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00:00Well, here we go then, this is the start of the warm-up lap, as Pega and Pega, Marquez, just
00:07making sure that water bottles aren't falling out, looking pretty chill and relaxed as they start revving it, full charge,
00:15then now on the brakes, can we go into the first corner, here comes Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder, starting
00:21to find their way through, bit of a delayed start, you knew this was going to happen, you just knew
00:28these two.
00:30We're going to go, we said it before, oh dear, we knew this was coming, did you hear, hopefully you
00:41did hear the massive roar, the massive burst of giggles from the main grandstand, absolutely brilliant, oh dearie me, we
00:52can't take these guys anywhere, can we?
00:54You know what, we had an amazing sprint yesterday, that all put smiles on our faces, this is making us
00:59chuckle ourselves silly here in the comedy box, just brilliant.
01:02Yeah, bit of tire warming going on there at VR46, I think it's Fabio Di Gian Antonio in the back
01:07and Frankie Morbidelli up front, we know Frankie's not too shy at getting his elbows out.
01:11Well, Digi did say it's going to be all about the slipstream, didn't he, this of course is just a
01:15warm-up lap, a bit of a giddy up there, jockey style, out of front, Jack, there goes Jack, yeah,
01:21top right, look, I mean even top back can't stop you this thing, can he?
01:26He'll give it a good go, don't worry about that, the Aussie fans absolutely loving it, as we go side
01:32by side on the way down to 30, this is just a warm-up lap, just imagine what happens when
01:35they're racing for real.
01:36Talk about a way to ease a bit of stress and tension before the first Grand Prix of 2026.
01:45I think Jack has dropped it down again, mate, let's try and hook it up outside this turn three, we're
01:51coming up then to turns four and five, in between turns four and five is where we have to have
01:57a rider change, BMW safety car leading, we might need the safety car actually at some point in this session.
02:04Here comes Pecco Bagnaia, factory Ducati effort, mine world championships, mine MotoGP world championships together on that particular tuk-tuk,
02:14is that the factory Honda squad making a bit of a move on the brakes on the inside going into
02:18turn four, I think it is.
02:19Yeah, that's Dwan Mir, I think, who's in the front with Luca Verini in the back, Mark's trying to shoot
02:23some water at them, we're using Mario Kart tactics here to try and keep the rest behind, Mark's trying to
02:28moisten the tarmac in front of LCR Honda, who are there over to the left as we look.
02:33We need a lack of adhesion flag in turn four now, do you know what, Pecco's really toughing it out,
02:38he wasn't he, with the LCR Honda on the outside, that's gone full sidecar now.
02:43Yeah, what's the maximum lean angle you can carry in a tuk-tuk, I wonder?
02:46Oh, dearie me, top rack Razgatlioglu and Jack Miller, can you imagine being part of Prima Pramank Yamaha this season,
02:53I mean, the social media content just delivers itself, here we go then, this is going to be the little
02:59sort of flag-to-flag practice tuk-tuks,
03:03what, getting a bit of advice, getting a bit of guidance here, top back to Jack, we're going to get
03:09another wheelie course, we're going to get another wheelie.
03:12Yeah, we're wheelie over.
03:13Yeah, we're wheelie over.
03:15They've got their priorities straight down at Pramank.
03:18Yeah, exactly, yeah.
03:20We might be struggling in MotoGP right now, we're going to have a lot of fun.
03:23Let's go, let's go.
03:25Let's go.
03:25Let's go.
03:26Let's go.
03:27Let's go.
03:28Well, he started on two wheels as a stunt rider, didn't he?
03:33Top back's taking him on it, he's going, come on, gas it, mate.
03:37Does that look like a rider nervous about his MotoGP debut later on today?
03:42Oh, dearie me.
03:44Paolo Campanotti and Gino Borsori are having kittens right now, aren't they, in pit lane?
03:49Look at Pedro Acosta.
03:50He looks to his right and sees the Pramank Yamaha boys.
03:54Just, oh, having the time of their lives, aren't they, those two?
03:59Time of their lives.
04:00I'm not sure when we thought Tottenham Raskath-Lioglu was going to make his a much higher move over to
04:05MotoGP.
04:07He was going to be in a tuk-tuk challenge at his first round, but brilliant.
04:12Yeah, Mark's going to get plenty here, we're on board with the Ducati Lenovo team.
04:15Mark's going to want to win this, he's going to win anything he takes part in,
04:18as Tottenham is just too busy loving life at the moment to worry about any kind of result.
04:22Got to say, Mark was as good through the left-hands on a tuk-tuk as what he is through
04:26the left-hands on a MotoGP
04:27by all the Pramank Yamaha boys are under pressure here.
04:29Fabio DeGelantonio now at the reins of the VR46 tuk-tuk.
04:36That's exceeding track limits for Jack Miller and Tottenham Raskath-Lioglu.
04:42You can carry Liam Anglin and tuk-tuk kicked her down.
04:47Well, they are back on two wheels.
04:49Oh, dear.
04:52Watch this.
04:53Nothing happens good when you say watch this.
