Tourist Trophy : Closer To The Edge - Full Documentary TT3D (Subtitles Available !!)

antics. Still no quick changes, we don't know anyone who has one. No. Mechanical failures are what all cyclists fear. Sometimes they are too fast and other times something breaks. My God. You know, if a piece breaks, then it's bad for everyone at the TT, especially because, well, you just take one hit and then you have to wait 12 months to try again. I don't have heroes until Chris Mayhew. Yes, he is the boy. Crazy, in a way. A charming guy who likes his dogs. He almost got his dog to talk. Nearly. He likes his grandfather's watches. He makes his own wine and a vine grows in his garden.

Through a window he has chiseled into his greenhouse and which grows into his greenhouse. You know, he gets his own grapes from it. He makes his own wine. That's a boy, no. Not many people do that. I have an entry about the '73 TT. And I crashed in both races. So, I actually saw more of Noble's Hospital than the track. What I do, basically, is take a road engine and turn it into a racing engine. My biggest boast, I think, was on the centenary of the TT. Every winning engine or lap record machine came from this workshop.

You know, I think Guy has the best bikes he's ever had. Obviously I'll do the best he can and Guy will obviously put the finishing touches on it. If he is happy, he will be there. I have

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confidence that if things go in our favor we will get a result. One thing that worries me is that we shouldn't start thinking that it's our turn. Because it's never your turn. But I think the ingredients are correct if mixed properly. The North West 200 race in Northern Ireland also takes place on public roads and is the last opportunity to prepare the bikes for the TT.

Head to the lights above the track and when they go out, this race will be underway. And Michael Dunlop has been mugged, hasn't he? On board with Michael Dunlop, then, just watching what was happening in front of him. There you see it, going down the hill. 165 miles per hour! That is the men's corner; that! Michael Dunlop and his brother William are the next generation of a racing dynasty that began with his uncle Joey and his father Robert Dunlop. I think they were the greatest road racers the world has ever had. So the inspiration I got from them was a lot.

Growing up with two people, you never saw them as heroes or superstars, you just saw them as two normal people. Joey swept the competition when in 2000, at age 49, he won his third TT racing hat trick. He died three weeks later in a little-known race in Estonia. More than 50,000 people attended his funeral. His brother Robert almost died in 1998 when his rear wheel collapsed in a crash at the TT, but she raced for 10 more years until his death in 2008 during the final practice lap at the North West 200. She knew the circuit, I knew him well. , and a mechanical failure occurred and it happens to the best of the pilots.

It was a sad loss for the sport, a sad loss for us, you know? But for some reason, I thought that Saturday I wanted to run the 250. Tears of joy and I look at Michael Dunlop. Two days after witnessing the death of his father, Michael won the race and reduced spectators to tears. What must be going through his mind right now because that was more than a race? You're just a young man, you know? The only thing you have in life is a little fun, you know what I mean? And you don't think you're going to have to bring a lot of things, so I went from a boy to a man in a very short time.

And I hope they're up there now and they're being taken care of. Conor Cummins! Conor Cummins, the Isle of Man cyclist; He is fast, really very fast. And he's down! Cummins is down! I took the lead from Ryan, just as he was leaving the coming; The back came up to me and he threw me over the top of the bike. And I was very, very lucky to come out unscathed there. I just had to get up, dust myself off and get straight on the bike for the next race. If you fall off a horse, you get back on it.

Guy has also fallen. I'm fine, I mean, damn, it's not bad, right? That was, damn, I just did... I did that. And my finger, can you see my finger? He didn't keep my eye on the ball, you know, there's so much going on. And yes, my fault. He hit the curb on the inside, took the lead and ended up on the grass. The bike was fine, we had to put a new one on it... What did we have to do? What we had to do? Engine cover. Water hose. I didn't destroy it. Michael Dunlop, that's Ryan Farquhar number 77...

Someone exploded. That's Guy Martin. Guy Martin, the engine's gone. In the second race, Guy accelerates the bike too much and the engine explodes. He is completely out of the race. This has not been a good meeting as far as results are concerned. We had a couple of things that didn't go as planned. Yes, "a couple"? A little more than a couple, but yes. It's been a learning curve. You might think we're a little old to learn, but we're still learning. The good thing is that Guy will go to the TT with that bike and two new, new engines.

