he races, we all dream. When
he races, everything changes.
396
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:19,881
I love watching the races.
397
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:26,730
I had a Lambretta motorcycle.
398
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,245
Number 46,
from my father.
399
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,602
The first race he won,
he had 46, in '79,
400
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,722
the year I was born
so I don't change,
401
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,045
because all the people
know me for the 46.
402
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,927
And it's easy. If you switch on the
television and see, "Ah! 46, Rossi!"
403
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,048
My phone number
is 90-12-46.
404
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,967
Valentino is and always
will be a humble person
405
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,691
from Tavullia, like us.
406
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,402
Except he's a bit special.
407
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,966
We had it specially
printed in Milan.
408
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,210
And we told Valentino,
"You have to unroll it. "
409
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,605
He said, "How long is it?"
Twenty-five meters.
410
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:22,124
He said, "So long!" We said,
"Don't win so much! "
411
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,085
The most special was the first
podium when he was very small.
412
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:31,142
He's pulling away
! Victory at last for Valentino Rossi!
413
00:28:31,177 --> 00:28:35,164
Whoa! And he almost swipes
the wall in his delight!
414
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,565
That was the moment
we knew he was a real racer.
415
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,884
It is fantastic for me!
I tried to push very hard.
416
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,210
Push very hard, pushed very hard.
It was very funny. And I win.
417
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,529
Ipushed. Win the
championship with a victory.
418
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,887
I pushed very hard.
We made a very hard fight.
419
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,004
I pushed and I pushed
and I pushed. It's very good.
420
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,930
I'm the second rider in
history to arrive at 100
421
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,045
with Giacomo Agostini.
422
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:52,371
I'm so happy, but I hope
to have some other season
423
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,088
for increasing the number, and
for a fight with the other guys.
424
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,326
Thanks a lot to everybody.
425
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,048
All his races
are beautiful.
426
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,604
Especially Welkom
when he beat Biaggi.
427
00:30:05,639 --> 00:30:09,089
The first year that
he rode the Yamaha
428
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,081
which Biaggi
said was no good.
429
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:18,566
In 2003, Rossi's archrival,
Max Biaggi, left Yamaha for Honda,
430
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,444
saying that the Yamaha
was no good
431
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,928
and that he needed a Honda
like Rossi's to win.
432
00:30:23,963 --> 00:30:25,922
Rossi was invincible
on the Honda,
433
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,771
taking three world
championships in a row.
434
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:34,250
In 2003, he and the other Honda
riders won 15 of the 16 races.
435
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,724
Loris Capirossi won
the 16th on a Ducati.
436
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,650
Biaggi had a point.
437
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,405
Honda was the
most competitive bike.
438
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,885
It was the team where
everybody wanted to be.
439
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,767
And, we as Yamaha, especially during
2003, we had a very difficult time.
440
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,963
I started to
manage the MotoGP in 2003.
441
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:57,943
But our bike and our organization,
everything's very bad.
442
00:30:57,978 --> 00:31:02,767
As a factory team, we didn't
achieve one single podium.
443
00:31:02,802 --> 00:31:06,003
So we've never been
a top three in any race.
444
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,125
So it was a very tough
year, even more tough
445
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,006
was trying to convince Valentino
to join that manufacturer.
446
00:31:13,041 --> 00:31:17,528
I am here to say
thank you very much to Honda
447
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,203
and to say also,
unfortunately,
448
00:31:20,238 --> 00:31:22,806
next year we don't
race together.
449
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,445
A fantastic period for me,
three world championships.
450
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,530
Maybe making this choice at this
point is a little bit crazy.
451
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,363
I thought it was a joke.
452
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,846
But he had some trouble with
the previous manufacturer.
453
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,169
Rossi was winning
world championships
454
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,647
and earning tens of millions
of dollars at Honda.
455
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,004
But he felt like a prisoner,
the prisoner of a company
456
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,765
which held the bike to be
more important than the rider.
457
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,162
The prisoner of PR obligations
and corporate orders.
458
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,044
With the Honda, he knew
he could always win.
459
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,044
But he said, "I'm winning,
but I'm not having fun.
460
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:05,045
"I prefer to have fun
than win again."
461
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,645
That's important.
462
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,531
Not many people
will leave a sure thing
463
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,490
for something uncertain,
like the Yamaha.
464
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,561
Yamaha offered Rossi
what he wanted, freedom.
465
00:32:18,596 --> 00:32:20,767
All he had to do was show
up and ride the bike
466
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,081
with the added incentive
that everybody knew
467
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,931
that the Yamaha was
an inferior machine.
468
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,727
Everybody
was saying that
469
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,884
he was winning just because
he had the best bike.
470
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,248
Easy to win with that bike,
and he didn't like that.
471
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,362
So, he wanted
to challenge that.
472
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,370
Valentino wanted to show
the reasons of him winning
473
00:32:40,405 --> 00:32:42,761
is himself, not the bike.
474
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,408
So he came to me and
talked about that story.
475
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,005
So, I was really hungry
to get the win.
476
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,886
So that was a good time to talk to
each other, to make a good bike.
477
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,288
In Masao Furusawa,
Rossi had the engineering genius
478
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,681
he needed to redesign
the Yamaha.
479
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,583
Now, he just needed
the mechanical genius
480
00:33:02,618 --> 00:33:04,565
to optimize the bike
for each race,
481
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,570
his crew chief at Honda,
Jeremy Burgess,
482
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,924
the only man in MotoGP with more
world titles to his name than Rossi.
483
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,445
You're always trying to give
him the best bike for the job.
484
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,962
The motorcycle is a tool
to assist an individual
485
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,450
to do what he loves to do.
486
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,650
My job is, essentially, to sharpen
the tool so he can do it.
487
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,285
The Australian
prepared the bikes
488
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:27,925
for Wayne Gardner
and Mick Doohan,
489
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,806
taking six world titles with
them, and then three with Rossi.
490
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,445
But always with Honda.
491
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,086
My team say, at the beginning,
"You are fucking crazy
492
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,607
"to go with Yamaha!
We'll remain with Honda.
493
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,927
"It's a lot
more easy."
494
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,440
You only meet one
Valentino Rossi in your life.
495
00:33:43,475 --> 00:33:45,801
We could be racing
lawn mowers, you know?
496
00:33:45,836 --> 00:33:48,925
I do it because
I love to win,
497
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,805
and he's the guy
we can win with.
498
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,605
Honda held Rossi
to his contract to the end
499
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,362
so that he couldn't test the Yamaha
at all until the year was out,
500
00:33:58,397 --> 00:34:02,085
putting his new team at a further
disadvantage going into 2004.
501
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,481
Nobody expected us to do
any good the first year,
502
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,523
particularly the first race.
Realistically, you think,
503
00:34:07,558 --> 00:34:08,646
nobody could win
on that bike.
504
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,204
Biaggi just holds firm.
Rossi very, very close indeed.
505
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,605
Biaggi runs it wide an inch,
Rossi will be through.
506
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,644
But there's no way through at the
moment for the Yamaha rider.
507
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,645
Time's up,
Rossi goes through.
508
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,648
There was an inch,
and Rossi's done it.
509
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,524
And there's nothing
Biaggi can do about it.
510
00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:26,285
They brake for
the left-hander!
511
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,209
Rossi's just a little
bit out of shape,
512
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,605
but somehow he hangs
on to the Yamaha.
513
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,007
I mean, Valentino put in an
extra effort to win that race.
514
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,325
Rossi's gonna do it!
515
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,887
Valentino Rossi wins
the African Grand Prix
516
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,002
from Max Biaggi!
517
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,569
There was a lot of
emotion in that first weekend
518
00:34:47,604 --> 00:34:48,805
for him to win on that bike.
519
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,127
Trust me, it wasn't a given.
520
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,890
That victory
cemented the Rossi legend.
521
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,965
No one had ever
done this before,
522
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,731
win the last race of the year
for one manufacturer,
523
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,049
and the first race of the
next season for another.
524
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:13,369
It also buried Biaggi
as a serious challenger.
525
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,244
He won only
one more Grand Prix
526
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,762
and was left without a MotoGP
ride at the end of 2005.
527
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:26,210
I have the 2004 bike of Welkom,
the real one, in my bathroom?
528
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,682
Bedroom! Bedroom, sorry!
529
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:32,405
It's in the bedroom.
530
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,727
No, it's not in the toilet.
It's in the bedroom.
531
00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:38,405
Every morning, when I
wake up, I see my bike,
532
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,409
and I have some socks
sometimes on the bike,
533
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,761
but anyways,
it's a great memory.
534
00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,561
He's a charmer,
you know? He's star material,
535
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,762
whatever sport
he'd be in.
536
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,243
But apart from that,
he's a ruthless killer.
537
00:35:53,278 --> 00:35:56,606
I always feel people
need reminding of that.
538
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,063
He really is a savage
competitor,
539
00:35:59,098 --> 00:36:01,407
not in a way of
being dangerous,
540
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:06,287
but of being very dedicated to
winning, at almost any cost.
541
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,802
Sete Gibernau leads.
Look at the crowd!
542
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:13,130
One hundred twenty-seven thousand
Spaniards go absolutely crazy.
543
00:36:13,165 --> 00:36:15,646
Into the right-hander!
Rossi's got the inside.
544
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,605
Rossi's back in front,
he runs it wide.
545
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,769
Now, who has the first position for
the right-hander? It's Gibernau.
546
00:36:21,804 --> 00:36:24,286
Rossi's surely gonna try and
get up the inside of Gibernau.
547
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,125
Gibernau holds
the pole position.
548
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,640
They brake for the left-hander.
Rossi up the inside!
549
00:36:28,675 --> 00:36:30,125
They touch!
Oh, they touched.
550
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,288
Rossi. Gibernau's
running wide.
551
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,607
Rossi's punted him
off the track!
552
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:37,340
Rossi's gonna take victory
in the Spanish Grand Prix!
553
00:36:37,375 --> 00:36:39,961
Gibernau's in the gravel.
Can he get back on the track
554
00:36:39,996 --> 00:36:41,565
in time to take second?
555
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,126
Do they get any
better than that?
556
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,686
That was a strong move.
Yeah.
557
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,642
That was a Simoncelli move.
558
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,521
We're just seeing it again,
the replay here, and I don't know,
559
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,605
Rossi is very, very deep.
As you say, his foot came off.
560
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,689
You can see the contact here
better than anywhere else, but...
561
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,962
It was the
last corner, you know?
562
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,683
You have to try.
563
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,805
The Spanish crowd here,
564
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,320
the whole stand in front
of me are singing fuera,
565
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,205
which means "out. " They want
Rossi banned from this race.
566
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:17,329
It's thumbs down all the way
in front of me here.
567
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,681
They're whistling and
booing Valentino Rossi.
568
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,330
What a start
to the season!
569
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,365
If you're a racer, actually, all
that matters is winning, isn't it?
570
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,369
What he's here
to do is win.
571
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,165
Look at the way
he destroyed Max Biaggi.
572
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,328
He destroyed
Sete Gibernau.
573
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,845
This is motorcycle,
574
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,406
and it's very good that
you have a hard fight,
575
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:42,366
like, in my case,
with Biaggi, with Gibernau,
576
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,006
and especially, at the end,
with Stoner in Laguna Seca.
577
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,730
Rossi and Gibernau
had been feuding for a while.
578
00:37:48,765 --> 00:37:50,205
In 2004,
579
00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:53,881
Rossi vowed that the Spaniard
would never win another race.
580
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:55,685
Gibernau never did.
581
00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,326
He left the sport
for good in 2009.
582
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,081
Casey Stoner
is a different story.
583
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,160
He beat Rossi fair
and square in 2007,
584
00:38:05,195 --> 00:38:07,761
winning 10 races
to Rossi's four.
585
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:13,086
This was the first year of the
new 800cc MotoGP formula,
586
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:17,205
Stoner's first year on the Ducati,
and only his second in MotoGP.
587
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,208
The Australian on the Italian
bike took everybody by surprise,
588
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,408
including himself.
589
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,045
Qatar, there's
no way we thought
590
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,405
we were gonna win
the world championship,
591
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,443
but we went out there
and we won the first race,
592
00:38:28,478 --> 00:38:30,447
we won the third race,
we won the fourth race.
593
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,449
Epic battle at the front.
594
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,882
Stoner tries it in the
right-hander, through turn three.
595
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,089
A long radius, right-hander.
And Stoner's through.
596
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,921
Till now, I think,
the Stoner of two years ago
597
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:46,883
has been the fastest
Valentino met,
598
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:52,082
because it was so difficult to
understand why Stoner was so fast.
599
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,610
Stoner leads the way!
600
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,643
Rossi's gonna try to
get back to the front.
601
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,922
Rossi back in front, but
he runs a little bit wide.
602
00:38:58,957 --> 00:39:01,085
I think so,
Stoner goes back in front.
603
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,645
I think it wasn't till
maybe race eight or nine
604
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:03,966
that we were
starting to go,
605
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,864
"Okay, we've actually got a
shot at the championship here."
