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Exclusive LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco previews the Phillip Island Showdown: MotoGP Pit Talk · Pit Talk

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  Speaker 1: Moto GP finally heads down Under to the circuit that
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  Speaker 1: is tougher than a kangaroo's kick, and we are so
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  Speaker 1: excited for the Australian Grand Prix. But I'm your host,
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  Speaker 1: Bernita Vanmullin and joining me is the Blowke brings the
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  Speaker 1: thunder down Under to Moto GP. Matt Clayton, Matt, are
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  Speaker 1: you excited that Moto GP's finally in Australia?
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  Speaker 2: Is this not the best week of the year? In Nita,
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  Speaker 2: We can't wait for this.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: We're now, what's six days out from the main event
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  Speaker 2: of Philip Island. It's always an absolute privilege to watch
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  Speaker 2: the world's best riders on the world's best machinery at
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  Speaker 2: one of the greatest racetracks on Earth. Massively looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to it, and even better, we've got a super live
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  Speaker 2: Championship on our hands as well, So it just adds
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  Speaker 2: to the recipe, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 1: I think this year I'm so excited and it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to not talk about Mark Marquez honored you Caddy at
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  Speaker 1: Philip Island, and I feel like, let's just start the
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  Speaker 1: pod there because it's a circuit we know that he loves,
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  Speaker 1: we know he's coming to terms and gelling so well.
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  Speaker 4: Now with his GP twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Three, how do you think he's going to go this weekend?
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  Speaker 4: Obviously is the.
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  Speaker 1: Master of mixed conditions, which is common at Philip Island.
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  Speaker 1: Could we see Mark Marquees on the podium if not
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  Speaker 1: win on Saturday and Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I mean if it was any other track, I
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  Speaker 2: would probably say no, simply because we've seen the advantage
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  Speaker 2: that the GP twenty four has over the GP twenty
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  Speaker 2: three at this time of this time of the year.
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  Speaker 2: But you cannot discount Marquees a at this track and b
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  Speaker 2: on anti clockwise tracks full stop. And we've talked about
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  Speaker 2: it this year that he's so good on in these
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  Speaker 2: circuits that predominantly go left. And you know he won
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  Speaker 2: at Aragon, which was the big drought breaking win, but
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  Speaker 2: if you go back before that, I mean at the
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  Speaker 2: Saxon Ring he managed to finish on the podium after
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  Speaker 2: qualifying thirteenth and spacially himself around in practice and then
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  Speaker 2: he actually let the race at the circuit of the
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  Speaker 2: America's in round three before he fell off. And that
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  Speaker 2: was so early at his time at Ducati that you
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  Speaker 2: could probably give him a pass there. But his record
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  Speaker 2: on anti clockwise tracks, I think means that he has
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  Speaker 2: to be considered a chance of a win this weekend,
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  Speaker 2: simply because the two guys that are leading the championship
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  Speaker 2: in Banyai and Martine in that reverse order, obviously one
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  Speaker 2: and two in the championship, neither of them have ever
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  Speaker 2: won at Philip Island, And I think you put that
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  Speaker 2: Marquees record at Philip Island, his record on anti clockwise
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  Speaker 2: tracks and the fact that neither of those two front
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  Speaker 2: runners in the championship have ever won in any category
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  Speaker 2: at this racetrack. If there's a race that Marquees can
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  Speaker 2: win before the end of the year, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: this one. But Renida, I dove into the stats of
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  Speaker 2: Mark on anti clockwise tracks last week for a piece
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  Speaker 2: for Fox Sports, because I just thought, we know what
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  Speaker 2: the itess tell us, but what does what does a
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  Speaker 2: number tell us? It's crazy. Marquez has won thirty three
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  Speaker 2: percent of all these Premier class starts, twenty three percent
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  Speaker 2: on all clockwise tracks, fifty nine percent on all the
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  Speaker 2: anti clockwise tracks. So talking circuit of the America's Saxon Ring, Aragon,
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  Speaker 2: Philip Island, and Valencia they're the five on the calendar
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  Speaker 2: that predominantly go left. He's I wouldn't say he's unbeatable,
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  Speaker 2: but he's close to And so you add that into
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  Speaker 2: this championship fight and the fact that these other guys
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  Speaker 2: don't have a great record at this track. I think
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  Speaker 2: he I wouldn't say he's the favorite, but I would
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  Speaker 2: not be shocked in the slightest if he won a
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  Speaker 2: third Grand Prix this Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: God, could you imagine that, like does the comeback and
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  Speaker 1: especially here at Philip ioland, like you said, the best
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  Speaker 1: week of the year, on the best tracks in the calendar,
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  Speaker 1: that would be amazing. But we know this season it's
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  Speaker 1: been such a du Caddy dominance, so it's hard to
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  Speaker 1: not count that Peco and Jorge are going to be there,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe even Bascianini because of how the Philip Bland
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  Speaker 1: Soca is with the surface and how much it does
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  Speaker 1: chew tire is thinking back last year when Jge Martin
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  Speaker 1: made that tire blunder right and he went from was
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  Speaker 1: he leading the Grand Prix and then just fell down
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  Speaker 1: the field.
