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00:00Riding on the rock on a hundred and nine
00:07Riding on the rock star with a white line
00:10I see an old gig coming just in time
00:13I got no longer danger, nothing on my mind
00:16But I'll ride on the world, I'll ride on my own
00:20King of the roads, cause I ain't going home
00:30Hello and welcome to Imatra in Finland for the Imatra Nago Road Races
00:34Located three hours north of Helsinki, Imatra boasts the largest motorcycle road race in the Nordic countries
00:41Also there is two points paying races for the King of the Roads Championship up for grabs
00:47Isle of Man TT winner Gary Johnson is a frequent visitor to Imatra
00:53And rides in the Supersport class for the German outfit team Schleitzerdreich
00:57I just like the place, I genuinely do like it
01:02It's fast, it's not too difficult
01:04But you know, we're flat out in six gears, slip street in and we've got this lovely lake
01:09It's just a nice, easy race
01:12Everyone's friendly in the paddock
01:14The whole IRC paddock is one of the best places I've ever raced
01:17So that's what's keeping us coming, I'm enjoying myself
01:20And the competition's strong, you know, keeping me on my toes
01:23I'm getting one of the older ones now, so I want to show that I've still got some speed in me
01:29Making his debut at Imatra this year is Daryl Tweed
01:33The Northern Irishman arriving in Finland from Tandrogi
01:36Where he's scored a great victory in the Super Twin class
01:39First impressions weren't good in the 600 to be honest
01:43I was sort of like struggling for grip and just struggling to take it all in
01:47But then we were out in the big bike after that
01:49And I sort of settled myself down and got my head into it
01:52And my first impressions now are very good, enjoying it
01:54I could be happy there to be in the top five in both classes, Superbike and Supersport
02:00So obviously I'm a racer, I would like to be on the podium
02:03But there's quite a bit of talent here at the mat, so there is
02:06So we'll just have to find our way through and see where we end up
02:09Another newcomer to this year's event is seven-time Northwest 200 winner Richard Cooper
02:16He rides for the BPE Russell Racing Team
02:19After 25 years of racing, it's always a little something different
02:25When you have to put your novice jacket back on for the first time
02:27But yeah, it's the same for everyone
02:28We arrived here, we had a few laps around in the car
02:31And you could see it was very similar to what I'm used to
02:34Less of a road race, more of a short circuit race in a road scenario, if you like
02:39This year we've decided to do something a little bit different
02:42So I started off in Daytona 200, Northwest 200
02:45And now we're here in a match room
02:47And we're kind of just seeing how the calendar falls
02:50And what the availability is to come and race in some of these other circuits
02:54With the Russell Racing Team, our first impressions of a match are very good
02:58The circuit is located on the shores of the Vuoski River
03:02And it's named after the Finnish racing legend Jarno Saarinen
03:05It was home to the Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix from 1964 to 1982
03:10Racing returned to Amartya in 2016
03:15And today features 11 turns in its three-mile length
03:18The lap starts parallel to the river before the first corner
03:24A 90-degree right, which features an iconic railway crossing on its exit
03:28After the exit, it's on to the tight right kink
03:32And Lennon Kosankatu before the back straight
03:34After this, it's into the first of two chicanes
03:41Introduced to the track since its reopening
03:43Just to slow the riders down
03:45There's a right-hander at Avarko
03:49Before the circuit rises over the railway at Amartya keel piler
03:52There's one more 90-degree corner before the tight right-left combination
04:00Onto the start and finish straight
04:01The first race of the weekend is the Open Supersport
04:07And its newcomer, Richard Cooper, who's in pole position
04:10Time for the Open Supersports
04:13Race number one, an eight-lap distance on this
04:15Around this three-mile Amartya circuit
04:16Let's look at the grids
04:17Cooper on pole from Costamo and Nyman
04:20Second row, Savene, Tanskinen and Gary Johnson
04:23Row number three, let's take a quick check on that
04:26It is Cantola, Poncini, Vetter
04:28Row number four is Usky, Frotja and Vid
04:30Quite looking forward to this one, Chris Boyd
04:32Yeah, it should be good there, shouldn't it?
04:34The conditions have certainly dried out a lot
04:35Off pole position then, Richard Cooper
04:38He's definitely the man to watch
04:39And we've also got to keep an eye on Gary Johnson
04:41Great to see Gary back on form
04:43He's on the seven, but it's a great start
04:45For number 36 there, Juho Cantola
04:47He's on the Ducati
04:48He's into second place behind Cooper
04:50With Gary Johnson slotting into third there
04:52Then Erna Costamo and Nyman Tanskinen
04:54Yeah, Nyman Tanskinen on that green machine
04:56As he all jostled the positions on lap number one of eight
04:59Tanskinen looks up the inside
05:00Have Gary Johnson as he goes to the far side of the circuit now
05:03Where the old circuit used to meet
05:05Just on the left-hand side there
05:06But we're on the back straight
05:07And there we are, feeding gears
05:08Gary Johnson
05:09Another Gary in Supersport
05:11But he's on the next generation Supersport machine
05:13The GSXR 715
05:15And drafting right past Cantola straight away
05:17Now needs to get after Cooper
05:19Who's already made a little bit of a break here
05:2119.58 and 3.84 all go through
05:24Mauro Puccini in there too
05:2519 Mikuuski for the top ten places
05:27And there's a TT rider himself
05:29Ilja Kaujau on the Yamaha performance racing machine
05:32He's on number 14
05:33Down just at the back end of the top ten for Kaujau
05:36He'll want to make progress if he can
05:37And he does move up a place as they come back over the railway crossing into Tamanen
05:42Yeah, and across the start and finish line
05:4447.93 and seven
05:46So it's 47 Cooper leads
05:4792 Tascanen in second
05:49And then it's Gary Johnson number seven
05:51But we've got to keep an eye on
05:52The king of Imatra
05:54Ilmo Castamo
05:55He's on the Parker Transport R6
05:56Looked like he went a bit wide
05:58Oh, he has done
05:58Into the hoof out there
06:00So Ilmo Castamo now has got a lot of work to do
06:03And he's got Mikuuski closing right in on him there on the Honda
06:07Supersport 600s around here
06:09Pretty much, you know, I think this will be that perfect bike
06:11So let's have a look at the start there
06:13On board with Ilja Kaujau
06:14And this is going to be tight through here
06:16It looks like a motorway
06:17Kind of like a B-ish sort of road in the UK
06:19But this is tight still
06:20And as we look there
06:21He's going to go hard on the brakes now
06:23And again to go across the railway line
06:24Both sides
06:26One into four
06:28One into five
06:29Just does not go
06:30Goodness me
06:30But at the front, Chris Boyd
06:32It's Richard Cooper
