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2025 Motocross of Nations MXoN Ironman Raceway MXOpen Qualifying
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00:00Spain gate number two alongside RJ Hampshire, had those gates become available, that's what I want to know, both riders get squeezed to the inside, can they hold it nice and tight around the inside, that's going to be the question, well both of them beyond mid-pack, as Hunter Lawrence leads away, Bonacorsi 24 in second for Italy, as they hit that city bridge, and then we've got over on the far side is that 27, Valentin Guillaume for Switzerland.
00:30And then Liam Evers, for Belgium in the yellow and black and red, as they drop through the trees, Shojomoda, oh Jocho, just there for Japan, look in the red and white, behind Evers, so we've got Lawrence, Guillaume, Bonacorsi, Shimoda and Evers, fourth, fifth, Kulas, Jonas on the 30, Valada at 8th, remote 9th, and then we've got Dos Santos, is next,
00:56for Brazil, I think that would be, on the number 39.
01:03Sun is also going to be playing havoc now as well, like we've got the sun behind us here, but every time they launch back in the opposite direction, it's very, very low, this time of day, in the afternoon, almost 5 o'clock, 4.30 at the moment.
01:16So, Valentin Guillaume, no stranger to US soil this year, riding the outdoor series, of course, winning a few fans as well, I imagine, JT.
01:27Yeah, no question about it, I see Shimoda trying to move forward, this is the first time he's ever raced the 450 on American soil, hard to get used to that number 81, but he's looked really good so far today.
01:38Getting alongside Evers, they come into that double, triple section, neither of them committing through there, going to go either side of Bonacorsi here, if the Italian isn't careful, well, Evers gets squeezed to the inside,
01:50but Shimoda goes around the outside, picks off the Belgian, and tries to run him to the outside here, just to protect that pass that he almost made.
01:58Bonacorsi's still hanging on, though, in that third place, Shimoda on the Honda in fourth, going to get squeezed all day long there by the Italian,
02:06but it's Lawrence who leads by three seconds over Guillaume, Switzerland's second, Shimoda third, Evers fourth.
02:14Sorry, Bonacorsi third, Shimoda fourth, Evers fifth.
02:16And then, just behind them, Valana and Jonas Kules, Amshire, great recovery into ninth place for the number six, from a not fantastic start.
02:25Yeah, and I think this MX Open class allows that to happen, it's so much more difficult than an MXGP class, you have world champions, you have pro motocross champions,
02:33it's just a really tough ask to move forward from a tough start in MXGP, this MX Open is a little bit less critical, but for RJ, he's going to want to be up there in the top five battling,
02:42so he needs to continue to push forward.
02:44Japan, as it stands right now, would go through in 11th place, qualifiers.
02:51Quite the turnaround.
02:52Yeah, quite the turnaround.
02:53And they never qualified in 2022, when they lined up, in fact, they were 15th after the first two races, so pretty decent.
03:07But every pass is a point, and every point is vital in this event.
03:15Bonacorsi in blue for Italy, in third place, on the number 24, just stepping up onto the GoPro now, Shimoda around the outside of him.
03:23And for someone like Joe Shimoda, who lives in races out here, he's got his fans anyway, and because he's probably racing for Japan, he probably keeps those neutral fans as well, doesn't he?
03:32Well, yeah, and I like to think about it two different ways.
03:35In America these days, there are fans of Hayden Deegan, and there are fans of anyone that is beating Hayden Deegan.
03:41So Joe Shimoda falls into category number two.
03:44He's also an incredibly nice human being, which I think goes a long way for him.
03:49He doesn't understand English, though.
03:50Exactly, but he's really grown his fan base.
03:53He's become incredibly popular in the last year or so, and I truly think it's one, performance, but two, it's the way he handles himself.
04:00Yeah.
04:01He's a good kid, very mildly mannered, softly spoken, and just there just to get on with the job.
04:08Yeah, and he's always respectful.
04:10You know, he's just the, you know, just the anti-villain.
04:14He really is that guy, and I think a lot of it's Japanese culture.
04:18You know, it's very polite, very respectful, and Joe epitomizes that.