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  Speaker 2: He was leading the race with eight quarters to go
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  Speaker 2: and finished fifth, didn't even finish all the podium. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was one of those crazy races where he took
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  Speaker 2: a tire gamble and looked like an absolute genius for
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  Speaker 2: about ninety eight point five percent of the race. But
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned Bascianini there. I mean, yeah, that higher shredding
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  Speaker 2: factor of Philip Island is definitely something that plays into
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  Speaker 2: his favor because we know how good years late in races.
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  Speaker 3: But the weird thing.
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  Speaker 2: For me with the Banyai and Martin thing I said
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  Speaker 2: before that neither of them has won there. It's not
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  Speaker 2: like either of them are slow, and it's not you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying that I'm not writing them off because they're
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  Speaker 2: no good there. It's interesting Banyaya sort of came to
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  Speaker 2: the four as a force in Motor GP, predominantly through
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  Speaker 2: those couple of years that we didn't have races here
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  Speaker 2: because of COVID.
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  Speaker 3: But you look at his.
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  Speaker 2: Last three Grand Prix and if you believe in fate
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  Speaker 2: and you believe in numbers, I think you should know
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  Speaker 2: he should put your money here. He was fourth in
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  Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, he was third in twenty twenty two, he
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  Speaker 2: was second in twenty twenty three. So it's a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a pattern. There if you're looking for something in
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  Speaker 2: the numerology. But the thing for me with Martine is
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  Speaker 2: that for the past two visits we've had here with
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  Speaker 2: Motor GP, he's clearly been the fastest guy, Like he's
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  Speaker 2: absolutely slaughtered the circuit record two years in a row
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  Speaker 2: in qualifying but hasn't even finished off the podium both years.
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  Speaker 2: So one year was that fairly chaotic twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 2: race which Alex Rinns won for Suzuki, and he was
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  Speaker 2: back in about seven by the end, but that felt
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  Speaker 2: like a win that he squandered last year because he's
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  Speaker 2: clearly the fastest guy. He led for the majority of
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  Speaker 2: the race, but took a bit of a tire gamble
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  Speaker 2: that in retrospect was so nearly the right thing to do.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not saying that neither of these guys are
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  Speaker 2: slow at Philip Island, but until you've done it, if
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, like, you need to prove
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  Speaker 2: it to me before I'm going to back you to
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  Speaker 2: actually win something, because you know, yeah, the speed's there,
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  Speaker 2: but it's all about what happens at the end of
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven laps, not at the end of one.
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  Speaker 1: So we know, do Cadi is they're going to be
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  Speaker 1: dominant this weekend. That's been the theme currently for the
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  Speaker 1: whole season. But let's touch on the katms. Pedro or
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  Speaker 1: Costa seems like he's on a strong run at the moment. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: he's making some rookie mistakes, which we do expect from him,
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  Speaker 1: but it's his first time Philip Island automotive GP bike.
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  Speaker 4: How do you think he's going to go?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting like they come straight from Motigi last
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  Speaker 2: time out, which I don't think you could fight as
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  Speaker 2: that's more different in terms of characteristics than Philip Island
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  Speaker 2: because Mategi's all long straights into hairpins, big breaking zones.
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  Speaker 2: That KTM is very very good at breaking a straight line.
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  Speaker 2: That's one of its really strong characteristics, you could say, so,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it'd be from a lack of trying,
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  Speaker 2: but I would be surprised if KTM are as strong
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  Speaker 2: relative to the Ducades as they were at Motigi. Now
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  Speaker 2: what that does to a Costa who's obviously never ridden
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  Speaker 2: a motor GP bike at Philip Island, and particularly Brad Binder,
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  Speaker 2: Binda's awesome at Philip Island. He's been really good all
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  Speaker 2: the way through Motto three Moto two, so I would
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  Speaker 2: expect him to go well there because he likes to track,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm not sure that track really fits into the
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  Speaker 2: characteristics of the strongest parts of the KTM. And of
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  Speaker 2: course we're going to go to Maverick Vidale's quarter here Roniti,
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  Speaker 2: because you know I love to visit this every single
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  Speaker 2: week we have this podcast. This is a track that
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  Speaker 2: should suit a Prillier if you're looking for another manufacturer
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  Speaker 2: to come in and maybe spoil the party for Ducati
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  Speaker 2: and Vignalis has been very good at Philip Island, and
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  Speaker 2: he's also been very anonymous, which is kind of a
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  Speaker 2: snapshot of Maverick's motor GP career, isn't it, because he
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  Speaker 2: could either be very very good or sometimes you go,
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  Speaker 2: oh yeah, Maverick Vinalez was in the Grand Prix because
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  Speaker 2: I didn't actually notice him for the last forty five minutes.
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  Speaker 2: So if I was expecting one of those two bikes
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  Speaker 2: to maybe show a little bit better at Philip Island,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think a cost is going to be lacking
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  Speaker 2: effort because he never does. But I think the Aprilliant
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  Speaker 2: might have more of a chance to emerge from that
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  Speaker 2: mid pack to challenge back into the podium, perhaps top five,
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  Speaker 2: but if it's going to be any of them, it
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  Speaker 2: will be Maverick. And with Maverick it's like you can
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  Speaker 2: just shrug your shoulders and say, on his day he
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  Speaker 2: could be on the podium, and when it's not his day,
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  Speaker 2: he might be tenth.
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  Speaker 3: But who would know?
