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00:00Ele tem 31, acredito ou não, mas Kunan tem sido o top dog, 52 pontos de qualificação.
00:06Flai-race em 15-second border, que turno 5 segundos, e em qualquer momento agora,
00:10nós estamos preparando para ir, carregando o primeiro turno, e quem é que vai ser que...
00:15Oh, eu vou te dizer o que, Geis é muito feliz, ele snagou o handlebar,
00:18Fevera, ele pega o chute, Geis é em 2º, Ferratto é em 3º,
00:23e aí, apenas como nós nos vemos, é Kunan, e aí, Herling, um pouco de momentos atrás dele,
00:28as they hit those ruts at speed, going into turn 2, that long sweep in left,
00:33and then as we reemerge back in the opposite direction, Kunan is already up in the 3º place,
00:37so a great start, and look at Geis, that's always a long way around there,
00:41as you sweep around the outside, there's fresh water gone on this part of the racetrack,
00:45so they will be mindful and tentative, but Geis, quick, in and out of that turn,
00:49very greasy through this part of the track, on this opening lap,
00:52but it's everybody right where we want them to be, look at the amount of riders there,
00:55Fevera, Geis, Ferratto, Kunan, in fact, as we get them over the line now,
01:00it's Kunan in 3º place, sorry.
01:03Yeah, Geis carved across the boughs of Ferratto,
01:05trying to set the inside line up to the ground, Bruno down,
01:08Bruno down, who was the other rider, his body arm was deployed as well.
01:12You're looking a bit like Quasimodo going into that corner there,
01:14but Geis is intent on passing Fevera here,
01:17he carved across after the liquid molyhill to take the inside line there,
01:20Ferratto having a great start there,
01:22now just behind Kunan, still in 4º is the big man fending off the scrap from Jonas,
01:26who goes across the front of Ferratto, up to 5º place, in fact,
01:30because Hurlings is behind Lucas,
01:32as Lucas loses his footing through the deepest part of the circuit here at the far end,
01:37as the chainsaws cry out here in Germany,
01:40Lucas working on Tim,
01:42it's getting close that Tim is wise to that move here at the Targ Castle.
01:45Yeah, Kunan taking the inside line there,
01:47slight mistake on the exit there from Geis on that blue Yamaha,
01:50as he does his best to fend off the No. 5 of Lucas Kunan.
01:53Got to be careful when you step up into these tight rights,
01:55going into the face full of Roos,
01:57the Yamaha Roos sandwich there,
01:58or Pirelli Roos sandwich, I should say.
02:00Watch this here, Kunan just legs off as he goes through the bottom of the valley.
02:04Geis wasn't much better heading up just ahead of him as well,
02:07but as we come back through here,
02:09Geis has steadied his ship with a P,
02:11better say that carefully.
02:12Kunan right there behind him,
02:14in that third place,
02:15but we've got riders down,
02:17go through that dip into that first turn,
02:20as we head up towards Liquid Molly Mountain,
02:23might be one of the riders down here,
02:25like lower end down there,
02:26but in fact we had 40 riders on the grid, didn't we?
02:28So difficult to ascertain who that might be at the moment,
02:30but as we re-emerge here back in the opposite direction,
02:34it's Fevra, who, sorry, yeah,
02:38Fevra who continues to lead,
02:39Geis are here in second,
02:41and the 5th and the 84th of Kunan and Hurlings,
02:45the top two in the championship,
02:47in championship order in terms of where they are,
02:50but they're third and fourth in the race,
02:52as it stands right now,
02:53working our way towards the end of this opening lap,
02:55and Fevra will hit the line first with a 156.601,
02:58Geis are second,
02:59Kunan, Hurlings,
03:00Jonas, Adamo,
03:03and then DeWolf seven,
03:04Fernandes eight,
03:05Ferrato down to nine,
03:06he had a great start,
03:06Monocorsey 10,
03:07Valana 11,
03:08Pelt, Pencer,
03:09Hoardman, Vandonek,
03:10Van der Mosteik,
03:11Tom Kock,
03:11Nico Kock,
03:13Kietz, Elziger,
03:13and Greutzmann.
03:15One of the losers there,
03:16the big contenders,
03:17Tom Vial down in 24th place at the moment,
03:19has had a nightmarish first lap,
03:20no points for the Frenchman possibly.
03:22Struggling at the moment as well,
03:23in time practice,
03:24free practice,
03:24hasn't been bringing,
03:25he hasn't brought his A game so far,
03:27and that is probably just as a result of just that rib,
03:30or ribs, plural,
03:31that are just niggling him after that fall from race two a week ago.