04:23See some riders, actually, when we have the close-ups there, with a clear goggle lens rather than a smoked or a tinted lens.
04:28Just because when you get the sun that starts to set nowadays, like this time of the year,
04:33that tinted lens, that dark lens creates almost like everything in front of you was a silhouette rather than that clarity that you need,
04:39especially when you're under the trees.
04:40Yeah, and this dark section with a tinted lens would be almost impossible to see us with the quick transition that they're going through right now.
04:48But of course, he under attack from Shimoda.
04:50Italy versus Japan.
04:51You heard RJ talking about the hard sections.
04:53This is one of the hardest sections on the racetrack.
04:55They virtually have no grip on top of no vision.
04:58It's really tricky back there.
05:00And then you jump back out into that brilliant sunshine again, and low sunlight at that.
05:04Guillaume still hanging on in second.
05:06Hunter Lawrence extended his lead.
05:08He's at the bottom of the corner of the screen, out of sight already.
05:10And as it stands right now, Australia with two wins, that is the ultimate lowest score in terms of qualification.
05:17A win for Jett, a win for Hunter that can drop the score of Kyle Webster, which was just a five-pointer.
05:23Yeah, I mean, that's been the worry for anybody trying to work out the math of how to beat Timo Shojai.
05:28Is if Hunter and Jett do what they've done throughout most of the year, they could seriously come into the final race with, you know, four or five points between the two of them.
05:37And then Kyle Webster has that one reasonable moto.
05:40And you put up a 10 number, no one's going to be able to touch that.
05:44We've seen throughout history, if you get anything close to a 10, forget it.
05:47So, of course, he impressed on his first Nations visit on a 450 when he was riding MX2 machines back in 2023.
05:59And, of course, he got pulled into MXGP after five or six rounds in 2024.
06:05He's had his first full season.
06:06Thought he'd made that pass on Guillaume.
06:08Guillaume snuck back up the inside and made that double over the finish line, hanging on to that second position.
06:13Great to see someone in the twilight years, Valentin Guillaume, still being able to compete in this level.
06:21Yeah, he's had a great summer here.
06:22You know, I think a lot of people are kind of wondering, how's this going to go?
06:25We'd really know nothing about him.
06:26Made it to SMX.
06:27Yep, just kept plugging away at it, kept putting in good results.
06:30And he found himself as a consistent top 10 guy at the end of the Pro Motocross Championship,
06:34which I think was one of the feel-good stories of 2025 here.
06:40I didn't realize, actually, when you're up there in the skybox,
06:43you get to see the back-end section of this as well.
06:45I've not been down there yet, but you see the start, you see the run, quite a lot of the track,
06:49and then you've got all of this wooded section that you can sort of, you know, keep an eye on what's going on there.
06:58Bonacorsi, mistake.
06:59Shimoda up the inside.
07:01The Japanese rider into third.
07:05Still got some work to do, though.
07:07The Italian on the Fantic.
07:09He'll try to come up short, will he?
07:10No, he'll take the long way around.
07:13Shimoda does make it stick.
07:17Nice little bit of riding that, but it was all helped by a mistake as well from the Italian.
07:21Yeah, and Joe had been working on that pass for quite a while, but we'll see a replay of that.
07:26RJ Hampshire.
07:27Finding his way past the number 30 of Paul's Jonas moves into seventh position.
07:38Yeah, this racetrack's tricky because you make a move to the inside, but then that turns into the outside.
07:43The next section, which is significantly slower, so you have to think several corners ahead when you're making a move here.
07:48Calvin Mulaneran here, number nine, going after the 24 of Bonacorsi.
07:53So the South African, sorry, the Dutch, the South African rider, but riding for the Netherlands, as he has done for the last few years.
07:59Number nine.
08:00No way through here on that Petri Yamaha, but it looks to try and go around the outside and generate a little bit of pace.
08:12Chooses not to go for the double, but still gets himself up the inside, got traffic to deal with, and that just halted his forward momentum, I think.
08:19But look how tight it is between Giyok, Shimoda, Bonacorsi, and Philanderan as they get at that turn and up towards turn one once again.