The speed is not bad, you have to work a little on the speed, but it is not bad. The stability is good, the handling is good, the tires are good, there are some problems, but now we are happy. I'm leaving and my ferry is booked. I'm going in the caravan because otherwise you stay at home. You know you're sitting at home, twiddling your thumbs. You know, waiting for a phone call. So you might as well be there, among all this. - Did you close the door? - Yes. For over 100 years, the Isle of Man has attracted cyclists and racing fans to watch their heroes race on the mountain circuit.

The modest prize money means this close-knit group of brothers travel solely for the love of the sport and the glory of winning. If you are born on the Isle of Man, you were brought up on motorbikes and racing. You have the island between rural, quiet, black and white roads. Suddenly, they have teams of bikers closing in on them. It's just lovely to see the island come to life. Stories, nothing but stories. Spinning towards the peak of his glory. It's a party. It is a meeting of all who appreciate motorcycling. The stories told, sitting in the h

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, or marshals in groups around the island, are lived and relived each year.

And we never tire of exchanging them. Let's say there is a large segment of the motorcycling population in America who knows the TT well, like me, and has probably put it on what we call a bucket list. To go to the time trial and that's why I'm here. I had the opportunity to come. It's something I've always wanted to do. My father and I talked for years about coming here together and we never did. He passed away, so it's up to me to come and enjoy the experience and share it with him however I can later.

Well, I've worn these leathers for 27 years and at least 27 more years I'll be wearing them to the TT. My name is Karen Anderson and I've come all the way from Australia to watch Cameron Donald race the TT. We sat up here, in a room on the balcony, and we watched the boys come around that corner, and there was a streetlight there. And the lamp post was padded, and they circled, dipped, and then did that in and out, to go around the lamp post. And that for me was the heart in the mouth, the heart in the mouth, the heart in the mouth. bright.

Yes, I know what can happen. But with her behind her, you won't go too fast, or you'll get beat up. It's a very hairy place. Very fast. To observe the bravest men in the world. And if it doesn't excite you, you're not alive. And that is a fact. Within hours of arriving, Guy is unhappy with the bike's suspension. In particular the swingarm because of its importance for a quick wheel change. Wilson. Can we put the other swing arm on and ask Simon to change the wheel? It's bullshit. And it's going to go wrong. If they had given me the bike in the first place, Wilson, then we wouldn't be going through this problem.

And I said this first. Guy has also upset the authorities over his plans to work on the bikes outside the paddock. He expected there to be tension, because that's why I stayed out of it. I have the air bed that goes in the back of my truck and I have stayed in my truck. When it comes to how I want the bikes prepared, if they're not right, that's it, I just pack up and go home. I won't stick my neck out if things aren't exactly the way I want them to be, and I'm very meticulous about things.

We'll meet in the middle, we'll have to meet in the middle, right? I can't have everything my way, can I? Because Wilson bought the bikes and put a lot of money into them. But I'm the one risking my neck and that's why my head must be fine. And Wilson has always told me from the beginning that my head has to be right, and then to get it right, it has to be my way, which is riding my bike without interruptions. Yeah, I guess we'll have to meet in the middle, Wilson and I. The bikes will have to return here at a certain time, and then I will have to nod, smile and agree with people.

There is a contract. The team receives X amount of pounds, so they expect Guy to be professional. And Guy sometimes makes statements they don't like. People like him. Maybe because there's a bit of a rebel in him and so on. So we have to... We just have to make do with what we have. If I dictated it to Guy, it wouldn't work. He's just a mechanic, which is a brilliant trip; a brilliant motorcyclist. The bikes are ready to race, but he has to give it his touch. He knows that I have given him everything he has asked of me.

So this time he has to work. And the bike will be checked and checked again for anything. And then you are in the lap of the gods. What happens after the corner makes a huge difference. If you take this corner correctly and do a proper job, then you can gain 10 seconds, because you don't brake or let off the accelerator for the next three miles. But it is the coming of a man; If you do it wrong, you will get... Ballascary_ Ballagarey. Did you see the sign there? But yes, if you do it wrong, it will hurt.

But you don't think about things like that, do you? If you want to take a quick turn, you have to throw your balls at the wall, as they say. After a bright start today, it will turn cloudy later this morning, then although it will stay mostly dry this afternoon, there could be a light patchy drizzle... Okay boss? Good man. I think Guy Martin's real rivals this year will be many. Cameron Donald has always been a threat. He's a little nervous. But he is fast. Really fast. Conor Cummins will be a big threat. Conor Cummins, local man of Man.

