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Inside MotoGP with Jack Appleyard · Pit Talk

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Speaker 1: So twenty twenty five, what can we say about this season?
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna call it electric this year. And while you
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Speaker 1: guys in the Northern Hemisphere catching your breath and enjoying
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Speaker 1: the summer break, here on Pittalk, we are warming up
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Speaker 1: with a Midia deep dive into what's really been happening
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Speaker 1: behind the scenes. This episode of pit Talk has brought
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Speaker 1: to you by Shannon's Insurance. I'm your host, Rindita van Mullen,
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Speaker 1: joined as always by O'll go to guy for all
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Speaker 1: things a Moto GP inside, mister Matt Clayton. But Matt,
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Speaker 1: we've got an exciting guest and I'm going to say
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Speaker 1: he's easily in our top two favorite Jackson Moto GP
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Speaker 1: right now, mister Jack Apple Yard Jack, welcome to Pittalk.
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Speaker 2: Hello, thank you for having me a delight to be here.
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Speaker 2: Should I ask whether I'm first or second on that
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Speaker 2: list of Jackson Motto GP, I understand if I'm number two,
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Speaker 2: there's going to be a little bit of bias going
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Speaker 2: towards a fellow Australian and that's okay.
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Speaker 3: I'll take them worth If you've we've got some news
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Speaker 3: on the other Jacket might elevate you to number one
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Speaker 3: if the news is good Jack, So I'll leave that
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Speaker 3: up to you a bit later on Baby.
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Speaker 2: I wish, I wish last time we saw him in
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Speaker 2: and he says, you know as much as me, which
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Speaker 2: is well, I'll let you guys use some of the
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Speaker 2: colorful news. But yeah, he's in the dark at the moment,
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Speaker 2: but we'll have to wait and see. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: No, we've been posting all of that with Jack's comments
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Speaker 1: all over socials and we love his colorful language here.
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Speaker 1: It helps us gets a lot of the clicks, so
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Speaker 1: we like that. But but not talking about Miller, We're
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Speaker 1: going to talk about you because you have been a
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Speaker 1: very busy man this year.
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Speaker 2: Jack.
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Speaker 1: How are you enjoying the new role?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, loving it, absolutely loving it. Big shoes to Phil.
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Speaker 2: Obviously Simon was fantastic, did it for a number of years.
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Speaker 2: But it's been such a joy to get the opportunity
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Speaker 2: to basically be the only man in the Pabot that
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Speaker 2: can leave the circuit on a Sunday, having been in
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Speaker 2: pact for mate every single weekend. I mean, I've got
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Speaker 2: a hundred, which even Matt Marquez can't say that he's had.
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Speaker 2: It's been fantastic so far. I mean the opportunity to
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Speaker 2: speak to the guys after I have a first wins
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Speaker 2: or first podiums is always special. I mean, in particular
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Speaker 2: the one that stands out being there and experiencing the
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Speaker 2: atmosphere in Lamont after Oh yeah, well that was just
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Speaker 2: incredibly special. I've even got goosebumps now thinking about the
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Speaker 2: noise when he came into park for me, the crowd
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Speaker 2: singing La Marsier's, it was an unbelievable afternoon. And yeah,
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Speaker 2: it's just very very privileged to be a part of
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Speaker 2: those moments.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I always think it's really interesting, Jack, when we
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Speaker 3: get people like yourself that are on you know, we
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Speaker 3: see you in Australia on the TV screens every weekend.
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Speaker 3: I always think it's interesting and we take it for
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Speaker 3: granted a bit for those of us that are around
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Speaker 3: it finding out how people do their jobs and how
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Speaker 3: they work. And this is obviously a big change for
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Speaker 3: you this year. Take us inside a week ind for
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Speaker 3: you because Thursday, for anyone that's been in a pre
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Speaker 3: weekend on the media side, Thursday is the day where
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Speaker 3: you need to be everywhere at the same time because
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Speaker 3: you're trying to get as many crumbs of information as
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Speaker 3: you can about the weekend. How do you prepare for
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Speaker 3: what's coming at you by what you do on Thursday?
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Speaker 3: And then I also wanted to ask you when things
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Speaker 3: go a little bit off script, and I'm thinking of
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Speaker 3: the beginning of the race at Cota, when everyone's abandoning
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Speaker 3: bikes and running off the grid and that's complete chaos.
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Speaker 3: You are the world's eyes and ears at that point.
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Speaker 3: And I still vividly remember halfway through the opening titles
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Speaker 3: they just got cut off and there's people running down
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Speaker 3: the pit lane, and you're the person alerting everyone to
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Speaker 3: the fact this is going on. So twopat question, how
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Speaker 3: do you prepare for the weekend? And secondly, when something
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Speaker 3: crazy like that comes up, you can probably still recall
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Speaker 3: that afternoon in pretty vivid detail.
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Speaker 2: I would have thought, absolutely, get onto in preparation wise,
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Speaker 2: you know you can. You can only do so much,
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Speaker 2: you think you know. Our once is try and see
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Speaker 2: what the pattern of the storylines were from a weekend
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Speaker 2: before year, trying to reach out to people on Thursday
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Speaker 2: to get an idea of who they think is going
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Speaker 2: to be strong, who might struggle, who it could benefit
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Speaker 2: who it won't what the latest gossip is. But so
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Speaker 2: much of the job is is reactionary, which is what
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Speaker 2: I love about it. You just have to be on
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Speaker 2: your toes, wait for something to happen to then go
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Speaker 2: and grab a reaction, wait for a story to break
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Speaker 2: to go and grab a reaction. A lot of it
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Speaker 2: you can't plan for. You can, certainly with the interviews
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Speaker 2: that I do with certain people, you have to plan
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Speaker 2: them in advance a little bit. You'll know, book them in,
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Speaker 2: get your slots because all of the TV stations so
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Speaker 2: often are wanting to speak to the same people. And
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Speaker 2: then once you know who you're going to speak to
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Speaker 2: on a Friday morning, Friday afternoon, Saturday morning, then you
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Speaker 2: can start to think about how you want to ask
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Speaker 2: you questions and what answers you want to get from them.