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  Speaker 1: Now you did skip past our Aussie Jack Miller, and
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we need to talk about him Home
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  Speaker 1: Grand Prix last time on the last year, so on
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  Speaker 1: the KTM at this circuit, but we know he's coming
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  Speaker 1: back next year on the Yamaha Prahmaha love to save
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  Speaker 1: your playing home there's shot. Sorry, Jack Miller, we know,
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  Speaker 1: so excuse me. We know he's got a corner named
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  Speaker 1: after him here Home Grand Prix.
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  Speaker 4: There's that added pressure.
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  Speaker 1: When we spoke to him last week, he said to
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  Speaker 1: his friends and family, this could be my last time here.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think for an Aussie writer coming home Philip
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  Speaker 1: Island that pressure to perform can hinder his impact here.
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  Speaker 2: It's funny, isn't it, Like Home grownd Prixs do different
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  Speaker 2: things to different people. There's some guys who just get
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  Speaker 2: waghed down with all of the extra promotional all stuff
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  Speaker 2: and the TV stuff and the fact that you know,
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  Speaker 2: there is a lot of expectation and it's all coming
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  Speaker 2: from a good place from the crowd because they want
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  Speaker 2: to see you do well, because there's the Aussie flags
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  Speaker 2: and the Miller signage and we see it every year.
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  Speaker 2: It's funny with Jack, like pressure is a burden for some.
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  Speaker 2: I think Jack actually really revels on the support and
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  Speaker 2: we quite often see him go better at this racetrack
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  Speaker 2: relative to where he is and the rest of the season,
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  Speaker 2: because I think he takes it as a real privilege
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  Speaker 2: and just as a boost of energy. And it does
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  Speaker 2: different things to different people. It benefits him, I think.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we've seen him make some unbelievable starts
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  Speaker 2: at this race track the last few years, and it's
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  Speaker 2: not because he's got more local home knowledge than some
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  Speaker 2: of these guys, because you know, Philip Island is one
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  Speaker 2: of those tracks that nobody really has a huge experience
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  Speaker 2: advantage over anybody else because it's used so infrequently and
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  Speaker 2: it's so far from Europe. But Jack's a guy who
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  Speaker 2: lifts at home, so he's coming in off a reasonably
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  Speaker 2: good MOTEGI I thought he's particularly strong early in the
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  Speaker 2: Grand Prix in Japan, and it wouldn't surprise me at
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  Speaker 2: all if he has a better weekend perhaps than we
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  Speaker 2: are expecting at Philip Island, because I think the home
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  Speaker 2: support and the crowd and having a corner named after you,
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  Speaker 2: like you said, all of that that goes on. He
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  Speaker 2: loves racing here, and he's a lot more relaxed. He's
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of family around, and he spreads himself
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  Speaker 2: pretty thin because he's trying to be all things to
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  Speaker 2: all people. But I think this is one of those
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  Speaker 2: race tracks where he gets a massive boost. So look,
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  Speaker 2: we know it's not been a great season, but I
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  Speaker 2: think he will be more prominent than perhaps we're thinking
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, simply because he loves racing at home and
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  Speaker 2: at this track.
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  Speaker 1: Now we've got to touch on the Japanese manufacturers, Yamaha
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  Speaker 1: first than Honda.
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  Speaker 4: Fabio Kodorro seems like he was on a strong run.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you mentioned earlier in the pod Mategi startstop circuit
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  Speaker 1: that just just does not suit the Yamahas at all.
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  Speaker 1: But Philip Land in the past, Fabria has done really
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  Speaker 1: well here. Do you think that consistency that he's had
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  Speaker 1: in this second half of the season, he can continue.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I reckon they'll be pretty police to see the
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  Speaker 2: back of Motigi that was pretty miserable for him and
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  Speaker 2: Alex Rins and obviously Remy Gardner was there as a
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  Speaker 2: wildcard and they were pretty much propping up the back
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  Speaker 2: end of the time sheets and Quatra ran out of
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  Speaker 2: fuel again for the second the second time in three races,
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  Speaker 2: so they'll want to make sure there's a bit more
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  Speaker 2: in the in the Yamaha on Sunday. But I think
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  Speaker 2: this track will suit that bike more perhaps than Motigui did,
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  Speaker 2: And we saw a couple of rounds ago he was
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  Speaker 2: strong in Indonesia, strong at Messano, so I think they'll
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  Speaker 2: be more prominent than they perhaps were at Motigi. But
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  Speaker 2: you're still thinking on a really good day, it's Fabio
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  Speaker 2: in Q two, maybe on the third row or something
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  Speaker 2: like that, you can see him. You know, he will
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  Speaker 2: outperform the limitations of that bike. I think we've seen
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  Speaker 2: that over the course of the year. It just depends
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  Speaker 2: on what that bike's ceiling is at this track. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, could you see something like a top seven
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  Speaker 2: eight finish for Fabia on a really good day. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: of course, a lot of it depends on the decade situation,
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  Speaker 2: but I think he is the guy who will lift
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  Speaker 2: Yamaha if anyone does. Alex Rins. We know that his
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  Speaker 2: previous race winner here and incredibly incredibly impressive back in
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty two, but we know that he's physically pretty
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  Speaker 2: compromised at the moment, and you know, the season's kind
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  Speaker 2: of tailing off for him and he's just got that
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  Speaker 2: one top ten for the season. So I would be
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  Speaker 2: surprised if it's him that steps forward from Yamaha, but
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  Speaker 2: it wouldn't surprise me if quashareros in Q two and
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  Speaker 2: maybe punching above his weight, you could say.