He is Ht. He is young. Ryan Farquhar has surpassed Joey Dunlop in national wins in Ireland and is phenomenal. The Dunlops are getting strong, Michael is really aggressive and has that will to win. Anyway, she definitely wouldn't want to get in a ring with him. Keith Love again, he's like a dog on a leash, you know? He's just eager to go fast and win. You never know which Bruce you'll get. If Bruce wakes up in the morning and decides that he wants to beat us all, he'll probably beat us all. You never bet against John McGuinness, he's the man at the moment.

He is the man with the results on the board. He's the guy that when you go fast, he usually raises the bar and goes a little faster again. No one knows how fast John can go. No one has really taken John to the next level. You never underestimate anyone. Someone could come out of nowhere that you really weren't expecting and surprise you. I don't know much about Hutchinson, to be honest. He is one of the quiet men in this sport. He just gets the job done, I think. He reminds me a little bit of myself, you know, 10 years ago.

He's taking it all in and understanding what it takes to win a big race now. Guy, you know, I think every man and his dog in the world wants Guy Martin to win. There's no doubt he'll win one, he definitely has the talent, but there's some missing ingredient right now, and he seems to find it. It will be the best man who will win that day. At the end of the day. And no one wants to win it more than me. As speeds increase, so do the dangers and it was this that caused the time trial to lose its world championship status.

But winning the time trial requires more than just speed. It relies on mechanical perfection, supreme physical and mental stamina, a huge dose of good luck and a very quick pit stop. A tank of fuel and a set of tires will only be enough for two of the four or six laps required. Pit stops count towards the total lap time and can make or break a driver's chances. - Thirty-three. - Bloody hell! Well done, boy. But if we make a mistake, it goes to 40. The swing arm that is now on the bike is not safe for making a quick pit stop.

It just so happens that the bike I had last year was sold to a guy on the Isle of Man, and I begged and pleaded with him to let us borrow the swing arm from his bike to put back on my new one. bike for this year Then he said, "Come and buy it this afternoon." And then we'll go up tomorrow morning and put it back on the bike. I could use your help. Guy's father has decided not to come to the race this year. It's a bit difficult to accept, honestly, my father isn't coming. You know, he's a good man to get involved with because he's got a lot of experience here, he's raced in the TT for 15 years and he knowsexactly how things should be.

That would give me confidence, if I was involved. And now he's not here. He hasn't screwed up the job, but he has made it a lot harder. And he took my eye off the ball a little bit, but what do I do? You can't sit and cry about it, right? Martin Finnegan, very good friend of mine in racing, in racing. I was at his wedding. Ln, I think it would have been November of 2007. Yeah, in 2007. And then his funeral was in April of 2008. You know... my teammate, Darran Lindsay, was murdered in 2005. My friend, I used to do its engines, Richard Britten, was murdered in 2006.

You could go on. I just think, you know... When time is up... I think you have to be in this line of work, you know? And that's why I don't believe in having commitments of any kind. Because if I had responsibilities like a wife, children, mortgages and all that kind of shenanigans, I couldn't do this job, like racing the TT, I couldn't give it my all. And I want to give it my all. Yes. Before I can start thinking about winning races, we have to practice a lot. You know, we have five nights of practice to go.

That's not going to be easy. There is a lot of work to be done on bikes. And that's where my father was going to come in. Not only is it going to go straight to the bike, but a lot of things will need to be done to get that swing arm to fit the new bike. But if it were easy, all men and their dogs would do it, right? I'll relax later. Every night I find a different place to sleep in my truck. Just blow up my air mattress in the back of my truck. Some straw and then go to sleep.

Know? Appropriate! Appropriate. You know, people get everything... It's not a crime, is it? wank, you know. Fuck. You never get complacent with the TT. There's always something you can learn and, you know, if you get like that and overconfident, it'll bite you. I just went up and had a moment alone, looking down the road because the road was closed. There was no sound other than the birds chirping. And that's something really special about the track itself, you know, I was looking down thinking that next week, in the race, I'm going to go there at over 200 miles an hour.