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Speaker 2: But the thing that I love most about the job
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Speaker 2: is that it is just so reactionary. You know, actually,
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Speaker 2: if someone hurts themselves, you've got to go and find
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Speaker 2: out what's happening. A rumor leaks about one rider going there,
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Speaker 2: you're going to go and speak to them, and just
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Speaker 2: think of things on the hoof, So that it means
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Speaker 2: often the prep that you do come Friday, ten minutes
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Speaker 2: into the session, it's completely uselel and then for Kotel'
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Speaker 2: always remember that that was round three. So on my
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Speaker 2: third weekend doing it properly. And obviously I've got a
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Speaker 2: talk back with with Matt and Lewis in the commentary
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Speaker 2: box to be able to chat to them and tell
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Speaker 2: them who I'm going to speak to, give them sub
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Speaker 2: dates that I think can help. And often during those
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Speaker 2: sixty seconds before the race starts, I stayed quiet because
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Speaker 2: it's a good opportunity for them to get their notes
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Speaker 2: in order to have a breath and just get ready
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Speaker 2: for the race ahead. And I was stood there on
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Speaker 2: the side. I was actually with Jorge Martin about to
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Speaker 2: interview him on the warm up lat and he's managing
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Speaker 2: Era over the shoulder, pointed and shouted, that's Mark Marquez.
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Speaker 2: So I turned, saw him running, looked up pit lane
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Speaker 2: and saw the rest of the morning. Quickly got on
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Speaker 2: the over line to the guides, then just shouted, they're
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Speaker 2: all running off of the grid.
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Speaker 4: I wit.
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Speaker 2: Kicked away from the opening sequence and gone to what
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Speaker 2: was happening in pit lane, and I was sprinting down
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Speaker 2: pit lane in that moment, I didn't know what to do.
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Speaker 2: Do I stand there and wait with him? So I
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Speaker 2: go with them. So I just thought, going that way,
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Speaker 2: I'm going to go that way with them, just to
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Speaker 2: see what happens. And then speaking about being reactionary, then
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Speaker 2: once you'd had the chance to stop and think, I thought,
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Speaker 2: you know, those guys in the comtry box can describe
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Speaker 2: what happening. I feel my job is to get the
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Speaker 2: opinion of the people on the ground of what they
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Speaker 2: make of it. And initially I thought that the people
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Speaker 2: are going to feel wronged. Here are the ones that
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Speaker 2: made the correct call on the grid and stayed on
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Speaker 2: the grid. One of them was Ayagura, And just as
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Speaker 2: I turned around, I could see David day Rivio walking
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Speaker 2: towards me. And David Day is normally the most calm,
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Speaker 2: mild mannered, placid man, and you could just tell you
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Speaker 2: were seething with anger. So I just went up to
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Speaker 2: him and went, could you just ask a quick question? Okay,
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Speaker 2: no problem? So I got it, and then his reaction
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Speaker 2: was brilliant and told the story perfectly of this is
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Speaker 2: this is wrong, It should be able to happen. We've
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Speaker 2: made the right decision. We're being penalised for it, so
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Speaker 2: so much of that is just okay, trying to stop
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Speaker 2: and think and have a clear mind of right, what's
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Speaker 2: the story here? Who do we need to speak to
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Speaker 2: to try and get the right reactions. Luckily I think
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Speaker 2: I've got it right with Brivio on that situation. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: it was a wild one.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Brivio one was perfect because you all you
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Speaker 3: had to do was line him up and he had
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Speaker 3: his answer and he wanted to get all of the
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Speaker 3: annoyances and the frustrations there, and all you needed to
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Speaker 3: do is just hold the Mike Andrew's nose why you
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Speaker 3: got it, which was absolutely perfect. But to take you
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Speaker 3: inside what it was like being in Australia, of course
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Speaker 3: with the time difference at six o'clock in the morning
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Speaker 3: on a Monday, so we're sitting here like half asleep,
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Speaker 3: trying to get ready for a murder GP race and
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Speaker 3: then they're all running off the grid and we're listening
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Speaker 3: to you as like I know that I'm not one
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Speaker 3: hundred percent awake here, but what on earth is going on?
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Speaker 3: It was his most surreal experience and being on the
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Speaker 3: inside as you were, I mean, you know, third Grand Prix.
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Speaker 3: It's like, is it always like this?
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Speaker 2: Yeah? No, And then for Lamon Lamon wasn't too dissimilar
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Speaker 2: as well. No, the reratin has stopped, and because I
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Speaker 2: was aware of what Mark had done two rounds before,
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Speaker 2: I just placed myself until they had to kick me
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Speaker 2: off right behind the ninety three. If he was having
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Speaker 2: any conversations with Ta dot C or his crew chief,
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Speaker 2: just to see whether he's going to do the same again,
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Speaker 2: and they were very close to him. I mean, that
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Speaker 2: was another wild one of trying to be at the
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Speaker 2: end of pit lane looking as they're going out to
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Speaker 2: see who's on what tires, And yeah, that was and
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Speaker 2: I love that though, absolutely loved that. When when when
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Speaker 2: it all goes wrong and there's chale element and I think, wow,
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Speaker 2: this is so much fun.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. I just heard you talking about Mark and it
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Speaker 1: made me think, Okay, you're obviously in the paddoic. You're
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Speaker 1: seeing him every weekend. How completely in control of everything
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Speaker 1: is he right now? Like we see him on track,
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Speaker 1: you see him the races. He kind of has everyone
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Speaker 1: under his finger, right.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you just feel that he's just so completely dominant
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Speaker 2: at the moment. There's not not even an expectation just
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Speaker 2: to I think and understanding across the grid that or
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Speaker 2: even across the paddoct that Mark's going to win today.