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  Speaker 3: On that bike.
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  Speaker 1: One thing I love about Philip Parland is the weather
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  Speaker 1: because it is so unpredictable that you don't know what's
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  Speaker 1: going to happen. And last year we had all that
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  Speaker 1: crazy rain and everything like that. But we don't want
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  Speaker 1: to know about last.
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  Speaker 4: Year, right, it was crazy, they canceled the race.
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  Speaker 3: It was it was crazy, but we.
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  Speaker 4: Know it can rain quite often.
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  Speaker 1: Then I think what is awesome about that is it
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  Speaker 1: does bring the field back together. So if it happens
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  Speaker 1: on a Saturday when we have qualifying, we might have
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  Speaker 1: an unknown front three rows.
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  Speaker 2: Again, you know, yeah, absolutely, And look, I mean Philip
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  Speaker 2: Island weather forecast, you can take them with a pinch
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  Speaker 2: of salt, because it could change three times before we
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  Speaker 2: finish this podcast around there, but there is going to
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  Speaker 2: be some rain around because it's Philip Island and there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be some rain around. I hate to rub
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  Speaker 2: it in, but Saturday and Sunday in Melbourne at least
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  Speaker 2: last weekend was beautifully sunny and absolutely fantastic, so we
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  Speaker 2: probably should have had a grad Prix.
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  Speaker 4: But it's going to rain the next weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Well that's almost to give and you have to pack
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  Speaker 2: your entire wardrobe when you go down there because you'll
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  Speaker 2: probably be wearing some of it at least at some point.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, you're right. I mean, if there's some rain
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  Speaker 2: early in the weekend, the last forecast I looked at,
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  Speaker 2: it looks like Sunday is going to be decent, but Friday,
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  Speaker 2: Saturday could be a little sketchy. So a little rain on,
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  Speaker 2: a little rain on Saturday morning for qualifying could certainly
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  Speaker 2: make things interesting for the rest of the weekend. But
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  Speaker 2: I was going to talk about that, because I don't
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  Speaker 2: know about you, but one thing I'm super looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to this weekend, and it's a weird thing to say.
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  Speaker 2: We take Motor GP sprints for granted so much now
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  Speaker 2: because they've been at every round since the beginning of
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, so we've had thirty six sprints. We're
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  Speaker 2: pretty familiar with the format. Of course, we've never had
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  Speaker 2: one in Australia because last year's sprint got pusponed to
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  Speaker 2: Sunday and then eventually canceled because of the weather and
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  Speaker 2: the Grand Prix was held on Saturday, so we've got
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  Speaker 2: this thing that's now, you know, sort of old news
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  Speaker 2: as far as Moto GP goes in terms of having
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  Speaker 2: a sprint, We've never had one here. So that's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a nice little curve ball for the weekend,
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  Speaker 2: isn't it.
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  Speaker 4: That's going to be very exciting to see.
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  Speaker 1: Just thinking back to last year, we were both there obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and we're going to be on the ground this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: so guys, we're going to try and bring you as
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  Speaker 1: much behind the scenes as we can on the Fox
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  Speaker 1: Sports socials and on the website. But thinking back to
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  Speaker 1: last year, I have to talk about Joel Kelso, because
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  Speaker 1: he got on the podium in Moto III, and obviously
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  Speaker 1: we know he's been so strong this year, constantly in
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  Speaker 1: that top ten, qualifying on the front row a few times.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that Joel could possibly get back on
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  Speaker 1: that podium this say.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon Joel's clothes are still drying out from last
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  Speaker 2: year because given how wet that Moto three race was
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  Speaker 2: when he finished on the podium there, so look twelve
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  Speaker 2: months on, it's it's the place of his only Motor
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  Speaker 2: three podium today and what a place to do it.
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  Speaker 2: It was an absolutely amazing ride. He's actually had a
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  Speaker 2: really good year, but hasn't had that one headline result
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  Speaker 2: for me. And like you said, he's constantly up in
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  Speaker 2: that top group in qualifying, we see him constantly attached
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: to the front group and these races, but perhaps a
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: function of the machinery that he's on, he's always sort
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: of tethered to the back of the group, so he's
• 14:32
  Speaker 2: never cast a drift. But the number of races he's
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: had this year where he's been two seconds off a podium,
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: you know, less than a second off a podium in
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: a couple of races, So He is a bit like Jack,
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: I think, in that he really revels in having a
• 14:45
  Speaker 2: home race. He embraces all of it. And you know, yeah,
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: you don't get a lot of sleep, and there's every
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: relative under the sun hitting you up for tickets and
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: all that sort of stuff. But I actually think he
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: really enjoys it. And you know, you forget, these Ausies
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: are so far from home most of the time, so
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: the chance for everyone to come to their backyard for once,
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: it must be super cool for these guys because they
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: get to they get to host, you know, and it's
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: also one of the world's great racetracks, so you have
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: all these guys telling them what an amazing racetrack it is.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: And I think he just gets a lift. And he
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: said to me last year, he said, you're riding around
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: on a lap after a session, you see a Kelso flag,
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: you see someone wearing you merch and it's one of
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: those like, man, I've come so far to get here,
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: how cool is this? And he said, you just want
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: to make these people happy, and you want to make
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: them proud to sort of fly the Aussie flag at
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: their home Grand Prix. So I have no doubt that
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: he'll be absolutely pushing for the front and it wouldn't
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: take much. Like he's been super close a couple of
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: times this year. And imagine if your first two Motor
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: three podiums in the World Championship, we're both at home.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: I think he'd be lobbying for more races at Philippilo.