03:35Roman Fevra,
03:36no stranger to success around here,
03:39he is another rider that needs a good result,
03:41just to kind of get things on track,
03:43yes he moved up to third in the championship,
03:45but he's 53 off of Hurlings,
03:4655 off the championship lead,
03:48and if he can start whittling that down,
03:51he hasn't had too much of the success of race wins on a Sunday,
03:54in terms of the qualifying races,
03:56Roman Fevra hasn't won one there either,
03:58his big loss was a 38th in Trentino,
04:01where he went out,
04:02didn't finish,
04:03but obviously was classified as 38,
04:04pulled a whole shot in race one that day,
04:07on the Sunday as well,
04:08so,
04:09Geiser,
04:09no sorry,
04:10Fevra,
04:10if he can get through this one today,
04:12I am sure,
04:13everybody over there in Kawasaki Towers,
04:15will be absolutely ecstatic,
04:17yes it's only a qualifying win,
04:19but a win is a win is a win,
04:20all day long,
04:20you get one under your belt,
04:22and from there,
04:23it just builds your confidence,
04:25watch Geiser here,
04:26snags Hurlings there,
04:28and that was enough,
04:30to allow,
04:30the number one,
04:32of Roman Fevra,
04:33to sneak on by,
04:34then we obviously had an incident,
04:36going down into the dip,
04:37I wonder if we see it,
04:38a little bit further,
04:41two or three of them,
04:42hit the same guy as well,
04:45so yeah,
04:45real job of that,
04:46DeWolf had a decent start,
04:47but he's been knocked down there,
04:48to seventh,
04:49so,
04:49in amongst all the argy-bargy there,
04:51which is a surprise,
04:51for the big Dutchman,
04:52he has dropped down there,
04:54into a seventh place,
04:54at the moment,
04:55just half a second down,
04:56on Adamo though,
04:57so the two MX2 world champions,
04:58battling it out,
04:59yeah,
05:00Roman Fevra,
05:00impressive,
05:01but Tim Geiser,
05:02with the fastest lap of the race,
05:03that time around,
05:03on lap two,
05:04look at the 74 here,
05:06of Kai DeWolf,
05:06going to work on,
05:08Andrea Adamo,
05:09these two fight,
05:09in over sixth place,
05:11at the moment,
05:11Paul's Jonas just ahead of him,
05:12and three world champions,
05:14former MX2 world champions,
05:15right there,
05:16doing battle,
05:17and that has been,
05:18the big thing hasn't it,
05:19that was a big talking point,
05:20at the start of the season,
05:21was coming into it,
05:23eight world champions,
05:2418 world titles,
05:24between them,
05:26we've seen,
05:26you know,
05:27moments of brilliance,
05:28amongst all of those riders,
05:29at different points,
05:30during the campaign,
05:31but it's a non-world champion,
05:33at the moment,
05:33Lucas Coonan,
05:33who continues to lead,
05:34the championship,
05:35and put in the other eight,
05:37world titles,
05:38give us nine,
05:39give us nine,
05:40we're in Germany,
05:41let's take nine,
05:42for sure today,
05:43and one of those,
05:43world champions,
05:44who has not been,
05:45such a great season,
05:46so far,
05:46is Paul's Jonas,
05:47and Paul's Jonas,
05:48at the Teusche Tal,
05:49makes me nervous,
05:50last two years,
05:50have been horrendous for him,
05:51Latvia around the corner,
05:52he hasn't made it,
05:53to his home GP,
05:54in nearly three years now,
05:55and for sure,
05:56I like to see Jonas up there,
05:57but I do worry a little bit,
05:58after what's happened,
05:59in the last two years,
06:00and I think the last time,
06:00he did make it there,
06:01he managed to get second,
06:02overall on the podium,
06:03here's Kai DeWolf,
06:04going after,
06:06camera angle made it look worse,
06:07he jumped short to the inside,
06:09and Adamo was committed,
06:10and I think,
06:11you know,
06:11that's smart riding there,
06:12from Kai DeWolf,
06:13because he knew,
06:13if he was committed,
06:14then obviously,
06:15those two lines,
06:16would come together,
06:16so not so much a let off,
06:18but just smart riding in the end,
06:19and he switches to the inside,
06:21here up into turn two,
06:22to try and find his way,
06:23past Adamo,
06:23Adamo sort of,
06:25pretty much turns 90,
06:26through the middle of the corner there,
06:27cuts off any attempt,
06:28from the number 74 of DeWolf,
06:29see how much further,
06:30that outside line is there,
06:31even if it goes single,
06:32single inside,
06:33you're going about,
06:34another 30 yards around,
06:35even any one of those three riders,
06:37just did not take that,
06:38even no matter how close,
06:39they are at the moment,
06:39then nobody wants to go,
06:40on the outside run,
06:41and we saw it with Tim Geister,
06:42on the opening lap,
06:42as he tried to go around,
06:43the outside of Febvre,
06:44it was like,
06:45Roman,