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Speaker 2: It's a battle for second unless something wild happens. Certainly
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Speaker 2: now that he's got those those crashes out of the way,
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Speaker 2: you know, the one at Austin Stone, the one in
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Speaker 2: her f Stung, And since then he's evolved, is learned,
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Speaker 2: and he looks unstoppable. Now, I mean looking at the
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Speaker 2: second half of the year, and I think everyone's asking
10:01
Speaker 2: the question, when is the first opportunity for anybody else
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Speaker 2: it's going to come along. It's almost a given he's
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Speaker 2: going to wrap up the world championship. It's not a
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Speaker 2: question of if, it's when he's going to do it.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, he's just in complete control, as you say,
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Speaker 2: And it makes my job difficult because I'm really running
10:19
Speaker 2: out of questions to ask you. Yeah, well, then you've
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Speaker 2: done it again, Mark, another dominant victory. How do you
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Speaker 2: feel about this one? But he's fair play. I mean,
10:30
Speaker 2: I think we all had a feeling that this was
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Speaker 2: going to happen. When you put the best rider on
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Speaker 2: the best ride, there's only one outcome, and we're seeing
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Speaker 2: what happens when those two things merge.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's interesting though, because you know, if you go
10:42
Speaker 3: back and you look at the early way he won
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Speaker 3: World Championships, it looks like it's going to be the
10:46
Speaker 3: same end of the season that we saw so many
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Speaker 3: times before. But I almost think that, you know, this
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Speaker 3: is one of those rare cases where the sequels better
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Speaker 3: than the original, you know, like he's the new improved
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Speaker 3: version of Mark. You can see, you can see how
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Speaker 3: he's improved since he last won one, which you know,
11:01
Speaker 3: twenty nineteen doesn't seem that long ago. It was a
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Speaker 3: very long time ago. There's a new improved version of Mark.
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Speaker 3: But the other side to this coin, of course, Jack
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Speaker 3: is Pekovanyaya. We came into this season so hopeful. It's like, well, look,
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Speaker 3: Mark's going into Pecko's team, and Pecko's been a two
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Speaker 3: time world champion and a two time runner up in
11:17
Speaker 3: the last four years. And as good as it's been
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Speaker 3: for Mark, it's been pretty dire for Pecko. What are
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Speaker 3: you seeing from your vantage point right now, because it
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Speaker 3: looks from afar that Peko is still a little bit confused,
11:30
Speaker 3: he's still a little bit incredulous, about the whole thing,
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Speaker 3: and there seems to be this He is the shoulder
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Speaker 3: shrugging emoji right now. He's not one hundred percent sure
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Speaker 3: how he's got himself into this position. Do you think
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Speaker 3: the rest of this year is really trying to understand
11:44
Speaker 3: and at least finish the year with an understanding of
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Speaker 3: where things are and then resetting, because right now he
11:49
Speaker 3: just looks so defeated.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he really is. I think even worse than frustrations,
11:57
Speaker 2: it's almost just an acceptance from him now the this
12:00
Speaker 2: bike isn't going to give me what I wanted. He
12:02
Speaker 2: said that in the lawn, which was it feels a
12:04
Speaker 2: long time ago, and since then twelve rounds now and
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Speaker 2: his performance levels haven't really improved. Throughout the year, the
12:12
Speaker 2: Caty have tried to throw different bits at him. Whether
12:14
Speaker 2: he's tried the new erow, he's tried a couple of
12:16
Speaker 2: different chassis, but unfortunately whatever they give at the moment,
12:20
Speaker 2: the GP twenty five engine, which which is different. You know,
12:25
Speaker 2: throughout pre season we said that it was the same
12:28
Speaker 2: and David Todd lots in everyone of the Catty told
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Speaker 2: us that they were imuligating the twenty four engine, which
12:33
Speaker 2: in spec is the same, but it is very slightly
12:37
Speaker 2: different in minor areas, which has clearly affected the balance
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Speaker 2: of the bike and completely taken away any of that
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Speaker 2: front feeling that made peckout that the riding of he
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Speaker 2: was over the last three seasons, and if it hasn't
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Speaker 2: improved over twelve rounds, I don't think there's a lot
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Speaker 2: of confidence from anyone that's going to find a miraculous
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Speaker 2: answer to be able to suddenly fighting for race victories
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Speaker 2: in the second half of the season. Within the rules,
13:06
Speaker 2: there is the possibility for going into twenty twenty six
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Speaker 2: because the Katy confirmed for the satellite teams, those on
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Speaker 2: the bikes like Alex Marquez and Frankie Morbidelli, the Pecker
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Speaker 2: to return to that end journal more to a GP
13:20
Speaker 2: twenty four spec. But whether they do that that's a
13:23
Speaker 2: question for pre season. But yeah, I mean, just trying
13:27
Speaker 2: to find that confidence again, it's going to be a
13:29
Speaker 2: huge challenge and it's tough for ban Yaya because, like
13:34
Speaker 2: you say, on the opposite side of the garage, Mark
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Speaker 2: is being able to handle all of the changes quite grilliantly,
13:43
Speaker 2: but these circumstances are slightly different as well. That Mark
13:47
Speaker 2: has taken a step from the twenty twenty three last year,
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Speaker 2: and we've seen the performance step that Alex has been
13:53
Speaker 2: able to make. It clearly is a step forward from
13:56
Speaker 2: twenty three to twenty four or twenty five? Is it
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Speaker 2: a step from twenty four to twenty five? I think
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Speaker 2: clearly it's not. And Peko is at the moment trying
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Speaker 2: to ride it like he was last year, and unfortunately
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Speaker 2: the bike this year just isn't allowing him to do that.
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Speaker 3: It's one of the great benefits I guess you could
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Speaker 3: say with Marcus he never actually rode the twenty four.
14:16
Speaker 3: It hasn't had to one learn how to ride the
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Speaker 3: twenty four.
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Speaker 2: That's the same for what and Abastianini said last time
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Speaker 2: out as well. I thought that was really interesting that
14:25
Speaker 2: the results and the huge turnaround inform saw in Bruno.
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Speaker 2: He said it was because I come here and I've
14:30
Speaker 2: got no prior knowledge of any other bike, so I'm
14:32
Speaker 2: not trying to like the CATD. I'm just having to
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Speaker 2: ride it like this bike is. So yeah, it's a
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Speaker 2: challenge for Peko, it really is, and I don't think
14:43
Speaker 2: it's out of the question that he's looking over his
14:44
Speaker 2: shoulder and might be up against it to even hold
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Speaker 2: onto a top three spot in the championship. I mean,
14:50
Speaker 2: it feels as though it's a given that Mark and
14:51
Speaker 2: Alex are going to finish one too, but with a
14:53
Speaker 2: form of Fazeki at the moment that the Prillier is
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Speaker 2: really strong, really strong in the last few rounds, and
15:00
Speaker 2: if it wasn't for Mark, Bas would have been winning
15:03
Speaker 2: races quite comfortably. So I think the packer was really
15:07
Speaker 2: We've got a huge challenge in the second half of
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Speaker 2: the year to hold off the rising form of a Brillian.
