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EWAN McGREGOR:
The race never ends.
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A week after
the last Grand Prix of the year, in early November,
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the teams are out testing
for next season.
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Lap after lap.
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Knees on the ground
in the corners.
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200 miles an hour
down the straights,
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looking for
a little extra speed.
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They're crazy.
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They're gonna
kill themselves.
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Maybe.
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But what about the buzz?
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The babes?
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The money?
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In fact, since 1960, only one
of the 500cc World Champions
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has died on the track,
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Gary Hocking.
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He was testing
a Formula 1 car at the time.
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But they all survived their
motorcycle racing careers.
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How do they do it?
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Why do they do it?
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Week in, week out,
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riding and crashing,
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and riding and winning,
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and always faster,
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and faster
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and faster.
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At the beginning,
when you try the first time
the 500,
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"Ah, fuck!"
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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
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I used to think
all road racers were nuts.
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You know, racing around a track
at that speed.
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Well, it's just
like a video game
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that has...
the element of danger.
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As a racer, you always
have that in the back
of your mind...
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You always wonder,
you know,
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"When's it gonna happen?"
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'Cause it will happen.
You will fall off.
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Speed is something dangerous
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but very exciting.
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The top speed is 314.
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-MAN: Nearly 200 miles an hour?
-Yeah, nearly 200 miles an hour.
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It's good, huh? [LAUGHS]
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For the first approach,
you will think
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this is a crazy sport.
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By the end of the day,
it's not that crazy.
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Growing up as a kid,
always thinking, you know,
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"if I could ever just race
motorcycles
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"and make a living,
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"that'd be the coolest thing
known to mankind."
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What do I like about GPs now?
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The crumpet, I suppose.
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This is a real war,
these 16 races.
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That's your job,
and that's what you do
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and you have to win,
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or you know,
you're out of your mind.
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If you got second, you just
wanted to kill everybody.
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The sensation you have
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before the green light
is always the same.
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It's always very, very strong.
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McGREGOR: There are other
international championships.
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125, 250,
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Supersport, Superbike.
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But if you want to be
the World Champion,
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this is the one
you have to win.
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MotoGP, the fastest men
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on the fastest bikes
in the world.
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♪ You want it badly
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♪ You want it tangled
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♪ I want to feel something
more than I was strangled
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♪ I fell in love
with the sweet sensation
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♪ I gave my heart
to a simple chord
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♪ I gave my soul
to a new religion
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♪ Whatever happened to you?
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♪ Whatever happened
to our rock 'n roll?
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♪ Whatever happened
to my rock 'n roll?
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♪ She wants it hallow
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♪ She wants it tainted
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♪ She wants to feel something
more than she was naked
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♪ You want to hide away
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♪ You scared you'll touch it
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♪ I want to feel something more than I can ever take
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♪ I fell in love with
the sweet sensation
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♪ I gave my heart
to a simple chord
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♪ I gave my soul
to a new religion
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♪ Whatever happened to you,
rock 'n roll?
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♪ Whatever happened
to our rock 'n roll?
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♪ Whatever happened
to my rock 'n roll? ♪
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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McGREGOR: The MotoGP season
runs from April to November.
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Sixteen races in eight months
on five continents.
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The locations may change,
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but it's actually all one
and the same place,
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a town that moves
around the world,
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populated by a couple
of thousand highly-skilled
professionals
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in the grip
of a shared obsession.
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MAN: We all are just junkies,
speed junkies.
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McGREGOR:
This is the routine.
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Arrive Wednesday.
Set up Thursday.
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Practice Friday and Saturday.
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Race Sunday.
Pack up and move on.
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At the start of the season,
there are 24 riders.
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At times,
there will be fewer.
Accidents happen.
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Most teams have two riders.
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Your teammate is not your ally.
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He's the first person
you want to beat.
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The guy with
the same equipment as you.
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The race is a sprint.
No pit stops.
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Every man for himself.
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Race distance
is about 75 miles,
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which takes around 40 minutes
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when you're averaging
over 100 miles an hour.
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First place scores 25 points.
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Second, 20.
Sixteen for third.
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All the way down
to a single point for 15th.
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But before you can think
about winning,
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you have to master the bike,
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which in 2001, means
the 500cc two-stroke,
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the most brutal race machine
ever built.
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JULIAN RYDER:
Anybody who can ride
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a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle
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well enough to qualify for
a Grand Prix grid is a hero.
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Anybody.
Because these things are
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the most evil devices.
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They are man-eaters.
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If you treat them wrong,
they will bite.
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Well, you've got
to be really careful
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because the way the power is
on the two-stroke engine.
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If you open
the power too early,
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it just spins up
and spits you off,
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because of the weight
of them
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and the power
that they have got.
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They're pretty...
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I think they're
pretty evil in a way.
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The two-stroke is
quite a crude engine.
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But for its weight,
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it's a very, very
effective power unit.
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[ENGINES REVVING]
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The 500 is another world.
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The bike comes
from another world.
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Unbelievable, no?
Because it's just sliding,
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moving, a lot of power,
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because just when open,
impossible to control.
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OLIVIER JACQUE:
The acceleration was so fast.
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I was used to
racing bikes, 250. So...
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So...
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How you say?
The landscape
is going like this,
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but with the 500,
it's going like this.
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It was throwing me around,
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and it was hard
to hang on to.
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It was a real rough ride.
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CARLOS CHECA: When the bike is working well,
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the bike is doing
what you want,
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and you go fast,
and you don't
think on the bike.
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It's just one.
Your wheels are your legs.
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It's a good connection.
It's really a nice feeling.
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It's nice.
You know, it's...
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There's not words
that that can explain
for the acceleration.
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Now, I need more power.
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TREVOR MORRIS:
It just blows your mind
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when you hear the rider say
"No, my bike's slow,"
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and you know
how fast they are.
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And yet they do complain,
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because they get used
to the power.
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I started racing
when I have 14 years old.
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But I started
to ride the motorbike
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when I was four years old.
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Yes, long time ago.
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I've been doing it
most of my life,
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ever since I was
five, six years of age.
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My dad used to race speedway.
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It was just a fun thing,
I guess.
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It was his hobby,
and he enjoyed it.
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And then, I guess
as he had a kid,
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he wanted him
to ride a bike, too.
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CHECA:
My father was not so bad.
My mother, for sure, no.
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And then my grandfather,
he had some money.
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But he give me
nothing for race. [LAUGHS]
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He told me, "For study,
I give you what you want.
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"But just for bikes, I don't
want to give you nothing."
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LORIS CAPIROSSI:
My mother is my manager,
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but never see the race.
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When the race is finished,
I phone home and say,
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"Okay, Mom.
I finish third, four, five."
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"Okay, I see the race."
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All the time, my mother say,
"Okay, Loris, go easy.
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"Go easy. Go slowly."
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But for my job,
it's difficult to go slowly.
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It's better to go more fast
all the time.
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I am here because
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I have a son racing
in the motorcycle... [LAUGHS]
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In the Motorcycle GP
that is named Valentino Rossi.
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And I am a big fan of motorcycle
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and a big fan of Valentino.
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My mother
was not very happy,
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because she want I study
and blah, blah, blah.
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But now,
come to see the races,
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and yes, have a little bit
of fear like all the mothers.
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My mother, too,
she say motorcycle is crazy.
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VALENTINO:
My father race also.
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So when I started,
she say no.
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After Graziano,
also my son.
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But in the end,
it's like this.
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The motorcycle is
a little bit hard sport.
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To be...
pay very good attention.
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A lot of fun
when you get it right,
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but the other side
of the coin
isn't that great.
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I touched a white line.
It was very, very greasy.
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It was almost like ice.
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On full acceleration,
probably about
135 mile an hour,
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the bike just threw me off.
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Went straight into a sand trap and then into a wall.
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I broke my leg
into around 17 pieces,
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and my foot,
my hand, my arm,
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my shoulders, ribs.
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Just a couple
little odds and ends.
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It's madness.
I can't think of it
any other way.
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To enjoy riding
a motorcycle fast,
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to develop your skills
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and to exploit them
in competition is one thing.
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But then to do it
at this level,
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this absolutely
fearsome pitch,
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weekend after weekend,
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against other people
who are quite as mad
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and quite as good as you,
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that's what
I find fascinating,
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and frightening
and admirable about racing.
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RYDER: The thing about
motorcycle racing
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is you can see a man
at work.
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If a guy nearly goes
over the handlebars
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at 120 miles an hour,
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his body language tells you
what just happened.
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You can absolutely tell
what's going on
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just from the shapes
these guys make.
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DOOHAN: At 100 and,
say, 60 miles an hour
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or 260 kilometers an hour,
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the bike really doesn't want
to change directions.
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It just wants
to keep going straight.
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You don't just
turn the handlebars.
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You've actually got to
physically steer it
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with your feet
and your body
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to actually make it
change directions.
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If you
just turn the handlebar,
the tire will turn,
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but the bike will keep,
actually, straight ahead.
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Doing the car racing
that I've done,
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I always felt like,
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"If I could just move around
in this seat a little bit,
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"maybe I could change
the handling of the car."
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But, you know,
it's a 3,000-pound car,
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and you're not
going to affect
the handling of it very much.
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Whereas,
a Grand Prix motorcycle,
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sliding your butt back
two inches in the seat,
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you know,
affects the nose weight
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to the rear end weight
a ton on a motorcycle.
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Motorcycle racing,
the rider is probably
80% of the equation,
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whereas in,
say, Formula 1, in cars,
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I would say that
the car is 80%
of the equation,
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and the driver is 20.
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The biggest difference
comes from the rider.
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If they're in a good mood
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and happy with the set-up
of the bike,
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they make a great difference
to the actual lap time,
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compared to what we can do
with adjustments.
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I think 90% of motorcycle
racing is between the ears.
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GRAZIANO:
I remember Valentino begin
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to test motorcycle
before the bike.
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I think he was two years old
or two and a half probably.
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I was not able
to teach nothing.
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No, no, no, no time.
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I was only able
to get Valentino with me
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to know the riders,
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and to know the bikes
and to know the sport, yeah.
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When I tried to
teach him something,
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he looked me
in a strange way.
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And I understand
that he want to do
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all alone, every time.
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I started working
with Valentino
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at the beginning of 2000
or the end of 1999,
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after it was clear
that Mick Doohan was not
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going to resume his career
after the accident.
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Valentino had already won
the 250 World Championship
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and was keen to step up.
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The moment I started
to work with him,
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it was very clear
that he had
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extremely good education
in his younger years.
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The Doctor because...
[CHUCKLES]
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I don't think
there is a particular reason.
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But is beautiful and is
important, The Doctor.
[LAUGHS]
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And in Italy,
The Doctor is a name
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you give to someone
for respect.
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It's very important.
The Doctor is important.
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[CHUCKLES]
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SHEENE:
Biaggi is a good rider.
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You know, on his day,
he's really good.
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It's just a matter
of finding his day.
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I could be wrong,
but I just don't think
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he has what Rossi has.
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He's quick, but he's not
quick everywhere.
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And when the bike
has a problem,
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a lot of the times,
he can't ride around that.
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In the smaller categories,
he was brilliant.
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SCOTT: He's a very,
very complex character.
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He's a very interesting man.
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Max Biaggi's mother
abandoned the family
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when he was,
I'm not quite sure how old.
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It just isn't something
anyone talks about very much.
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But she abandoned him
as an infant.
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I would think
you could take it as a read
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that that's going to have
a very severe effect
on your psyche.
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It's driven Max to be an extraordinary perfectionist.
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He's terribly punishing
on himself
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when he's less than perfect.
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It's also left him
with a distorted sense
of proportion.
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I think he's
definitely a product
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of the press PR machine
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that his team
and sponsors generate,
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and perhaps
he's believed it a bit.
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BURGESS:
It's common knowledge
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that Max and Valentino are
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completely different
types of people.
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Regardless of what sport
they're involved in,
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they're probably never going
to ever be friends.
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As far as Rossi's concerned,
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it's been going on
for a long time,
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since, I think, even before
he started racing.
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He was a Capirossi fan.
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And Capirossi and Biaggi
were racing,
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00:15:00,106 --> 00:15:04,110
so he just naturally,
as a fan,
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didn't like his hero's rival.
331
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Then there's
a personal animosity,
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and there's a great personality difference between them.
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And that's just grown
and grown and grown.
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00:15:17,364 --> 00:15:19,573
And Biaggi made
an interesting remark.
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He said that,
"Rossi's been racing against me
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"even when he was on a 125
and I was on a 500.
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"And I've only been racing
against Rossi
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"since he came
into the same class."
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00:15:30,136 --> 00:15:32,276
They've got all sorts
of different reasons to...
[CHUCKLES]
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00:15:32,310 --> 00:15:35,003
Biaggi is Roman.
Up market.
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Likes the film stars
and football stars.
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Lives in Monaco
where you're supposed to
if you're, you know...
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And Rossi, seaside boy.
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Grew up as what the Americans,
I believe, call a paddock brat.
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Biaggi certainly didn't.
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SCOTT:
I think it's really Biaggi
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who drives the rivalry,
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00:15:51,502 --> 00:15:53,953
and Rossi plays with it.
Rossi exploits it.
349
00:15:55,264 --> 00:15:57,887
Rossi's quite clever
in that way.
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RYDER: I thought Max
was out of order.
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00:16:01,891 --> 00:16:04,618
I thought he was
well out of order.
352
00:16:04,653 --> 00:16:07,000
Okay. Rossi was going
around the outside,
353
00:16:07,035 --> 00:16:08,553
which was a big ask.
354
00:16:08,588 --> 00:16:10,970
And Max was probably
quite legitimately
drifting out.
355
00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:13,006
And he may have thought...
I don't know what he thought,
356
00:16:13,041 --> 00:16:15,284
but he shouldn't have done it,
in my view.
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SCHWANTZ:
It looks like he's trying
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to elbow Rossi
off the track,
359
00:16:20,496 --> 00:16:23,016
and that's probably
what Rossi translates it as.
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00:16:23,051 --> 00:16:26,986
When you stack two motorcycles
side by side
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on the same foot and a half
or two foot of pavement
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00:16:30,299 --> 00:16:32,094
that they're trying
to race on,
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00:16:32,129 --> 00:16:33,785
a lot of times you do stuff
with your body
364
00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:37,686
to keep parts
of the motorcycle
from actually hitting,
365
00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,102
so that you don't get
a handlebar locked
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00:16:40,137 --> 00:16:42,035
with somebody else
and fall over.
367
00:16:42,070 --> 00:16:45,038
So, in Biaggi's defense,
I can see him
368
00:16:45,073 --> 00:16:46,936
maybe trying to get off
the bike a little bit
369
00:16:46,971 --> 00:16:50,354
and looking like he's actually
trying to elbow Rossi
370
00:16:50,388 --> 00:16:53,081
more than he was actually
trying to do.
371
00:16:53,115 --> 00:16:56,360
Maybe Valentino was taking
more of a risk
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than he really needed to.
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00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,535
Again,
trying to make a point.
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00:16:59,570 --> 00:17:02,159
"Well, it's Max.
I'm going to go
around the long way."
375
00:17:02,193 --> 00:17:04,782
Um, Max wasn't having it,
was he?
376
00:17:04,816 --> 00:17:06,163
No, it wasn't pretty.
377
00:17:06,197 --> 00:17:08,061
To have actually been there,
and seen it,
378
00:17:08,096 --> 00:17:09,925
and know what
the frame of mind was
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00:17:09,959 --> 00:17:12,893
between those two guys
at that given time,
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00:17:12,928 --> 00:17:14,343
you know,
maybe it was Biaggi
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00:17:14,378 --> 00:17:18,520
just trying
to be a bully or an idiot.
382
00:17:18,554 --> 00:17:20,901
It was deeply cynical,
383
00:17:20,936 --> 00:17:23,042
I thought,
and immensely entertaining.
384
00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:24,733
And how much
more entertaining
385
00:17:24,767 --> 00:17:27,736
when Rossi went past him
and flipped him
the finger afterwards?
386
00:17:27,770 --> 00:17:29,841
This is the stuff
of great racing.
387
00:17:29,876 --> 00:17:31,740
It was certainly...
388
00:17:31,774 --> 00:17:34,260
I don't think it was
as dangerous as it looked.
389
00:17:34,294 --> 00:17:36,883
Though I don't think
it was completely safe,
either.
390
00:17:36,917 --> 00:17:39,748
It's wonderful.
They need to be careful
391
00:17:39,782 --> 00:17:41,439
doing things
like that intentionally
392
00:17:41,474 --> 00:17:43,338
'cause someone can get hurt.
393
00:17:43,372 --> 00:17:46,306
But, you know, rivalry's good. That's what racing's about.
394
00:17:46,341 --> 00:17:48,377
It's about winning,
which means
395
00:17:48,412 --> 00:17:50,828
some poor sod has gotta
come second.
396
00:17:50,862 --> 00:17:54,280
In the end, Rossi has
the last laugh of him,
anyway, doesn't he?
397
00:17:54,314 --> 00:17:55,902
ROE: That's Italian rivalry
as well, isn't it?
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00:17:55,936 --> 00:17:57,110
BENNET: Oh, yeah.
399
00:17:57,145 --> 00:17:59,630
Unbelievable, wasn't it?
Especially with Biaggi,
400
00:17:59,664 --> 00:18:02,115
'cause it's just a big
media thing to him, isn't it?
401
00:18:02,150 --> 00:18:04,704
Because Max always wants
to be in the limelight,
doesn't he?
402
00:18:04,738 --> 00:18:06,464
He wants to be
on the front of magazines,
403
00:18:06,499 --> 00:18:08,708
and he wants everyone
to think,
"Oh, yes, that's Max Biaggi."
404
00:18:08,742 --> 00:18:10,606
Well, he has been
over the years,
405
00:18:10,641 --> 00:18:12,332
especially when he was
250 World Champion,
406
00:18:12,367 --> 00:18:15,335
he was like Italy's darling,
you know, for bike racing.
407
00:18:15,370 --> 00:18:17,924
But since Rossi's come in,
408
00:18:17,958 --> 00:18:20,029
he's stomped all over
his ground, hasn't he?
409
00:18:20,064 --> 00:18:22,273
And I don't think Max
takes that very kindly.
410
00:18:22,308 --> 00:18:25,242
And that's just
Italian temperament,
especially from Max's side.
411
00:18:25,276 --> 00:18:26,898
I don't think so much
from Valentino's side,
412
00:18:26,933 --> 00:18:29,522
because he seems
to be pretty laid back.
413
00:18:29,556 --> 00:18:32,421
I would imagine Rossi
doesn't really take...
414
00:18:32,456 --> 00:18:34,078
too bothered
about it all, actually.
415
00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,493
No, it's like he just enjoys
416
00:18:35,528 --> 00:18:37,081
-riding the bike.
-That's right.
417
00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:39,290
He just comes across
as somebody who's trying
to enjoy himself.
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00:18:39,325 --> 00:18:40,843
ROE: You don't ever
hear any stories
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00:18:40,878 --> 00:18:43,018
-of him complaining
about things or...
-BENNET: No.
420
00:18:43,052 --> 00:18:44,916
ROE: He's just there
to enjoy himself
421
00:18:44,951 --> 00:18:46,332
and do the best job he can.
422
00:18:46,366 --> 00:18:48,127
And he does do
a very good job
of it, doesn't he?
423
00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:49,335
Oh, I mean,
he's the best out there,
424
00:18:49,369 --> 00:18:50,750
-isn't he, at the moment?
-Quite right.
425
00:18:50,784 --> 00:18:54,063
It's really Rossi,
when he arrived
from his paddock,
426
00:18:54,098 --> 00:18:56,031
and Biaggi
was the Italian icon,
427
00:18:56,065 --> 00:18:58,896
and Rossi started, basically,
just taking the mick.
428
00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:00,829
Deflate it a little.
429
00:19:00,863 --> 00:19:03,280
Um... And it's grown
from there.
430
00:19:03,314 --> 00:19:05,592
MARTIN:
This young Valentino Rossi's
come along
431
00:19:05,627 --> 00:19:08,250
who's more of a character.
432
00:19:08,285 --> 00:19:11,598
There's definitely a couple of
very clever people behind him.
433
00:19:11,633 --> 00:19:14,601
He stopped out on the track
after winning the 250 race,
434
00:19:14,636 --> 00:19:18,157
and dived into the toilet
and come back out
30 seconds later.