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: That'd be good.
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: Imagine if we could have two or three Australian Grand
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: Prix that would be brilliant sign it.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: We'd love that. Now.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: I'm fresh from the bat Thos one thousand with the supercars,
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: but our Moto three rookie Jacob Rulstone, was on the
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: ground on the weekends.
• 16:00
  Speaker 4: I was speaking about Ossie's at the home race.
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: I was talking to him and he is so excited
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: for his first Grand Prix. He wouldn't tell me too much,
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: but he said that he's collaborating with someone. So I'm
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: guessing an Australian writer for a special one off helmet.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: So let's talk about Jacob. I know, I'm very excited
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: to see. Let's touch on Jacob because it seems like
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: after the summer break he's not had the best run.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: But when I was there, I was talking to him.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: He goes after Mantegi. I've had this week off, he said,
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: he's feeling his confidence coming back. How do you think
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: he's going to go with his first home Grand Prix?
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: Well, what's funny, it's the first time he's actually been
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: to the Australian Grand Prix. He's never been there is
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: a spectator which is hilarious. So you know, I might
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: have to ask him on the weekend what you're already
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: coming to, Philip Pilot, if you could be on the
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: other side of the fence. It's not the side of
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: the fence that you and I have to sit on.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: But of all the riders, all the Aussies that we've got,
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: he's the guy that needed that week off more than
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: anybody else because you know, you have a bit of
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: a bar resolved, and then instead of getting a chance
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: to all right, deep breath, reset away, take stock, it's
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: like I'm on a plane and then two days later, oh,
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: free practice has started again. And you know the snowball
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: of this type of the season because you've got six
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: races in seven race weekends. Momentums are hard thing to shift.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: So if you've got good positive momentum, great, just keep
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: riding the wave. When you've had a bit of a
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: crappy result somewhere and you try to dig yourself out
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: of that. Being away from home, you don't get to
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: go back to the you know, go back to a
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: team facility or just your European base, and you're living
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: in a hotel.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: All that sort of stuff. It throws you off.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: And I reckon that three weekends in a row. He
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: needed a weekend off, the fact that he could spend
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: it in Australia and talking to you, going to Bathurst.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: All this sort of thing.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: I think that's probably pretty helpful to, you know, get
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: a bit of a reset and relax himself. But I
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: dare say half of wooll of Gong will be at
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: Philip Isilo this weekend because I think he's going to
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: be another guy who's going to have a lot of
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: people there supporting him.
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: And you know he was.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: I think he's sort of blissfully ignorant as to how
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: big this is going to be, because I think he's
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: always a bit a bit inquiring, like, oh, you know, I'm
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: supposed it'll be pretty good, and it's like wait until
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: you get down there mate, and you see the amount
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: of flags and people cheering you on down there. It'd
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: be fantastic for him, And at a time where you
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: know he's taken a couple of rockets from her poncereal
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: over the last few weeks. I think Jacob needs an
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: arm randy shoulder at the moment, just to make you
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: feel a bit happier with life. He's a young kid
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: who's had a bit of a struggle with the last
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: few rounds. So having a track full of Australians cheering
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: your name and cheering you on, that's got to be
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: pretty good medicine, isn't it.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Oh definitely, you think that it'd help. And when I
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: did talk to him, he is so excited. You could
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: just see the grin from ear to ear and his
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: eyes laid.
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: Up and you can just tell that this means the
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: world to him.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: But also Sena Aegeus' is his the first Australian Grand
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: Prix as well, and he hasn't ridden here for so
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: long because he's another one who took off to Europe.
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: Now we know Senna's also had.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: A little bit of a rough patch, but he seems
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: to be like ebbing and flowing a bit more of
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: a roller coaster is his.
• 18:51
  Speaker 4: Season this year.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I reckon there's a bit of an asterisk with
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: a couple of his last he's last two results had
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: the accent on the first lap at Indonnee, so we
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: never really got a chance to see what was going
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: to happen there. And then the Moto two race at
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: Motigi because it was started and they did half a
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: lap and it was red flag that it was a
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: bit of a tire lottery. You can just you know,
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: shrug your shoulders and write that one down to Some
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: people played it right and some people didn't, and he
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: was in the majority of the people that didn't play
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: it right with that tire choice there. But yeah, look,
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: another first for an Australian this weekend at Philipilo. It's
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: a bit of a recurring theme for this podcast. But
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: you know, you forget how young center still is, the
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: fact that he's in Moto two, but you know, him
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: and Jacob Rolston have basically mirrored each other and spent
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: a lot of time in Europe together. They're entirely different categories.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: So you know, another guy who has been fishing around
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: in Q two for a fair part of this year,
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: and I think that'll be almost like a bare minimum
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: goal for hit him this weekend, it's like, get into
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Q two, see what you can do, because we know
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: with Moto two that you know, if you can qualify
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: in those first three to four rows. He's looked really
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: accomplished when he's been up with those front running guys.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: But sometimes if you're starting, you know, twentieth twenty second,
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: you're back in the jungle there. The first lap of
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: photo too, you almost want to hide by on the
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: couch because it's pretty feral back there. Because the machinery
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: is so similar and so competitive, there's always some really
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: good guys out of position in that category. So you know,
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: step number one for him, get a decent qualifying, have
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: a good Saturday afternoon, and then Sunday, look, let's see.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: But again another person who'll have a fair few family
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: and friends coming down from Sydney that will be there.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: So yeah, it'd be nice for these four Ossie guys.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: I mean Jack's used to it, of course, but it'd
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: be nice for these four Ossie guys to have heaps
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: of local support because this is such a special weekend
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: for everybody.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: I was just thinking when you were talking then going,
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: we've had so many great Australian writers over the years,
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Mick Dolan, Wayne Gardner, Casey Stoner, obviously Chris. We've had
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: so many World champions and just these big names who
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: have made such an impact in motorcycle racing. And then
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: we have Jacob and Joel and Sanna who are making
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: their way through and it's their first Grand Prix or
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: obviously for the two and not for Joel but he's
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: trying to get.