08:32Pass through the trees here, Shimoda, around the outside of Giyok, moves up in the second place.
08:39Impressive that from the Japanese.
08:41Yeah, Joe, steadily moving forward here.
08:43I don't think he'll have, you know, anything to close down on Hunter, but second place here would be a great finish and result on Saturday.
08:52Probably the best ever for Japan, I would say.
08:54And you've got to imagine he's riding a full factory Honda machine this weekend?
08:58Yeah.
08:58So what I was told, Philanderan ran the outside of Bonacorsi, picks up a position as well.
09:02That is Jet's spare bike.
09:05So Jet's racing his primary bike.
09:07They use Joe for the backup bike.
09:10So Jet won't have a second bike for this weekend.
09:13Worst case scenario, though, Jet and Hunter's bikes are very similar.
09:17So if they needed to change that, they could do it very quickly.
09:19Yeah, yeah.
09:21Apart from the last race.
09:23Great.
09:25Next GP in MX Open.
09:26Might be Team USA's only home.
09:28Yeah, yeah.
09:29Anyway, what do we got?
09:30Ten and a half minutes plus two laps to go.
09:33Hunter Lawrence leads away from Joe Shimoda by seven and a half seconds.
09:38That's a Giyok there, 27, just going out of sight for Switzerland.
09:41Still there in third.
09:41The rider in blue, Andrea Bonacorsi in fourth.
09:44Kevin Villanen just behind him for the Netherlands in fifth.
09:46Everts about another one and a half seconds further back in sixth place for Belgium.
09:51Then we've got RJ Hampshire another second further back.
09:53So RJ looking to find his way.
09:55Passpello, Hesvane rider, Everts, and pick up another point.
09:59That will put them on nine.
10:00But look at the transformation.
10:03The Netherlands going from 34th to fourth place with what would be a seven and a two, five points.
10:09But we still have that unknown factor of Glenn Koldenhoff, of course, whether he lines up tomorrow or not.
10:13But Australia on two points.
10:14Germany on sixth with their two and the fourth in their first race.
10:17Max Spee is down in 20th position at the moment.
10:19They can ditch that result.
10:21Belgium on third with seven points tied with the Netherlands.
10:27So Kevin Villanen could affect that if he makes another pass.
10:31And he looks to make that move on.
10:32That is a Gio here.
10:34Dropping into that first turn.
10:35And all of a sudden, Villanen now for the fourth place.
10:40Gio coming back, coming back.
10:41Yeah, see RJ has made the move now.
10:43And RJ has been looking ahead at this battle in front of him.
10:47RJ is not a rider that really gives up.
10:49He doesn't really relent until the checkered flag flies.
10:51So he's going to be pushing towards these guys.
10:53Even if we're in a safe position qualifying to Sunday, no problem.
10:56It's just RJ's style.
10:58He really doesn't ever really back off.
11:00So I would not be surprised to see him in the fight in the next lap or two.
11:04Kevin Villanen, Andrea Bonacorsi.
11:06Bonacorsi making it difficult for the number nine at the moment.
11:10And Gio still lurking in the background.
11:12As you say, Hampshire has found his way past Evertz into sixth position.
11:17Good drive that out of that turn for Kevin Villanen.
11:21Finds his way past Bonacorsi once again.
11:24Tried it on a couple occasions.
11:25This time he makes it stick.
11:26So this time Villanen up into third.
11:30Because Lawrence leads the way.
11:38Shimoda second.
11:39The Laundren now third.
11:48And RJ making light work.
11:49To Valentin Guillaume.
11:52Guillaume trying to get a tear off there.
11:53It's going to cost him a position.
11:56And again, still struggling.
11:57Still trying to get a tear off.
11:58An easy pass in the end then for the number six.
12:00As he moves into fifth position.
12:01And when we were talking to Will Hart during the first break between race one and race two.
12:15Talking about gate fixes.
12:16Well, anything is going to be better than 35 that we've had today.
12:18That's right, isn't it?
12:19That's how this works.
12:19Now that you've got the three scores on display here.
12:22An eight and a three.