606
00:39:06,899 --> 00:39:09,648
Casey Stoner wins
the Grand Prix at Catalunyal
607
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,245
What a race!
608
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,807
On top of that, Stoner's
world championship on the Ducati
609
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,481
was the first time in over 30 years
that a European manufacturer
610
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,524
had beaten the Japanese
in the premier class.
611
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,245
Stoner
has a great talent,
612
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,245
and sometimes it's
impressive how fast he is.
613
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,762
In three laps, he made
the lap record, as you say.
614
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:37,002
Impressive, but if you work step by
step, it's possible to fight with him.
615
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,682
Nine races
into the 2008 season,
616
00:39:39,717 --> 00:39:41,924
Rossi was leading
the championship.
617
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,642
But Stoner was on a winning
streak and closing in fast.
618
00:39:45,677 --> 00:39:48,689
At Laguna Seca,
where he triumphed in 2007
619
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,605
and where Ross:
had never won,
620
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,645
the Australian was
fastest in practice
621
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,967
and starting the race
from pole position.
622
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:56,690
He looked unbeatable.
623
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,361
In Laguna, at that point, Casey had
won three races in succession,
624
00:40:00,396 --> 00:40:02,488
and we had to stop that run,
and it looked like
625
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,011
he was going to win
another one,
626
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,285
and this is what
Casey thought.
627
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,529
Clearly, that was the thing that we
had to attack, was Casey's belief
628
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,007
that it was a foregone conclusion
he would win the race.
629
00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:15,846
Casey started for
that race sure to win,
630
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,645
because he had more than
half-a-second-per-lap advantage.
631
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,844
But when he discovered that he'd
have to battle with me so hard,
632
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,325
he didn't expect it, you know?
So, this was important.
633
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,365
A lot of things weren't
shown during that race, on camera,
634
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,562
that happened over the
back part of the circuit.
635
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,365
Rossi knew he didn't have
the speed to stay with Stoner.
636
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,369
So he had to try and get
in front of him early
637
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,689
and counter attack at once
if Stoner got back past.
638
00:40:41,724 --> 00:40:43,728
If Stoner broke away,
he'd be gone.
639
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,524
Stoner was
unbelievable in Laguna,
640
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,325
and I knew that I had
to stay in front.
641
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,409
In his desperation
to stay ahead, Rossi overshot,
642
00:40:53,444 --> 00:40:55,880
dropping into the 10-story
downhill chicane
643
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,002
known as the "Corkscrew."
644
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,205
And the Corkscrew
incident was nothing.
645
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:02,083
That was Valentino
making a huge mistake,
646
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:03,885
running wide,
going off the track,
647
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,325
holding it wide open
and getting lucky
648
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,601
that he didn't fling himself
into one of the barriers
649
00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:09,210
and into me.
650
00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:14,885
From the bike,
it was quite scary.
651
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,885
During the practice,
I did the same mistake.
652
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,244
And I know that it don't have
deep sand, but just some dirt.
653
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,408
So when I drove over
there in the racetrack,
654
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,365
I say, "Maybe it's okay,
because I already
655
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,085
"try one time in the practice.
But I don't want to try it. "
656
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,565
Just made a mistake,
you know?
657
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:32,725
There's been
some moments
658
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,764
when Valentino rides really
hard and aggressive.
659
00:41:35,799 --> 00:41:37,171
But he's as clean
as a whistle.
660
00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:38,321
He doesn't do
anything wrong.
661
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:39,401
And then there's
other moments where
662
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,926
he seems to leave his
brain somewhere else,
663
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,082
and he'll just plant it
into the side of someone
664
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,565
I just don't think it's correct.
It's not a contact sport.
665
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,604
But Stoner complained
with me, but I never touched Stoner.
666
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:54,686
So, you know, what happened
in Laguna was a great battle.
667
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,367
And unfortunately, when you
lose this great battle...
668
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,602
It means,
"You're very angry."
669
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,121
Stoner complained,
but in general,
670
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,363
he don't know why he complained
because I never touched him.
671
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,201
Yeah, there's the saying,
"What goes around, comes around."
672
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,123
So, you know,
we'll see what happens.
673
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,282
If people keep getting away
with what they are these days,
674
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,404
then it's gonna get quite extreme.
Something's gonna go wrong.
675
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,487
Stoner's 2008 challenge
faltered after Laguna.
676
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,289
He crashed out of
the next two races
677
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,721
when he was leading
from Rossi.
678
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,329
I think Stoner...
679
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,962
The thing you have to question
is his mental strength.
680
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,201
Rossi went on
to win the championship,
681
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,605
becoming only the second
rider in history
682
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,061
to regain the crown after
losing it two years in a row.
683
00:42:49,096 --> 00:42:52,482
The only other man to do
this, Giacomo Agostini.
684
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,004
Stoner's fortunes, meanwhile,
took a strange turn.
685
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,682
After winning 10 races in
2007, he won six in 2008,
686
00:43:02,717 --> 00:43:05,081
and then in 2009,
just four.
687
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:10,482
At Catalunya, in 2009, the day of
Rossi's last corner pass on Lorenzo,
688
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,002
something was
clearly wrong.
689
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,522
You saw him in the
paddock and went, "My God!
690
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,085
"You actually
should be in hospital.
691
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,485
"You look that pale,
that drawn. "
692
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,524
And it was getting to him.
He couldn't talk to anybody,
693
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,849
you know, one autograph
hunter would freak him out.
694
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,842
Then Stoner did what tough
guy racers aren't supposed to do.
695
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,685
In the middle of the season,
he packed up and went home.
696
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,371
It's better for me to pull
out and try and fix the problem.
697
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,602
And then, it took us a long
time to figure it out.
698
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,890
The reaction of the other
riders to that was very interesting.
699
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:43,365
They're absolutely
flabbergasted,
700
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:44,731
that he should
stop in the middle.
701
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:45,887
You just don't do that.
702
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,006
How do you have the mindset
that allows you to do that?
703
00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:52,724
Casey came back
very strong,
704
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,724
but the question mark
is always gonna be there.
705
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,810
The Casey we got back,
completely different person.
706
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,646
Stoner was finally
diagnosed with lactose intolerance.
707
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:04,961
With the lactose intolerance,
I was getting that tired,
708
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,088
and that worn out on the
bike after five laps
709
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,361
that I was struggling to go
in on the braking points.
710
00:44:09,396 --> 00:44:11,320
I wasn't able to get out
of the way of someone
711
00:44:11,355 --> 00:44:13,244
if I was caught in the
middle of a few riders,
712
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:14,924
and it might've been
a tricky situation.
713
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:16,201
I'm 100% now.
714
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,090
He's puzzling, you know.
715
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,767
I'd say he's very much always
a championship contender.
716
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:26,007
But then he does these puzzling
things, like go off for three months
717
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,687
or ride like a hot-headed
Moto2 maniac, you know?
718
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,607
He puzzled everyone
some more by coming back
719
00:44:33,642 --> 00:44:36,251
and winning his home
Grand Prix in Australia
720
00:44:36,286 --> 00:44:38,163
and the next race
in Malaysia,
721
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:42,131
before crashing out of the last
race of 2009 on the warm-up lap.
722
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:46,129
He crashed out of the first
race of 2010 while leading,
723
00:44:46,164 --> 00:44:48,122
and he crashed out
at Le Mans.
724
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,851
I wanna try and win, and
people will criticize me for that,
725
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,366
but racing isn't always
about the championships.
726
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,124
It's a bonus at
the end of the season.
727
00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:56,765
I'm out there and I'm
out there to win races,
728
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,769
get the best result
I possibly can in each race.
729
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,180
Of course, sometimes
the mistakes come.
730
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:05,763
Unlike Stoner and Lorenzo, Valentino
Rossi has never missed a Grand Prix.
731
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:10,605
He's done every single
race since March, 1996.
732
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,122
That was 15 years ago, and
he's not yet missed a race.
733
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:15,805
I was very close sometimes.
734
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:20,329
Valencia 2007, I had injury,
but always try to resist.
735
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,804
This is like a legend,
that I have never have pain,
736
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,571
but I broke a lot of things
like the other riders.
737
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,120
Hands, fingers, ankles.
738
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:34,324
One of the worst of my career
and the big, big pain...
739
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:38,405
And I remember the feeling of
pain everywhere in the body,
740
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,929
because I did the change of
direction before the last chicane,
741
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:49,007
and that is sixth gear,
it's 265 kilometers per hour,
742
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:50,684
and when I
changed direction,
743
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:53,167
and I hold the bike
on the left of the tire,
744
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,841
the tires start and make
a very bad high side.
745
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,163
And I have the time,
when I fly, to say,
746
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,169
"Mamma mia, what's happened?
Now is a big, big crash!"
747
00:46:04,204 --> 00:46:07,528
And when I go down and
start tumble afterwards,
748
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:11,361
it's like 30 people kick you,
you know, all together.
749
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,201
And broke the hand,
it was a very bad crash,
750
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,203
and a very stupid
mistake from myself,
751
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,846
because I needed
to wait more.
752
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,922
There are far fewer serious
injuries than 10 or 20 years ago.
753
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:30,644
The injuries now are usually to
the extremities of the skeleton,
754
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:33,041
the bones of the hand,
755
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,963
the feet, the shoulder
756
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:41,002
and especially
the collarbone.
757
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,207
Rossi raced two days later
with broken bones in his hand and wrist,
758
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,044
and finished eighth.
759
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:51,806
2006 was the year things
started going wrong for him.
760
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,365
After five consecutive
MotoGP world titles,
761
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,483
Rossi was the clear favorite
to win the championship.
762
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,885
Then Toni Elias knocks him
off in the first race,
763
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:05,561
and tire and mechanical failures put
him out of another three Grand Prixs.
764
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:09,846
Valentino Rossi,
seven and a half laps to go,
765
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,763
is out of the
French Grand Prix.
766
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,400
Midway through the season,
when he crashed and broke his hand
767
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:17,244
in practice,
for the Dutch Grand Prix,
768
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,887
he was trailing the American
Nicky Hayden by 43 points.
769
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,446
Rossi fought back in the
second half of the season,
770
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,565
and was just 18 points
behind the American
771
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,444
going into the penultimate
race in Portugal.
772
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:32,086
He came out of that weekend
with an eight-point lead,
773
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,124
after Hayden's own teammate,
Dani Pedrosa, knocked him off.
774
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:38,763
I thought it was over, man.
775
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,123
I thought it was 25 years
of hard work out the window,
776
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:45,244
and my dream of being
world champion was done.
777
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:47,925
I've never felt pain
like that in my life.
778
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:53,444
It came in a bad moment,
especially for him, but it was racing.
779
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:58,367
It never happened before to me,
and it never happened again.
780
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,205
But it came
right finally so...
781
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,487
We were in the
motor home after I crashed,
782
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:05,483
and we were watching
the race, and I was like,
783
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,809
"Oh, my God, Toni's about to
nip him at the line here."
784
00:48:08,844 --> 00:48:10,684
And that just gave me
a feeling that,
785
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:12,525
"You know what,
this ain't over. "
786
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,331
That's five points, that
adds a whole new dimension.
787
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:18,643
I never pulled for a guy
so hard in my life.
788
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:27,011
The final twist came at Valencia,
where Rossi did what nobody expected.
789
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:28,650
He crashed.
790
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:34,330
The worst moment of my career,
except when you crash and you have pain.
791
00:48:34,365 --> 00:48:37,324
I was very, very fast and
I did the pole position,
792
00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:38,481
but at the same time,
793
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:42,690
I had an impressive race
pace with the race tires.
794
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,286
Pam! Pam! Pam!
Very fast, the bike was okay.
795
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,781
Sunday, nothing worked. I didn't
have the same grip from the tires.
796
00:48:49,816 --> 00:48:53,082
Rossi looked like
he bogged it, a bit off the line.
797
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:54,485
He's back in the field
there a bit.
798
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,286
And when I start for the race,
the bike was impossible to ride.
799
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,645
Hayden up
the inside of Capirossi.
800
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,967
Hayden now
up into third place.
801
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,964
And there is Valentino Ross! just get
a glimpse of that yellow helmet-
802
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:08,281
He's not where
he wants to be.
803
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,887
For me, something
strange happened with the tire.
804
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,890
The tires were not
the same of Saturday,
805
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,201
I think,
but you never know.
806
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:21,047
Valentino Rossi is gonna
have to produce the ride of his life
807
00:49:21,082 --> 00:49:23,361
if he is gonna
win the 2006...
808
00:49:23,396 --> 00:49:24,646
Oh! Rossi's gone down!
809
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:25,881
Rossi's down,
Rossi is down.
810
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:29,010
The reality is I lose the
championship and Nicky win.
811
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:33,564
Hayden finished third
and won the world championship,
812
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:35,967
proving that absolutely
anything can happen,
813
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,486
even after you get taken
out by your teammate
814
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,562
and you're eight points
behind Valentino Rossi
815
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,484
going into the final race.
