keanu reeves and girlfriend alexandra at motogp, germany

Keanu, yesterday it was an absolute pleasure for me to meet you and Alexandra because I didn't realize what a huge fan of our sport you are and after the conversation I realized you really were, both of you. You watch so much of it, you know what's going on and it surprised me because not all the guests watch everything and know what's going on. Tell us about that, you and Alexandra, keep a close eye. Well first of all Simon, it's an honor to meet you because Alexandra and I love listening to you and seeing you and everything that you communicate about the racing, the riders, the tech, just your passion, your expertise, communicating to us. Your curiosity, the fun you have, we follow everything, every interview, every insight. It just really enriches the experience of watching MotoGP and so it's an honor to be here and to be at the track, you know, in person, you know, it's just awesome. I don't know what to say so obviously that makes me happy. I mean we love MotoGP and it's Alexandra's first race in person. I wanted her to hear the bikes and see it live and what was your impression? Well first, I've always been just so struck by the kindness, dignity and the daringness of all the riders. They're amazing young people that we really are fans of all the riders and I think that's part of your passion is how much you care about them and what they're experiencing and you know the lines that they're crossing in terms of pushing the sport forward and like dealing with so many technical changes so it's an honor to be here. We feel like because of you and through your lens that you give us as fans into the sport that we're so familiar with being here. You know we've met so many people that we've seen on TV and on the app over the years so it's just such a pleasure and there's so many talents here that we're here to support. I completely agree and I'm a huge fan of the riders and yeah we've got to keep them safe. Also, I've heard about Arch Motorcycles. Yes, so your brand but I imagine because of that and I'd like to know that you're interested also in the technical side. Yes, absolutely. I mean we've been Arch Motorcycle, we've been in business for 10 years. We kind of do big V-twin American and we call them performance cruisers and yeah it's been amazing to watch the development of the racing over especially over the past five years just all of the kind of pushing the boundaries of what a motorcycle racing motorcycle is you know with the launch control dropping the back doing the front all of the aero it's just it's been really amazing to watch what the motorcycles are doing now right I mean have they broken every track record this season? Yes, everywhere we're going it's amazing and the race distance as well incredible everything and it's just like and it's just bringing and I love the sprint how are you following I like do you like the sprint? I'm right up for it because I mean I I'm worried about the extra stress on the riders when it first turned up but now they seem to cope with it and so much to do on Saturday now. Yes, that but also more racing and and I think we're really fortunate just we have a wonderful battle for the championship this year continuing almost from the year before and so the racing is spectacular the drama the silly season was incredible it's not even over and we're not just getting change of colors of motorcycles no riders and manufacturers just it's really MotoGP is just really you know I don't know I think you know it's just an amazing experience and I think that the whole presentation is just getting better and better I mean what's what you guys did over COVID you know bringing racing during that difficult time really meant a lot to us at home you know and so just to go from that into where we are now and I'm on the grid with Simon Crafar but not the grid I'm sorry back here I'm in the pit lane in the pit lane. I have one more thing that I'm curious about for Alexandra is the Women's World Championship have you kept an eye a little bit on what's happening there or Simon I was just gonna talk about the importance of women in the sport it's really been wonderful to be here and see so many strong women from team owners to you know even our camerawoman right now holding this lens like women are part of the sport not just on the women's side but on the men's side too and I think it makes it a better sport for all of us who are fans, riders and in both championships. I want to say I don't think it's just me that you two have won over this weekend you know with your passion for the sport thank you for talking to us. Thank you so much for having us Simon. My pleasure.