12:23Sorry.
12:25What have we got?
12:26A three and a five.
12:27Eight points.
12:28As it stands right now.
12:30They're going to be somewhere fourth or fifth.
12:32Gate pick.
12:33Dirty positions better.
12:35Take a look at the start once more.
12:36Over on the left, inside gates.
12:43The number six, RJ Hampshire.
12:45He gets squeezed coming out of the turn.
12:46Him and Francesco Garcia.
12:49But Hunter Lawrence, as he has done all summer long.
12:52Quick to the foxhole shot line.
12:54He had Bonacorsi there.
12:55Everts to the inside.
12:57The 57 of Kulas.
13:02Look at the green there of Hunter Lawrence.
13:04It's a pretty familiar sight this summer.
13:08I like that banked first turn, though.
13:10Gives people options, doesn't it?
13:11Yeah, it's a really fair start.
13:13Now, is the middle gate as good as the very outside?
13:15No.
13:16But it's still possible to get a good start out there,
13:18which is really important for Team USA today.
13:23They're going to salvage a top ten overall here
13:25for what could have been horrific after the ballot.
13:30Hunter Lawrence said.
13:32Emulating Brother Jet,
13:33who was victorious in the MXGP race.
13:38There's a can of cam there, looking on.
13:42Australia, the defending champions, of course.
13:44On one hand, you've got the knowledge
13:47that you were the first team ever
13:48to win this event for Team Australia.
13:50Then you've got the pressure of going in
13:53with the one, two, three on the front of those motorcycles,
13:55having to defend with the same team
13:57that brought you the championship a year ago.
14:00But as we know, both these two guys,
14:03all summer long, have been one and two.
14:06Kyle Webster, another Australian title under his belt
14:09down there in Australia.
14:11And no handed dream that hampered him a little bit last year
14:16in terms of his preparation.
14:18And even his fifth place that has been scratched
14:20in favor of the two ones of the two Lawrence brothers,
14:24giving them the lowest score.
14:25So it's been a very positive start
14:29for the defending champions.
14:30Yeah, they have to feel good going into Sunday.
14:34I think they've both proven
14:35that they have the class of the field
14:36in each division.
14:37And then Kyle Webster was really the only wild card,
14:40even if you can call it that,
14:41he's the Australian champion.
14:42But to have a top five finish from them,
14:45that puts so much pressure on every other team
14:48to have a perfect Sunday, to even have a chance.
14:50Yeah.
14:51Just looking at the teams that are qualified,
14:5319th place, Venezuela there on 32,
14:56Canada on 33.
14:57And their first two races count,
14:59the 16th and the 17th, 33.
15:02They're 22nd at the moment in this race
15:05with the 45 of Tanner Ward.
15:08It's not going to count.
15:09So they are definitely going through to the B-finals.
15:11So too, Austria, Finland, Estonia, Israel, Morocco,
15:15Ireland in 29th place
15:16with their scores from race one and race three.
15:20So they're Imex, GP, and they're open-class riders,
15:24Stewie, Edmonds, and Martin Bart.
15:28But tomorrow will be a different day.
15:30All of those guys in the B-final line
15:32are all three riders per country.
15:35Maxi Bruneau going the long way round for France.
15:40Does he emerge?
15:41No, he doesn't.
15:43Vanenten Guillaume making him work extra hard for it.
15:46Privateer Yamaha versus factory Yamaha.
15:48Seen that quite a lot this year.
15:49Yeah.
15:51But this battle for 7th position
15:54as they sail over the jump in the middle of the circuit.
15:59Guillaume tries to muscle his way across the Frenchman,
16:03but in the end has to yield.
16:05Guillaume now down to 8th as Renault moves into 7th.
16:11Yeah, Renault's been, I think, a question mark.
16:13A lot of people are wondering,
16:14could he put in a performance
16:16that would give France a chance at a podium or better?
16:19Certainly did it in 2022,
16:21but I think he's going to have to have a little bit more pace
16:25than he does today.
16:25Certainly a better start,
16:26but he's capable.
16:28MX2 champion.
16:29Won the first GP of the season, 2025.