06:45where you going,
06:46Roman,
06:46Roman,
06:46turn right,
06:47turn,
06:47sorry,
06:48Tim,
06:48turn right,
06:49turn right,
06:49get back on track,
06:50his piracycnal maneuver,
06:51to get back into the line,
06:52it was almost like,
06:53can you let me back in,
06:54Lucas please,
06:55anyway,
06:55Adamo,
06:56this time,
06:56a bit of a mistake there,
06:57he was looking to run it in hot,
06:59around the outside of the 41 of Jonas,
07:02but no way through there,
07:03Febvre continues to dominate,
07:05the lap here,
07:06is fastest that time around,
07:07by about three or four tenths,
07:08another fastest lap,
07:09for the number one,
07:10reigning champion,
07:11his teammate though,
07:12under attack,
07:13in that fifth position,
07:14with Adamo and Dwarf,
07:15right there behind him,
07:15Fernandez eight,
07:16one of course in nine,
07:17Ferrato ten,
07:20Adamo saying to Lisa,
07:22that he did like the track here,
07:23and so far approving it,
07:24but he's slightly a little bit frustrated,
07:27by Jodis in front,
07:27is that move going to count,
07:28not quite,
07:29we saw that in the WMX earlier,
07:31these two guys a little bit wider here,
07:33didn't quite see the panic rev,
07:35the elbow wasn't down far enough,
07:37for Adamo in that right hand,
07:38at the left hander,
07:39as he challenged Jonas,
07:41he might get the run of it here though,
07:43wow that was an interesting line,
07:44sorry there Paul,
07:45he goes through on the inside,
07:47a real scrub to keep on the ground,
07:49to keep the power down,
07:50while Paul's was in the air,
07:51a great move from Adamo,
07:52and it pays off,
07:53he moves up to sixth,
07:53yeah and maybe Dwarf would have seen that as well,
07:56but it was just one of those,
07:57moments wasn't it,
07:58and here comes Kai DeWolf,
07:59and does he jump short again,
08:01no he decides to commit,
08:03this time around,
08:04because I think he realised,
08:05he lost so much time,
08:06parking it behind Adamo,
08:07last time around,
08:08and here he is now,
08:09all along,
08:10all over the back,
08:11and Paul's Jonas,
08:12Jonas in the yellow boots,
08:13on that green Kawasaki,
08:14didn't lose that much time,
08:15on that outside line that time,
08:16maybe the 450,
08:17just getting that extra gas down,
08:18you don't need the power,
08:19like you do on the 250,
08:20can't afford to switch off though,
08:21as he gets past,
08:22this time around,
08:23he will hold that tight inside line,
08:25Jonas will try to go,
08:26the long way around,
08:26and it will be the long way around,
08:28look,
08:28he looks,
08:29it's quite deceiving,
08:30you still lose,
08:30one or two bike lengths,
08:31in and around that exchange,
08:33look who's lurking there,
08:34in the background,
08:35he's got rid of the Porn Tash,
08:36Ruben Fernandez,
08:37obviously designed for speed now,
08:38he's got rid of that extra aero drag,
08:40he's now in 8th place,
08:42on the number 70,
08:43Honda HRC Petronas machine,
08:45and he can see him there,
08:47as soon as he saw the extra level of sand,
08:49that went down,
08:50he got rid of it I'm sure,
08:51he had that on Thursday,
08:53so there is the 70,
08:55of Fernandez,
08:57he's actually done well,
08:58to bridge his gap,
08:59because he wasn't even,
08:59in the same shot,
09:00a lap ago,
09:01and you can see,
09:02he's using different lines,
09:03look outside,
09:04inside,
09:04he's fully committed,
09:05to everything here,
09:08as he tries,
09:09to go after PJ,
09:10Paul's Jonas,
09:11Jonas knows,
09:12he's got to go defensive,
09:13but again,
09:14Fernandez,
09:15outside wide,
09:16cut back,
09:16sets himself up here,
09:17for a wide sweep,
09:18will he turn down early,
09:20he can't,
09:21because of the nature,
09:22of the ruts there,
09:23meanwhile,
09:23back with our leaders,
09:24Fevra and Geiser,
09:25Geiser still,
09:26attached to the rear wheel,
09:28of that Kawasaki,
09:29Geiser fastest lap,
09:30of the race this time around,
09:31at the end of that four,
09:3253-1,
09:33Fevra,
09:3453-2,
09:35Coonan,
09:3553-8,
09:36be quiet actually,
09:38both Hurlings,
09:38and Coonan,
09:40Coonan though,
09:40two seconds clear,
09:412.7 seconds clear,
09:42of Hurlings now,
09:43so he knows,
09:44he's expended,
09:44his championship lead,
09:46to three,
09:47by,
09:47so basically,
09:48by a point,
09:49because obviously,
09:50294,
09:51291,
09:51those two,
09:52Fevra on 241,
09:5350 points down,
09:54so he's clawing back,
09:55vital championship points,
09:56it's only three,
09:57but another three tomorrow,
09:59in race one,
10:00another three on,
10:01you know,
10:01in race two,
10:02all of a sudden,
10:03nine points clawed back,
