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00:00TREAT YOURSELF TO THE BTCC LIVE ON MOTORS TV WITH METAL 5 GIVING NEW LIFE TO YOUR ENGINE
00:10WELCOME BACK TO BRANDS HATCH ROUND 3 OF THE BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY
00:19ENGINE'S BEING FIRED UP ON THE GRID THERE AS THE TWO FRONT ROW MEN JAMES THOMPSON THE REIGNING CHAMPION
00:24AND MATT NEIL WILL DO BATTLE VOTSALL VERSUS HONDA AND THE TRACK IS DRY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RACE CONDITIONS THIS YEAR
00:32A FULLY DRY TRACK WE HAD A DRY START TO BOTH RACES IN MONDELLA BUT OF COURSE THEN WE HAD RAIN FALLING THROUGHOUT THE RACES
00:38I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT TOO MUCH RAIN HERE IN PROSPECT NOT AT LEAST FOR THIS FIRST RACE
00:42SO THERE WILL BE SLICK TYRES ALL THE WAY THROUGH BUT REMEMBER IN BOTH RACES NOW THEY HAVE TO MAKE A PIT STOP TO CHANGE AT LEAST TWO TYRES
00:49NO SPRINT AND FEATURE RACES WE HAD LAST YEAR
00:52THERE'S THE ONBOARD VIEW FROM IVAN MULLER WHO WILL HOPE TIM TO BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE THROUGH BETWEEN THOSE TWO FRONT ROW MEN
00:58YEAH THE START IS VERY DIFFICULT AT BRANDS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SLOP ON THE GRID SO THE CARS TEND TO SLIDE DOWN THE HILL
01:04SO MAKING A GOOD START IS NOT EASY HERE
01:06EXACTLY JAMES SHOWED YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE
01:10FRONT WHEEL SPUN THE FRONT OF THE CAR WENT DOWN TOWARDS THE PITWALL
01:13ABSOLUTELY THEY'LL HAVE A BIT MORE TEMPERATURE IN THEM AFTER A COUPLE OF LAPS TO GET SOME HEAT IN THEM BUT IT'S STILL A PROBLEM
01:18SO THAT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY AND WE'VE GOT CARL BREEZE PULLING OFF TO THE PIT LANE EXIT THERE
01:23WELL IT'S NOT PIT LANE EXIT BUT IT'S A LITTLE ACCESS ROAD TO THE PITS
01:26AND NOW HE'S GOT IT GOING AGAIN
01:27NOW HAS HE BEEN PASSED HASN'T BEEN PASSED
01:29OH HE'S JUST BEEN PASSED FOR THE LAST CAR
01:31OH HE'S PULLING INTO THE PIT LANE EXIT PROPER NOW
01:33SO POR CARL BREEZE
01:34THESE TWO PEJOTOS THAT WERE FINISHED VERY MUCH LAST MINUTE FOR THE FIRST RACE
01:38UP AND RUNNING FOR THIS SECOND MEETING
01:41BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD START FOR HIM ON THAT ONE
01:46NOW THEN LET'S JUST REMIND YOU OF THE LINEUP OF THE GRID FOR THIS RACE
01:51THEN THOMPSON AND NEIL ON THE FRONT ROW
01:53WE'VE GOT EVAN MUELLER AND PAUL O'NEIL ON THE SECOND
01:55COLIN TURKETON AND WARREN HUGHES ON THE THIRD
01:59THEN IT'S ALAN MORRISON AND GAVIN PIPER
02:01FOLLOWED BY ANTONY REID AND ROB COLARD
02:04KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE SECOND INDEPENDENT CLASS RUNNER ROB COLARD
02:07THEN IT'S PHIL BENNETT AND DAN EVES
02:09THEN IT'S DAVID LESLEY AND JAMES K
02:10AND AT THE BACK SHOULD HAVE ON THE TOUR SHOULD HAVE BEEN
02:12CARL BREEZE BUT WE'VE JUST SEEN HIM PUSHED AWAY
02:14AND THEN LUKE HINES ON POLLE FOR THE PRODUCTION CLASS
02:17BENTWOOD SECOND IN CLASS
02:19THEN IT'S PAUL WALLACE
02:21AND LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUICK LOOK AT THAT GRID LINEUP
02:24SO THERE YOU ARE
02:25FRONT ROW TOPSON AND NEIL
02:26SECOND ROW MUELLER AND PAUL O'NEIL
02:28THREE VOXELS IN THE TOP FOUR
02:30AND THAT IS WORRYING FOR THE OTHER TEAMS
02:32MG'S NEXT UP THEN WITH TURKETON AND HUGHES
02:35AND THEN MORRISON WITH THE FIRST INDEPENDENT RUNNER
02:37GAVIN PIPER IN HIS GA MOTORSPORT CAR
02:40THEN WE'VE GOT ANTHONY REED
02:41WHO IS ONE TO WATCH
02:43STARTING FROM THAT FAR DOWN I HAVE TO SAY
02:45ROB COLARD, PHIL BENNETT AND DAN EVES
02:47EVES OKAY IN HIS PERJOUR 307
02:49THEN IT'S LESLIE AND JAMES K
02:51IN HIS HONDA CIVIC TYPE R
02:52REMEMBER THAT IS A TOURING-CLASS CAR NOW
02:54WITH CARL BREEZE IN TROUBLE
02:55LUKE HINES
02:56TURNING 21 YEARS OLD THIS WEEKEND
02:58ON POLLE FOR THE PRODUCTION CLASS
02:59AHEAD OF MICHAEL BENTWOOD
03:00AND PAUL WALLACE
03:01WE GATHER CHRIS RYAN HAS A PROBLEM
03:03AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE BEES STARTING FROM THE PIT LANE
03:05AND JIM EDWARDS
03:06STILL IN THE HONDA RECORD
03:07HE WILL BE GETTING A PERJOUR 307 HIMSELF
03:11SOON BUT IT'S NOT YET READY
03:13SO JIM EDWARDS NEXT UP
03:14AND THEN AT THE BACK WE'VE GOT
03:16ALAN BLENCO AND TOM BOARDMAN
03:18AND TOM BOARDMAN HAD PROBLEMS YESTERDAY
03:21SO HAD TO LOST OUT REALLY
03:24HAD GEARBOX PROBLEMS
03:25SO HE'S AT THE BACK OF THE PRODUCTION CLASS
03:26BUT THAT CAR LOOKING PRETTY RAPID IN QUALIFYING
03:29AND IF THEY CAN GET IT ALL RUNNING WELL
03:31THEN I THINK BOARDMAN WILL HAVE A CHANCE
03:33TO CLOSE UP THE GAP
03:34SO CARS COMING ROUND THEY'VE HAD TWO GREEN FLAG LAPS
03:37AND NOW THEY'LL BE BRINGING THEM ONTO THE GRID
03:40REMEMBER BOTH RACES NOW ARE FROM A STANDING START
03:43SO IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING SOME TRACTION
03:45THROUGH THOSE FRONT WHEELS FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE CARS
03:48TO TRY AND GET THE RUN INTO PANET JUST RIGHT
03:50YES HERE WE GO IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET HEAT IN THE TIRES
03:54ESPECIALLY THE REARS SO WE'LL BE WATCHING OUT FOR CARS
03:56SLIDING ABOUT A BIT ON THIS FIRST LAP
03:58BUT SO IMPORTANT TO GET A LAP
04:00ROUND THREE OF THE GREEN FLAG MSA
04:06BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
04:08ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY
04:10AND IT'S THE VOXELLS VERSUS THE HONDA UP FRONT
04:13JAMES THOMPSON IN CAR NUMBER ONE
04:17MATT NEIL IN CAR NUMBER THREE ALONGSIDE
04:20BUT WATCH OUT FOR IVAN MUELLER
04:22WHO WILL START ON THE SECOND ROW
04:23HE'S GOT HIS TEAMMATE PAUL O'NEIL
04:24WHAT WILL THE VOXELLS DO TO TRY AND BOX OUT MATT NEIL IN THE HONDA
04:28THEY MAY WELL TRY AND WORK TOGETHER
04:30BUT THAT MAY ALLOW THE MGs
04:32JUST BEHIND THEM TO COME THROUGH AS WELL
04:34COLLIN TURKINGTON AND WARREN HUGHES
04:35STARTING REMEMBER ON THE THIRD ROW OF THE GRID
04:38ALAN MORRISON AND GAMMEN PIPER NEXT UP
04:41MATT NEIL HAS TO DO SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL THIS WEEKEND
04:44WE'RE ON BOARD THERE WITH ANTHONY REED
04:46AND THAT SHOULD BE AN EXCITING VIEW
04:47EVAN MUELLER AND ANTHONY REED ARE TWO ONBOARD CAMERAS
04:50AND THERE'S EVAN MUELLER
04:52AND WE'RE GETTING ALL SET FOR THE START OF THE RACE
04:5435 LAPS FROM THE BRANDS HATCH INDIES CIRCUIT
04:57ALL SET TO GO AND WE'RE UNDERWAY
04:59AND IS MATT NEIL GOING TO GET OFF THE LINE WELL
05:01THAT NEITHER FRONT ROW MEN ARE PARTICULARLY QUICK
05:03AND IT'S A GOOD START FROM EVAN MUELLER
05:05MATT NEIL DOES GET JUST IN FRONT
05:07BUT HERE COMES MUELLER
05:08MUELLER TRYING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE
05:10INTO PATTERCIEL BEND
05:11BUT HE CAN'T QUITE DO IT
05:12AND IT'S MATT NEIL AND THE HONDA WHO GETS AWAY
05:15AND WHAT A GREAT START FROM ONE OF THE MGs
05:17I THINK IT'S TURKEY TIPPLE
05:18WE'LL SEE AS THEY COME UP INTO DRIWIDS FOR THE FIRST TIME
05:21I THINK IT MIGHT BE HUGHES
05:22UP INTO THIRD PLACE I THINK
05:24FANTASTIC START FROM HIM
05:25BUT MATT NEIL IT IS
05:27WHO'S MANAGED TO GET THE ADVANTAGE
05:29AS THEY COME DOWN THROUGH GRAHAM HILL BEND
05:31AND ALTER COOPER STRAIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME
05:33YEAH, FANTASTIC START THERE BY MATT NEIL
05:36AND WARREN HUGHES
05:37WHAT A GREAT START HE MADE TO FIND HIS WAY THROUGH
05:40BUT MATT NEIL HAS GOT THE ADVANTAGE
05:42HE'S BLOCKING A LITTLE BIT ON THIS EARLY LAP
05:44JUST TO TRY AND GET THE HEAT IN THE TYRES
05:46AND THEN GET AWAY
05:46SO HE NEEDS SOME CONSISTENT FAST LAPS NOW
05:49SO MATT NEIL WITH THE LIGHTER CAR
05:51NO BALLASTE AS THE RESULT OF THE NON FINISHES
05:54BUT ON BOARD WITH IVAN MUELLER
05:56HE'S RUNNING IN SECOND PLACE
05:57WARREN HUGHES RUNS IN THIRD
05:59RIGHT BEHIND IT MUELLER TAKES A NICE WIDE LINE
06:01IT'S A PANICILL BEND