435
00:19:18,191 --> 00:19:20,089
Everyone was cackling to
themselves, laughing.
436
00:19:20,124 --> 00:19:24,093
Max, at one stage,
was rumored to be dating
Naomi Campbell,
437
00:19:24,128 --> 00:19:27,027
and I think it had something
to do with that.
I'm not really sure.
438
00:19:27,062 --> 00:19:28,753
The Italian guys
could probably tell you.
439
00:19:28,788 --> 00:19:31,204
They just have a chuckle
and don't say a lot.
440
00:19:31,239 --> 00:19:34,621
[LAUGHING]
The inflatable doll episode.
441
00:19:34,656 --> 00:19:36,520
Let me think.
Now, at the time,
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00:19:36,554 --> 00:19:39,005
there were reports
linking Biaggi
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00:19:39,039 --> 00:19:41,318
with Naomi Campbell,
I seem to recall.
444
00:19:41,352 --> 00:19:44,286
Typically shallow
celeb stuff,
445
00:19:44,321 --> 00:19:46,323
which one suspected
was probably
446
00:19:46,357 --> 00:19:48,325
serving the interest
of each of their careers
447
00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,086
more than any personal thing.
448
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:55,746
And Rossi picked up on this,
or his fan club did.
449
00:19:55,780 --> 00:19:58,231
And when he won a race,
they got an inflatable doll,
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00:19:58,266 --> 00:20:00,509
dressed her
in a rugby jersey,
as I remember,
451
00:20:00,544 --> 00:20:03,409
but with the name
Claudia Schiffer on the back.
452
00:20:03,443 --> 00:20:05,376
And he went around
with Claudia Schiffer
on the back.
453
00:20:05,411 --> 00:20:07,309
So, you had to know
about the Biaggi thing
454
00:20:07,344 --> 00:20:09,898
to appreciate it,
but everybody did, so...
455
00:20:09,932 --> 00:20:13,833
I think
the story is very easy
about me and Max.
456
00:20:13,867 --> 00:20:16,560
We... we... We don't like...
[CHUCKLES]
457
00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:19,563
I think is normal, no?
458
00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:23,912
To have somebody
you don't like.
459
00:20:23,946 --> 00:20:27,502
And one for me is Biaggi.
And one for Biaggi is Rossi.
460
00:20:27,536 --> 00:20:32,300
So, it's okay. I think
we fight for the same target.
461
00:20:32,334 --> 00:20:34,440
McGREGOR: At the start
of the 2001 season,
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00:20:34,474 --> 00:20:37,236
the real threat to Rossi
is arguably not Max Biaggi,
463
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:39,721
but Garry McCoy.
464
00:20:39,755 --> 00:20:42,896
In 2000, his first full season on a 500,
465
00:20:42,931 --> 00:20:46,866
McCoy won three races,
more than Rossi or Biaggi.
466
00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:48,281
He also developed
467
00:20:48,316 --> 00:20:51,388
a spectacularly different way
of riding the bike.
468
00:20:51,422 --> 00:20:53,010
I'm trying to remember
which race it was.
469
00:20:53,044 --> 00:20:55,944
We had a slow motion picture
of smoke pouring off
a back tire
470
00:20:55,978 --> 00:20:58,878
in qualifying, I think,
in Portugal or South Africa.
I can't remember which track.
471
00:20:58,912 --> 00:21:01,639
We thought, "What the...
is going on there?"
472
00:21:01,674 --> 00:21:03,538
But you realized it wasn't
an accident happening,
473
00:21:03,572 --> 00:21:05,747
or an engine blowing up,
or steam leaking off
an engine.
474
00:21:05,781 --> 00:21:07,714
It was a tire
spinning so much,
475
00:21:07,749 --> 00:21:10,890
going, say, 65 miles an hour
faster than the front tire.
476
00:21:10,924 --> 00:21:13,272
It was just lighting up
and laying smoke.
477
00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:15,204
And that's just ridiculous.
478
00:21:15,239 --> 00:21:18,794
You can't do that
on a racing 500 motorcycle
unless you're Garry McCoy.
479
00:21:18,829 --> 00:21:23,385
It was about two-thirds
or three-quarters of the way
through the first year.
480
00:21:23,420 --> 00:21:26,146
Suddenly, you saw
McCoy riding quite differently
481
00:21:26,181 --> 00:21:28,252
and he gets it sideways
on the brakes,
482
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,737
and sideways
all over the place,
483
00:21:30,772 --> 00:21:32,636
and it worked.
484
00:21:32,670 --> 00:21:35,224
Really. And it was
the way not to ride.
485
00:21:35,259 --> 00:21:37,606
Everyone was saying
he shouldn't be sliding
around too much.
486
00:21:37,641 --> 00:21:40,506
That's old-fashioned.
Don't need to do that.
487
00:21:40,540 --> 00:21:42,473
-How good was that?
-Very good.
488
00:21:42,508 --> 00:21:45,856
He revolutionized it.
He really changed
everyone's thinking.
489
00:21:45,890 --> 00:21:47,478
KENNY ROBERTS:
I mean, Garry adds
a different dimension
490
00:21:47,513 --> 00:21:49,342
to the Grand Prix.
491
00:21:49,377 --> 00:21:52,828
Um, at times, I think
he's over the limit
492
00:21:52,863 --> 00:21:55,935
in terms of the way
he has to ride.
493
00:21:55,969 --> 00:21:59,870
McCoy is a little bit looser
than a lot of people.
[CHUCKLES]
494
00:21:59,904 --> 00:22:02,079
He has good bike control,
495
00:22:02,113 --> 00:22:05,254
but I don't necessarily think
it's the quickest way
around the racetrack.
496
00:22:05,289 --> 00:22:08,327
It's difficult
with people like that
sitting on the sideline
497
00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:10,881
saying, "You slide it too much
and whatever."
498
00:22:10,915 --> 00:22:13,677
I mean,
just look at the race
in South Africa.
499
00:22:13,711 --> 00:22:15,403
It was sideways everywhere,
and I won the race.
500
00:22:15,437 --> 00:22:17,750
So I can't really say
that's the slow way around.
501
00:22:17,784 --> 00:22:21,650
COMMENTATOR: That unique
slipping, sliding style
brings victory.
502
00:22:21,685 --> 00:22:24,688
SCOTT: McCoy's strange
wheel spinning style
503
00:22:24,722 --> 00:22:26,414
brought up
a huge breakthrough
504
00:22:26,448 --> 00:22:29,934
in understanding
of how tires work people hadn't realized before.
505
00:22:29,969 --> 00:22:31,833
They thought that
if you spin the tire,
506
00:22:31,867 --> 00:22:35,112
that's what makes it
get hot, which is true.
507
00:22:35,146 --> 00:22:38,080
McCoy proved that
if you spin it a lot,
508
00:22:38,115 --> 00:22:39,806
only the surface gets hot.
509
00:22:39,841 --> 00:22:42,671
But if you can't spin it,
instead of the surface
getting hot,
510
00:22:42,706 --> 00:22:44,742
the whole carcass
of the tire heats up,
511
00:22:44,777 --> 00:22:47,331
and the carcass
of the tire gets hotter,
512
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:50,679
and that damages the tire
much more than just being
a little hot on the surface.
513
00:22:50,714 --> 00:22:52,129
McCOY: The crowd loves it,
514
00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:56,409
and if I can win races
doing it, I'll just continue.
515
00:22:56,444 --> 00:22:58,998
ROE: I've known Garry
since '98.
I know him really well.
516
00:22:59,032 --> 00:23:01,828
He was riding for Shell Advance
at the time, for Jeff Hardwick.
517
00:23:01,863 --> 00:23:05,936
Getting from a 125
onto the 500, it was a big...
518
00:23:05,970 --> 00:23:09,733
physically, it was
a big shock to him.
519
00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:13,150
But he just trained quite a bit,and he got used to it.
520
00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:15,290
Then he broke his leg
at Czechoslovakia
521
00:23:15,324 --> 00:23:18,017
during Sunday morning
warm-up.
522
00:23:18,051 --> 00:23:22,539
Touched the back
of Mick Doohan on quite
a fast right-hand turn
523
00:23:22,573 --> 00:23:24,368
and ended up
breaking his leg.
524
00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:27,371
So that was the end
of his '98 season.
525
00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,443
And then, he ended up
526
00:23:30,478 --> 00:23:32,238
not doing anything
after that for a long time.
527
00:23:32,272 --> 00:23:34,861
He ended up
going back to Australia
528
00:23:34,896 --> 00:23:38,002
and doing few bits
of part-time jobs, I think,
529
00:23:38,037 --> 00:23:39,590
for his dad
and what have you.
530
00:23:39,625 --> 00:23:42,317
McCOY:
It was all a funny deal.
It left me without a ride,
531
00:23:42,351 --> 00:23:44,733
and I just sort of
gave up on racing.
532
00:23:44,768 --> 00:23:47,011
And I thought
I'd get a normal job,
533
00:23:47,046 --> 00:23:49,358
and, you know,
stop breaking bones,
534
00:23:49,393 --> 00:23:51,257
and started putting up
roller doors.
535
00:23:51,291 --> 00:23:54,260
At that time, we were
looking to replace somebody,
536
00:23:54,294 --> 00:23:56,020
and I believe it was
Hamish who said,
537
00:23:56,055 --> 00:23:58,851
"Well, gee,
what about Garry McCoy? He rode a Honda twin last year.
538
00:23:58,885 --> 00:24:00,646
"He broke his leg
and had a terrible year.
539
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,993
"And he might be
just the thing."
540
00:24:03,027 --> 00:24:05,858
JAMIESON:
He did half of '99,
all of 2000.
541
00:24:05,892 --> 00:24:08,481
So he's been, like,
two years on the bike,
542
00:24:08,516 --> 00:24:10,414
which is still
a relatively short time
543
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,416
compared to a lot
of his competitors.
544
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,038
He is improving a lot.
545
00:24:14,073 --> 00:24:17,076
BENNET: You see
these big slides
he does on the TV,
546
00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:19,319
and, I mean,
some of them are big ones.
547
00:24:19,354 --> 00:24:21,598
And he comes
in the garage afterwards,
548
00:24:21,632 --> 00:24:24,497
and we may be laughing,
"Did you see that?"
549
00:24:24,532 --> 00:24:26,534
Well, he's done it
and forgot it,
550
00:24:26,568 --> 00:24:28,156
or didn't even notice
he'd done it.
551
00:24:28,190 --> 00:24:29,709
-You know, doesn't he?
-ROE: Aye, he does.
552
00:24:29,744 --> 00:24:32,125
He doesn't talk about it
or nothing.
He's not big-headed.
553
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,162
-ROE: He never brags
about things, does he?
-No, no, not at all.
554
00:24:34,196 --> 00:24:36,440
-Just gets on it and rides it.
-BENNET: Not at all.
555
00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,028
McCOY: Yeah, I used
to do Speedway,
556
00:24:38,062 --> 00:24:40,099
and a bit of dirt track
and motocross.
557
00:24:40,133 --> 00:24:41,997
A lot of, you know,
dirt background.
558
00:24:42,032 --> 00:24:44,034
I feel comfortable
on the bike doing that.
559
00:24:44,068 --> 00:24:46,588
Just sort of
rolling the throttle,
playing with it.
560
00:24:46,623 --> 00:24:49,488
Obviously, if you just
hold it full throttle,
561
00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:52,007
it's just gonna, you know,
wheel spin itself silly.
562
00:24:52,042 --> 00:24:53,802
So you've just got to
sort of roll it off a bit
563
00:24:53,837 --> 00:24:56,529
and try and transfer
a bit more weight
to the back.
564
00:24:57,875 --> 00:25:00,084
And that's it. It's easy.
565
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:01,569
[LAUGHS]
566
00:25:09,059 --> 00:25:12,441
GEMMA VOCES: I never think
he's going to crash.
I don't like to think that.
567
00:25:12,476 --> 00:25:15,272
And then if he crash,
the first thing I see is
568
00:25:15,306 --> 00:25:19,483
if he is walking
or if he is still
on the floor.
569
00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:21,071
You're just caught up
with the moment,
570
00:25:21,105 --> 00:25:24,661
and the concern
for his initial safety
571
00:25:24,695 --> 00:25:26,732
and purely
the personal thing.
572
00:25:26,766 --> 00:25:30,045
He's got up.
You know he's okay.
That's the main thing.
573
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,221
He's walking.
He seems to be okay.
Oh, he's holding his wrist.
574
00:25:33,255 --> 00:25:36,431
You can see the fracture
here on this bone.
575
00:25:36,465 --> 00:25:41,229
And it's not a big injury,
but the problem is
on the joint.
576
00:25:41,263 --> 00:25:43,300
It's a serious one
because it affects
your ability
577
00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:44,922
to ride the motorcycle
so severely.
578
00:25:44,957 --> 00:25:47,235
It's fundamental
to your grip
of the handlebars,
579
00:25:47,269 --> 00:25:50,100
and especially
under, sort of, braking,
580
00:25:50,134 --> 00:25:52,654
all the force that's thrown
onto the handlebars.
581
00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:55,864
Your own weight demands
a lot of strength
from the wrist,
582
00:25:55,899 --> 00:25:58,453
and basically, a broken
scaphoid destroys that.
583
00:25:58,487 --> 00:26:00,973
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
584
00:26:04,977 --> 00:26:08,601
MAN: The smallest accidents
can have fearful consequences
585
00:26:08,636 --> 00:26:12,363
and the most extraordinary
180 mile an hour
586
00:26:12,398 --> 00:26:14,849
end over end
into the gravel trap.
587
00:26:14,883 --> 00:26:17,368
People get up and walk away.
588
00:26:17,403 --> 00:26:19,681
JAMIESON: We always like
to try and understand
why it happened.
589
00:26:19,716 --> 00:26:22,719
When a rider's
riding well and the bike's
working good,
590
00:26:22,753 --> 00:26:24,548
everything's working
good together.
591
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:28,103
So you're getting close
to the limit of the
performance of everything.
592
00:26:28,138 --> 00:26:31,624
Then there's a certain risk.
You know, where is the limit?
593
00:26:31,659 --> 00:26:34,144
In that case,
Garry went over the limit.
594
00:26:34,178 --> 00:26:36,940
You know, he was a little
bit quicker than he'd been
595
00:26:36,974 --> 00:26:39,736
previously into
a particular corner.
596
00:26:39,770 --> 00:26:43,118
And a combination of factors.
597
00:26:43,153 --> 00:26:48,020
The tire was quite new,
hadn't been used so much
on the left hand side.
598
00:26:48,054 --> 00:26:49,953
Adjustments we were trying
to the bike,
599
00:26:49,987 --> 00:26:52,196
just pushed it over
the limit and he crashed.
600
00:26:53,025 --> 00:26:54,647
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
601
00:27:29,371 --> 00:27:30,718
That kind of crash
is the worst.
602
00:27:30,752 --> 00:27:33,272
Uh, at least,
I was, uh, lucky.
603
00:27:33,306 --> 00:27:35,205
Never get a big injury.
604
00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:37,517
Nothing broken.
Just pain everywhere.
605
00:27:37,552 --> 00:27:40,900
This is stable because
we never feel it.
606
00:27:42,143 --> 00:27:44,524
Before, then we
are in the sky
and you feel it,
607
00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:47,631
and you say, "Okay,
it's too late. You cannot
do anything."
608
00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,322
We have a lot of protection.
609
00:27:49,357 --> 00:27:53,499
We have protection here,
we have protection here,
we have protection here.
610
00:27:53,533 --> 00:27:56,675
Every time we try
to improve the leather.
611
00:27:56,709 --> 00:27:59,056
Because when you have
the big crash,
612
00:27:59,091 --> 00:28:03,785
you understand that
what is the problem
and you try to fix it.
613
00:28:03,820 --> 00:28:08,410
Shinya Nakano's Gauloises suit
made of kangaroo.
614
00:28:08,445 --> 00:28:10,861
The thickness is
1.1 millimeters.
615
00:28:10,896 --> 00:28:14,900
Kangaroo, yeah, because
the weight is half weight
616
00:28:14,934 --> 00:28:16,729
than compared to the cow.
617
00:28:16,764 --> 00:28:18,524
Half weight and, uh,
618
00:28:18,558 --> 00:28:20,422
maybe two or three times
more strong.
619
00:28:20,457 --> 00:28:22,286
TROLLI: 'Cause Shinya
comes out with some ideas.
620
00:28:22,321 --> 00:28:24,633
He suggests a different
kind of padding inside.
621
00:28:24,668 --> 00:28:28,292
By the hips section, uh,
different thickness,
622
00:28:28,327 --> 00:28:30,812
we test it and it worked out
pretty good.
623
00:28:30,847 --> 00:28:33,366
And now we pass it
over to other racers.
624
00:28:35,506 --> 00:28:39,476
The back protector,
I invented it in 1973.
625
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:42,755
I made it,
and the end of '77,
626
00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:45,344
I gave it to Dianese to copy.
627
00:28:45,378 --> 00:28:48,071
I formed, uh, the plastic part
628
00:28:48,105 --> 00:28:50,487
with old visors
from a helmet
629
00:28:50,521 --> 00:28:52,800
and I formed it so that
it would bend forward
630
00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:54,629
but it wouldn't
bend backwards.
631
00:28:54,663 --> 00:28:56,665
TROLLI: The things
that the guys wear help.
632
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,427
But fundamentally,
you haven't got
to hit anything.
633
00:28:59,461 --> 00:29:01,360
And that's where
the design of the tracks
634
00:29:01,394 --> 00:29:05,191
and to a lesser extent,
the air fence. Um,
but mainly it's run-off.
635
00:29:11,784 --> 00:29:13,130
CHECA: For example,
in Japan one time,
636
00:29:13,165 --> 00:29:17,652
I crashed
270 kilometers per hour
and I was sliding,
637
00:29:18,308 --> 00:29:19,896
but nothing happened.
638
00:29:19,930 --> 00:29:22,415
ROBERTS: Virtually all
the Grand Prix tracks,
639
00:29:22,450 --> 00:29:26,661
you have so much
run-off room that
640
00:29:26,695 --> 00:29:29,698
it would be a freak accident
to get seriously injured.
641
00:29:29,733 --> 00:29:33,254
Where when I first came
to Europe, that wasn't
the case.
642
00:29:33,288 --> 00:29:36,153
There were some racetracks
where you would get
seriously killed,
643
00:29:36,188 --> 00:29:37,499
uh, if you fell off.
644
00:29:37,534 --> 00:29:39,053
CLIFFORD: If a rider
ran off the track,
645
00:29:39,087 --> 00:29:41,124
he was... A good chance
he'd hit the side
of the house
646
00:29:41,158 --> 00:29:42,884
or a telegraph pole
or something like that.
647
00:29:42,919 --> 00:29:45,922
All that has gone.
They're all purpose built
racetracks now
648
00:29:45,956 --> 00:29:48,027
or with a lot of clear
road at the side.
649
00:29:48,062 --> 00:29:49,857
And, you know, there's
a very good chance
650
00:29:49,891 --> 00:29:52,929
if the rider slides off,
he just slides across
the grass,
651
00:29:52,963 --> 00:29:55,345
into the gravel track,
gets up and walks away.
652
00:29:55,379 --> 00:29:58,348
It's the nasty kind
of awkward falls
653
00:29:58,382 --> 00:30:00,350
that Garry, like the one
that Garry had,
654
00:30:00,384 --> 00:30:02,490
where he's thrown
into the air and he
falls awkwardly.
655
00:30:02,524 --> 00:30:04,285
RYDER: Of course,
it's a dangerous sport,
656
00:30:04,319 --> 00:30:05,734
but when you get
657
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,772
to this level in any sport,
658
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,844
it's amazing how many people
are playing football,
659
00:30:11,879 --> 00:30:16,124
sprinting, cycling
while injured in some way.
660
00:30:16,159 --> 00:30:19,887
Top level sportsmen
are very rarely at 100%.
661
00:30:19,921 --> 00:30:22,855
You know, there was times
that I, you know, I was
riding with broken bones.
662
00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:26,721
We all have.
Broken bones in my hands
and in your feet
663
00:30:26,755 --> 00:30:29,551
and, you know,
ribs and cracked stuff.
664
00:30:29,586 --> 00:30:31,830
So, you know, you just,
you just suck it up.