04:59Gino Borsoi, we needed a heart rate monitor on Gino Borsoi for this.
05:04Jack Miller, Tottenham Raskath-Lioglu, you pair of absolute superstars.
05:09We love you.
05:10The Thai fans here are having a blast in Borougham.
05:13They are loving this.
05:15Oh, dearie me.
05:16The challenge has even technically started yet.
05:18Of course, the warm-up lap has just been taken far.
05:21What are they going to do when the green flag drops and they're actually going for one lap?
05:25This tuk-tuk challenge starts to go top rack.
05:27Now, they've got the inside.
05:29I think that's Ducati there in the background.
05:31Some novel approaches to track limits as Jack just straight lines turn 11 altogether.
05:35Jack's on the rev limiter going down to turn 12.
05:39He's not going to be quite close.
05:40He'll have to sling it on the inside of Mark Marquez like Pedro Acosta did so many times yesterday.
05:46Safety car set to pull in.
05:48Bit of a lack of stability there on the factory Yamaha on the braking going into turn 12.
05:54Not bad at all that from Luca Marini.
05:56Finally hits the apex eventually.
05:59Finally got there.
06:00Now then.
06:01I think it's fair to say that was organised chaos.
06:04Now we've got the actual one-lap race.
06:06Yeah, are they going to bother pulling them into their grip positions here?
06:09Or are we just going to have a rolling start?
06:10Let's see what happens there.
06:11It's right on board with Jack Miller and top right.
06:14Yeah, they are going to pull up into their grip positions.
06:16Stand by everybody.
06:17This could be chaos.
06:21Oh, dearie me.
06:23I've done a lot of things.
06:25I've had the privilege of doing some great things in my 30 years Cinemata GP paddock.
06:29And this is right up there.
06:31Yeah, there will be any jump start or grip penalties coming.
06:35Top-racking Jack have gone way, way too far.
06:38That's Peko going.
06:39I don't think Peko Bangyo has probably seen if he's lying.
06:41I don't trust Mark.
06:42I need a seat about here.
06:50Oh, you have another one?
06:51It's corner five.
06:52In the corner five.
06:54Hey, you got it.
06:55Thank you, man.
06:57Maybe you need to pull it backwards.
07:00Guys, they're asking me to tell you to calm it down, alright?
07:03Jack, we will do now again good with it.
07:06Okay.
07:06Just go for it. Just don't crash it.
07:08Alright.
07:09So, you know you've got to stop again as well?
07:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:11Okay, you won't know.
07:25Well, uh...
07:26You've got to go more than anybody.
07:28Oh, that was a lot of fun.
07:30That was a lot of fun, wasn't it?
07:33And we've still got the challenge lap.
07:37Well, those two are the king of mother GP stoppies.
07:41They're the king of stand-up wheelies.
07:43And they can do the business in a tuk-tuk as well.
07:47Oh, I've seen it all.
07:49Here we go.
07:49Just when you thought you'd seen it all.
07:51Okay, then.
07:52Here we go, then.
07:53We're all set to go here in Burram.
07:56Race day number one.
07:58Luca Marini is going to give a little bit of it.
08:00Is it Jammer here?
08:00It's lights out of the racing in the tuk-tuk challenge here in Burram.
08:04It's a great start by Pedro Acosta on the factory KTM.
08:08Your sprint winner yesterday leads away.
08:10Good start as well by the LCO Honda duo.
08:12Joan Zarco and Diogo Moreira.
08:14In fact, it looks like Moreira might have the whole shot going down in this first corner.
08:18And a little bit of assistance for the sidecar tactics being employed here by Joan Zarco.
08:23LCR lead.
08:24And a nightmare for Aprilia as if it wasn't bad enough crashing out of the front of a sprint yesterday
08:28as we go wide off the track for the Honda duo.
08:31That's Joan Mir in the driver's seat and Luca Marini acting as passenger in the back.
08:35But the two Aprilia teams are right down the back.
08:38Here comes top-back Raz Gatlioglu.
08:40Slightly slower than the two hundred miles.
08:43Now the MotoGP riders blast down this turn two kink.
08:47Now they're going hard on the brakes to turn three.
08:49Really good overtaking opportunity.
08:50This is on the brake stand at the third corner.
08:53Mark, got a bit of work to do here.
08:55I think Mark Marquez only does the changeover to Peco Bagnar.
08:58It's still the LCR Honda in the hands of rookie Diogo Moreira that leads away.
09:02He's got what about six or seven tuk-tuk lengths back to second place.
09:07Well, we know Diogo Moreira is quite a versatile athlete.
09:09We know he's very good on a super enduro bike.
09:12Clearly he's quite handy on a tuk-tuk as well as he runs wide in turn three.
09:15That could open the door for Pramac.
09:17That could really open the door.
09:18You can hear now Jack all around the outside of the factory KTM duo go Jack Miller.
09:24You'll love this.
09:24We've actually got live timing in our coverage box.
09:27So we can actually give the update.
09:28It is Zarco Moreira leading by a second from the KTM duo who now lost second to Pramac.