That emotion you feel when you get to the starting line, when they say goodbye 10 seconds apart, it's just... It's just incredible. It's like nothing I've ever experienced. It's not about beating the next guy. It's all about who wins the track. This time trial is the most powerful race you will ever do in your life. I love it and it's legal. People often ask, "Why do you run on the road?" Because circuit racing is fast, you may feel excited, but it's not the same. Circuit racing is rock climbing with a rope. It is dangerous. But there is some margin for error.

You slip, you fall, you have a rope. Road racing is like free climbing. You know you are climbing that same mountain, you are on a journey, but there is no margin for error. If you make a mistake, it's... It's going to be, you know... Well, it could be a serious injury or worse. You're going 170, 180 miles per hour; going through fast curves with trees, h

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s, brick walls. And it's the best. You realize the dangers before you put your leg on the bike. I mean, at the top of Bray Hill, before I go out, you have a lot of strange thoughts in your mind, you're nervous and worried. but as soon as you go out; and the starting marshal gives you the go-ahead to go down Bray Hill, that goes away, and once you're here, the noise, the wind, the physical tension on your body, there's nothing like it. he.

It's just that you put yourself through hell and get scared so many times, but that's the appeal. You can't fake it out there, you know? There's nothing you can do that won't put you in the moment. That's all. You know... Especially if you ride on two wheels. This is as difficult as it seems. You know, people talk about extreme sports. There is nothing more extreme than road racing. A fraction of a second. I mean, someone like Joey Dunlop, 31 year career, 26 TT wins. All those other race wins, all those World Championships... A split second. - Oh honey. - Oh, fall.

J* Can't you feel the fears I feel today? Oh, that throws up... J* There's no way to run away J* There'll be no one to save With the world in a grave J* Take a look around, boy It'll surely scare you, boy J' There's no margin for error on the TT course. Of all the racing circuits, it is the toughest and most unforgiving. With an average of five deaths per mile, only a lucky few crashed and escaped unscathed. Milky Quayle is one of the lucky ones. Your life revolves around the TT because it is something immense and exciting, whether you are on the track or off it.

It's a matter of life or death. I know it sounds crazy and stuff, I mean, I... I haven't run around here for eight or nine years and I'm still struggling with life because I can't do it, you know, I can. It doesn't make me buzz. It's like you've done the most and once you can't have it, then you're a bit like a drug addict, something like that. You just can't, you can't get it out of your system. You love him. When I'm sitting on the side of the track, you just want to do it and you think, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah and then...

So obviously if you keep yourself busy and whether you're flourishing sweeping the floors or emptying the bins or carrying to other riders, or meeting dignitaries and doing press rounds, it really takes my mind off that. Milky takes care of the newcomers and shows them the route. It may take three years of competition to learn it and at least that much time to develop the confidence to push yourself to the limit. It's about trust. You need to be confident in where the corners go and how fast you can turn them to increase your speed, so I'm still experimenting with how fast I can go, a little faster, a little more, a little more. .

How to build up and get used to the curves, the bumps, the climbs, the turning points, the grids and everything, and hope

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y I'll continue a little faster. Get over it, get over it! When you reach the hedge, go over the bike again. Here, and guess what, there's another one here. That takes you three years to do well. After just two years of racing, Jenny Tinmouth is the fastest woman in history. You definitely feel like you shouldn't do it. It's quite strange. You feel... You feel cheeky and a little naughty. Speeding down the roads, but again, I think that's half the fun...

Like when you go out on Bray Hill, it's just a big big smile. It's like... As I come here, all I think about is the next corner coming up, which is called Ballagarey. It is affectionately known as Ballascary because that is what it is. It's so, so scary. It's so fast. It is the most important corner, but also the most dangerous on the circuit. The big problem with Ballagarey is that it's not visible at its entry point, so as I'm getting here I'm still hitting the gas, still on the gas, still on the gas, at the 30 mph sign here now . , this is where I go off the gas.

I effectively downshift, get my head out of the bubble and get my head ripped off my shoulders, but at that point I'm also trying to look for my peeling point but I still can't see it. I know it's going to the right but where do I turn? As soon as I see the curb on the inside, I turn the bike on its side and ride it. Well, shoot right next to the sidewalk. Very very fast. With an average of 131.57 miles per hour; John McGuinness remains the fastest man on the course. One hundred years ago, the first race was won at just 60 kilometers per hour.