06:32Class as always
06:33But Gary Johnson up to second
06:35With Nico Taskinen right for company here
06:38He wants to get Johnson get away
06:39This second place to be had
06:41He was second fastest in qualifying with Taskinen
06:43So he wants to try and replete that in the race if he can
06:46I love the old Spider-Man crash helmet he's got
06:48And he had a good look round his shoulders
06:49To see maybe where Uno Castamo is
06:52Whereas Cantola
06:53They're going to start chasing these three down
06:55Because look at that
06:56Look at the gap they've got
06:57That's a couple of seconds
06:58Johnson's got pass past Tanskinen then
07:00Because over the stripe
07:01It was Tanskinen who was in front
07:03But Johnson is now ahead
07:04In that battle for second place
07:05Yeah really great to see Gary back
07:07Showing a little bit of form
07:08It was good to have him back
07:09At the Isle of Man TT this year
07:10Having missed for a couple of years
07:12We're back on board
07:12With the team
07:13Schleitzer, Derek Suzuki
07:14The GSXR machine
07:16But there we go
07:1693 rolls past him again
07:18That's Nico Tanskinen in there
07:20That's a great move
07:20But Gary gets him back
07:22On the brakes
07:22Into there
07:22Back on board
07:23Flat out on the R6 Yamaha
07:25Alongside another R6 Yamaha
07:27It's Caljo
07:28And that is flat to the mat
07:2914, nearly 15,000 revs
07:32Absolutely great scraps
07:33Going on here
07:34Around Imatra
07:35Yeah the little chicane
07:37Just put in over the past couple of years
07:38Just to slow them down a little bit
07:40And there's Gary Johnson
07:41Being passed once again
07:42But they're going to have to keep
07:43A little eye out behind them
07:44Because the two slipstreams
07:45That they're making
07:46Is going to let
07:47Uno Castamo
07:48At some point
07:49Get close to these boys
07:50Because that Parker Transport
07:52R6 Yamaha
07:53Of Castamo
07:54Is pretty quick
07:54And Gary Johnson's bike
07:56Is really quick
07:57It is rapid enough
07:58As he heads down the back straight
07:59Into the first of these chicanes
08:00That goes to the left
08:02And then the next one
08:03Goes to the right
08:04It's almost like the
08:05Northwest 200
08:05With the chicanes
08:06On the run down
08:07Towards Metropole
08:08It is yeah
08:09That's Macro Boy
08:09But that's called
08:10Kona Pico
08:10That chicane
08:11And there's Gary Johnson
08:12He knows his way around
08:13The Northwest 200 track
08:14And he's definitely
08:15Been a regular on the IRRC
08:18If I can say it properly
08:19For over the past couple of years
08:20He's definitely doing a job again
08:22And looking on good form
08:23And that Suzuki
08:23Looks steady and stable
08:24And he will know
08:25About Tanskinen
08:26From having been here
08:27At a matter
08:28And other road racers
08:29In the IRRC
08:30As you say
08:30So they'll know each other
08:31For sure
08:32And he will know
08:32That he's in a right battle
08:34Here for this second place
08:35The man on the move
08:36Checked out up the road
08:37And I think the man on the move
08:38It's okay
08:38The man on the move
08:39I reckon you
08:40Is Castamo
08:41He's making a move
08:41He's managed to make a break now
08:43On the 36th block
08:44Of Uo Cantola
08:45On the Ducati
08:46So he's got clear track
08:47And look
08:47There he comes
08:48And closing right in
08:50Really rapidly
08:51Good spot Chris
08:52He's closed right in
08:53On this battle
08:54For second place
08:55And he's going to be a part of it
08:56In no time at all
08:57He's going to be on
08:58The fast part of the circuit
08:59Again in a couple of minutes
09:00Time he'll get a double
09:01Slipstream effect
09:02Like we talked about
09:03The North West 200
09:03Here we go
09:04Onto this back straight there now
09:06Back just where the old circuit
09:07Used to go on Castamo
09:08He is quite a big chap
09:10Actually
09:10But he's going to get
09:11Into the two slipstreams
09:12Of Gary Johnson
09:13And of course
09:14The 93 bike
09:15Of Nico Tanskoden
09:16Who goes up the inside
09:17At Gary Johnson
09:18For the umpteenth time
09:19Now it'll be Johnson's turn
09:20To try and use the slipstream
09:21Next lap round
09:22Probably
09:22As they come down
09:23The back straight
09:24Because from here
09:24There's the other chicane
09:25On the other side
09:26And then there's the big run up
09:28Through the start finish
09:28Where he could possibly
09:29Do something as well
09:30But Castamo's got a watching brief
09:32Right behind them
09:33And he'll look to do something
09:34About that as well
09:35So they come out of that second chicane
09:36Into this corner
09:37Called Ovarko
09:38To the right hand side
09:39Of the tyre
09:40Straighten the bike up a bit
09:41A little bit of a squirty bit
09:43To the SUT
09:43To Helsinki
09:44And then they'll flick to the right
09:46Flick to the left
09:47Into Mitra
09:47And then get onto that
09:48Fast fast straight
09:49And I think Castamo
09:50He's having a good sniff at this
09:52But the other guy on the front
09:53Cooper's away
09:54Isn't he gone
09:55He's gone
09:55Long gone
09:56Checked out
09:56The fascination is
09:57This battle for second
09:58And third places
09:59That is currently being led
10:01By Tanskinen
10:02Look at Castamo
10:04Getting hard on the power
10:05On the R6
10:06So here's Gary Johnson
10:06The Suzuki
10:07The GSXR 750
10:09He's in the slipstream now
10:10He's going to pull out
10:11Possibly to the left hand side
10:12To give himself a little bit of room
10:14For hard on the brakes
10:15But no
10:15I tell you what
10:1693 is pretty good on the brakes
10:17And let's have a little
10:18Oh who's that
10:19Where did he come from
10:20Castamo
10:20He's not going to make that sniff
10:21Has he held it
10:22No he hasn't been able to
10:23It looks like Tanskinen's got back past him
10:25But Gary Johnson's looking racy as well
10:27Great battle
10:28Yeah Castamo got the triple
10:30The double slipstream effect there
10:32It's a good effect
10:33You know
10:34And you just need that extra oomph
10:36Just to pull you along
10:37And just to get you gone
10:38We're back on the far side of the circuit there now
10:40The long long long back straight
10:41Imagine what this was like
10:42In the old days
10:43With that two other chicanes
10:44Irmo Castamo
10:45Who is on the move again
10:46But 93
10:47He's staying on that side
10:48He's not going to get past
10:49On that side of the circuit
10:50I think Gary Johnson just keep back out of this
10:52Let these boys duffen up I reckon Chris
10:54Indeed we're on to the last lap I think here
10:56So it's what they can do on the run
10:58Down through the rest of this straight
10:59And then back up towards the start finish
11:01There's Cooper
11:02About to cross the line
11:03And across the line
11:04Richard Cooper goes to take the Supersport
11:06Open win
11:07But there he is
11:08Oh Castamo
11:08We thought he wouldn't be too far away
11:10With 93 in third
11:11Then Gary Johnson
11:12Gary Johnson haven't been in that front three
11:14Nearly all race
11:15Ends up fourth
11:16Behind Cooper
11:17Costamo
11:17And Tanskinen
11:18Fifth was Cantola
11:19Sixth was Poncini
11:20Seventh was Witt
11:21Eighth was Vendel