06:02AS THEY HEAD DOWN THE DIP
06:04HITS THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK EFFECTIVELY THERE
06:07THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR
06:08GROUNDING OUT
06:09AND MUELLER HATING TO DEFEND
06:11FROM WARREN HUGHES IN THIRD PLACE
06:12THEN IT'S THOMPSON
06:13AND O'NEIL
06:14BEHIND THEM IS ROB COLLARD
06:16SO COLLARD IS THE LEADING INDEPENDENT
06:18YES HE'S MADE A GOOD START AS WELL
06:20GREAT BATTLE IN THE INDEPENDENCY
06:22COLLARD VERY KEEN TO PUT 1-0 ROB PIPER HERE
06:25SO ROB COLLARD PUT A WHEEL OVER THE GRASS
06:27AND GRANDMILL BENDER GETS AWAY WITH IT
06:28AND THE LEAD GROUP ALL CLOSE TOGETHER
06:30MATT NEIL NOT PULLING AWAY QUICKLY AS YET
06:33BUT REMEMBER THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS RACE
06:35BACK ON BOARD WITH THE MAN IN SECOND PLACE
06:37AS HE CHASES MATT NEIL
06:39THIRD PLACE FOR THE MG OFF USE
06:41NOW THIS IS ON BOARD WITH ANTHONY REED
06:43AND HE'S GOT ALAN MORRISON
06:44AND DAVID LESLEY JUST AHEAD OF HIM
06:46REED DID NOT GET AWAY WELL
06:48HE'S DOWN IN 12th PLACE
06:49SO ANTHONY REED
06:50PLENTY OF WORK FOR HIM TO DO
06:51AND THERE HE IS IN A GAGGLE OF CARS
06:53ALAN MORRISON
06:54ALSO TRYING TO COME THROUGH THE ORDER
06:56YEAH MATT'S NOW GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AIR BEHIND HIM
06:59A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM
07:01HE CAN TAKE THE IDEAL LINE
07:02HE CAN CHOOSE WHERE HE WANTS TO POSITION THE CAR ON THE TRACK
07:05AND GET AWAY
07:06MULLER WILL BE PLEASED TO HAVE GOT AHEAD OF TOPSON
07:08AT THE START IN THE BATTLE OF THE BOXELS
07:10BUT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS RACE
07:12SO WE'RE BACK ON BOAR WITH ANTHONY REED
07:14ALAN MORRISON AND ANTHONY REED
07:16TWO OF THE HARDER MORE AGGRESSIVE RACERS
07:18I WOULD SAY
07:19IN THE BRITISH TURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
07:21AND THEY'RE RIGHT TOGETHER ON TRACK
07:22BUT OH AND THEY'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT A LITTLE BIT
07:25WITH THE PROTON OF DAVID LESLEY
07:27ALSO ANOTHER HARD CHARGING RACER
07:29MATT NEEL AS YOU SAY TIM
07:30DEFINITELY JUST BEGINNING TO BREAK AWAY A LITTLE BIT
07:33AND THIS IS WHERE THAT LACK OF BALLAST IS HELPING IT
07:35YES IT'S PLAN A IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN FOR MATT AT THE MOMENT
07:39HE'S GOT A GOOD LINE AROUND THIS TRACK
07:42HE'S VERY QUICK HERE
07:43AND HE'LL BE HOPING EVERYTHING WORKS OUT AND STAYS TOGETHER
07:46BUT I THINK THE BATTLE IS GOING TO BE FOR SECOND
07:48THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE
07:49WELL DON'T FORGET
07:50THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE PIT STOPS
07:51BUT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT PIT STOP
07:53UNTIL WE'VE GOT TO AT LEAST LAT NUMBER 14
07:55FOR THE STONE WAY TO GO
07:57UNTIL THEY MAKE THEIR FIRST
07:58AND HOPEFULLY ONLY PIT STOP
08:00BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE ONE PIT STOP
08:01TO CHANGE TWO TIRES
08:03A BATTLE FOR SECOND THEN
08:04BETWEEN THE FRENCHMAN
08:05IVAN MULLER
08:05AND WARREN HUGHES
08:07BUT WHAT OF JAMES TOGSON
08:08THE MAN WHO WON BOTH RACES AT MONTELO
08:11HE LEADS THE CHAMPIONSHIP
08:12BUT HE DID NOT GET OFF THE LINE VERY WELL
08:14AND THOMPSON
08:15CURRENTLY RUNNING IN FOURTH PLACE
08:17I THINK JAMES WILL BE REASONABLY HAPPY
08:19WITH HIS POSITION AT THE MOMENT
08:21KNOWING THAT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS RACE
08:23AND KNOWING THAT HE DOES HAVE THE HEAVIEST CAR THERE
08:25BUT TIRER MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE A KEY THING TO THIS RACE
08:28WILL THE TEAM STOP AS SOON AS THE PIT STOP WINDOW OPENS
08:31OR WILL THEY DELAY IT
08:32DON'T FORGET WE'RE ON THE NEW DUNLOCK TYRE THIS YEAR
08:34WE HAVE NOT HAD A RACE DISTANCE IN THE DRY
08:36UP THE HILL TOWARDS DRUIT
08:39AND MORIN HUGHES HAS A LITTLE SORT OF SNIPPED DOWN THE INSIDE
08:42AT IVAN MULLER
08:43BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE THERE
08:44AND THE FRENCHMAN HOLDS ON TO HIS SECOND PLACE
08:47THE GEORDIY LOOKING FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY
08:49REMEMBER HUGHES WAS VERY QUICK HERE
08:51TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR
08:52TOOK A RACE WIN FROM FULL POSITION
08:54AND HE WANTS TO GET MG'S CAMPAIGN BACK ON TRACK
08:57AFTER A HORRIBLE TIME IN IRELAND
08:59AND HUGHES THERE HAVING A LITTLE THINK ABOUT IT
09:03IN TWO CLEAR WAYS
09:04BUT MULLER KEEPS IT TIGHTEN UP ON THE LINE
09:06DOESN'T GIVE HIM ANY SPACE
09:07NOW THERE'S ACTION FURTHER BACK
09:10ANTHONY REEDS MANAGED TO REMOVE
09:12ANTHONY REEDS MANAGED TO REMOVE
09:12ANTHONY REEDS RARE BUMPER
09:14A SURGICAL MANUVER THERE
09:15BUT I THINK HE'D RATHER BE IN FRONT
09:17LET'S TAKE A LOOK THERE
09:19THERE WE ARE
09:19WE'RE ON BOARD WITH ANTHONY REEDS
09:21FURTHER UP ON THE RIGHT
09:22IT'S ELLEN MORRISON WITH NO REAR BUMPER
09:23AND HERE'S DAVID LESLEY
09:24AND HE'S TRYING TO GET PAST LESLEY
09:26INTO PADOCK HILL BED
09:27AND YEAH HE'S GOT HIM
09:28HE'S GOT THROUGH SAFELY
09:29SO THAT BRINGS REED UP
09:31BOTH MORRISON AND REED NOW
09:32HAVE GOT PAST DAVID LESLEY
09:34GOOD MOVE THAT INTO PADOCK
09:36A CLASSIC OUTBREAKING MANUVER
09:38DAVID LESLEY HAVE MADE A GOOD STAR
09:40FOR THAT PROTON
09:40REALLY IS A BIT OF A MOBILE CHICANE
09:42AND HE'S GOT HIS HANDS FULL
09:43WELL IT'S THE OTHER PROTON
09:45OF PHIL BENNET
09:46THAT THEY'LL BE CLOSING UP ON NEXT
09:47BUT THIS IS THE BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE
09:49WARREN HUGHES IN THE MG
09:51LOOKING TO TRY AND FIND AWAY
09:53PAST IVAN MULLER
09:54LOOK AT THEM ALMOST TOUCHING
09:55AS THEY COME THROUGH CLEARWAYS
09:56VERY CLOSE
09:57BUT GOOD CLEAN DRIVING
09:59FROM THE TWO OF THEM
09:59THEN IT'S JAMES THOMPSON
10:01AND PAUL O'NEIL
10:02IN THE IDENTICAL
10:03VOXELLASTRA COUPES
10:04RIGHT BEHIND
10:05SO WARREN HUGHES
10:07MUST BE FEELING A BIT LONELY HERE
10:08WITH VOXELL AHEAD
10:09AND BEHIND
10:10BUT HE WANTS TO TRY
10:11AND FIND A WAY THROUGH
10:12IF POSSIBLE
10:12MATT NEIL REALLY OPENING UP
10:14THAT GAP NOW
10:15THE GAP UP TO 1.5 SECONDS
10:17AS THEY CAME ACROSS THE LINE
10:18YES I'M VERY IMPRESSED
10:20WITH ROM COLARD AS WELL
10:21HE'S HANGING ON TO THE TAIL
10:22OF THIS GROUP
10:22VERY IMPRESSIVELY
10:23AND LEADING THE INDEPENDENCE CLASS
10:25AND REALLY GOING VERY WELL
10:26BEHIND HIM
10:27THERE'S A BIG BATTLE
10:28BETWEEN GAVIN PIPER
10:30AND TURKINGTON
10:32FOR THAT LAST PLACE
10:33IN THE PRODUCTION CLASS
10:34LUKE HINES IS LEADING
10:35FROM MICHAEL BETWOOD
10:36BUT THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER
10:38IT'S ONE NICE LITTLE BATTLE
10:39GOING ON BETWEEN THEM
10:40AS THEY CONTINUE AROUND
10:42BUT LET'S JUST CONCENTRATE
10:43FOR THE MOMENT
10:44ON THE BATTLE FOR SECOND
10:45AROUND CLEARWAY AS THEY COME
10:47THERE'S ROCK COLARD
10:48COMING THROUGH
10:48TOP INDEPENDENT RUNNER
10:49IN 6TH PLACE OVERALL
10:52AND IN FACT
10:52PULLING AWAY
10:53JUST A LITTLE BIT
10:54FROM COLIN TURKINGTON
10:55WHO'S NEXT UP
10:55AND THEN HE'S GOT
10:56GABIN PIPER
10:57HIS MAIN INDEPENDENT CLASS
10:59RIVAL RIGHT BEHIND
11:00IN FACT
11:00PIPER MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE GO
11:02BUT THEY COULD GET HIM
11:03PAST TURKINGTON
11:04AS WE LOOK AT HUGE
11:05VERSUS PULLO
11:06FOR SECOND PLACE
11:07EVERY SINGLE CAR NOW
11:09RUNNING OVER THOSE CURBS
11:10ON THE EXIT OF BRAND
11:12AT THE PADOCK BILL
11:13BEND
11:13BIG COMPRESSION
11:14IN THE DIP THERE
11:15REALLY SQUEEZES THE AIR
11:16ALMOST OUT OF YOUR LUNGS
11:17AT THE BOTTOM THERE
11:18BUT AN INCH OR TWO WIDER
11:20AND THEY'LL BE IN THE GRAVEL
11:21THEY'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL
11:22HAVEN'T THEY
11:22BUT IT'S A GREAT CORNER
11:23ONE OF THE BEST CORNERS
11:24IN MOTORSPORTS
