 1 Race day and the rain has gone away. |
 2 125 Warmup Tomoyoshi KOYAMA Japan. KTM 125. |
 3 125 Warmup Pablo NIETO Spain. Crashed out of 125 race. |
 4 125 Warmup Stevie BONSEY, USA (51) and Pablo NIETO |
 5 250 Warmup Imre TOTH, Hungary. Crashed out in race. |
 6 250 Warmup Jorge LORENZO Spain. 250 Race winner and 250 Championship winner. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland following. |
 7 250 Warmup Jorge LORENZO Spain. |
 8 250 Warmup Jorge LORENZO Spain. |
 9 250 Warmup Jorge LORENZO, Spain. In a class of his own. |
 10 250 Warmup Julian SIMON Spain |
 11 250 Warmup Federico SANDI, Italy. Finished last but six did not finish at all. |
 12 250 Warmup From Lukey Heights looking towards Siberia. A bike is just coming out of turn 6 and another is going into turn 8. |
 13 MotoGP Warmup We go to Turn 10 to watch the MotoGP warmup. This is Chris VERMEULEN, Australia, Suzuki 800. |
 14 MotoGP warm-up Nicky HAYDEN, USA current world champion, with Anthony WEST, Australia behind. |
 15 MotoGP warm-up Nicky HAYDEN, USA, Honda 800 |
 16 MotoGP warm-up Loris CAPIROSSI, Italy. Placed second in the race. |
 17 MotoGP warm-up Dani PEDROSA, Spain. Came fourth in the race. |
 18 MotoGP warm-up Colin EDWARDS, USA. Placed ninth. |
 19 MotoGP warm-up Makato TAMADA Japan. Placed second last (16th). |
 20 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER. Race winner and 2007 MotoGP championship winner. |
 21 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER. Race winner and 2007 championship winner. |
 22 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER. Race winner and 2007 championship winner. |
 23 Randy DePuniet MotoGP warm-up Randy DE PUNIET, France, Kawasaki 800. Placed Sixth. |
 24 MotoGP warm-up Randy DE PUNIET, France. |
 25 Sylvan Guintali MotoGP warm-up Sylvain GUINTOLI, France. Placed 14th. |
 26 Carlos Checker MotoGP warm-up Carlos CHECA, Spain. Placed 11th. This was his last year in MotoGP before being demoted to WSB. |
 27 MotoGP warm-up Carlos CHECA, Spain |
 28 Marco Melandri MotoGP warmup Marco MELANDRI, Italy. Placed tenth. |
 29 MotoGP warm-up Anthony WEST, Australia, Kawasaki 800. |
 30 Kurtis Roberts MotoGP warm-up Kurtis ROBERTS, USA. Finished last (17th) - the only genuine privateer in MotoGP. |
 31 MotoGP warm-up Colin EDWADS, USA. |
 32 Valentino MotoGP warm-up Valentino ROSSI, Italy. Finished third in the race and third in the championship. |
 33 MotoGP warm-up Valentino ROSSI, Italy. Today Valentino is wearing his 2007 helmet. It's a design based on Australian and US native themes. |
 34 MotoGP warm-up Chris VERMEULEN, Suzuki. |
 35 MotoGP warm-up Dani PEDROSA, Honda |
 36 MotoGP warm-up Chaz DAVIES, UK, Ducati. Crashed out. |
 37 MotoGP warm-up ROSSI Yamaha, followed by TAMADA Yamaha. |
 38 MotoGP warm-up Alex BARROS, Brazil, Ducati. Finished fifth but this was his last year in MotoGP before demotion to WSB. |
 39 MotoGP warm-up Nicky HAYDEN, Honda. Crashed out. |
 40 MotoGP warm-up Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha. |
 41 MotoGP warm-up Valentino ROSSI |
 42 MotoGP warm-up Randy DE PUNIET, Kawasaki |
 43 MotoGP warm-up Marco MELANDRI, Honda. Finished tenth. |
 44 MotoGP warm-up Marco MELANDRI, Honda. |