665
00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:34,660
And you just find
ways to, uh,
666
00:30:35,937 --> 00:30:37,352
ride around the stuff.
667
00:30:37,387 --> 00:30:40,079
I rode with
a dislocated wrist
for the last four laps.
668
00:30:40,114 --> 00:30:42,254
I'd been swung up
in the air on the bike,
669
00:30:42,288 --> 00:30:44,912
and I came down
and my chest,
actually hit my wrist,
670
00:30:44,946 --> 00:30:48,570
and knocked
the lunar bone out,
and my hand was like this.
671
00:30:48,605 --> 00:30:51,884
I was downshifting
and upshifting
without the clutch,
672
00:30:51,919 --> 00:30:53,472
but I ended up
finishing fourth,
673
00:30:53,506 --> 00:30:55,543
so that's the extreme
that people go to.
674
00:30:55,577 --> 00:30:57,234
That's the risk that
we're willing to take.
675
00:30:57,269 --> 00:30:59,305
SCHWANTZ: I broke my arm
mountain bike riding
676
00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:02,067
just before the start
of the '94 season,
677
00:31:02,101 --> 00:31:04,897
so I had that to come back
from and fell off in Holland
678
00:31:04,932 --> 00:31:09,281
and dislocated my wrist,
and I guess for some reason,
679
00:31:09,315 --> 00:31:11,904
maybe being the world champ
from the year before,
680
00:31:11,939 --> 00:31:16,081
um, I felt like I needed
to continue and try and race
681
00:31:16,115 --> 00:31:18,255
instead of just
leave the sport,
682
00:31:18,290 --> 00:31:22,156
go get my wrist fixed
like I probably should
have done.
683
00:31:22,190 --> 00:31:24,744
A rider is not
a normal people.
684
00:31:24,779 --> 00:31:27,057
When you broke a finger,
685
00:31:27,092 --> 00:31:29,508
and, uh, if you are
a normal people
686
00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:33,098
and you need to go to work
or something is normal,
687
00:31:33,132 --> 00:31:35,272
you stay 20 days...
688
00:31:35,307 --> 00:31:40,691
in your house,
you see the television,
drink coffee is okay,
689
00:31:40,726 --> 00:31:42,935
but all the rider want...
want go.
690
00:31:42,970 --> 00:31:44,799
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
691
00:32:06,855 --> 00:32:08,754
CLAUDIA CHERICI:
After his crash in '92,
692
00:32:08,788 --> 00:32:14,622
Mick Doohan risked
to lose not just his leg,
but also his life.
693
00:32:14,656 --> 00:32:19,316
His two legs had to be
joined together for one leg
to nourish the other.
694
00:32:19,351 --> 00:32:21,525
30 or 40 days afterwards,
695
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,218
he wanted to try again
to get on a bike.
696
00:32:24,252 --> 00:32:26,703
His wounds
were still bleeding.
697
00:32:26,737 --> 00:32:29,154
RAINEY: When I saw
him in Brazil,
698
00:32:29,188 --> 00:32:32,019
I was just amazed
that he was even there.
699
00:32:32,053 --> 00:32:34,642
You know, the way he looked,
the way he was walking.
700
00:32:34,676 --> 00:32:37,886
I did ride
the second to last race,
did score some points,
701
00:32:37,921 --> 00:32:39,060
but it wasn't enough.
702
00:32:39,095 --> 00:32:41,097
And Wayne Rainey went on
to win the Championship.
703
00:32:41,131 --> 00:32:44,963
Dr. Costa did say it was silly, but he was willing to do
what I wanted to do.
704
00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:47,966
And if it worked,
it would have
been fantastic.
705
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,002
He saved my leg
from being amputated.
706
00:32:50,037 --> 00:32:54,662
Without his input
into my life, and, you know,
I wouldn't have a leg.
707
00:32:54,696 --> 00:32:58,045
So let alone the, uh...
Let alone five world
championships.
708
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,014
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
709
00:33:02,049 --> 00:33:05,914
Dr. Costa was one
of those guys that
grew up with all of us.
710
00:33:05,949 --> 00:33:07,778
[DR. COSTA SPEAKING ITALIAN]
711
00:33:13,715 --> 00:33:17,271
CHERICI: He is a specialist
in orthopedic traumatology,
712
00:33:17,305 --> 00:33:20,101
rehabilitation and
sports medicine.
713
00:33:20,136 --> 00:33:23,553
SCHWANTZ: Having
that common person there
at every event,
714
00:33:23,587 --> 00:33:25,693
knowing that if something
happened to you,
715
00:33:25,727 --> 00:33:27,212
you were gonna have him
to look after you,
716
00:33:27,246 --> 00:33:29,041
makes such
a big difference.
717
00:33:29,076 --> 00:33:32,044
And a lot of people
see him as maybe he
does a little bit too much
718
00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:33,701
to help racers
get back to racing.
719
00:33:33,735 --> 00:33:36,980
But every time I got hurt,
he always asked me,
720
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,671
"Kevin, what do
you wanna do?"
721
00:33:38,706 --> 00:33:41,709
He gives you your options.
Proper medical.
722
00:33:41,743 --> 00:33:44,436
Maybe motorcycle medical
we should call it.
723
00:33:44,470 --> 00:33:48,474
SCOTT: Well, he's a doctor
of philosophy as well
as a doctor of medicine.
724
00:33:48,509 --> 00:33:52,099
And he's got
some unusual opinions.
[CHUCKLES]
725
00:33:52,133 --> 00:33:53,859
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
726
00:34:07,286 --> 00:34:12,257
SCOTT: Costa's absolutely
blatant about his methods
of practice and treatment.
727
00:34:12,291 --> 00:34:15,156
There's no secret about it.
He'll use any possible
728
00:34:15,191 --> 00:34:17,193
new medical method
he can dream up
729
00:34:17,227 --> 00:34:20,437
or get his hands on
to fix them up
and send them out there.
730
00:34:20,472 --> 00:34:25,097
Costa is, uh,
very, very special.
731
00:34:25,132 --> 00:34:28,480
He understand it's possible,
is a risk sometimes,
732
00:34:28,514 --> 00:34:31,655
and for sure, if Costa say
is better you don't race,
733
00:34:31,690 --> 00:34:32,967
it's better you don't race.
734
00:34:35,763 --> 00:34:37,696
McGREGOR: June, 2001.
735
00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:41,320
It's been a month and two races
since the operation to repair
McCoy's wrist.
736
00:34:42,494 --> 00:34:45,945
Fracture is here,
and you have a clip.
737
00:34:45,980 --> 00:34:49,121
If the body is strong enough,
okay, he can race.
738
00:34:49,156 --> 00:34:51,019
If he's not, no way.
739
00:34:51,054 --> 00:34:54,402
JAMIESON: The lowest point
is now when they're injured
740
00:34:54,437 --> 00:34:58,717
and it's not
a straightforward injury,
so there's waiting.
741
00:34:58,751 --> 00:35:00,684
Is he going to ride
at the next race?
742
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,686
We're in a great
position this year,
743
00:35:02,721 --> 00:35:05,103
in as much as
Garry is very competitive,
744
00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:07,277
the bike and the team
are working really
well together.
745
00:35:07,312 --> 00:35:10,901
This year, it's all there,
in my eyes.
746
00:35:10,936 --> 00:35:12,731
You're looking towards
winning the championship.
747
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,770
McGREGOR: The Catalan
Grand Prix is the sixth
race of the year.
748
00:35:17,805 --> 00:35:20,739
Valentino Rossi
leads the championship
with 91 points
749
00:35:20,773 --> 00:35:23,224
after three wins
and a third place,
750
00:35:23,259 --> 00:35:26,745
but he fell in the last race,
the rain-soaked
Italian Grand Prix.
751
00:35:27,711 --> 00:35:29,610
Max Biaggi
took third in Mugello
752
00:35:29,644 --> 00:35:32,164
and won the previous
race in France.
753
00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:35,236
The gap between him
and Rossi is now just
21 points.
754
00:35:36,755 --> 00:35:39,654
After crashing out
of one race
and missing two more,
755
00:35:39,689 --> 00:35:42,968
McCoy is 13th
in the standings
with only 27 points.
756
00:35:49,285 --> 00:35:53,565
You get a total of four hours
and 20 minutes' practice
before each race.
757
00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:55,463
Two hours on Friday
and Saturday,
758
00:35:55,498 --> 00:35:57,327
and 20 minutes
on Sunday morning.
759
00:35:59,226 --> 00:36:01,538
The afternoon sessions
on Friday and Saturday
760
00:36:01,573 --> 00:36:03,264
are timed qualifying.
761
00:36:03,299 --> 00:36:06,094
The fastest riders
in qualifying
start the race at the front.
762
00:36:07,475 --> 00:36:12,308
About 150,000 people
will come along to watch.
763
00:36:12,342 --> 00:36:17,416
It's a Yamaha Diversion
and it's the biggest
I can afford.
764
00:36:17,451 --> 00:36:20,764
-My bike is...
This bike is the best.
-It's a race.
765
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,113
COMMENTATOR:
Welcome back to Catalunya.
766
00:36:25,148 --> 00:36:27,530
They're all superstars,
even the one at the back.
767
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:34,709
There is a feeling special.
768
00:36:34,744 --> 00:36:39,127
Well, what we find around.
769
00:36:39,162 --> 00:36:40,439
-Do you understand
what I mean?
-Yes.
770
00:36:40,474 --> 00:36:43,339
Motorcycle people
are good people.
771
00:36:45,168 --> 00:36:48,067
Just resetting
the traction control.
772
00:37:03,531 --> 00:37:07,086
TOBY MOODY: Noriyuki Haga,
on behalf of the Red Bull
Yamaha squad,
773
00:37:07,121 --> 00:37:08,743
in the 14th place.
774
00:37:08,778 --> 00:37:12,644
I'm looking forward
to a good, hard,
combative race.
775
00:37:12,678 --> 00:37:14,611
He had a crash
yesterday, Nori.
776
00:37:14,646 --> 00:37:16,406
He forgot they changed
the gearbox.
777
00:37:16,441 --> 00:37:21,239
Already I think seven
or eight helmets have
been destroyed.
778
00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:25,691
He crash sometimes
so we made enough
spare for him.
779
00:37:25,726 --> 00:37:28,315
No fear,
no fear whatsoever.
780
00:37:28,349 --> 00:37:32,250
-There's a faller.
-It's a West. Now that hurt.
781
00:37:32,284 --> 00:37:35,183
If you fall,
dangerous in your body.
782
00:37:35,218 --> 00:37:40,913
I think what I like best
is the, the risk that, uh,
riders take.
783
00:38:02,521 --> 00:38:05,938
[COMMENTATOR SPEAKING ITALIAN]
784
00:38:05,973 --> 00:38:07,940
COMMENTATOR:
Valentino Rossi!
785
00:38:27,374 --> 00:38:30,549
We're on board with
Max Biaggi
786
00:38:30,584 --> 00:38:33,656
looking at the throttle
on the brake
as he leans into turn one.
787
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,838
MAN 1: I like this
sport for velocity.
788
00:38:43,873 --> 00:38:45,806
The sport is very dangerous.
789
00:38:48,671 --> 00:38:51,536
MAN 2: The turn, the corner,
it's exciting
790
00:38:51,570 --> 00:38:55,643
to, to pass the corner
with a motorcycle.
791
00:38:55,678 --> 00:38:59,267
A little bit of chatter
in the front corner entry.
792
00:38:59,302 --> 00:39:01,235
McCOY: When you go through
the chicane, and you
gas it up,
793
00:39:01,269 --> 00:39:03,341
and throw it on its side,
it's like...
794
00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:06,999
Valentino Rossi
is going to win.
795
00:39:11,728 --> 00:39:13,489
McCOY: This is a tough corner
for my wrist,
796
00:39:13,523 --> 00:39:15,283
'cause we're in fifth gear,
going pretty quick,
797
00:39:15,318 --> 00:39:17,458
and then braking
really hard, late,
798
00:39:17,493 --> 00:39:21,324
and then into
a left-hand,
sort of, hairpin.
799
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:25,017
Well, it starts off as
a hairpin and then it
just doesn't seem to end.
800
00:39:25,052 --> 00:39:27,848
It just goes all the way up
until you get to the top
of the hill.
801
00:39:27,882 --> 00:39:29,850
You tend to lose a bit
of traction out of here.
802
00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:33,509
[INAUDIBLE]
803
00:39:39,722 --> 00:39:41,827
MOODY: We are just
beyond the halfway point
804
00:39:41,862 --> 00:39:44,312
in this 500 CC
warm-up session.
805
00:39:44,347 --> 00:39:47,143
Barros is fastest.
From this man on screen,
Kenny Roberts.
806
00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:48,972
Max Biaggi is third.
807
00:39:49,007 --> 00:39:52,597
Valentino Rossi, who will
be starting from pole,
is fourth fastest.
808
00:39:56,428 --> 00:39:58,154
McCOY: It's still
a little bit too early.
809
00:39:58,188 --> 00:40:02,503
It's only been a month
since, uh, since I'd done
the scaphoid,
810
00:40:02,538 --> 00:40:06,438
and normally they're, uh,
you know, one of the worst
bones to break,
811
00:40:06,473 --> 00:40:09,614
and it's still not
fully, uh, recovered.
812
00:40:09,648 --> 00:40:11,547
MOODY: The results
from this warm-up
this morning,
813
00:40:11,581 --> 00:40:14,308
Barros fastest,
ahead of Sete Gibernau,
814
00:40:14,342 --> 00:40:16,552
who's gone faster
than his qualifying time.
815
00:40:16,586 --> 00:40:18,450
Rossi will be
starting from pole.
816
00:40:18,485 --> 00:40:20,487
We weren't even sure
he could ride this weekend,
817
00:40:20,521 --> 00:40:21,971
and he did
two days of practice
818
00:40:22,005 --> 00:40:23,904
and it's obvious
that his wrist is healing.
819
00:40:23,938 --> 00:40:26,182
And we know that in
a couple of races' time,
820
00:40:26,216 --> 00:40:28,460
he'll be right up there
battling for the lead again.
821
00:40:28,495 --> 00:40:32,430
PHILIPPE VIDAL: We don't
want Garry for two or
three points in this race.
822
00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:34,984
When he'll come back,
it's for the win,
the victory.
823
00:40:41,577 --> 00:40:44,338
[AIR HORNS BLOWING]
824
00:40:52,726 --> 00:40:53,692
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
825
00:40:56,074 --> 00:40:58,663
[ENGINES REVVING]
826
00:41:06,843 --> 00:41:09,018
McGREGOR: It's a dream
start for Biaggi.
827
00:41:09,052 --> 00:41:11,814
Rossi is almost run off the track in the first corner.
828
00:41:11,848 --> 00:41:14,817
He's pushed down
to 14th place.
829
00:41:14,851 --> 00:41:17,682
If only he'd stay there
and Biaggi could win,
830
00:41:17,716 --> 00:41:20,512
then Max would take
the lead in the championship.
831
00:41:20,547 --> 00:41:22,549
But Rossi feels
like fighting.
832
00:41:34,975 --> 00:41:36,286
[INAUDIBLE]
833
00:41:48,091 --> 00:41:50,680
[ENGINES REVVING]
834
00:42:06,731 --> 00:42:08,974
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
835
00:42:43,284 --> 00:42:44,665
[INAUDIBLE]
836
00:42:52,328 --> 00:42:53,950
[ENGINE REVVING]
837
00:43:34,750 --> 00:43:36,924
[AIR HORNS BLOWING]
838
00:43:54,977 --> 00:43:57,393
[CROWD CHEERING]
839
00:44:05,884 --> 00:44:07,817
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]
840
00:44:07,852 --> 00:44:10,026
Okay. Any questions
from the floor?
841
00:44:10,061 --> 00:44:12,304
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
842
00:44:14,410 --> 00:44:15,411
Yes, thank you.
843
00:44:16,515 --> 00:44:18,586
REPORTER: Max, please,
would you explain
844
00:44:18,621 --> 00:44:20,105
what happened, exactly,
on the stairs?
845
00:44:22,073 --> 00:44:24,765
Exactly. On the stairs
when you were coming here.
846
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,698
Something happened
in a fight.
847
00:44:26,733 --> 00:44:28,631
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
848
00:44:34,879 --> 00:44:36,259
I didn't see anything.
849
00:44:37,329 --> 00:44:38,710
REPORTER: You have blood
in your face.
850
00:44:38,745 --> 00:44:39,677
-Me?
-Yeah.
851
00:44:40,678 --> 00:44:42,058
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
852
00:44:43,853 --> 00:44:44,958
[AIR HORN BLOWING]
853
00:44:44,992 --> 00:44:46,545
Maybe it's a mosquito.
854
00:44:46,580 --> 00:44:47,926
[ALL CHUCKLE]
855
00:44:51,412 --> 00:44:52,586
Any other questions?
856
00:44:54,899 --> 00:44:56,141
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
857
00:45:10,328 --> 00:45:13,055
After that, he wasn't seen as
quite so black and white.
858
00:45:13,089 --> 00:45:16,161
Um, Max wears the black hat.
Valentino wears the white hat.
859
00:45:16,196 --> 00:45:17,956
You know, people were
seeing them as...
860
00:45:17,991 --> 00:45:21,649
Mmm. You know,
maybe it's not quite
that clear cut
861
00:45:21,684 --> 00:45:23,168
or whether people
just enjoy it.
862
00:45:23,203 --> 00:45:24,860
[CHUCKLES] Yes.
Here we go.
863
00:45:24,894 --> 00:45:26,482
You know, it's Rainey
and Schwantz.
864
00:45:26,516 --> 00:45:28,898
'Cause don't forget,
Rainey and Schwantz
have both said,
865
00:45:28,933 --> 00:45:32,591
"The other guy was the only
guy I ever deliberately tried
to run off a racetrack."
866
00:45:32,626 --> 00:45:37,079
And that's, that's as hideous
as it gets when you're on
a racing motorcycle.
867
00:45:37,113 --> 00:45:39,150
McGREGOR: Wayne Rainey
and Kevin Schwantz
battled each other
868
00:45:39,184 --> 00:45:41,773
in the World Championship
for almost six years,
869
00:45:41,808 --> 00:45:45,570
from 1988 to September, 1993,
870
00:45:45,604 --> 00:45:47,572
and the accident
that left Rainey paralyzed.
871
00:45:48,607 --> 00:45:51,334
Schwantz was just
kind of a...
872
00:45:51,369 --> 00:45:53,509
He was a cowboy, you know,
riding that thing.
873
00:45:53,543 --> 00:45:55,097
I think he didn't
like me first,
874
00:45:55,131 --> 00:45:58,859
so that kind of
made sense for me
not to like him second.
875
00:45:58,894 --> 00:46:01,310
So it went on from there
876
00:46:01,344 --> 00:46:04,071
and it went all the way
up until the end.
877
00:46:04,106 --> 00:46:06,108
If I finished fifth
and he finished sixth,
878
00:46:06,142 --> 00:46:07,834
it's just like being
on top of the podium.
879
00:46:07,868 --> 00:46:10,146
Really, nobody else
out there mattered.
880
00:46:10,181 --> 00:46:11,769
And I think that comes back
881
00:46:11,803 --> 00:46:15,220
from when we first started
racing here in the States.
882
00:46:15,255 --> 00:46:18,292
I guess maybe almost
a hate for each other.
883
00:46:18,327 --> 00:46:20,812
Wayne and I both
talk about it now and
he's like, you know, he says,
884
00:46:20,847 --> 00:46:22,641
"I didn't like you."
885
00:46:22,676 --> 00:46:25,299
He goes, "I didn't care
if I ever saw you
on the racetrack again."
886
00:46:25,334 --> 00:46:28,095
RAINEY: I mean,
we could go out there
and bang into each other,
887
00:46:28,130 --> 00:46:31,823
or race each other really hard, but you know, the last thing
you want to do
888
00:46:31,858 --> 00:46:33,929
is go and take
your rival's hand,
889
00:46:33,963 --> 00:46:35,275
somebody that's trying
to beat you.
890
00:46:35,309 --> 00:46:37,553
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
891
00:46:39,727 --> 00:46:41,868
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
892
00:46:44,767 --> 00:46:48,840
When I start racing in,
uh, in my room,
893
00:46:48,875 --> 00:46:51,705
where I sleep
when I was maybe 18.