16:32Health seems to be the concern, though.
16:34Just looking at the time of day here,
16:36we've got 3 and a half minutes left.
16:38We're around just 1 quarter to 5 in the afternoon
16:40in terms of an American national.
16:42When you come here and race the Ironman in summer,
16:45what time of day are the second races done and dusted,
16:49whether it's 2.50 or 4.50?
16:50Yeah, so the final moto would take off at 4.00.
16:52Okay.
16:52And 4.45-ish.
16:54Okay.
16:55So, yeah, right around now.
16:57But you've got to think we're two months later in the calendar,
17:00right, so the sun's going to be much lower in the sky.
17:04RJ in red.
17:08Going after Bonacorsi.
17:10This for fourth place.
17:11So Bonacorsi on the 24 for Italy.
17:14RJ Hampshire on his Rockstar Energy Cusvana
17:17for Team USA.
17:18Number six.
17:19As Ryan Dungey said in the pre-
17:21Well, I tell you what,
17:21he's making it work, isn't he?
17:22Running it wide.
17:24RJ will be getting frustrated with that,
17:26but as Ryan Dungey said,
17:27you know,
17:28and also RJ having that knowledge of riding in cranks
17:30and understanding the format a couple of years ago,
17:33and then coming here
17:35with all of that under his belt,
17:37that expectation,
17:38that pressure has kind of gone in one respect,
17:39but now you're at home soil.
17:42RJ would liken it back to
17:44more like a family race for him,
17:46a lot of friends and family showing up for this race for him,
17:48but you've still got to go perform in front of the fence.
17:50Yeah.
17:51And RJ's not really the rider
17:53that you want to kind of play a game of chicken with.
17:55Yeah.
17:55He doesn't really respect risk
17:58the way that most people do,
18:00so...
18:02Bonacource is a big guy.
18:03It'd be hard to push out of the way,
18:04but RJ is not scared to get into that game.
18:08Yeah, he's got a head on him as well,
18:09as he's like a Rottweiler.
18:11But anyway,
18:11these two fighting over that fourth place at the moment.
18:15RJ with pretty much 90%,
18:17I would say,
18:1895% of the fans around his race circuit cheering for him.
18:22Just behind,
18:23you've got Liam Evertz.
18:25Hasn't gone away either in that sixth place.
18:29Those sand waves just chewed up.
18:31Gnarly.
18:32Bit of a stab in the turn there for Bonacource.
18:34Loses drive.
18:36RJ Hampshire,
18:37outside momentum,
18:38slips up the inside,
18:39away with Bonacource up the side of the track.
18:42Evertz will go through because he had nowhere to go.
18:45So loses two positions in the blink of an eye.
18:47Does Bonacource.
18:49You see him trying to muscle his way back past.
18:52Bit of bump and grind there into that final turn.
18:54Go on, Liam.
18:56Get your elbows out.
18:57Go on, Andrea.
18:58Defends you on that.
19:01But Hampshire up to fourth.
19:05And already clear at these two, crucially.
19:07Yeah, and I think for RJ,
19:10he'll be satisfied with this ride.
19:12Was it exactly what he wanted?
19:13No.
19:14But with that kind of start,
19:16are you expecting more than a fourth?
19:17You know,
19:18your 20th coming around the first lap.
19:20You go to the outside,
19:21you're on a hard-eating for nothing.
19:22You go to the inside,
19:22you don't make a good jump,
19:23you're on a hard-eating for nothing.
19:24So he made the best of a bad situation.
19:26He'd already got himself up to a ninth or tenth
19:28at the end of that first lap.
19:29Yeah, I think everybody will leave this race
19:32with something to be okay with.
19:34Maybe they're not thrilled,
19:35but I think they'll all be like,
19:36okay, some things to work on.
19:38Similar to what the comments we heard
19:39from Roman Febvre earlier,
19:40I need to work on a few things,
19:42but we're okay.
19:43That really kind of rings true
19:44for this final qualifier.
19:45Just looking down the order here,
19:47obviously we're showing Bonacorsi
19:48as dropping down the leaderboard
19:49a moment ago,
19:50but he's going to get reinstated
19:52because he had nowhere to go
19:53when he got bumped up.