 45 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER, Ducati - still the only one who can ride it. |
 46 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER, Ducati |
 47 MotoGP warm-up Carlos CHECA, Honda |
 48 MotoGP warm-up Anothony WEST, Kawasaki. |
 49 MotoGP warm-up Dani PEDROSA, Honda |
 50 MotoGP warm-up Dani PEDROSA, Honda |
 51 MotoGP warm-up Colin EDWARDS, Yamaha |
 52 MotoGP warm-up Alex BARROS, Ducati. |
 53 MotoGP warm-up Nicky HAYDEN, Honda |
 54 MotoGP warm-up Randy DE PUNIET follows Marco MELANDRI. |
 55 MotoGP warm-up Loris Capirossi, Ducati |
 56 MotoGP warm-up Chris VERMEULEN, Suzuki. |
 57 MotoGP warm-up John HOPKINS, USA, Suzuki. The elbows-down king. |
 58 MotoGP warm-up Shinya NAKANO, Japan, Honda. Now demoted to WSB. |
 59 MotoGP warm-up Colin EDWARDS, Yamaha. |
 60 MotoGP warm-up Chaz DAVIES, Ducati. Chaz is a superbike rider. Note the vastly different riding style. |
 61 MotoGP warm-up Nicky HAYDEN, Honda. Look at the difference in riding styles and lean angles. |
 62 MotoGP warm-up Marco MELANDRI pushes Randy DE PUNIET. |
 63 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER, in a class of his own this year. |
 64 MotoGP warm-up Casey STONER. |
 65 MotoGP warm-up John HOPKINS, elbow nearly touching. |
 66 MotoGP warm-up Shinya NAKANO. |
 67 MotoGP warm-up Valentino. Different line to Nicky Hayden. |
 68 MotoGP warm-up Valentino |
 69 MotoGP warm-up Valentino. Laying dark lines already indicating he's on full throttle, at almost full lean. |
 70 MotoGP warm-up Valentino |
 71 MotoGP warm-up Valentino |
 72 MotoGP warm-up Tony ELIAS, Spain, Honda, pushing Shinya NAKANO and Valentino ROSSI. |
 73 MotoGP warm-up Randy DEPUNIET joins Tony ELIAS, Shinya NAKANO and Valentino ROSSI. |
 74 MotoGP warm-up Tony ELIAS is very small and has to hang right off the bike to get it to lean. |
 75 MotoGP warm-up Rossi is now way in front of DE PUNIET, ELIAS and NAKANO. He is noticeably tighter on turn 11 than the others. |
 76 MotoGP warm-up Nicky HAYDEN harrasses Makoto TAMADA |
 77 Lindsay Fox (LINFOX) owns the Phillip Island Circuit. |
 78 At every GP Randy MOMOLA takes paying customers for a ride on a twin-seat Ducati. |
 79 Gardner Straight. Aeobatics show. |
 80 Gardner Straight. Aeobatics show. |
 81 Some classic Mustangs took the MotoGP riders around the circuit. |
 82 Some classic Mustangs took the MotoGP riders around the circuit. |
 83 Some classic Mustangs took the MotoGP riders around the circuit. Air temperature was 20 degrees, a bit chilly at 320 kmh. |
 84 Classic Mustangs. |
 85 Classic Mustangs. |
 86 Classic Mustangs. |
 87 Classic Mustangs. |
 88 Classic Mustangs. |
 89 Classic Mustangs. |
 90 125 Race The 125cc Riders have completed the sighting lap. |
 91 125 Race Riders have completed the sighting lap. |
 92 125 Race Mike DI MEGLIO, France |
 93 125 Race Riders are about to do their warmup lap. Pole is Mattai PASINI Italy, then Raffaele DE ROSA Italy, Lukas PESEK Czech Republic and Tomoyoshi KOYAMA Japan. |
 94 125 Race begins The red lights go out and they're away! Raffaele DE ROSA is missing. |
 95 125 Race Lukas PESEK Czech Republic, gets a horror start but still wins the race. |
 96 125 Race First lap |
 97 125 Race Valentino and Uccio always watch the start of the 125 race. |
 98 125 Race Valentino and Uccio always watch the start of the 125 race. |
