Hitting the Apex Page #8

is his teammate Marc Marquez.

Oh, Dad's looking on.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

Here he comes through turn 19.

One more corner to go.

And the Circuit of the Americas

can acclaim Marc Marquez

through turn 20 he comes.

Marc Marquez, the youngest ever winner

of a premiere class grand prix

motorcycle race wins in Texas!

The crowd rise for the new boy.

And look, Valentino Rossi

shakes hands with Marc Marquez.

And a doff of the cap from the doctor.

Surely, nobody better to present

the birthday cake to him

than his mom, Maria.

Lorenzo, happy birthday!

26 years old today.

Lorenzo's 26th birthday celebrations

included the honor

of having the final corner at Jerez,

the scene of many last lap clashes,

named after him.

Marc Marquez is going

to have a dig at Jorge Lorenzo.

Whoa, Marquez, he was forced

to pick the bike up there.

That could've been both of them.

In 2013, Race Direction

introduced a new penalty system

modeled on the driving license,

with points imposed

for dangerous riding.

Whoa, Marquez again!

He's so close to the rear.

There's inches separating their tires.

Marc Marquez made us think

about a point system

because he was very close

to the limit so many times

that we needed

a way of accounting for that.

How many times

have we told you to take it easy?

It's just gonna get

worse and worse. Marquez again!

He was up in the air

fishtailing all over the place!

He's sideways coming into the corner.

Modeled on the driving license,

everyone understands it.

We just formalized the warning.

So instead of just a verbal warning,

it now becomes a point.

You add up points and you get to four

and you have to start at the back.

So is there

any way through for Marquez?

Look at Lorenzo!

He gets away beautifully down there.

Marquez is going to come through

and he's going to run it wide.

Lorenzo goes wide with him.

Is there another chance

at the final corner?

Can he do Lorenzo

at Lorenzo Corner?

Pedrosa leads.

Is there any way through for Marquez?

He's going to have a go, you know.

They collide! They've collided!

How many times have we seen it?

Marquez has done it!

Oh, in that final corner!

It's Pedrosa who's gonna come

across the line from Marquez!

Lorenzo is gonna be furious!

- That's Lorenzo's corner.

- Oh, yeah? I didn't think that.

Have you spoken to him?

I tried but he doesn't want to.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry for him.

But I know that he can be angry.

The wag

of the finger from Jorge Lorenzo.

Had that incident occurred

earlier in the race,

we wouldn't have been so lenient.

But the last corner, the last lap

and Lorenzo left a significant gap

that any rider in his right mind

would attempt to go through.

Last corner.

Two great champions.

The guy behind tries to go in front

and the guy in front doesn't want

to arrive behind.

It happens like this.

It is also the good things of racing.

And I'm very upset

that I wasn't fast enough

to go with Marc.

and to be in the last corner

together with Marc and Jorge

because maybe it is also more funny.

What Marc

went through in the first five races

only he knows.

Until he got to grips with the power

and had some experiences with the bike,

he was taking enormous risks

every session.

Every practice, every race,

it was just, "Let's see what happens."

Every weekend I'd go out on Friday

for the first lap at the limit,

and I'd finish the last corner

on Sunday at the limit.

Every session was like, "Let's see

if I fall off or if I can do it."

As soon as the camera panned

to him, we could see he was crawling.

There wasn't ever that moment

of heart-stopping "Is he OK?"

To see him moving immediately

even though the visor was off,

that was a bit of a God-send,

to be honest.

My feelings were with his mum and father

who we were with at the medical center.

We didn't know how bad his face was.

What had happened to his head.

We could see the visor was off. They

must have nerves of steel, those two.

I get nervous.

But I tell myself I must stay calm

because in the end

you can't fix anything.

If you get worked up,

what are you going to do?

You can't fix anything. You can't help

your son if you get nervous.

On Friday evening he was worried

because his face was all swollen.

He was icing it.

He said, "Mum, how am I going to look?"

I brake at the same point.

But just a little bit more aggressive.

The front wheel was locking, pushed me

to the grass and when I was there,

I saw the wall,

I was going directly to the wall

and I just jumped off the bike.

It was better like that.

At which speed

did you lose the front?

When I lost the front, 338km/h.

Then when I crashed, 300km/h.

This now looks not so good,

but yesterday it was much worse.

He was very lucky there, very lucky.

Yeah.

Very, very, very, very, very lucky.

Because it can be a lot worse.

But in the end you say,

"We were lucky. Nothing happened."

Just a shock, on we go back to work.

Round five of the MotoGP

World Championship

is about to get underway

here in Magello.

Marquez was certain to ride.

He never considered

it would be too difficult.

He had a lot of bruising

and a fractured shoulder

but he quickly put the crash

out of his mind

and he rode a great race.

To be honest, I worry about him.

He's very young.

And when you are young,

when you are 20, you don't see the risk.

And I was completely the same as him.

So I understand him.

You have this hunger and this ambition.

And I can do it. I can win

the championship in my first year.

But anyway, every rider's different.

You have to respect

the mentality of the riders.

And this mentality will give him

probably a lot of crashes in the future.

But also will give him

very good results.

Until he finally understands

or perceives a little bit more

this kind of risk.

And that

is Dani Pedrosa who's gone down!

No, it's Marc Marquez

who's gone from second place.

The important thing

is for Marquez to do as Lorenzo says.

With crashes and injuries,

you gain the kind of experience

which led Lorenzo to focus

and become who he is today.

He who plays chess with danger,

with risk, with death,

is always a person with the capacity

to endure injuries.

Your human limits,

the fact of your being mortal,

helps you to climb

the enchanted mountain of your dreams.

Jorge Lorenzo has done

the business. And look at that!

That's why he is number one.

That's why he's world champion.

He's back with a vengeance.

Second place is Dani Pedrosa.

Another podium finish

for Cal Crutchlow.

Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Crutchlow.

Two Spaniards and an Englishman.

Where's the Italian?

The King of Mugello.

Seven-times winner here.

Where is Valentino Rossi?

I'm lucky because I'm OK

because it was a bad crash.

When Bautista hit me on my foot,

And I lose the control of the bike

and I go to the wall.

And, "F***", I say.

I was OK,

because I put the bike in front of me.

But the impact was high. Yeah, bad.

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