11:22Ninth was Usky
11:23And tenth
11:23Caldjao
11:24Good win though
11:25For Richard Cooper
11:25By 19
11:26Nearly 20 seconds
11:28After the break
11:32The first superbike race
11:33Of the weekend
11:34Welcome back to Imatra in Finland
11:50And the Imatra Nago road races
11:51Next on track
11:52It's the superbikes
11:54And no doubt the favourite for victory
11:55Is the king of Imatra
11:56Erno Castamo
11:57The Finn has won nine out of the last ten superbike races here
12:02Yesterday the weather is a little bit bad
12:06But yeah now the weather is good
12:09And the bike
12:10This weekend is the new challenge
12:15It's the 600 class
12:17And the superbike class
12:19It's time for the big bikes here
12:22At the Imatra
12:23Jarno Saranen circuit
12:24It's the open superbike race number one
12:26Eight laps
12:27And that man Erno Castamo
12:28He's on pole position
12:29Chris Boyd
12:30An all-finished front row
12:31With Emily Latte
12:32And Kenny Koskinen
12:33Then Nicola Teranta
12:34Valle Valtinen
12:35And Marcus Carlsen
12:36On row two
12:36Row number three
12:37Headed up by
12:38Anas Koski
12:40Frederik Mathis
12:41Pontus Reiskinger
12:42Müller
12:42Brook
12:43Good to see David Brook there as well
12:44And Wally Jacobs
12:45The German rider
12:47Castamo keen to make a big getaway
12:49But oh he's bogged down a little bit
12:51It's Latte
12:51Who's got to the front
12:52Off the line here
12:53Yeah Latte
12:54Didn't sound great
12:55Off the line as well
12:56Looks like number 57
12:57Kenny Koskinen
12:57Qualified third
12:58He's jumped into first position
13:00But Castamo's got in there as well
13:02But not a good start by 33
13:03Emily Latte
13:04On a Yamaha last year
13:06He's moved to Aprilia power
13:07That's Aranta
13:08Looks to have slotted in
13:09To third place
13:10With Latte in fourth
13:11On the Aprilia
13:12Here he is
13:13Yeah that black colour scheme
13:14That he had last year
13:15He's retained that for this year
13:16Looks really really great
13:17And sleek
13:18And moody
13:18But at the front
13:19It's 57
13:20Still leading 38
13:22As they go on to the far side
13:23Of the circuit
13:23For the first time
13:24Around the far corner there
13:26Oh my goodness me
13:27That was 77
13:29Nicky
13:29Nicky
13:30Licorrenta
13:32How on earth
13:32Has he stayed on there
13:33That was unbelievable
13:34He was practically
13:35Right out of the seat
13:36I just had to gather myself
13:37For a minute
13:38I thought he was going down
13:39And he was probably
13:40Going to take two other
13:41Boys and girls out with him
13:42Castamo's got back to the front
13:44On the run down
13:44The back straight
13:45Castamo now back in the lead
13:47Let's look at this again
13:48Whoa
13:48Yeah there he goes
13:49Right hand side of the tyre
13:50Power on
13:51There we go
13:52Oh the rear start to go
13:53He recognises it
13:54The traction control
13:55And all that
13:56Can't help him out there
13:57But he saved it
13:58Over the tank
13:59Nearly headbutted the screen
14:00And there he is in the pits
14:01Number 77
14:02Is a retirement
14:03Nico Latarinta
14:04He is out
14:05No wonder he's pulled in
14:06No wonder
14:07Not at all
14:07But Castamo
14:08He's breaking free
14:09He is
14:10He is the king round here
14:11Of course
14:11He is the recognised master
14:12Off this course
14:13At the moment
14:14Wynn won so many
14:15Consecutive big bike races
14:16Round here
14:17And he's checked out
14:17A little bit at the front
14:18Very early
14:19We're only on lap two
14:20Koskinen in second
14:21Then Lardi
14:21Then Veltinen
14:23And Carlsen
14:23Yeah got to keep a line
14:25Wally Jacobs as well
14:26Fredrik Mathies
14:26He's on 2-3-4-51
14:28And Sikoski
14:29He's in about
14:306th or 7th at the moment
14:31But Castamo
14:32Around this circuit
14:33This tree line circuit
14:34In Finland
14:35Absolute
14:36Is the king of it
14:36Across the line he goes
14:38But there's no shortage
14:39Of GGs
14:40In that Aprilia
14:40Of Emily Larti
14:41Pushing on really strongly
14:44Into Hufa Hufa
14:45That will then take them over
14:46To the iconic railway line
14:47Crossing here
14:48That you see in all of the pictures
14:49From way back in the Grand Prix days
14:51Yeah they were great
14:51Old pictures weren't they
14:52So here we'll keep an eye
14:53On number 13
14:54That's on the newer version
14:55Of the BMW
14:55That's Vili Veltinen
14:56And just behind him
14:58Number 36
14:59In there
14:59On the older version
15:00Of the BMW
15:01That's Marcus Carlsen
15:03He's going well isn't he
15:04There's this battle
15:05Going on for second
15:06As well
15:06Between Larti
15:07And Koskinen
15:08As they go past the old track
15:10Can just wear number 77
15:11And Nico
15:12And Nico
15:12Latharenta
15:13Nearly at the high side
15:14The 33 bike
15:14Of Emily Larti
15:15Who's just squabbling for granted
15:16And it just seems to be
15:17A little bit downhill
15:18Down here as well
15:19But imagine this
15:20How fast that is
15:21On a superbike
15:22On a full blown superbike
15:23180, 190 mile an hour
15:25Would you think?
15:26Very very rapid down there
15:27Isn't it
15:27Veltinen and Carlsen
15:29Having their dual
15:29Carlsen just trying to get closer
15:31If he can towards Veltinen
15:32In that battle for fourth
15:33And fifth at the moment
15:34As we see Costamo
15:35At the front
15:36And then this battle for second
15:37Yeah he's into the 149s
15:39On the time now
15:39Is Irma Costamo
15:40On the RVS Motorsport
15:42BMW
15:43Looking really really handy as well
15:45And you just see
15:45The undulation changes
15:47Of this track
15:47I just mentioned there before
15:48And also the grip changes
15:50All the time
15:51Is 57
15:51Just has a little look
15:53Underneath there
15:53Koskinen
15:54But doesn't make it stick
15:55On Larti
15:55But Chris
15:56Look at the way
15:56The tarmac changes
15:57The different grades of it
15:58And into these chicanes as well
16:00Down the back straight
16:01You notice real surface differences as well
16:03They go over the railway line
16:04At one point
16:05They go across a bridge
16:06Over the top of the railway line
16:07At the bottom end of the circuit
16:08I would like to go one day
16:11And have a little look at this
16:12To be fair
16:12This would be great
16:13Wouldn't it?
16:13Spectacular
16:13Yeah it would
16:14Look at this through the tree line
16:16Bit there
16:16The little houses
16:17Just on the left hand side
16:18Over the bump in the road there
16:19Underneath the little bridge
16:20And they'll be going across the line
16:22Any second now
16:23It's 13 that goes at the moment
16:24He's running well
16:25Vili Voltinen
16:26In the top five at the moment
16:27But for that man Costamo
16:28And I think
16:29Somebody's just gone straight on there
16:31At Huthruhuvat
16:32I think at the end there
16:33It looked like to me
16:34Number 57
16:35Koskinen
16:36Has gone straight on
16:37And out of this race
16:38Oh that is a shame
16:39Because he was right up there
16:40In the podium battle
16:41Costamo then out front
16:43And there we are
16:43He's stuck in the gravel bed
16:45Oh you don't often see that
16:46On the road circuit
16:47A gravel bed do you
16:48Really?