816
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,484
Rossi lost the championship
by five points,
817
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,086
the difference between
first and second in Portugal,
818
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:50,531
where Toni Elias beat him.
819
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:52,561
Toni Elias,
820
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,923
the man who knocked him off in
Jerez at the start of the season.
821
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,244
Toni, my boy Toni, did me
the biggest favor ever.
822
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,931
I mean, I always have a soft
spot in my heart for that guy.
823
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:30,281
How dangerous is MotoGP?
824
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:32,964
And where exactly
is the danger?
825
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:41,961
Rossi's crashes offer two answers.
A machine problem,
826
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,811
the Valencia crash was due
to an electronic fault,
827
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:48,245
and the most common
cause, human error.
828
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,044
In Holland, Rossi had
not waited long enough
829
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,646
for the rear tire to get up
to optimum temperature.
830
00:50:52,681 --> 00:50:54,802
So it lacked grip.
831
00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:58,963
They may resemble superheroes
in their high-tech race suits,
832
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,442
but the riders are
human and breakable.
833
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:05,440
Motorsport is supposed
to be dangerous,
834
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:10,931
but not too dangerous. It's a
bit of a tightrope, really.
835
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,083
And you'd have to say that
the improvement in safety
836
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,640
over the last 20 years
of motorbike racing
837
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,127
has been
absolutely fantastic.
838
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:21,004
When riders crash nowadays,
839
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:23,407
serious injury is less
likely than it used to be
840
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:25,767
because of the improvements
in track safety
841
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:27,485
with huge runoff areas,
842
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:29,841
and the protective
equipment the riders wear,
843
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:32,525
which now includes
crash-activated airbags,
844
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,091
as well as body armor
beneath the leather.
845
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:37,764
In recent years, some
riders have crashed
846
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:41,686
20 or 30 times in a season
without serious injury.
847
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,364
Carlos held the record for
the most crashes in one season,
848
00:51:50,399 --> 00:51:52,203
like 28 crashes
or something.
849
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,282
Exactly, I don't know,
but it was around 30.
850
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:04,328
I stopped counting.
851
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,885
They fall a lot
at the beginning.
852
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:14,005
When they're on small bikes,
they fall a lot.
853
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:19,046
Then they stabilize, and when they're
older, they start to fall again.
854
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,810
The champions
fall very rarely, though.
855
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,929
Even 30 years ago, when the
tracks were not at all safe
856
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,968
and there were
far more fatalities,
857
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:31,084
the best riders
rarely died on the track.
858
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:34,881
All the premier class champions,
from 1960 to the present day,
859
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,964
survived their
motorcycle racing careers.
860
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:42,523
Making very few mistakes is one of the
defining qualities of a champion.
861
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,728
In two of his
championship-winning years,
862
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:48,202
Rossi finished every single
race, and in the others,
863
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:51,045
he never crashed out
more than twice.
864
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:53,285
To be
a successful racer,
865
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:55,761
you have to have a strong
sense of self-preservation
866
00:52:55,840 --> 00:53:00,607
and an overweening confidence
in your own ability.
867
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:06,161
They are human men,
but humans of a rare type,
868
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:07,605
something like
fighter pilots
869
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,490
with their extraordinary
hand-eye coordination,
870
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:12,528
their cool heads
in a fight,
871
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:16,207
the combination of extreme
discipline in training and testing,
872
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:20,365
and the willingness to risk it
all when the moment demands it.
873
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:22,249
But no matter
how good you are,
874
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:26,120
and no matter how great the
improvements to tracks and equipment,
875
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:28,521
things can still
go badly wrong.
876
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:34,327
With solo crashes,
you might break a hand,
877
00:53:34,362 --> 00:53:37,563
but serious injuries
are very rare.
878
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:41,531
When they're in a group, and there is a
faller, the others can run him over.
879
00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:43,804
That's the biggest danger.
880
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,091
Catalunya, 2006, lap one,
881
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,409
heading into Turn 1
at over 150 miles an hour.
882
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:54,041
Sete Gibernau clips the back
of Loris Capirossi's Ducati.
883
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,081
I was right
behind Sete when it happened.
884
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,571
He started braking, and he was
braking on the white line
885
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,610
that separated the track
from the pit lane entrance.
886
00:54:07,720 --> 00:54:09,882
And I think that kind of
spooked him a little bit,
887
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:11,610
and he tried to get
off the white line.
888
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:13,603
As he tried to do that,
he just
889
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:18,964
ventured over into Capirossi, and
hit his front brake and then
890
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:21,725
it was assholes
and elbows after that.
891
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:23,928
Once all the
carnage started,
892
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:25,490
I just remember
seeing Melandri
893
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:28,211
stuck up the back
of somebody's rear wheel,
894
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,727
basically trying
to rip his arm off.
895
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,486
When I came in,
I'm pretty sure I was
896
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,881
a couple of shades whiter than
what I am right now because
897
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:42,847
I thought I'd just watched Melandri
get completely offed.
898
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,843
He was fine, you know.
899
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,730
But it was a pretty
gnarly crash for sure.
900
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,528
At Assen in 2008,
901
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,725
John Hopkins crashed in the same
corner as Rossi two years earlier,
902
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:57,529
but this was
a machine failure.
903
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,285
It sent him off the track
at an unexpected angle,
904
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:02,164
straight into the wall.
905
00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:04,641
It was such an
odd place where I had crashed
906
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:06,768
because it was a bike
mechanical failure,
907
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:10,162
and one of the forks actually didn't
compress when I went in to brake,
908
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:15,041
so that the front just slid and I
went off in fifth gear, wide open,
909
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:18,010
and the data said that, at top
speed, right when I crashed,
910
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:20,208
I was doing
168 miles an hour.
911
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,601
So I hit the wall at over
100 miles an hour.
912
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:25,843
That's like falling from an airplane
and just hitting the concrete.
913
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,366
Thank God I hit it
with my feet first.
914
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,966
I blew out my knee and
busted my ankle and stuff,
915
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:32,929
but had I been headfirst,
I would have broken my neck
916
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:34,365
and would've been
dead for sure.
917
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,124
That definitely frightened me, man.
That scared me a lot.
918
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:40,689
John Hopkins was lucky.
919
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,606
Daijiro Kato, who died
in a freak accident
920
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:48,526
at the Japanese Grand Prix
in 2003, was unlucky.
921
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:55,808
Shoya Tomizawa, an emerging
star in the new Moto2 category,
922
00:55:55,843 --> 00:55:57,450
will be unlucky.
923
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,209
In September, 2010,
924
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:03,648
five months after winning
his first Grand Prix in Qatar,
925
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:05,609
he will lose his life
in a freak accident
926
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:07,489
at the San Marino race,
927
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:11,610
struck by two other bikes after he
fell directly in front of them.
928
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:17,650
It's that kind of reality
that you don't want to see,
929
00:56:17,685 --> 00:56:21,201
because you don't think
it will happen to you.
930
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:26,730
It's something, you know it's
there, but it's better not to look.
931
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:32,210
Mugello
belongs to Valentino Rossi.
932
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:35,363
He's won nine Grand Prixs
in all classes here,
933
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,205
including seven consecutively
in the premier class.
934
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:40,804
It's a special
place for him,
935
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:44,009
and he always brings
something special to wear.
936
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,843
Mugello is the classic
special helmet of the year.
937
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:49,610
Many times,
938
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:52,251
he was able to do the best
with the special helmets.
939
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:57,042
The face was the most famous
special helmet of Valentino.
940
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,566
To be honest,
a few days before,
941
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:03,087
we have no idea about what can
be the next special helmet.
942
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:05,128
I asked him
to talk about Mugello.
943
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:07,168
We was talking
about Casanova-Savelli,
944
00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:09,004
you know, there is that
going down to the hill.
945
00:57:09,720 --> 00:57:13,406
And then he show me, when you
go down, the face you have...
946
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:17,208
Yeah, and he makes
a special face
947
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:19,362
and they say,
"Do it one more time."
948
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:21,484
He do it, I take
a picture and I said,
949
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:24,530
"Okay, that is the new
helmet for Mugello. "
950
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:29,322
We are working with a lot of
riders and for everyone, I think,
951
00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:32,290
to have the right color
or the right cartoon
952
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:35,011
or something that
they have in their heart,
953
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:39,446
maybe one image,
maybe one special sign,
954
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:42,205
makes the rider
more comfortable.
955
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:45,887
The story of humanity is full
of these kinds of things.
956
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:48,606
The soldiers,
the cavaliers in the past,
957
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,762
the Indians in America,
958
00:57:50,840 --> 00:57:52,729
they take colors
with the hands
959
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:55,610
and put it on
the face to be strong,
960
00:57:55,680 --> 00:58:00,402
to be more aggressive or maybe
to take away their fear.
961
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:04,804
So, the colors, they can help
a man to be more strong.
962
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:07,929
It's like when
Superman put the suit on.
963
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:12,210
So when I put my yellow leather
suit, it's not just protection,
964
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:15,329
but also
psychological effect.
965
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:19,850
A MotoGP bike is a
machine with a human at one end
966
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,161
and a small patch
of rubber at the other.
967
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:26,131
In the middle is an engine generating
an enormous amount of power.
968
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:28,771
The job of the rider
and his team is to figure out
969
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:31,241
how to get as much of
that power to the ground
970
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:32,805
for as much of
every lap as possible.
971
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:37,525
The bikes are pure prototypes,
costing tens of millions of dollars
972
00:58:37,600 --> 00:58:40,285
and created
exclusively for racing.
973
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:45,400
These are the numbers,
220 horsepower, 350 pounds,
974
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:48,929
the minimum machinery
for the maximum performance,
975
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:51,367
far more power-to-weight
than a Formula One car,
976
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:52,646
more speed, too.
977
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:55,963
Over 210 miles an hour
at tracks like Mugello,
978
00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:58,407
where an F1 car
tops out at 200.
979
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:01,008
The big difference
is that, in the car racing,
980
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:04,368
they are able to understand all
the things from the computer,
981
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:07,205
because the driver
is stuck on the car.
982
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:11,604
In the bike, it's a lot more difficult
to understand what's happened,
983
00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:15,526
because more movement of the rider
changes all the balance of the bike.
984
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:17,927
For this reason, it's more
important, the experience
985
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:19,525
and the indication
of the rider.
986
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:26,451
In Italian, the word for a
motorcycle racer is centauro, a centaur,
987
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:29,649
the mythical animal
that is half-man, half-horse.
988
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:30,960
But it's no myth.
989
00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:34,931
A MotoGP bike is a prosthetic
limb for speed freaks.
990
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:36,844
The engineer's job
is to make the bike
991
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:38,763
an extension of
the rider's body,
992
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:40,842
moving in every
direction with him,
993
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:43,491
giving him the feedback
he needs to go faster.
994
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:46,605
When I was a small kid,
995
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:50,127
I really wanted to be
an airplane engineer.
996
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:52,168
But after World War II,
997
00:59:52,240 --> 00:59:56,404
we are kind of forbidden to make
airplanes, from the United States.
998
00:59:56,480 --> 01:00:01,646
So most of the good engineers went
to automotives or motorcycles.
999
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:05,805
That's why the motorcycle
engineering is very good in Japan,
1000
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:08,201
because a motorcycle
is next to an airplane,
1001
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:10,726
much more
similar dynamics.
1002
01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:13,121
So, looks like
a simple vehicle,
1003
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:16,647
but, actually, it's pretty much
complicated in the 3D moving,
1004
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,167
more than
the four-wheeled cars.
1005
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:22,767
A motorcycle at this
level is basically flying on the ground.
1006
01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:25,810
So, a motorcycle comes along,
pitches into a corner,
1007
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,166
it gets to 60 degrees.
1008
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,810
There's two gravities
going down through the tire.
1009
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:32,962
That's exactly the same
as of any aircraft
1010
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:34,326
which goes into a corner.
1011
01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:37,011
There's two gravities
trying to pull the wings off.
1012
01:00:37,080 --> 01:00:40,527
The physics of doing 140 miles
an hour with your knee on the ground,
1013
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:43,763
everything's trying to suck
itself into the ground.
1014
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:47,162
This weight should make the
bike fall into the corner.
1015
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:48,924
But, because of the speed
1016
01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:51,771
and other forces,
force that's centrifugal,
1017
01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:55,606
that makes these two
forces in equilibrium.
1018
01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:59,366
That's why the bike can lean
and don't fall into the curve.
1019
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:01,171
When you run
around the corner,
1020
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:03,447
the force wants to
throw you to the outside,
1021
01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:06,410
so you counteract it
by leaning to the inside.
1022
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:07,606
Same with a motorcycle.
1023
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:10,160
Everyone who's ridden a
bicycle has that experience.
1024
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:11,446
It's not that
far away, really.
1025
01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:13,050
They just go
a hell of a lot faster.
1026
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:16,404
When it's on its side,
1027
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:19,563
the entire bike must
flex to absorb the bumps,
1028
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:23,326
because the suspension cannot move
up and down when it's horizontal.