894
00:46:51,739 --> 00:46:54,708
I had, uh,
895
00:46:54,742 --> 00:46:57,124
Wayne Rainey poster
with Marlboro Yamaha
number two.
896
00:46:57,918 --> 00:47:00,576
And, uh,
a few years after,
897
00:47:00,610 --> 00:47:03,751
I got that Yamaha Marlboro
number two.
898
00:47:03,786 --> 00:47:06,271
That's amazing,
for me it's like a dream,
899
00:47:06,306 --> 00:47:07,859
but he was my favorite.
900
00:47:07,894 --> 00:47:09,723
And he is, he is anyway.
901
00:47:09,757 --> 00:47:13,969
I'm always a special fan
from Kevin Schwantz.
902
00:47:14,003 --> 00:47:17,179
That period with Schwantz,
Rainey, Doohan
903
00:47:17,213 --> 00:47:20,320
and also Gardner,
Kocinski,
904
00:47:20,354 --> 00:47:24,255
and all was the best 500
of the last 20 years.
905
00:47:24,289 --> 00:47:28,776
And all are my hero
and I think
is normal because, uh,
906
00:47:28,811 --> 00:47:33,781
a little bit crazy, very fast.
Races is always a battle,
you know.
907
00:47:34,610 --> 00:47:37,889
And yes, I like very much.
908
00:47:37,924 --> 00:47:41,065
Kevin Schwantz is
maybe more spectacular.
909
00:47:41,099 --> 00:47:43,101
But when Rainey is...
910
00:47:43,136 --> 00:47:47,450
is more champion
you know, because Rainey
drive with heart.
911
00:47:47,485 --> 00:47:49,452
You know, this is strong.
912
00:47:49,487 --> 00:47:53,456
Kevin is the fastest guy
I've ever raced against
without a shadow of a doubt.
913
00:47:53,491 --> 00:47:56,321
Really, really fast.
But he used to fall down
a lot.
914
00:47:56,356 --> 00:47:58,703
SCOTT: Schwantz and Rainey
were the double act,
you know.
915
00:47:58,737 --> 00:48:00,498
Each made the other greater.
916
00:48:00,532 --> 00:48:05,020
They had a fierce rivalry,
which predated the Grand Prix
and carried on.
917
00:48:05,054 --> 00:48:07,574
And they each inspired
each other
and they'd practice
918
00:48:07,608 --> 00:48:09,300
and they'd be vying
for pole position.
919
00:48:09,334 --> 00:48:13,373
And one would beat
the other by two-thousandths
of a second,
920
00:48:13,407 --> 00:48:15,444
and you would say,
"Well, that, you know,
921
00:48:15,478 --> 00:48:17,791
"wouldn't worry about that,"
but it would be everything.
922
00:48:17,825 --> 00:48:20,967
Two-thousandths
and it's only practice.
923
00:48:21,001 --> 00:48:22,485
It would be everything.
924
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,487
And one of them
would sleep that night
and the other one wouldn't.
925
00:48:25,281 --> 00:48:26,696
It was great,
926
00:48:26,731 --> 00:48:29,803
and Kevin was just
such an entertaining rider.
So gifted
927
00:48:30,804 --> 00:48:32,564
and would try anything.
928
00:48:32,599 --> 00:48:34,946
He had fantastic character.
929
00:48:34,981 --> 00:48:37,707
But enjoyed it, you see?
I mean, he's like Rossi.
930
00:48:37,742 --> 00:48:39,675
He really conveyed
the enjoyment of riding.
931
00:48:39,709 --> 00:48:41,159
And that's what
Rainey had lost.
932
00:48:41,194 --> 00:48:43,334
He obviously wasn't
enjoying it anymore.
933
00:48:43,368 --> 00:48:45,232
And you might say
the same with Biaggi.
934
00:48:45,267 --> 00:48:47,752
He doesn't look as though
he enjoys riding a motorbike.
935
00:48:47,786 --> 00:48:50,789
Whereas Rossi
plainly loves it.
936
00:48:50,824 --> 00:48:53,447
And Schwantz is the same.
He loved it.
937
00:48:53,482 --> 00:48:54,932
[DR. COSTA SPEAKING ITALIAN]
938
00:49:42,082 --> 00:49:43,981
[ENGINES REVVING]
939
00:50:28,818 --> 00:50:30,096
[CROWD CHEERING]
940
00:51:42,133 --> 00:51:44,653
SCOTT: Funnily enough,
941
00:51:44,687 --> 00:51:49,934
last year, when Biaggi
was really getting
made a fool of,
942
00:51:49,968 --> 00:51:53,420
often as not,
by... by Rossi,
943
00:51:53,455 --> 00:51:58,149
in some strange way,
he gained a sort
of dignity in it.
944
00:52:02,705 --> 00:52:05,639
I don't think that he's...
945
00:52:06,985 --> 00:52:08,435
ever gonna
beat Rossi, though,
946
00:52:08,470 --> 00:52:11,680
because Rossi has a tremendous mental strength and stability,
947
00:52:11,714 --> 00:52:13,406
which Max doesn't.
948
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:14,752
He's on his nerves, Max.
949
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:18,825
You can see it in his eyes,
the way he looks.
950
00:52:18,859 --> 00:52:19,998
The way he relates to people.
951
00:52:27,972 --> 00:52:29,422
Oh, that's not
a rivalry at all.
952
00:52:29,456 --> 00:52:31,389
I haven't seen
Biaggi win anything.
953
00:52:31,424 --> 00:52:33,115
You know, I'd like to see
954
00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:35,152
Biaggi win
because he's on a Yamaha.
955
00:52:35,186 --> 00:52:36,636
Rossi's on a mission
956
00:52:36,670 --> 00:52:38,500
and he's got
these guys covered.
957
00:52:38,534 --> 00:52:40,605
He doesn't have a rival.
958
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:42,573
His level's so high
and everybody else
959
00:52:43,436 --> 00:52:45,058
is not close yet.
960
00:52:45,092 --> 00:52:47,716
So, it's probably
going to take a rider
961
00:52:47,750 --> 00:52:50,512
that's not involved
in the series yet
to race Rossi.
962
00:52:57,381 --> 00:53:00,142
LINDA HOPKINS: He was probably
about 10 years old.
963
00:53:00,177 --> 00:53:04,698
He saw Kevin Schwantz
carrying the American flag
964
00:53:04,733 --> 00:53:06,321
'cause he'd just won
a championship.
965
00:53:06,355 --> 00:53:07,701
And he looked at his dad
966
00:53:07,736 --> 00:53:10,048
and he said,
"Dad, I'm gonna do that."
967
00:53:10,083 --> 00:53:12,603
AL LYONS: I first met John
when he was nine years old.
968
00:53:12,637 --> 00:53:14,398
He came out
for a mini road race
969
00:53:14,432 --> 00:53:16,917
at Adams Kart Track,
John and his dad, Roy.
970
00:53:16,952 --> 00:53:19,057
Uh, John started
racing for me.
971
00:53:19,092 --> 00:53:20,749
Uh, we supplied his bikes.
972
00:53:20,783 --> 00:53:23,510
And, uh,
right off the start, I mean,
973
00:53:23,545 --> 00:53:25,063
he was that
one-in-a-million rider
974
00:53:25,098 --> 00:53:26,651
that everybody
always looks for.
975
00:53:26,686 --> 00:53:31,449
It's pretty fun
'cause, like, I'm young
and they're big.
976
00:53:31,484 --> 00:53:34,418
And I'm, like,
doing good against them.
977
00:53:34,452 --> 00:53:35,867
SUSANNE HOPKINS: We always did
desert riding
978
00:53:35,902 --> 00:53:37,800
on our motocross bikes
979
00:53:37,835 --> 00:53:39,319
ever since
we were little kids.
980
00:53:39,354 --> 00:53:43,392
So that's how we started,
and then John started racing.
981
00:53:43,427 --> 00:53:46,153
His father raced
in Europe years ago.
982
00:53:46,188 --> 00:53:47,500
I mean, when he was 15.
983
00:53:47,534 --> 00:53:50,019
I believe that his dad
won the Isle of Man.
984
00:53:50,054 --> 00:53:52,470
LINDA:
He won the Junior TT's there
when he was 15 years old.
985
00:53:52,505 --> 00:53:54,300
SUSANNE: He was too young,
so they disqualified him.
986
00:53:54,334 --> 00:53:55,611
He didn't race after that.
987
00:53:55,646 --> 00:53:57,751
I begged him not to race.
988
00:53:57,786 --> 00:53:59,684
And that's why
I've been behind John 100%,
989
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:01,341
because I know
that my husband could have
990
00:54:01,376 --> 00:54:05,034
probably gone out there
and done really good.
991
00:54:05,069 --> 00:54:07,520
LYONS: Well, the first time
he was on the Willow Springs
track, the big track,
992
00:54:07,554 --> 00:54:08,935
he was only 12 years old.
993
00:54:08,969 --> 00:54:12,283
I mean, he was
only 85 pounds on a 125,
994
00:54:12,318 --> 00:54:16,632
and it was with Dave Aldana
and everybody else on 750s.
995
00:54:16,667 --> 00:54:18,669
Uh, before the day was over,
996
00:54:18,703 --> 00:54:20,291
there was a lot of riders
coming up,
997
00:54:20,326 --> 00:54:23,087
asking John to help them,
at 12 years old.
998
00:54:23,121 --> 00:54:24,295
You've got to be smooth
999
00:54:24,330 --> 00:54:28,299
and consistent
on the asphalt to win.
1000
00:54:28,334 --> 00:54:31,751
John always put on
that extra little bit
of effort,
1001
00:54:31,785 --> 00:54:33,028
I think, in road racing
1002
00:54:33,062 --> 00:54:34,926
because there weren't
that many kids around.
1003
00:54:34,961 --> 00:54:37,170
LYONS: So that's when
John Ulrich really started
taking a notice.
1004
00:54:37,204 --> 00:54:39,655
New Year's Day, '99,
I think it was,
1005
00:54:39,690 --> 00:54:43,694
I got a phone call
from Linda Hopkins.
1006
00:54:43,728 --> 00:54:44,798
When Roy was really sick
1007
00:54:44,833 --> 00:54:47,249
and just before he died,
he said to me...
1008
00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:49,113
He'd talked to John
1009
00:54:49,147 --> 00:54:54,325
and John said
that he was gonna
do his best in his racing,
1010
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:55,671
and he promised his dad that.
1011
00:54:55,706 --> 00:54:58,295
And he also said
1012
00:54:58,329 --> 00:54:59,951
that if I ever
needed any help,
1013
00:55:00,676 --> 00:55:02,437
to go to John Ulrich,
1014
00:55:02,471 --> 00:55:04,024
because he trusted him.
1015
00:55:04,059 --> 00:55:05,474
ULRICH:
She wanted to know,
1016
00:55:05,509 --> 00:55:07,304
is it true that he couldn't
have a road racing career,
1017
00:55:07,338 --> 00:55:08,822
if he was finished
in road racing.
1018
00:55:08,857 --> 00:55:11,515
LINDA: There was no money
and he needed to advance.
1019
00:55:11,549 --> 00:55:14,069
ULRICH: I went out
and I got this Aprilia RS250,
1020
00:55:14,103 --> 00:55:17,486
because they were
going to have this
Aprilia RS250 Cup series.
1021
00:55:17,521 --> 00:55:19,108
It was new in the United States that year.
1022
00:55:19,143 --> 00:55:20,800
We flew him to Road Atlanta
1023
00:55:20,834 --> 00:55:22,249
for the first race
in the series.
1024
00:55:22,284 --> 00:55:24,459
And, you know, I knew the kid
was pretty good, okay.
1025
00:55:24,493 --> 00:55:26,323
But I didn't know
how good he was.
1026
00:55:26,357 --> 00:55:28,601
He was running around
in third place,
1027
00:55:28,635 --> 00:55:30,119
two laps from the end
of this race.
1028
00:55:30,154 --> 00:55:32,536
Now that's pretty good.
He's going to win about $750.
1029
00:55:32,570 --> 00:55:35,470
And I'm figuring, okay,
we're going to about
break even on this deal.
1030
00:55:35,504 --> 00:55:36,954
Next thing I know,
he wins the race.
1031
00:55:41,268 --> 00:55:42,718
So we took him to Loudon,
New Hampshire,
1032
00:55:42,753 --> 00:55:44,479
a notoriously
difficult racetrack,
1033
00:55:44,513 --> 00:55:45,480
and put him on this 600,
1034
00:55:45,514 --> 00:55:47,758
and again,
he was instantly fast,
1035
00:55:47,792 --> 00:55:50,347
qualified in the front row
for the 750 Supersport race.
1036
00:55:50,381 --> 00:55:51,900
I'm sitting in the pits
1037
00:55:51,934 --> 00:55:54,143
thinking about
what has just happened.
1038
00:55:54,178 --> 00:55:55,593
We've just taken this kid,
1039
00:55:55,628 --> 00:55:57,146
we've taken him
from one type of motorcycle,
1040
00:55:57,181 --> 00:55:58,596
put him on a complete
different motorcycle,
1041
00:55:58,631 --> 00:56:00,736
taken him to a completely
different type of racetrack,
1042
00:56:00,771 --> 00:56:02,359
another track he's never seen,
1043
00:56:02,393 --> 00:56:04,153
and he's found a way
to go way faster
1044
00:56:04,188 --> 00:56:05,396
than he should be going.
1045
00:56:05,431 --> 00:56:07,018
And my cell phone rings
1046
00:56:07,053 --> 00:56:09,538
and it's Peter Clifford
from Red Bull Yamaha.
1047
00:56:09,573 --> 00:56:10,850
And what he says to me is,
1048
00:56:10,884 --> 00:56:13,473
"I need the next
Kevin Schwantz.
1049
00:56:13,508 --> 00:56:14,716
"Do you have
another Kevin Schwantz?"
1050
00:56:15,510 --> 00:56:16,718
And I, I said to him,
1051
00:56:16,752 --> 00:56:17,822
"I think I just...
1052
00:56:17,857 --> 00:56:19,237
"I think I've got one.
1053
00:56:19,272 --> 00:56:20,963
"I think I just found one."
1054
00:56:20,998 --> 00:56:22,551
CLIFFORD: John Ulrich
is genuinely
1055
00:56:22,586 --> 00:56:24,933
the guy who discovered
Kevin Schwantz.
1056
00:56:24,967 --> 00:56:27,487
So when he says that this guy is something special,
1057
00:56:27,522 --> 00:56:28,868
I took a great deal
of notice.
1058
00:56:28,902 --> 00:56:30,421
ULRICH: Any reasonable
expectation
1059
00:56:30,456 --> 00:56:32,285
you had for him,
he leapfrogged.
1060
00:56:32,319 --> 00:56:34,460
In a lot of ways,
he was like Kevin,
1061
00:56:34,494 --> 00:56:36,047
except we found him earlier.
1062
00:56:36,082 --> 00:56:38,705
When we figured this out
about John, he was 16.
1063
00:56:38,740 --> 00:56:41,018
When we figured this out
about Kevin, he was 19.
1064
00:56:41,052 --> 00:56:43,917
A good guy
can ride a motorcycle fast,
1065
00:56:43,952 --> 00:56:44,953
whatever it is
you give him.
1066
00:56:44,987 --> 00:56:46,368
But if you put him on a 500
1067
00:56:46,403 --> 00:56:48,232
and you give him
enough time on that bike,
1068
00:56:48,266 --> 00:56:49,509
he's gonna be going
about as fast
1069
00:56:49,544 --> 00:56:51,097
as you can go on that 500
1070
00:56:51,131 --> 00:56:53,479
within 12 months, 18 months.
1071
00:56:53,513 --> 00:56:54,549
This kid is special.
1072
00:56:56,274 --> 00:56:58,035
DESIREE CROSSMAN: He wants to get in the top 10 this year.
1073
00:56:58,069 --> 00:56:59,623
And then next year,
he wants to go
1074
00:56:59,657 --> 00:57:01,590
even top five,
if not the Championship.
1075
00:57:02,971 --> 00:57:04,835
VALENTINO:
When you start to race,
1076
00:57:04,869 --> 00:57:06,802
you think it's possible
you become the best.
1077
00:57:06,837 --> 00:57:08,735
All the riders think,
uh, it's possible.
1078
00:57:11,358 --> 00:57:13,430
[ENGINE ROARING]
1079
00:57:34,761 --> 00:57:37,764
McGREGOR: 2002, the sound
of a new era.
1080
00:57:38,731 --> 00:57:39,939
The game has new rules.
1081
00:57:40,974 --> 00:57:43,529
Two-stroke engines
up to 500cc
1082
00:57:43,563 --> 00:57:46,290
or four-strokes up to 990cc.
1083
00:57:47,464 --> 00:57:48,982
In theory, they should be
about equal.
1084
00:57:50,328 --> 00:57:52,158
On March the 9th in Catalunya,
1085
00:57:52,192 --> 00:57:55,472
in the final test before
the racing begins in Japan,
1086
00:57:55,506 --> 00:57:57,819
the teams take
to the track to find out.
1087
00:57:57,853 --> 00:57:59,959
SCOTT: Well, today is obviously
a very important day
1088
00:57:59,993 --> 00:58:01,685
for Grand Prix
racing in general,
1089
00:58:01,719 --> 00:58:04,308
the first time the new generation of machines
1090
00:58:04,342 --> 00:58:06,552
have been seen
in public together.
1091
00:58:07,794 --> 00:58:11,004
This year is the first year
of the MotoGP,
1092
00:58:11,039 --> 00:58:12,316
as they want to call it.
1093
00:58:12,350 --> 00:58:13,524
It's two separate races.
1094
00:58:13,559 --> 00:58:14,939
And next year,
1095
00:58:14,974 --> 00:58:17,666
I don't think there will be
any two-strokes at all.
1096
00:58:17,701 --> 00:58:20,635
The two-stroke is igniting
the mixture in the cylinder,
1097
00:58:20,669 --> 00:58:21,739
and it's producing power
1098
00:58:21,774 --> 00:58:23,603
every revolution
of the crankshaft
1099
00:58:23,638 --> 00:58:25,502
twice as often
as a four-stroke.
1100
00:58:26,330 --> 00:58:27,918
You can make more power
1101
00:58:27,952 --> 00:58:29,540
per engine size
out of a two-stroke.
1102
00:58:29,575 --> 00:58:31,646
So a 500 two-stroke,
theoretically,
1103
00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:34,683
is the rough equivalent
of about a 1000cc
four-stroke.
1104
00:58:34,718 --> 00:58:35,926
The four-stroke race bikes
1105
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:37,859
that are now running
in the MotoGP series
1106
00:58:39,067 --> 00:58:42,104
are gonna put that
equation to, uh, to death.
1107
00:58:42,657 --> 00:58:44,141
[REVVING]
1108
00:58:44,175 --> 00:58:46,039
SCOTT: Looks like Honda
has just come up
1109
00:58:46,074 --> 00:58:48,455
with something so good,
staggeringly good.
1110
00:58:48,490 --> 00:58:50,078
All Yamaha
and the rest can do
1111
00:58:50,112 --> 00:58:52,149
is say, "Well, how much
did they spend?"
1112
00:58:52,183 --> 00:58:54,496
And clearly,
a tremendous amount of money.
1113
00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,498
VALENTINO: The new bike
is exciting.
1114
00:58:56,533 --> 00:59:00,951
It's good, more powerful,
have 220 horsepower,
1115
00:59:00,985 --> 00:59:04,541
but the 500, for me,
was more exciting.
1116
00:59:04,575 --> 00:59:06,715
This one is more sweet.
1117
00:59:06,750 --> 00:59:08,890
SCOTT: The two-strokes
are a very fine edge,
1118
00:59:08,924 --> 00:59:11,064
but the four-strokes
are more fun to watch,
1119
00:59:11,099 --> 00:59:12,894
because they're looser
and wilder,
1120
00:59:12,928 --> 00:59:15,344
and they go sideways
on the brakes
1121
00:59:15,379 --> 00:59:16,760
and bounce around
into the corners.
1122
00:59:16,794 --> 00:59:18,278
And the riders
get away with more.
1123
00:59:18,313 --> 00:59:19,625
[ENGINE ROARING]
1124
00:59:25,078 --> 00:59:26,390
They have depth to them.
