This ICONIC Namur Circuit gives a fantastic fight between Jacky Martens, Paul Malin, Georges Jobe & Joel Smets from this 500 GP.
**Look out for Paul Malin with the Inflatable Doll at the Cafe**
[Applause] welcome to round 10 of the 500cc World Motocross Championship The Citadel circuit at neore is once again the venue of the Belgian Grand Prix the course which is situated around the Fortress overlooking the city is certainly the most dangerous Grand Prix circuit in the world with the track running through the
Trees there’s no room for error as one mistake could spell disaster some of the track is actually on tarmac Road or even worse cobblestones and a fall on these surfaces would leave a rider with more than just bruises here we can see some polyarene slabs up against the wall to protect the
Riders as they start to climb the long Steep Hill that ultimately leads to the stadium these public roads have to be closed before racing can take place this part of the circuit passes the most famous bar in the world of motocross for former world champion harken kist once
Stopped here for a beer whilst leading the race then continued to take the victory some parts of the circuit are also very narrow with concrete wall on one side and a sheer drop on the other protected by just a wooden fence which certainly doesn’t look capable of stopping a motocrosser in full
Flight the fans flocked to namur in their thousands from all over Europe but especially from Britain to enjoy the party atmosphere and Camp aside the Circuit of the world’s most prestigious Grand Prix Paul Malin trying to enjoy a quiet meal has to take a bow for the Rowdy British
Fans who are just beginning to [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Party so this is race day the Grand Prix Riders have had their early morning practice and are about to ride down into the stadium to start the time training session this will determine the order that they come to the start gate for both Heats Kawasaki’s Works Rider number 11 Paul Malin was third Fastest and three times world champion Dave Thor also n Kawasaki was Second but current world championship leader J zob on a Honda set the fastest time and less than 1 second separates all three with the temperature in the high 70s the crowd settle and look forward to some good racing meanwhile Kurt nickel back on the Grand Prix scen as a spectator while
Recovering from injury shares a joke with Paul Malin [Applause] Ronnie wenr must feel confident after setting fastest time in his qualifying group and fourth fastest in this morning’s time training with the first fourstroke to qualify in several years Walter bartalini managed a very respectable 18th on his husberg he’s certainly setting the world a light with his
Recent results and currently lies in 20th position in the world championship with only a few minutes to go most of the Riders are trying to keep out of the midday Sun and after his recent run of bad luck Billy lyes must surely hope to score some good points here
Today tempers flared when mvin anstey’s bike arrived after the part fer had closed and he was excluded from the first race second fastest in time training Dave Thorp gets a good luck kiss from his wife Sharon the Riders come to the line then and we hand you over to our race
Commentator Kenny k well the current championship leader the Belgium George y comes up onto the line no doubt preparing to keep his home fans extremely happy with a good result in this first Moto the young Brits seventh in the championship coming here today Paul mey number 11 David Thorp the
Former world champion there with Dirk girkins number three and Ronnie vard number 85 on the other side and that’s arto pantella number 16 on the Honda on their left hand side the main challenge man here he is number four Jackie Martins little bit of gardening going on
As The Spectators and US alike wait for that gate to drop to the start of heat one up this Grand Prix here at NE more the gate drops their away into that first Corner who will it be Joe Bay Martin’s neck and neck but it’s joob and Martins has taken the inside line
Pushing joob out but it’s let the young Brit pull M through number 11 on the inside so it’s Ming that leads out of that second Corner the rest the pack come through there’s a whole heap of riders and there’s one or two agitated riders in
There as well as you can well see but there he is the young British Roy is seventh as we said coming into this championship in the lead with Jackie Martins in second place behind Martins it’s pan tiller at the moment the whole field already beginning to string out as
We look back for gerkins and there he is joob was through as well Thorp is going through the tension already beginning to Mound there’s bartalini on the husberg the four stro dust beginning to fly heavy watering of this neore circuit was carried out earlier on but just not
Enough in this sweltering 80° maing Martins number four on the KTM pantilla number 16 great ride for him so far then it’s boan Johan Bo and 23 riding the Kurt nickel KTM the rest of the pack come through there is Joe Bay there is ly there’s thought behind
Ly already beginning to string out but at the moment at the front and in command is the Brit Martin’s chasing him in second place pantilla still there in third the heat will no doubt take its toll on these Riders as they go through boonin 23 crowd slightly subdued at the moment