Throughout its history, even cyclists with no hope of winning have broken personal bests and challenged the island's famous course. Drivers are always chasing faster and faster lap times. ...First of all. This is Nick Crowe. He is still second. I just think he has some addiction. Once you get here, you won't be able to let it go. You're looking for the best lap times all the time. I always set out to improve myself more than anyone else. Every year, I just thought I would do it faster and faster, and unfortunately I was doing that up until the time of my accident, which wasn't really my fault, just one of those weird things.

In 2009, while leading the race, a hare entered the track, causing Nick to crash his sidecar at 160 miles per hour. I think it just came off and damaged the front of the fairing. And then he came and hit me in the face and that was it, obviously the bike spun immediately, that was it, straight into the trees. Yes, we were lucky to get our way. If we have an injury or a death, I tend to want to stop because, yeah, sometimes I feel like a drug dealer because I'm setting up these engines for these people to go and get hurt and even if it's, you know, knock on wood, it's not My fault, you know, people who deal drugs are worse than people who take them.

And last year; We had it so bad. I said I wouldn't continue with sidecars. And then the way Nick recovered was just... I couldn't say no at all, so we have three engines ready for him and we're doing two more. His spirit is incredible. Nick himself will not travel. Instead, his own racing team will attempt to beat the sidecar lap record, which has remained intact since his accident. Do you have to find Guy? Yes. He... He has a little problem with his license. Do you have a problem with your license, Gary? Yes, I had to rescan it.

Guy is usually nowhere to be found and he will not be eligible to practice without his racing license. Until he returns, the bike will not be able to pass technical inspections. We don't know where he is, as always. It'll be here in a while, hopefully. We just received a message from race control. Could Guy Martin report to the racing office immediately? Guy Martin... Where to start? He is a nonconformist. He is an eccentric. He always has something good to say, although many times he is not transmittable. He's a little old school. It's a little bit of what we grew up with, what we used to be.

Guy is a fabulous personality. I don't think Guy knows exactly what he wants to do. He has many different loves in his life. I'd like to see him win around here, but if he's not careful, he'll run out of time. Guy is a colorful character, but he seeks attention; It is not like this? He loves to attract attention, he has been wearing green shorts for two years. I mean, by now they must be stinky and growing legs, but that's what racing is all about. We need characters there, you know. Guy is what he is. I mean, he talks pure nonsense, but he's funny.

Guy tells it like he is and I think that's why he's so popular with people. He's not worried about upsetting the hierarchy. Guy Martin is Guy Martin and no one would want him any other way. I mean he's a real brave guy, he's a John Wayne of motorcycle racing. Guy finally returns after blowing up a friend's classic bike in the south of the island. - There you have it, it's already solved. - That's all. Correct! A lot. Greetings, boss. The roads will be closed in half an hour and tonight's practice will begin at 7:30 sharp. Guy's racing license was approved, the team can finally pass the technical checks with the bikes.

Well greetings. And now it's 7:25, the roads will be closed and tonight's practice will begin in five minutes. Five minutes, ladies and gentlemen, five minutes. Number eight, Guy Martin, and number 19, James Hillier, leave the queue, both also on superbikes. J* I like the little things you do J* I like the way your body moves J* I like the way you make me go J* Oh, how crazy J* The mechanics said last year when entering the first pit stop and my eyes were on stalks, you couldn't see the whites of my eyes the whole time. You arrive at the time trial and, to begin with, your body is not familiar with it.

Things happen very fast. From a standing start turn, 125 miles per hour; You know, first round. And it's like, "I must be angry." It's spectacular and when you've just done it, you know, lumbering around on your road bike thinking you're a legend at riding fast. It's something totally different when you see the racing bikes passing by. You may have driven to the pits that morning, so your top speed for the day so far is maybe 40 miles per hour. You let out the clutch and within a couple of miles you're pushing 200 miles per hour between, you know, stone walls and hedges.

Therefore, it takes a little time to get your head up to speed. Then you calm down and begin to relax and feel more and more comfortable with the circuit. You start going faster; Start walking smoothly, start breathing correctly. You get into some kind of weird state of mind where everything starts to slow down. You start moving, your eye line starts to rise a lot and your brain starts working much ahead of you. You're thinking, like, maybe four or five corners down the road. It's about momentum, keeping the pace and not getting into stupid battles with people.