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Speaker 3: You've cued me up beautifully here by mentioning Aprillier, because
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Speaker 3: I did want to ask you. It's almost like we've
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Speaker 3: done this before. I wanted to ask you about the
15:23
Speaker 3: other big story of this year that you were right
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Speaker 3: in the middle of. I'm not talking about the start
15:27
Speaker 3: of the race at Cota, the interview you did with
15:30
Speaker 3: Albert Valera on the Live at Asen, which was kind
15:34
Speaker 3: of the court coming out of the bottle in this
15:36
Speaker 3: whole Martine a Prillia situation, because it kind of stagnated
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Speaker 3: for a bit, and I feel that that interview was
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Speaker 3: the impetus that caused everything that followed and ended up
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Speaker 3: with Juge Martin back on the bike for Aprillia and
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Speaker 3: Bruno and apparently we're all holding hands and friends again.
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Speaker 3: But talk us through that interview with Albert Valeria, because
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Speaker 3: I'm sure that's one of those ones where either you
15:56
Speaker 3: approached him or he approached you and said, hey, I'd
15:58
Speaker 3: like to come and talk to you today please. He
16:00
Speaker 3: really had something that he wanted to say and get
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Speaker 3: out there that was pretty riveting tv A in the moment,
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Speaker 3: and then what it kicked off in the days after that.
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Speaker 3: You must have known as that was happening. It's like,
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Speaker 3: oh boy, I've got something here, this is this is
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Speaker 3: going to be fun.
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Speaker 2: Yeah I was. I was looking my lips thinking, yeah,
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Speaker 2: I've definitely got a story this weekend, and we've got
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Speaker 2: ye as soon as as soon as the news broke,
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Speaker 2: I got in touch with Albert saying, you know, would
16:27
Speaker 2: love to be able to get your side of the
16:29
Speaker 2: story around. Not yet, not yet, and he said, look,
16:35
Speaker 2: when the time is right, I'll let you know. And
16:37
Speaker 2: then that morning we were in Alpine Stars having a coffee.
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Speaker 2: He walked in and said, what do we think now
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Speaker 2: next weekend? You know, before the summer break. Anyway, let's
16:50
Speaker 2: do it today. I was like, Okay, great, let's let's
16:53
Speaker 2: get cracking. And yeah, it was. It's fascinating because obviously
17:01
Speaker 2: English isn't his native language, so beforehand he knew what
17:05
Speaker 2: he wanted to say and he just wanted to check
17:07
Speaker 2: that he was going to put it across in the
17:09
Speaker 2: right manner. So it's just what I was going to ask.
17:14
Speaker 2: So he had the chance because often you know, like
17:17
Speaker 2: you have to give huge credit to both Albert, but
17:19
Speaker 2: then more on than that, or Hey in Bruno, to
17:23
Speaker 2: do that press conference by yourself in a second language
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Speaker 2: that impeccably you know, that is so challenging to do.
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Speaker 2: But he was honest and did it incredibly well. So yeah,
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Speaker 2: it was. It was great to get the chance to
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Speaker 2: speak with Albert and everything that exploded on from that.
17:43
Speaker 2: And I have to say, oh, hey, I think from
17:46
Speaker 2: the fans has got a lot of grief, has maybe
17:50
Speaker 2: lost a lot of goodwill with the fans. But from
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Speaker 2: what Albert was saying, I could understand where he was
17:56
Speaker 2: coming from. I mean, you saw how emotional or Hey
17:59
Speaker 2: got in that press conference when he was asked to
18:03
Speaker 2: recount the days after guitar where you know, on another day,
18:06
Speaker 2: he was very luckily lucky that that didn't end a
18:09
Speaker 2: far lot worse than what it did. He was in
18:13
Speaker 2: ic U for for close to a week with a
18:15
Speaker 2: collapse long, with tubes coming out of everywhere. We've obviously
18:19
Speaker 2: been in a different country, not having his loved ones
18:22
Speaker 2: around him, and that took him to the lowest point
18:24
Speaker 2: of his career, the lowest point of his life, and
18:28
Speaker 2: he already or after that. They then gone to them
18:31
Speaker 2: on then that the contract was agreed by both parties.
18:34
Speaker 2: Let's not forget I really agreed to it. Albert and
18:38
Speaker 2: Jorge managed to get that clause, in that now famous
18:41
Speaker 2: clause that after six rounds in the top five months championship.
18:46
Speaker 4: And he'll be able to lean and I think in
18:49
Speaker 4: good way given.
19:08
Speaker 2: Very easy people. Yeah, people in the ground, you know,
19:19
Speaker 2: all right, even more so the rain wa he's allowed
19:25
Speaker 2: to a little bit insane. I need to try this,
19:31
Speaker 2: I need to want to decide whether this bike is
19:33
Speaker 2: right for me, and Prilliant weren't going to give him
19:35
Speaker 2: that opportunity to do so, which because of that, I
19:38
Speaker 2: think he put his back up a little bit and
19:40
Speaker 2: he thought, right there well, if you're not going to
19:42
Speaker 2: give me that opportunity, I'm going to look for opportunities elsewhere.
19:46
Speaker 2: And yet his head was turned a little bit by
19:49
Speaker 2: the big money offer that that Honda had on the
19:51
Speaker 2: table for him. But I think we should not jump
19:56
Speaker 2: all over Hawk and understand that from that difficult position,
20:00
Speaker 2: he maybe wasn't in the right headspace to make clear decisions.
20:05
Speaker 2: And in the end he tried the bike that that
20:08
Speaker 2: Masano test enjoyed it, and I think there's fifty to
20:12
Speaker 2: fifty to that story. Yes, the bike is much better
20:14
Speaker 2: than when he first tried it, but also as well,
20:17
Speaker 2: I think key to all of it was the pressure
20:21
Speaker 2: that Carmelo Espeletta put on the situation by saying that
20:27
Speaker 2: if a rider isn't fully completely with both sides happy
20:31
Speaker 2: out of a contract, then we went registered them for
20:35
Speaker 2: the following season, and Brilliant were more than happy to
20:38
Speaker 2: drag it through the courts. They were playing their cards
20:41
Speaker 2: as they're more than allowed to do so, and we're
20:44
Speaker 2: going to try and make it as awkward as possible.