 99 125 Race The eventual winner, Lukas PESEK (52), is already in front by lap 2. |
 100 125 Race Mattiah PASINI (75) eventually finishes seventh. |
 101 125 Podium Ceremony Third place trophy presented to Hector FAUBEL. |
 102 125 Podium Ceremeony Second place trophy presented to Joan OLIVE. |
 103 125 Podium Ceremeony Winner's trophy presented to Lukas PESIK. |
 104 125 Podium Ceremony Spraying champagne. |
 105 250 Race 250cc riders assemble after sighting lap. |
 106 250 Race Fabrizio LAI, Italy. Qualified 16th, finished 17th. |
 107 250 Race Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland. Qualified 8th, finished 5th. |
 108 250 Race Alvaro BAUTISTA Spain, and Alex DE ANGELIS San Marino, finished 2nd and 9th. |
 109 250 Race The front roe of the grid was Jorge LORENZO Spain, Hector BARBERA Spain, Alvarao BAUTISTA Spain and ALex DE ANGELIS San Marino. |
 110 250 Race Hector BARBERA (80) did not finish the first lap. |
 111 250 Race Andrea DOVIZIOSO (34) and Thomnas LUTHI (12) join the lead group. Dovi finished third. |
 112 250 Race At the end of the first lap, eventual winner Jorge LORENZO leads easily. |
 113 250 Race Last lap. |
 114 250 Race The chequered flag. |
 115 250 Race Alvaro BAUTISTA, Andrea DOVIZISO and Hiroshi AOYAMA waved over the line. Jorge LORENZO is long gone. |
 116 250 Podium Ceremony Andrea DOVIZIOSO receives third place trophy. |
 117 250 Podium Ceremony Alvaro BAUTISTA receives second place trophy. |
 118 250 Podium Ceremony Jorge LORENZO receives the winner's trophy. This was his final year in 250's. He joined the factory Yamaha team in 2008. |
 119 250 Podium Ceremony Pause for the Spanish National Anthem. |
 120 250 Podium Ceremony Spraying the champagne. |
 121 Gardner Straight Waiting for the main event and the weather is fine and the stands are full. |
 122 Gardner Straight looking across Bass Straight. I was in the Bass Straight stands the year before. |
 123 Allie with the shrill voice This squeaky-voiced girl was one of the course announcers. She had a full repertoire of cliches: "It's all happening", "All the riders love Phillip Island" and "The excitement's starting to build" among them. |
 124 Mark BRACKS was another course announcer and he did a great job. He worked for MotoGP in 2007. Our girl asks in-depth questions of Craig Lowndes, a V8 Supercar driver. |
 125 Our girl interviewing Mick Doohan, probably asking if he's excited or who he thinks is going to win. |
 126 Flyover by F18. |
 127 Flyover by F18. |
 128 Flyover by F18. I'm always fascinated by the ectoplasm. |
 129 Flyover by F18. |
 130 MotoGP race The march of the attractive kiddies signals the main event is about to begin. |
 131 MotoGP Pit Lane Gerry BURGESS stands by Valentino's Yamaha. |
 132 MotoGP Pit Lane Photographer after an interesting angle. The lady on the left looks to be unimpressed. |
 133 MotoGP Pit Lane Casey's bike being wheeled out ready for action. |
 134 MotoGP Pit Lane Casey about to mount his Ducati. |
 135 MotoGP Pit Lane Valentino rides off on his sighting lap. |
 136 MotoGP race The grid assembles. |
 137 MotoGP race Colin EDWARDS on the grid next to Anthony WEST. |
 138 MotoGP race Colin EDWARDS and by coincidence, his 2009 crew chief Guy COULON (in the ear muffs) whom EDWARDS describes as "borderline genius". |