1029
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:26,768
The chassis has to be flexible.
It's a controlled flex.
1030
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:31,084
To quote one of the Honda
Japanese, "it bends like a tree.
1031
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:34,171
"It bends and returns
to its position."
1032
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:37,322
On Sundays,
they are gladiators.
1033
01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:41,087
But on Fridays and Saturdays,
during practice and qualifying,
1034
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,522
the riders and their teams are
more like research scientists.
1035
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:45,806
Their subject?
1036
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:48,167
Bending the laws of physics
as far as possible.
1037
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:50,645
Every track
has its own attitude
1038
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:52,330
of what the bike
needs to be set at.
1039
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:54,971
The tarmac surface,
cambers, off-cambers,
1040
01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:56,929
maybe some uphills,
downhills,
1041
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,368
tighter corners, slower
corners, faster corners.
1042
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:03,489
If you can get a bike
that works 85%, 90%, that's good.
1043
01:02:03,560 --> 01:02:04,925
It's never going
to be perfect,
1044
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,685
because you have so many different
types of corners on a track.
1045
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:08,921
You're going to go through
a corner and be like,
1046
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:10,809
"Okay, it's awesome
through there."
1047
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:12,644
You get to a hairpin and
you're like, "It's a wreck. "
1048
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:17,449
You gotta at least try to keep the
traction just a little bit longer
1049
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:20,171
till we can start driving,
because I can't roll with that.
1050
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:22,004
So, right in here,
it's still skatey
1051
01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:23,684
when you're going
to the throttle,
1052
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:25,484
then it transfers,
then it grips.
1053
01:02:25,519 --> 01:02:26,481
Yeah.
1054
01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:27,846
All I try
and do is make him
1055
01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:29,524
as comfortable as
he can be on the bike.
1056
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:32,610
Once he's comfortable,
then he can go do his job.
1057
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:35,604
It's doing everything
okay, but...
1058
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:37,728
It always feels like
1059
01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:39,643
there's a little something
here you could make better.
1060
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:41,722
You could make this better, get
a little more feel out of that,
1061
01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:43,245
have a little more
traction here.
1062
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:45,283
There could always be something
a little bit better.
1063
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:47,283
A MotoGP bike
is so finicky.
1064
01:02:47,360 --> 01:02:50,120
It sounds stupid,
but one mil here,
1065
01:02:50,155 --> 01:02:52,845
one mil there,
which is nothing,
1066
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:55,042
you go out and you come in
and go, "I can't ride it. "
1067
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:57,407
I mean, it's crazy.
1068
01:02:58,240 --> 01:02:59,605
I don't like.
1069
01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:02,286
Every rider
wants the same thing.
1070
01:03:02,360 --> 01:03:05,091
The ability to feel
the track through the bike,
1071
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:06,764
to sense exactly
what's happening
1072
01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:09,002
where the tires
touch the asphalt.
1073
01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:13,091
With feel comes confidence,
with confidence comes speed.
1074
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:14,561
You ask anybody,
1075
01:03:14,640 --> 01:03:16,927
"Do you want more front end feel
or do you want more horsepower?"
1076
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,889
Everybody's always gonna say,
"More front end feel. "
1077
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:21,008
Once you get a
comfortable front end,
1078
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:23,367
you start carrying more speed,
a little more entry speed,
1079
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:24,566
and then your lap
times start dropping.
1080
01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:29,687
What matters here is that the
tire contact patch is so small,
1081
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:33,810
and you've got to put 220
horsepower through that.
1082
01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:37,566
So, it's a game of not
over-stressing those tires,
1083
01:03:37,640 --> 01:03:41,690
but taking them to the limit
of their ability to grip.
1084
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:44,286
But never too far.
1085
01:03:44,360 --> 01:03:46,966
And it's that little bit,
that last little bit,
1086
01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:49,930
that all these teams are
searching for to make them work.
1087
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:02,665
Suspension is working,
but the tire is not working,
1088
01:04:02,700 --> 01:04:05,931
so we need to push on tire,
try to get tire working.
1089
01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:10,245
Before riding, tire warmers
heat the tires to 80 degrees Celsius.
1090
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:13,091
Out on the track, the riders
have to work them hard
1091
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,851
to generate additional heat and
the grip that comes with it.
1092
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,287
It is regular to go over
100 degrees Celsius.
1093
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,041
You can't touch them when they
come in, put it that way.
1094
01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:23,168
It's like touching a metal
kettle in your kitchen.
1095
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:25,567
And that's where that
amazing grip comes from.
1096
01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:27,085
By the time you get them
up to that temperature,
1097
01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:29,481
they become so sticky,
it's almost like glue.
1098
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:33,770
The bikes are infinitely adjustable.
The laptops tell the story.
1099
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:35,444
They may burn fossil fuel,
1100
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:38,000
but these are effectively
digital machines,
1101
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:39,206
their performance
pre-programmable.
1102
01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:44,327
There's so much technology
nowadays with anti-wheelie,
1103
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:49,048
anti-spin,
anti-rectum control.
1104
01:04:49,120 --> 01:04:52,363
I mean, they got all kinds
of shit on this thing that...
1105
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:55,330
You're constantly trying to
tweak this, play with that.
1106
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:58,289
This line is the gearbox.
1107
01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:02,203
You see second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth.
1108
01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:04,442
You see, the throttle
opening is the blue line.
1109
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,763
Then we have a lot of sensors
checking the engine performance,
1110
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:10,201
like lambda sensor,
temperature.
1111
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:14,001
The total number, including
the mathematical channel,
1112
01:05:14,080 --> 01:05:17,163
is around 200,
but normally we check 20.
1113
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:21,246
The KISS Principle.
Keep it simple, stupid.
1114
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,562
Okay, so we go
with the first bike.
1115
01:05:23,597 --> 01:05:24,561
Yes.
1116
01:05:24,640 --> 01:05:25,766
Parallel up.
Yeah.
1117
01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:27,729
And the second bike,
bring that home.
1118
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:30,371
Working
with him is amazing.
1119
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:33,683
If you work with him, you can
realize how amazing he is.
1120
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:35,569
Sometimes,
Valentino can make a race
1121
01:05:35,640 --> 01:05:37,847
with the same lap time
from beginning to the end.
1122
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:44,007
I can take the lap number four
and I overlay lap number 25.
1123
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:49,120
You can't see any difference in
speed between the lap number four
1124
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:51,123
and the lap number 25.
1125
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:53,362
Rossi
he has that edge-
1126
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:56,762
He can feel very well,
this line.
1127
01:05:56,840 --> 01:06:00,606
He's going on that edge for all
the race, so he's good at that.
1128
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:06,729
Mantequilla is the new
word, of this year, of my team.
1129
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:09,804
When you ride
very smooth on the turns,
1130
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:11,245
when you ride
like Mantequilla,
1131
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:15,331
like you are putting
butter on bread,
1132
01:06:16,720 --> 01:06:20,930
with the knife, very
smooth, very precise.
1133
01:06:21,080 --> 01:06:22,320
This is the
Mantequilla style.
1134
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:28,928
My dad, he was a mechanic. He was
in the garage with a hammer.
1135
01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:33,122
So I was thinking, "When
I became a real rider,
1136
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:36,807
"I want to be at the same constant
as a hammer, with the same force,
1137
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:38,166
"and in the same time."
1138
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,129
Hammer, hammer,
every lap the same.
1139
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:44,091
This is more or less
the two best skills I have.
1140
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:49,769
The smooth style and the
hammer constant pace.
1141
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:53,481
The other riders are more
inconstant, apart from Valentino,
1142
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:56,564
who is, more or less,
the same constant as me.
1143
01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:58,683
It's one
of the best points about Jorge
1144
01:06:58,760 --> 01:07:00,728
that he's not
a big technician,
1145
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:03,644
but he knows exactly what
he needs to be fast.
1146
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:08,209
He says, "If you fix the braking,
I will be three times faster. "
1147
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:11,807
Always, if we are able to do
it, he is three times faster.
1148
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:15,083
Lorenzo, this year, he's
made everything look so easy.
1149
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:16,650
He looks like he could
take a hand off
1150
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:19,240
and put it behind his back
and do the same thing.
1151
01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:23,530
Sometimes I can feel a little
bit of frustration from Valentino.
1152
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:25,051
He's developing
the machine,
1153
01:07:25,120 --> 01:07:27,009
and in the meantime,
he is preparing the tool
1154
01:07:27,080 --> 01:07:29,686
for his best rival
to try to beat him.
1155
01:07:29,760 --> 01:07:32,923
We have the bike that we have
worked very hard on for seven years
1156
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:34,650
to make as good as it is.
1157
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:37,200
Jorge has come along and
inherited a lot of that work
1158
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:39,049
and has done
a great job with it.
1159
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:44,365
It's not my bike because
Vale has been doing the evolution,
1160
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:48,047
so he has been making
the bike for his style.
1161
01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:51,607
But I adapt
my style to the bike.
1162
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:56,804
Every time I beat Valentino,
some part of the press says,
1163
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:59,451
"Why do Ramon and you make
1164
01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:02,330
"better settings than
Vale and Burgess?"
1165
01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:04,811
And I say,
1166
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,724
"Maybe it's not
a question of the setting."
1167
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,729
He learned a lot
from Valentino.
1168
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:14,041
He's learned too much
from Valentino.
1169
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:16,881
Valentino has
developed the bike,
1170
01:08:16,916 --> 01:08:19,363
and he's got
the bike ready made.
1171
01:08:20,080 --> 01:08:21,889
What bothers
Rossi's fans is not just
1172
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:24,042
the fact that Lorenzo's
winning races,
1173
01:08:24,160 --> 01:08:26,481
but that he's mimicking
Rossi's style.
1174
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:29,211
Rossi has the sun and moon
on his helmet and leathers,
1175
01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:32,011
Lorenzo, a halo
and devil's horns.
1176
01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:34,321
One leg of Rossi's
leathers is yellow,
1177
01:08:34,400 --> 01:08:36,721
one leg of Lorenzo's, red.
1178
01:08:37,960 --> 01:08:39,086
He's a copycat.
1179
01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:42,369
We don't like him
so much here in Tavullia.
1180
01:08:42,440 --> 01:08:44,727
How much of that
is getting up Rossi's nose?
1181
01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:49,249
Maybe the imitation is part of
Lorenzo's way of winding Rossi up.
1182
01:08:54,760 --> 01:08:59,561
Valentino, nine wins here at
Mugello, seven in the MotoGP last week.
1183
01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:03,003
You think of Mugello, you
think of Valentino Rossi,
1184
01:09:03,080 --> 01:09:05,811
but it will be tough on
Sunday for many reasons,
1185
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:07,245
for Jorge,
in particular.
1186
01:09:07,320 --> 01:09:10,767
Unfortunately, I had a bad
idea to crash with a motocross bike,
1187
01:09:10,840 --> 01:09:14,322
to have an injury that
may give me some problem,
1188
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:16,971
but championship is long,
we need to fight.
1189
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:20,561
I noticed that Valentino
was very anxious at this time.
1190
01:09:21,640 --> 01:09:25,611
It was a difficult moment of
the season because of my shoulder injury.
1191
01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:27,131
I need victory in Mugello.
1192
01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:30,880
He had a lot of
pain to the shoulder,
1193
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,008
and coming to Mugello,
he said,
1194
01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:35,811
"I am like a gambler,
I want to play the joker."
1195
01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:39,123
We think of the joker
because it's like when you play cards
1196
01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:43,330
and you have the joker, at one
moment, you have to play.
1197
01:09:44,320 --> 01:09:47,290
And you have to play
when it's important.
1198
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:02,804
He'd come out on a new
tire, he'd done one out lap.
1199
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:05,611
Then he was on his second lap
and that's when you slow down.
1200
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,882
But he hadn't done
a complete flying lap,
1201
01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:09,724
so the tire
temperature was already
1202
01:10:09,800 --> 01:10:12,371
at the bottom end
of its working range.
1203
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:16,524
I slowed down because
I had Barberé following me-
1204
01:10:16,600 --> 01:10:19,570
I slowed him down
for six or seven seconds.
1205
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:22,928
And when I started to push,
the tire on the left was cold
1206
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:25,810
and it was a big
high side, very fast.
1207
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:28,365
That was
just in front of me.
1208
01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:31,762
So in the practice, I saw it
out of the corner of my eye.
1209
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:35,049
It was ugly because
that's a really fast place.
1210
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:43,445
It was a bad feeling because
I lose practice, I made a mistake.
1211
01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:48,128
But after, when I touched
the ground, I had pain.
1212
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:51,170
I said, "Maybe the
problem is bigger."
1213
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,361
The violent impact
of the foot
1214
01:10:55,440 --> 01:10:59,331
on the asphalt
broke the leg.
1215
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:06,007
And the broken bone pierced
the skin and became exposed.
1216
01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:10,520
When I understood that I
broke a leg, I was quite desperate.
1217
01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:13,604
The pain was hard.
1218
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:17,482
A cold tire crash
is usually the worst,
1219
01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:19,005
because you just
have no idea.