16:48Like you'll need
16:49You need a bit of a hand
16:50To get that out of there
16:51Because that's a heavy bike
16:52And it looks like it's stuck in gear
16:53But here we go
16:54For number 13
16:55Vili Voltinen
16:55The 36 markers
16:56Carlsen
16:57They're having a good battle
16:58And they are now
16:59Battling for third place
17:00Carlsen has worked his way
17:01Right back into this
17:02There was possibly
17:03A couple of seconds
17:04Or more between them
17:05And Carlsen has come
17:05Right back to the suite
17:07At the finish
17:07Ride of Voltinen
17:08He's going to look up
17:09The inside here
17:10No
17:11Doesn't make that stick at all
17:12You can tell the differences
17:13Between the BMW
17:14The number 13 bike
17:16That's the newer spec version
17:17Of it
17:17But I tell you what
17:1836
17:18I thought he was having a look
17:21There now
17:21The difference in them is
17:22Of course
17:23Is the M version
17:23Or the S version
17:24As we continue to look at riders
17:26Number 104
17:26Just going through there as well
17:28We didn't
17:28104
17:29Yeah
17:30Wally Jacobs
17:30Going really well
17:31On that Yamaha
17:32Working his way up
17:33Into the top six
17:34With the retirement
17:35Ahead of him
17:35And so
17:36Looking good
17:37For a really good result
17:38That is 104
17:39Jacobs going through
17:40Then we have
17:41Anski Koski
17:42Yeah
17:43Down 51
17:44And 234
17:45Also in there
17:46As I'll give you a mention
17:47Frederic Mathies
17:48Running about sixth place
17:49At the moment
17:49Up in a superbike race there
17:51But this is Emily Larty
17:52Then who is in second place
17:53In the race
17:54Behind Costamo
17:55They're each riding
17:56Their own little private races here
17:57Because they've got gaps behind
17:58And in the case of Larty
18:00In front as well
18:01Yeah
18:01Brilliant
18:02RSV4 mounted
18:03A thousand cc twin for him
18:04Let's listen to this
18:05He gets on the power
18:06And runs a little bit wide
18:08As he gets onto the back straight
18:09But Costamo
18:10I'm going to say
18:10That's about a five second lead
18:11I would say
18:12As he breaks
18:13Into Kona Pico
18:14It's big isn't it
18:15It's got this
18:16The lead is broken isn't it
18:17We're out on lap six
18:18Of eight here
18:19A couple of laps still to go
18:20So he's just got to hit
18:21All of his breaking points
18:22Hit all of the right markers
18:23He's done all the hard work
18:24To get this big lead
18:25Here's this battle for third
18:27Still continuing
18:28Between Valtanen and Carlsen
18:29Carlsen still hasn't found
18:30A way past
18:31He's still looking
18:32At every opportunity
18:33I think first and second
18:35Is a pretty much a done deal
18:36But it's this one
18:36We'll keep it in a little light
18:37As well
18:38But the position
18:39Between fifth, sixth and seventh
18:40Between Jacobs
18:41Matthies and Koski
18:42That's not signed off yet
18:44And I think we've got to move
18:44Coming up the inside
18:46Thirteen, thirty-six
18:47Has he had luck
18:47Oh he's made that stick
18:49Hasn't he
18:49Right there
18:49Did that brilliantly actually
18:50Right up the inside
18:51Into the entry of the chicane
18:52And then has got the corners
18:54After that
18:55To try and just consolidate
18:56The position
18:56And now make that bike
18:58As wide as possible
18:58Make it as wide as possible
19:00In some narrow, narrow streets
19:01But just squeezing that front brake on
19:03And just hoping the front
19:03Isn't going to push
19:04Wash the front end away
19:06That's pretty good riding there
19:07By Marcus Carlsen
19:08Through Tamanen
19:09And then out onto
19:10The start-finish straight
19:11Coming up shortly
19:12So this is where
19:13Potentially he could get
19:14Drafted again
19:15Because it's such a long run
19:17From that corner
19:18To the start and finish
19:19So you could be leading
19:19Into here
19:20Where we are now
19:21And they go through the tree line
19:22That's such a great shot
19:23As we go through there
19:24It just looks typical Nordic
19:25Doesn't it
19:26That sort of thing
19:27With the trees
19:27But speaking of Nordic
19:28He's in charge
19:30Uno Costamo
19:31Costamo is
19:32He's checked out
19:32At the front
19:33It's this battle for second
19:34That we're looking for
19:35Between
19:35Well Larty and second
19:37It's the battle for third
19:38Isn't it
19:38Between Valtin and Carlsen
19:40And oh
19:41Carlsen's taken
19:42Yeah
19:43A left-hand line
19:44Valtin hasn't been able
19:45To do anything about that
19:45So Carlsen still holding on
19:47To third from Larty
19:48Just at the moment
19:49You'll see the little
19:49Black marks on the ground
19:50There where the front wheels
19:51Have been pouring
19:52The air has been
19:52Tooken on the power
19:53After they've gone out
19:54Of Huta-Hovat
19:55Onto the far side
19:56Of the circuit
19:57Now they're going to
19:58Angle the bike
19:58To the left-hand side
19:59Then straighten it up
20:00And then they're going to get
20:01Again on the right-hand side
20:02Of the tyre here
20:0336 into that third place
20:05Carlsen just ahead of Valtin
20:06Runs a bit wide
20:07Runs a bit wide over the kerb
20:08He's very animated
20:09On the bike
20:09Carlsen having got into this spot
20:11He's desperate to keep hold of it
20:13Volton and not being able to achieve much
20:15On the run down the back straight
20:16Yeah I don't think he's going to get him
20:18Here it doesn't seem to be
20:18Close enough to me
20:19They're going to start to get
20:20On the brakes
20:20They see the 200 metre mark
20:22Then the 100 metre mark
20:23Just keep it nice and steady
20:24Don't get the bike
20:25Squirrelly on the brake
20:26And is Ermo going to have
20:27A little look over his shoulder
20:28I don't think he needs to
20:29He'll have Pip Bortino's
20:30Way round here
20:31And he's in the 149s
20:32Chris Boyd
20:33Oh wow
20:33Absolutely impressive pace
20:35By Erno Costano
20:36He is the master of this course
20:38Especially on the big bikes
20:39He's just cruising round
20:41Having a fantastic ride
20:42But it's quick enough
20:43Isn't it?
20:43More than quick enough
20:44To get the job done
20:45Into Mitra
20:46Into Tamanen
20:47Around that side of the circuit
20:48The far end coming up now
20:49She will blast back towards us
20:51Back to the start and finish line
20:52To take a win
20:53Around this just over
20:54Three mile circuit
20:55The Yarno-Sarinen circuit
20:56And here he comes
20:57To take the chequered flag
20:58A masterclass
20:59From Ermo Costano
21:00Costano will take first
21:01Larty we think will take second
21:03But this battle of a third
21:04Here it is
21:04Valtanen
21:05Is still behind Carlsen
21:07Yeah I think it is going to be
21:08Carlsen is going to get it
21:09Valtanen
21:09Into fourth place
21:11And Costano takes the race win
21:12By 9.8 seconds
21:14Emil Larty
21:15BMW from the Aprilia
21:16And it's Carlsen and Valtanen
21:18They are top four
21:19But that man again
21:19Showing why he
21:20Is the king of Amartre
21:22Ermo Costano then wins
21:23As you say
21:249.8 seconds
21:25For Emil Larty
21:26On the Aprilia
21:26And Marcus Carlsen
21:27Round out the podium
21:28On the BMW
21:28Valtanen
21:29Jacobs
21:30And Matties
21:31In fourth, fifth and sixth
21:33Then it's Koski
21:34Karki
21:34Rust Liger
21:35And Bednarek
21:36They complete
21:36Your top ten
21:37The sounds and smells
21:48Of the ICGP
21:49Classics race
21:49This one gets away
21:50That's a really good start
21:51By Chris Meyer
21:52The German rider
21:53On the 1-2-2 bike
21:54He'll go really well
21:55And this of course
21:55And this of course
21:55He was at Tandrigidia
21:57The other week
21:57And went well there
21:58Also regular on the Irish roads
21:5933 Richard Pearce Jones
22:01Here he's on the Yamaha
22:02But here we are
22:03On board with Chris Meyer
22:04That does not sound good
22:07That sounds clutch to me
22:08I don't think we're going to see
22:09Much more of Chris Meyer
22:10In this race
22:11But at the front
22:12We've got a lead
22:12At number 91
22:13Alari Neimanen
22:14Richard Pearce Jones
22:16He's just been passed
22:17By number 20
22:18Top of Moistone
22:19And on his Honda
22:20So it's a Honda
22:21Lead to Honda
22:21Leads to Yamaha
22:22As they go into
22:23The first of the chicanes
22:24Nice and steady
22:25Early door
22:26Oh just over the bumps
22:27There for Richard
22:28On the Yamaha
22:28And as I thought
22:30One of the favourites
22:32Has to be Chris Meyer
22:33Such a good runner as well
22:34He's out on the 250 RS Honda
22:37But Richard Pearce Jones
22:38Oh he's just been overtaken
22:39Where did this guy come from?
22:41Raynaud Iljas
22:42He's on another
22:43250 Honda
22:43Seems to be
22:44The machine of choice
22:45Alari Neimanen
22:49Leads
22:49Number 91
22:50Ahead of number 20
22:51Toppy Moistone
22:51And as we look at
22:52A dejected Chris Meyer
22:53He'll be thinking
22:54What do I have to do
22:55To get this bike home?