You have to really be using your head. I'm a really difficult rider to handle, if you want to race me you'll have to be willing to go around a pole. You know what I mean? And that's how I race motorcycles. And that's how I push, and I will push any man to the end. If you want to playfairy tale. But obviously everyone has been trying to get me all week. And I think in some ways the pressure is taken off a little bit by the fact that it's just one person who's been doing it all week.

What else can they do? It's not like you know, there have been four different winners and they haven't won any, it's just... I think maybe the pressure has taken off a little bit, but... On the other hand, there's the last race of this year . You know, if they are really determined to win a time trial this year, this is the last chance. I haven't seen any of those Conor Cummins posters yet, but there will be a huge groundswell of support for the local boy. If you go out with a calm head, if I listen to Rage Against The Machine before you go out, you'll go out with the wrong frame of mind.

So I'm going out and listening... I think I might listen to a little Otis Redding before I go out. Yeah, smoke me 10 Bensons. Do you want 10 Bensons? That will be enough for you, right? Yeah, I'm just going to start smoking... I'm going to start smoking after July. But there have been a few moments these past few weeks where I thought... But I haven't smoked, so I think a little about Otis Redding at the starting line, pretend to smoke a cigarette and take it as it comes. Well, the parade's return is coming to an end here. We'll have the Senior TT race in just under an hour at 12:30 and of course we'll be giving you all the preparation and interviews as the riders head out.

Can Ian Hutchinson make history? He has proven to be an absolute master of mountaineering. And there is Bruce Anstey's number one machine. The lap record remains at 211.578 kilometers per hour. That was established by John McGuinness last year. There were less than 10 seconds left. Well, I can tell the members of Guy Martin's fan club across Glencrutchery Road that his man is still one of the favourites, along with the great local hope, number 10, Conor Cummins. The last seconds pass. We watch the Hag fall and now we're running. Bruce Anstey. Mountain Master John McGuinness. Now number three lan Lochear.

That's Hutchy in number four that goes Keith Love. And Cameron Donald. So Michael is away in the Honda. Guy Martin on the Wilson Craig Honda. The guy is up and running. But I can tell you that when we look at the scoreboard we see that Guy Martin, the number eight, is leading. But only by 0.4 or 0.5 seconds of number 10, Conor Cummins. So there is just 0.06 of a second between him and number four, Lan Hutchinson, with John McGuinness just 0.74 of a second behind him. So a second and a half covers the top four here. And a tight line from number eight, Guy Martin.

A hundred and thirty-one mile per hour lap for Guy. 131.108, Guy Martin's fastest lap on this mountain circuit. And today it is absolutely sung. It's about those guys on plates eight and ten, Guy Martin and Conor Cummins, but it's so close behind them that Hutchy and John McGuinness are right there in the mix. And Conor has taken the lead. Conor has taken the lead from Guy Martin, but there are 0.58 seconds left. It's all about fractions of a second, because in the Bungalow, Guy Martin has reduced the gap to Conor Cummins to just a tenth of a second.

That's all there is. He is still desperately tight. IFS Guy right in front of me here now, red torpedo on the back of his leather suit. He Just look at that speed! Go on... And Guy Martin, let me give you the lowdown on him. 130.642, and he was the race leader at Cronk-ny-Mona, but we're still waiting for Conor Conor to be here. 130,278. Guy gets a new tire as he starts and drives away. Right now we saw a great pit stop by Wilson Craig's team and it's the McAdoo guys who are on it now. Squeeze it, Mark, and Mark just says go, go, go, go.

She #res and the great man is no longer there. Here is the. Here's Guy Martin! But there was an awfully long gap between Hutchinson, Michael Dunlop and Keith Amor appearing here, and the road goes quiet here for a moment or two. But we are still waiting for machine number eight. And here's Conor at number 10, so it doesn't look like we've got Guy Martin here. Guy Martin is missing. Red flag. Attention attention. Red flag. Well, here in the stands, we're not sure if we have a red flag situation. The race has stopped because a fire truck has to enter the track.

It is clearly something very serious in Ballagarey. It is only the second Senior race in 100 years to receive a red flag. Incident at Ballagarey. Guy Martin hasn't made it to Glen Helen. Red flag, guys. Red flag. We think it's Guy Martin. He crashed and the motorcycle set fire to a field, and that is one of the only times they will put out red flags. It's heartbreaking for everyone. The team walks back and forth, you can see the team leader's head lowered, not knowing what is happening. I mean, no one knows better than anyone else. The first we knew was when Guy didn't make it to Glen Helen.