 139 MotoGP race Carlos CHECA, Honda. |
 140 MotoGP race Valentino joins the grid. |
 141 MotoGP race Valentino joins the grid. |
 142 MotoGP race Valentino joins the grid. |
 143 MotoGP race Valentino joins the grid. |
 144 MotoGP race The excitement's starting to build. |
 145 MotoGP race Casey's wife Adriana is his umbrella person. |
 146 MotoGP race Casey STONER. ROSSI is behind to the right. |
 147 MotoGP race Frantic activity on the grid as the excitement mounts. |
 148 MotoGP race Casey qualified third behind PEDROSA and ROSSI. |
 149 MotoGP race CAPIROSSI (crouching) qualified 5th and finished 2nd. Randy DE PUNIET is under the umbrella. |
 150 MotoGP race Starting the Yamaha's and Ducati's engines for the warmup lap. |
 151 MotoGP race The front row of the grid is Dani PEDROSA Pole, Valentino ROSSI 2nd, Casey STONER 3rd. |
 152 MotoGP race Next row back was Nicky HAYDEN, Loris CAPIROSSI and Randy DEPUNIET. |
 153 MotoGP race Row 3 was Alex BARROS, Shinya NAKANO and Sylvain GUINTOLI. |
 154 MotoGP race Row 4 was Anthony WEST, Colin EDWARDS and Marco MELANDRI. |
 155 MotoGP race Row 5 was Carlos CHECA, John HOPKINS and Makoto TAMADA. |
 156 MotoGP race Row 7 was Chris Vermeulen, Chaz DAVIES and Tony ELIAS out of the picture. |
 157 MotoGP race They're off on their warmup lap. |
 158 MotoGP race As the grid reassembles, Rossi quickly takes his position. |
 159 MotoGP race Casey always likes to arrive as late as possible. |
 160 MotoGP race Casey arrives at the grid. |
 161 MotoGP race They're now under starter's orders. |
 162 MotoGP race When the marshall leaves the grid, the red lights go on. |
 163 MotoGP race The red lights are off and they're away (to quote Nick Harris, MotoGP commentator) |
 164 MotoGP race PEDROSA and STONER always start faster than ROSSI. |
 165 MotoGP race Already Casey has a small lead. |
 166 MotoGP race Around the top corner turn 12 and its STONER, PEDROSA, HAYDEN and Rossi has dropped to fourth. |
 167 MotoGP race Loris CAPIROSSI is at the apex of turn 12 and Alex BARROS comes into view. |
 168 MotoGP race STONER and PEDROSA have a clear lead. Casey held on to win easily while PEDROSA dropped backed to fourth. Hayden retired after 12 laps. |
 169 After the MotoGP race, a fine tradition is where the crowd assembles on the track for the podium ceremony. |
 170 I did this last year and walked as these people are doing from Bass Straight. |
 171 Parc Ferme. STONER, CAPIROSSI and ROSSI are in there somewhere. |
 172 Casey had his fans here. |
 173 After the MotoGP race. |
 174 MotoGP Podium Ceremony ROSSI and CAPIROSSI have entered the podium and are then joined by STONER. |
 175 MotoGP Podium Ceremony Acknowledging the cheers of the huge crowd assembled below the podium. |
 176 MotoGP Podium Ceremony ROSSI accepts third place trophy. |
 177 MotoGP Podium Ceremony CAPIROSSI accepts second place trophy. |
 178 MotoGP Podium Ceremony STONER accepts winner's trophy to the applause of a mildly partisan crowd. ROSSI had his fans as does everywhere. |
 179 After it's all over, we find our motor bike in this mess and ride back to our motel. |
 180 It took a while for us to get clear, maybe 15 minutes. |
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