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: To the podium there and Jack as well. What an
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: incredible experience for these.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Guys well, and also to like you get to write
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: on a track where you're riding down Gardener straight into
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: dow and Corner into Stone accorder into Miller Corner. You've
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: got all these names that these younger guys have seen
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: over the years on the TV and they've read about them,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: and you know, it's thirty years since Mick Dowan's first
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: World championship. This year we're going to be celebrating that
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: at Philip Island over the course of the weekend. This
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: is like a piece of history. These younger guys are
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: now living and that's the cool part about it. You know,
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: they get to sort of tread on the in the
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: footsteps of their predecessors. They know the legacy and the history,
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: they know the reverence this track's held within. So the
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: fact they get to participate like you. If that doesn't
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: get you out of bed a little bit faster the boarding,
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: then you're probably at the wrong business, I think.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: I think for those who are listening at home and
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: want to tune in to watch Amotor GP race, you've
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: got to watch the Australian Grand Prix because just the history,
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: the vibrancy and for Aussi's there, it doesn't.
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: Get much better than that.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: Fantastic.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: But I was going to say to our listeners, if
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: you're wondering why we didn't mention Honda earlier, that's because
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: you caught up with Joan Zako recently, Matt, so tell
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: us how was your chat with Zarco.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: Look, it's always great to catch up with John because
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: he's such a thoughtful interview. He's never just going to
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: go through the motions. He always gives massive thought to
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: what he says. And there's just a point of difference
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: with him because he's been around, he seen and lifted all.
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: He's had such.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: A bizarre Moto GP career in so many respects. But
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: you know the fact that last year's Australian Grand Prix
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: was so strange. It was held on a Saturday and
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: they had no time to prepare. If there was ever
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: going to be a race that snapped this winning drought
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: that he'd had after all these years in MotoGP for
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: something is suitably radom as Philippolo was last year. It
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: was almost in the stars that he was going to
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: win that race, and the fact that he didn't even
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: lead it for one lap. He managed to take the
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: lead on the last lap and then scurry away. It
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: took him one hundred and twenty races and finishing second
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: eleven times before he finally got on the top step
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: of the podium. So it's a fantastic story of perseverance.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: But get into that interview now, Anita. But what I
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: did ask him at the beginning was, Honda has been
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: on a bit of an up search lately, and you
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: know they're coming from a really, really low base, but
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: there's been some signs of life for them lately. It
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: had a particularly good weekend at Indonesia. I spoke to
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: him at Motegue and I asked him about how Honda's
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four has taken shape, and then of course
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: we got into Phillip Island after that to I wanted
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: to talk to you before you came to Australia because
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: I'm sure you'll be having many conversations about Australia, but
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: I wanted to start off by asking you a little
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: bit about the last few rounds because it seems that,
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: you know, slowly been a little bit more competitive, The
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: bike seems to be working a little better, and you
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: seem to be having some better results. Do you think
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: this is a better part of your season now?
• 23:50
  Speaker 5: Sure, it's a better part of the season because we've
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: got some progress in this one and the rezards were
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: better on the last race in Indonesia, so that was
• 24:06
  Speaker 5: so nice toy to have the top ten. And I
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: would say from the summer I tried to get some
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: improvements al so on the ridings tie. I tried to
• 24:19
  Speaker 5: think about improving the riding since the beginning of the year.
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: But it seems I've been able to do it better
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: after the summer and now that we have also things
• 24:34
  Speaker 5: on the bick working better than an opportunity came in
• 24:38
  Speaker 5: Indonesia and was happy to to take it.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: Where do you think that the bike is improving from
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: the start of the season, and then where do you
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: think the biggest area is that needs to go Because
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: you can obviously you can start to see the back
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: of the midfield now and get into the points in
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: the last.
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: Couple of rounds.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: What do you think is the bigest thing that needs
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: to change to make that next step.
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: We did a step in the fast corner, and we
• 25:07
  Speaker 6: get much better turning in the fast corner thanks to
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: the new fairing, So we finally did a step on
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: the aerodynamic side, but we have a.
• 25:20
  Speaker 5: Lack of acceleration.
• 25:22
  Speaker 6: We cannot have a strong acceleration because the bike is
• 25:27
  Speaker 6: doing too much reading and.
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: That's the weak pont out of the bike.