11:25AND THERE IS THE BATTLE
11:26IN THE PRODUCTION CLASS
11:27AND I TOLD YOU
11:27THEY WERE FAIRLY CLOSE
11:28LUKE HINES
11:29IN THE HONDA CIVIC TYPE R
11:31THE 21-YEAR-OLD
11:32UP AGAINST MICHAEL BENTWOOD
11:33IN THE BMW
11:34HINES LOST OUT
11:36IN MONDELLO
11:36AFTER A GREAT
11:37QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE
11:38AND HE WILL NOT
11:39WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE NOW
11:40AND ALLOW BENTWOOD
11:41ANY ROOM
11:42BACK TO THE LEADERS
11:43AND IT'S STILL
11:44MACNEIL IN THE HONDA
11:45LOOK AT THIS FAMILY
11:46FOR THE FOURTH THOUGH
11:47JAMES TOPSON
11:47VERSES PAUL O'NEIL
11:48THE TWO TEAMMATES
11:50NOW I WAS NOT SURE
11:51THAT PAUL
11:51YEAH
11:52HE HAD A LITTLE LOOK
11:52DOWN THE INSIDE
11:53REMEMBER
11:54JAMES TOPSON'S CAR
11:55IS AFFER BIT HEAVIER
11:56THAN PAUL O'NEIL'S
11:57WELL PAUL IS A GREAT
11:59FRIEND OF JAMES AS WELL
12:00BUT HE'S THROUGH
12:01HE'S GOT THROUGH
12:02ON THE INSIDE
12:03JAMES HAS LET HIM GO
12:04HE'S REALIZED
12:04THAT HE'S QUICKER
12:05I THINK THAT
12:06HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
12:07FAIRLY RESPECTFUL
12:08ANYWAY
12:09BUT JAMES HAS LET HIM GO
12:10AND HE'LL JUST TAG ON
12:11BEHIND
12:12AND TRY AND PULL HIMSELF ALONG
12:13SO THERE IS MACNEIL
12:16THEN AS
12:17FRONGHEWS COMES UP
12:19NOW THIS IS ON BOARD
12:20WITH ANTHONY REED
12:21DOWN IN 11TH PLACE
12:23WE'VE GOT IT
12:23ALAN MORRISON
12:24JUST AHEAD OF HIM
12:25STILL
12:25GETTING A BIT OUT OF SHAPE
12:27AS HE COMES THROUGH
12:28CERTEES
12:28AND IN FACT
12:29HE'S GOT A CAR
12:29HE'S GOT THROUGH
12:31AND MORRISON'S GOT THROUGH
12:32BENNET
12:32AND PASS BENNET
12:34AND TURKINGTON LOST OUT
12:35TO PIPER
12:35JUST AT THE SAME TIME
12:36JUST AHEAD
12:37TURKINGTON
12:38OH
12:38THIS IS GREAT STUFF
12:39BENNET
12:40JUST SHUTTING THE DOOR
12:41AND ANTHONY REED
12:42AS THEY COME ON
12:42TO BRABIN STRAIN
12:43YEAH THERE WAS CONTACT THERE
12:44BETWEEN MORRISON
12:45AND TURKINGTON
12:46COMING ON THE STRAIN
12:47THERE THREE
12:48APPRECIATES
12:48OH WOW
12:49FANTASTIC
12:50SQUEEZING EACH OTHER
12:51BENNET
12:52JUST BEING SANDWICHED
12:53OUT THERE
12:53BY THE TWO MGs
12:54BUT CONTACT
12:55VIRTUALLY ON BOTH SIDES
12:56I THINK THEY'VE
12:57GOT AWAY WITH IT
12:58AND ANTHONY REED
12:59NOW AHEAD
12:59OF HIS TEAMMATE
13:00COLIN TURKINGTON
13:01SO BOTH MORRISON
13:02AND REED
13:02ARE ON THE CHARGE
13:03BUT GABIN PIPER
13:05AS WELL
13:05NOW HAS AN OPPORTUNITY
13:07TO GO CHASING
13:08AFTER HIS
13:08INDEPENDENT RIVAL
13:09ROB COLLARD
13:10SO WE'VE GOT
13:10SOME GOOD BATTLES
13:11OPENING UP
13:11THERE IS INDEED
13:13ROB COLLARD
13:14RUNNING VERY WELL
13:15AT THE MOMENT
13:16BUT CAN HE HOLD ON
13:17BECAUSE GABIN PIPER
13:18WILL NOW TRY
13:19AND CLOSE THE GAP
13:20UP IN THE WHITE
13:20ASTRA COUPÉ
13:21JUST A LITTLE WAY
13:22BEHIND
13:22AS THE PRODUCTION
13:23CLASS BATTLE
13:23ALSO CONTINUES
13:24HE HAS GREAT
13:25COMPETITION HERE
13:26OF COURSE
13:26FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
13:27HONDA
13:27REAR WHEEL DRIVE
13:28BMW
13:29SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
13:30CHARACTERISTICS
13:31AROUND THE CIRCUIT
13:32THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
13:33CARS STRUGGLE
13:33A LITTLE BIT
13:34FOR TRACTION
13:34OFF CLEARWAYS
13:35AND DRUIDS
13:36AND THE BMW
13:37HAS CERTAIN ADVANTAGE
13:39BUT OVERALL
13:39THEY'RE BALANCING OUT
13:40AND THEY COULDN'T
13:41BE MORE EQUAL
13:41GREAT TO SEE
13:42ISN'T IT
13:42AND ONLY
13:43ABOUT 3 OR 4 SECONDS
13:45OFF THE PACE
13:46OF THE TOURS
13:46IT'S NOT A HUGE
13:47DIFFERENCE
13:47AROUND THIS
13:48FRONT HACCH CIRCUIT
13:49AS WE CONCENTRATE
13:50ON THE BATTLE
13:51FOR SECOND
13:51ONCE AGAIN
13:52AND IT IS
13:53MIGHTY MULLER
13:53EVAN MULLER
13:54DETERMINED
13:54TO GAIN SOME GROUND
13:56ONCE AGAIN
13:56ON JAMES TOPSON
13:57TOPSON OUTSCORED HIM
13:58AT MONDELLO PARK
14:00IN IRELAND
14:00MULLER NEEDS
14:02TO GET BACK
14:02ON TERMS
14:03THAT'S THE WAY
14:03HE FEELS
14:04NOT FAR BEHIND
14:04IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
14:05A LITTLE LOSS
14:06BREAK THERE
14:07FROM WARREN HUGHES
14:07BUT WE'LL LOOK
14:08AFTER THE TIRES
14:09BECAUSE WE'RE STILL
14:10A LITTLE WAY OFF
14:11COMING INTO THE PITS
14:12FOR THEIR FIRST
14:13OR THEIR ONLY PITS
14:14OFF
14:14THEY'VE COMPLETED
14:15TEN LAPS NOW
14:1611 AS MACNEIL
14:17GOES OVER THE LINE
14:18THEY CAN'T CUT IN
14:19UNTIL THAT
14:19NUMBER 14
14:20NO THEY WILL START
14:21TO RUN INTO
14:22BACK MARKERS
14:22SOON
14:23THEY'RE STARTING
14:23TO CATCH THE TAIL
14:24END OF THE PRODUCTION
14:25CARS
14:26AND THIS COULD
14:26PAY A FACTOR
14:27OPPORTUNISM
14:28IS WHAT EVERY DRIVER
14:29IS LOOKING FOR
14:30HERE
14:30A LITTLE HESITATION
14:31FROM THE CAR IN FRONT
14:32SO
14:32I MEAN WARREN HUGHES
14:34WILL BE REALLY
14:34LOOKING FOR AN
14:35OPPORTUNITY
14:35PERHAPS WHEN THEY GET
14:36TO THE BACK MARKERS
14:37TO PULL ONE
14:37ON IVAN MULLER
14:38YEAH
14:39WELL THEN
14:39IF OF COURSE
14:40THE PITSTOPS
14:41ARE GOING TO BE
14:41PRETTY CLOSE
14:42BATTLES AS WELL
14:42IF THEY'RE RUNNING
14:43THIS CLOSE ON TRACK
14:44IT MAY WELL BE
14:45DOWN TO THE TEAMS
14:45TO SORT THEM OUT
14:46MACNEIL
14:47ALREADY COMING PASS
14:48ON THE BACK MARKERS
14:49THAT WAS JIM EDWARDS
14:50HE WAS PASSING
14:51IN THE PRODUCTION
14:51CLASS OF COURSE
14:52THE PRODUCTION
14:52CLASS ON THE RECORD
14:53BUT MAC'S GOT ENOUGH
14:55OF THE GAP
14:55NOT TO HAVE TO WORRY
14:56TOO MUCH ABOUT IT
14:57MEANWHILE
14:58LIVAN MULLER
14:59AND WARREN HUGHES
15:00COME OUT
15:01OF CLEARWAYS
15:02SECOND AND THIRTH
15:03PAUL O'NEAL
15:04STILL RUNNING
15:04FOURTH
15:04JAMES THOMPSON
15:05FIFTH
15:05ROCK COLLAB
15:06IN SIXTH PLACE
15:07AS THE PRODUCTION
15:08CLASS BATTLE
15:08CONTINUES
15:09ONCE AGAIN
15:09LUKE HINES
15:10DRIVING THE
15:12HONDA CIVIC TYPE R
15:13RUN BY
15:14BALWELL MOTORSPORT
15:15UP AGAINST
15:15MICHAEL BENTWOOD
15:16AND THE BMW
15:18PREPARED BY
15:19EDENBRIDGE RACING
15:20HAD SOME GREAT
15:22PERFORMANCES
15:22LAST YEAR
15:23EDENBRIDGE RACING
15:24WITH NORMAN SIMON
15:25DRIVING THE CAR
15:26THIS YEAR
15:27MICHAEL BENTWOOD
15:28WHO SWITCHED
15:28FROM SINGLE-SEEDERS
15:29HAS DONE A LOT OF
15:30RACING IN FORMULA 3
15:31AND IN FORMULA 3000
15:32AND NOW DOING WELL
15:34IN THE PRODUCTION CLASS
15:35SO HERE WE GO
15:36BIT OF A RUN FOR HIM
15:37UP TOWARDS
15:38PADDAKILL BENT
15:38BUT
15:39CAN HE BREAK LATE ENOUGH
15:40NOT REALLY CLOSE ENOUGH
15:42ON THE APPROACH
15:42TO THE RIGHT HANDER
15:43SO HE FOLLOWS
15:45LUKE HINES
15:45DOWN THE HILL
15:46STILL CANN'T
15:48QUITE GAIN ANY MORE
15:49MEN BENTWOOD
15:49NO THEY'RE VERY EQUAL
15:51ON EVERYTHING
15:52POWER
15:52HANDLING
15:53BUT BENTWOOD'S REALLY
15:55TRYING TO PUT THE
15:55PRESSURE ON
15:56AND DISTURB HINES
15:57HE WANTS HINES
15:58LOOKING IN HIS MIRROR
15:59DISTRACTING HIM
16:00A LITTLE BIT
16:00PERHAPS HE'LL MISS
16:01A BREAKING POINT
16:02OR MAKE A MISTAKE
16:03BUT SO FAR
16:04LUKE HINES
16:04TRYING LIKE A REAL
16:05VETERAN
16:06VERY PROFESSIONAL
16:07VERY SMOOTH
16:07HE'S A YOUNGSTER
16:08BUT HE'S HAD A HUGE
16:09AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE
16:10OF COURSE
16:10PARTICULARLY THROUGH
16:11HIS KARTING DAYS
16:12HE'S THE SON OF
16:13MARTIN HINES
16:14MANY TIMES
16:15WORLD CHAMPION
16:15IN GEARBOX KARTING
16:16AND SO HE'S
16:18PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE
16:19HIMSELF
16:19NOT ONLY IN KARTING
16:20BUT IN FORMULA FORD
16:21AND HE'S SHOWING
16:22WELL NOW
16:23IN PRODUCTION CLASS
16:24SO THE BATTLE
16:25CONTINUES
16:26UP FRONT
16:26THE LEADERS
16:27NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE
16:28BETWEEN
16:29WHAT'S HAPPENING
16:30THAT NEIL STILL LEADS
16:30THERE'S SECOND
16:31AND THIRD
16:32IVAN MULLER
16:33FOLLOWED BY
16:34WARREN HUGHES
16:35AND THEN IT'S STILL
16:36PAUL O'NEIL
16:36AGAIN