10:05look how effective,
10:06Ferez was,
10:07a week ago,
10:08let's say,
10:0820 points,
10:09in one GP,
10:10on the leaders,
10:11yeah it can happen for sure,
10:12and Fevra will know that,
10:13of course he spent,
10:14all of 2023,
10:15trying to chase down,
10:16Jorge Prado,
10:17who just wouldn't,
10:18let him lie,
10:18by continuing to win,
10:20on the Saturday,
10:21and this is what made Fevra,
10:23so frustrated,
10:23that he couldn't catch him,
10:24just looking down,
10:25the leaderboard here,
10:26obviously one rider,
10:26who fell on the opening lap,
10:27Maxime Renault,
10:28he's got himself into 19,
10:29look across to the bottom,
10:30of page two,
10:31Tom Vial,
10:31is only completed one lap,
10:33that doesn't look good,
10:34for the former,
10:35two-time MX2 World Champion,
10:37and I just wonder,
10:38with his time,
10:39or lack of time,
10:4018th in time practice,
10:42earlier on today,
10:43and pulling out after one lap,
10:44it may be,
10:45and I'm not,
10:46you know,
10:46I'm not preempting anything here,
10:48but it's possible,
10:49that he may not even line up tomorrow,
10:51if that is how the situation is,
10:53that's one four letter word for me,
10:55pain,
10:56that's what that is,
10:57just can't deal with that around here,
10:59was he,
10:59he was inside the top 20,
11:01on the opening lap,
11:02because I don't think he was involved in that,
11:04it wasn't Spees actually,
11:05who fell,
11:06was it,
11:06might have been Brian Sue then,
11:07because Sue hasn't completed a lap,
11:08no,
11:09Sue's not making his way through there,
11:10at all,
11:11and yeah,
11:12Spees was at the bottom,
11:13I mean,
11:13there was another pile up as well,
11:15so yeah,
11:15it was those two,
11:16yeah,
11:17absolutely,
11:18right,
11:18Geiser,
11:19still don't know how Adamo,
11:20pulled that line,
11:21over that jump there,
11:22because Geiser's hitting,
11:23what looks like a big kicker there,
11:24so unless Adamo found something else,
11:26I really don't know,
11:26but,
11:27well he went already outside,
11:28didn't he,
11:28yeah,
11:29but Geiser's closer to that line,
11:30and he's getting kicker,
11:31so yeah,
11:32we'll have to get a,
11:33get a look at that one,
11:34after the race,
11:35but yeah,
11:35for sure,
11:36Fevre still,
11:36holding off Geiser,
11:37at the moment,
11:38the two former world champions,
11:39fighting through,
11:40Fevre's not won here,
11:41since his championship year,
11:42in 2015,
11:43but Geiser,
11:44I love how he's sailing over there,
11:46past the track mark,
11:47on the inside of him,
11:48oh well,
11:49fastest lap of the race,
11:50last time around,
11:50by two or three tenths,
11:52over Fevre and Geiser,
11:52it's Lucas Coonan,
11:53okay,
11:54the gap's still 2.2,
11:55but with eight minutes,
11:56plus two laps to go,
11:57there is still enough time,
11:58for the Belgian,
11:59the championship leader,
12:00to break free,
12:01from Jeffy Herlings,
12:02go after Fevre and Geiser,
12:03challenged for a race win,
12:05and obviously,
12:06if he does that,
12:07takes the ten points,
12:08and Herlings sits there,
12:09in fourth,
12:09that's only seven,
12:10for the bullet,
12:11and it'll be another,
12:12you know,
12:13three point gain,
12:14for the Belgian,
12:15which obviously,
12:16he's not going to complain,
12:17about that,
12:17of course not,
12:17nor is the team,
12:18but Tim Geiser,
12:20talk about,
12:21you know,
12:21adversity,
12:22you know,
12:22sort of dealing,
12:23with adversity,
12:24we saw it in,
12:25Sardinia,
12:25when he crashed,
12:26and had his own rib injury,
12:27bounced back to,
12:29win a race in Trentino,
12:30last week he's down hard,
12:31at term one in race two,
12:33sets the fastest time,
12:34in time practice here,
12:35this weekend,
12:36than going after,
12:37a qualifying race win,
12:38so no matter,
12:39how bad and bruised he is,
12:41you know,
12:41he's definitely,
12:42showing up,
12:43bringing his A game,
12:44bringing the very best version,
12:45of Tim Geiser,
12:46he will probably say,
12:47there's more to come,
12:48if I'm 100%,
12:49you know what I mean,
12:50we don't know how far off,
12:51100% he is,
12:52after those niggles,
12:54I think they're bigger,
12:54bigger than niggles,
12:55insert capital niggles,
12:57right here,
12:58back in,
12:58kicking out on the Kawasaki there,
13:00Roman Fevra,
13:01but yeah,
13:01Geiser riding through the pain barrier,
13:03but doing a good job of it,
13:04at the moment,
13:05as he continues to dog,
13:06Fevra,
13:07for,
13:08this lead,
13:09Fevra still doing that uphill triple,
13:10which is pretty impressive,
13:11there's the Adamo line,
13:12right to the outside,
13:13like you say,