09:33Moreira sticking a wheel on the grass there as well as he tries to cut to a tight defensive line
09:38on this long one down to turn four.
09:41Pramac Yamaha Toprak trying to pick up some slipstream here.
09:44Accelerating now just over this blind crest on the brakes into the fourth corner.
09:47Plus we're coming up to the rider swap zone here.
09:50This is turn four.
09:51Pramac lead.
09:52Pramac lead.
09:53Pramac into the lead.
09:54And it's Jack Miller who's about to take over from Toprak.
09:57Oh, Toprak there.
09:59Showing his tuk-tuk talent there.
10:01They're going to lead on the changeover aren't they?
10:03Pramac Yamaha then your leaders.
10:06All thoughts of wheelies I think might now disappear.
10:08Yet they realize this is now competitive.
10:11We're now leading.
10:11We've got a chance to win this one.
10:12Off we go.
10:13Toprak's not taking this seriously at all.
10:15You can hear him.
10:15He jumped out of the driver's seat and just shouted, Jack, go, go, go, go.
10:19No, there's no serious competition element to this at all.
10:22Not at all.
10:23Well, Toprak is a three-time world superbike champion of course.
10:26Jack Miller a MotoGP Grand Prix winner.
10:29Of course the rider in the back can also act as a spotter for the rider in the front as
10:33they now swap over.
10:34Peco takes over from Mark and almost sends Mark out of the seat there down at Ducati.
10:38Yeah, we've seen Mark Marquez out of the seat a few times in his career on a Honda and a
10:41Ducati.
10:42This is a new one.
10:43Mark Marquez out of the seat on a tuk-tuk as Peco Bagnaia starts going.
10:48Unfortunately, it looks like, well, they're at the back aren't they? Very, very close.
10:51They've only got Aprilia behind them.
10:53Struggling, struggling.
10:54Factory Aprilia, so dominant all weekend with Marco Betsechi on pole position.
10:58But this now surely is in the hands.
11:01It's Toprak and Miller's to lose here.
11:03They've got a massive lead here, haven't they, in this final couple of sectors.
11:07Red Bull KTM Factory Racing have struck back into second place.
11:11That's Tech 3 in second place.
11:12That's Bassini and Vinales who we completely wrote off.
11:14We did.
11:15Two rather timid fellows, but they're clearly getting stuck in with two corners now to go.
11:19Bit of work too. Top of your pitch there. You can see the onboard from Pramak Yamaha.
11:23Johan Zarco trying to secure second place here.
11:26But this has been absolutely superb as they want to perform.
11:30Yellow flags.
11:30Yellow flags are out in sector one.
11:32But it's going to be Pramak Yamaha.
11:33They might not be winning too much in MotoGP in 2026, unfortunately, because they are two amazing characters.
11:42Two fans that put bums on seats, aren't they? Jack Miller and Toprak Razgatlioglu.
11:46But with one corner remaining, it's all super neat and tidy.
11:50Beautiful run through the inside curve there.
11:53A bit of super styling as well.
11:55Stunt show on the exit.
11:57But it is Pramak Yamaha, Jack Miller and Toprak Razgatlioglu that win the Thai Tug-Tug Challenge in 2026.
12:07The podium places go to Red Bull KTM Tech 3.
12:11Great job by Nea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales.
12:15Coming over the line, an excellent third place is Elciano.
12:18They were the early leaders.
12:19They made the early running down into the first corner.
12:21Lightning start by Diogo Moreira.
12:23Zarco and Moreira then pick up third place.
12:26What about the battle for the minor positions?
12:27Mea and Mourini for the Honda team.
12:29They've come through in fourth.
12:30Acosta and Binda fifth for Red Bull KTM Vachurati.
12:33Quattuara and Wins have taken sixth for Yamaha.
12:35This was the battle for seventh.
12:37VR46 just taking it from the Trackhouse team.
12:41And this at the back is the battle for the stragglers at the back of the field.
12:44It's Bagnia for Ducati up against, I think, Martini.
12:47He's now in the driver's seat for Aprilia.
12:48I'll tell you what, that was not even close.
12:513.5 seconds was the lead that Miller and Rasgatlioglu held over the line.
12:57A little bit of a confidence boost there going for this afternoon's Grand Prix
13:00for Bastien, Nini and Vinales after their sprint struggles yesterday.
13:0417th and 19th.
13:06They're pretty well coming into the pit lane, aren't they?
13:08Where are they?
13:08A bit of corner cutting here.
13:11This is brilliant.
13:12Marco Becsecchi and Jorge Martin trying to beat the Factory Ducati.
13:16They've done it as well.
13:16It looks like a player have caught it.
13:19Oh, super.
13:20Did not see anything wrong with that manoeuvre.
13:23Oh, dearly me.
13:24Marco Becsecchi and Jorge Martin pinch it at the death.
13:28Drop one position, Jorge.
13:30Drop one position for that.
13:32Oh, dear.
13:34The most important aspect of that was clearly the riders had a load of fun.