22:56He's had it on the Irish roads
22:57Quite a few times as well
22:58And we now have
22:59A new race leader
23:00Number 20
23:01On the yellow Honda
23:01Number 20
23:02Toppy Moistone
23:03Has to go out
23:04Into the countryside
23:05Number 33 though
23:06He's just behind there
23:08Is Raynaud Iljas
23:09That's Richard Pearce Jones
23:11On the Yamaha
23:11So it's a Honda
23:12123 at the moment
23:14With a Yamaha
23:15In third
23:15Back on board
23:19Lovely shot
23:19Oh there we go
23:20Number 10
23:20So number 10
23:22Reno Iljas
23:23He's gone as well
23:23The frailties
23:25Of these classic machines
23:26Showing up well
23:27And like Chris Myers
23:28You saw a couple of moments ago
23:29Raynaud not very happy
23:30With his 250 Honda
23:32But back at the front
23:33It's number 20 for 91
23:34But what a slipstream
23:35From Alari Neimanen
23:37Absolutely fantastic
23:38He puts a 250 Honda
23:39Back in the lead
23:40And hard on the brakes
23:42Over the old railway line
23:47Crossing there
23:4891 leads from number 20
23:50In this 8 lap race here
23:52And it is the final lap
23:53We're on here now
23:53This could be anybody's
23:55Further back
23:59Currently holding on
24:00Fourth place
24:01We have Muavara
24:02Number 363
24:03And Tuamara
24:04On number 50
24:04He completes the top 5
24:06As we head into the far side
24:08Of the circuit
24:08On the long long back straight
24:09And what a run that is
24:11Brilliant
24:11Topi Mastonen
24:12Has got ahead
24:13Of number 91
24:14Alari Neimanen
24:15And they are coming up on
24:16A little bit of traffic
24:18Just got to watch that kerb
24:22As you exit that little chicane
24:24But it looks like
24:25It is going to be a win
24:25With the tarmac
24:26Looking really really shiny there
24:28But no problems
24:29With the grip
24:29Number 20
24:30Topi Mastonen
24:31On the RS250 Honda
24:33Just ahead of number 91
24:34Alari Neimanen
24:35And it looks like
24:3620 is going to take
24:37The race win
24:37And he takes the chequered flag
24:39In ICGP
24:40Race number 1
24:41By 5.1 seconds
24:43From Alari Neimanen
24:44Then it's Piers Jones
24:45On the Yamaha
24:45In third
24:46Muavara
24:47Tamora
24:47Huamana
24:48Kaljan
24:49Wagner
24:50Kartanen
24:50And David Gilbert
24:51Complete your top 10
24:53After the break
24:58We switch from two wheels
24:59To three wheels
25:00For the first sidecar race
25:02Welcome back to
25:11Amatra and Argo road races
25:12Here in Amatra
25:13In Finland
25:143.076 miles
25:16That's the Yarno Saranen
25:17In Matranago circuit
25:19It's time for the sidecars
25:20And as they come up to the line
25:22We're on board with the number 3 outfit there
25:23Marco Herm
25:24And Veal Herm
25:25And they'll slot into their position
25:26Just on the front row there
25:28But on pole position
25:29It's the 99 outfit
25:30The LCR Yamaha
25:32The LCR Yamaha
25:32Of Makula
25:32And Sopper
25:33Then it's Herm
25:34And Herm
25:34On the Kawasaki
25:35Then it's
25:36Clock
25:36And Rantala
25:37And then row number 3
25:38It's Hummel
25:39And Hummel
25:39Ackleson
25:40Lipstock
25:40Cajon
25:41And Vuara
25:41And Verted and complete
25:43Your 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
25:45Runners
25:46In this 8 lap
25:47Sci-car race
25:48Around this Amatra circuit
25:50You see the star of the marshal
25:51Walk away
25:51And here we go
25:52The LCR outfit
25:53The long, long outfits
25:54They've got on these as well
25:55Remember if you think back
25:56To things like the TT
25:57They're on F2s
25:58And a lot of wheel spin
25:59For somebody
26:00Goodness me
26:00But we're on board
26:01With the number 99 outfit
26:02Petri Makula
26:03And Yarno Sopper
26:04As they blast into the countryside
26:06And they go past
26:07The number 3 outfits
26:08Into the first turn
26:09Across the railway line
26:10That's Marco Herm
26:11And Vila Herm
26:12So, so bumpy here
26:17And this is where we get
26:18The slipstream effect
26:18If you think back to road races
26:20Like the Northwest 200
26:21And the old Ulster Grand Prix
26:23You think about it
26:23Get in behind
26:24And get dragged along
26:25We're just looking
26:26At the back there
26:27Number 12
26:27Aku Kuhonen
26:28On Ossi Vuara
26:29They're on the KJR Yamaha
26:31But it's number 3
26:32Who are chasing down
26:33The 99 outfit
26:35So it's Herm
26:35Who's chasing down Makula
26:37Out in the countryside
26:41On these long bikes
26:42And here comes the move
26:43Round the outside
26:44For the number 3 outfits
26:45Herm and Herm
26:46They take the lead
26:47Oh, look at that
26:47Straight back at them
26:48Number 99
26:49Makula and Sopper
26:50They go back into the lead
26:52And keeping a watching brief
26:53Is number 32
26:54Petri Vertinen
26:55And Julius Vertinen
26:56Watch that curb
26:58Yarno Sopper
26:59Oh, goodness me
27:00Just watch your foot on there
27:01Oh, that was close
27:02Close, close
27:03Wasn't it?
27:03Alright, back we go
27:04At the front
27:05And let's have a little
27:06Look back then
27:06Let's see this move
27:07That number 3 did
27:08Herm and Herm
27:09On Makula and Sopper
27:10There we go
27:11Going past
27:11And you think to yourself
27:12Not a chance of getting past
27:14But hey
27:14Makula thought better of it
27:16And just went back round there
27:17Back in the slipstream
27:19And into the chicane
27:20Into the left
27:20Into the right
27:21And then hard on the gas
27:22And back into the trees
27:24That's looking a bit squirrelly
27:28Is the 99 outfit
27:29But a pretty big lead
27:30But number 32
27:31Is coming in
27:31As is 669
27:33Thomas Axelsson
27:34And Laurie Lipstock
27:35Good look out for those guys
27:36But that's probably
27:37About a second
27:38Oh, I'll tell you
27:39We have a new second place
27:40Runner before we give you the times
27:41It's 32
27:42Petri Vertinen
27:43And Julius Vertinen
27:44And what's going on?
27:46Ah, hang on a minute
27:47Where's the passenger gone?
27:48Number 32 passenger
27:49Has just fell out
27:50You don't often see that
27:51Hopefully Julius
27:52Is going to be okay
27:53Yeah, it seems to be getting up
27:54And well
27:5532's continuing on
27:57So hopefully
27:58One of the organisers
27:59Will be able to give them
28:00A mention
28:00Of a 669
28:01Oh, goodness
28:02Hang on
28:02We'll stop it, boys
28:03Come on
28:03Play well
28:04669 there
28:05Thomas Axelsson
28:06And Laurie Lipstock
28:07Have just clattered
28:08Into the number 3 outfit
28:10Marco Herm and Vila Herm
28:12And knocked them well, well back
28:13And in the middle of those two
28:14You've got Petri Vertinen
28:16Who doesn't have a passenger on board
28:17Goodness me
28:18What an exciting
28:19Eight-lap sidecar race
28:20And in the background
28:21Somebody's just in a spin
28:23Goodness me
28:24There's action everywhere
28:25Can't take your eyes off this
28:26669
28:27Thomas Axelsson
28:28And Laurie Lipstock
28:29Have just spun there
28:30And there you can see them
28:31Just straightening the outfit out
28:33You can see the skid marks
28:34They've gone into the first corner
28:36Over the old railway lines there
28:37Goodness me
28:38It's all happening here
28:39And in the meanwhile
28:4032 is still going
28:41Petri Vertinen
28:42With no passion
28:43Julius Vertinen
28:44Who fell out a little bit earlier on
28:46But at the front
28:47At this corner
28:48It was actually
28:48It's number 99
28:49It's Petri Makula
28:50And Janne Sopper
28:52Who are flying away
28:53With this now
28:54And I think
28:54A pretty unassailable lead
28:56As we look at them
28:57Coming into the start
28:58And finish line
28:58They'll get the checkered flag
29:00And it is a win
29:00For the 99 outfit
29:02But closing them down
29:03In the end
29:03With the number three outfits
29:05Of Marco Herm
29:05And Vila Herm
29:07They take home second place
29:08And the hands are waving
29:09From the past
29:10To their Yana Sopper
29:11As they go in
29:12And the appreciative crowd
29:13And the marshals wave
29:14So it's Makula and Sopper
29:16From Herm and Herm
29:17From Hummel and Hummel
29:18Clock and Lady
29:19Rantal and Karlginen
29:20They complete the top five
29:22But a win
29:22By 1.75 seconds
29:24From Makula and Sopper
29:26Some great racing there
29:30From the Cycars
29:31Next on Circa
29:32Are the Supersport Machines
29:33And the first
29:34International Road Racing
29:36Championship race
29:37Time for the IRRC
29:42Supersport race
29:43Number one
29:43Ten laps of these
29:44Little 600 Supersport Machines
29:45Who's on pole Chris?