13:13just that inch or so,
13:14over to the outside there,
13:16and yeah,
13:17Fevra was able to take that,
13:18Geiser would have seen it though,
13:19so we'll see what he can do,
13:20on the laps to follow,
13:21on that line,
13:22yeah,
13:22watch this Fevra here,
13:23just,
13:25something or nothing,
13:26you know what I mean,
13:26one,
13:26three times,
13:28not a lady in sight,
13:31but,
13:32that line,
13:32that you're talking about,
13:33with Adamo and Fevra,
13:35you go and stand up there,
13:36actually,
13:36you can rail that bank,
13:37and you can just get high enough,
13:39where you can skip that,
13:40whole sort of take off,
13:42you know,
13:42it might be that the bank,
13:43is just sort of coming in on itself,
13:44ever so slightly,
13:46but they're testing the,
13:47the limits of the track there,
13:49aren't they,
13:49as they come into land,
13:50cue the Jaws music,
13:51because I see the big number five,
13:52looming in the background here,
13:54trying to catch these two,
13:55the young pretender,
13:58and it's great to see,
13:59Andrea Baracorsi there,
14:01on the Red Bull Ducati,
14:01looking at his best qualifying race,
14:03of the year so far,
14:03in ninth,
14:04Geiser looking good here,
14:05all of a sudden,
14:06he fences a little bit of,
14:07Roman Fevra,
14:08not in that way of course,
14:09but he fences just,
14:10taking the pass,
14:11and picking up those 10 points,
14:12look at the purple sectors,
14:13all over the screen,
14:14Kunin fastest lap,
14:14best time around,
14:16Fernandez,
14:16De Wolf,
14:17and Hurlings,
14:18fastest in sectors,
14:19one,
14:19two,
14:21so,
14:21there are going to be,
14:22some late charges,
14:23in this race,
14:24I feel,
14:24and look at Hurlings,
14:25he's 1.1 behind Kunin,
14:27that was two seconds,
14:28Hurlings just sets the fastest lap,
14:29this time around,
14:30at the end of lap seven,
14:31and then we've got a game on here,
14:32there's only 3.7,
14:33between the first four riders,
14:34so Roman Fevra,
14:35Tip Geiser,
14:35all of a sudden,
14:36they need rear view mirrors,
14:38at the ready,
14:40and radars,
14:40underneath those helmets as well,
14:42because all of a sudden,
14:43there's Kunin,
14:43there's Hurlings,
14:44top of your screen,
14:45someone call Keanu Reeves,
14:47his bullet time is going to happen,
14:48because Hurlings is closing in,
14:50on all three of the top guys,
14:51you've got a feeling like,
14:52Tim has got to move past Roman now,
14:54or he will have hot company from behind,
14:57Geiser's going for it,
14:58here he comes through the middle,
14:59Geiser,
15:00going to go the inside route,
15:01Rutt,
15:02Fevra can triple,
15:03I tell you what,
15:04Fevra committed there,
15:06because he almost landed on the elbow,
15:08of Tim Geiser,
15:09who was committed on the inside,
15:11he was putting the squeeze one way,
15:12Fevra was putting the squeeze the other way,
15:14and I was going to say,
15:15these two are going to trip each other up,
15:16Kunin and Hurlings are going to trip each other up,
15:18there they are in the background,
15:20and so,
15:20I don't know which way this one's going to go,
15:22as we said before,
15:23you know,
15:24Geiser has to go now,
15:25Hurlings has to go now,
15:26or either,
15:27Kunin has to go now,
15:28you know what I mean,
15:29it's one of those,
15:29Fevra has to sort of,
15:31sort of not worry about what's going on,
15:33but when you've got left,
15:34right,
15:34and flash to blue here and there,
15:37you,
15:37you know,
15:37you're almost in panic mode a little bit here,
15:39but,
15:40doing a good job of keeping this,
15:42charge from Geiser,
15:43at bay,
15:44at the moment,
15:45but how much longer,
15:46for it,
15:46watch this here,
15:47this was the run up towards turn 12,
15:48the uphill triple,
15:50Geiser,
15:50he committed here,
15:52but look at that,
15:52Fevra already coming across,
15:54to defend the inside,
15:56that's how close it was,
15:57for those two going down,
15:58then they're at it again here,
16:00go past pit lane,
16:03Fevra goes defensive,
16:04Geiser,
16:05tries to,
16:06figure out which way,
16:07there's a nice little gap,
16:09I say nice,
16:091.3 seconds-ish,
16:11between third,
16:12second and third,
16:13this guy's going to go for the inside,
16:14no,
16:15no,
16:15no,
16:16too far back,
16:17it's 1.6,
16:18that's the good news,
16:19between Geiser and Kunin,
16:20because obviously,
16:21he's lost three tenths,
16:22to the Slovenian,
16:24you know what,
16:25I still fancy Geiser for this,
16:27he's looking very,
16:28very confident here,
16:29you know,
16:30he's tried outside,
16:30he's tried,
16:31I think he's probably already figured out,