1220
01:11:19,680 --> 01:11:22,411
It's like you walked
through the front door,
1221
01:11:22,480 --> 01:11:24,209
and somebody
had a baseball bat
1222
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:26,601
and just smacked you in the face
without you knowing about it.
1223
01:11:27,880 --> 01:11:33,046
I stabilized the injury and put
the bones back in the body.
1224
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:36,568
It's not good for the bone
to be exposed to the air.
1225
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:39,246
Together with
Dr. Macchiagodena at Mugello,
1226
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:42,051
we arranged to get him
to the operating theater
1227
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:45,442
in less than three hours,
avoiding vascular complications.
1228
01:11:48,360 --> 01:11:51,170
The day after,
me and Davide,
1229
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:54,847
we went to the hospital to
check Valentino's condition.
1230
01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:58,686
We stayed there a couple of hours.
I was quite worried about him.
1231
01:12:01,440 --> 01:12:06,526
Valentino will not depart
bike racing second in anything.
1232
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,241
Valentino Rossi does not leave
this paddock on a stretcher.
1233
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:15,081
However many points he was behind
his teammate, of all people?
1234
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:17,766
Doesn't happen.
Won't happen.
1235
01:12:17,880 --> 01:12:20,565
Even if he just comes back and
wins one race to prove a point,
1236
01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:22,649
that'll do it.
1237
01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:24,006
Why did Rossi crash?
1238
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:30,807
It was an unforced error,
pressure maybe, probably.
1239
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:32,564
He's not used
to being pushed.
1240
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:36,201
And that's going to
get worse and worse.
1241
01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:41,682
It takes a normal person five
or six months if all goes well.
1242
01:12:42,160 --> 01:12:45,164
Yes, five months
is to play football.
1243
01:12:48,240 --> 01:12:53,246
The surgery was perfect,
Dr. Buzzi did a great job
1244
01:12:53,320 --> 01:12:57,530
and put a long pin
in the tibia.
1245
01:12:58,360 --> 01:13:02,809
The guy who was clever on the Sunday
morning at Mugello was Pedrosa,
1246
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:04,689
because he woke up
and he went,
1247
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:08,162
"I can win this.
I can step into the shoes
1248
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:10,686
"of the man who has dominated so
many years here at Mugello. "
1249
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:13,646
He will win
the Italian Grand Prix.
1250
01:13:13,720 --> 01:13:15,445
In the absence of
Valentino Rossi,
1251
01:13:15,480 --> 01:13:19,530
it's not Lorenzo, but it's Dani
Pedrosa who wins at Mugello.
1252
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:23,327
What a ride.
Where did that come from?
1253
01:13:24,240 --> 01:13:26,242
Lorenzo might not have
woken up so quickly,
1254
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:29,164
and he's now coming to the next
race here at Silverstone, going,
1255
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:31,368
"Right, I've got to be on it
and I've got to be on it now. "
1256
01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:35,846
One week after the
crash, you don't think of nothing.
1257
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:37,445
You don't think
of the race and the bike.
1258
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:39,602
You just have pain,
you don't sleep,
1259
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:41,364
and you say "Fuck!"
every time.
1260
01:13:41,399 --> 01:13:42,361
I'll return fast!
1261
01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:45,083
It's gonna be
Lorenzo who's going to win.
1262
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:47,049
He comes through
Woodcote Corner.
1263
01:13:47,120 --> 01:13:49,646
Lorenzo wins
the British Grand Prix.
1264
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:56,811
So, Jorge Lorenzo safely negotiates
the chicane here at Assen
1265
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:59,611
and wins his fourth
Grand Prix of the season.
1266
01:13:59,680 --> 01:14:04,641
Jorge Lorenzo takes his third
victory in succession in MotoGP.
1267
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:09,044
Dani Pedrosa takes second
and Casey Stoner falls to third.
1268
01:14:12,480 --> 01:14:13,686
I have a strange effect.
1269
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:17,247
I don't have any emotion
to see the race on television.
1270
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:20,046
It's like something
very far for me.
1271
01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:23,325
I don't expect this. I thought
when I saw the race, I'd say...
1272
01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:25,004
But I was very quiet.
1273
01:14:25,080 --> 01:14:29,051
Just thinking of the best way to
recover in a shorter time to be back.
1274
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:33,211
He's using the hyperbaric
chamber, physiotherapy machines
1275
01:14:33,320 --> 01:14:38,531
to improve the healing
of the bone.
1276
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:51,284
When you cannot ride the bike,
you are very quiet at home on the sofa.
1277
01:14:51,319 --> 01:14:53,408
But when you say,
"Maybe it's possible, "
1278
01:14:53,480 --> 01:14:57,371
you can't stay at home,
you have to try.
1279
01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:01,290
He was like a child,
1280
01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:04,967
when you give a present, a gift
to a child at Christmas time,
1281
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:07,281
he's the same, his face
changed immediately.
1282
01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:11,730
Valentino, even after 104
wins, after nine titles,
1283
01:15:12,280 --> 01:15:14,089
he really can't wait
to ride a motorcycle.
1284
01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:17,883
Thirty-seven days after the crash,
1285
01:15:17,960 --> 01:15:20,486
Rossi tests a Yamaha
superbike at Brno,
1286
01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:23,566
the day after the World
Superbike races there.
1287
01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:26,331
A superbike is a highly
modified production machine,
1288
01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:29,211
a step down from
a MotoGP prototype,
1289
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:32,170
but still a serious
200 mile-an-hour machine.
1290
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:38,770
He lapped with the same pace
as the previous day's winners.
1291
01:15:39,720 --> 01:15:43,327
But if you ask him, he'll say, "Did
you think I wasn't able to do it?"
1292
01:15:43,400 --> 01:15:45,323
I mean,
that's his answer.
1293
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:50,250
And now it's a lot
better already than Misano.
1294
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:56,171
Five days after, we worked a lot in
the gym and in the swimming pool
1295
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:59,011
to improve power
and mobility.
1296
01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:00,684
I have pain, for sure.
1297
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:04,128
I have some problem
after the six, seven laps.
1298
01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:08,683
So it will be difficult to do the
long race distances for sure.
1299
01:16:10,160 --> 01:16:12,811
When I saw him crash at
Mugello, I seriously thought,
1300
01:16:12,920 --> 01:16:14,684
"Well, that's
the end of him. "
1301
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:16,888
Any man who has
achieved as much as he,
1302
01:16:16,960 --> 01:16:19,804
who is richer than
you could imagine
1303
01:16:19,880 --> 01:16:23,043
and is now under threat
from younger rivals,
1304
01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:26,408
lying there looking at his
shinbone sticking out of his leg.
1305
01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:28,289
Not a pretty sight.
1306
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:31,330
I really thought that we'd
probably seen the last of him.
1307
01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:33,442
And then he made me
look like an absolute idiot
1308
01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:35,249
by coming back
within five weeks.
1309
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:39,729
He's actually nuts about
racing, he's mad about racing.
1310
01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:42,770
There's no other
word to describe it.
1311
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:45,604
The doctor,
they were all surprised,
1312
01:16:45,639 --> 01:16:47,449
his bone condition
after just 40 days
1313
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:51,643
was like a normal person
in double the time.
1314
01:16:53,200 --> 01:16:55,885
The shoulder
was very painful.
1315
01:16:56,280 --> 01:17:00,683
Five or six hours in the
swimming pool and the gym.
1316
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:03,406
A lot of people
helped me very much.
1317
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:06,366
Every day
is a small victory.
1318
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:08,886
It's his heart,
his passion,
1319
01:17:08,960 --> 01:17:11,804
his desire to escape
the monotony of everyday,
1320
01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:14,205
to return to the fatal
attraction
1321
01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:16,766
of the marvelous world
of motorcycle racing.
1322
01:17:17,360 --> 01:17:20,409
This is the kind of thing that
can turn on you as you get older.
1323
01:17:20,480 --> 01:17:21,811
It's really hard
to stop racing.
1324
01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:24,645
You look at the great names
from the recent past,
1325
01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:27,803
very few of them have retired
because they thought,
1326
01:17:27,880 --> 01:17:29,962
"I'm getting a bit old now,
and it's a bit silly
1327
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:32,447
"and I've done everything
. There's nothing more to prove."
1328
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:36,002
Very, very few. Agostini's
one very rare example.
1329
01:17:37,160 --> 01:17:41,504
Valentino managed to
reconcile me to motorcycles,
1330
01:17:41,539 --> 01:17:45,848
because Graziano had a
very big accident in 1982.
1331
01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:51,086
Little by little, Valentino
has revived in me
1332
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:53,527
a great love
for motorcycles.
1333
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:57,810
Now that Valentino has hurt
himself, I'm a little worried.
1334
01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:00,844
Rainey, Schwantz,
Doohan and so on,
1335
01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:02,763
they stopped
because they got hurt.
1336
01:18:03,240 --> 01:18:05,891
They were nuts about racing.
It's a fine kind of madness,
1337
01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:09,328
quite a potentially self-destructive
kind of madness, too.
1338
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:13,405
Well, his dad was a famous
nutcase who was mad about racing
1339
01:18:13,480 --> 01:18:15,130
and got stopped
by getting hurt.
1340
01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:17,168
Let's hope it doesn't
run in the family.
1341
01:18:17,240 --> 01:18:19,971
I stopped for a big,
terrible crash.
1342
01:18:20,040 --> 01:18:23,169
I crashed in
Imola in 1982,
1343
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:26,050
260 kilometers
perhoufl
1344
01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:28,926
Was not a good
experience.
1345
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:36,085
Dr. Costa said
that I'd probably die,
1346
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:43,127
and then this was not true, and
I have been very, very lucky.
1347
01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:45,325
He was dead.
1348
01:18:45,360 --> 01:18:48,091
Graziano Rossi
died in that corner.
1349
01:18:48,720 --> 01:18:51,023
Because that corner
was very dangerous,
1350
01:18:51,058 --> 01:18:53,327
I had stationed
a very good doctor there
1351
01:18:53,720 --> 01:18:58,726
and he reached him within
seconds and resuscitated him.
1352
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:06,010
In this world, the rider smiles when he
confronts a fatal incident or drama.
1353
01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:07,886
That is the beautiful thing,
1354
01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:12,249
because life has meaning only
when it stares death in the face.
1355
01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:22,842
That throng of
journalists is all outside
1356
01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:26,049
the Fiat/Yamaha
garage. Number 46,
1357
01:19:26,120 --> 01:19:29,090
and amazingly, six weeks
later, he's even able to walk,
1358
01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:33,250
let alone ride
a 240 horsepower motorcycle.
1359
01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:39,605
Valentino wasting no time at all
to put three fastest splits in.
1360
01:19:39,960 --> 01:19:44,010
Valentino Rossi top of
the pile by 0-57 of a second-
1361
01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:47,846
Situation
completely normal.
1362
01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:53,286
I wondered about the psychology
here, whether Rossi can pressure him
1363
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:55,966
somehow by coming
back this soon,
1364
01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:59,965
or whether Lorenzo is just going
to manage to just shut him out.
1365
01:20:00,040 --> 01:20:01,565
Remember in 2006,
1366
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:05,122
when Valentino Rossi was
aboard the yellow Camel Yamaha
1367
01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:07,567
and he had disasters
with engines in Le Mans,
1368
01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:09,722
and he had an engine
blow up at Laguna,
1369
01:20:09,800 --> 01:20:12,929
but by the time we got to the
end of the year in Valencia,
1370
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:14,729
he was leading the
championship by eight points
1371
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:16,484
ahead of Nicky Hayden.
1372
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:21,408
Lorenzo leads Rossi by 104
points, more than four race wins.
1373
01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:25,408
But this is a sport that sees sudden
and brutal reversals of fortune.
1374
01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:27,520
Who knows?
1375
01:20:27,600 --> 01:20:32,322
Maybe Lorenzo will run into the
kind of luck Rossi had in 2006.
1376
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:35,802
Maybe Rossi still has
a shot at the title.
1377
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:38,605
It's something very,
very difficult,
1378
01:20:38,640 --> 01:20:41,883
but it's something that everybody in
the back of his mind is thinking.
1379
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:44,800
I feel
this bike very well.
1380
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:47,042
I know the limits.
Of course I can crash,
1381
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:48,406
but I know
the limits very well.
1382
01:20:52,560 --> 01:20:57,202
In the end, Rossi is back
because he can be and so he has to be.
1383
01:20:57,280 --> 01:21:01,126
This is what he lives for. This
is what they all live for.
1384
01:21:02,160 --> 01:21:06,449
One of the big
sensations is driving a bike fast.
1385
01:21:06,520 --> 01:21:10,650
I think, second,
only two other things.
1386
01:21:13,320 --> 01:21:16,051
Sex and riding,
the best experiences.
1387
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:21,169
When you feel the bike
and you are confident with it,
1388
01:21:21,240 --> 01:21:22,924
it's fantastic.
1389
01:21:23,200 --> 01:21:24,440
Fantastic sensation.