29:47It's Adam McLean
29:48From Richard Cooper
29:48And Peter Nyman
29:49Then Marek Savene
29:50Tanskinen
29:51And Erno Castano
29:52That man again
29:52On row two
29:53Yeah definitely one to watch
29:54Here's Gary Johnson
29:55Daryl Swede
29:56Mached Vits
29:57Foncini
29:57Contola and Vetter
29:58They go out
29:59Row number four
30:00But leading the championship
30:01Into this one is Chris?
30:03Jack rider
30:03Marek Savene
30:04From his fellow Czech man
30:06Peter Nyman
30:06In third place
30:07In the standings
30:08Coming into this race
30:08Is Gary Johnson
30:09And then Adam McLean
30:10Yeah Adam McLean
30:11And Richard Cooper
30:12Having a pretty good
30:13Dust up at the
30:13North West 200
30:14Especially on the
30:15Super Twins
30:15At the Junipail
30:17Chicane at one point
30:18For Gary Johnson
30:18Ooh
30:19Team Schleichtleck
30:20Machine
30:21He's on there
30:21The GSXR
30:22750 Suzuki
30:23For Gary
30:24And as we said
30:24In the first post
30:25Oh somebody
30:26Goes straight on there
30:26Unfortunately
30:27We have lost
30:28Number 89
30:2989 is out of the race
30:30He must have just
30:31Gone straight on
30:31Into the gravel trap
30:33And that's a
30:34Strange thing
30:35For a road race
30:35To have gravel traps
30:36But here we are
30:37We're on board
30:37I can just see
30:38Gary Johnson
30:38At seven
30:39Yeah he's got bogged
30:40Down a little bit there
30:41In terms of championship points
30:42This one matters
30:43Cooper is out front though
30:44But he's got company
30:45Really tightly with him
30:46Yeah and don't forget
30:48We've got Adam McLean
30:49There who's been here
30:49A few times
30:50Coop's has not been here
30:51Yeah and he's got a new
30:52Newcomer here this weekend
30:53And really looking forward
30:54To it he was coming
30:55As well
30:56He's making the most of it
30:57He's right out there
30:57In front
30:58Yeah we've got 45
30:59In third place
31:00Marek Servini
31:00He's going really well
31:01Los Aveni
31:02He's the Czech rider
31:03He's in there too
31:04We've got Nico Tanskinen
31:05Adam McLean's also
31:06Still right up the tailpipe
31:08Of Richard Cooper there
31:09Very very
31:09Evilly matched
31:10R6 machines
31:11Both pretty similar
31:12And pretty similar
31:13In stature as well
31:14McLean making quite a few
31:15European sort of exploits
31:17Over the last couple of years
31:18He's getting quite a lot
31:19Of experience on these
31:20IRRC rounds
31:21We've got Matt Edvid
31:22He's in running
31:23About 6th or 7th
31:24At the moment
31:24Daryl Tweed
31:25McLean going for it I think
31:26Just quickly back to
31:27Daryl Tweed
31:27Good success for him
31:28At Tandrigir the other week
31:29That Supertrum race over
31:31Michael Sweeney
31:32But look Adam McLean
31:33Had a long look
31:33Over his shoulder there
31:34Didn't he
31:35He did
31:35He wanted to see what's behind
31:37But he also wants to look
31:37Up the road at Cooper
31:38He's right with him
31:39McLean is the one
31:40With the experience round here
31:41What can he do
31:42About Cooper
31:43On that Russell racing machine
31:44That is an absolute
31:45Rapid thing
31:46Never be clever racing
31:48Great team name
31:48For number 59
31:49Daryl Tweed
31:50The R6 that he's on now
31:51He blasts into the countryside
31:53Adam having a pretty good run
31:54He's got 3-8-4
31:55Mario Poncini in there as well
31:57But keep an eye on
31:57Number 69 in there too
31:59Peter Nisman as well
32:00He's currently holding on
32:01Fourth place
32:02So then he's sat between
32:03These front two
32:04And him in third place
32:06And it's the front two
32:07That are still having the battle
32:08Cooper and Niman
32:08As we go back to Gary Johnson
32:10Who in terms of championship points
32:11Needs to try and make up
32:12Some places if he can here
32:13He's down in about
32:147th place at the moment
32:15In fact he's just lost
32:16Another place
32:17Yeah Gary there
32:18Showing a bit of form again
32:19Like I said
32:19A couple of races ago
32:21He's had a bit of injury
32:22You know
32:23And a bit of struggle
32:24To get funds
32:25To get sponsorship
32:26And stuff
32:26But back on that
32:27Dexter racing Suzuki
32:28He knows where he's going
32:29Round here
32:30He's won TT's
32:31He knows what he's doing
32:31Mate this
32:32I think it was
32:33He just came past him
32:34On the TME Triumph
32:35As they head out
32:36On to the next lap
32:37And with McLean
32:38There's a little bit of a gap
32:39Behind him
32:39But it's in front
32:40How far ahead is Cooper
32:41That's what matters
32:42I think he's got him
32:43I think he's got him
32:44Yeah he's got him
32:44Yeah McLean's taking the lead
32:46Here from Cooper
32:47I think another rider
32:49To keep a little eye on
32:49As well as
32:50Nico Tanskinen
32:51On the 93 bike
32:52He could be definitely
32:53One to watch
32:54So what has Coops got
32:55In the bank
32:56For the 56 bike
32:57The PRA Yamaha
32:59It's the R6 Yamaha
33:00Very similar machines
33:01Like we said
33:02And here comes Coops
33:02Getting right into
33:04That slipstream now
33:04But when we talk about
33:05Stupid sport racing
33:06Coops might be there
33:07But he's got to keep
33:08One little eye on
33:09And ear on behind
33:10I think he's got
33:10Temperature for gap
33:11But here goes Coops
33:12He's gone up
33:13The left hand side here
33:14McLean is right down
33:16On the tank
33:16But it's not going to be enough
33:17Cooper sweeps back
33:19Into the lead
33:19Every time I see a shot
33:20Like that
33:21I just remember
33:21The helicopter shot
33:22To the North West 200
33:23When they're looking
33:24Over at each other
33:25Absolute class
33:25Third place at the moment
33:27Is still 45
33:28Marek Servini
33:29The Czech rider
33:2936 though
33:30He's on the Ducati
33:3136 going really well there
33:33That is Euler Cantolo
33:35He's on the Ducati
33:36For the JK 36 racing team
33:38But Cooper
33:39Is he pulling the pin a bit
33:41He's got a half
33:41A couple of bike lengths
33:42Anyway hasn't he
33:43Just a couple
33:44They'll get closed
33:45Back in again on the break
33:46No they haven't
33:46Actually as they come back
33:47Over the railway line again
33:48He's maintained that advantage
33:50It's whether or not
33:50McLean now can build back in
33:52To some kind of challenge
33:53On Cooper
33:54I've just seen a board
33:55Go out for a jump start penalty
33:57For Adam McLean
33:58On the number 56 bike
34:00He is going to be plussed
34:0120 seconds
34:02I've just seen the officials there
34:04Just pull into the inside
34:05So that's a shame isn't it
34:06I wonder if they've seen that board
34:07And whether he will know
34:08Because it's possibly not worth
34:10Putting all of his effort
34:11Into this attack here
34:12If he knows he's got
34:1320 seconds to be added
34:15Eighth position at the moment
34:16Is Daryl Tweed
34:17Just behind him
34:17Is the 384
34:18Amaro Pancini
34:19On the Yamaha
34:20The Delmo racing bike
34:21For 69
34:22Really squeezing that front brake
34:24Isn't he
34:2469 going really
34:26Really handily there
34:27Peter Neisman
34:28On his machine
34:29He's on the Yamaha
34:30With a laser scanning Europe
34:31By PSB Motorsport
34:32But back in the front
34:33Does Richard Cooper
34:34Will he have spotted that board
34:35Will he know
34:36Because look at it
34:37Add 20 seconds on to Adam
34:38That's going to drop him