16:37WARREN HUGHES
16:38GETS VERY VERY
16:39CLOSE TO THE BACK
16:40OF MULLER'S CAR
16:40AS THEY COME PAST
16:42TOM BOARDMAN
16:43IN THE PRODUCTION
16:43CLASS
16:44PERJOT 307
16:45WELL THESE ARE
16:47THE OPPORTUNITIES
16:48THAT WARREN'S
16:48BEEN LOOKING FOR
16:49HE DIDN'T GET ONE
16:50THERE
16:50BUT HE MAY GET ONE
16:52SOON ENOUGH
16:52IN THE PIT STOPS
16:53BECAUSE
16:53THE END OF THIS LAP
16:54THE PIT STOPS
16:55WINDOW WILL BE OPEN
16:56AND IT WON'T BE LONG
16:57I DON'T THINK
16:57BEFORE WE SEE
16:58A FEW CARS IN
16:59I WOULD EXPECT
17:00MAC NEIL TO STOP
17:01VERY EARLY
17:01HE'S GOT THE ADVANTAGE
17:02AT THE MOMENT
17:03AND HE WON'T WANT
17:03TO LOSE IT
17:04LIGHTS ON
17:05ON MULLER'S CAR
17:06LOOK AT THAT
17:06HUGHES ALMOST
17:07PUSHING HIM AROUND
17:08THERE ARE TEAMS
17:09BEGINNING TO PREPARE
17:10VX RACING THEMSELVES
17:11BEGINNING TO PREPARE
17:12IN PIT LANE
17:13FOR PIT STOPS NOW
17:14NOW THAT THE PIT LANE
17:15HAS BEEN OPENED UP
17:16HUGHES JUST PUT A WHEEL
17:17OVER THE GRASS
17:18BUT IT'S OKAY
17:19MAC NEIL IS IN CHARGE
17:20OF THIS RACE
17:21VERY MUCH SO
17:22AT THE MOMENT
17:22IN THESE DRY CONDITIONS
17:23THE HONDA IS
17:24WORKING PERFECTLY
17:25AS WE HAD COME TO EXPECT
17:27TOWARDS THE END
17:28OF LAST YEAR
17:28THE HONDA REALLY
17:29CAME ON SONG
17:30IN THE LAST FEW
17:30RACES OF 2002
17:32AND NOW MAC NEIL
17:33SHOWING THAT
17:34PERFORMANCE
17:34IN STYLE
17:35AT THE MOMENT
17:36BUT THERE'S
17:36PLENTY OF TIME
17:37TO GO IN THIS RACE
17:38AS THE BATTLE
17:39FOR SECOND CONTINUES
17:40WHAT A CUE
17:42THEN O'NEIL
17:43AND NOW WE'RE
17:44BEGINNING TO SEE
17:45PEOPLE COMING IN
17:46TO THE PITS
17:47AND JAMES THOMPSON
17:48COMING IN
17:49SO HE'S GOING TO BE
17:49ONE OF THE EARLY
17:50ONES TO STOP
17:51BACK ON THE
17:55VIEW OF SECOND PLACE
17:57YVAN MULLER
17:58AND MORREN HUGHES
17:59THERE IS JAMES THOMPSON
18:01SO VX RACING
18:02CREW GOT TO WORK
18:02NOT A LOT OF SPACE
18:03IN THE PIT LANE
18:04THIS WEEKEND
18:04BECAUSE OF THE CHAMP
18:05CARS
18:06BUT THAT WAS
18:06A GOOD CLEAN STOP
18:07VERY GOOD STOP
18:08JAMES ALWAYS
18:09LIKES TO STOP
18:10EARLY
18:10HE LIKES TO GET ON
18:11WITH THE SECOND
18:11PART OF THE RACE
18:12AND HE'S
18:13HE'S MADE A GOOD
18:15PIT STOP
18:15HE'S BACK OUT
18:16INTO CLEAR AIR
18:17ON THE TRACK
18:17HE CAN REALLY
18:18GET HIS FOOT DOWN
18:18NOW
18:19GAVIN PIPER
18:20HAS ALSO
18:20MADE HIS STOP
18:25COMING OUT OF THE PIT LANE
18:26SO HE'S MADE HIS STOP
18:28AND IN FACT
18:29YOU'LL JUST SEE HIM
18:29THERE HE IS
18:30COMING OUT IN FRONT
18:31BY MATT NEIL
18:32THAT IS OUR RACE LEADER
18:33MATT NEIL JUST COMING UP
18:34TO GO PAST
18:35PHIL BENNET
18:36AND
18:37CLIMB UP THE HILL
18:38HOPEFULLY BENNET
18:39WILL PROBABLY ALLOW HIM
18:40THROUGH UP ON THE INSIDE
18:41YES HE DOES
18:41AS WE SEE ANTHONY REED
18:43NOW IN THE PIT
18:44FOR HIS
18:44PIT STOP
18:46HELD IN PLACE
18:48AND THEN RELEASED
18:49AND AWAY HE GOES
18:50PIT LANE SPEED LIMIT
18:52HAS BEEN
18:52REDUCED SLIDELY
18:53THIS WEEKEND
18:54BECAUSE
18:54OF THE NARROW CONFINES
18:56OF THE PIT LANE
18:57WITH THE CHAMP CARS
18:58HERE
18:58DOWN TO 35 MILES AN HOUR
19:00YES IT FEELS LIKE
19:01YOU COULD GET OUT
19:01WALK FASTER THAN THAT
19:02SPEED
19:03IT REALLY IS
19:03AN ETERNITY
19:04COMING DOWN
19:05THE PIT LANE
19:05BUT IT'S FOR SAFETY
19:06WE SAW IT WAS
19:07NECESSARY AT MONDELLO
19:08AND I THINK IT'S
19:09A GOOD THING
19:09BUT THE GUYS
19:10WILL BE ANXIOUSLY
19:11TRYING TO GET
19:12TO THAT EXIT BOARD
19:13AND PLANT THE
19:13THROTTLE
19:14DAVID LESLEY
19:15HAS JUST BEEN IN
19:15AND IS BACK OUT
19:16AGAIN
19:17SO WE'RE STILL
19:17WAITING FOR
19:19OUR RACE LEADER
19:19MATT NEIL
19:20TO MAKE HIS PIT STOP
19:21NOW
19:21AS THE PIT LANE
19:22OPENS ON LAP
19:23NUMBER 14
19:23IT CLOSES ON LAP
19:24NUMBER 26
19:25AS LONG AS YOU
19:26MAKE YOUR PIT STOP
19:27IN SOME PART
19:28OF THAT
19:28PIT WINDOW
19:30AS IT'S CALLED
19:30THEN YOU'RE OKAY
19:31SO NEIL CAN
19:33AFFORD TO STAY
19:33OUT THERE A BIT
19:34LONGER BEFORE
19:34HE STOPS
19:35YEAH HE CAN
19:35I MEAN OBVIOUSLY
19:36IF HE GOES
19:36HALFWAY
19:37HE'S EVENING OUT
19:38THE WEAR ON HIS
19:39TYRES BETWEEN
19:40THE TWO HALF
19:41OF THE RACE
19:41BUT SO FAR
19:42HIS LAPS HAVE
19:43BEEN VERY CONSISTENT
19:44BUT I REALLY WOULD
19:45EXPECT HIM TO STOP
19:45VERY SOON
19:46WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
19:47AT THE HALFWAY
19:48MARK NOW
19:48LAP NO. 17
19:49IT IS A 35 LAP
19:51RACE SO
19:51WE'RE JUST ABOUT
19:52HALF DISTANCE
19:53AND MATT NEIL
19:54MAY WELL CHOOSE
19:54TO COME IN
19:55PRETTY SOON
19:55NOW
19:56WE'RE SEEING
19:56THE PROTON
19:57THERE
19:58I THINK
19:58MATT NEIL
19:59STAYING OUT
19:59FOR THE MOMENT
20:00BECAUSE HONDA
20:00CRUDE NOT
20:01READY FOR HIM
20:01AS YET
20:02IT MAY WELL
20:03BE THAT WE'LL SEE
20:04IMAN MULLER
20:05COMING IN
20:05FAIRLY SOON
20:06STILL RUNNING
20:06IN SECOND PLACE
20:07IS MULLER
20:08AS MATT NEIL
20:09CROSSES THE LINE
20:10ONCE AGAIN
20:10HIS LEAD
20:11UP TO OVER
20:12FOUR SECONDS
20:13NOW
20:13SO THIS REALLY
20:14HAS GONE TO PLAN
20:15HE MADE A GOOD
20:16ENOUGH START
20:17IT WASN'T A
20:18BRILLIANT
20:18GET AWAY
20:18FROM THE FRONT ROAD
20:19BUT HE WAS JUST
20:20GOOD ENOUGH
20:20TO GET PAST
20:22THOMPSON
20:22AND JUST DEFEND
20:23FROM IMAN MULLER
20:24WHO MADE A GREAT
20:24START FROM
20:25THE SECOND ROW
20:25AND EVER SINCE
20:26THEN MATT NEIL
20:27HAS BEEN IN CHARGE
20:29INTO THE PITS
20:30NOW
20:30HAS COME
20:31MORREN HUGHES
20:31AND ALAN MORRISON
20:33ALSO INTO THE PITS
20:34A BIT SLOW ON THIS
20:36RIGHT FRONT THOUGH
20:37THEY'VE GOT A
20:38PROBLEM THERE
20:38YOU CAN SEE
20:39DIDN'T WANT TO
20:40GO ON PROPERLY
20:41AND THAT'S LOST
20:42MORRISON SOME TIME
20:43YEAH OF COURSE
20:43IT WAS A RIGHT FRONT
20:44WHEEL THAT CAME
20:45OFF MATT NEIL'S
20:46HONDA AT MONDELLO
20:47SO I THINK
20:47THEY NEED TO WORK
20:48ON THAT PIT CORNER
20:50NOW IT WAS ACTUALLY
20:51CLOVER'S CONNICK TURKINTON
20:52MY MISTAKE THERE
20:52WHO CAME INTO
20:53THE PITS OF THE MG
20:54SO HUGHES HAS NOT
20:55YET MADE HIS STOP
20:55WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN
20:56THE LEADERS COME IN
20:58YET
20:59NEIL NOR MULLER
21:01NOR HUGHES
21:01HAVE COME IN YET
21:02ROB COLARD'S
21:03STILL OUT THERE
21:03HE HASN'T MADE
21:04HIS PITS STOP YET
21:04SO DAN EVES
21:06AND JAMES KAY
21:07AS WELL
21:07THEY'VE MOVED UP
21:08THE LEADER BOARD
21:08AS THEY'RE STILL
21:09WAITING FOR THEIR TIME
21:11TO COME INTO THE PITS
21:12TWO REASONS REALLY
21:17RACE AND THE SECOND ONE
21:18IS TO GAIN A POINT
21:19FOR LEADING THE RACE
21:19AT SOME POINT
21:20YES OF COURSE
21:21AN EXTRA POINT
21:21FOR THAT
21:22SO THAT'S A FITAL ONE
21:24AND IT COULD PROVE
21:24TO BE PRETTY CRUCIAL
21:25MICHAEL BENTWOOD
21:26IS NOW IN FRONT
21:28OF LUKE HINES
21:29SO BENTWOOD
21:30HAS GOT AHEAD
21:32OF HIS RIVAL
21:33MIGHT BE PARTLY
21:35WITH ALL THIS TRAFFIC
21:36AROUND
21:36IT MAKES LIFE
21:37A LITTLE BIT MORE
21:37DIFFICULT
21:37THERE IS
21:39ALAN MORRISON
21:40THERE
21:40HE'S MADE HIS PITSTOP
21:41LOST HIS REAR PUMP
21:42A QUOTE A LOT EARLY
21:43HERE IN THIS RACE
21:44IF YOU REMEMBER
21:44HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD
21:45RUNS AT MONTELO
21:46IN PARTICULAR
21:47LAST TIME OUT
21:48AND INTO THE PIT
21:50THEN
21:50DOES COME
21:51OUR RACE LEADER
21:53MATT NEIL
21:53AND HE'S JUST
21:56WE'VE JUST GOT TO SEE
21:57WHETHER
21:57MULLER IS COMING IN
21:59AT THE SAME TIME
22:00SO IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD
22:00BATTLE
22:01BUT OF COURSE
22:01MATT NEIL HAD A BIG
22:02ADVANTAGE COMING IN
22:03THIS TIME
22:03HE DID
22:03OVER FOUR SECONDS
22:04AND AS LONG AS THIS
22:05PITSTOP GOES TO PLAN
22:06HE SHOULD CARRY THAT
22:07OUT
22:07BUT WE'LL WATCH ANXIOUSLY
22:09MULLER'S PITTING
22:10FURTHER DOWN
22:10THE PIT ROAD
22:11THE HONDA TEAM
22:12HAVE FINISHED