20:45
Speaker 2: And in the end, because of that, with all the
20:47
Speaker 2: mounting pressure from the championship from a few different parties
20:51
Speaker 2: in the pad. I think it was the only real option,
20:55
Speaker 2: and we'll see, we'll see. I still think although it's
20:58
Speaker 2: happy families now, it doesn't take a lot for this
21:02
Speaker 2: situation to change, because let's not forget that the contract
21:05
Speaker 2: only runs up until the end of next year, so
21:08
Speaker 2: or heey could quite happen easily, as we've seen before,
21:12
Speaker 2: sign a deal in January to go to Honda for
21:14
Speaker 2: twenty twenty seven, which I still think is on the cards,
21:16
Speaker 2: and then suddenly the pair of them have to live
21:19
Speaker 2: with one another knowing that the divorces imminent in twelve months time.
21:23
Speaker 2: I'm of the belief that if I was Masimo Rivla,
21:29
Speaker 2: I want people that are one hundred percent committed to
21:33
Speaker 2: this course. You're either all in or you're out, because
21:36
Speaker 2: I want people that trust in what we're doing, believe
21:39
Speaker 2: in what we're doing. And por Hey, regardless of the
21:42
Speaker 2: fact whether you world champion and you're obviously one of
21:44
Speaker 2: the top top riders out there, if you're not in,
21:47
Speaker 2: no problem, we'll prove you wrong. We'll go elsewhere. But
21:50
Speaker 2: also as well, it's a huge financial investment from a
21:54
Speaker 2: prillier in Porpey Martin Rivler's bosses given the fact that
21:59
Speaker 2: they signed off the extra money to make sure that
22:01
Speaker 2: they had him on board. Would not be happy at
22:03
Speaker 2: the fact that within six months we've lost this star
22:05
Speaker 2: man and would be asking quite rightly serious questions of
22:09
Speaker 2: how on earth has this gone so wrong so fast?
22:11
Speaker 2: So I can understand why Riveller had to hold his
22:14
Speaker 2: position and had to make sure that he kept him
22:16
Speaker 2: on the bike. And you haven't hope, like we've seen
22:19
Speaker 2: with Beds, that April was competitive and the one thing
22:23
Speaker 2: that has let Marco down so far has been is qualifying.
22:27
Speaker 2: And what's Jorges's huge strong suit his ability to put
22:30
Speaker 2: one lap in and that just out of the box
22:32
Speaker 2: electric pace. So I wouldn't be surprised if he's on
22:36
Speaker 2: the podium, certainly before the end of the season, certainly
22:38
Speaker 2: in the next maybe before we even get onto the flightaways.
22:41
Speaker 2: I think that that Ali he's ready to compete, and
22:44
Speaker 2: when Jorges had his best, maybe we'll see some results
22:46
Speaker 2: and it could be a happy ending. But for sure
22:49
Speaker 2: the story is although just calm down for now, he's
22:53
Speaker 2: not done yet.
22:55
Speaker 1: You guys heard it there, Jack said that who is
22:57
Speaker 1: going to put on the box, So we're going to
22:59
Speaker 1: hold you to that Jack, But let's move on to
23:02
Speaker 1: our second favorite Jack. Okay, Jack, Miller, we got to
23:05
Speaker 1: ask you about this. We had to get there at
23:07
Speaker 1: some point. So I know you mentioned earlier that Jack
23:11
Speaker 1: said that you know, you guys know as much as
23:13
Speaker 1: he does. Bloody, bloody blood. But come on, surely you're
23:15
Speaker 1: going to give us some goss or something like, what
23:18
Speaker 1: do you know about Jack's future? What's going to happen
23:21
Speaker 1: to Miller?
23:22
Speaker 2: Look, Jack wants wants to stay in Moto GP. There
23:26
Speaker 2: work offers on the table from will Bite. It looks
23:30
Speaker 2: as though some of those options have now closed. It
23:34
Speaker 2: seems one of them was Hondo. It looks as Jake
23:36
Speaker 2: Dixon is going to take that up. A huge thing
23:40
Speaker 2: to look at that the Tazuka eight Hours, which is
23:42
Speaker 2: the endurance event which is going on at the moment.
23:45
Speaker 2: I think it's this weekend on Thursday. That is a huge,
23:52
Speaker 2: huge thing.
23:55
Speaker 5: Riders in great all that grand and he's looking very
24:03
Speaker 5: very and a lot of decisions to make during that
24:07
Speaker 5: as well as going out there.
24:10
Speaker 2: He's making a huge, big show of faith in Yamaha,
24:14
Speaker 2: and I think he's hoping that he will be rewarded
24:17
Speaker 2: as a result. Of that where he ends up. I
24:22
Speaker 2: don't know, because I think it all swings on. There's
24:26
Speaker 2: a lot of talk, a lot of rumors. Whether there's
24:28
Speaker 2: any wait to them, I don't know, but I think
24:32
Speaker 2: there does need to be over the summer some really
24:35
Speaker 2: difficult conversations between Yamaha and Alex Rinns. Alex I think
24:41
Speaker 2: is an unbelievable rider, five motor GP wins to his name,
24:44
Speaker 2: that the talent is obvious, but I think it's clear
24:49
Speaker 2: unfortunate to everybody that after that horrific leg break in Magello,
24:53
Speaker 2: he's not the same rider anymore. And it is a
24:56
Speaker 2: very difficult conversation to have because he's a huge because
25:00
Speaker 2: he's a great guy. But the position that Yamahar are
25:03
Speaker 2: at now, if they want to break through to that
25:07
Speaker 2: next level, I just don't think that they can have
25:11
Speaker 2: their rider line up purely based on and goodwill. They
25:15
Speaker 2: need to make those daft decisions, be brutal and choose
25:20
Speaker 2: the right riders that are going to be able to
25:22
Speaker 2: take the project forward, whether that's paying Alex out of
25:26
Speaker 2: his contracted year early, promoting Jack and then put in
25:29
Speaker 2: a rookie alongside top Right and Promac next year. I
25:31
Speaker 2: think that is a scenario that some people see is
25:35
Speaker 2: quite a good fit. Jack would be able to step
25:37
Speaker 2: into the factory team like he has done at the Cateid,
25:40
Speaker 2: like he has done at KTM, bring a wealth of
25:42
Speaker 2: knowledge he's played. He knows perfectly how to play that
25:48
Speaker 2: second rider role like he did with ban Yaya, testing
25:52
Speaker 2: items throughout the season, like he did at KTM, trying
25:55
Speaker 2: to just elevate their level. He knows what his job
25:57
Speaker 2: is and we'll be able to do that job very well.