34:39That's going to drop him
34:41Back to about
34:41Fifth or sixth position
34:42This group together here
34:43Now Nyman is right
34:44At the back of this group
34:45With Savene
34:46Ahead of him as well
34:47But the three of them
34:48Going together
34:49Tanskinen riding really well too
34:51Listen to the triumph
34:52The Weppol
34:52Racing parts machine
34:54Let's have a listen
34:55It's early days
34:59In this IRRC championship
35:01But Savene is the championship leader
35:03After the opening two races
35:05At the opening event
35:06Adam McLean then
35:07This is along the start
35:08And finish straight
35:09He's pulled to this side
35:09Of the track
35:10Which much means
35:11He's going to have a little look
35:12At Richard Cooper this time
35:13As they go down
35:13Who's the who that
35:14Is he going to make it stick
35:15Oh
35:16No he has not
35:18And for minor Chris Boyd's expressions
35:20He's going to drop right back
35:21When he's dropping back anyway
35:22Because of the 20 seconds
35:23We'll get that confirmed
35:24But it did look like
35:25He had a jump start
35:26Which means it is going to be
35:2720 seconds
35:28When you look at the regulations
35:29And this man at the front
35:30Richard Cooper
35:31The English rider
35:32Clear
35:33This Boyce Precision Engineering
35:34By Russell Racing Machine
35:36Is tremendous
35:37He's out onto the final lap now
35:38And he's got a big advantage
35:39As we see Tweed now
35:41Moving up places as well
35:42Past
35:43Mattel Witt
35:44That was number 58 there
35:45On his machine
35:46Mattel on the triumph
35:47The TME Racing
35:48But still this battle goes on
35:49With Nijman
35:50Severny and Taskinen
35:51Just dropping off the back
35:52And possibility
35:53Of just Adam McLean
35:54Just jumping into this group as well
35:56I think just off the back of it
35:57With that penalty for McLean
35:58This could become the battle
35:59For second place
36:00Yeah it could do
36:01Yeah here we go
36:02Somebody's having a big fast run
36:03It's 58
36:04Here he comes
36:0558
36:06Yeah that's a great great run
36:08I think he's looking to go
36:08Up the inside
36:09Of Daryl Tweed
36:10On the never be clever machine
36:11But this man here
36:12Adam McLean
36:13He must be kicking himself
36:14For that jump start
36:15Mustn't he
36:16And then the mistake
36:17Yeah he's dropped a lot back now
36:20But this man
36:21He's made no mistakes
36:22He very rarely does
36:23The BPE by Russell Racing
36:24R6 Yamaha
36:25Richard Coupe
36:26Remember his debut here
36:28On the Amartya circuit
36:29The Yarno Saarinen circuit
36:30He flicks the bike
36:31To the left hand side
36:32He goes under the
36:33Spectator Bridge there now
36:35And goes across the line
36:35To take his chequered flag
36:37And lapping in
36:37Quickest lap
36:38A 153.716
36:40The penalty is confirmed
36:42For McLean
36:43So it's Peter Nyman
36:44He takes second
36:45From Marek Savene
36:46Yeah that'll drop
36:48Adam McLean
36:48Down to fifth place
36:49As you can see there
36:50So Coupe
36:50From Nyman
36:51Some Savene
36:52Tanskinen
36:52McLean
36:53And Johnson
36:53Your top six
36:54Seventh to tenth
36:55For Matej Witt
36:56Daryl Tweed
36:56Maro Pontini
36:57And Uo Cantala
36:59And the gap at the front
37:00Between Richard Coupe
37:00And Naisman
37:01Was about 16 seconds
37:02And he's making the most of that
37:03He's really looked forward
37:04To coming here to a match
37:05When he's got the champagne
37:07On the go
37:07Stay with us
37:11There's more road racing
37:12From Amartya
37:12After this
37:13Welcome back
37:26To the Amartya road races
37:27In Finland
37:28As well as its place
37:29In the king of the roads
37:30The Amartya Nago
37:31Is also the second
37:32Of six rounds
37:33In the international
37:34Road racing championship
37:35In the superbike class
37:39Northern Ireland's
37:39Adam McLean
37:40He's the current points leader
37:42Yeah very good
37:43We've had one session
37:44On the super sport bike
37:46And we've had one
37:47On the superbike
37:48So I think we were fastest
37:50In the first 600 session
37:51And then fourth
37:53In that superbike session
37:54So tracks a wee bit
37:56Dusty yet
37:57There's some new tar down
37:58So just figuring out
38:00Where the grip is
38:01And where it's not
38:02And yeah
38:04Hopefully the sun shines
38:05The rest of the weekend
38:06The earlier superbike race
38:08The open superbike race
38:09Was won by the pole set
38:11And he's there again
38:12Irmo Castamo
38:13Always the man to watch here
38:15Emily Larty second
38:16Kenny Koskinen
38:16Rounds out the front road
38:17Then Belton and Carlson
38:18And Adam McLean
38:19On row two
38:20Let's go to row number three
38:22It's Le Harinta
38:22And then it's Tweed
38:23Darrell Tweed
38:24Wally Jacobs
38:24Koski
38:25Muller
38:25And Frederic Mathies
38:27On his BMW
38:28Here we go then
38:29Looking forward to this one
38:30This is ten laps
38:31Chris Boyd
38:32Oh this is a long old race
38:33Yeah
38:34Adam McLean leads the standings
38:36Coming into this race
38:37He won both rounds
38:38At the opening round
38:39Of the IARC Championship
38:40In Hengolo
38:41Yeah there's the man
38:42Who got a good start
38:42In the first one as well
38:43Kenny Koskinen
38:44Didn't finish the race
38:45He went straight on
38:45Where we are now
38:46Into the gravel trap
38:48But we've got to keep an eye
38:49On 77 this time
38:50Nicola Herrinta
38:51Do you remember what he did
38:52In the first one
38:52High side central
38:53Just coming out of this corner
38:55Here
38:55But it's 57
38:56Kenny Koskinen
38:57Who has the early lead
38:58Koskinen's got himself out front
39:00Costamo
39:00And we want to do something
39:01About that very quickly
39:02On the RBS BMW
39:03As they come down
39:04The back straight
39:04And he moves straight away
39:06Past 33
39:07Which is Emily Larty
39:08Yeah Emily Larty
39:09This year moving
39:10For Yamaha Power 2
39:11Aprilia Power 30
39:12As Volton are making
39:12An overtake
39:13On letter answer as well
39:1436 Marcus Carlson
39:16He's made a pretty good start
39:17As well
39:17Into about second or third
39:18This is Billy Volton
39:19On the BMW
39:20The team
39:21Sensatech machine
39:22Doesn't get a really good start
39:23Right
39:24He just puts up
39:24The inside of him
39:25Looks like Daryl Tweed
39:26Possibly that could have been
39:28Not sure
39:28I think Adam McLean
39:29Just at the inside
39:30But it's still
39:3057 from 38
39:32And 33
39:33And 36
39:34And then Adam McLean
39:35Keeping the watch and brief
39:36Switching the 600 machine
39:37Up to the ZX10 Kawasaki
39:39Costamo makes the move
39:41Costamo makes the move for the lead
39:42And then he gets himself past Koskinen
39:44Fast fast pace
39:45Uno Costamo is running a little bit earlier on
39:47In the first superbike race
39:48Down in the 149
39:50To back to the late 149
39:51Oh Koskinen's come back
39:53But he hasn't been able to hold it
39:55He is not shy
39:55That boy on the brakes
39:56He's stuck it right up in his
39:58King of Avatra
39:59Or not
40:00Koskinen's thinking
40:02Do you know what
40:02Costamo
40:02I can stick it to you
40:03I've got the pace to run with you
40:05But keep an eye on 33
40:06In there as well
40:07He's going well
40:08And of course
40:08Emily Larty in there
40:09On the Aprilia
40:10The Veltz motorcycle Aprilia
40:11He cuts to the inside
