Ask any heart surgeon, and they’ll tell you a pacemaker is a little device that’s meant to keep your heartbeat from going out of control. But at Assen we got to see a different kind of pacemaker in the form of Pecco Bagnaia, who absolutely dominated this race and drove up the pulse of all other riders as they struggle to keep up. Quote Jorge Martin: ,,He’s on another planet.”

And while a lonely Pecco is shooting through space with blistering speed and Martin’s in hot pursuit, there's an all-out brawl happening right behind them between Enea Bastianini, Marc Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonia. What determines the outcome, and what role does the uniquely serpentine nature of the Dutch track play in this? 

Mat and Peter are looking for answers as they take the show out of the studio and straight into the paddock. Oh, and be on the lookout for a surprise appearance of a familiar face from our Patreon. Grazie mille, Nicola! 

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