16:32where he can make the move,
16:33but he just needs to be,
16:34within striking distance,
16:36as he is right now,
16:36and it might be,
16:37on this part of the racetrack,
16:39you know,
16:39either through this right,
16:40left,
16:40and up here,
16:41to our left now,
16:42where he attempted it,
16:43a lap ago,
16:43look,
16:44everything he's trying,
16:45is blocking it there,
16:47absolutely blocked it,
16:48completely saw which way,
16:49he was coming from,
16:49went across,
16:50and here's Kunin,
16:51right on the back wheel,
16:52now of Geiser,
16:52so Geiser,
16:53getting held up by Fevra there,
16:55and Kunin suddenly,
16:56is in shock,
16:56Fevra does nail the triple,
16:57this time,
16:58and makes those precious,
16:59few bike lengths,
17:00now he can hold it,
17:01through the tide bits,
17:02can he Paul,
17:02if he's quick up there,
17:03he can lock them off,
17:04through here,
17:04Geiser's got a horrible line,
17:05there again,
17:06he just caught that little hook,
17:07the panic rev,
17:08the body language,
17:09threw him forward,
17:10and he's lost time there,
17:12to Fevra,
17:14in fact coming through here,
17:15the top four,
17:16are pretty much equidistant,
17:17oh that's a good one,
17:19it's like equal between,
17:20first and second,
17:20second, third,
17:21third and fourth,
17:22they didn't tell me,
17:23four syllable words,
17:23were allowed in here,
17:24awesome,
17:28still on it though,
17:29still absolutely,
17:30Paul the way from Kunin,
17:31through the tight sections there,
17:32trying to get back,
17:33onto terms with the Kawasaki,
17:34again that's the second lap,
17:35in a row that Fevra has,
17:36kicked sideways on landing,
17:38down there,
17:38he will not be enjoying that,
17:40Geyser is actually quite quick,
17:42in this final sector as well,
17:43sector three,
17:44where you go sort of,
17:45left through 14,
17:46right onto the plateau,
17:48and all of a sudden,
17:49even though you've got,
17:50the four riders here,
17:52Geyser,
17:52he's clawed his way,
17:53back onto the rear wheel,
17:54of the race leader,
17:56that outside line,
17:57is not right on that corner though,
17:58and then you've got,
17:59that slight gap,
18:00and then you've got,
18:00Lucas Kunin,
18:01he gets a kick there,
18:02on the braking,
18:03at the end of pit lane,
18:04Hurlings would have seen that,
18:06Hurlings rubbing his hands together,
18:07thinking you know what,
18:08just give me one position,
18:09he needs one position,
18:11just to sort of,
18:12bring that gap back down,
18:13to one point,
18:14going into the race on Sunday,
18:16and if he can find his way,
18:17past Kunin,
18:18because we've still got,
18:19two minutes to go,
18:19plus two laps,
18:20that's what it would have been roughly,
18:21just the other side of two minutes,
18:23when they hit the line,
18:24at the end of lap nine,
18:25if you can gain two positions,
18:26guess what,
18:27their championship points are tied,
18:30heading into race day,
18:32on Sunday,
18:32and when you look at that,
18:34obviously Jeffrey Hurlings,
18:35he has what,
18:36four race wins,
18:37Kunin has what,
18:38five race wins,
18:39so in that respect,
18:41Kunin will still,
18:42be the championship leader,
18:43just about,
18:43just about,
18:44on race wins,
18:45it's a two point pass,
18:46there'll be one more for Hurlings,
18:47but one less for Kunin,
18:48of course,
18:49so yeah,
18:49six wins for Lucas,
18:50so yeah,
18:51the race wins are paying off there,
18:52but of course,
18:53yeah,
18:53there are those little mistakes,
18:54that creep in,
18:54but Hurlings,
18:55he's on him,
18:56he's absolutely on him,
18:57in the background,
18:57third and fourth,
18:58here into this bottom,
18:59into the section,
18:59Kunin feels the pressure,
19:01turns into Hurlings's line,
19:03blocks off the challenge,
19:04from the bullet,
19:05but Kunin,
19:06he's got his mirrors on,
19:07and he's in that dangerous,
19:09that tricky situation,
19:10where he wants to make a pass,
19:11Geiser flapping around there,
19:12you know what,
19:13he got cross-rutted in there,
19:14and it sent him off to the right,
19:15and he literally,
19:16just jumped the corner of the track there,
19:17it was an inadvertent thing,
19:18it wasn't a,
19:19oh I've got a sneaky line here,
19:20he literally just came out of there,
19:22and the thing snapped on him,
19:23and you've got a high bank there as well,
19:25so oh,
19:26DeWolf's down,
19:27so DeWolf then,
19:28out of fifth,
19:29sixth place,
19:31any less skilled rider than Geiser,
19:32there would have been,
19:33absolutely flying into the hedgerows,
19:34but as it is,
19:35he's still in second place,
19:36closing in,
