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kind of luck Rossi had in 2006.

Maybe Rossi still has

a shot at the title.

It's something very,

very difficult,

but it's something that everybody in

the back of his mind is thinking.

I feel

this bike very well.

I know the limits.

Of course I can crash,

but I know

the limits very well.

In the end, Rossi is back

because he can be and so he has to be.

This is what he lives for. This

is what they all live for.

One of the big

sensations is driving a bike fast.

I think, second,

only two other things.

Sex and riding,

the best experiences.

When you feel the bike

and you are confident with it,

it's fantastic.

Fantastic sensation.

It's some kind of love.

A strange love, you know.

Nothing's

even come close to it.

My whole life's pretty much just

revolved around motorcycles.

I love my bike. I love

the feeling of being on a bike.

Trying to improve

your riding style.

Racing these machines

against these people,

that's what I love.

You zip up the leathers,

put the helmet on,

walking out to your bike,

you feel complete.

As soon as that shield

goes down, there's nothing.

That's it. It's just done.

You snap the shield shut.

Let's go as fast

as we possibly can.

Been racing motorcycles for

It's been a very

long love affair.

I started riding bikes

when I was four years old.

This is my

twenty-first season.

When I am home more than one week,

I want to come back and ride.

From the time I was three

years old, been racing motorcycles.

I didn't ever want to be

an astronaut, a fire fighter,

a footballer, nothing else.

I wanted to be world champion.

When I was four, I was sitting

on Santa Claus' lap and said,

"I want a motorcycle. "

And then his reaction was,

"Well, you can't do this."

And I totally just walked off

and didn't even listen

to what he had to say,

'cause he didn't have

a motorcycle for me.

And then I got a motorcycle

when I was five.

And started racing street

bikes when I was eight.

I was three years old the first

time I got onto a bike, I realized that

it was my sport.

My dad was convinced

I could be a world champion.

Since the beginning,

since I was three years old.

He was talking

about that with people

and people thought

that he was mad,

completely mad.

It's usually the father

who supports his son's ambition.

But there's always

the exception.

Well, my mom was the one that

had the $80,000 credit card bills,

working three jobs,

doing that kind of stuff.

We knew when

he was three years old.

When he was 12, I knew he

was going to be a champion.

Told so many people.

So far this year,

Mary Spies has watched her son

crash twice in France,

retire in Spain

and finish seventh in Italy.

Ben said it's gonna

be a different ball game.

And just hang in there and

we'll take it step by step-

He crashed again

in practice in Britain.

And then racing with

a broken bone in his foot,

he shows everyone

what he's made of.

Inside line

as they go down towards Abbey.

Ben Spies now

on the outside.

Can he find some way

through at Farm Curve?

There you see, and Spies

is gonna go through.

How much longer?

Halfa lap.

Dovizioso's second.

Ben Spies in third place.

Got it.

He got third.

Bravo!

That's his life, and

he can do whatever he wants

and I will support him.

The other man on fire

at this point of the season

is Frenchman

Randy de Puniet,

who has qualified on the front

row at the last three races,

second only

to Lorenzo and Stoner.

Like Spies, de Puniet

is in the satellite team,

racing a second-best bike.

Only the top teams get

the latest equipment,

an unfair fact

of MotoGP life.

De Puniet's ultra-fast qualifying

laps are a tribute to his bra very.

And perhaps also to the

testosterone boosting powers

of his Australian girlfriend,

Lauren Vickers.

But it's very, very hard

to maintain that level

of over-the-limit commitment

for an entire race.

I don't like to see that

so much, the crashes,

but when he's on a high, it's really

amazing to be able to watch him.

Yeah, I feel okay because

it's my riding style.

And it was the only

chance to be fast.

Sure, my bike was a little

bit difficult to control.

But it was no problem because I

am in good physical condition,

and I was ready for that.

It's another

good lap by Rossi.

Will it lift him out of fifth place?

It does. Up to fourth.

He's getting nearer and nearer

to that front row start.

Fire out of the side

of Jorge Lorenzo's bike.

Fuel off the left

hand side of the bike.

Oil spitting out

of the bike.

Pouring out.

There he is. Oil spurting

out of his bike.

All the way down

towards Turn 1.

Ben Spies has gone down.

Hey, there's someone

else there as well.

Is that

Randy de Puniet?

Yeah.

It's de Puniet down.

Red flag out.

Oil on the track,

de Puniet looks hurt.

Jorge Lorenzo is confirmed

as being on pole position.

The Spaniard just nipping

ahead of Casey Stoner.

And Dani Pedrosa

rounding out the first row.

Row two, Dovizioso backing

up Pedrosa's speed.

Valentino Ross:

he returns-

Row three, headed

by Randy de Puniet.

Let's hope he's okay for tomorrow's

Grand Prix after the crash.

Jorge Lorenzo in pole.

Casey Stoner, he goes

to Honda next season.

Behind them, look out for the return

of The Doctor, Valentino Rossi.

Valentino Rossi hasn't ruled out

challenging for this championship.

Round eight of the

MotoGP World Championship

here at the Sachsenring

is underway.

The race is scheduled for

Sachsenring is unusual

because it has 10 left

and only three right turns.

The layout helps Rossi.

His injuries are to his right

leg and right shoulder,

and the track places the load on the

stronger left side of his body.

Nine laps in, Lorenzo leads from

Pedrosa, Stoner and Dovizioso.

Rossi is in fifth place

when the crash happens.

De Puniet falls first and is struck

by the Ducati of Mika Kallio.

Bautista and Espargaro

hit de Puniet's bike.

De Puniet's injuries,

a broken tibia and fibula,

like Rossi at Mugello.

The race is restarted.

Pedrosa takes the lead

from Lorenzo in lap 10

and edges away to win

by three seconds.

The real battle

is behind them.

Casey Stoner and Valentino

Rossi fight it out

for the final place

on the podium.

And it will all

be down to the final lap

for the battle

for the podium position.

Rossi will be

desperate for it.

Stoner desperate

to hang onto it.

Look how wide

Stoner has gone.

He's gonna try and get the

drive going down to 14.

Stoner's going to come in. It's

the final corner in attack.

Stoner goes through

into 14.

Across the line,

it's Stoner.

You know, I'm sure

from Casey's perspective,

there was extra

effort put in

to not get beaten by a guy

with a broken leg.

Overall, I think being

a left-hand track

may not be too difficult

on the leg.

You obviously don't get any

rest at all at Laguna.

I suffered quite

a lot in Turn 4 and Turn 5,

for changing direction

from right to left

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