• 25:31
  Speaker 6: But this I still don't know how they're going to
• 25:35
  Speaker 6: fix it.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: Well, it's it's good that things are moving in the
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: correct direction for you. But as I mentioned at the start,
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: the main thing I wanted to ask you about is
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: obviously a race coming up in a couple of weeks
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: time where you know you'll be arriving at Philip Island
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: for the first time in Motor GP as the defending.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: You know, race winner.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: Take us back there to October last year, but because
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: I mean we obviously we all know that you waited
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: for so long and there were so many podiums and
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: then you win a race. It was so strange because
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: it was Saturday, you know, not even a Sunday Grand Prix.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: And I think you took the lead. There was maybe
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: like eight corners left on the last lap, and then
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: you win the race. And after the race you almost
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: seemed like you were happy, but you were sort of relieved,
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: and I think you looked a bit, you know, like stunned,
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: like what actually happened? Like take us back to that race,
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: because it was a crazy race, wasn't it.
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: I was for sure one of the best memory I
• 26:38
  Speaker 6: think we live clearly because because everyone was askinny, I'm
• 26:44
  Speaker 6: going to be the first victory, and when heard that
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: on the time, you get tired of it, and and yes,
• 26:54
  Speaker 6: I almost I could not like a scream of joy
• 26:58
  Speaker 6: explode because it was us well weight down and like
• 27:04
  Speaker 6: wait that is away from the shooder and that was
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: that was cool. And but the good thing was I
• 27:14
  Speaker 6: think because it was on Saturday or so, it helped
• 27:16
  Speaker 6: me to to have less time to think, so go
• 27:20
  Speaker 6: straight to the target.
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: So what you said we need more Saturday races. That's
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: what That's what it sounds like.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: But where that was such a strange race because we
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: know that Jory had used that soft retire and he
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: made the really big gap. But I'm wondering for you,
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: like when did you think it was possible to win?
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: Because he started coming back towards you guys with maybe
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: like three or four laps to go, and you're probably thinking, okay,
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: you know there could be a chance here.
• 27:46
  Speaker 6: When I saw him going away, then I was thinking
• 27:49
  Speaker 6: focus to say, okay, do the best to finish the
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: comments and uh yeah, I don't remember exactly flaps to
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: the end, but when I saw was there, okay, it
• 28:02
  Speaker 6: should something should happen in the last lap. And so
• 28:07
  Speaker 6: try to be in circomposition before the last lap because
• 28:10
  Speaker 6: it will be the time that you were you can
• 28:12
  Speaker 6: overtake jog.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: Did you rewatch the race afterwards to try and understand
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: what had happened because you said before like it happened
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: so fast and then you win the race and it's
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: only Saturday and there's a lot to process, Like did
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: you need to go back afterwards and understand the race
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: and to actually maybe enjoy it a little bit.
• 28:31
  Speaker 6: More, no, because I knew I remember all the race, well,
• 28:39
  Speaker 6: what's happened on the bike and then when you watch
• 28:42
  Speaker 6: it again, yes, you see that it was kind of
• 28:47
  Speaker 6: big fight at the beginning of the racer from the start,
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: then a few of the texts with Mark that was
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: kind of intense. But once I got this space of
• 29:00
  Speaker 6: this over text, it was a control try to control
• 29:03
  Speaker 6: the race as most as possible because we knew that
• 29:06
  Speaker 6: the retire will re drop, and so I've been controlling
• 29:11
  Speaker 6: then some lap two, O, lap three until lap twenty
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: five because I think twenty seven laps. Yeah in Philippagnan, yes,
• 29:22
  Speaker 6: and she lap twenty five was just controlling.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: One of the things I thought was really cool was
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: on the slowdown lap, a lot of your rivals and
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: the guys that you've raced against for years, like they
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: made They were super happy for you, and you know,
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: obviously you'd waited for so long. Everyone knows your story,
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: and I thought the interactions you had with some of
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: the other rivals coming back in on the slowdown lap
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: was super nice. Like for you, was that like a
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: It's obviously a respect thing, but I think for you
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: that must have been really nice for you to know
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: that they were happy for you.
• 29:58
  Speaker 6: Yeah, that was very nice. Surprised how many riders were
• 30:05
  Speaker 6: happy for me, So I took it. It's a very
• 30:10
  Speaker 6: positive enactually to take, and that was nice. They were
• 30:17
  Speaker 6: They all knew that I'm I'm a fast rider and
• 30:25
  Speaker 6: I could have win maybe other races, but things they
• 30:29
  Speaker 6: were not enough matching and I was doing mistakes, so
• 30:32
  Speaker 6: they were Yeah, they were happ Yeah I did it.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was it was nice to say that.
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: Were you a little bit worried about the back flip
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: because it had been been a few years since you've
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: done a backflip and you're thinking, oh, now I've won
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: this race, I have to do this backflip and everyone's
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: going to be watching.
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: So there's a bit of pressure on the back flip, right.
• 30:50
  Speaker 6: A little bit, yes, but then the most difficulties down.
• 30:54
  Speaker 6: So you said, at least you just do it and
• 30:57
  Speaker 6: you will see how how we'll land my feet or not.