19:37here's the replay of the,
19:38DeWolf,
19:39no this is Geiser,
19:40yeah watch this,
19:41oh just there look,
19:43front wheel wasn't in the rut,
19:44even both feet,
19:45oh he didn't even double it,
19:46he just like,
19:46skipped the inside,
19:47but you're not,
19:49that's not under review,
19:50that was more like the judgment,
19:52God,
19:54what have we got,
19:55oh three laps to go,
19:56nice that's how we like it,
19:57just crossed the line,
19:58before the seconds tick out,
19:59give us the maximum value out of this race,
20:00can we just freeze the clock there,
20:02so when we come round,
20:03three laps to go,
20:04it's like Greyhawk day,
20:08well,
20:09they are closing in on each other,
20:10not able to make a pass though,
20:11Paul at the moment,
20:12there doesn't seem to be a pass in there,
20:14and Hurley's just dropped off,
20:14by a couple of seconds,
20:15from the back of Lucas,
20:16so that one's,
20:17faded out a little bit,
20:18Fernandes,
20:19here comes Tim,
20:20back on,
20:21back on the rear wheel,
20:22of the Kawasaki,
20:23nice swing through that turn,
20:25turn nine,
20:26as he turned out of the turn early,
20:28and got the power down nice,
20:29got on the fat part of the tyre as well,
20:31and tell you what,
20:32there's not a good line,
20:33through this part of the racetrack,
20:35and people both,
20:35guys,
20:35it did seem to find one there,
20:37it's one of those parts of the track,
20:38where you can't race it aggressively,
20:40just,
20:41some of those holes,
20:42you've got to sort of,
20:42just roll the throttle on or off,
20:44because if you hit them,
20:45on full chat,
20:46everything goes through the suspension,
20:47it collapses,
20:48and you're going to get kicks left and right,
20:50but if you just anticipate that,
20:52where the drop of the shock is,
20:54in the bottom of the hole,
20:55you can just roll off,
20:56then you get a completely different result,
20:57all of a sudden,
20:58Hurlings,
20:59back on the rear wheel,
21:00of Lucas Coonan,
21:01who is yet,
21:02to break fully away,
21:03from the bullet here,
21:04it looked like he'd broken free from,
21:06for a couple of seconds,
21:07Hurlings back on it,
21:07it was 1.7,
21:08at the end of the lap,
21:09now,
21:10it's nothing in it,
21:11and traffic is starting to become a factor as well,
21:13of course,
21:13a 40 rider field here,
21:15full gates,
21:15that means they will catch traffic,
21:17quicker than normal,
21:18and right now,
21:19it's not affecting them totally,
21:20that will become more of a factor tomorrow,
21:22of course,
21:22the longer races,
21:23but yeah,
21:24Hurlings are still closing in,
21:25second and a half,
21:26between Favreau and Geiser,
21:28another two,
21:28back to Lucas,
21:29and then 1.1,
21:30between Lucas and Jeffrey,
21:32Fernandes,
21:33sorry,
21:33Fernandes up to stick,
21:34at the expense of DeWolf,
21:35so DeWolf able to recover,
21:36back to seventh,
21:37not a total loss,
21:37for the Dutchman,
21:38and then it's Jonas Bonacorsi,
21:40Ferrato,
21:40the rest of the point scorers,
21:41yeah,
21:41he only lost the position,
21:42but even still,
21:43it's a position you prefer not to lose,
21:45isn't it?
21:46It's a certain.
21:48Right,
21:49two laps to go,
21:49when we hit the line this time,
21:52and that means,
21:52as we do hit the line,
21:53that's 11 laps in the book,
21:55so 52.9,
21:5553.05,
21:57Fevraau,
21:57Geiser,
21:58respectively,
21:5854.2,
21:5953.8,
22:00Kunin and Hurlings,
22:01there is still,
22:02just five seconds between,
22:04Fevraau,
22:04your leader,
22:05Hurlings there in fifth,
22:061.3 between,
22:07Kunin and Hurlings in third,
22:08it's on,
22:09Geiser's on him,
22:101.1,
22:10the gap was,
22:11but you can clearly see,
22:13there is no room,
22:14to get even a cigarette paper,
22:15between these two here,
22:16that's that nice line,
22:17that Geiser used a lap ago,
22:18he is working,
22:19Fevra left and right,
22:20all over the place,
22:21and Fevra here now,
22:23with traffic,
22:24has to really deal outside of the box,
22:25as Tawani,
22:26stays over on the right hand side,
22:28stay out of the way,
22:29if you were going to say,
22:30which bike handles the best through there,
22:32at that stage,
22:33the Yamaha was certainly,
22:34better handling,
22:35and more precise,
22:36than the Kawasaki,
22:37so there's going to be,
22:38some set up changes,
22:39I would imagine,
22:40being made overnight,
22:41as they normally are,
22:42but Geiser looking good here,
22:44looking strong,
22:45yeah,
22:46just not able to make the pass,
22:47as he closes right,
22:48to the rear wheel,
22:48of the Frenchman,
22:49yet again,
22:50Fevra slightly,