1390
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:28,361
It's some kind of love.
A strange love, you know.
1391
01:21:31,560 --> 01:21:33,050
Nothing's
even come close to it.
1392
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:35,771
My whole life's pretty much just
revolved around motorcycles.
1393
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:40,530
I love my bike. I love
the feeling of being on a bike.
1394
01:21:40,600 --> 01:21:42,250
Trying to improve
your riding style.
1395
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:50,250
Racing these machines
against these people,
1396
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:51,765
that's what I love.
1397
01:21:53,120 --> 01:21:55,282
You zip up the leathers,
put the helmet on,
1398
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:57,761
walking out to your bike,
you feel complete.
1399
01:21:58,280 --> 01:22:01,011
As soon as that shield
goes down, there's nothing.
1400
01:22:01,200 --> 01:22:04,170
That's it. It's just done.
You snap the shield shut.
1401
01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:06,927
Let's go as fast
as we possibly can.
1402
01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:12,731
Been racing motorcycles for
32 years, since I was four.
1403
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:14,404
It's been a very
long love affair.
1404
01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:18,603
I started riding bikes
when I was four years old.
1405
01:22:18,680 --> 01:22:21,411
This is my
twenty-first season.
1406
01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:25,685
When I am home more than one week,
I want to come back and ride.
1407
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:29,483
From the time I was three
years old, been racing motorcycles.
1408
01:22:29,560 --> 01:22:33,451
I didn't ever want to be
an astronaut, a fire fighter,
1409
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:36,888
a footballer, nothing else.
I wanted to be world champion.
1410
01:22:37,120 --> 01:22:40,203
When I was four, I was sitting
on Santa Claus' lap and said,
1411
01:22:40,280 --> 01:22:42,681
"I want a motorcycle. "
And then his reaction was,
1412
01:22:42,760 --> 01:22:46,287
"Well, you can't do this."
And I totally just walked off
1413
01:22:46,360 --> 01:22:48,089
and didn't even listen
to what he had to say,
1414
01:22:48,160 --> 01:22:49,889
'cause he didn't have
a motorcycle for me.
1415
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:52,446
And then I got a motorcycle
when I was five.
1416
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:54,807
And started racing street
bikes when I was eight.
1417
01:22:55,280 --> 01:23:01,162
I was three years old the first
time I got onto a bike, I realized that
1418
01:23:01,240 --> 01:23:02,810
it was my sport.
1419
01:23:02,880 --> 01:23:05,451
My dad was convinced
I could be a world champion.
1420
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:07,488
Since the beginning,
since I was three years old.
1421
01:23:07,560 --> 01:23:10,166
He was talking
about that with people
1422
01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:13,449
and people thought
that he was mad,
1423
01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:15,090
completely mad.
1424
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:18,209
It's usually the father
who supports his son's ambition.
1425
01:23:18,280 --> 01:23:19,805
But there's always
the exception.
1426
01:23:20,200 --> 01:23:23,602
Well, my mom was the one that
had the $80,000 credit card bills,
1427
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:26,206
working three jobs,
doing that kind of stuff.
1428
01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:28,091
We knew when
he was three years old.
1429
01:23:28,160 --> 01:23:30,527
When he was 12, I knew he
was going to be a champion.
1430
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:32,364
Told so many people.
1431
01:23:32,440 --> 01:23:35,171
So far this year,
Mary Spies has watched her son
1432
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:37,009
crash twice in France,
1433
01:23:37,080 --> 01:23:40,050
retire in Spain
and finish seventh in Italy.
1434
01:23:40,760 --> 01:23:42,603
Ben said it's gonna
be a different ball game.
1435
01:23:42,680 --> 01:23:45,445
And just hang in there and
we'll take it step by step-
1436
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,046
He crashed again
in practice in Britain.
1437
01:23:49,280 --> 01:23:51,601
And then racing with
a broken bone in his foot,
1438
01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:54,126
he shows everyone
what he's made of.
1439
01:23:54,200 --> 01:23:56,771
Inside line
as they go down towards Abbey.
1440
01:23:56,840 --> 01:23:58,330
Ben Spies now
on the outside.
1441
01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:00,243
Can he find some way
through at Farm Curve?
1442
01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:02,846
There you see, and Spies
is gonna go through.
1443
01:24:02,920 --> 01:24:03,940
How much longer?
1444
01:24:03,975 --> 01:24:04,961
Halfa lap.
1445
01:24:07,680 --> 01:24:11,127
Dovizioso's second.
Ben Spies in third place.
1446
01:24:11,200 --> 01:24:12,850
Got it.
He got third.
1447
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:15,970
Bravo!
1448
01:24:18,360 --> 01:24:20,567
That's his life, and
he can do whatever he wants
1449
01:24:20,640 --> 01:24:22,085
and I will support him.
1450
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:29,121
The other man on fire
at this point of the season
1451
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:30,964
is Frenchman
Randy de Puniet,
1452
01:24:31,280 --> 01:24:34,284
who has qualified on the front
row at the last three races,
1453
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:36,846
second only
to Lorenzo and Stoner.
1454
01:24:37,560 --> 01:24:39,881
Like Spies, de Puniet
is in the satellite team,
1455
01:24:40,200 --> 01:24:42,328
racing a second-best bike.
1456
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:44,562
Only the top teams get
the latest equipment,
1457
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:46,928
an unfair fact
of MotoGP life.
1458
01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:54,285
De Puniet's ultra-fast qualifying
laps are a tribute to his bra very.
1459
01:24:54,480 --> 01:24:57,370
And perhaps also to the
testosterone boosting powers
1460
01:24:57,440 --> 01:25:00,171
of his Australian girlfriend,
Lauren Vickers.
1461
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:03,724
But it's very, very hard
to maintain that level
1462
01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:06,406
of over-the-limit commitment
for an entire race.
1463
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:10,490
I don't like to see that
so much, the crashes,
1464
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:13,530
but when he's on a high, it's really
amazing to be able to watch him.
1465
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:15,762
Yeah, I feel okay because
it's my riding style.
1466
01:25:15,880 --> 01:25:18,451
And it was the only
chance to be fast.
1467
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:22,451
Sure, my bike was a little
bit difficult to control.
1468
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:25,330
But it was no problem because I
am in good physical condition,
1469
01:25:25,400 --> 01:25:27,641
and I was ready for that.
1470
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:31,044
It's another
good lap by Rossi.
1471
01:25:31,120 --> 01:25:33,691
Will it lift him out of fifth place?
It does. Up to fourth.
1472
01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:36,923
He's getting nearer and nearer
to that front row start.
1473
01:25:37,480 --> 01:25:40,529
Fire out of the side
of Jorge Lorenzo's bike.
1474
01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:42,648
Fuel off the left
hand side of the bike.
1475
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:44,245
Oil spitting out
of the bike.
1476
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:45,241
Pouring out.
1477
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:48,928
There he is. Oil spurting
out of his bike.
1478
01:25:48,963 --> 01:25:51,446
All the way down
towards Turn 1.
1479
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:53,602
Ben Spies has gone down.
1480
01:25:53,680 --> 01:25:55,489
Hey, there's someone
else there as well.
1481
01:25:55,560 --> 01:25:56,925
Is that
Randy de Puniet?
1482
01:25:57,000 --> 01:25:58,286
Yeah.
It's de Puniet down.
1483
01:25:58,360 --> 01:25:59,441
Red flag out.
1484
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:02,171
Oil on the track,
de Puniet looks hurt.
1485
01:26:07,440 --> 01:26:11,286
Jorge Lorenzo is confirmed
as being on pole position.
1486
01:26:11,360 --> 01:26:14,011
The Spaniard just nipping
ahead of Casey Stoner.
1487
01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:16,162
And Dani Pedrosa
rounding out the first row.
1488
01:26:16,240 --> 01:26:19,210
Row two, Dovizioso backing
up Pedrosa's speed.
1489
01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:20,611
Valentino Ross:
he returns-
1490
01:26:20,680 --> 01:26:22,887
Row three, headed
by Randy de Puniet.
1491
01:26:22,960 --> 01:26:27,090
Let's hope he's okay for tomorrow's
Grand Prix after the crash.
1492
01:26:38,360 --> 01:26:39,646
Jorge Lorenzo in pole.
1493
01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:42,849
Casey Stoner, he goes
to Honda next season.
1494
01:26:44,920 --> 01:26:49,369
Behind them, look out for the return
of The Doctor, Valentino Rossi.
1495
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:52,728
Valentino Rossi hasn't ruled out
challenging for this championship.
1496
01:27:04,640 --> 01:27:07,371
Round eight of the
MotoGP World Championship
1497
01:27:07,440 --> 01:27:09,886
here at the Sachsenring
is underway.
1498
01:27:10,960 --> 01:27:14,646
The race is scheduled for
30 laps of the 2. 2-mile circuit.
1499
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:17,285
Sachsenring is unusual
1500
01:27:17,360 --> 01:27:20,921
because it has 10 left
and only three right turns.
1501
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:22,684
The layout helps Rossi.
1502
01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:25,491
His injuries are to his right
leg and right shoulder,
1503
01:27:25,560 --> 01:27:28,484
and the track places the load on the
stronger left side of his body.
1504
01:27:31,000 --> 01:27:35,961
Nine laps in, Lorenzo leads from
Pedrosa, Stoner and Dovizioso.
1505
01:27:36,040 --> 01:27:39,089
Rossi is in fifth place
when the crash happens.
1506
01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:50,241
De Puniet falls first and is struck
by the Ducati of Mika Kallio.
1507
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:53,324
Bautista and Espargaro
hit de Puniet's bike.
1508
01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:09,888
De Puniet's injuries,
a broken tibia and fibula,
1509
01:28:09,960 --> 01:28:11,928
like Rossi at Mugello.
1510
01:28:17,440 --> 01:28:19,283
The race is restarted.
1511
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:23,844
Pedrosa takes the lead
from Lorenzo in lap 10
1512
01:28:23,920 --> 01:28:26,890
and edges away to win
by three seconds.
1513
01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:29,008
The real battle
is behind them.
1514
01:28:29,080 --> 01:28:31,560
Casey Stoner and Valentino
Rossi fight it out
1515
01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:33,563
for the final place
on the podium.
1516
01:28:33,640 --> 01:28:35,529
And it will all
be down to the final lap
1517
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:37,090
for the battle
for the podium position.
1518
01:28:37,160 --> 01:28:38,685
Rossi will be
desperate for it.
1519
01:28:38,720 --> 01:28:40,768
Stoner desperate
to hang onto it.
1520
01:28:43,200 --> 01:28:45,202
Look how wide
Stoner has gone.
1521
01:28:45,280 --> 01:28:48,807
He's gonna try and get the
drive going down to 14.
1522
01:28:51,320 --> 01:28:53,766
Stoner's going to come in. It's
the final corner in attack.
1523
01:28:53,840 --> 01:28:56,241
Stoner goes through
into 14.
1524
01:28:56,320 --> 01:28:58,891
Across the line,
it's Stoner.
1525
01:29:01,480 --> 01:29:04,404
You know, I'm sure
from Casey's perspective,
1526
01:29:04,480 --> 01:29:06,403
there was extra
effort put in
1527
01:29:06,480 --> 01:29:09,927
to not get beaten by a guy
with a broken leg.
1528
01:29:18,360 --> 01:29:20,283
Overall, I think being
a left-hand track
1529
01:29:20,360 --> 01:29:22,010
may not be too difficult
on the leg.
1530
01:29:22,080 --> 01:29:24,401
You obviously don't get any
rest at all at Laguna.
1531
01:29:25,720 --> 01:29:30,203
I suffered quite
a lot in Turn 4 and Turn 5,
1532
01:29:31,280 --> 01:29:33,521
for changing direction
from right to left
1533
01:29:33,600 --> 01:29:36,001
and also braking
for the turnpike.
1534
01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:37,923
It's a hard
sport, physically.
1535
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:39,843
You are getting
tired in the race.
1536
01:29:39,920 --> 01:29:44,926
You are moving your body and have
a lot of force to move this bike.
1537
01:29:45,520 --> 01:29:48,729
And also to go down at
the Corkscrew, I have some pain.
1538
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:51,565
So in that change of direction,
I was not strong enough.
1539
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:55,326
In the race,
Pedrosa leads Lorenzo again.
1540
01:29:55,400 --> 01:29:57,129
But this time,
he cracks under pressure.
1541
01:29:57,200 --> 01:30:00,363
Crash! Dani Pedrosa!
Dani Pedrosa has crashed out,
1542
01:30:00,440 --> 01:30:04,286
leading all the way
in this race so far.
1543
01:30:04,360 --> 01:30:08,445
Rossi finds himself in a
last-lap battle with Andrea Dovizioso.
1544
01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:12,570
This time, he wins.
1545
01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:16,362
He's back on the podium.
1546
01:30:18,960 --> 01:30:21,770
But his teammate
is on the top step.
1547
01:30:21,840 --> 01:30:23,001
He has a serenity.