1125
00:59:28,841 --> 00:59:29,807
They make the two-strokes
1126
00:59:29,842 --> 00:59:31,360
sound a bit
lawn mower-y, really.
1127
00:59:31,395 --> 00:59:33,535
[HIGH PITCHED ENGINE NOISE]
1128
00:59:33,570 --> 00:59:35,917
[LOWER PITCHED ENGINE NOISE]
1129
00:59:35,951 --> 00:59:36,918
RYDER:
The Moto Grand Prix bikes
1130
00:59:36,952 --> 00:59:38,505
are allegedly easier to ride
1131
00:59:38,540 --> 00:59:40,646
up to the 95% mark.
1132
00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:41,819
It's that last 5%,
1133
00:59:41,854 --> 00:59:43,959
it'll sort out the men
from the also-rans.
1134
00:59:43,994 --> 00:59:46,099
SCOTT: The best riders
will always win in the end.
1135
00:59:46,134 --> 00:59:47,894
They might not win
by so much, though.
1136
00:59:47,929 --> 00:59:48,895
They'll find it harder.
1137
00:59:54,107 --> 00:59:59,526
I would say today,
you can't run a MotoGP team
for under $6 million dollars.
1138
00:59:59,561 --> 01:00:02,115
The salaries for a rider,
the extremes are incredible.
1139
01:00:02,150 --> 01:00:05,222
If Rossi gets $5 or $6 million at the one end,
1140
01:00:05,256 --> 01:00:06,361
you might have a rider
1141
01:00:06,395 --> 01:00:09,813
that gets $100,000
at the bottom end.
1142
01:00:09,847 --> 01:00:12,470
So that's a huge number
in a budget.
1143
01:00:12,505 --> 01:00:14,369
The second component,
obviously, is the technology.
1144
01:00:14,403 --> 01:00:16,958
Do you lease it?
Do you buy it?
Do you make it?
1145
01:00:16,992 --> 01:00:18,718
And there's
millions of dollars there.
1146
01:00:18,753 --> 01:00:20,444
And then there's
the over-the-road costs,
1147
01:00:20,478 --> 01:00:23,620
team personnel trucks,
airplane fares and so on.
1148
01:00:24,482 --> 01:00:25,587
And it's real money.
1149
01:00:25,622 --> 01:00:27,865
[CHUCKLES] It's, uh,
definitely real money.
1150
01:00:29,246 --> 01:00:32,456
Rider-wise, we had
Noriyuki Haga last year.
1151
01:00:32,490 --> 01:00:35,079
I guess he didn't achieve
for himself
1152
01:00:35,114 --> 01:00:38,220
nor for our team
the results we need.
1153
01:00:38,255 --> 01:00:40,050
He's not
with the team anymore.
1154
01:00:40,084 --> 01:00:42,017
Probably a mutual thing.
1155
01:00:42,052 --> 01:00:45,124
Over the last
couple of years,
we've tested
1156
01:00:45,158 --> 01:00:47,333
John Hopkins,
who's quite young.
1157
01:00:47,367 --> 01:00:49,335
He'll be 19 in the summer,
1158
01:00:49,369 --> 01:00:52,303
so we've run him
at some short tests,
1159
01:00:52,338 --> 01:00:55,030
which you have to do
to prepare for those days
1160
01:00:55,065 --> 01:00:57,723
when you don't agree
with Noriyuki Haga
1161
01:00:57,757 --> 01:00:59,379
that he's going to stay
for another year.
1162
01:00:59,414 --> 01:01:00,553
This one's
a real good track.
1163
01:01:03,107 --> 01:01:05,662
I'm driving up the hill
right here is real fun.
1164
01:01:05,696 --> 01:01:07,111
You're wide open
around here,
1165
01:01:07,146 --> 01:01:08,216
around this right-hander,
1166
01:01:08,250 --> 01:01:10,252
just sliding it
all the way up the hill.
1167
01:01:10,287 --> 01:01:12,254
You can do a lot more stuff
on this game than,
1168
01:01:12,289 --> 01:01:14,912
you know,
you couldn't really do
on a motorcycle.
1169
01:01:14,947 --> 01:01:16,224
MAN: Oh, ow!
1170
01:01:16,258 --> 01:01:17,743
JOHN: You know, he came
right down on his head.
1171
01:01:17,777 --> 01:01:19,054
You know,
I don't know why he's
1172
01:01:19,089 --> 01:01:20,642
getting up and riding again.
1173
01:01:20,677 --> 01:01:22,437
-He should be sitting
out for the day.
-[MAN CHUCKLES]
1174
01:01:22,471 --> 01:01:23,576
Maybe the next day, too.
1175
01:01:23,610 --> 01:01:25,336
It definitely
won't teach you anything
1176
01:01:25,371 --> 01:01:27,373
about riding the bike
in general.
1177
01:01:27,407 --> 01:01:29,306
The only thing,
you know, I'm actually
1178
01:01:29,340 --> 01:01:30,721
learning a whole bunch about
1179
01:01:30,756 --> 01:01:33,344
is, uh,
is where the track goes.
1180
01:01:35,243 --> 01:01:37,038
JOHN: The bike reacts
to your body position.
1181
01:01:37,072 --> 01:01:38,280
You're tucked down
under the bubble,
1182
01:01:38,315 --> 01:01:39,868
staying as low as possible,
1183
01:01:39,903 --> 01:01:41,490
less wind resistance,
pushing down
1184
01:01:41,525 --> 01:01:43,147
on the pegs,
real hard braking.
1185
01:01:43,182 --> 01:01:44,908
Long, sweeping left-hander,
1186
01:01:44,942 --> 01:01:46,323
working your way
on the throttle,
1187
01:01:46,357 --> 01:01:47,531
getting on it harder
and harder.
1188
01:01:47,565 --> 01:01:48,946
You got to move real fast,
1189
01:01:48,981 --> 01:01:50,292
pushing down with your legs
1190
01:01:50,327 --> 01:01:51,742
and switch back over
to the right.
1191
01:01:51,777 --> 01:01:54,434
Hang off pretty far
to the right,
using your body.
1192
01:01:54,469 --> 01:01:56,160
You've got to get over
the front of the bike
1193
01:01:56,195 --> 01:01:57,196
to keep the front wheel down.
1194
01:01:58,784 --> 01:02:00,751
STEWART MILLER: You're braking
from 180 miles an hour
1195
01:02:00,786 --> 01:02:02,684
to sometimes 40 miles an hour
1196
01:02:02,719 --> 01:02:06,032
in the space of 100 meters.
1197
01:02:06,067 --> 01:02:08,759
That's a lot of weight
on the shoulders and arms.
1198
01:02:08,794 --> 01:02:12,867
Each track he brakes
1,000 times, 1,000 times.
1199
01:02:12,901 --> 01:02:14,903
Pretty much everybody
now has a trainer
1200
01:02:14,938 --> 01:02:16,008
that follows them,
pushes them
1201
01:02:16,042 --> 01:02:17,319
through the gym.
They're athletes.
1202
01:02:17,354 --> 01:02:18,769
RYDER: Back in the late '70s,
with Barry Sheene
1203
01:02:18,804 --> 01:02:20,081
and the young
Kenny Roberts' idea
1204
01:02:20,115 --> 01:02:21,461
of a night before the race
1205
01:02:21,496 --> 01:02:22,773
probably involved a nightclub,
1206
01:02:22,808 --> 01:02:24,948
large amounts of alcohol,
beer, cigarettes,
1207
01:02:24,982 --> 01:02:27,019
and getting home
in a crashed hire car
1208
01:02:27,053 --> 01:02:28,261
at about 3:00
in the morning.
1209
01:02:28,296 --> 01:02:30,160
Kenny, who now
makes his riders, you know,
1210
01:02:30,194 --> 01:02:32,852
eat pasta, drink orange juice
and go to bed early.
1211
01:02:32,887 --> 01:02:34,543
They treat their diet,
their training
1212
01:02:34,578 --> 01:02:37,167
the same as other
absolute top level athletes.
1213
01:02:37,201 --> 01:02:39,065
Legs are a big part. I mean...
1214
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:41,309
You got to drive straight
from a hairpin,
1215
01:02:41,343 --> 01:02:43,863
get the thing hung out
on your knee
1216
01:02:43,898 --> 01:02:45,071
and then from there
just carry it.
1217
01:02:46,728 --> 01:02:48,730
SHEENE: They use their knees
a lot more now.
1218
01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:50,663
Like Valentino,
as an example, you know,
1219
01:02:50,697 --> 01:02:52,423
he'll get through
a set of knee sliders
1220
01:02:52,458 --> 01:02:55,012
in half a day sort of thing.
1221
01:02:55,047 --> 01:02:56,255
Kenny Roberts' era,
1222
01:02:56,289 --> 01:02:58,636
that's when you really
started to see the body
1223
01:02:58,671 --> 01:03:00,052
play more of an active role
1224
01:03:00,086 --> 01:03:01,950
in what
the motorcycle's doing.
1225
01:03:01,985 --> 01:03:03,918
Before that,
it was sitting on top of
1226
01:03:03,952 --> 01:03:05,540
the motorcycle
and bending it in
1227
01:03:05,574 --> 01:03:08,508
and, you know, you don't
dare move on the thing.
1228
01:03:08,543 --> 01:03:10,338
ROBERTS: I got a lot
of experience from
dirt track racing.
1229
01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:12,961
When it's going
sideways like that,
1230
01:03:12,996 --> 01:03:16,344
you have to have
something planted
on the ground
1231
01:03:16,378 --> 01:03:19,036
to keep your weight
in the same position.
1232
01:03:19,071 --> 01:03:22,005
I raced indoor races
on concrete
1233
01:03:22,039 --> 01:03:24,248
and I used to put Supertape
on the bottom of your shoes
1234
01:03:24,283 --> 01:03:27,700
so the shoe would
actually slide
on the concrete,
1235
01:03:27,734 --> 01:03:29,322
so you could keep it
underneath you.
1236
01:03:29,357 --> 01:03:31,014
But when I started
dragging my knees,
1237
01:03:31,048 --> 01:03:33,154
you couldn't drag it
with the leather
1238
01:03:33,188 --> 01:03:34,293
because the leather would catch
1239
01:03:34,327 --> 01:03:36,088
and jerk your foot
off the foot peg.
1240
01:03:36,122 --> 01:03:38,090
And I started putting
Supertape on my knees.
1241
01:03:38,124 --> 01:03:39,332
And it's just like,
"Wait a minute.
1242
01:03:39,367 --> 01:03:40,299
"What are you doing?
1243
01:03:40,333 --> 01:03:41,679
[STUTTERS]
"What are you doing?"
1244
01:03:41,714 --> 01:03:43,647
I mean, no one did it.
1245
01:03:43,681 --> 01:03:45,304
No one thought about it.
No one did it.
1246
01:03:45,338 --> 01:03:49,101
It would have been
somewhere around '72.
1247
01:03:49,135 --> 01:03:52,656
In 1973,
I started riding a 750.
1248
01:03:52,690 --> 01:03:54,658
My brother-in-law,
Paul Smart,
1249
01:03:54,692 --> 01:03:56,418
was very good on a big bike.
1250
01:03:56,453 --> 01:03:58,248
So I said to Paul,
"You know, this thing,
1251
01:03:58,282 --> 01:03:59,870
"as soon as I
get it over sideways,
1252
01:03:59,905 --> 01:04:01,492
"it sort of drags
on the ground."
1253
01:04:01,527 --> 01:04:03,494
He said, "Well,
hang off it more."
1254
01:04:03,529 --> 01:04:05,289
I just rode
and let my knee hang out.
1255
01:04:05,324 --> 01:04:07,740
And then sometimes
it'd touch on the ground.
1256
01:04:07,774 --> 01:04:09,121
If your knee's
on the ground, obviously,
1257
01:04:09,155 --> 01:04:12,124
you can adjust your weight
with the knee.
1258
01:04:12,158 --> 01:04:14,160
You'd know exactly
where the motorcycle's at
1259
01:04:14,195 --> 01:04:15,748
because you're controlling
the back wheel
1260
01:04:15,782 --> 01:04:17,854
with the throttle
and lean angle.
1261
01:04:17,888 --> 01:04:20,753
And I'd like to steer the bike
with the back wheel.
1262
01:04:20,787 --> 01:04:22,859
And I could do it
on some racetracks
1263
01:04:22,893 --> 01:04:25,206
and do it
fairly proficiently.
1264
01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:28,623
The rear wheel steering thing
didn't really happen
1265
01:04:28,657 --> 01:04:30,487
until Kenny
had retired from racing.
1266
01:04:31,557 --> 01:04:33,041
You know,
the rear wheel steering thing
1267
01:04:33,076 --> 01:04:35,630
started when
the radial tires came in.
1268
01:04:35,664 --> 01:04:37,425
Barry steered the motorcycle
with the front wheel,
1269
01:04:37,459 --> 01:04:39,116
and I steered it
with the back wheel.
1270
01:04:39,151 --> 01:04:42,154
So, it's two
different theories of riding.
1271
01:04:42,188 --> 01:04:44,156
Yeah, he used
to slide the bike.
1272
01:04:44,190 --> 01:04:45,916
The bike used
to step out and that.
1273
01:04:45,951 --> 01:04:47,297
Yes, that happens
to everybody.
1274
01:04:47,331 --> 01:04:49,161
I don't think
he really understood it
1275
01:04:49,195 --> 01:04:51,301
because he never
really got there with it.
1276
01:04:51,335 --> 01:04:53,544
He was two-time
World Champion, as I said.
1277
01:04:53,579 --> 01:04:55,892
So who's gonna show him
anything different?
1278
01:04:55,926 --> 01:04:57,928
It's not like some Yank's
gonna come over here
1279
01:04:57,963 --> 01:05:00,103
and say, "Oh, this is the way
you need to ride."
1280
01:05:00,137 --> 01:05:03,934
It started
when the horsepower
1281
01:05:03,969 --> 01:05:06,005
exceeded the abilities
of the tires
1282
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:07,144
and the riders had to find
1283
01:05:07,179 --> 01:05:10,147
other ways of continuing
to race fast,
1284
01:05:10,182 --> 01:05:11,769
especially over
a long race distance.
1285
01:05:11,804 --> 01:05:14,117
It required
a different kind of skill
1286
01:05:14,151 --> 01:05:16,567
which favored
all the American
dirt trackers.
1287
01:05:16,602 --> 01:05:20,502
That gave rise
to the whole era
of American champions,
1288
01:05:20,537 --> 01:05:22,435
'cause they were schooled
in that art
1289
01:05:22,470 --> 01:05:24,644
of being able to ride
the motorcycle
1290
01:05:24,679 --> 01:05:27,371
when it didn't grip
the road anymore,
1291
01:05:27,406 --> 01:05:29,339
when every time
you opened the throttle,
the back wheel would spin
1292
01:05:29,373 --> 01:05:30,685
instead of driving
them forward.
1293
01:05:30,719 --> 01:05:32,894
And you had to slide it
to go around the corner.
1294
01:05:32,929 --> 01:05:35,552
And that's receded a bit
1295
01:05:35,586 --> 01:05:37,347
with the improvement
in tires,
1296
01:05:37,381 --> 01:05:39,280
but it still holds good,
I think,
1297
01:05:39,314 --> 01:05:40,937
yeah, especially towards
the end of a race.
1298
01:05:40,971 --> 01:05:43,249
That's when you see
the good guys really show up,
1299
01:05:43,284 --> 01:05:45,010
is when things
are getting tough
1300
01:05:45,044 --> 01:05:46,494
and the bikes
have developed problems
1301
01:05:46,528 --> 01:05:47,874
and they've got to ride
around the problem.
1302
01:05:53,915 --> 01:05:55,296
McGREGOR:
At the Catalunya test,
1303
01:05:55,330 --> 01:05:58,023
Hopkins completes
over 100 laps,
1304
01:05:58,057 --> 01:06:00,128
twice as many
as most of the riders.
1305
01:06:00,163 --> 01:06:01,681
He falls once
but is unhurt.
1306
01:06:03,476 --> 01:06:04,788
McCoy's bike,
on the other hand,
1307
01:06:04,822 --> 01:06:06,307
hasn't turned a wheel,
1308
01:06:06,341 --> 01:06:08,481
because McCoy isn't here.
1309
01:06:08,516 --> 01:06:11,312
At the last test, two weeks
earlier in Portugal,
1310
01:06:11,346 --> 01:06:13,279
he was the fastest man
on the track.
1311
01:06:13,314 --> 01:06:15,005
McCOY: The temperature
was dropping.
1312
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:16,938
It was quite windy that day.
1313
01:06:16,973 --> 01:06:18,836
As I went into the corner,
1314
01:06:18,871 --> 01:06:20,528
the back started
to come around on me
1315
01:06:20,562 --> 01:06:22,012
and it kicked back a bit.
1316
01:06:22,047 --> 01:06:23,358
I ended up
on top of the bike.
1317
01:06:23,393 --> 01:06:24,911
I landed on top
of the screen
1318
01:06:25,878 --> 01:06:27,466
and then I sort of fell off...
1319
01:06:27,500 --> 01:06:29,295
Well, fell onto the ground
on my feet
1320
01:06:29,330 --> 01:06:32,678
in front of the bike
with my right leg.
1321
01:06:32,712 --> 01:06:35,232
Um, I felt the bike hitting me in the back of the leg.
1322
01:06:35,267 --> 01:06:37,545
Yeah, and they had to
go from under the kneecap,
1323
01:06:37,579 --> 01:06:39,340
put in a big titanium rod.
1324
01:06:39,374 --> 01:06:41,066
It's through the whole tibia.
1325
01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:42,308
That's where they went in
with the pin.
1326
01:06:43,516 --> 01:06:45,587
Screw here. Screw there.
It's pretty clean.
1327
01:06:47,003 --> 01:06:49,729
Well, there's just, like,
three screw holes down there.
1328
01:06:49,764 --> 01:06:51,076
This year we've done
so well in testing.
1329
01:06:51,110 --> 01:06:54,251
We've been first everywhere
and doing it easy.
1330
01:06:54,286 --> 01:06:55,908
And then
you have one little fall.
1331
01:06:55,942 --> 01:06:57,772
It's my first fall
of the year.
1332
01:06:59,084 --> 01:07:01,845
I've had a few thoughts
in my mind, anyway,
1333
01:07:01,879 --> 01:07:03,433
of, you know, how long
is this going to last
1334
01:07:03,467 --> 01:07:05,228
or how long
is my body going to last?
1335
01:07:05,262 --> 01:07:08,886
Hopefully, it's going to be
a few more years yet.
1336
01:07:08,921 --> 01:07:11,372
And do the best I can
and hopefully, one day,
1337
01:07:11,406 --> 01:07:13,029
or this year,
I'll win a World Championship.
1338
01:07:17,964 --> 01:07:19,345
BENNET:
It's disappointing because,
1339
01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:20,967
again, Garry's doing so well,
1340
01:07:21,002 --> 01:07:22,521
and then it all went wrong
1341
01:07:22,555 --> 01:07:24,488
for want of another word,
didn't it?
1342
01:07:24,523 --> 01:07:26,111
These sort of things happen,
don't they?
1343
01:07:26,145 --> 01:07:27,836
And you've got
to accept them, anyway.
1344
01:07:27,871 --> 01:07:29,252
-Part of the sport, isn't it?
-That's right.
1345
01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:31,530
It's a fast, dangerous sport,
1346
01:07:31,564 --> 01:07:32,979
tarmac's pretty hard stuff.
1347
01:07:33,014 --> 01:07:35,085
BENNET: You know, they knock themselves so much,
1348
01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:36,569
that in the end,
the old body's going to say,
1349
01:07:36,604 --> 01:07:37,605
"Whoo,
I've had enough of this."
1350
01:07:41,678 --> 01:07:43,542
McGREGOR: The 500s
are in trouble,
1351
01:07:43,576 --> 01:07:45,302
as much as
10 miles an hour slower
1352
01:07:45,337 --> 01:07:47,339
than the four-strokes
in a straight line.
1353
01:07:47,373 --> 01:07:49,686
They can't hope to match the raw power of the bigger bikes.
1354
01:07:51,446 --> 01:07:52,689
-It goes in there, then...
-Yeah.
1355
01:07:52,723 --> 01:07:55,105
-That's how that fits.
-Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
1356
01:07:55,140 --> 01:07:56,486
McGREGOR: However,
wind tunnel tests
1357
01:07:56,520 --> 01:07:58,350
carried out
by Red Bull Yamaha
1358
01:07:58,384 --> 01:08:00,110
indicate that there's
more speed to come
1359
01:08:00,145 --> 01:08:01,767
from better aerodynamics,
1360
01:08:01,801 --> 01:08:03,493
maybe as much
as 10 miles per hour.
1361
01:08:04,804 --> 01:08:06,565
At a secret test in Valencia,
1362
01:08:06,599 --> 01:08:08,463
with the first race
just three weeks away
1363
01:08:08,498 --> 01:08:10,776
and Garry McCoy
laid up in hospital,
1364
01:08:10,810 --> 01:08:12,571
it's down to John Hopkins
to find out
1365
01:08:12,605 --> 01:08:15,574
how the new design
performs on the track.
1366
01:08:15,608 --> 01:08:19,025
That looks like it'll turn
a little more into the corner.
1367
01:08:19,923 --> 01:08:21,166
It definitely leans harder.
1368
01:08:22,132 --> 01:08:23,478
-Okay. Mmm.
-Faster.
1369
01:08:23,513 --> 01:08:24,652
With the standard fairing,
1370
01:08:24,686 --> 01:08:26,654
there's quite a lot of lift
at the front.
1371
01:08:26,688 --> 01:08:27,758
Uh-huh.
1372
01:08:30,589 --> 01:08:32,246
Yeah, I used to race myself.
1373
01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:33,350
That's how I got
involved in this.
1374
01:08:36,457 --> 01:08:38,079
I wasn't
good enough to cut it,
1375
01:08:38,114 --> 01:08:39,356
so wasn't interested.
1376
01:08:39,391 --> 01:08:41,841
If I couldn't win,
then I didn't want to do it.
1377
01:08:41,876 --> 01:08:42,877
INTERVIEWER: Why were you
not good enough?
1378
01:08:42,911 --> 01:08:43,912
What were the things
that you think
1379
01:08:43,947 --> 01:08:45,259
you need to go really fast?
1380
01:08:46,743 --> 01:08:47,675
Balls.
1381
01:08:48,710 --> 01:08:50,126
Equipment. Money.
1382
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,645
And I didn't want to continue
being an also-ran, so...
1383
01:08:52,680 --> 01:08:53,853
I would rather be here
1384
01:08:53,888 --> 01:08:55,683
as a mechanic
in the World Championship
1385
01:08:55,717 --> 01:08:57,374
than messing around at home.
1386
01:08:57,409 --> 01:08:58,962
When you stand
on that pit wall
1387
01:08:58,996 --> 01:09:00,101
and Garry goes past you
1388
01:09:01,930 --> 01:09:03,691
at 160, 170 mile an hour,
1389
01:09:03,725 --> 01:09:06,280
and you could actually
put your hand out and touch him
1390
01:09:06,314 --> 01:09:07,764
and the hairs
on the back of your neck
1391
01:09:07,798 --> 01:09:08,592
stand on end,
1392
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:11,388
that's a buzz.
1393
01:09:27,577 --> 01:09:29,855
CROSSMAN: I was talking
to one of his mechanics.
1394
01:09:29,889 --> 01:09:31,753
Next thing, you know,
we heard the bike give out
1395
01:09:31,788 --> 01:09:33,617
and then we saw
dust in the air,
1396
01:09:33,652 --> 01:09:36,517
and usually
John gets right up.
1397
01:09:36,551 --> 01:09:38,001
But we didn't
see him get up.
1398
01:09:40,072 --> 01:09:41,556
I jumped on the scooter
1399
01:09:41,591 --> 01:09:43,558
and everyone jumped in the van, so I was a little behind.
1400
01:09:43,593 --> 01:09:45,077
I was a little nervous.
1401
01:09:47,942 --> 01:09:49,254
JOHN: I was going
for a good lap
1402
01:09:49,288 --> 01:09:50,634
and everything
was going good.
1403
01:09:50,669 --> 01:09:52,326
Out of the sharp one,
I tried to get on it
1404
01:09:53,706 --> 01:09:56,675
and it just came out, flicked,
flicked me back.
1405
01:09:56,709 --> 01:09:57,952
I mean,
it flicked me so fast
1406
01:09:57,986 --> 01:09:59,540
I didn't even know
what happened.
1407
01:09:59,574 --> 01:10:01,783
Next thing I know,
I'm up in the air
1408
01:10:01,818 --> 01:10:03,613
going straight down
towards my head.
1409
01:10:04,372 --> 01:10:06,236
And I landed on my head
1410
01:10:06,271 --> 01:10:07,479
and skidded around
a little bit...
1411
01:10:09,343 --> 01:10:14,002
and then was pretty dizzy,
had to lay down
for about 10 seconds.
1412
01:10:15,487 --> 01:10:17,523
When you're floating
through the air,
1413
01:10:17,558 --> 01:10:19,249
sliding across the ground
at that speed,
1414
01:10:19,284 --> 01:10:20,699
there's nothing
really you can do.
1415
01:10:20,733 --> 01:10:22,666
If you try and stop yourself
from flipping,
1416
01:10:23,357 --> 01:10:24,530
going that fast,
1417
01:10:24,565 --> 01:10:26,567
I mean, that's when
stuff's gonna break.
1418
01:10:26,601 --> 01:10:28,293
You gotta sit there
and pretty much just take it.
1419
01:10:29,121 --> 01:10:30,881
Take the beating.
1420
01:10:30,916 --> 01:10:33,470
McGREGOR: It wasn't
the aerodynamics
that upset the bike.
1421
01:10:33,505 --> 01:10:35,438
Hopkins' crash
was just another reminder
1422
01:10:35,472 --> 01:10:37,681
of the 500's vicious nature.
1423
01:10:37,716 --> 01:10:39,235
[DR. AMADEO ROCHE
SPEAKING SPANISH]
1424
01:10:48,658 --> 01:10:49,831
CLIFFORD: I would say
we've ended up
1425
01:10:49,866 --> 01:10:51,764
with more questions
than we have answers
1426
01:10:51,799 --> 01:10:54,526
and that's not,
unfortunately, the unusual.
1427
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:56,252
DAN WELBURN: I expected
to see an obvious
1428
01:10:56,286 --> 01:10:58,875
improvement in speed,
straight line speed,
1429
01:10:58,909 --> 01:11:01,671
and, uh, for one reason
or another,
1430
01:11:01,705 --> 01:11:03,983
I don't know why,
it hasn't gotten any quicker.
1431
01:11:04,018 --> 01:11:06,572
McGREGOR: Hopkins has
two weeks to recover.
1432
01:11:06,607 --> 01:11:08,436
By then, he will be
10,000 miles away
1433
01:11:08,471 --> 01:11:09,886
in Suzuka, Japan.
1434
01:11:13,545 --> 01:11:16,513
At Suzuka, he will have
four hours and 20 minutes
1435
01:11:16,548 --> 01:11:18,619
to learn the hardest track
of them all
1436
01:11:18,653 --> 01:11:21,484
and qualify for the first
Grand Prix of his life
1437
01:11:21,518 --> 01:11:23,520
with no new aerodynamics
to help him.
1438
01:11:28,180 --> 01:11:30,941
But at least he won't be riding with a titanium rod in his leg.
1439
01:11:38,949 --> 01:11:42,332
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLYOVER SPEAKERS]
1440
01:11:43,333 --> 01:11:44,852
[ENGINE ROARING]
1441
01:11:44,886 --> 01:11:46,854
JOHN: It's really hard to get
a feel for a bike,
1442
01:11:46,888 --> 01:11:48,200
though, with the wind.
1443
01:11:48,234 --> 01:11:49,753
I'm really fighting
the wind out there.
1444
01:11:58,383 --> 01:12:00,902
It's really windy
and the wind's
sort of pushing you.
1445
01:12:00,937 --> 01:12:02,214
McCOY: It didn't seem
too bad mid-corner.
1446
01:12:09,463 --> 01:12:12,155
Especially out of the hairpin,
coming out of that second left.
1447
01:12:12,189 --> 01:12:13,121
JOHN: Yeah.
1448
01:12:31,968 --> 01:12:34,315
New tire, please.
1449
01:12:34,350 --> 01:12:36,421
JAMIESON: As you answer
any criticism of the bike
1450
01:12:36,455 --> 01:12:38,630
by an adjustment
by improving something,
1451
01:12:38,664 --> 01:12:41,771
by finding a better tire
or more horsepower,
1452
01:12:41,805 --> 01:12:43,531
the rider then takes it
to the next level
1453
01:12:43,566 --> 01:12:44,946
and makes it worse again.
1454
01:12:44,981 --> 01:12:46,983
You know?
And that's basically
what goes on.
1455
01:12:47,017 --> 01:12:50,089
No, not really gripping
like it should, I think.
1456
01:12:50,124 --> 01:12:51,539
MAMOLA: We just saw
a cloud of dust.
1457
01:12:51,574 --> 01:12:53,438
Then we saw him standing there. First thing we do is,
1458
01:12:53,472 --> 01:12:55,509
we try to find out whether
or not they're injured,
1459
01:12:55,543 --> 01:12:57,373
and I knew he wasn't
because he was standing there
1460
01:12:57,407 --> 01:12:58,615
like this against
the hay bale.
1461
01:12:58,650 --> 01:13:00,962
The attitude is like,
"Boy, I just screwed up."
1462
01:13:00,997 --> 01:13:02,550
JOHN: Cold tires.
1463
01:13:02,585 --> 01:13:04,690
Trying to put in
a real good lap
1464
01:13:04,725 --> 01:13:07,521
and the wind
was blowing really bad,
1465
01:13:07,555 --> 01:13:10,420
and just a number of things
all equaled up
1466
01:13:10,455 --> 01:13:13,527
to one big slide
and then a big highside.
1467
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:17,047
To go 100%, 102%,
1468
01:13:17,082 --> 01:13:19,878
whatever it took,
I could do it for three laps.
1469
01:13:19,912 --> 01:13:23,157
I could always plan on
going three laps faster,
1470
01:13:23,191 --> 01:13:24,883
but no more than three laps.
1471
01:13:24,917 --> 01:13:27,679
You're usually racing
around 90%, 95%.
1472
01:13:33,409 --> 01:13:34,858
DOOHAN: It was
a big crash today.
1473
01:13:34,893 --> 01:13:35,928
And it's just
one of those things.
1474
01:13:35,963 --> 01:13:37,447
Again, you're pushing
at the limit
1475
01:13:37,482 --> 01:13:39,138
and, uh, you know,
he said he had
1476
01:13:39,173 --> 01:13:41,175
a little lapse of concentration
and that'll do it.
1477
01:13:41,209 --> 01:13:42,970
MAMOLA: When he left
the seat of the bike,
1478
01:13:43,004 --> 01:13:44,040
he was probably doing about
1479
01:13:44,074 --> 01:13:46,387
125 miles an hour
and accelerating.
1480
01:13:46,422 --> 01:13:48,700
All of his gloves had been
worn down
1481
01:13:48,734 --> 01:13:50,253
to basically nothing,
1482
01:13:50,287 --> 01:13:52,048
trying to slow himself down
before he hit the guardrail.
1483
01:13:52,082 --> 01:13:53,290
It shook him up a bit.
1484
01:13:53,325 --> 01:13:55,327
I mean, it would shake
anybody up, believe me.
1485
01:13:55,361 --> 01:13:58,675
SCOTT: It's been a while
since he has been down.
1486
01:13:58,710 --> 01:14:01,091
So, yeah, I think it'll
sober him up a bit, you know.
1487
01:14:01,126 --> 01:14:02,921
You start to feel invulnerable,
don't you?
1488
01:14:02,955 --> 01:14:04,474
Especially with
the kind of adulation
1489
01:14:04,509 --> 01:14:05,682
he gets all the time.
1490
01:14:05,717 --> 01:14:06,959
SCHWANTZ: It does
kind of take that
1491
01:14:06,994 --> 01:14:09,755
"I'm invincible, I'm bulletproof, uh, you know,
1492
01:14:09,790 --> 01:14:12,517
"I'm 10-foot-tall" mentality.
1493
01:14:12,551 --> 01:14:13,897
ROBERTS:
In motorcycle racing,
1494
01:14:13,932 --> 01:14:16,521
you convince yourself
that you're Superman.
1495
01:14:16,555 --> 01:14:18,971
You get this kind of glow
around you that
1496
01:14:19,006 --> 01:14:21,284
you think that
you're never gonna be hurt.
1497
01:14:21,318 --> 01:14:22,837
And I used to spend
half my time
1498
01:14:22,872 --> 01:14:25,253
trying to say
I'm not really that.
1499
01:14:25,288 --> 01:14:29,775
Sometimes, your press
and what people say to you
gets overwhelming.
1500
01:14:29,810 --> 01:14:31,984
You just get to believe
1501
01:14:32,019 --> 01:14:34,504
that you can just make
that thing stick,
1502
01:14:34,539 --> 01:14:36,195
and you can make it slide
1503
01:14:36,230 --> 01:14:37,473
and you can make
all these things happen
1504
01:14:37,507 --> 01:14:38,404
any time you want.
1505
01:14:39,302 --> 01:14:40,545
And sometimes you can't.
1506
01:14:40,579 --> 01:14:43,375
You've got to constantly
remind yourself
1507
01:14:43,409 --> 01:14:44,756
that you are human,
1508
01:14:44,790 --> 01:14:47,103
because, you know, God,
"I just messed up a little bit
1509
01:14:47,137 --> 01:14:49,139
"and didn't quite do it."
1510
01:14:49,174 --> 01:14:53,385
You know,
Wayne's accident was
really nothing spectacular.
1511
01:14:56,561 --> 01:14:58,045
RAINEY: But that day,
I was just off a little bit.
1512
01:14:58,079 --> 01:14:59,736
I was struggling,
1513
01:14:59,771 --> 01:15:01,635
but I'd been
in that situation many times.
1514
01:15:01,669 --> 01:15:02,912
So, it wasn't nothing new.
1515
01:15:02,946 --> 01:15:05,155
It was just an error
on my part.
1516
01:15:05,190 --> 01:15:06,950
I just got in
a little bit too hot,
1517
01:15:06,985 --> 01:15:08,780
carrying a little bit
too much corner speed,
1518
01:15:08,814 --> 01:15:10,333
so I had to really
bank the bike over
1519
01:15:10,367 --> 01:15:12,646
really hard
to keep it on line.
1520
01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:15,580
And, uh, when I
just opened the throttle,
1521
01:15:16,477 --> 01:15:18,030
it stepped out.
1522
01:15:18,065 --> 01:15:20,136
And it was just an easy...
1523
01:15:20,170 --> 01:15:22,103
It was an easy,
uh, crash, you know.
1524
01:15:22,138 --> 01:15:24,071
I mean, 'cause,
like, it stepped out
1525
01:15:24,105 --> 01:15:25,348
and I fell off
the side of it,
1526
01:15:25,382 --> 01:15:27,523
and I was, like,
sliding with the bike
1527
01:15:27,557 --> 01:15:29,248
across the track,
1528
01:15:29,283 --> 01:15:31,285
but when I went off the track, I hit a curb
1529
01:15:31,319 --> 01:15:32,631
and it kind of
sent me up in the air,
1530
01:15:32,666 --> 01:15:35,358
and then I landed
in the gravel trap
1531
01:15:35,392 --> 01:15:37,912
and it had speed bumps
in it for the F1 cars.
1532
01:15:37,947 --> 01:15:39,120
And at that time, uh,
1533
01:15:39,155 --> 01:15:40,984
that's what we were using
in motorcycles.
1534
01:15:41,019 --> 01:15:43,124
As soon as I hit that,
it started setting me off,
1535
01:15:43,159 --> 01:15:44,954
so then I, you know,
I didn't have any control
1536
01:15:44,988 --> 01:15:47,439
over how I was landing
or where I was gonna
land and...
1537
01:15:49,683 --> 01:15:50,753
TAD PILATI:
He has no feeling
1538
01:15:50,787 --> 01:15:52,340
from the center
of his chest down.
1539
01:15:52,375 --> 01:15:56,310
Uh, he's being held
in a hospital near Rimini.
1540
01:15:56,344 --> 01:15:57,449
He's in stable condition
1541
01:15:57,483 --> 01:15:59,175
and, uh, the next 48 hours
1542
01:15:59,209 --> 01:16:00,210
are going
to tell us everything.
1543
01:16:02,488 --> 01:16:04,456
RAINEY: Now all the sand traps
are smooth,
1544
01:16:04,490 --> 01:16:06,941
but sometimes it takes a...
1545
01:16:08,356 --> 01:16:10,013
You know, big incident
to get something changed.
1546
01:16:11,912 --> 01:16:13,741
Being World Champion
was the ultimate,
1547
01:16:13,776 --> 01:16:17,918
but after I won it,
it was time to do it again.
1548
01:16:17,952 --> 01:16:20,092
Looking back,
I wish I'd have stepped
back out of it
1549
01:16:20,127 --> 01:16:21,749
and said, sometimes, you know, you've got to get beat.
1550
01:16:21,784 --> 01:16:23,820
I didn't let myself
think that.
1551
01:16:23,855 --> 01:16:26,651
It was just something that,
uh, I was addicted to,
1552
01:16:26,685 --> 01:16:28,653
and it took a... You know,
it took a big accident,
1553
01:16:28,687 --> 01:16:31,587
uh, to take me out
of that situation.
1554
01:16:31,621 --> 01:16:33,554
SCHWANTZ: Quite a while
after the race at Misano,
1555
01:16:33,589 --> 01:16:34,866
I was in my motorhome,
1556
01:16:34,900 --> 01:16:36,833
I looked outside and there was a bunch of journalists
1557
01:16:36,868 --> 01:16:38,524
and TV cameras
and all kinds of stuff
1558
01:16:39,595 --> 01:16:40,837
sitting at the door
of my motorhome.
1559
01:16:40,872 --> 01:16:42,114
I thought, "What's going on?"
1560
01:16:42,149 --> 01:16:43,391
So I walked outside
and they said,
1561
01:16:43,426 --> 01:16:44,979
"Hey, you hear you won
the World Championship?"
1562
01:16:46,015 --> 01:16:47,603
And I said, "Do what?"
1563
01:16:47,637 --> 01:16:49,950
I said, "There's still
three races to go."
1564
01:16:49,984 --> 01:16:52,090
And that was when
they told me of his injuries,
1565
01:16:52,124 --> 01:16:54,126
and I was probably
as shocked as anybody
1566
01:16:54,161 --> 01:16:55,127
to hear the news.
1567
01:17:04,102 --> 01:17:05,655
VALENTINO:
I'm superstitious, yes.
1568
01:17:05,690 --> 01:17:08,520
80% of riders
have some superstitions.
1569
01:17:08,554 --> 01:17:12,489
I understand it may be stupid,
but it's like this. [CHUCKLES]
1570
01:17:12,524 --> 01:17:15,492
Some actor and actress
are superstitious
1571
01:17:15,527 --> 01:17:18,495
and do nothing of danger.
1572
01:17:18,530 --> 01:17:20,049
No? So I think it's normal.
1573
01:17:20,083 --> 01:17:23,086
A rider, when you go
on the bike, you risk.
1574
01:17:24,225 --> 01:17:26,572
And I think
it's quite normal.
1575
01:17:26,607 --> 01:17:29,368
We've got
another five minutes to go
1576
01:17:29,403 --> 01:17:32,820
before the start
of this MotoGP,
1577
01:17:32,855 --> 01:17:35,651
the four-strokes
versus the two-strokes,
1578
01:17:35,685 --> 01:17:37,687
the second official
qualifying session.
1579
01:17:37,722 --> 01:17:39,033
That's what
happened yesterday,
1580
01:17:39,068 --> 01:17:41,242
Capirossi from Rossi,
from Ukawa, from Roberts,
1581
01:17:41,277 --> 01:17:42,554
being the provisional
front row.
1582
01:17:44,763 --> 01:17:47,766
Some of the muscles that have
faded away, I need them.
1583
01:17:47,801 --> 01:17:49,975
It makes it
a bit difficult to hang on.
1584
01:17:50,010 --> 01:17:52,391
MOODY: Valentino just about
to come out of the garage,
1585
01:17:52,426 --> 01:17:54,048
and he's had two crashes
this weekend.