22:51overbalanced on the exit,
22:52to the right,
22:52not massive,
22:53Coonan still with Hurlings,
22:54all over him,
22:55like a,
22:56a sort of,
22:57enduro tail light,
22:58almost,
22:58two horse race now,
22:59this one,
23:00because I can't see,
23:01Coonan bridging back,
23:01a 2.2 second gap,
23:03unless,
23:03these two run into,
23:04some massive traffic,
23:05or run into each other,
23:07Fevra gets on the gas,
23:08so early out of that corner,
23:09flicks it around,
23:10in that super motard style,
23:11it's absolutely classic,
23:12through there,
23:15still,
23:15well,
23:16not much nicer on landing,
23:17that time,
23:17than he has been,
23:18he's wagged a couple of times there,
23:19traffic ahead again,
23:21two lap,
23:22well,
23:22one lap,
23:22and a few quarters to go,
23:23now,
23:23for these two,
23:26yeah,
23:26Fevra still in search,
23:27of his first qualifying race,
23:28win of 2026,
23:30Geiser,
23:30also,
23:31he's had a couple of thirds,
23:32Fevra's had a second,
23:34both of them,
23:34within touching distance,
23:35of a potential,
23:36first win,
23:37of the season,
23:38in the qualifying race,
23:39races,
23:41yeah,
23:41and that was a panic rev,
23:42from Fevra,
23:43on that lap rider,
23:44but it didn't quite work out,
23:45so Geiser's closed,
23:46back in again,
23:47into the final lap,
23:48a couple of panic pulls,
23:49on the tear off there,
23:50for Roman Fevra,
23:51the wind seems,
23:52to have dropped,
23:52oh,
23:54Geiser,
23:54into the rear wheel,
23:55of the back marker there,
23:57almost sent him,
23:58down to the dirt,
23:59Fevra,
24:00going to be the beneficiary,
24:01of that for now,
24:02unless Geiser,
24:02then,
24:03sort of like,
24:03get his head down,
24:04right on the adrenaline,
24:05because that's what it'll be,
24:07an injection of adrenaline,
24:08there,
24:08because all of a sudden,
24:09you come in,
24:10you come in hot,
24:10back marker there,
24:11right in your way,
24:12you know you've got guys,
24:13closing in on you,
24:14Coonan and Hurlings,
24:15and you don't want that,
24:16to happen,
24:16so you all of a sudden,
24:17just get this big,
24:18massive rush,
24:19and that might do him,
24:20just a favour,
24:22Coonan,
24:23still two seconds,
24:24further back,
24:24and Hurlings,
24:25another second behind him,
24:27there is Hurlings,
24:28top of the hill,
24:28Coonan just ahead of him,
24:30but,
24:30Geiser,
24:31maybe,
24:311.3,
24:32Geiser goes for the triple,
24:33this time,
24:34I was about to say,
24:35is he just biting off more,
24:37than he can chew,
24:38Tim Geiser,
24:39with that 1.3 deficit,
24:40but as we get out of that right,
24:42through the next left,
24:42bottom of the hill here,
24:44any moment now,
24:45we'll see that gap,
24:46either go either side,
24:47of 1.3,
24:49it's 1.5,
24:50so,
24:51Devra,
24:52responding,
24:52on this final lap,
24:54Geiser will be kicking himself,
24:55with that back marker,
24:56wrong place,
24:57wrong time,
24:58Coonan,
24:59coming as well,
25:00so he's getting closer,
25:02Hurlings is being left behind,
25:03here on this final lap,
25:04there's only a handful of corners to go,
25:06before we get to the finish line,
25:07which is over to the left hand side,
25:11look at the ruts there,
25:13obviously with the sun,
25:14coming in from the right hand side,
25:15you don't see them,
25:16there's a lot of shadows there,
25:17the ground very,
25:18very chewed up,
25:19at this lake stage of the afternoon,
25:21but as we head across the start straight,
25:23for the final time,
25:24two corners to go,
25:25two corners stand,
25:26between Roman Fevre,
25:27at the finish line,
25:28and a first qualifying win,
25:29and 10 point haul,
25:31of 2026,
25:32Geiser tried all he,
25:33all he had,
25:35put it all on the line,
25:36wasn't able to find his way through,
25:37Roman Fevre,
25:38pretty much a start to finish win,
25:40he hits the line,
25:41he wins the qualifying win,
25:42and that is a big win for him as well,
25:44Geiser second,
25:45Coonan third,
25:46Hurlings more,
25:47Coonan extends,
25:48extends his lead by one point,
25:50at the top of the championship,
25:51goes out the 294,
25:52Hurlings on 291,
25:54top three will,
25:56we get to hear from the top three actually,
25:58Fevre,
25:58Geiser,
25:59and Coonan,
25:59that's why Hurlings was turned away,
26:01not invited to the party,
26:02not today,
26:04you're not on the list,
26:10but that was your first four,
26:1224,
26:1225 seconds further back,
26:13we've got Andrea Adamo,
26:15as he hits the line,
26:16just two and a half seconds,
26:17clear,
26:17Ruben Fernandez,
26:18they'm not on the list,
26:18but it's,
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