22:12THEIR PITSTOP
22:13GREAT STOP
22:14FROM MULLER
22:15THOUGH
22:15LOOK
22:15THEY'VE GOT HIM
22:15GOING
22:16MULLER'S GOT GOING
22:17MATT NEIL
22:18IS GOING TO COME OUT
22:19BEHIND
22:20EVAN MULLER
22:20HOW ON EARTH
22:21DID THEY MANAGE
22:22TO LOSE FOUR SECONDS
22:23THEY LOST FOUR SECONDS
22:25THERE
22:25AND LOOK AT THE BATTLE
22:25THIS IS EFFECTIVELY
22:26FOR THE LEAD
22:27WITH PAUL O'NEIL
22:28GOING AROUND
22:29THE OUTSIDE
22:29AS
22:30IS THIS A REPEAT
22:31OF LAST YEAR
22:32WITH TONSEL
22:32AND MULLER
22:39ABSOLUTELY TOGETHER
22:41AND JUST TRYING
22:42TO SQUEEZE HIM OUT
22:43AND STILL SIDE BY SIDE
22:44AND O'NEIL'S NOT
22:45GIVING UP
22:46AND PAUL O'NEIL
22:47GETS BACK IN FRONT
22:48OF EVAN MULLER
22:49GREAT STUFF
22:50BETWEEN THESE TWO
22:51AND YOU MIGHT NOT
22:52HAVE EXPECTED IT
22:52FROM PAUL O'NEIL
22:53BUT HE GIVES AS GOOD
22:54AS EVEN EVAN MULLER
22:55OR JAMES THOMPSON
22:56WELL FANTASTIC BY PAUL
22:58I REALLY THOUGHT
22:58HE WOULD DEFER TO MULLER
23:00THE SORT OF SENIER
23:01PARTNER IN THE TEAM
23:02BUT HE STUCK IT DOWN
23:03THE INSIDE
23:03HE'S GOT THE HOTTER TIES ON
23:04GOOD ON YOU PAUL
23:06EXCELLENT
23:07EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE
23:08FROM PAUL O'NEIL
23:09SO AT THE MOMENT
23:10DAN EVES LEAVES
23:11BECAUSE HE'S NOT
23:12BEEN INTO THE PITS YET
23:13WARREN HUGHES
23:14HAS JUST BEEN INTO THE PITS
23:15HE JUST REJOINS
23:16AND HUGHES COMES OUT
23:17RIGHT IN
23:18WITH THOSE TWO VOXELS
23:19SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING
23:20AS WELL
23:21MULLER'S CONTROLLING
23:22A SLIDE
23:22AND HUGHES IS RIGHT
23:23WITH HIM
23:23HUGHES IS RIGHT
23:24ON THE INSIDE
23:25LOOK OUT FOR HUGHES
23:26ON YOUR INSIDE
23:26HERE
23:27SIDE BY SIDE
23:28INTO DRUID
23:28AND HUGHES
23:29TRYING TO GET
23:30SECOND PLACE
23:30FROM IVAN MULLER
23:31THIS IS FANTASTIC
23:32THE MG
23:33VERSUS THE VOXEL
23:34NOW MULLER'S GOT
23:35THE INSIDE
23:36A BIT OF NUDGING
23:37GOING ON
23:37AND I DON'T THINK
23:38HUGHES IS NOW
23:39GOING TO BE
23:39ABLE TO RETAKE IT
23:40NO
23:40THAT WAS A REPEAT
23:42OF WHAT HAPPENED
23:43WITH PAUL O'NEIL
23:44REALLY
23:44BUT IN REVERSE
23:45WITH HUGHES
23:45ON COLD FRONT TIRES
23:47STRUGGLING
23:47JUST FOR A LITTLE
23:48BIT OF GRIP
23:48AND MULLER
23:49ABLE TO GET PAST HIM
23:50BUT HIM COMING
23:51OUT OF THE PITS
23:51DID ACTUALLY
23:52LOSE MULLER
23:53A FEW SECONDS
23:54ON PAUL O'NEIL
23:55SO DAN EVES
23:56IS OUR RACE LEADER
23:57BECAUSE HE'S NOT
23:58YET STOPPED
23:59BUT EFFECTIVELY
24:00OUR RACE LEADER
24:01IS PAUL O'NEIL
24:01PAUL O'NEIL
24:03RUNNING IN SECOND
24:03ON ROAD AT THE MOMENT
24:04BUT HE'S MADE HIS PITSTOP
24:05HE'S AHEAD OF
24:06IVAN MULLER
24:06AND HE'S AHEAD
24:07OF WARREN HUGHES
24:24KEEP DRIVING ON PREMIUM
24:29AT THE VTCC
24:30ON MOTUS TV
24:31WITH SUPER FIVE
24:33THE LEAD SUBSTITUTE
24:35RUNNING BACK TO
24:38BRANTS HATCH
24:39ROUND THREE
24:39OF THE GREEN FLAG MSA
24:40BRITISH TOURING CAR
24:41CHAMPIONSHIP UNDERWAY
24:42AND THE TOP FOUR CARS
24:44ARE ALL PRETTY CLOSE
24:45TOGETHER NOW
24:45IT IS PAUL O'NEIL
24:47THE RACE LEADER
24:47IVAN MULLER
24:48AGAIN
24:49JUST AS HE WAS
24:50IN THE FIRST PART
24:50OF THIS RACE
24:51HAVING TO DEFEND
24:52FROM WARREN HUGHES
24:53RUNNING IN THIRD PLACE
24:54IN THE MG
24:54THERE HE IS
24:55THOSE TWO
24:55STILL TOGETHER
24:56BUT IT'S PAUL O'NEIL
24:57WHO IS LEADING THIS RACE
24:58AND REALLY SHOWING
25:00THAT HE'S NOT PREPARED
25:01TO GIVE
25:02IVAN MULLER
25:03AND JAMES THOMPSON
25:04THE ADVANTAGE
25:05AND IVAN MULLER
25:06REALLY GETTING INTO A SLIDE
25:07THROUGH PATTERC O'NEIL
25:07AND IT'S GIVEN HUGHES
25:08A CHANCE
25:09OH HE'S MADE A BIT OF CONTACT
25:10UP TOWARDS DREWIT
25:11MULLER
25:11BUSILY TRYING TO DEFEND
25:13DESPITE THE FACT
25:14THAT HE'D MADE A MISTAKE
25:14AT PATTERC
25:15YEAH
25:15MULLER'S UNDER PRESSURE NOW
25:17AND THIS IS LETTING
25:18PAUL O'NEIL
25:19GET AWAY
25:19BUT
25:19AND MATT NEIL
25:21CATCH UP
25:21MATT NEIL
25:21SET THE FASTEST LAP
25:23OF THE RACE
25:23IN THESE COOL CONDITIONS
25:24IT'S THE SAME SPEED
25:26AS HE QUALIFIED AT
25:27SO MATT NEIL
25:27IS ABSOLUTELY FLYING
25:29SO LET'S KEEP CONCENTRATE
25:32ON THIS BATTLE THEN
25:33BECAUSE PAUL O'NEIL
25:34REALLY JUST
25:36HOLDING ON AT THE MOMENT
25:38OUT FRONT
25:38HE'S MANAGED TO OPEN UP
25:39A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP
25:40BUT IT IS THE BATTLE BETWEEN
25:41LOOK AT THE REAR BUMPER
25:42NOW ON MULLER'S CAR
25:43THAT IS DEFINITELY
25:44DANGLING A LITTLE BIT
25:45AS WARREN HUGHES
25:46COMES UP TO THE OUTSIDE
25:47THIS TIME
25:48CAN HE MAKE A MOVE
25:49ON THE OUTSIDE
25:49OF PATTERCILL BED
25:50NO
25:51HE CUTS BACK AGAIN
25:52TO THE INSIDE
25:53QUITE ENOUGH
25:54MEMENTUM
25:55MULLER
25:55VERY QUICK
25:56TO COVER THE INSIDE LINE
25:57MULLER GOES STRAIGHT
25:59ACROSS TO THE INSIDE
26:00HE'S NOT GONNA LEAVE
26:01AN INCH OF ROOM
26:02THERE FOR HUGHES
26:02TO GET UP THE INSIDE
26:03BUT OF COURSE
26:04THIS IS SLOWING THEM
26:05DOWN MASSIVELY
26:06AND HE'S
26:06DIVED BY HUGHES
26:07UP THE INSIDE
26:08I'M AMAZED
26:10THAT THEY GOT AWAY
26:11WITH THAT
26:11HE TRIKED MULLER
26:12THERE
26:12AND IT LOOKED AS THOUGH
26:13MULLER HAD FALLEN FOR IT
26:14BUT NOW MATT NEILS
26:15GETTING INVOLVED
26:16MATT NEILS
26:16GOING FOR AN INTERSERT
26:17HE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE
26:18WHAT A GREAT BATTLE
26:19THIS IS FOR SECOND PLACE
26:20AND PAUL O'NEIL
26:21MUST BE QUITE RELIEVED
26:22TO HAVE OPENED UP
26:23THAT LITTLE BIT
26:24OF A BUMPER ZONE
26:25WELL PAUL
26:26WILL BE WATCHING THIS
26:27IN HIS MIRRORS
26:28AND THINKING
26:28I MUST JUST KEEP
26:29MY RHYTHM
26:29I MUST JUST KEEP
26:30MY RHYTHM
26:30IT'S SO HARD
26:31IT'S A VERY BUSY LAP
26:33THERE'S A LOT OF
26:33GEAR CHANGES
26:34NO TIME TO RELAX
26:36HE'S REALLY GOT
26:37TO JUST KEEP HIS HEAD
26:38DOWN
26:38HE'S
26:38OH GREAT BATTLE
26:40IN HIS SECOND PLACE
26:41STILL
26:41THOUGH INTO PADDAKILL
26:42BEND
26:42AND THAT BUMPER
26:43IS NOT GONNA LAST
26:44MUCH LONGER
26:45THAT CAR OF MULLERS
26:46IS SLIDING AROUND
26:47HE'S RUNNING
26:4730 KILOS OF BALLAS
26:48REMEMBER
26:49SO HE'S GOT TO
26:50DEAL WITH THAT
26:50AND COPE WITH THAT
26:51BUT FOR THE MOMENT
26:52HE'S MANAGING
26:53TO FEND OFF
26:54AND HOLD SECOND PLACE
26:55BUT HUGHES
26:56ALL OVER HIM
26:56MATT NEIL
26:57JUST IN POSITION
26:58AS WELL
26:59AND JUST TO REMIND YOU
27:00THAT ANTONY REID
27:02IS THEN NEXT UP
27:03FOLLOWED BY
27:03JAMES THOMPSON
27:04SO THOMPSON
27:05STILL LOOKING
27:06TO SCORE SOME POINTS
27:07AS THIS BATTLE RAGES
27:08GABIN PIPER
27:09IS NOW LEADING
27:10IN THE INDEPENDENT CLASS
27:11AFTER THE PITSTOPS
27:12HAVE BEEN MADE
27:13PIPER IS LEADING
27:13IN THE INDEPENDENT CLASS
27:14AND MICHAEL BENTWOOD
27:16IS LEADING
27:16IN THE PRODUCTION CLASS
27:17BUT IT'S THIS
27:18BATTLE UP FRONT
27:19THAT WE NEED
27:19TO CONCENTRATE ON
27:20ALBIN CLIOR
27:22AS THEY COME
27:22THIS WILL BE
27:23TO COMPLETE LAT
27:24NUMBER 28
27:24OUT OF 35
27:26AND HUGHES
27:27KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON
27:28NOW HE'S GOT
27:29THE INSIDE LINE
27:30BUT IT LEAVES
27:30THE DOOR OPEN
27:31HE'S SIDE BY SIDE
27:32AND THEY CONTACT
27:32SIDEWAYS
27:33OH
27:34FANTASTIC
27:35FIT A BIT TOO MUCH
27:36AND MULLER GETS
27:37OUT OF THE GRAVEL
27:37AND MATT NEIL
27:38YEAH MATT NEIL
27:40HAS GOT UP
27:40THE INSIDE
27:41NOW REFUSE
27:41WELL THAT WAS
27:42FORMATION BALLET
27:44THE WAY THEY HELD
27:45THOSE CARS
27:45BEAUTIFUL CAR CONTROL
27:46HUGHES JUST COULDN'T
27:48WAIT ANY LONGER
27:48HE HAD TO HAVE A GO
27:49HE THREW THE CAR
27:50UP THE INSIDE
27:51ON THE BRAKES
27:52AND THERE WAS
27:53INEVITABL REALLY
27:53THERE WAS GOING
27:54TO BE CONTACT
27:54BUT MATT NEIL
27:55JUST SAID
27:55THANK YOU VERY MUCH
27:56I'M THROUGH INTO
27:57SECOND FLOW
27:58WELL MATT NEIL
27:59CERTAINLY TAKING
