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All that Marquez needed was a safe run

to fourth place or better.

Lorenzo had a plan.

Get to the front and then slow down.

Make the riders behind bunch up.

And hope that Marquez tangles

with another rider or makes a mistake.

If another rider got in front of him,

Lorenzo would have to retake the lead,

then repeat the process of slowing down

the riders behind him

and trying to make life hazardous

for Marquez.

It was the first time that

I have to be slower to get something.

A good start

from Jorge Lorenzo yet again!

He just hooked it up really nicely

as the light went out.

And look at that!

Pedrosa is past Marquez.

Lorenzo had to reckon

with Dani Pedrosa.

He could derail the plan by doing

what he naturally wanted to do.

Dani wanted to win the race

and wanted to be as fast as possible.

I tried to move forward

and every time I make a pass

he was ready to pass back.

Lorenzo fighting back

already! Into turn two!

He forces Pedrosa wide!

And retakes the lead!

I tried to change

my passing points,

so it was harder for him

to get back on me.

But he always finds a way.

Oh, they almost touch

as they come through there.

Pedrosa pushed wide once more

by Lorenzo.

He just doesn't want to allow

the Honda a moment.

Again, Marquez was so close

into the back of Pedrosa there.

Pedrosa is through once more

on Lorenzo, into turn eight.

And he's actually done it at a place

where it's not easy

for Lorenzo to get straight back.

What can Lorenzo respond with?

Here he comes! He almost takes

Dani Pedrosa's right leg off

as he comes through turn eleven.

He was way too aggressive.

My leather at the end was more black

than white from his wheel.

Oh, he's gonna force

Pedrosa a little bit wide.

That's not my style.

I understand that my two actions

were close to the limit.

In these circumstances I felt a little

bit like David against Goliath.

I was trying to beat Goliath

doing everything I could do.

Lorenzo fights back.

There's no way through that time.

There is! He's pushed.

He's pushed Dani Pedrosa wide!

He's pushed him right off the track,

as well. He had to do it.

And now Marquez takes over

at the front.

You had the best view of

the battle between Jorge and Dani.

How many penalty points do you think

Jorge deserved with the passes?

You know, I already said in the past

and I will say now,

we are here for racing, for fighting

and the races are like that.

I tell you,

Lorenzo is riding as aggressively

as I've ever seen him ride.

He has to.

He will try

and rough up Marquez now at the front.

And here he comes!

Into turn two this time again.

He's very strong in there once more.

And he takes the lead from Marquez.

He's gonna have to try

and slow things up.

But the writing was

on the wall for Lorenzo.

The other riders were falling back.

The other riders,

apart from our three,

they were too slow

to stay in the group.

And when I look behind

and I see that they were too far,

I thought to win this race,

to go away, and that's it.

He's definitely changed

the tactics, hasn't he now?

He's gone from slowing, let's get

everybody involved in the party,

to let's see

if you can run at my sort of pace.

Of course, Marquez doesn't need

to be sucked into this.

It was difficult

because something inside me say,

"You need to fight."

I understand

that it was much more important,

the championship than one race.

Number 93 now has

four kilometers, 2.5 miles left.

That was maybe

the longest race in my career.

Last lap I was so careful.

He's gonna win

his debut season in MotoGP.

But hats off first of all

to Jorge Lorenzo.

Jorge Lorenzo wins

his eighth grand prix this season.

But now we await

for the arrival of Marc Marquez!

He's done it! He's done it!

Twenty years old, 266 days!

The youngest ever winner

in the premiere class.

The first rookie to do so since '78.

I want to say thanks to Honda.

To all my team.

To all the people who help me. To my

family because they are always there.

I don't know what I can say

because I feel so good.

Behind that smile there

is the courage of Marquez.

The courage of one who says,

"I'm here. I'm a kid, but I can win."

So, Marc did

some incredible things.

I expect he have to do some more

mistakes during the first season.

He has all the potential

to become the greatest of all time

or better than me or win more than me.

He has great skills

and is also very young.

But now is very early to say.

It's a long way.

But he has 100% of possibility.

It's as big

as it gets, there's nothing bigger.

He's won the toughest

championships in the world.

He's the fastest rider

in the world right now.

All the riders hope

he's already close to his top level.

Because if he improves

a lot from here from now,

for the other guys, it's a big problem.

He's the same son as always.

He might be the champion,

but he's the same.

It's so great.

That's the lovely

thing, the essence of the family.

At least he hasn't talked

about leaving us yet.

I have been fortunate.

This is the message.

In the motorcycle world, anyone

who falls, like Lorenzo or Marquez,

who races with broken bones,

demonstrates that one

can come back from injury

to continue to breathe

the intoxication of a dream.

It's not so much about reaching a goal,

it's the challenge, the journey

of becoming ourselves in life.

We must share the scent of victory

and make those around us happy

by our example.

At one point, I used to think

that I'm very unlucky

if I compare myself

to the other riders.

Much more often to hospital.

And much more often

I have Race Direction problems.

But, you know,

I think now completely different.

I completely see

that I am a very fortunate guy.

I live every day the dream of my life.

There is a very high level

of competition

and I'm still there

through now eleven years

and this makes me proud.

Sure, numbers could be a little better

but I'm enjoying it.

You have to work it out. I think Rossi,

for example, he's trying also.

It will never be the same because

in life there is a constant change,

in you, in the rest, in everything.

But you have to work out the best

to find your happiness

and the best balance for you.

When you go home

and you are at rest and out of this,

it's not the number that you get.

It's the experience you felt

when you were doing it.

My father once told me, when I was 14,

before I started world championships

in 2002, before my debut.

I crashed in Montmelo.

So when my dad see me like this,

unconscious in the ambulance,

we went to the hospital.

He told me,

"Son, let's stop this sh*t,

because, it's a sh*t."

"You know, it isn't worth it."

But I say...

I was crying at this moment.

I say,

"No, no, Dad, I will continue."

Everybody has his way

to interpret racing.

Some riders do it because

they want revenge on their world.

Some others, it's very important

to give the maximum.

For some others it's for fun,

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