You'd like to think this is a mechanical failure rather than an accident. But then we heard the hedge was on fire in Glen Vine... Only cyclists and officials are allowed in the closed park area. Everyone else out, please. Thank you. You could see the fire in the distance, a kilometer away. There was smoke and one of the hay bales was on fire and they slowed us down and I thought, "Okay, there's a hay bale in Ere" and "There's the bike in someone's yard." " And I was like, "Okay, we're over the incident." A quarter mile later there was Guy.

And I was like, "Oh, shit." There was an incident. Guy was missing, so he had to be. He crashed about a mile away. 170 miles an hour, because he was going that speed and of course you worry, you know, you don't jump off a bike at 170 miles an hour and get up again Yeah, we're worried Paul Dobbs crashed there last night and, You know, he didn't survive. So let's keep our fingers crossed for Guy. It's a unpredictable thing, you know. There's no part of the circuit here. Guy seems to have made a little pilot error and crashed into the wall. well.

I got to the circuit, you know, it just looks like a, the bomb exploded when all this happened here. The wall and all the bales were on fire, you know, and Guy was left lying there on the track, his bike broken into pieces, Like... It's horrendous, yeah, we... We're all... Fingers crossed right now, to see how Guy is. So a quarter past two, for a 3:00 start of a four-lap Senior race. That's how it is, more or less. We all get into it. There is no weapon in our heads to enter. We all love him, and at the end of the day, if it goes wrong and the worst happens, then he died a happy man.

You know, the show goes on. We have four turns here. We start at 3:00. No, it won't be slower. Now we give you the track conditions. Roads. Lack of grip on Ballagarey Dry for the rest of the route. Good visibility. Four lap race. Fingers crossed for Conor today. He will be there giving you the berries, as always. I'm right behind you, Conan, if you're listening. Four laps, 150.92 miles. John McGuinness, the leader of the race before it was abandoned, is in the number two spot. This is Ian Hutchinson. And now number 10, Conor Cummins, looking so good during the first few laps.

He has to maintain his composure throughout today's race. And here comes the first of those machines, it's McGuinness. Here's Hutchy now, 0.61, that's all there is between the two of them. I regret to report that Michael is retired from Joey's. And Cameron gets off the bike. Here's Conor now. Head down. So the big news here in Glen Helen. Second round. McGuinness appears to be out. And Lan Hutchinson is 3.24 seconds ahead of number 10, Conor Cummins. Back here in the Grandstand, we have a situation in the Bungalow where Lan Hutchinson retains the race lead. We're waiting for Conor to show up at the Bungalow before we can update that.

Conor Cummins news, he's out of the Veranda and getting attention. Then, Conor went to the Veranda. Ian Hutchinson crosses the line and enters the history books. Forget the famous five, these are the fabulous five of 30-year-old Bingley Bullet and Hutchinson. He has rewritten the history books for one of the world's greatest motor sporting events. Again it was the sound and the blur, but the blur stopped. He was turning the corner. A good running line, a very good running line to be fair to him, and he was flying. The bike falls, he kicks it, and the bike literally turns into a fireball upon impact.

It's like the beginning of an IV show, an action IV show where the screen fills with flames and this silhouette comes towards us at about waist height, and it's Guy. And I was like, "Oh, here we go, I have a job here." The first thing that comes to mind. So I reached down and grabbed my orange box, the medicine box. I turned around and Guy flew past me followed by a bike that was on fire and he just passed by screaming and then the bike moved to the side and it was still on fire and there was black smoke everywhere.

And the flames make a tremendous mess, right? And Guy is in the middle. I tell him, "I'm not going to cut your skin," because I need to check you first. And he says, "No, don't cut my leather, don't cut my leather." "Now I get it because I'm a biker and that's the last thing I would want is someone to cut my leather. But he was good. He was good. Someone is definitely up there watching him. There's no doubt about it. Lucky guy I thought: "Well, job looked good. 131 and a half from a standing start, I think 1306, came out from the pits, about five miles out, at Glen Vine.

I thought that. I got it! Look, I've had a few moments like this! Driving with the grip you have. And I was driving to that point where I knew where there was decent grip, and I couldn't really get past that point because I just came out of the pits with. another full tank of gas, and I decided in my head how much grip I could get and, um... Obviously not, I think the full tank of gas probably made a little difference. You know, one of the fastest corners in the. track. Probably between 100 and 70 miles per hour.