1548
01:30:23,080 --> 01:30:27,244
Very mature, measured, careful
races he's had all this year,
1549
01:30:27,320 --> 01:30:29,084
with or without
Rossi there.
1550
01:30:29,720 --> 01:30:33,167
He did a great job,
so great congratulations to him,
1551
01:30:33,280 --> 01:30:37,649
and he's in front every practice
and in every condition.
1552
01:30:37,720 --> 01:30:39,643
So he's in great,
great shape.
1553
01:30:39,720 --> 01:30:43,805
I think he deserves the championship,
without my injury, my crash.
1554
01:30:43,880 --> 01:30:46,087
You cannot say nothing
to a rider that...
1555
01:30:46,160 --> 01:30:47,810
The worst result
is second, so...
1556
01:30:48,920 --> 01:30:52,970
In 2009, Valentino Rossi
said he expected to stay at Yamaha
1557
01:30:53,040 --> 01:30:54,929
until the end
of his career.
1558
01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:59,324
At Laguna Seca, it's announced that
he will race for Ducati in 2011.
1559
01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:04,248
One year ago, I think
that I finish my career with Yamaha.
1560
01:31:04,320 --> 01:31:07,722
But after, inside of Yamaha,
a lot of things changed.
1561
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:12,365
Yamaha have hired somebody
who is not just as fast as him,
1562
01:31:12,440 --> 01:31:14,090
but frequently
faster than him,
1563
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:18,043
and more distressingly for
Rossi, a great deal younger.
1564
01:31:18,600 --> 01:31:20,682
I think we've got
to wait till 2016
1565
01:31:20,760 --> 01:31:23,240
before we can make
a determination on that,
1566
01:31:23,320 --> 01:31:27,006
because that's when he'd have had
the opportunity to win as many
1567
01:31:27,200 --> 01:31:29,851
MotoGP Championships
as Valentino has.
1568
01:31:30,760 --> 01:31:33,001
At the next race
in the Czech Republic,
1569
01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:35,965
Rossi is on course for a
front row starting position
1570
01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:38,520
when he crashes in the final
corner of his fastest lap.
1571
01:31:40,760 --> 01:31:42,489
He escapes without injury.
1572
01:31:43,360 --> 01:31:45,283
He finishes fifth
in the race.
1573
01:31:46,280 --> 01:31:47,770
Lorenzo wins.
1574
01:31:48,480 --> 01:31:51,211
Two weeks later in sweltering
heat in Indianapolis,
1575
01:31:52,200 --> 01:31:54,407
Rossi crashes again
in practice.
1576
01:31:56,160 --> 01:31:57,161
And again.
1577
01:31:58,920 --> 01:31:59,921
And again.
1578
01:32:02,040 --> 01:32:05,203
When he came back, we thought
that maybe in two or three races,
1579
01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:06,520
he would have been 100%.
1580
01:32:06,600 --> 01:32:08,443
Now we realize that
it's not like that.
1581
01:32:08,600 --> 01:32:11,604
In a normal condition,
you fully dominate your bike,
1582
01:32:11,720 --> 01:32:13,131
like you are in control.
1583
01:32:13,640 --> 01:32:17,122
Probably now, he is not in control.
He has a lack of power.
1584
01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:21,771
After a disappointing
sixth at Laguna Seca,
1585
01:32:22,280 --> 01:32:25,966
Ben Spies rises to the occasion on
his return to his home country.
1586
01:32:26,560 --> 01:32:29,723
He qualifies on pole and
takes second in the race.
1587
01:32:31,680 --> 01:32:34,251
It was a perfect weekend for me.
We didn't win the race,
1588
01:32:34,400 --> 01:32:36,402
but in a rookie season,
satellite bike,
1589
01:32:36,600 --> 01:32:38,443
you can't ask for
a whole lot more.
1590
01:32:39,040 --> 01:32:43,967
Dani Pedrosa wins,
Lorenzo is third, Rossi fourth.
1591
01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:46,364
You can't bet
against Valentino.
1592
01:32:46,440 --> 01:32:48,329
You know,
Valentino is Valentino.
1593
01:32:48,680 --> 01:32:50,762
But there is always
a changing of the guard.
1594
01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:53,204
Valentino
said it best himself.
1595
01:32:53,480 --> 01:32:56,211
"The young sharks smell
blood, " and they did.
1596
01:32:56,440 --> 01:33:01,162
And that aura of invincibility
of Valentino's has been broken.
1597
01:33:01,240 --> 01:33:05,245
Now, can he repair that?
1598
01:33:09,040 --> 01:33:12,283
Rossi wears a special
helmet for his home race in Misano,
1599
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:15,131
telling himself to wake up
as the hour approaches.
1600
01:33:16,760 --> 01:33:18,569
I feel better
with my leg,
1601
01:33:18,640 --> 01:33:21,689
but unfortunately, this racetrack
is very demanding for the shoulder,
1602
01:33:21,760 --> 01:33:25,481
because it has three
hard braking on the right.
1603
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:29,360
The whole structure of
the shoulder was damaged,
1604
01:33:29,440 --> 01:33:35,721
the socket, ligaments,
muscles, cartilage.
1605
01:33:37,040 --> 01:33:39,042
I think there's
a particular angle it's fine,
1606
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:41,600
and another angle,
it's very weak.
1607
01:33:42,760 --> 01:33:43,761
Braking.
1608
01:33:43,840 --> 01:33:47,049
At the end of the straight,
under hard braking.
1609
01:33:47,240 --> 01:33:50,767
The maximum G-force
you can have is 2.5G.
1610
01:33:51,440 --> 01:33:52,487
The word is that his team
1611
01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,642
is trying to make the bike
easier for him to ride.
1612
01:33:55,680 --> 01:33:56,886
At the end of the day,
1613
01:33:57,880 --> 01:34:00,201
if you can make
the bike easier to ride,
1614
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:02,721
why wouldn't you make it easier
to ride for a fit person?
1615
01:34:03,280 --> 01:34:06,648
It's impossible. It's impossible
to make the bike easy to ride.
1616
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:10,407
If he had lots of strength, we
could make the bike good for braking,
1617
01:34:10,480 --> 01:34:11,845
which is a strength of his.
1618
01:34:11,960 --> 01:34:14,645
But when he became tired
or weak with his shoulder,
1619
01:34:15,000 --> 01:34:18,083
then we had to slightly move
the setting away from braking
1620
01:34:18,160 --> 01:34:21,323
and more towards
sort of help it turn.
1621
01:34:21,400 --> 01:34:24,802
We try to make a bike
easier to stop from braking,
1622
01:34:24,960 --> 01:34:27,930
but, you know, when you have
a good bike in braking,
1623
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:30,048
then you have a bike
that doesn't turn well,
1624
01:34:30,160 --> 01:34:34,370
you create some benefit, but you
create a lot of negative also.
1625
01:34:34,720 --> 01:34:40,204
This problem has been the
story of all this year.
1626
01:34:42,080 --> 01:34:44,526
Valentino Rossi heads
the second row of the grid.
1627
01:34:44,600 --> 01:34:47,251
He is the reigning
MotoGP World Champion.
1628
01:34:47,520 --> 01:34:50,125
And the time is
coming up to 2:00.
1629
01:34:50,160 --> 01:34:52,730
It's time,
Valentino, to wake up.
1630
01:34:56,520 --> 01:34:59,888
And for those Valentino
Rossi fan club members,
1631
01:35:00,120 --> 01:35:03,249
it's time for Valentino Rossi
to win another Grand Prix.
1632
01:35:03,320 --> 01:35:06,290
The last time that Valentino
Rossi won a Grand Prix
1633
01:35:06,480 --> 01:35:09,370
was April 11th,
it's now September 5th.
1634
01:35:09,440 --> 01:35:10,521
What is going on?
1635
01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:47,321
In front of his adoring
fans, Rossi does the best he can,
1636
01:35:47,720 --> 01:35:50,724
fighting off Casey Stoner
and Andrea Dovizioso
1637
01:35:50,920 --> 01:35:54,686
for third place behind Jorge Lorenzo
and race winner Dani Pedrosa,
1638
01:35:56,120 --> 01:35:59,522
who is now the only man with a hope
of challenging Lorenzo for the title.
1639
01:36:05,040 --> 01:36:09,204
Valentino is like the conductor of an
orchestra, coordinating the rhythm,
1640
01:36:09,280 --> 01:36:13,205
the sound and the movement
of the motorcycle.
1641
01:36:13,280 --> 01:36:17,888
He has always been beautiful to
watch on a motorcycle, but now
1642
01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:22,690
with the shoulder injury,
his style is not so flowing.
1643
01:36:28,080 --> 01:36:31,163
In Aragon, at the
13th Grand Prix of the season,
1644
01:36:31,760 --> 01:36:34,161
Casey Stoner wins for the
first time this year.
1645
01:36:35,720 --> 01:36:37,210
And for the first
time this year,
1646
01:36:37,280 --> 01:36:39,760
Jorge Lorenzo fails
to get on the podium.
1647
01:36:40,840 --> 01:36:43,127
He finishes fourth,
behind Nicky Hayden.
1648
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:45,843
Dani Pedrosa is second,
1649
01:36:45,960 --> 01:36:50,363
narrowing the gap to Lorenzo to
56 points with five races to go,
1650
01:36:51,440 --> 01:36:54,205
125 points
still up for grabs.
1651
01:36:57,080 --> 01:37:00,163
Aragon is Valentino Rossi's
worst finish this year.
1652
01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:02,001
Sixth.
1653
01:37:07,680 --> 01:37:11,401
My throttle kept open
when I was going to brake.
1654
01:37:12,880 --> 01:37:17,204
So I was braking, trying to
brake, but with the throttle off,
1655
01:37:17,280 --> 01:37:20,648
my bike was full open
and I crashed.
1656
01:37:20,720 --> 01:37:23,849
We had a technical
problem on the bike.
1657
01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:28,528
And he couldn't control it
and he crashed so bad,
1658
01:37:28,600 --> 01:37:32,002
because I think he didn't
expect at that moment anything,
1659
01:37:32,080 --> 01:37:34,651
and he fell really hard
on his left shoulder
1660
01:37:34,720 --> 01:37:36,290
and he broke
the collarbone.
1661
01:37:36,560 --> 01:37:39,564
It seems to have been an
assembly fault, a mechanic's error,
1662
01:37:40,040 --> 01:37:41,804
and it cost him
everything.
1663
01:37:42,880 --> 01:37:45,087
In the last five years,
he's always been the runner-up,
1664
01:37:45,160 --> 01:37:48,881
or second or third.
Finally, to be the champion,
1665
01:37:49,240 --> 01:37:51,811
everything has to be
there for you that time.
1666
01:37:52,320 --> 01:37:54,049
And it hasn't been
there for him.
1667
01:37:54,120 --> 01:37:56,566
We can only keep trying,
and looking for it
1668
01:37:56,680 --> 01:37:59,604
and believing in
it the way we do.
1669
01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:03,401
Because if you don't believe,
there's no meaning to do nothing.
1670
01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:09,043
My dream is to become,
one day, MotoGP World Champion,
1671
01:38:09,120 --> 01:38:11,930
at least one title
in MotoGP.
1672
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:15,770
That would
make me very happy.
1673
01:38:15,920 --> 01:38:21,324
If not, maybe it's because
I wasn't good enough,
1674
01:38:21,400 --> 01:38:24,882
but I know I'm putting
everything here
1675
01:38:25,280 --> 01:38:26,805
to make it happen.
1676
01:38:28,120 --> 01:38:30,361
The moment that
Dani Pedrosa hit the ground,
1677
01:38:30,440 --> 01:38:33,649
the 2010 MotoGP World
Championship was over.
1678
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:37,162
His collarbone is
not simply broken,
1679
01:38:37,240 --> 01:38:39,686
it's shattered
into several pieces.
1680
01:38:40,160 --> 01:38:42,162
He's flown back
to Spain for surgery.
1681
01:38:47,240 --> 01:38:50,050
Officially, Jorge Lorenzo
needs another 19 points
1682
01:38:50,120 --> 01:38:52,566
to put the title beyond
Dani Pedrosa's reach.
1683
01:38:53,200 --> 01:38:54,690
But Pedrosa will
not be fit enough
1684
01:38:54,760 --> 01:38:56,489
to win any more
races this year.
1685
01:38:56,880 --> 01:39:01,010
Lorenzo can clinch the world title if
he finishes first or second in Japan.
1686
01:39:02,160 --> 01:39:04,083
He'll have to get past
his teammate to do this.
1687
01:39:04,920 --> 01:39:07,241
That was very brave,
wasn't it, from Lorenzo,
1688
01:39:07,320 --> 01:39:10,449
round the outside
of Valentino Ross:
1689
01:39:13,800 --> 01:39:17,407
And Lorenzo trying to find the
inside of Valentino Rossi.
1690
01:39:17,560 --> 01:39:19,464
He's got it.
Can Rossi retake him?
1691
01:39:19,499 --> 01:39:21,369
And he's gonna
love doing that.