1586
01:17:54,083 --> 01:17:57,362
He had one yesterday morning.
He's had one this morning.
1587
01:17:57,396 --> 01:17:58,604
He was lucky yesterday.
1588
01:17:58,639 --> 01:18:01,124
He saw God yesterday.
He was frightened.
1589
01:18:01,159 --> 01:18:03,748
There's been so much talk
about the Yamaha M1,
1590
01:18:03,782 --> 01:18:05,922
the four-stroke
that you're looking at,
being a disaster,
1591
01:18:05,957 --> 01:18:07,752
not being up
to what they'd hoped.
1592
01:18:07,786 --> 01:18:10,444
BIAGGI: I feel I cannot ride
100% with this bike.
1593
01:18:10,478 --> 01:18:12,584
Our people realize
1594
01:18:12,618 --> 01:18:15,518
where the problems are
and they know.
1595
01:18:15,552 --> 01:18:17,520
Let's, you know, hope that
1596
01:18:17,554 --> 01:18:21,248
they can create
something different
and more competitive.
1597
01:18:21,282 --> 01:18:23,284
I don't know where
he gets his excuse book,
1598
01:18:23,319 --> 01:18:25,355
but I wish I had one of 'em
when I was racing.
1599
01:18:25,390 --> 01:18:27,357
RYDER: There's Capirossi.
He's now on pole schedule.
1600
01:18:27,392 --> 01:18:30,775
MOODY: Now this is
the Valentino Rossi bike
from last year.
1601
01:18:30,809 --> 01:18:32,190
He's sitting up!
There's a problem!
1602
01:18:32,224 --> 01:18:34,123
Somebody's down!
Somebody's down!
It's another Red Bull!
1603
01:18:34,157 --> 01:18:35,780
-McCoy! McCoy!
-It's another Red Bull!
1604
01:18:35,814 --> 01:18:36,988
RYDER: It's McCoy.
1605
01:18:37,022 --> 01:18:39,231
MOODY: It was McCoy
and McCoy is down!
1606
01:18:39,266 --> 01:18:41,855
And McCoy is on the racetrack
and he's not moving.
1607
01:18:41,889 --> 01:18:43,960
That's why Loris Capirossi
had to sit up.
1608
01:18:43,995 --> 01:18:46,100
We can see the accident
from our commentary box
1609
01:18:46,135 --> 01:18:47,861
and there you see it
on screen.
1610
01:18:47,895 --> 01:18:49,379
He's gonna be put
on the stretcher.
1611
01:18:49,414 --> 01:18:51,140
The yellow flag's
obviously being waved.
1612
01:18:52,417 --> 01:18:54,799
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING JAPANESE
OVER SPEAKERS]
1613
01:18:59,113 --> 01:19:01,046
McCOY: So I started to brake
and tried to get it back
1614
01:19:01,081 --> 01:19:02,910
and the back had lifted up.
1615
01:19:02,945 --> 01:19:04,153
The wind must have
pushed it around.
1616
01:19:04,187 --> 01:19:06,845
I saw the dirt come.
1617
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:09,192
Well, he's a determined
old fellow. Yes, he is.
1618
01:19:11,194 --> 01:19:13,024
Very determined.
1619
01:19:13,058 --> 01:19:15,958
I mean, the thing is,
you don't want him to
hurt himself any more.
1620
01:19:35,287 --> 01:19:36,910
VALENTINO:
This pole position is, uh,
1621
01:19:36,944 --> 01:19:40,568
more important
for me than normal,
1622
01:19:40,603 --> 01:19:43,779
because it arrives
after two crashes
1623
01:19:43,813 --> 01:19:45,953
and I'm very happy.
1624
01:19:45,988 --> 01:19:47,783
DEBBIE IRVINE:
He was really on it.
1625
01:19:47,817 --> 01:19:50,958
He would have been
maybe a second off pole
1626
01:19:50,993 --> 01:19:52,753
had it all come together.
1627
01:19:58,759 --> 01:20:00,726
Then on the last section
1628
01:20:00,761 --> 01:20:04,800
where he crashed yesterday,
he lost it all.
1629
01:20:07,009 --> 01:20:08,493
[RAIN PATTERING]
1630
01:20:19,159 --> 01:20:20,367
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]
1631
01:20:33,069 --> 01:20:34,622
VALENTINO: This time
when I wake up,
1632
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:37,108
I say, "Fuck."
1633
01:20:37,142 --> 01:20:39,800
MAMOLA: I was petrified
of the rain.
1634
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:42,734
I used to look in the top
of my motorhome
that had a sunroof
1635
01:20:42,768 --> 01:20:45,530
and I used to pray
that it wouldn't rain.
1636
01:20:45,564 --> 01:20:46,772
SCHWANTZ:
I used to love the rain,
1637
01:20:46,807 --> 01:20:49,085
because I felt like
it made my motorcycle
1638
01:20:49,120 --> 01:20:51,087
exactly the same
as everybody else's,
1639
01:20:51,122 --> 01:20:54,194
and at that point,
it turned into
a rider-to-rider battle.
1640
01:20:54,228 --> 01:20:56,161
[ENGINES ROARING]
1641
01:21:30,816 --> 01:21:32,680
CROSSMAN: I just told him
to stay on the bike.
1642
01:21:32,715 --> 01:21:35,580
He'd done it a million times.
There's no reason to worry.
1643
01:21:38,307 --> 01:21:39,964
JOHN: I really just
got ahead of myself.
1644
01:21:39,998 --> 01:21:42,690
Ran it wide and then
it was so slick that
1645
01:21:42,725 --> 01:21:45,555
I expected to, you know,
keep it up and it just
went out from under me.
1646
01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:57,809
McCOY: I couldn't get
the right position
with my leg.
1647
01:21:57,843 --> 01:21:59,052
The movement in the ankle
1648
01:21:59,086 --> 01:22:02,296
just didn't seem
to be there, really.
1649
01:22:04,126 --> 01:22:07,129
One of the screws
for the pin in my leg
seemed to be coming out.
1650
01:22:07,163 --> 01:22:08,647
In the end,
it was really painful.
1651
01:22:08,682 --> 01:22:10,132
I had to cut a hole
in my boot
1652
01:22:10,166 --> 01:22:13,066
so that the screw could
stick through it
a little bit,
1653
01:22:13,100 --> 01:22:14,930
uh, just to take
that pressure off.
1654
01:22:21,005 --> 01:22:23,110
I make, uh, websites.
1655
01:22:23,145 --> 01:22:25,319
-I am, too.
-Oh, yeah?
1656
01:22:27,770 --> 01:22:29,737
My hobby, uh, motorcycle.
1657
01:22:31,808 --> 01:22:33,949
This week... [SOBS]
1658
01:22:33,983 --> 01:22:38,194
This weekend's a very,
very wonderful time
in my life.
1659
01:22:38,677 --> 01:22:40,058
[SOBBING]
1660
01:22:46,133 --> 01:22:49,171
I want to see you again.
1661
01:22:49,205 --> 01:22:52,346
You... you... [SOBS]
1662
01:22:52,381 --> 01:22:53,761
Thank you.
1663
01:22:57,627 --> 01:22:59,181
-Take it easy.
Go watch the race.
-Yeah.
1664
01:23:07,948 --> 01:23:08,984
Thank you.
1665
01:23:16,577 --> 01:23:17,993
JOHN:
I was charging too hard.
1666
01:23:18,027 --> 01:23:20,547
Went in a little wide
and cut the front.
1667
01:23:20,581 --> 01:23:23,999
Bike was still able to go
so I just brought it back
into the pit.
1668
01:23:24,033 --> 01:23:26,553
First time, he just got
straight back on the bike.
1669
01:23:26,587 --> 01:23:28,934
And the second time
he came in,
we changed the fairing.
1670
01:23:28,969 --> 01:23:30,350
He'd lost his foot peg.
1671
01:23:30,384 --> 01:23:32,145
And the gear changer
was loose.
1672
01:23:32,179 --> 01:23:35,113
We replaced
a couple of brackets
while we were at it.
1673
01:23:35,148 --> 01:23:36,321
And then he went out.
1674
01:24:00,035 --> 01:24:02,175
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING JAPANESE
OVER PA]
1675
01:24:03,521 --> 01:24:05,281
[ENGINE ROARING]
1676
01:24:11,391 --> 01:24:14,670
Enough other people fell off
that he finished in 12th place.
1677
01:24:14,704 --> 01:24:16,016
CLIFFORD:
Well, it was different.
1678
01:24:16,051 --> 01:24:18,467
It was an exciting way
to start a Grand Prix career.
1679
01:24:18,501 --> 01:24:20,572
I would imagine he isn't
gonna continue like that.
1680
01:24:20,607 --> 01:24:23,782
-What have you done
to the motorbike?
-[JOHN LAUGHS]
1681
01:24:23,817 --> 01:24:26,958
IRVINE: I can't remember
anybody coming in
and having repairs done
1682
01:24:26,992 --> 01:24:29,374
and going out
and managing to finish
so well.
1683
01:24:29,409 --> 01:24:32,274
So, it didn't go as planned.
1684
01:24:32,308 --> 01:24:34,138
My first GP,
I'm really happy about it.
1685
01:24:34,172 --> 01:24:37,382
Two crashes
and finishes in the points,
that's a pretty good job.
1686
01:24:37,417 --> 01:24:39,281
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
1687
01:24:40,972 --> 01:24:42,698
[LAUGHTER]
1688
01:24:42,732 --> 01:24:44,493
I promised
I'd bring it home today,
1689
01:24:44,527 --> 01:24:46,081
so I guess
I gotta bring it home.
1690
01:24:54,158 --> 01:24:58,127
LINDA: The race
was red-flagged on the 21st
of 28 laps due to rain.
1691
01:24:58,162 --> 01:24:59,577
John Hopkins, 11th place,
1692
01:24:59,611 --> 01:25:04,513
World Championship
classification,
15th, 14 points.
1693
01:25:04,547 --> 01:25:06,687
I've never been away
from him this long and,
1694
01:25:06,722 --> 01:25:08,724
you know,
and I worry about him.
1695
01:25:08,758 --> 01:25:11,002
He called me
at six o'clock this morning,
1696
01:25:11,036 --> 01:25:13,591
probably about
15 minutes after the race.
1697
01:25:13,625 --> 01:25:15,386
So, that was good.
He was all happy.
1698
01:25:19,528 --> 01:25:22,531
LINDA: I'm gonna fly to Italy
on the 29th of May
1699
01:25:22,565 --> 01:25:24,153
to go to Mugello.
1700
01:25:24,188 --> 01:25:26,121
I've never seen him
race one of these bikes.
1701
01:25:31,022 --> 01:25:32,713
McGREGOR:
The Italian Grand Prix
in Mugello
1702
01:25:32,748 --> 01:25:34,715
is the fifth race
of the season.
1703
01:25:34,750 --> 01:25:37,097
From Suzuka, the teams
moved on to South Africa,
1704
01:25:37,132 --> 01:25:39,237
Spain and France.
1705
01:25:39,272 --> 01:25:40,514
After four races,
1706
01:25:40,549 --> 01:25:42,482
Valentino Rossi
has three victories
1707
01:25:42,516 --> 01:25:44,173
and one second place.
1708
01:25:44,208 --> 01:25:46,555
Max Biaggi has finished
only two races,
1709
01:25:46,589 --> 01:25:50,041
taking ninth in Spain
and third in France.
1710
01:25:50,075 --> 01:25:52,354
John Hopkins has scored points in every race,
1711
01:25:52,388 --> 01:25:55,115
with 11th
his best result so far.
1712
01:25:55,150 --> 01:25:56,910
As for Garry McCoy...
1713
01:25:56,944 --> 01:25:59,430
The real disaster
is the fact that Garry's leg,
1714
01:25:59,464 --> 01:26:01,673
instead of getting better,
actually got worse.
1715
01:26:01,708 --> 01:26:05,194
Not only had the accident
in Estoril broken his leg,
1716
01:26:05,229 --> 01:26:08,335
but it also shocked
an old ankle injury
1717
01:26:08,370 --> 01:26:11,131
and that caused bone spurs
to grow.
1718
01:26:11,166 --> 01:26:12,477
He had another operation
1719
01:26:12,512 --> 01:26:15,515
to clean out
the misplaced bits of bone
1720
01:26:15,549 --> 01:26:18,690
and is now left with
a six-to-eight-week recovery
1721
01:26:18,725 --> 01:26:19,898
following that operation,
1722
01:26:19,933 --> 01:26:22,038
which was done
just 11 days ago.
1723
01:26:22,073 --> 01:26:23,695
It's really feeling
quite good,
1724
01:26:23,730 --> 01:26:27,285
but, you know,
I think the Championship's over
for us this year.
1725
01:26:28,148 --> 01:26:29,874
[MOTOR SPUTTERING]
1726
01:26:32,946 --> 01:26:34,879
[ZOOMING]
1727
01:26:34,913 --> 01:26:38,020
MAN 1: Rossi!
MAN 2: Biaggi!
1728
01:26:40,091 --> 01:26:42,335
MAN 3: Rossi!
MAN 4: Biaggi!
1729
01:26:42,369 --> 01:26:44,958
MAN 4: Rossi!
MAN 5: Biaggi!
1730
01:27:05,875 --> 01:27:08,361
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
1731
01:27:08,395 --> 01:27:11,743
VALENTINO: Impossible.
Especially in Italy.
1732
01:27:11,778 --> 01:27:14,953
Is, uh,
impossible from '97.
1733
01:27:16,161 --> 01:27:17,887
[CHUCKLES] Different life.
1734
01:27:17,922 --> 01:27:20,062
Have, uh,
good point and bad point.
1735
01:27:20,096 --> 01:27:22,892
When you go to some place,
"Ah, Valentino, I like you.
1736
01:27:22,927 --> 01:27:24,687
"I see the races.
1737
01:27:24,722 --> 01:27:26,551
"You are the best.
You are the number one."
1738
01:27:26,586 --> 01:27:29,416
And it's okay.
One day, two days is okay,
1739
01:27:29,451 --> 01:27:32,868
but after,
it starts to become...
1740
01:27:32,902 --> 01:27:34,214
starts to become work.
1741
01:27:35,284 --> 01:27:36,458
McGREGOR: At Mugello,
1742
01:27:36,492 --> 01:27:39,288
Yamaha has a new chassis
for Biaggi's bike.
1743
01:27:39,323 --> 01:27:41,946
He's immediately faster
than he's been all year.
1744
01:27:42,774 --> 01:27:43,948
And so without the benefit
1745
01:27:43,982 --> 01:27:46,847
of any new parts for his bike, is John Hopkins.
1746
01:28:04,969 --> 01:28:06,764
JOHN: She gets
a little scared sometimes
1747
01:28:06,798 --> 01:28:08,421
when she's
in the stands at races.
1748
01:28:08,455 --> 01:28:10,975
She has to watch
with her eyes shut,
I guess you could say.
1749
01:28:11,009 --> 01:28:12,425
LINDA: I kind of watch him
on the straightaways.
1750
01:28:12,459 --> 01:28:14,737
I don't like it
when he's leaning over
all that way
1751
01:28:14,772 --> 01:28:16,394
and he's sliding around.
1752
01:28:18,914 --> 01:28:21,813
We've had two bikes
top 200 miles an hour today
1753
01:28:21,848 --> 01:28:23,677
at that spot
just up there.
1754
01:28:23,712 --> 01:28:24,885
That's quite a landmark.
1755
01:28:24,920 --> 01:28:26,749
Here's a bit of a thing.
1756
01:28:26,784 --> 01:28:30,235
Yamaha technicians have been
on the outside ofthe final corner this afternoon.
1757
01:28:30,270 --> 01:28:33,066
The quickest man exit speed
at the final corner
this afternoon
1758
01:28:33,100 --> 01:28:36,759
is the Honda V5 of Tohru Ukawa, 235 kilometers an hour.
1759
01:28:36,794 --> 01:28:40,729
Second quickest, Max Biaggi,
Marlboro Yamaha four-stroke,
1760
01:28:40,763 --> 01:28:43,939
232 kilometers an hour,
three K's less.
1761
01:28:43,973 --> 01:28:46,459
Quickest two-stroke,
John Hopkins.
1762
01:28:46,493 --> 01:28:48,288
[CLAPPING HANDS]
Bang, bang, bang.
1763
01:28:48,323 --> 01:28:50,117
227 clicks all day.
1764
01:28:53,258 --> 01:28:54,536
DOOHAN: Amazing.
1765
01:28:54,570 --> 01:28:56,710
In reality, this year
he shouldn't really be judged.
1766
01:28:56,745 --> 01:28:59,817
He should
just be let to ride,
no pressure.
1767
01:28:59,851 --> 01:29:02,337
But already he's impressing
a lot of people.
1768
01:29:02,371 --> 01:29:05,063
VALENTINO: For me,
John Hopkins is a talent.
1769
01:29:05,098 --> 01:29:07,169
He's good. Fast.
1770
01:29:07,203 --> 01:29:11,138
First year with the 500
is not easy for anybody.
1771
01:29:11,173 --> 01:29:13,037
JOHN: Everything's starting
to come together.
1772
01:29:13,071 --> 01:29:16,454
I'm actually really starting
to find my strong point
towards the other riders
1773
01:29:16,489 --> 01:29:17,662
and that's under braking.
1774
01:29:17,697 --> 01:29:19,871
I'm finding myself
a real late braker.
1775
01:29:19,906 --> 01:29:22,633
Plus, this is the first track
that we went to in the series
1776
01:29:22,667 --> 01:29:25,394
that I've actually had time on
before we came here.
1777
01:29:25,429 --> 01:29:27,120
That does help,
knowing where you're going.
1778
01:29:28,501 --> 01:29:30,019
McGREGOR: In Friday qualifying,
1779
01:29:30,054 --> 01:29:33,264
Hopkins is seventh fastest
in only his fifth Grand Prix.
1780
01:29:34,576 --> 01:29:37,061
The fairy tale
ends on Saturday.
1781
01:29:37,095 --> 01:29:39,063
He runs out of road
in final qualifying
1782
01:29:39,097 --> 01:29:42,100
while his rivals
find more speed.
1783
01:29:42,135 --> 01:29:45,103
At the end of the session,
he's down in 13th place.
1784
01:29:46,311 --> 01:29:48,348
And then he gets a bad start.
1785
01:29:48,383 --> 01:29:50,177
[ENGINES ROARING]
1786
01:30:00,464 --> 01:30:02,638
-[MOTORBIKES ZOOMING]
-[CROWD CHEERING]
1787
01:30:10,197 --> 01:30:11,716
Seventeenth.
1788
01:30:11,751 --> 01:30:13,028
McGREGOR: Up at the front,
1789
01:30:13,062 --> 01:30:15,271
it looks like Biaggi's
in the mood for a race.
1790
01:30:17,929 --> 01:30:20,173
I think it's a rivalry
that's good for the sport.
1791
01:30:21,381 --> 01:30:23,452
Biaggi really needs
to step up
1792
01:30:23,487 --> 01:30:25,489
to make it continue
to be a rivalry,
1793
01:30:25,523 --> 01:30:29,251
because Rossi's got his name
and his number, his address,
1794
01:30:29,285 --> 01:30:31,736
car license plate.
1795
01:30:31,771 --> 01:30:33,566
He doesn't just have
his number on the racetrack,
1796
01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:36,707
he's got him beat
in all different categories.
1797
01:30:36,741 --> 01:30:39,468
Watching Rossi, yeah,
he follows, follows, follows.
1798
01:30:39,503 --> 01:30:42,160
Four or five laps from the end, he goes. He checks out.
1799
01:30:44,749 --> 01:30:46,475
I don't think that's gonna
be the case forever.
1800
01:30:46,510 --> 01:30:49,478
It's just,
I think Honda happens to have
1801
01:30:49,513 --> 01:30:51,929
a little bit better motorcycle than most right now,
1802
01:30:51,963 --> 01:30:53,655
and they've got
the best rider.
1803
01:30:56,209 --> 01:30:57,762
[CHEERING]
1804
01:31:01,904 --> 01:31:03,354
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
1805
01:31:07,979 --> 01:31:10,672
Ahh, I'm so proud of you.
1806
01:31:11,707 --> 01:31:13,640
JOHN: All in all,
it went really good.
1807
01:31:13,675 --> 01:31:14,952
Got a 12th.