26:00
Speaker 2: Trying to support Fabio, who we all know will be
26:03
Speaker 2: Yamaha's leading light next year, and commercially as well, the
26:09
Speaker 2: fact that Jack is now a Monster rider, it fits
26:12
Speaker 2: well with the brand. Jack is easily one of the
26:14
Speaker 2: most marketable riders on the grid, and having him and
26:18
Speaker 2: Fabio in the factory team, you know that commercially that
26:21
Speaker 2: works for all of the sponsors because they're going to
26:24
Speaker 2: be able to generate good content on social media, are
26:28
Speaker 2: going to be able to sell the brands brilliantly wherever
26:32
Speaker 2: they are. It's just a good pairing that we'll get
26:34
Speaker 2: a lot of people talking. So I think it works
26:37
Speaker 2: for a lot of reasons. And although Jack said that
26:40
Speaker 2: he didn't have any answers two weekends ago in the
26:45
Speaker 2: Czech Republic. I'm fairly sure there will be conversations been
26:48
Speaker 2: had in Suzuka this weekend where his future will be
26:52
Speaker 2: a lot lot clearer. So hopefully when we get to
26:54
Speaker 2: ostroom we've seen him on Thursday, we can ask him
26:56
Speaker 2: and he'll have some answers for us.
26:59
Speaker 1: You mentioned top rack as well. What's your thoughts on
27:01
Speaker 1: top pract coming in next year? How do you think
27:03
Speaker 1: he's going to go jumping from a superbike to motorbike
27:05
Speaker 1: so late in his career as well.
27:08
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's fascinating. Just as a fan, I'm incredibly excited,
27:11
Speaker 2: but he's actually happening because you just look at his
27:15
Speaker 2: talent and the way that he writes that the World
27:18
Speaker 2: Superbike is like no one else. He looks like he's
27:21
Speaker 2: going to win the World Championship this year, but when
27:23
Speaker 2: the BNW isn't the best bike again, And to be honest,
27:28
Speaker 2: I think it's such a fascinating question because nobody really
27:33
Speaker 2: knows how he's going to get on some people, there's
27:36
Speaker 2: lots of strong opinions out there. Some people think he's
27:39
Speaker 2: going to come in and he's going to fight for
27:40
Speaker 2: the world championships, and people think he's going to fail
27:43
Speaker 2: to score a point, and to be perfectly honest, nobody
27:45
Speaker 2: has a clue really until he gets on the bike
27:48
Speaker 2: and we actually see I think we have to treat
27:51
Speaker 2: him as a rookie, which he will be. We can't
27:53
Speaker 2: be expecting him to come in and fight for race
27:56
Speaker 2: wins straight away. Also, the level of the Amahar at
28:00
Speaker 2: the moment isn't going to allow him to fight for
28:03
Speaker 2: race wins straight away. Even Fabio on his best days, yes,
28:07
Speaker 2: has been able to be there and close to the podium,
28:11
Speaker 2: but the average finishing position has been what eighth, seven, six,
28:17
Speaker 2: It's been comfortably inside the top ten, but not really
28:20
Speaker 2: challenging for the top five on a regular basis. I
28:23
Speaker 2: think by the end of the year, if like a
28:26
Speaker 2: good rookie, can have some surprise queue two appearances, it
28:29
Speaker 2: can suddenly confirm himself inside the top ten. He can
28:32
Speaker 2: learn the circuit because like most rookies, he's also got
28:35
Speaker 2: that disadvantage that there's going to be at least half
28:38
Speaker 2: of the circuits he goes to, but he's never ridden before,
28:40
Speaker 2: which is due's disadvantage. So you've just got to give
28:45
Speaker 2: him time, I think, but it's going to be fascinating
28:48
Speaker 2: and can't wait to see how he gets on and
28:50
Speaker 2: how that style adapts. It's one of the great things
28:54
Speaker 2: about Motor D've next year is finding out at last,
28:58
Speaker 2: how will top rack do to j.
29:02
Speaker 1: We here at Pittook we like to promote out Ossie's
29:05
Speaker 1: and not only Miller, but obviously Center Ags in Moto
29:08
Speaker 1: two and Joe Kelso and Jacob Rulesto in Moto three.
29:12
Speaker 1: So I want to talk to you about Senna because
29:14
Speaker 1: this year was pretty cool to be at Silverstone. It
29:17
Speaker 1: is his first win in Moto two. But I want
29:20
Speaker 1: to hear from you because you've watched the whole evolution
29:23
Speaker 1: now of Senna in the World Championship. Do you feel
29:25
Speaker 1: like he's on the right path? Is he going to
29:29
Speaker 1: be our next Ozzie hopeful that steps into Moto GP?
29:32
Speaker 4: Do you think?
29:33
Speaker 2: Yeah? Absolutely. I mean I remember speaking to Matt it
29:36
Speaker 2: last year about this time last year year about some
29:39
Speaker 2: of the guys to keep your eye on, and I said,
29:42
Speaker 2: Sener he's so methodical and precise in how he works,
29:47
Speaker 2: and he wasn't getting carried away with himself. He was
29:50
Speaker 2: just slowly making small steps towards the front and now
29:54
Speaker 2: this year is one of the strongest guys out there. Yeah,
29:58
Speaker 2: I think going into next year vouted out he's going
30:01
Speaker 2: to be a title contender. I don't think there's going
30:03
Speaker 2: to be too many guys move up to Moto GP.
30:06
Speaker 2: Looks like Marea is going to step up. Looks like
30:09
Speaker 2: there's going to be a couple of guys that move
30:10
Speaker 2: over to World Superbikes. Dixon and Cannett, likely's teammate will stay.
30:15
Speaker 2: It seems like at the moment, despite potentially winning the
30:18
Speaker 2: World championship, and then you would say next year it's
30:20
Speaker 2: going to be Gonzales looking to go back to back,
30:23
Speaker 2: It's going to be Center, probably going to be David Alonzo.