1692
01:39:21,404 --> 01:39:23,681
Back through at Turn 5.
1693
01:39:25,680 --> 01:39:29,844
We still have to see Lorenzo
under pressure, with the injury of Vale,
1694
01:39:29,920 --> 01:39:31,081
by the half of season,
1695
01:39:31,160 --> 01:39:33,686
he had quite a big gap
in the championship.
1696
01:39:36,280 --> 01:39:37,281
Here comes Lorenzo,
1697
01:39:37,360 --> 01:39:39,886
he almost does take
Rossi's leg off now.
1698
01:39:39,960 --> 01:39:43,123
Can Rossi react again?
Going down towards Turn 5.
1699
01:39:43,200 --> 01:39:47,330
They're side by side in the tunnel
and Rossi returned the favor.
1700
01:39:48,360 --> 01:39:50,931
Can Lorenzo stick it around
the outside of him,
1701
01:39:51,040 --> 01:39:53,088
in towards the S-curve,
he's gonna try it.
1702
01:39:53,240 --> 01:39:55,641
On the inside now,
very hard stuff.
1703
01:39:55,720 --> 01:39:58,246
Eight turns going around
there, Rossi on the inside...
1704
01:40:00,480 --> 01:40:02,687
Valentino still
has this aura about him
1705
01:40:02,760 --> 01:40:04,569
if it comes down
to a last-lap fight,
1706
01:40:05,320 --> 01:40:07,687
that he is not beaten
and will not be beaten.
1707
01:40:10,240 --> 01:40:12,208
Now, can he go around
the outside another time?
1708
01:40:12,280 --> 01:40:13,361
He loves that maneuver.
1709
01:40:13,480 --> 01:40:15,847
Here he comes once more,
in towards the S-curve,
1710
01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:18,127
and this time he will
go in front once more.
1711
01:40:28,440 --> 01:40:29,965
Can Rossi react
to the left hand...
1712
01:40:30,040 --> 01:40:31,485
He's gonna try...
1713
01:40:31,560 --> 01:40:36,088
It's the block pass, isn't
it, from Valentino Ross:
1714
01:40:36,360 --> 01:40:38,840
Valentino beat him up
good and proper, totally fairly.
1715
01:40:38,960 --> 01:40:41,964
Good close racing, but it
was no mercy to a teammate
1716
01:40:42,080 --> 01:40:44,367
who's getting close
to a world championship.
1717
01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:49,370
Rossi has held him off
for the final podium position,
1718
01:40:49,480 --> 01:40:51,621
but delight
for Ducati and Stoner,
1719
01:40:51,656 --> 01:40:53,762
he wins the
Japanese Grand Prix!
1720
01:40:53,840 --> 01:40:55,251
Brilliant performance!
1721
01:40:55,720 --> 01:40:58,087
Second place,
Andrea Dovizioso.
1722
01:40:58,720 --> 01:41:02,247
In third place is
Valentino Ross:
1723
01:41:04,240 --> 01:41:06,083
Jorge Lorenzo
must wait another week
1724
01:41:06,160 --> 01:41:08,322
before he can get his hands
on Rossi's crown.
1725
01:41:12,280 --> 01:41:14,442
He's where he should be.
He's in pole position,
1726
01:41:14,680 --> 01:41:16,409
his sixth pole
of the season,
1727
01:41:16,720 --> 01:41:18,290
eight Grand Prix wins
1728
01:41:18,520 --> 01:41:23,686
before the start of the most
important race of his life.
1729
01:41:33,640 --> 01:41:37,645
The Grand Prix of Malaysia,
Lorenzo leads the way.
1730
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:41,727
I remember
when I was 16,
1731
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:44,526
I was so ingenuous
about everything,
1732
01:41:44,720 --> 01:41:46,245
I didn't get any result,
1733
01:41:46,320 --> 01:41:50,166
and this world of the
motorcycle, for me, was so big,
1734
01:41:50,240 --> 01:41:52,242
and I was so small.
1735
01:41:52,680 --> 01:41:55,524
So I had a lot of pressure
to make good race.
1736
01:41:55,600 --> 01:41:59,127
I crashed many times,
making some mistakes,
1737
01:42:00,120 --> 01:42:02,282
but, you know, fortunately,
you get better.
1738
01:42:03,320 --> 01:42:09,202
Jorge Lorenzo will be
crowned the 2010 World Champion.
1739
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:15,282
He finishes third
in the race. He's done it.
1740
01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:25,480
Twenty years after
he first rode a motorcycle,
1741
01:42:25,960 --> 01:42:27,530
just as his father predicted,
1742
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:31,288
Jorge Lorenzo is
MotoGP World Champion.
1743
01:42:51,320 --> 01:42:54,369
That day in Malaysia, at the
same time, in the same place,
1744
01:42:55,120 --> 01:42:56,326
there is another race.
1745
01:42:59,760 --> 01:43:03,128
Between 2004 and 2010,
1746
01:43:03,560 --> 01:43:06,928
Valentino Rossi has won
45 races for Yamaha.
1747
01:43:07,600 --> 01:43:11,400
When I arrive at 45,
I say, "I have to do 46. "
1748
01:43:11,720 --> 01:43:13,404
It's Lorenzo
around the outside.
1749
01:43:13,520 --> 01:43:15,602
Look out for Casey
Stoner on the inside,
1750
01:43:15,720 --> 01:43:17,131
and Ben Spies as well.
1751
01:43:17,560 --> 01:43:20,530
Stoner up into third, but
where is Valentino Rossi?
1752
01:43:20,600 --> 01:43:21,761
He's way, way back.
1753
01:43:21,880 --> 01:43:23,484
He's right down
the order.
1754
01:43:23,560 --> 01:43:26,723
Absolute disaster
for Valentino Ross:
1755
01:43:27,160 --> 01:43:28,924
He's not in the top 10.
1756
01:43:31,720 --> 01:43:34,007
We seem to have lost Casey Stoner.
Where's he gone?
1757
01:43:34,120 --> 01:43:36,600
In that final corner,
Stoner's gone down.
1758
01:43:36,880 --> 01:43:38,723
Stoner out of the race.
1759
01:43:38,840 --> 01:43:41,730
He's won the last two races,
he's not gonna win this one.
1760
01:43:41,840 --> 01:43:43,490
Where is Valentino Rossi?
1761
01:43:43,560 --> 01:43:46,609
Up into eighth position now,
ahead of Loris Capirossi.
1762
01:43:47,440 --> 01:43:49,807
There's Rossi,
come from a long way back,
1763
01:43:50,160 --> 01:43:53,004
try and fight through on the
inside of Colin Edwards.
1764
01:43:57,600 --> 01:44:01,047
He really, really means
business this afternoon.
1765
01:44:01,120 --> 01:44:02,485
He wants the battle,
doesn't he?
1766
01:44:02,560 --> 01:44:04,483
And there's the man who
will be taking his seat
1767
01:44:04,560 --> 01:44:07,609
at the Fiat Yamaha
team next year, Ben Spies.
1768
01:44:07,880 --> 01:44:09,848
And no way for Spies
to fightback.
1769
01:44:09,920 --> 01:44:11,729
On board now with
Valentino Rossi,
1770
01:44:11,800 --> 01:44:14,610
the fastest rider on the
circuit at the moment.
1771
01:44:16,240 --> 01:44:19,005
He desperately wanted
the 46th win on a Yamaha.
1772
01:44:19,080 --> 01:44:21,401
He was in bad shape,
but he fought for it.
1773
01:44:21,840 --> 01:44:24,241
Pulls up into fourth
now, past Nicky Hayden.
1774
01:44:24,360 --> 01:44:26,328
Marco Simoncelli
having a great race.
1775
01:44:26,400 --> 01:44:27,731
He's thrown
Hayden as well.
1776
01:44:27,840 --> 01:44:31,686
Valentino Rossi closing
right up now on Marco Simoncelli.
1777
01:44:31,760 --> 01:44:35,685
Rossi comes so, so late,
taken third place.
1778
01:44:40,480 --> 01:44:44,565
Into Turn 1, Andrea Dovizioso
takes over the lead in the race
1779
01:44:44,640 --> 01:44:46,927
and runs Lorenzo
slightly wide.
1780
01:44:47,200 --> 01:44:51,364
Rossi is just under 02:02:01,
almost half a second quicker.
1781
01:44:55,200 --> 01:44:57,202
Rossi on the inside,
1782
01:44:57,480 --> 01:45:01,530
how much distance between those
two bikes as Rossi comes through.
1783
01:45:08,920 --> 01:45:11,605
Lorenzo runs in a little
bit wide at Turn 1.
1784
01:45:12,080 --> 01:45:14,481
Here comes Rossi
down into Turn 9.
1785
01:45:14,560 --> 01:45:17,484
Dovizioso running
very wide there.
1786
01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:25,485
Here comes Dovizioso,
down into Turn 1.
1787
01:45:25,560 --> 01:45:28,325
And Dovizioso takes over
at the front once more,
1788
01:45:28,440 --> 01:45:30,442
and Rossi fighting back.
1789
01:45:43,040 --> 01:45:46,647
Here comes Rossi on the
inside, he's done it again.
1790
01:45:46,720 --> 01:45:48,131
He's back in front.
1791
01:45:51,760 --> 01:45:55,082
It's something incredible,
that after seven seasons,
1792
01:45:55,200 --> 01:45:59,250
I do exactly 46 victories
with Yamaha.
1793
01:45:59,320 --> 01:46:01,800
It's something maybe written
in the destiny, you know?
1794
01:46:02,040 --> 01:46:05,089
Valentino Rossi wins
the Malaysian Grand Prix.
1795
01:46:06,920 --> 01:46:10,083
After all the broken leg,
the shoulder injuries,
1796
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:12,084
Rossi is back.
1797
01:46:23,960 --> 01:46:29,205
It was great- Also I prefer to
win 47, 48 or 49, but not less than 46-
1798
01:46:34,520 --> 01:46:37,808
Valentino Rossi rounds off
the season with three podium finishes
1799
01:46:38,120 --> 01:46:40,487
and third place overall
in the championship.
1800
01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:45,842
He bids farewell to Yamaha in
a letter to his beloved bike.
1801
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:48,207
Many things have changed since
that far-off time in 2004
1802
01:46:48,280 --> 01:46:51,682
when my M1 and I kissed for the
first time on the grass at Welkom,
1803
01:46:51,800 --> 01:46:54,849
when she looked straight in my
eyes and told me, "I love you!"
1804
01:46:59,680 --> 01:47:03,207
Rossi inherits Stoner's
volatile Ducati for 2011.
1805
01:47:09,400 --> 01:47:11,528
He has an operation
to repair his shoulder
1806
01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:14,531
after a first test,
where he was 15th fastest.
1807
01:47:14,920 --> 01:47:16,809
I have a bad
problem with the shoulder,
1808
01:47:16,880 --> 01:47:18,848
so I don't understand
the bike very well.
1809
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:20,650
Now I make the surgery.
1810
01:47:21,360 --> 01:47:24,762
It's a question of getting
the fitness back into Valentino.
1811
01:47:25,040 --> 01:47:27,850
The development and the setting for
him will come more quickly then.
1812
01:47:28,960 --> 01:47:31,406
Valentino still has many
things to do in motorcycling.
1813
01:47:32,040 --> 01:47:34,520
Now, it's like
I am 10 years younger, no?
1814
01:47:34,600 --> 01:47:37,524
Because it's a new adventure
starting from the beginning.
1815
01:47:38,040 --> 01:47:42,011
It's a great emotion,
it's like we start from zero.
1816
01:47:42,080 --> 01:47:45,084
So, I hope to do this
for some other seasons.
1817
01:47:47,240 --> 01:47:50,961
How many more races? How
many more championships can he win?
1818
01:47:52,120 --> 01:47:53,884
Back in 1977,
1819
01:47:54,200 --> 01:47:57,409
Giacomo Agostini walked away
from Grand Prix racing
1820
01:47:57,560 --> 01:48:01,246
after 14 seasons,
unscathed and untouchable.
1821
01:48:02,280 --> 01:48:05,080
In 2012, as he chases
Agostini's record
1822
01:48:05,115 --> 01:48:07,881
of eight premier class
championships
1823
01:48:08,080 --> 01:48:10,731
and 122
Grand Prix victories,
1824
01:48:11,280 --> 01:48:14,966
Valentino Rossi will be entering
his 17th year in MotoGP.
1825
01:48:16,520 --> 01:48:19,842
But for every year that you push your
bike and your body to the limit,
1826
01:48:20,080 --> 01:48:22,162
you push your luck
to the limit as well.
1827
01:48:23,000 --> 01:48:24,764
You can't be
the fastest forever.
1828
01:48:25,960 --> 01:48:29,282
And when the red lights go
out, nobody's looking back.
1829
01:48:30,480 --> 01:48:32,130
The past is behind you.
1830
01:48:32,200 --> 01:48:33,770
And there's only
one question.
1831
01:48:36,520 --> 01:48:37,851
Who's fastest now?