They cheer there there’s Jo B the championship leader former 500cc world champion looking to make it two lios is in there as well there’s thought behind him the two kavasaki Riders gerkins was through as well Ming comes through to the cheers of the British contingent Martin’s coming through as
Well this really is some hot stuff panilla holding his own there in third boan 23 will be looking back and here he is you can hear the crowd cheer the local Ace that’s your Joe B went through number 14 ly is there still got thorpy behind
Him thorpy has been here before he’s won before he knows the track the famous cafe where Haren Carquest stopped for that beard some years back as the brick goes through to the cheers of the British fan just look at them hoist these bikes up over this
Jump they must be doing 60 or more miles hour pantilla 16 still there onto the TAC Here Comes Jo B look at the Belgium go the fans getting behind their local Ace boan dropping back now to joob into four they wait expectantly looking for thorpy and you can tell that he’s coming
Because he’s behind LS the Brits go mad thorpy goes mad they’re over the jump flat out in Top Gear this is exciting stuff the atmosphere always here at neore something that has to be experienced to be believed there’s one of the Brits 34 that’s wheeler Young Brian wheeler
Having a great ride looking back behind wheeler for the rest of to the Riders they come through there’s that Tac section the British PS going mad they come here in their thousands but the thing is will they come back next year we wonder rest come through we’re looking
Down the field to see who indeed will emerge down that Hill first one after another as they cheer there’s a Brit there a Brit in there somewhere number 19 that must have been Gerard Smith going [Applause] through just listen to them sing this is NE more the Cup Final of
Motocross and we wait hushed it’s m still Paul ma the young 19-year-old darish Rider Martins is still there number four and behind behind him who will it be down next it’s it’s still panilla Jo Bay behind him Jo B beginning to close on panilla we could see
Something happen before the end of this race where’s Thorp there’s ly Thorp should be next and he’s in there Thorp is there we so dearly want to see David th pull off some of his former glory here and there’s Martins I think we’ve seen a change at the front yes indeed mein has
Dropped back to Second Place making an uncharacteristic mistake in the whoops on the downhill and young me dropped the bike L him Martins through joob up into third there’s your fourth place man pantilla ly behind him in fifth number six the American then it’s fourth number
Five and the checker flag goes out to Jackie Martin’s number four and the parade lap from the top three so we wait now as all the spectators do for the Riders to come down onto the line for Moto 2 bearing in mind that currently leading at the moment is joob Bay after
To finishing third in that first outing that’s Jeremy Watley one of the British Riders number 55 on the action workshop kavasaki and that’s Gerard Smith there giving us the thumbs up and we’ve got a little bit of a panic here 5 minutes to go before
They have to leave the park F and Johan boan well that’s actually one of Kurt Nichols Grand Prix bikes had discovered that there seems to be a split in the exhaust system so it’s a bit of Rapid spanner work and well probably this is a
Lesson to all of you how to remove a KTM exhaust system very very quickly kick it and it will come off and it did well he seems totally unconcerned as young boan he stands there takes a sub of water and shades himself from the sun it’s 80° out there at the moment so
Obviously it’s very hot for these Riders as they just make those running repairs mechanics in there working feverishly away with the spanners get the side panel back on boan will be fit to go out on the track young Paul M second in that first outing after leading for most of
The race get gets a little bit of water down the back from team manager Alec Wright the guru of British Motocross well mvin ansy missed the first race he was too late to the par F and he was in such a rush to get there on the second
Moto that he forgot to fill the bike up with fuel George Jo there with wife and well I’m not sure what they’re discussing whether it’s the shopping list for tomorrow or the household budget but they certainly in some form of deep discussion well all sorted out there is
A familiar site Geor Jo Bay psyching himself up for the start of moto [Applause] 2 well he comes onto the line Joe Bay Lines up that Eric gabor’s Honda and there’s blue eyes himself the 19-year-old darad Paul Molen Watley there with number nine Kurt list David Thor making final
Preparations with with arto pantilla who got such a flyer in that first Race oh there’s gerkins now that’s the face of a man that’s determined to win not just this race but a world championship Joel SMS to him number 46 there beside him puts his goggles on you can see Martins on the other side of those two there’s Billy LS number six as
They prepare for the start of heat two here at the Belgium Grand Prix at neore the pressure is on the atmosphere melts the gate will drop and it does there a away oh dear we’ve got a crash there that’s girkins and lyes crashing together number three dirt girkins LS
Gets away and it’s Ming that leads from the four stroke husberg of Walter bartalini good God a fourstroke no one would ever believe that a fourstroke could be in second off the grid out of 500 Grand Prix you show the two strokes go on Walter looking back now we’re waiting to