30:27
Speaker 2: All they're fighting to be world champions. I have to
30:29
Speaker 2: say right now, was I heard rumors of some potentially
30:33
Speaker 2: interest even for this year, of Senner moving up to
30:36
Speaker 2: Moto GP. But for sure, I think he's going to
30:38
Speaker 2: be from the shopping list for a lot of riders
30:41
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty seven, for a lot of teams. Sorry,
30:44
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty seven, it was even talk could he
30:46
Speaker 2: may be like we saw with man who Gonzales before
30:50
Speaker 2: the end of the year and in the opportunity to
30:52
Speaker 2: try Motor GP bike this year, just to get him
30:55
Speaker 2: prepped potentially for a step up. I'm not sure whether
30:58
Speaker 2: those talks have gone colds, but I did hear that
31:01
Speaker 2: was potentially something that who were trying to work towards. Well.
31:05
Speaker 2: For sure, I'm convinced that if he continues to make
31:09
Speaker 2: the progress that he is, he's going to fight for
31:11
Speaker 2: the World championship next year and he's going to be
31:14
Speaker 2: a hot, hot candidate to be on the gridge for
31:16
Speaker 2: twenty twenty seven, which for me is the perfect time
31:20
Speaker 2: to move up to Moto GP.
31:22
Speaker 3: Yeah, it is, so you need to think of the
31:23
Speaker 3: rule changes coming in. It's the big reset for the series.
31:26
Speaker 3: There's some ronerda you and I were talking about this
31:29
Speaker 3: off here. There's a change of management there for Center
31:31
Speaker 3: behind the scenes as well, which is rather interesting given
31:35
Speaker 3: that he's now got Daniel Ricardo's former manager black Friend
31:37
Speaker 3: looking after him, and also which has Davies and is
31:39
Speaker 3: quite a powerhouse sort of management shift going on behind
31:42
Speaker 3: there as well. So they clearly see something that's going
31:45
Speaker 3: on there as well they want to get on board with.
31:47
Speaker 3: So I hope your twenty twenty seven prediction, Jack is
31:51
Speaker 3: a spot on.
31:52
Speaker 2: Yeah, fingers crossed. I mean sometimes you just get the
31:55
Speaker 2: feeling that it's the right rider, with the right personality,
31:59
Speaker 2: the right past, which does help the right people around him,
32:03
Speaker 2: the right results, the right trajectory. In so far touch
32:07
Speaker 2: toward everything seems to just be moving in the right direction,
32:10
Speaker 2: the center. So let's hope that continues.
32:13
Speaker 1: I like the bold calls that you're doing so far.
32:16
Speaker 1: So let's move on to murto three real quick so
32:18
Speaker 1: we can get another one. Let's talk about Joel Kelsoe
32:20
Speaker 1: because he had a really strong start to the year
32:23
Speaker 1: and then unfortunately ended well headed into his summer break
32:26
Speaker 1: that one weekend early, then everyone else with that injury.
32:29
Speaker 1: But how do you think Joel's tracking this year? Is
32:33
Speaker 1: it time for Joel also to make that step up,
32:36
Speaker 1: for him to move into Moto two?
32:38
Speaker 2: Uh? Joel's a tough one. I mean, he started the
32:41
Speaker 2: season so well, didnto, and though through no fault of
32:47
Speaker 2: his owning, it has been a bit unlucky with injuries
32:50
Speaker 2: just dognated into the summer break, which is I guess
32:56
Speaker 2: it can work both ways. You either allow that to
32:59
Speaker 2: see with you and yeah, a little bit unhappy and
33:02
Speaker 2: you come out slow out of the blocks going into
33:05
Speaker 2: the second half of the season, or it's a good
33:07
Speaker 2: opportunity to reset and rediscover that form on the first
33:11
Speaker 2: half or the first part of the season. For Joe.
33:14
Speaker 2: Joel's an interesting one because, through no fault of his own,
33:19
Speaker 2: his stature doesn't scream to you Moto two rider because
33:24
Speaker 2: he is it's just a diminutive rider. I mean and
33:28
Speaker 2: not want to speak, I'm not exactly. He's not one
33:33
Speaker 2: of those riders like a Colin Veyer or an Autela
33:36
Speaker 2: over the past couple of years, who are obviously growing
33:39
Speaker 2: anything they need to move up. You do feel that
33:43
Speaker 2: Joel maybe could benefit from another year in Moto three,
33:47
Speaker 2: and because of his size, certainly won't be disadvantaged by
33:51
Speaker 2: doing another year on a Moto three bike because obviously
33:55
Speaker 2: that first victory is something that he needs to tick off.
33:58
Speaker 2: He needs to find that rhythm had been more consistently
34:02
Speaker 2: on the podium. Let's see, hopefully, as I said that
34:08
Speaker 2: that injury has allowed him although it was a bit
34:11
Speaker 2: of a nasty one. I know he's gone back home
34:13
Speaker 2: to Australia, so hopefully he's got into his room with
34:16
Speaker 2: his training again, he can get back fit and he
34:18
Speaker 2: could really attack these first couple three or four rounds
34:23
Speaker 2: at the second half of the season and rediscover that
34:25
Speaker 2: mojo we had in the first part of the season,
34:28
Speaker 2: and then that might be the impetus he needs to
34:30
Speaker 2: kick off for a big twenty twenty six. But so
34:34
Speaker 2: far within the paddock, it's pretty interesting that because there's
34:37
Speaker 2: been everyone was waiting on a resolution of the hot
34:41
Speaker 2: Pit Martine thing, because that was then going to be
34:44
Speaker 2: the domino effect of how the rest of the Moto
34:46
Speaker 2: GP grid shapes up, and obviously the Moto two grid
34:50
Speaker 2: can't take shape until the Motor GP grid has taken shape,
34:53
Speaker 2: and then threes the next on the ladder as well.
34:56
Speaker 2: So there's not been too much talk about the guys
34:59
Speaker 2: moving up from motos at the moment, other than the
35:01
Speaker 2: obvious ones of Ruada would we care us The Natter
35:05
Speaker 2: seems to be moving up as well. So I've not
35:08
Speaker 2: heard anything in regards to job moving up to Moto
35:12
Speaker 2: two next year, but I think that's probably the right course.
35:14
Speaker 2: I think it up and gear with Moto three to
35:16
Speaker 2: really solidify himself as a regular race winning contender. Would
35:21
Speaker 2: for me be the best move.
35:23
Speaker 3: Yeah, that the Martine story sort of sucked all the
35:25
Speaker 3: oxygen out of the room for a bit and everything
35:27
Speaker 3: had to wait its term to turn to develop after that.