19:54Well, he bumped himself
19:54up the side of the track.
19:55So he didn't actually go through the beam,
19:57but there is a second backup line.
19:59That will kick in.
20:00So ignore that at the moment.
20:02So aggressively bumped himself
20:03off the track?
20:03Aggressively bumped himself
20:04off the track,
20:05trying to regain a position.
20:07Cross-rutted,
20:08grabbed a handful,
20:09out to the left side of the track.
20:11Couldn't get back on
20:12because you can't do a Yui there
20:13just before the finish either.
20:14So he went the wrong side
20:15of the jump,
20:16over the bridge and down,
20:17and then obviously we saw him
20:18and Evertz going bar to bar,
20:20elbow to elbow.
20:27And Evertz there for Belgium.
20:29Hanging with RJ here.
20:31Kind of closed the gap back down.
20:32Not sure if RJ made a mistake.
20:33I wonder how similar
20:34those two 450s are.
20:36Because obviously
20:37Liam Evertz and that
20:38Nostan and Spana team
20:39don't run a 450 program
20:40in Europe,
20:41in MX2 World Championships.
20:42So are they just using
20:43one of the Rockstar bikes
20:45in different livery?
20:47Their own parts
20:47and things like that?
20:48Or would they have
20:49flown one over from Europe?
20:50Yeah, it would make a lot of sense
20:51if they, you know,
20:52Malcolm Stewart's bike's idle.
20:53Yeah.
20:53So something like that.
20:55Just swap the plastics
20:56and parts,
20:57the hard parts that you need.
20:59Because obviously
20:59different pipes and silences
21:01may be,
21:02different contractual obligations.
21:04Yeah, and that,
21:04you know,
21:05things like that,
21:05they could make that change
21:06in a few hours.
21:07Yeah, yeah, easy.
21:07But it would save a lot of expense
21:10and a lot of hassle
21:10to just use equipment
21:12on site.
21:16Solid performances
21:17from Hunter Lawrence.
21:18Number three
21:19for Australia.
21:21Jet Lawrence went
21:21and won
21:22the MXGP qualifying race.
21:23Kyle Webster,
21:24this fifth,
21:25came into this second race,
21:27into this final race today
21:28on six points.
21:30With Hunter Lawrence
21:31leading the way,
21:32they can ditch
21:33that fifth
21:34from Webster
21:35and leave here
21:37two points,
21:37the maximum qualifying score.
21:41Both Lawrences.
21:43With race wins here,
21:45we're into the final two laps.
21:46Lapping a bit to go
21:47for Hunter Lawrence.
21:49Mindful of the situation,
21:50coming into traffic
21:51because a lot of these guys
21:52will race at a very high level.
21:54Some will ride
21:54at a decent level nationally
21:56and then you've got
21:57other riders
21:57that are just here
21:58for the journey
21:58and just don't know
22:01how these riders
22:01are going to react
22:02when you come up
22:03against them.
22:03So that's the scary thing
22:05but if you've got
22:06enough experience
22:07under your belt,
22:08of course you know
22:08how to deal
22:09with some of those situations.
22:10Reading the situation.
22:12Yeah and I think
22:13Hunter qualifies for that.
22:14He's so methodical
22:15and analytical
22:16the way he approaches
22:17his racing.
22:18You kind of see it
22:19in his riding too.
22:20It's one of those situations
22:21where a rider's personality
22:23matches his race craft too.
22:24Just no unnecessary movements.
22:27Doesn't really take
22:28a lot of risk
22:29on the racetrack.
22:29You see him standing up
22:30through the corners.
22:31Everything seems
22:32and feels so calculated
22:34with Hunter.
22:35Into the final lap.
22:37It's in a few Aussies
22:38in the green and gold
22:38knocking around here
22:39so we've got that big jump
22:40in the middle of the circuit
22:41and then stepping up
22:41to the GoPro.
22:42The big tent
22:43on the left hand side.
22:45I won't say it's all Aussies
22:46but there's a fair few
22:47over there
22:47probably coming over
22:48with Jeff Leeski.