28:00ADVANTAGE OF THAT
28:01WE'RE STILL TRYING
28:02TO WORK OUT
28:03HOW HONDA
28:04MANAGED TO LOSE
28:04A LOT OF TIME
28:05IN THE PITS
28:07IT WAS A PORE STOP
28:08FROM HONDA
28:09AND A BRILLIANT STOP
28:10FOR VOXEL RACING
28:11TO GET
28:11NIVAN MULLER OUT
28:12AND MATT NEIL
28:13LOST A FOUR SECOND
28:15ADVANTAGE
28:15THAT HE BUILT UP
28:16IN THE EARLY STAGES
28:17OF THIS RACE
28:17BUT HE IS NOW
28:18IN SECOND PLACE
28:19LET'S TAKE ANOTHER
28:19LOOK AT THIS
28:20FROM THE ONBOARD
28:21VIEW
28:21WELL
28:22MULLER'S OBVIOUSLY
28:23HE'S GOT
28:24HUGHES ON THE INSIDE
28:26AND HE'S NOW
28:26OH THERE'S CONTACT
28:27HE'S SIDEWAYS
28:28FOOT ON THE FLOOR
28:29THROUGH THE GRAVEL
28:30AND LOOK AT MATT NEIL
28:31CHEEKELY JUST GETTING
28:33UP THE INSIDE THERE
28:34GREAT STUFF
28:35THAT'S REAL
28:35TOURING CAR RAISING
28:37AT ITS BEST
28:37AND THEY ALL MANAGED
28:38TO SURVIVE IT
28:39BUT OF COURSE
28:39IT'S CHANGED
28:40THE OLD AROUND
28:41HUGHES KEEPS
28:42FINDING HIMSELF
28:42IN THIS POSITION
28:43HE'S STILL IN THIRM
28:44PLACE
28:44AND HE'S STILL
28:45STUCK BEHIND
28:45SOMETHING
28:46BUT INSTEAD OF IT
28:47BEING MULLER
28:47IT'S NOW
28:48MATT NEIL
28:49AND RIGHT BEHIND
28:50ROCK COLLARD
28:51IN THE INDEPENDENCE
28:52CLASS
28:53AT ASTRA
28:53SO THAT'S A PRETTY
28:54RAPID CAR
28:54THAT THEY'VE GOT
28:55TO TRY AND LAP
28:55AT THE SAME TIME
28:57YEAH I'M SURE
28:58ROCK WILL GET
28:58OUT OF THE WAY
28:59THOUGH HE'S
28:59BEEN BACK IN THE PITS
29:00AND I'M SURE
29:01HE'LL GET OUT OF THE WAY
29:02AND LET THEM
29:02GET ON WITH THEIR RACE
29:03BUT OF COURSE
29:04THIS HAS DROPPED
29:04THEM EVEN FURTHER
29:05BACK
29:05BEHIND PAUL O'NEIL
29:06PAUL O'NEIL
29:08LEADING THIS RACE
29:09AND LOOKING
29:09ABSOLUTELY
29:10FANTASTIC OUT FRONT
29:11HERE'S MATT NEIL
29:12AND THE HONDA
29:13IN SECOND
29:13GOING PAST
29:14ROCK COLLARD
29:15AND ROCK COLLARD
29:16REMEMBER NOW
29:17DOWN TO SECOND
29:18PLACE
29:18IN THE INDEPENDENCE
29:19CLASS
29:20AFTER HAVING
29:21MADE HIS STOP
29:22AS WARREN HUGHES
29:24STILL TRYING
29:24TO FIND
29:25HIS WAY THROUGH
29:26JAMES THOMPSON
29:27FURTHER DOWN
29:28THE ORDER
29:28REMEMBER HUGHES
29:29HAVING A LITTLE
29:29LOOK DOWN THE INSIDE
29:30INTO GRAHAM
29:31HILLBEND HERE
29:31BUT HE KNOWS
29:32THAT SOMEBODY
29:33LIKE MATT NEIL
29:33IS NOT GOING
29:34TO GIVE HIM
29:34THE LINE THERE
29:35UNLESS HE'S
29:35TRULY ALONGSIDE
29:41WHILE WE SEE
29:42THE REMAINS
29:43OF MULLER'S CAR
29:44GOING AROUND
29:44HE'S IN DANGER
29:45OF BEING UNDERWEIGHT
29:46AT THE END OF THIS
29:47IF HE SHEDS
29:47TOO MUCH MORE
29:48BODY WORK
29:48YES
29:49LOOK AT IT
29:50AROUND THAT
29:50LEFT REAR WHEEL
29:51ARCH
29:51IT'S A COMPLETE
29:52STATE
29:53BUT IT'S STILL GOING
29:54AND HERE WE ARE
29:54ON BOARD
29:55WITH IVAN MULLER
29:56PERHAPS DETERMINED
29:57FOR SOME REVENGE
29:58AS HE BEGINS
29:59TO CLOSE UP AGAIN
30:00TOWARDS
30:00WARREN HUGHES
30:01AND A KILL PEND
30:04IN WIDE
30:04THIS IS WHERE
30:05THEY HAD THEIR MOMENT
30:06A FEW LAPS AGO
30:07AGAIN THEY RUN
30:08RIGHT OVER
30:09THE EXIT CURVE
30:10ON THE EXIT
30:10OF THE CORNER
30:11THERE'S FOUR LAPS
30:12TO GO NOW
30:13AND WARREN HUGHES
30:15DESPERATELY LOOKING
30:16FOR A LITTLE CHINK
30:17IN MATT NEIL'S
30:17ARMOR HERE
30:18BUT IT'S NOT
30:19GOING TO HAPPEN
30:19DOWN INTO GRAHAM
30:20HILL BEND
30:20NO IT'S NOT
30:22AND I MEAN
30:22MATT NEIL DID STOP
30:23A LITTLE BIT LATER
30:24HE SHOULD HAVE
30:25SLIGHTLY BETTER TYRES
30:26AT THIS STAGE
30:26IN THE RACE
30:27BUT THEY SEEM
30:28VERY EQUAL
30:28AND HUGHES
30:30HAS DRIVEN
30:30AN ABSOLUTE
30:31BRILLIANT RACE
30:31HE'S BEEN
30:32ALL OVER THE BACK
30:33OF THE CARS
30:34IN FRONT
30:34THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
30:35RACE
30:35I'VE BEEN
30:35VERY IMPRESSED
30:36YEAH IT WAS
30:37A GREAT START
30:37HE MADE OFF THE
30:38LINE
30:38PROBABLY
30:39THE BEST START
30:40OF ANYBODY
30:40REALLY GOT OFF
30:42THE LINE
30:42SUPERBLY WELL
30:43AND THIS IS
30:43EXACTLY WHAT
30:44MG NEED OF COURSE
30:45THEY'RE DESPERATE
30:45TO GET SOME POINTS
30:46ON THE BOARD
30:47AFTER THE DISASTERS
30:49IN IRELAND
30:49AND HUGHES
30:51HOPEFULLY ABLE TO DO THAT
30:52JUST LOST A BIT OF TIME
30:53THERE
30:54BUT NOT TOO BAD
30:55THEY'RE GOING PAST
30:56LUKE KYNES
30:57WHO'S NOW RUNNING
30:57SECOND IN THE
30:58PRODUCTION CLASS
30:59HE WAS INVOLVED
31:00IN THAT HUGE BATTLE
31:01WITH MICHAEL BENTWOOD
31:01BUT BENTWOOD
31:02DOES HAVE THE
31:03PRODUCTION CLASS LEAD
31:04AND IN FACT
31:04WE'LL SEE HIM
31:05IN A MOMENT
31:06BENTWOOD BEING
31:07LAPT BY THE LEADERS
31:08THERE WE ARE
31:10THERE'S BENTWOOD
31:10IN THE BMW
31:11THERE IS OUR RACE
31:12LEADER PAUL O'NEIL
31:12YEAH PAUL O'NEIL
31:14JUST ABOUT TO PASS
31:15MICHAEL BENTWOOD
31:15WHO POLITELY
31:16MOVES OVER
31:17HE'S GOT A THREE SECOND
31:18LEAD OVER LUKE HINES
31:19SO HE CAN AFFORD
31:20TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
31:20AND PAUL O'NEIL
31:22CONTINUES
31:22BUT I CAN TELL YOU
31:23HIS NERVES
31:24WILL BE A JANGLE
31:25WHEN HE WON HIS
31:25FIRST EVER TURING
31:26CAR RACE AT
31:27ALTON PARK LAST YEAR
31:28HE WAS IN FLUDS
31:29OF TEARS
31:29SO THIS WILL BE
31:31HIS FIRST VICTORY
31:31FOR VOTSAL WORKS TEAM
31:33SO IT WILL BE
31:33A REAL FEATHER
31:34IN HIS CAP
31:35IF HE MAKES IT
31:35AND WHAT A HARD-EARN
31:36VICTORY TOO
31:37HE'S WORKED HARD
31:38FOR IT
31:38THROUGHOUT THIS RACE
31:39AND THAT WAY
31:39HE FENDED OFF
31:40IMAN MUELLER
31:41WHEN MUELLER
31:41CAME OUT OF THE PITS
31:42WAS GREAT START
31:43REALLY GOOD
31:44SIDE BY SIDE
31:45CHALLENGING
31:46MEANWHILE
31:47WE'RE JUST TAKING
31:47A LOOK HERE
31:48THAT'S MATT NEIL
31:49RUNNING A LITTLE WIDE
31:50OUT OF
31:50PALAKILL BEND
31:51I HAVE TO TELL YOU
31:52MATT NEIL IS CATCHING HIM
31:53IT'S ONLY 1.2 SECONDS
31:55WITH THREE LAPS TO GO
31:56IT'S VERY VERY CLOSE
31:59IT IS
32:00YOU'RE RIGHT TIM
32:00ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
32:01PAUL O'NEIL
32:02YOU SAID THAT
32:03HE MUST BE FEELING
32:03NERVOUS AT THIS STAGE
32:04WELL
32:05HE CAN FEEL EVEN MORE
32:06NERVOUS
32:06BECAUSE MATT NEIL
32:07IS BEARING DOWN ON HIM
32:08AND MATT NEIL
32:09WILL NOT WANT TO
32:09GIVE UP THIS
32:10WHEN HE HAD SUCH
32:11A COMFORTABLE LEAD
32:12BEFORE THE PITSTOPS
32:13WERE MADE
32:13LOST ALL OF THAT
32:14ADVANTAGE
32:15AND NOW HE'S ONLY
32:16GOT A COUPLE OF LAPS
32:17IN WHICH TO TRY
32:18AND DO SOMETHING
32:19ABOUT THIS
32:19HE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME
32:20IN FACT HERE
32:21BUT CAN HE LAUNCH
32:23A MAJOR ATTACK
32:24IN THE CLOSING STAGES
32:25OF THIS RACE
32:26PAUL O'NEIL
32:27STILL OUR RACE LEADER
32:29AND HE'S JUST ON
32:30TO THE FINAL LAP NOW
32:31SO
32:31CAN MATT NEIL
32:32FIND SOMETHING
32:33REALLY SPECIAL
32:33ON THIS LAST LAP
32:34OR WILL PAUL O'NEIL
32:35FEND HIM OFF
32:36ALL THE WAY
32:37AROUND THE 1.2 MILES
32:39WELL MATT CARRIED
32:40A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPEED
32:41INTO PADDOC
32:42HE IS TRYING
32:42EVER SO HARD
32:43HIS REAL OPPORTUNITY
32:45IS GOING TO BE
32:45INTO CLEARWAY
32:46ON THE LAST LAP
32:47ON THE FINAL CORNER
32:49REALLY
32:49BUT IF PAUL O'NEIL
32:50INTERVENES
32:51IT COULD BE
32:52ANYONE'S RACE
32:53RIGHT UP TO THE FLAG
32:54BACK MARKER IN THE WAY
32:55YEAH THAT'S
32:56ALAN BLENKO
32:56I HOPE HE KEEPS
32:57OUT OF THE WAY
32:58BLUE FLAGS
32:58ARE WAVING FURIOUSLY
32:59UP THE INSIDE
33:01GOES PAUL O'NEIL
33:01NO PROBLEM
33:02BLENKO DOES A FINE JOB
33:03MATT NEIL'S RUNNING
33:04OUT OF TIME
33:04UNLESS HE LAUNCHES
33:05AN ATTACK UP
33:06INTO CLEARWAY
33:06HE HAS
33:07HE'S TRYING TO GET
33:07ON THE INSIDE
33:08HE'S HIT HIM
33:09HE'S HIT O'NEIL
33:10AND HE GETS THROUGH
33:11AND MATT NEIL
33:12HAS GOT THROUGH
33:12IT'S ON HUGE
33:13IS OFF
33:13HUGE IS OFF
33:14INTO THE GRAVEL
33:15HE'S HIT THE BARRIER
33:16MATT NEIL
33:17IS GOING TO COME THROUGH
33:18TO WIN HERE