40:13And he's going to make a move
40:14And get himself up
40:14Into that second position
40:16Or the legs out
40:17Doing the doctor's angle
40:18But he's going to hold it over Koskinen
40:19So yes
40:20Costamo out front
40:21Then Larty's got himself
40:22Into second
40:23With Koskinen holding on to third
40:25Having been the leader
40:26For most of the first lap
40:27Marcus Carlson on 36
40:28He's dropping into fourth place
40:30It's 56
40:31Adam McLean
40:31The Northern Irishman
40:33He's in roundabout fifth place
40:34At the moment
40:35As he comes through
40:35And now they are
40:36Going to go to the far side
40:37Of the circuit Chris Boyd
40:38Where these superbikes can breathe
40:40And Costamo is the man round here
40:42And he can get himself down on the tank
40:43And try and pull out a bit of a gap
40:45See it is a track
40:46Where it looks like
40:47If you've got the real pace
40:48You can pull out a bit of a gap actually
40:50You can
40:51And even with the big long straights as well
40:52You could be way way back
40:53But you could get pulled along
40:55By a good couple of hundred metres
40:56And you could push yourself on
40:5713
40:5877
40:5859
40:59Darrell Tweed
41:00On the Never Be Clever machine
41:01We're on board with him now
41:02As he goes through the first of the chicanes
41:04Kona Pico
41:05And then they have a little short squirt
41:06Downhill
41:07And then he drop to another chicane
41:09Which brings him to the far far side of the circuit
41:11From the start and finish line
41:12This little
41:13Nanjury little chicane
41:14That they have to put in
41:15Just to slow them down a bit
41:16Very tight and twisted
41:18You see 56 there
41:19McLean make his way through
41:21On board with him now
41:22You just see how much the body has to move there
41:25He's moving his way onto the front
41:26And that machine
41:27Stopped that front wheel
41:28And that Kawasaki
41:28Just popping into the air
41:30And away he goes
41:31Flat out now
41:32Fourth gear
41:32Fifth gear
41:33Sixth gear
41:33Absolutely flat to the mat
41:35On these big 220
41:36230
41:37240 brake horsepower super bikes
41:39But Chris Boyd
41:40It's not over this race
41:41Costamo's away
41:42He's in the 149s again
41:44But he's got a good pace
41:45But the others
41:45They're not letting him go
41:46And now the pace is rapid
41:48Right through the top six here
41:49McLean has worked his way up to fourth
41:51Now he's into that fourth spot
41:52Baltonen
41:53Ahead of him in third
41:54And then Koskinen
41:55Between him and race leader
41:57Costamo
41:57Yeah Costamo with a
41:59I don't know
41:59Second and a bit lead from Larty
42:01And it's Koskinen
42:01Carlsen and McLean
42:02Also in there as well
42:03Daryl Tweed
42:04We've got also in there
42:0577 litre Rinter
42:07On that R1 Yamaha
42:08They nearly tried to upset him
42:10On the first run
42:11There he is
42:11Just going through shot there now
42:12Seems to gather himself up
42:14And the fans there
42:15The Finnish fans
42:16On the IRRC
42:17They love their bike racing up there
42:18I bet they were so glad
42:19When this came back in 2016
42:20This is the biggest
42:22Nordic motorsport event
42:23I think of the year now
42:24So it does attract
42:25A huge crowd
42:26And it's the right summer festival
42:27In the village
42:28And the town
42:29Of Imatra as well
42:30Everyone absolutely loving
42:32Their summer highlight
42:33Nearly up to 200 miles an hour
42:35Across here
42:36There we go
42:36Flat to the mat
42:37As we say
42:38Across the start and finish line
42:39And our race leader
42:40But we have a retirement
42:41Unfortunately
42:4117
42:42Jesse Rahonen
42:43On his Yamaha
42:44The camo team rider
42:45He's out after lap one
42:47We've let her answer
42:48As he goes past
42:50Marcus Carlsen
42:52It is that he's just
42:52Swept past there
42:53So that's the battle
42:54For fifth and sixth
42:55There's a gap coming now
42:56Costamo has pulled the plug
42:57A little bit
42:5833 just dropping back
42:59And 57
43:0033
43:00Is of course
43:01Emily Larty
43:02On that Aprilia
43:03And 57
43:04Koskinen
43:04In that third place
43:05But a great performance
43:06Again by 57
43:08Really really is
43:08After that great start
43:10And then getting into
43:10The gravel trap
43:11And race the one
43:12To pick himself up
43:12And get back at the front
43:13Again
43:14It's good pace
43:14Very good pace
43:15Indeed as we head out
43:16To the air
43:1633
43:18Emily Larty
43:19Has gone off
43:20Oh unfortunately
43:21Emily Larty
43:22Has gone off
43:22I think that is
43:23A Varko
43:23Into Tamanen
43:24Should I say
43:25It's at Tamanen
43:26Where he's gone
43:26That Aprilia
43:27Is going nowhere
43:28That is such a shame
43:29For the 33 bike
43:30And a fair bit of damage
43:32As well
43:32With obviously more races
43:33To come
43:33As Voltonen
43:34Is looking really racing
43:35Up through the start
43:35Finish as well
43:36Takes over
43:37A position there
43:38For Voltonen
43:39Up into the top three
43:40Yeah a bit of traffic
43:41Now it's 21
43:42He's just catching up there
43:43Rennie
43:43Mick V
43:43Rennie
43:44On the ZD Motorsport
43:45Aprilia
43:45Yeah but fourth place
43:47You mentioned about
43:47Voltonen
43:48And he finished in fourth
43:48In the first run there
43:49But this man
43:50Well let's get back
43:51On board with Larty
43:52Let's have a look
43:52On the Velt Motor Centre
43:53Aprilia
43:54He switches right
43:55We were talking about him before
43:56He's squeezing on that
43:57Front brake
43:57And the front brake
43:58Just the front
43:59Front end goes
43:59No chance
44:00Not a chance
44:01Big low side
44:01But straight away
44:02He's up
44:03So perfectly okay
44:04That's the main thing
44:05Castamo as you say
44:06It's a 10 lap race
44:07So traffic becoming
44:08An issue
44:09As we get deeper
44:10Into it
44:10Yeah Castamo
44:11Koskinen
44:12Voltonen
44:12McLean
44:13And Letta Rinter
44:13Are your top five
44:14As you go through
44:15And he'll be on to
44:16The last lap
44:16This time through
44:17He's looking class
44:18As always
44:18He's down in the
44:19148s now
44:20Goodness me
44:21This is some pace
44:22By him
44:23A 148.743
44:26We've had Peter Hickman
44:27Come here to try
44:28And challenge him
44:29As the king of
44:30Ematra
44:30Over the last few years
44:31And Hickman
44:32Hasn't quite been able
44:32To do it
44:33It's the checkered flag
44:33And it's another race win
44:35For Erno Castamo
44:36Winning in the end
44:37By a 19.1 gap
44:39To Koskinen
44:39And it's
44:40Voltonen
44:41McLean
44:41Let her into
44:42Your top five
44:43Sixth for
44:43Marcus Carlson
44:45And then
44:45Darrell Tweed
44:45In seventh
44:46And Wally Jacobs
44:47Loren Hoffman
44:47And Frederic Matisse
44:49But another race win
44:50For your man
44:51It's Erno Castamo
44:52Yeah
44:55Fantastic first day
44:56Is the bike
44:57And man
44:58Is really fast
45:00This day
45:01And
45:02All the day
45:05Is the
45:05Taking easy
45:06Right
45:07And very happy
45:08And
45:08Supersport class
45:10Is the
45:10Tua
45:11Tua place
45:12Is the
45:13Is very happy
45:14The results
45:15In Supersport
45:16That's all for now
45:19But join us again
45:20Next time
45:20For the second
45:21Highlight show
45:21From Amatra
45:22In Finland
45:22Until then
45:23It's goodbye
45:24Bye
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