See where well there’s David thought he’s had a coming together with somebody on that first Corner well he’s way down the leadore now gerkins going through and where’s lyes he was in front of G there’s lyes oh dearo dearo dear it’s all happening here at NE more at the moment
Crowd look on here is Ming and joob B and joob B takes the outside he’s got him tremendous B ring from Joe Bay but the fourstroke bartalini Martins went through there just look at the Riders streaming through well that’s Jeremy Watley let’s look back number seven K
Vanan is in there as well the sand specialist it’s so difficult to sort these Lads out they’re so close together here in the sand in Belgium looking back down the pack pick up some familiar Fighters as they come through there’s thorpy he had a terrible start David thought former three times
500 world champion down through the just they all go and here we go it’s joob Bay that leads mailing there in second almost a reversal of the first race but Jo of course finished third there’s Martins in third so those top three are there again number nine going through lest chased by
Balini just heard the sound of that four stroke listen to it chased then by 13 Joe Martins and it’s Watley on Watley injured his ankle in the first outing and was to retire from this race after around five laps which was a great shame over that tabletop they go just look at
The height and the distance they hit that at full B thorpy there again after his successes in Germany David Thorp obviously on a high rest of the pack coming through so quick difficult to distinguish him as they do indeed ly remember riding without the front break I don’t envy him
That task not around this circuit the fans going wild at the side and just look at this aerial dog fight between Joe B and minin may the best pilot win Martin sits back and waits for those two to make a mistake look at the crowd they
Are going mad they travel from far away to be here at NE more number nine lqu look back bartalini loud you don’t often see people do that with a four stroke 13 Martin’s behind him that’s Joe Martins Bley still in there and still charging Hy went
Through that was not the way to do the table toop look at the height they get styling the bikes as they come over for the crowds spectacular stuff you’ve got to be there to believe it the rest come through dysing for those precious points and joob B at the moment
Looking at 20 20 points from this race mail in there in second looking at 17 points that will go with his 17 points from the first outing lest is still in there as well scoring valuable points bartalini 20th in the world before today on the four stroke behind him Kei vaner number
Seven the come through oh scrapping for those extra points but Jo will be taking a 15 and a 20 Martins is still back there in third milin is still there and here he is in second number 11 from Belgium here next they go on to Luxembourg for the next
Round of the 500 Grand Prix and Jackie Martin’s number four will be hoping for an even better result number nine coming through long Quest is still in there on the Hond and battling hard he won’t give up chaseing behind behind him number 13 that’s Joe Martins there’s the four stroke of
Bartalini then behind him it’s still ke fanden things are beginning to sort themselves out now 88 that’s David winens he’s had a good ride and mvin anstey well made up for that first race disappointment number 12 rest of the pack come through the Heat really starting to get to these
Riders there’s gerkins number three he’s up to eighth place at the moment despite that opening crash we start picking up some of the slower Riders there’s Billy LS oh he’s going through never give up Billy LS he finished 18th despite not having that front break joob picking off the back markers
Again looking very much like 1991 World 500cc Champion Martin’s now up into second place on the KTM looking back for M there he is dropping now to third number nine behind him lest comfortably there in fourth at the moment really just has to hang on number
13 that’s Joe Martins and bear in mind that these Riders are battling for the top eight to be automatically seeded in 1992 seven he’s in there as well vanen and dropping back Walter bartalini on the husberg the four stroke and the only one ansty number 12 under some pressure
At the moment from number 85 that’s Ronnie Ward but there’s gerkins well he kept his head down to finish eighth overall in the race salts are 27 going through they sort themselves out through the trees here at neore there’s LS said with no front break that really is no
Envious tasket down these HS Jo B the Belgium coming home in front of his home fans to win the second Moto here at the Belgium Grand Prix Martin’s in second we look back it should indeed be the kazaki teamster number 11 Paul ma there in third and indeed it [Applause]
Is well me pulls into the cheers of his team and there indeed is the team manager Alec Wright with the bottle of water and believe you me in the temperatures that we’ve had here today of 80 oddd degrees he really will enjoy and need that refreshing drink well the interviews take place
Here on the rostrom as Jackie Martins decides for an early hair wash and a face wash to get the sand and the muck off his face before they start the camera call there indeed is Mr Johnson Billy ls’s sponsor so the top three it’s Martins Jo and M [Applause] [Applause] You
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6:30 and 7:05 are CRAZY! I went there in 1980, super exciting! thanks!