1808
01:31:14,986 --> 01:31:16,919
So can't be,
uh, disappointed with that.
1809
01:31:16,954 --> 01:31:18,507
I was aiming
for the top ten.
1810
01:31:18,542 --> 01:31:20,026
INTERVIEWER:
What about Catalunya?
You've tested there.
1811
01:31:20,060 --> 01:31:21,476
JOHN: Yeah,
I like that track.
1812
01:31:21,510 --> 01:31:24,340
So, yeah, I really look forward
to going there and racing.
1813
01:31:35,351 --> 01:31:38,389
JOHN: The lady, well,
that symbolizes
the trophy girl.
1814
01:31:38,423 --> 01:31:40,874
You win a race,
there's the trophy girl.
1815
01:31:40,909 --> 01:31:42,876
You got the checkered flag.
1816
01:31:42,911 --> 01:31:44,740
You want to get
to the checkered flag first.
1817
01:31:44,775 --> 01:31:46,501
She's holding
the American flag.
1818
01:31:46,535 --> 01:31:48,710
Born in America.
I'm an American citizen.
1819
01:31:48,744 --> 01:31:51,367
The British Union Jack,
as her dress,
1820
01:31:51,402 --> 01:31:54,129
symbolizes my whole family's
from England.
1821
01:31:54,163 --> 01:31:56,200
I was the only one born
in the U.S.
1822
01:32:01,550 --> 01:32:03,483
[ENGINE REVVING]
1823
01:32:14,598 --> 01:32:16,531
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
1824
01:32:22,398 --> 01:32:24,331
MARK NEALE: Valentino,
is it your first time here?
1825
01:32:24,366 --> 01:32:26,126
-Yeah, uh, in this track? Yes.
-NEALE: Yeah.
1826
01:32:27,334 --> 01:32:29,405
Do you think they'll invite you to come again?
1827
01:32:30,406 --> 01:32:31,994
[CAR CRASHING]
1828
01:32:33,306 --> 01:32:36,274
For sure, no. [LAUGHS]
The first and the last.
1829
01:32:42,487 --> 01:32:45,318
No problem with the crashed car.What crashed car?
1830
01:32:47,009 --> 01:32:49,046
VALENTINO: This is my sport
and my first passion,
1831
01:32:49,080 --> 01:32:50,461
to ride the bike.
1832
01:32:50,495 --> 01:32:53,326
But to drive rally car is...
I like very much.
1833
01:32:53,360 --> 01:32:55,604
Maybe in the future
is possible we change.
1834
01:32:55,639 --> 01:32:58,296
Now I go quite fast.
1835
01:32:58,331 --> 01:33:00,160
So if I stay at this level
1836
01:33:00,195 --> 01:33:03,681
for another
two or three years, is okay.
We stay.
1837
01:33:03,716 --> 01:33:05,476
[AIR HORNS BLOWING]
1838
01:33:11,378 --> 01:33:13,139
McGREGOR: At the IRTA test
in March,
1839
01:33:13,173 --> 01:33:17,695
Hopkins' best lap
at the Catalunya circuit
was one minute, 46.4.
1840
01:33:17,730 --> 01:33:20,767
Over one-and-a-half seconds
slower than Rossi.
1841
01:33:20,802 --> 01:33:23,252
Since then, his bike
hasn't got any quicker.
1842
01:33:23,287 --> 01:33:27,532
But as he shows
in the final minutes
of qualifying, he has.
1843
01:33:27,567 --> 01:33:28,948
JOHN: I knew
it was a really good lap,
1844
01:33:28,982 --> 01:33:30,846
and you see
the big screen over here,
1845
01:33:30,881 --> 01:33:33,504
and the big thing
with all the timetables
and I got around, you know,
1846
01:33:33,538 --> 01:33:38,854
three-quarters of the lap
and I see 21 on top and wow.
1847
01:33:38,889 --> 01:33:41,754
So, yeah. I'm pretty happy.
1848
01:33:41,788 --> 01:33:44,135
CROSSMAN: My heart
just stopped.
1849
01:33:44,170 --> 01:33:46,655
I was, like,
jumping up and down.
Tears were coming out.
1850
01:33:46,690 --> 01:33:49,520
Oh, man. I didn't think
he would do it that fast.
1851
01:33:49,554 --> 01:33:53,697
McGREGOR:
For a few glorious moments,
Hopkins is number one.
1852
01:33:53,731 --> 01:33:57,079
Unfortunately, there are still three minutes of qualifying
to go.
1853
01:33:57,114 --> 01:34:00,358
And in that time,
he's bumped down to sixth.
1854
01:34:00,393 --> 01:34:02,602
No matter.
He's made his mark.
1855
01:34:05,053 --> 01:34:06,295
[ENGINES REVVING]
1856
01:34:12,129 --> 01:34:15,511
He took tenth in the race.
His first top ten finish.
1857
01:34:16,409 --> 01:34:17,721
Valentino Rossi won,
1858
01:34:17,755 --> 01:34:20,068
as he did two weeks later
at the Dutch Grand Prix,
1859
01:34:20,102 --> 01:34:22,691
where Hopkins
finished seventh.
1860
01:34:22,726 --> 01:34:24,693
Then, in qualifying
for the German Grand Prix,
1861
01:34:24,728 --> 01:34:27,558
Hopkins fell at high speed
and broke a bone in his hand.
1862
01:34:28,317 --> 01:34:29,940
He missed the race,
1863
01:34:29,974 --> 01:34:32,149
but was back on the bike
a month later
in the Czech Republic.
1864
01:34:34,841 --> 01:34:39,052
Valentino Rossi went on
to win 11 Grand Prix
and the Championship.
1865
01:34:39,087 --> 01:34:41,537
Max Biaggi challenged him
only occasionally,
1866
01:34:41,572 --> 01:34:44,540
winning two races and finishing a distant second overall.
1867
01:34:45,921 --> 01:34:47,923
John Hopkins completed
his rookie season
1868
01:34:47,958 --> 01:34:49,684
in 15th place,
1869
01:34:49,718 --> 01:34:53,342
scoring points in 12
of the 16 races.
1870
01:34:53,377 --> 01:34:56,345
The last line
of 500cc two-stroke history
1871
01:34:56,380 --> 01:34:58,451
was written by Garry McCoy.
1872
01:34:58,485 --> 01:35:01,281
Back to full fitness
at the final race
in Valencia,
1873
01:35:01,316 --> 01:35:03,076
he put a two-stroke
in the front row
1874
01:35:03,111 --> 01:35:06,114
of a MotoGP grid
for the last time.
1875
01:35:06,148 --> 01:35:08,841
In 2003,
as Barry Sheene predicted,
1876
01:35:08,875 --> 01:35:10,497
there will be
no more two-strokes.
1877
01:35:10,532 --> 01:35:13,915
McCoy, like everyone else,
will be on a four-stroke.
1878
01:35:13,949 --> 01:35:16,745
McCoy crashed out of
the Valencia race
without injury
1879
01:35:16,780 --> 01:35:18,436
and victory
went to Alex Barros,
1880
01:35:18,471 --> 01:35:20,024
who was given
a Honda like Rossi's
1881
01:35:20,059 --> 01:35:21,957
for the last four Grand Prix.
1882
01:35:21,992 --> 01:35:24,511
He won two of them,
leading some to ask,
1883
01:35:24,546 --> 01:35:27,583
"What would have happened
if he had started the season
on a four-stroke?"
1884
01:35:30,517 --> 01:35:33,728
A week after
the last Grand Prix
in early November,
1885
01:35:33,762 --> 01:35:36,696
the teams are out testing
for next season.
1886
01:35:36,731 --> 01:35:39,285
The race never ends.
1887
01:35:39,319 --> 01:35:40,769
But for every rider,
there comes a day
1888
01:35:40,804 --> 01:35:43,634
when he must face the fact that he can no longer do this.
1889
01:35:44,290 --> 01:35:45,947
What happens then?
1890
01:35:47,120 --> 01:35:48,846
RAINEY: It's 100 degrees.
1891
01:35:48,881 --> 01:35:51,642
It's the 29th of July, '02,
1892
01:35:51,676 --> 01:35:55,128
I'm out here playing
in my kart. [CHUCKLES]
1893
01:35:55,163 --> 01:35:56,267
With Eddie.
1894
01:35:56,302 --> 01:35:57,752
I think we're in hell.
1895
01:35:57,786 --> 01:36:02,032
No, we're at Willow Springs and, uh, what is it, 100, 105?
1896
01:36:02,066 --> 01:36:04,275
And, uh, I'm very hot.
1897
01:36:04,310 --> 01:36:06,726
I got into karting, kind of, right after I retired.
1898
01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:09,349
Ricky Johnson,
a motocross rider,
friend of mine,
1899
01:36:09,384 --> 01:36:10,557
he had one,
1900
01:36:10,592 --> 01:36:12,697
and I got out there
and it's just awesome.
1901
01:36:12,732 --> 01:36:14,561
And then Wayne got hurt
and I thought, well,
1902
01:36:14,596 --> 01:36:16,046
this would be kind of
a neat thing for him.
1903
01:36:16,080 --> 01:36:18,082
We could put hand controls
and get him to try it.
1904
01:36:18,117 --> 01:36:19,221
RAINEY: I thought,
"Are you kidding?
1905
01:36:19,256 --> 01:36:20,498
"I can't put
a helmet back on
1906
01:36:20,533 --> 01:36:21,914
"and go out there
and drive a kart and..."
1907
01:36:21,948 --> 01:36:23,743
"Aw, come on.
Come on. Come on."
1908
01:36:23,778 --> 01:36:26,504
So I finally went out there
and drove and I went,
"Wow, this is fun."
1909
01:36:26,539 --> 01:36:28,023
The next thing I know,
he's out there racing.
1910
01:36:28,058 --> 01:36:29,404
Now I'm out there
chasing him.
1911
01:36:30,750 --> 01:36:33,235
BOY: He's smoking them, Rex.
1912
01:36:33,270 --> 01:36:35,134
REX: Uncle Wayne's
smoking everybody.
1913
01:36:38,758 --> 01:36:41,726
After my accident,
I ran the team, had the team.
1914
01:36:41,761 --> 01:36:43,245
ROBERTS: I know
it was tough for him
1915
01:36:43,280 --> 01:36:45,351
to actually give up racing.
1916
01:36:45,385 --> 01:36:46,731
I reached a level
where I said,
1917
01:36:46,766 --> 01:36:48,803
"I don't want
to do this anymore."
1918
01:36:48,837 --> 01:36:50,459
He never reached that level.
1919
01:36:50,494 --> 01:36:54,084
And tragically, the accident
was before he was
at that level.
1920
01:36:54,118 --> 01:36:56,500
[DR. COSTA SPEAKING ITALIAN]
1921
01:37:13,724 --> 01:37:15,312
SCOTT: He's been released
from his demons.
1922
01:37:15,346 --> 01:37:16,796
They're demons
that drive these people.
1923
01:37:16,831 --> 01:37:19,350
Now he will look back
on his obsession
1924
01:37:19,385 --> 01:37:21,697
and find it
as hard to understand
1925
01:37:21,732 --> 01:37:22,871
as I did at the time,
1926
01:37:22,906 --> 01:37:24,597
or normal people
did at the time.
1927
01:37:25,322 --> 01:37:29,119
[MAN SPEAKING ITALIAN]
1928
01:37:40,475 --> 01:37:42,442
In '95, in the rain,
at Suzuka,
1929
01:37:42,477 --> 01:37:44,479
I rode around that entire race looking at stuff
1930
01:37:44,513 --> 01:37:46,861
that I had never seen
at Suzuka before.
1931
01:37:46,895 --> 01:37:48,793
Guardrails in certain spots
and, like,
1932
01:37:48,828 --> 01:37:51,935
"Whoa, man,
I'm slowing down."
1933
01:37:51,969 --> 01:37:54,040
And then,
the flight home from Japan,
1934
01:37:54,075 --> 01:37:55,939
Wayne Rainey sitting me down
1935
01:37:55,973 --> 01:37:57,699
and saying,
"Kevin," he goes,
1936
01:37:57,733 --> 01:37:59,252
"you look like
you're not having fun."
1937
01:37:59,287 --> 01:38:01,151
He goes,
"You're supposed to be having a good time out there."
1938
01:38:01,185 --> 01:38:02,497
And he goes,
"And if you're not,"
1939
01:38:02,531 --> 01:38:03,878
he goes, "you need to stop."
1940
01:38:03,912 --> 01:38:05,500
I was pretty worn out
1941
01:38:05,534 --> 01:38:07,674
and I didn't have
the motivation
of Rainey being out there.
1942
01:38:07,709 --> 01:38:10,919
I think there were just
too many cards in line
1943
01:38:10,954 --> 01:38:12,231
for me to say,
1944
01:38:12,265 --> 01:38:14,578
"You know,
it's time for me to go."
1945
01:38:17,098 --> 01:38:18,685
DOOHAN: Pushing the machine
and yourself.
1946
01:38:18,720 --> 01:38:20,756
Seeing how much
you can get away with.
1947
01:38:20,791 --> 01:38:24,277
That was what it was with me
and not to say I'm mad,
1948
01:38:24,312 --> 01:38:26,486
but, you see,
I was enjoying racing.
1949
01:38:26,521 --> 01:38:28,109
I love motorcycles.
1950
01:38:28,143 --> 01:38:30,111
Winning was great,
but it was a bonus.
1951
01:38:30,145 --> 01:38:33,217
I just wanted to see
how much I could actually
get out of myself,
1952
01:38:33,252 --> 01:38:35,116
and how much I could
get out of the motorcycle
1953
01:38:35,150 --> 01:38:37,325
and how long
I could continue to win for.
1954
01:38:38,395 --> 01:38:40,569
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
1955
01:38:41,985 --> 01:38:44,263
[ENGINE ROARING]
1956
01:38:44,297 --> 01:38:46,299
LINDA: They say,
"Why do you let
your son do that?
1957
01:38:46,334 --> 01:38:48,370
"He's gonna kill himself."
1958
01:38:48,405 --> 01:38:51,718
It's given him meaning.
It's his life.
1959
01:38:51,753 --> 01:38:54,894
It's something
he believes in.
1960
01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:56,033
JOHN: There's moments on a bike
1961
01:38:56,068 --> 01:38:58,173
when everything
just comes together.
1962
01:38:58,208 --> 01:39:00,141
You connect
with the bike completely
1963
01:39:00,175 --> 01:39:01,970
and just,
the track, everything flows.
1964
01:39:02,005 --> 01:39:06,423
I mean, you could ride
10 to 40 laps
1965
01:39:06,457 --> 01:39:08,287
and just hit
the same mark every time.
1966
01:39:08,321 --> 01:39:12,084
'Cause when it's on, it's on
and it's the greatest feeling.
1967
01:39:16,053 --> 01:39:17,399
[SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING]
1968
01:39:55,368 --> 01:39:57,163
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
1969
01:40:06,552 --> 01:40:08,140
I've been on crutches
twice in my life.
1970
01:40:08,174 --> 01:40:10,728
Once when I was 13,
racing a bike.
1971
01:40:10,763 --> 01:40:12,592
And once when I was 40.
1972
01:40:12,627 --> 01:40:15,906
Near my home and Kenny Roberts'
house in Spain.
1973
01:40:15,940 --> 01:40:18,943
I was run off the road
by a truck,
1974
01:40:18,978 --> 01:40:20,221
and my foot hit a post
1975
01:40:20,255 --> 01:40:22,706
and I spent 35 days
in the hospital
1976
01:40:22,740 --> 01:40:25,674
and had a four hour operation
1977
01:40:25,709 --> 01:40:27,711
and had to wear
an external fixator,
1978
01:40:27,745 --> 01:40:30,438
where pins are
coming out of your leg
and all that kind of stuff.
1979
01:40:30,472 --> 01:40:31,853
It was kind of ironic that
1980
01:40:31,887 --> 01:40:34,752
[CHUCKLES]
I go through 28 years
of my life racing,
1981
01:40:34,787 --> 01:40:36,651
and then on a scooter
1982
01:40:36,685 --> 01:40:39,550
I get pushed off the road
and have an accident.
1983
01:40:39,585 --> 01:40:43,313
My message to anybody
that rides on the road,
um, you know,
1984
01:40:43,347 --> 01:40:44,762
that has any kind of a desire
1985
01:40:44,797 --> 01:40:46,454
to go fast
around the corner
1986
01:40:46,488 --> 01:40:48,697
and maybe put their knee
on the ground
1987
01:40:48,732 --> 01:40:50,354
is don't do it
on the road.
1988
01:40:50,389 --> 01:40:52,080
The road is not a circuit.
1989
01:40:52,115 --> 01:40:54,496
Keep the speed down a bit
because you never know,
you know,
1990
01:40:54,531 --> 01:40:57,534
if there's a bit
of dirt or oil or whatever
on the street,
1991
01:40:57,568 --> 01:41:00,226
anything out there,
or a dog or whatever.
1992
01:41:00,261 --> 01:41:02,332
Wombat, kangaroo. [CHUCKLES]
1993
01:41:02,366 --> 01:41:03,712
Just go somewhere
1994
01:41:03,747 --> 01:41:07,268
and find a local track day
and go out and, you know,
1995
01:41:07,302 --> 01:41:08,648
do a couple
track days a year
1996
01:41:08,683 --> 01:41:11,341
and just take out
your aggression
on a racetrack,
1997
01:41:11,375 --> 01:41:14,378
where everybody's out there
doing the same thing.
1998
01:41:14,413 --> 01:41:17,140
Why risk your life
on the road?
1999
01:41:17,174 --> 01:41:19,935
Because it's more easy,
simple to go on the track
2000
01:41:19,970 --> 01:41:21,282
and be more safe.
2001
01:41:21,316 --> 01:41:27,253
Now the bike, it's possible,
you buy are fucking fast.
2002
01:41:27,288 --> 01:41:32,120
Suzuki have 150 horsepower
and Honda has 140.
2003
01:41:32,155 --> 01:41:33,156
And it's incredible.
2004
01:41:33,190 --> 01:41:35,675
I like to ride a bike
on the street.
2005
01:41:35,710 --> 01:41:39,576
I have a CBR
and I always ride,
but need to,
2006
01:41:39,610 --> 01:41:43,338
especially need to stay
every time concentrated
2007
01:41:43,373 --> 01:41:46,134
when you ride,
because it's dangerous.
2008
01:41:46,169 --> 01:41:47,791
It's dangerous,
not only you,
2009
01:41:47,825 --> 01:41:50,725
but all the fucking idiots
drive the car,
2010
01:41:51,484 --> 01:41:53,762
because they don't...
2011
01:41:55,143 --> 01:41:56,938
look at the bike.
2012
01:41:56,972 --> 01:41:58,146
Because with the car,
2013
01:41:58,181 --> 01:42:01,563
it's bigger than the bike,
so, no problem.
2014
01:42:01,598 --> 01:42:04,048
-I have a scooter...
-INTERVIEWER: Yeah.
2015
01:42:04,083 --> 01:42:07,155
-Two-fifty scooter,
big scooter. I enjoy, huh.
-[LAUGHS]
2016
01:42:07,190 --> 01:42:10,158
But, uh,
when I ride a scooter,
2017
01:42:10,193 --> 01:42:14,231
I wear always gloves
and helmet and a big jacket.
2018
01:42:14,266 --> 01:42:16,337
I think I'd find myself...
2019
01:42:18,718 --> 01:42:21,065
having some trouble
with authority
2020
01:42:21,100 --> 01:42:24,241
on a motorcycle
if I ever got
on the road, so...
2021
01:42:24,276 --> 01:42:26,485
I just choose not to.
2022
01:42:28,280 --> 01:42:32,836
But, uh, yeah,
the safety issue
plays a big, big part
2023
01:42:32,870 --> 01:42:36,150
in me choosing not to ride
on the street.
2024
01:42:36,184 --> 01:42:40,844
What would I say to guys
that want to go fast
on their own bikes? Um...
2025
01:42:40,878 --> 01:42:43,087
"Make sure
your medical insurance
is up to date."
2026
01:42:44,606 --> 01:42:45,918
INTERVIEWER:
Do you ride a bike?
2027
01:42:45,952 --> 01:42:47,920
No. It's far
too dangerous, isn't it?
2028
01:42:47,954 --> 01:42:49,818
[LAUGHING]
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