TT3D: Closer to the Edge Page #9

But I'm sure he'll

come back again, you know.

It's a big disappointment to Guy.

You know, he'd just done

224 miles at those speeds

and then told we are

penalizing you for nothing.

Such a tiny thing. Point one over 60.

There shouldn't be a 30-second penalty.

Five, possibly.

That's harsh.

They're measuring

the average speed over a distance.

Now who's to say that their distance

that they're measuring over

is accurate to within a millimetre?

We have books full of regulations,

by the way.

And unfortunately,

I perhaps also ought to say,

that in the matter of time-keeping

the timekeeper, his word is law

and he records what are then considered

to be matters of fact

from which there is

no protest or appeals.

OK.

Yeah, well, that's it.

Monday's a new day, innit, and you know,

Guy's got another two races on Monday

so you know as long as Guy turns up

this evening, open-minded,

and puts today's race behind him,

you know, he's got another

superbike race as well on Friday.

And, you know,

we'll just move on from it.

Welcome to Monday's

action on the mountain course.

Two races, 600cc machines

are off first at 10:45.

Guy Martin

has blitzed them from the start.

At Ballaugh, Guy Martin

is still leading the race by

just over a second from Ian Hutchinson,

with Dan Kneen in third place.

Guy Martin is here at

Ramsey hairpin, lap one,

and he still leads

and he looks determined today.

News from the top

of the mountain, from the Bungalow,

is that Ian Hutchinson has

halved the gap on Guy Martin.

And here's lan Hutchinson who leads

at the end of the first lap.

Guy Martin obviously

likes that stretch of course

between the Grandstand and here

because he's consistently quicker.

But Hutchy seems to get it

on him on him everywhere else.

It's trouser-bulging excitement

here.

Guy Martin

is leading the race.

Now lan Hutchinson

has gone back into the lead.

It's Guy Martin

back into the lead.

There's Hutchy now, leading on the road.

Oh, as quick as that.

Charlie, what's the difference

as Guy comes in?

3.3 seconds so Hutchy

has been going away a little bit.

Guy Martin's being told

there, "You can do this,"

and I'm sure there 's thousands

out there who would like him to do this.

Get out the f***ing way.

Did Guy have problems there

on the way?

We heard a lot of shouting.

Guy goes through with

Keith Amor hot on his tail.

Michael Dunlop

slots into third.

But, here's lan Hutchinson

who's extended the lead.

There 's now over four seconds,

but stand by your beds

because the news from Ballaugh is that

Guy Martin has halved the gap.

lan Hutchinson is coming

towards the end of the race

but Guy Martin has now got it down

to less than three seconds at the Cronk

and Guy Martin

is having the lap of his life!

But is it going to be enough to give him

his first victory here at the T And Hutchy crosses the line

right now, but where is Guy?

He started 40 seconds after Hutchy.

We've started the stopwatch,

and we're going to be

counting it all the way down

from those 40 seconds. 37... 38...

It's 39...

It is victory for Ian Hutchinson.

By 3.03 seconds.

Guy Martin is in second place.

Michael Dunlop is in third place,

with a final lap of 126. 587.

The one, two, three is Hutchinson,

Martin and Michael Dunlop.

And it's down to Chris Kinley.

I don't know

where Guy got to, actually.

I can tell you he went

straight up the return

and that is as much as

we know at the moment.

So Guy did not come

into the winners' enclosure.

He went straight up the return,

well have to find out

what's going on there.

Charles, did you see him?

The people who made the rules,

it's nothing to do with us.

Paul's trying to do his job,

you know what I mean, it's not Paul,

Paul doesn't make the rules.

Now this is me being picky.

Guy, we're all

really proud of you, so just please...

For Wilson. Please. Please. Please.

Get yourself together, Guy.

- Wouldn't you be peeved?

- Yeah, Guy, I'd be upset

but I wouldn't take it out on the people

who are supposed to be me mates.

Point one-one-two...

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Guy! Guy!

Brakes, front brakes! Front brakes!

Gonna hold his bum in a minute.

Now then, boss, where'd you go?

60.112.

That's you boys being picky.

This is me being picky.

I'll do what I want at my speed.

So this is Saturday's race

you're on about, isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah...

I'll let you get down the bottom there

we'll have a longer chat later on.

OK, Guy? Thank you very much,

Guy's off there now.

So that was a bit of

a Guy Martin protest we saw there,

you going straight in?

If I walked

at 112 of a kilometre an hour

do you know how far I'd go?

Point .112 of a kilometre,

how far's that, the length of this here.

Get a grip, man, get a grip.

30 seconds...

There 's the applause.

And richly deserved, as well,

it's been a terrific morning's racing,

and these guys will remember

this for one reason or another

for a very long time.

But Guy Martin is not hanging around

at the top of the podium,

he's already making his way down.

He's taking his bottle

of bubbly with him, though.

Tell me a bit how you feel.

They're being awkward with me,

I'll be awkward with them.

They just do things... They want you,

"You can't do this, you can't do that."

You know, "Press this, press that."

F*** off.

They've been awkward with me,

I'll be f***ing awkward with them.

That simple. No problem.

No problem. Don't worry,

that's only the tip of the iceberg.

You wait till I win a f***er.

I didn't even think about it really,

I just agree with them.

You're better off. Owt I say was just

sour grapes, anything at all that I say.

I could've said owt.

So I had to do an interview

yesterday morning...

I just said,

"l was happy to finish fourth.

"Happy. It's where I wanted to be."

Obviously not,

I wanted to win it, didn't I?

But they're not helping you with

d*ckheads like that, are they?

Oh, well.

Worse things happen at sea,

we're still here aren't we?

I thought it went rather well.

Obviously not well enough,

cos Hutchy beat me.

Yeah, I know what needs to be done.

But there's another three

races left yet, isn't there?

It'll come.

There is the race leader

Ryan Farquhar really looking dialled in.

Something must have gone wrong

at the start for Guy

he was well outside the top 10.

It's Hutchy's victory by 1.3 seconds.

Hutchy, Ryan and Conor; in that order

it's hat trick Hutchy

winning three TT's in a week.

And there are still two solo TT's to go.

I just gave it

absolutely everything I could.

And, It's just unbelievable, man,

unbelievable.

J I hear the ocean beat upon the shore

outside my room

J' Calling me out from sleep

to listen to her graceful tune

J She makes me feel alive

Her power more than words can say

J Send shivers through my person

Clears my head to face the day

J' I pray

J' The tides will rise

and fall again J

Hello?

All right, driver. Who are you?

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