35:30
Speaker 3: But Jack, one more quick one, conscious of your time
35:32
Speaker 3: here and thank you for joining us this evening. But
35:34
Speaker 3: I did want to sort of finish on a more
35:37
Speaker 3: forward thinking thoughe because we know that the Liberty Media
35:39
Speaker 3: purchase has gone through, and anyone who's lived on the
35:43
Speaker 3: inside of F one, as I have for a number
35:45
Speaker 3: of years, it's undeniable the impact that the Liberty ownership
35:50
Speaker 3: and well, frankly once in one hundred year pandemic that
35:53
Speaker 3: forced everyone to watch Netflix for six months and we
35:55
Speaker 3: were all locked at home was the perfect confluence of
35:57
Speaker 3: circumstances to turn F one to something that is almost
36:01
Speaker 3: unrecognizable from what it was like eight to ten years ago,
36:04
Speaker 3: and certainly a long time before that for old people
36:07
Speaker 3: like moving covering it for a while.
36:08
Speaker 1: But you know that.
36:10
Speaker 3: Liberty is in the business of storytelling, which is right
36:12
Speaker 3: down your street. Because that's why you're in this, this
36:15
Speaker 3: is what you love to do. It seems like it
36:18
Speaker 3: can only be a positive outcome. Having someone like Liberty involved,
36:20
Speaker 3: But what do you feel this is going to do
36:24
Speaker 3: for the wider Motor GP story in terms of pushing
36:26
Speaker 3: that out there to a wider audience, Because my theory
36:29
Speaker 3: with Motor GP, as much as we love it, it's
36:31
Speaker 3: kind of the world's best kept secret to some degree
36:34
Speaker 3: in that it's just this unbelievably brilliant sport as it is,
36:37
Speaker 3: it maybe just needs to be sold and told a
36:39
Speaker 3: little bit better. Is that what you're hoping that this does.
36:42
Speaker 3: And in terms of the role that you might be
36:44
Speaker 3: able to play in.
36:44
Speaker 2: That, yeah, absolutely. I mean you look at obviously as
36:48
Speaker 2: you say that Netflix series helps for what Liberty did
36:52
Speaker 2: through the Netflix series and through their promotion of the
36:55
Speaker 2: sport was rather than selling every race as a story,
37:01
Speaker 2: they made people become attached to the personalities to the teams.
37:05
Speaker 2: And I look at Alagorde at the moment and obviously
37:09
Speaker 2: if I'm latting to them more often than I do
37:11
Speaker 2: to my own mom and dad, there are huge personalities
37:16
Speaker 2: in there which I don't think we managed to get
37:18
Speaker 2: across well enough. And I know there'll be a lot
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Speaker 2: of fans out there scared about the growth of the sport,
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Speaker 2: and some people look at what's happened to Formula One
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Speaker 2: and maybe see that hardcore fans potentially have a sense
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Speaker 2: of being pushed out. But I think that the growth
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Speaker 2: of the sport can only be a huge benefit to it,
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Speaker 2: and Motor GPS different in a lot of ways to
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Speaker 2: Formula One. I think for the better. In the hardcore fans,
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Speaker 2: we will always look after because they've been such a
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Speaker 2: core supporter for so long. Getting those different faces eyeballs
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Speaker 2: onto the sport and with that more sponsorship, more finances,
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Speaker 2: the opportunity to go to different places around the world,
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Speaker 2: to have the opportunity to sell them on a bigger
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Speaker 2: market can only be of a huge benefit, and I
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Speaker 2: think that's the biggest thing. We've got great stories, we've
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Speaker 2: got great personalities. It's just trying to get that across
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Speaker 2: to the mainstream media and hopefully with their help that
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Speaker 2: can happen. It's not an overnight thing. It will take time.
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Speaker 2: You know, there are small changes happening at the moment
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Speaker 2: to try and benefit that, but nothing too serious at
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Speaker 2: the moment. All of the things that we've see right
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Speaker 2: now are all things that we're in the pipeline. Pre
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Speaker 2: liberty having some small impact on where we're going, like,
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Speaker 2: for example, I know that one of the key things
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Speaker 2: that they want to do is take me to GP
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Speaker 2: two cities to be able to get a bigger audience
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Speaker 2: in there. And I think last week we announced that
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Speaker 2: we're going to be going to there Is in twenty
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Speaker 2: twenty seven, which I think is a great thing. Into
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Speaker 2: the city, amazing place. So to have a circuit in
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Speaker 2: the middle of it will be fantastic one an atmosphere
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Speaker 2: and hopefully there'll be more of that. But it's easy
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Speaker 2: in formula one in inverted commas that in a month
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Speaker 2: they can do a circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne,
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Speaker 2: they can do a circuit on a strip in Las Vegas,
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Speaker 2: they can do it around a stadium in Miami. It
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Speaker 2: takes time for us because we have to have proper
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Speaker 2: facilities and proper circuits which spring up over night and
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Speaker 2: right now. Because there's no eyeballs, there's no not that
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Speaker 2: mainstream success. Nobody wants to be spending millions and millions
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Speaker 2: of pounds on building circuits in the middle of city.
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Speaker 2: So it's a step by step process. But I can
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Speaker 2: only see it as a benefit and hopefully those personalities
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Speaker 2: are finally sold and people enjoy them as much as
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Speaker 2: we all do.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well, there you have it. But I think
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Speaker 1: like you pretty much has hit the nail on the head,
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Speaker 1: like you've sold me with that, so sure sign me
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Speaker 1: up for whatever you're selling there.
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Speaker 2: You're not going anywhere, Renita, I don't think prepare. I
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Speaker 2: think whatever happens, you're still going to be watching it
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Speaker 2: in a few years time.
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Speaker 3: I'm not. I'm not sure we're allowed to go anywhere
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Speaker 3: and really to wait let me out, so I have
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Speaker 3: to keep doing this for the rest of time.
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Speaker 1: All right, Well, Jack, thank you so much for joining
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Speaker 1: us on Pit Hook and A. Matt as always a
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Speaker 1: pleasure chatting with you, and thank you to Shannon's Insurance
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Speaker 1: and guys, don't forget to catch the Suzuka eight hour
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40:51
Speaker 1: go and support our other favorite Jack, But for now, guys,
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Speaker 1: that is everything, and myself and Matt are going to
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