• 31:01
  Speaker 6: But at least there's the jump.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you got the landing right. Hey, Before I let
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: you go, because it would be remissive me not to
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: ask you. This one of the big stories that's happened
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: with Moto GP In the last week or two, is
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: that your former Motor two boss Aki Io is coming
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: into MotoGP with KTM And it kind of feels like
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: Aki's been talked about coming in for so long and
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: now finally it's going to be happening. You obviously had
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: some great success with Aki, So what are the you know,
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: what qualities does he bring to a Moto GP team,
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: because it seems to me that he's been a guy
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: who's been ready to do this for a long time.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: What do you see him bringing to to MotoGP as
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: a team manager.
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: I think it's very linked to.
• 31:48
  Speaker 6: The race. Is more into the racing mood, the race
• 31:55
  Speaker 6: mood than like maybe the business side if any you know,
• 32:00
  Speaker 6: he's controlling also everything well. But next year I think
• 32:05
  Speaker 6: with Acosta coming to the factory team, he will disturble
• 32:11
  Speaker 6: a little bit, maybe the the balance that was like
• 32:17
  Speaker 6: Brad and Jack, they are so good balance and it
• 32:20
  Speaker 6: can disturble bit that and I think a Ki will
• 32:23
  Speaker 6: be able to to keep him in the right way
• 32:26
  Speaker 6: and I think they can become very strong. But then
• 32:29
  Speaker 6: he knows very well Brad, so it will help brotherso
• 32:33
  Speaker 6: I think to think also in the right way and
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: I think he will be able to make the two
• 32:41
  Speaker 6: ideas very strong and very focused, like not fighting between them,
• 32:45
  Speaker 6: but I think against the others, against the others.
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, for sure.
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: Well, Johanna, I don't have anything else for you for now,
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: but I hope that when you get here in two weeks,
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: when you drive into Phillip Island for the first time,
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: that you just, you know, look around and think and
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: smile and remember the good days because it's always going
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: to be a special place for you. And yeah, there
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: must be nothing like coming back to a track where
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: you've won, you know, and had that massive success last year.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: So thank you for the time this afternoon, and we'll
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: we'll see you in a couple of weeks.
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I wouldn't.
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: Be a thanks Jean, appreciate it. Thank you. Welcome.
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: Wait wait waite, Okay, Matt, awesome interview, But I have
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: a one question for you. Are we going to see
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: another Zarko backflip at Philip Island this year?
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: That was so funny in the interview.
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: I said to him, like, well, you're a little bit worried,
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: but it had been basically I think it was seven
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: years or something since you'd tried the backflip and the
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: way that he should have shrugged and said, well, I
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: did the hard bit. I won the race, so I
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: figured I'd better see if I can do the backflip.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: But if the backflip goes wrong, then so be it.
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: But I think I'd worked it out. It was like
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: two thy five hundred days since he'd done a backflip,
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: so he's like, oh boy, I hope I can still
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: do this. But the course thing of the interview for me,
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: and I remember noticing this at the time, how happy
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: his peers were for him. And you could really see
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: that on the slowdown lap back to the pits, like
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: every single rider, even somethod he's probably had some beef
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: with over the years, stopped alongside him and gave him
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: a pad on the back or a thumbs up, and
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: everyone was pumped up for him because they knew the
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: weight of this history. It's like, it's one hundred and
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: twenty starts. You haven't won a Grand Prix, you'd been
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: on the podium nineteen times, you'd never been on the
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: top step. So that was kind of cool because you know,
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, these guys are rivals.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: But I think everyone respects what everyone else is doing
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: here because they know the risks and involved in the
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: talent that it requires. So it was nice to see
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: everyone happy for him. And I'm sure you know he's
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: an emotional guy, Johann So I'm sure when he drives
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: into Philip Island for the first time on Thursday, he'll
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: look around and go, yeah, this is a pretty cool
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: feeling because he's never come back to a race track
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: as a Motor GP defending winner before.
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: This is the first time.
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: I was standing on the infield going up to the Hayeshez.
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: I was opposite where he did the backflip in front
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: of all of the fans.
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: The crowd was roaring.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: It was one of the most incredible things I've seen.
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: And you see people win races. You know, we've seen
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: Pecko's in jo Hey, we've seen Mark do it. But
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: you could just see, like you said, the writers were there,
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: but the crowd were getting behind him. And that's one
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: thing I love about Ozzie's who support Moto GP and
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: our sport, is they are so happy for the winner.
• 35:21
  Speaker 4: They're so happy to.
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: See the guys out there racing, but also just congratulate them.
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: For the work that they've done well.
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: Happy and knowledgeable is the thing I always come back
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: to because I think it's a crowd down there of
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: people that really know what they're watching. So no one
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: had to explain to them that this was a great
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: story and a story of perseverance. And finally this guy
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: getting the monkey off his back. Everyone knew that, and
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: I think they celebrated accordingly. And so for him to
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: win at that racetrack and know that a knowledgeable crowd
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: understood the gravity of that, I thought that was super cool.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: It's just a perfect way to wrap up a very
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: very strange weekend at Phillip Island.
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: Last year, it was a very strange weekend and fingers
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: crossed it is good whether I don't know about you, Matt,
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: but I have heard this.
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: I'm trying to think of the word.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: But if you hold your breath over the bridge as
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: you get onto the island, it can help with good luck.
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: For good weather.
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: So okay, I'll remember that.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: Yes, everybody who's listening, if you can just hold your
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: breath as you drive over the bridge, that's gonna help
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: us have good weather this weekend at Philip Island. So
• 36:20
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• 36:23
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• 36:25
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• 36:26
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