22:49Jeff Leeski and the guys
22:50just as they did
22:53for Masley Basin
22:53a year ago
22:54which was a monumentally
22:57historic occasion
22:58for Team Australia.
23:00Anyway
23:00here's Joe Shimoda
23:02second.
23:03This is great for him
23:04isn't it
23:05and his mechanic Ben.
23:06He was telling me
23:07yesterday Ben
23:08that
23:08we rode the bike
23:10and rode the 450
23:12a little bit
23:12in the winter
23:12and bits and bobs
23:13only he and his
23:14and Shimoda
23:16were there
23:16so the team
23:17didn't really know
23:18how that went
23:18and stuff
23:19so when they released
23:19video of him riding
23:20this week
23:21and everyone's like
23:22this guy
23:23you know
23:23he's riding it well
23:24they already saw that
23:25in the winter
23:25briefly
23:26you know.
23:27No news of him
23:28for 26 yet
23:29which is interesting
23:30I think.
23:30I can't imagine
23:31a world where
23:32Honda HRC
23:33releases him
23:33or doesn't
23:34re-sign him
23:35I should say
23:35but it is
23:37interesting to be
23:37October
23:38with he just wins
23:39the SMX championship
23:40the first Japanese
23:41rider to ever win
23:42a championship
23:42in America
23:43and he still
23:43hasn't signed
23:44the contract.
23:46And we've only
23:47ever had
23:48one Japanese rider
23:49win a world
23:49championship
23:50125 class
23:51in 1978
23:53Mr. Watanabe
23:55Akira Watanabe
23:56but H.J.
24:04H.J.
24:04That's the
24:05jet goals in
24:06running away
24:08with it here
24:09what did you say
24:10running away
24:10with it
24:10eight seconds
24:11looks like
24:12he's got
24:12a little bit
24:12more room
24:12in the tank
24:13here
24:13just
24:13doing enough
24:14I think
24:15just to stay
24:15there
24:16I can't imagine
24:16the effort level
24:17is very high
24:17right now
24:18that's what
24:19you want
24:19as well
24:20save a little
24:20bit for tomorrow
24:21it's not
24:21exactly
24:22a scorching
24:23hot day
24:23here
24:23but the
24:24less that
24:25you can do
24:25today
24:25minimize all
24:26of that
24:27the exertion
24:28go out
24:28enjoy
24:29enjoy the
24:30track
24:30enjoy the
24:30flow
24:31and then
24:31when you
24:32go
24:32and come
24:33out of
24:33the line
24:33and take
24:34the checkered
24:34flag
24:34and it's
24:35a perfect
24:35score
24:36for Australia
24:36today
24:37two wins
24:38the lowest
24:38score
24:38on the
24:39board
24:39HJ
24:40takes a
24:41look over
24:41the shoulder
24:42bit of a
24:43salute
24:43an easy
24:44day at the
24:45office
24:45for both
24:46the Lawrences
24:46and Team
24:47Australia
24:47they will
24:48qualify first
24:49they will
24:49get the
24:49first gate
24:50pick
24:50ahead
24:51of the
24:51races
24:52on Sunday
24:52the Netherlands
24:54will go to the
24:54line second
24:55with a
24:552-3
24:56a score
24:57of 5 points
24:58Belgium 6
24:58Germany 6
24:59and the USA
25:007
25:01as it stands
25:01at the
25:01moment
25:02oh
25:05that
25:06rook
25:06catching
25:06out
25:07Maxim
25:07Renault
25:07the same
25:08way
25:08that
25:08caught
25:08out
25:08Bonacorsi
25:09so
25:10Lawrence
25:10Shimoda
25:10Vallandre
25:11in 3rd
25:11Hampshire
25:134th
25:13Everts
25:135th
25:14Bonacorsi
25:146th
25:14Maxim
25:15Renault
25:157th
25:16we
25:18wait
25:18for
25:19Guillaume
25:20he crossed
25:20the line
25:20in 8th
25:21place
25:21and it
25:21should
25:21be
25:21Jonas
25:22in
25:229th
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