And I took the front and thought, "I got it, I got it, I got it." "No... No, I don't have it." abandon ship. And I think I ended up with some... I have some bits of singed eyebrows and eyelashes, and I singed my bangs and whatever, but it's... I ended up on the wall. I don't think I remember much. I got knocked out, but I'm still here. And I'm not bad, actually. It could have been much worse, couldn't it? Yes, I think it's nothing. It's just, you know, a little bit of barking from my knees and whatever, you know, when you're coasting at 100-70 miles an hour that's a lot of heat, right?

I get a lot of friction burns from sliding. Some broken ribs, a punctured lung. So, yeah, just. I sat here and... Yeah, I think... I think here, I'm sitting here moving my legs and I'm thinking, "Ah, I'm invincible." "I'm not as good as I think I am. Because they say, like with the spine, you can't rush it, right? Now, it's a stable fracture as it is right now, but if you push harder, you know, can... Like Conor is down the hall, not looking smart. His back is a little worse than mine and they're going to have to send him away to get his shoulder and elbow screwed on.

But it's part of the game, boy. We all know the risks. Nobody forces us to do anything. It's all part of the game. Put me in that position again and I'll do exactly the same thing again. Neat. I think I've had a podium every year since 1997. So it seems strange, you know, to get to the access road and, you know, not get a single ovation or a round of applause and be waved past the grandstand and me. I was leading. In the first race everything went wrong and then in the senior race, the blue ribbon race, I got to a sort of eleven second lead and then Guy had the crash.

You know, the Red Hags come out and you have to go back and tune back in, plug in and be ready for the reboot and the reboot seemed to be going fine and then we had a kill switch failure. The twopenny wire breaks and the solder breaks and puts you completely out of the running. You know, that's the TT for you, I guess. I've been very lucky in the past, I've won a lot of races around here. And when luck is not on your side, it doesn't happen to you. Surely Guy Martin has had a worse day than me, and surely Conor Cummins has had a much worse day than me.

I'm still in one piece. I'll head to the ferry, get home, gather my thoughts and see what's

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for next year, or if nothing helps, I might hang up my leather suit. You never know. Me and the children, together; We've had our low moments and I haven't tried to hide anything from them. You know, we cried together and then, "Okay, what are we going to do now?" Get over it, move on. I believe that the goal of life is to enjoy it. Have the best time we can while we are here and what we have given.

You can't change what you're given, but you can decide if you enjoy it or not. I went to see where the accident occurred, there are still pieces of green paint from the motorcycle or my leather in the cat's eye on the side of the road. OfIn fact, I can see where it all went wrong. I have disappeared overboard. And the way I see it, that's where the injuries started to happen and somehow... it affects you a little bit. The main one was me back. I broke that in five places and have a big scar on my back as a result of falling down the hill and hitting some things.

I broke my arm in four places. Some minor nerve damage, but that's getting better. My knee was dislocated, some scratches, I had a fractured pelvis and shoulder blade and also a bruised lung. Um, there was really a bit to take in, you know. Understanding it was a big challenge, you know, mentally. There is no chance for me to give up. I am 24 years old and I perfectly accept that I have been very lucky, but my love for motorcycle racing is still there and I have goals that I want to achieve. So, the first chance I get, I'll be honest.

That's my plan, you know? Go up to the Verandah at the next time trial or when he returns, and attack him as usual. Yes, it was important, but we will continue with our lives. The world won't stop for me. Tremendous start, round on the outside. We think Ian Hutchinson, the five-time TT winner in one week, may be the guy down there. Unfortunately, yes, I came to the penultimate race of the year on a short course, not a road race, and ended up with this injury. I mean, it's a shame how it happened. Let someone else take it.

You know, when it happened and they were talking about amputating my leg, there was only one reason I didn't want to amputate and that was so I could race a motorcycle, you know. Other than that, nothing else really matters, so, you know, my argument was to restore balance. And not just putting it on, I said, "I don't want a foot just on the ball of my leg. I want a foot that works 100% so I can continue doing my job." It's been a better time for this to happen, obviously, seven months until the start of the season, so...

I just have to get on with it and get back to fitness for the start of next year.