33:18AT BRANTS HATCH
33:19AFTER CONTACT
33:20TO THE LAST CORNER
33:21MATT NEIL
33:22WINS IT IN THE HONDA
33:23SECOND PLACE
33:24TAKEN BY MULLER
33:25MULLER FINISHES
33:26AHEAD OF PAUL O'NEIL
33:27AND COMING THROUGH
33:28IN FOURTH
33:29IS ANTONY REID
33:30BECAUSE WARREN
33:30HUGHES IS IN
33:31THE TIRE BARRIER
33:32ON THE OUTSIDE
33:33OF CLEARWAYS
33:34THERE IS HUGHES'S CAR
33:35AND HE'S DONE SOME
33:36DAMAGE TO THE FRONT
33:37OF THAT CAR
33:37NOW WHETHER
33:38HE GOT CAUGHT OUT
33:39BY WHAT WAS GOING ON
33:40I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
33:41AND IT JUST SHOT HIM OFF
33:42INTO THE GRAVEL
33:43ON THE OUTSIDE
33:44I DIDN'T SEE
33:45WHAT HAPPENED TO HUGHES
33:45I WAS ABSOLUTELY
33:47ENGROSSED IN THE ATTACK
33:48BY MATT NEIL
33:49I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
33:49COME AT THAT CORNER
33:56HE WANTED TO WIN
33:57BUT POUR OLD WARREN HUGHES
33:58POUR WARREN HUGHES
34:00AND POUR PAUL O'NEIL
34:01AS WELL
34:01LET'S HAVE TO HAVE
34:02ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT
34:03A FEW TIMES
34:03I THINK TIM
34:04TRY AND SEE
34:05WHAT WE CAN MAKE OF IT
34:06MATT WAS ALWAYS
34:07GOING TO MAKE AN ATTACK
34:08REALLY WASN'T IT
34:09THE LAST LAP
34:09PAUL O'NEIL
34:10MUST HAVE KNOWN
34:11THAT IF HE LEFT
34:11THE DOOR OPEN
34:12ANYWHERE
34:13MATT NEIL WOULD GO FOR IT
34:14BUT HOW MUCH
34:15ALONGSIDE
34:16DID MATT NEIL
34:16GET THERE
34:17WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE
34:18ANOTHER LOOK IN A MOMENT
34:18BUT MATT NEIL
34:20THE WINNER
34:20HE WON HERE
34:21AT BRANZ HATCH
34:22ONE OF THE FIRST RACES
34:23OF LAST YEAR
34:24ON THE GRAND-PRIE CIRCUIT
34:25AND HE'S COME BACK
34:26AND HE'S WON
34:27FOR HONDA THIS TIME
34:28AS OPPOSED TO
34:29VOXHALL
34:30THAT HE WAS DRIVING
34:30FOR LAST YEAR
34:31IT'S HONDA'S FIRST
34:33WIN OF THE SEASON
34:33AND THEY'VE BEATEN
34:35VOXHALL
34:35AND THAT WILL MEAN
34:37SO MUCH TO THEM
34:38IT'S SO IMPORTANT
34:39TO GET THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP
34:40BACK ON COURSE
34:40BUT I DON'T THINK
34:42VOXHALL ARE GOING
34:42TO BE TOO PLEASED
34:43WITH MATT
34:44THEIR EX-DRIVER
34:45AFTER THE INCIDENTS
34:47ON THAT LAST LAP
34:48WELL
34:49IT ALL CHANGED
34:51ON THAT LAST LAP
34:52WITH MUNA
34:52GAINING SECOND PLACE
34:54AFTER STRUGGLING
34:54ALL THE WAY
34:55THROUGH THE RACE
34:56HUXHES DROPPING DOWN
34:57AND POOR O'NEIL
34:58AS WELL LOSING
34:59DROPPING TO THIRD PLACE
35:00BUT LET'S TAKE A BREAK
35:01AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
35:02AFTERWARDS
35:13THIS RACE HERE
35:14AFTER WHAT COULD
35:16WELL BE A VERY CONTROVERSIAL
35:17LAST LAP INCIDENT
35:18WITH PAUL O'NEIL
35:20WHO WAS LEADING
35:21THE RACE
35:22MATT O'NEIL
35:22CLOSED UP THE GAP
35:24THERE IS PAUL
35:24AND VICKY
35:26IS WITH HIM
35:27SO LET'S GO
35:28STRAIGHT DOWN
35:28AND JOIN
35:29VICKY IN THE PIT LANE
35:30OH PAUL
35:31YOU HAD A PRETTY
35:32MONSTROUS END THERE
35:34BUT WHAT EXACTLY
35:35WAS GOING ON
35:35AT THE END
35:36WAS IT A BIT
35:36OF A BRUTAL SHOVE
35:37I DON'T KNOW
35:38I JUST KNOW
35:39I WAS MILES AHEAD
35:40I'M KEEPING
35:40MY CONCENTRATION
35:41BECAUSE THE LADS
35:42GOT A BRILLIANT
35:42PIT STOP
35:43AND I WAS JUST GOING
35:45AROUND AND I LOST
35:45MY CONCENTRATION
35:46A BIT AND GOT A BIT
35:47LOOSE ON THE OLD
35:48CRAP ON THE OUTSIDE
35:50LINE
35:50SORRY
35:50AND I THOUGHT
35:52THEY'RE CATCHING ME
35:52UP SO I JUST
35:53DEFENDED MY LINE
35:53AND A HONDA
35:55JUST HIT ME
35:55FROM BEHIND
35:56BUT I MEAN
35:58I'VE WON BEFORE
35:59SO I WANTED TO WIN
36:00BUT I'M ON THE PODIUM
36:01SO I'M PLEASED
36:01FOR THE LADS
36:02THEY DID A REALLY
36:02GOOD JOB
36:02SLAPPING
36:03HOW WERE YOUR
36:04NERVES
36:04WHEN YOU COULD
36:05SEE MATT O'NEIL
36:05COMING CLOSER
36:06AND CLOSER
36:07TOWARDS THE END
36:07HE WASN'T REALLY
36:08COMING CLOSE AND CLOSER
36:09UNTIL I MADE HIM
36:10COME CLOSER
36:10I JUST STARTED TO
36:11THINK MY TYRES
36:12WERE GOING OFF
36:12TOO MUCH
36:13AND THEY WEREN'T
36:13AND YOU KNOW
36:15I SHOULD HAVE
36:15WON IT BY TWO SECONDS
36:16OR SO
36:17BUT YOU KNOW
36:17IT HAPPENS
36:18BUT I'M JUST REALLY
36:19HAPPY FOR VOXXHOLE
36:20WE PUT IN A GOOD
36:20PERFORMANCE
36:21DO YOU THINK
36:21MATT O'NEIL
36:22PUT IN A FAIR PASS
36:23OH I DON'T KNOW
36:24I'LL ASK MATT
36:25AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HE SAYS
36:26BUT YOU KNOW
36:27RACING'S RACING
36:27AND THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES
36:29ISN'T IT
36:29NO WELL DONE
36:30REALLY HAPPY
36:31THANKS
36:31WELL THAT'S PRETTY
36:32IMPRESSIVE ATTITUDE
36:33COULDN'T BE MUCH
36:33MORE LAID BACK
36:34THAN PAUL
36:35WE'RE LOOKING AT
36:36THAT INCIDENT AGAIN TIM
36:38MATT DID COME
36:39FROM A LONG WAY BACK
36:39DIDN'T HE
36:40WELL I MEAN
36:41IT CAN LOOK THAT WAY
36:42ON THE TELEVISION
36:43BUT I THINK TO BE FAIR
36:44THAT PAUL O'NEIL
36:46WAS REALLY SLOWING DOWN
36:47A LOT EARLIER
36:48AND PERHAPS
36:49MORE THAN HE NEEDED TO
36:50MATT WAS JUST
36:51TRYING HIS HARDEST
36:52BUT CERTAINLY
36:53THE CONTACT IS
36:53REAR OF HIS CAR
36:55AND FRONT OF MATT
36:56HERE WE TAKE
36:57ANOTHER LOOK AT IT
36:57COMING UP THE INSIDE
36:59THERE IS A GAP INITIALLY
37:00AND THEN PAUL'S
37:01TURNING INTO
37:02THE CORNER
37:03KNOCKS THE BACK
37:04END OF THE CAR
37:05NOW WHAT'S INTERESTING
37:06IS WHAT HAPPENS TO
37:06HUGHES
37:07BECAUSE HUGHES
37:07IS COMING AROUND
37:08THE TRACK
37:09SEEMS TO BE ONLINE
37:10AND THEN SUDDENLY
37:11HIS CAR
37:11JUST GOES
37:12STRAIGHT ON HERE
37:13YEAH HE'S GOT
37:14STEERING LOCK ON
37:15SO EITHER SOMETHING
37:16BROKE OR HE
37:17RAN OVER SOME DEBRI
37:19AND LOST GRIP
37:19ON THE TYRES
37:20BUT VERY STRANGE
37:21ACCIDENT
37:22THAT WAS WEIRD
37:23AND SOMETHING MUST
37:24HAVE GONE WRONG
37:24LET'S GO DOWN
37:25TO VICKY AGAIN
37:25MATT THAT WAS
37:28Slightly vicious
37:30SOME MIGHT SAY
37:30TOWARDS THE END
37:31I THINK THERE WAS
37:32A FAIR BIT OF
37:33BUSYNESS GOING ON
37:36OUT THERE
37:36IN THE WHOLE RACE
37:37ALL THE WAY THROUGH
37:38IT LOOKED
37:38A FAIRLY PHYSICAL RACE
37:39I THOUGHT WE GOT IT
37:40IN THE BACK
37:41TO START WITH
37:41CAME IN FOR THE PIT STOP
37:43ENDED UP IN FIFTH
37:45I'M NOT QUITE SURE
37:46HOW WE MANAGED THAT
37:47DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
37:48HOW THAT SORT OF HAPPEN
37:49BECAUSE YOU WERE
37:50YOU HAD ABOUT
37:50FOUR SECOND LEAD
37:51I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE
37:52HAD A WHEEL STICK
37:53ON THE FRONT RIGHT
37:54OR I'M NOT TOO SURE
37:55WE'LL HAVE TO DO
37:56ABOUT TALK ABOUT IT
37:57LATER
37:57SO ARE YOU HAPPY THOUGH
37:59HE WON'T
38:00I'M OVER THE MOON
38:01IT GOT A BIT TIGHT
38:03AT THE END
38:03WITH JUNIOR
38:04BUT YOU KNOW
38:06IT'S NICE TO
38:07OPEN HONDA RACING'S
38:08WINNER CAMP
38:09FOR THIS YEAR
38:09BECAUSE THE CAR'S FAST
38:11YOU KNOW
38:11THE SPEED'S IN THE CAR
38:12WE'VE JUST GOT TO
38:13RUCK UP SOME MORE WINS
38:14AND YOU GOT
38:15A FASTER SLAP
38:15HEY
38:16ANOTHER POINT
38:17WELL DONE
38:18THANKS
38:19Well Matt certainly
38:20needed something
38:20to get his championship
38:21back on course
38:23but let's take another
38:24look at another angle
38:25of this incident
38:27involving Matt Neill
38:29now this is good angle
38:30going up into clearways
38:31yeah now that's an
38:32interesting one
38:33it always looks different
38:34from the angle behind
38:35and look for the MG
38:37going off in the background
38:38there
38:39it just
38:40oh the right front
38:41the right front's broken
38:42I think
38:42but he did run over
38:43some debris
38:44he definitely ran over
38:45some debris
38:46as just behind
38:47whether it was a little
38:47piece of
38:48body work
38:49that had come off
38:50the back of Paul O'Neill's car
38:51but yeah clearly
38:52you could see
38:53the run-fright wheel
38:54was broken
38:54but I think he hit
38:55some debris
38:56on the track
38:56well that was a nasty
38:58incident indeed
38:59for Warren Hughes
38:59that really is
39:00quite worrying
39:01when the car
39:02just does not
39:03respond to the steering
39:04and takes him straight off
39:05and of course
39:05they've got to try
39:06and get that car
39:06repaired for the second
39:07race here this afternoon
39:09and there are no spare cars
39:11of course allowed
39:12in British touring cars
39:12so they have to make
39:13the repairs
39:14to that car
39:15to get him back out
39:15later on
39:16yeah I'm sure
39:17they'll get the car fixed
39:18but it won't fix
39:19his broken heart
39:19he'll be very very upset
39:21well it's certainly
39:23quite an interesting
39:24incident there
39:25real touring car
39:26racing at its best
39:27of course
39:27the driving standards
39:29are closely watched
39:30these days
39:30Tim aren't they
39:31so they have to be
39:32they have to be
39:32a little cautious
39:33and they can pick up
39:33penalty points
39:34if it's decreed
39:35to be a bad move
39:36absolutely
39:37I mean
39:37there was no question
39:39from Matt's demeanour
39:40that he thought
39:41well I know
39:41this accident's
39:42going to be investigated
39:43and yes he could
39:44pick up anything
39:45from a timing position
39:47that could drop him
39:48further back
39:48or even a penalty
39:49on his licence
39:50well let's have
39:51another look again
39:52this is at normal speed
39:53not the slow-mo
39:54take another look
39:55at what happened
39:56coming up says
39:57a long way back
39:57through 30s
39:58comes up the inside
39:59O'Neill trying to
40:00protect it
40:01round they go
40:02yeah
40:03you know I say
40:04that's a racing accident
40:05but again
40:07there was a piece
40:07of debris
40:08flicked up
40:08by the MG
40:09as it just
40:10prior to going off
40:11whether it was
40:12cause or effect
40:13I don't know
40:14but I think
40:15that's racing
40:16you know
40:16I think
40:16if you can't
40:17have a go
40:18and have a challenge
40:19then the racing
40:20will be very boring
40:21it was a racing
40:22incident
40:22clearly Paul O'Neill
40:24wasn't too upset
40:25about it
40:26so I think
40:26it should be allowed
40:27yep
40:28well good race
40:29great first race
40:31taking a look
40:31at the production
40:32class podium
40:33here
40:33Michael Bentwood
40:33the winner
40:34of the production
40:35class
40:35Luke Hines
40:36ended up
40:36second in class
40:38and Paul Wallace
40:39third
40:40so good performance
40:42that from Michael
40:42Bentwood
40:43who took the win
40:43in Mondello
40:44in the second race
40:45in the class
40:46as well
40:46and came here
40:47as the joint leader
40:48in the production
40:49class championship
40:49so that will now
40:50pull him ahead
40:51of Jim Edwards
40:51who was on the same
40:53number of points
40:54after the Irish meeting
40:55so that's the production
40:56class
40:56and then
40:57we've got the
40:58touring car class
40:59as well
40:59to come
41:00the winning manufacturer
41:02Honda
41:03on this occasion
41:03and a very
41:04very important
41:05first victory
41:06for Honda
41:07in the 2003 campaign
41:09Mondello
41:10did not work out
41:11too well
41:11they had a podium
41:12finish
41:12for Alan Morrison
41:14of course
41:14in the first race
41:15but for Matt Neill
41:16it was a completely
41:17disastrous meeting
41:18and now he's come
41:19back to Brands Hatch
41:20and has taken the win
41:21on the Indy Circuit
41:22that pit stop
41:25I have to say though
41:26they'll be thinking
41:26about that
41:27and trying to work
41:27out ways of improving
41:28it for the second race
41:29yeah they had a problem
41:30with both Matt's
41:31and Alan Morrison's
41:32car really slow
41:33in the pit stop
41:34and the VX Racing
41:35Vauxhall team
41:36were absolute mustard
41:38they were very very
41:39quick and as I say
41:40Matt lost four seconds
41:41at least
41:42well of course
41:43that's part of
41:44British touring car racing
41:45coming up onto
41:46the podium now
41:47is the winner
41:48of the independent
41:50class
41:50and that is
41:51Gavin Piper
41:51the young Scotsman
41:52who has taken
41:53two back-to-back wins
41:55in class now
41:55he won the second
41:56race at Mondello
41:57in the class
41:58that is the class
41:59for a touring car
42:00that is run by
42:01a private team
42:01without manufacturer
42:03involvement
42:04so team has bought
42:05one of the X-Works cars
42:07and Gavin Piper
42:08wins the class
42:09and here comes
42:09Paul O'Neill
42:10he does indeed
42:12what a well-driven race
42:13this was
42:14by the 23-year-old
42:15his second season
42:18his second season
42:18of racing in the touring
42:19class
42:20and he had a win
42:21at Alton Park
42:22and he almost
42:23had the win here today
42:24yes very close
42:25he's delighted
42:26isn't he
42:26I mean he loves
42:27his motor racing
42:28he's a great character
42:29he's in racing
42:30for all the right reasons
42:31and I don't know
42:32many professional drivers
42:34that would take
42:34a result like that
42:36as kindly
42:37shall we say
42:38there is Ivan Muller
42:39the man he clashed
42:40side by side with
42:41but it was good
42:42hard racing
42:43and that's nice to see
42:44shaking their hands
42:45with Ivan Muller
42:46who I think
42:47will have an extra
42:48degree of respect
42:49for his teammate
42:50at VX Racing
42:51but here comes
42:52the winner of the
42:53first race
42:53then it is
42:54Matt Neil
42:54fought his way back
42:56after dropping down
42:57into fourth place
42:58he fought his way
42:59back up
43:00to take the win
43:00on the very last lap
43:02and open up
43:03Honda's winning score
43:05this year
43:05they've had a podium
43:06but it's their first
43:07win of the season
43:08well done to Matt Neil
43:09big smile as ever
43:13and it's
43:15national anthem time
43:38France Hatch
43:56it's Matt Neil
43:57he wins round three
43:59of the Green Flag
44:00for his steering car
44:01championship
44:01and Ivan Muller
44:02was a little previous
44:03with the champagne
44:04okay boys
44:06here goes
44:06it's the champagne
44:07shower everybody
44:08and I reckon
44:09you're going to get a bit
44:09daft there
44:10just next to the guardrail
44:11well there we are
44:13that's the champagne spray
44:14it's a good one today
44:15after the first race
44:17for the British touring cars
44:19and they've got a bit
44:20more of a gap
44:21before they come out
44:22for their second race
44:23this afternoon
44:24time to get some repairs
44:25done on one or two cars
44:26let's take a look
44:27look at the result then
44:27Matt Neil
44:28the winner
44:29of round three
44:30of the championship
44:31Ivan Muller's second
44:32Paul O'Neill third
44:33and Anthony Reid
44:34coming up to fourth
44:35in the end
44:35despite starting
44:36quite a long way
44:37down the grid
44:37James Thompson fifth
44:38ahead of Colin Turkington
44:40Alan Morrison
44:40then Gavin Piper
44:41who won
44:42in the independent class
44:43David Leslie ninth
44:45and Phil Bennett
44:46in tenth place
44:47so the two protons
44:48making it
44:49to the finish
44:49of the race
44:50so the view here
45:01along the main straits
45:03at Brands Hatch
45:04good turnout of people
45:05more and more people
45:06still arriving here
45:07at Brands Hatch
45:08this morning
45:09and have witnessed
45:10an exciting touring car race
45:12exactly what it's all about
45:13there was lots of action
45:15throughout
45:16side by side
45:17battling
45:17and Matt Neil
45:18coming out on top
45:19with Belgum Polish
45:23Belgum Alu
45:24Belgum Chrome
45:25Belgum Rims
45:26and the whole range
45:27experience the BTCC
45:29live on Motor City
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