WSBK Round 3&5 - Valencia&Monza

[jhansen]

Will the real four stroke series please stand up? Enter, WSBK! And that means we're in for some brilliant racing this weekend at Valencia. It was Xaus and Toseland that took the wins last year. Toseland is off to that boring series while Xaus would like nothing better than a win at home. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the 1098 can have its first restrictions added after Valencia. So keep an eye on their performance.

Bayliss leads the points table on the back of three wins. It also helps that he hasn't fallen off either. Top 15 looks like this:

1. BAYLISS DUCATI XEROX TEAM 88
2. NIETO TEAM SUZUKI ALSTARE 61
3. XAUS STERILGARDA GO ELEVEN 59
4. CORSER YAMAHA MOTOR ITALIA 45
= CHECA HANNSPREE TEN KATE HONDA 45
6. NEUKIRCHNER TEAM ALSTARE SUZUKI 39
7. BIAGGI STERILGARDA GO ELEVEN 36
8. FABRIZIO DUCATI XEROX TEAM 34
9. HAGA YAMAHA MOTOR ITALIA 22
10. LAVILLA VENTAXIA VK HONDA 18
11. KIYONARI HANNSPREE TEN KATE HONDA 17
= SOFUOGLU HANNSPREE TEN KATE HONDA JR 17
13. SMRZ GUANDALINI RACING BY GRIFO'S 13
= LANZI RG TEAM 13
15. ROLFO HANNSPREE HONDA ALTHEA 12

WSS will also be in action and will bring the usual great racing. WSS points:

1. BROOKES AUS 33
2. LASCORZ ESP 29
3. PITT AUS 25
4. PARKES AUS 25
5. HARMS DEN 25
6. JONES GBR 16
7. VIZZIELLO ITA 14
8. FORET FRA 13
9. REA GBR 11
10. LAGRIVE FRA 11

[Hazza]

Brooksy!!

[gomick]

gee, haga is a long way back... need's to pull his finger out!!!

what are the chances of a fonsi nieto double - fat chance , wait & see i guess...

[jhansen]

Qualifying 1 times:

1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.806 secs
2. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.932 secs
3. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.042 secs
4. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 35.060 secs
5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 35.080 secs
6. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 35.085 secs
7. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 35.262 secs
8. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 35.278 secs
9. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 35.424 secs
10. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 35.548 secs
11. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.550 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 35.598 secs
13. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 35.634 secs
14. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 35.756 secs
15. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 35.766 secs
16. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 35.766 secs
17. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 35.892 secs
18. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.939 secs
19. David Checa SPA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 36.066 secs
20. Carmelo Morales SPA L'Oréal Men Expert Laglisse YZF-R1 1min 36.070 secs
21. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 36.088 secs
22. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR 1min 36.150 secs
23. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 36.268 secs
24. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 36.305 secs
25. Sergio Fuertes SPA Team Suzuki Motorrad GSX-R1000 1min 36.711 secs
26. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 36.749 secs
27. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 37.288 secs
28. Diego Lozano Ortiz SPA Honda Joe Darcey CBR1000RR 1min 37.381 secs
29. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.660 secs
30. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.958 secs

[jhansen]

Originally Posted by gomick

gee, haga is a long way back... need's to pull his finger out!!!

Well, he's right next to Corser. Maybe it's not an R1 track?

Nice to see Checa pull that Honda up the grid. Next Honda is Kiyonari in 11th. Sofuoglu seems to struggle with the superbike. Surprising? And it looks like Max is still hurting, back in 24th.

And a quick note, 30 bikes!

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by jhansen

Well, he's right next to Corser. Maybe it's not an R1 track?

I believe that gomick was refering to the 66 point gap to Bayliss.

[cg7aa]

Top 16 are covered by a second. Very close. It would be nice if Neukirchner was to take his first win this weekend.

[bestfit]

Super Pole Times:

1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 33.805 secs
2. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 33.928 secs
3. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 33.976 secs
4. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 34.332 secs
5. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 34.370 secs
6. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.370 secs
7. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.492 secs
8. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 34.613 secs
9. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 34.658 secs
10. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 34.770 secs
11. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 34.799 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 34.930 secs
13. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.959 secs
14. David Checa SPA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 35.089 secs
15. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 35.232 secs
16. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 35.980 secs


Non-Superpole times:

17. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.381 secs
18. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 35.521 secs
19. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 35.597 secs
20. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR 1min 35.692 secs
21. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 35.703 secs
22. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 35.766 secs
23. Sergio Fuertes SPA Team Suzuki Motorrad GSX-R1000 1min 35.862 secs
24. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.911 secs
25. Carmelo Morales SPA L'Oréal Men Expert Laglisse YZF-R1 1min 36.070 secs
26. Diego Lozano Ortiz SPA Honda Joe Darcey CBR1000RR 1min 36.453 secs
27. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 36.596 secs
28. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 36.618 secs
29. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.283 secs
30. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 37.288 secs

[jhansen]

Kiyonari and Checa on the second row, cool. Big effort from Biaggi.

This should be brilliant.

[Dani Filth]

what a great recovery from checa .. and what a mistake ..
lol .. Lanzi won

[craig1]

With the two front guys going down wouldn't there have been a yellow flag at the final corner?

[bestfit]

I'd like to know how Lanzi got past Bayliss. He ended up 2.9secs in front so did Bayliss make a mistake or did they come together too?

Great ride by Checa, right up until the last corner.
You've got to fell sorry for Max N, but Checa had to have a go. That's racing.

[Gerben24]

Originally Posted by craig1

With the two front guys going down wouldn't there have been a yellow flag at the final corner?

Lanzi overtook Bayliss at the 'backstraight', just past the kink. So the yellow didn't effect the result. I think Bayliss just let him go afterwards, that explains the gap.

[Mr V]

Race 2 results

1 JPN Haga 37'03.759
2 AUS Bayliss 37'05.310
3 ESP Checa 37'06.662
4 JPN Kiyonari 37'11.036
5 AUS Corser 37'11.810

Go Nori

[Mystery]

I started watching this on Eurosport but only until I discovered Jack Burnicle wasn't commentating. Anyone know why?

[jhansen]

Originally Posted by bestfit

Great ride by Checa, right up until the last corner.
You've got to fell sorry for Max N, but Checa had to have a go. That's racing.

Yeah, that's probably true. Not sure Max N agrees. He has a broken collarbone and missed Race 2.

Nice recovery from Haga in Race 2. Even if it was fortunate. Hopefully we'll see the real Haga from now on. It doesn't quite seem the same if he's not at the sharp end.

So what's the verdict on Sofuoglu then?

[chunder]

Thw WSBK commentary team ahve been taken across to the BSB feed

Not sure why they havent yet got anyone to do WSBK, not sure who teh guys were, and also why was Nowland not at Brands, thougt he was a team manager!!

[Clive McNeil]

Jack and James were at Brands Hatch, they're doing all the coverage of BSB for Eurosport now that the British Eurosport 2 channel has been launched.

I got the call to do WSB on the dates that clash - only two weeks notice and, as I hadn't taped Qatar and Philip Island, didn't get a chance to practice spotting who was who so I apologise for the mistakes though after watching it I bet my cringes were bigger than anybody else's.

With the snowed off conditions at the track, massive rescheduling on the fly from the new production team at Eurosport, a delayed (then postponed...then back to delayed) WSS race, along with matching breaks throughout Europe, it was a pretty hectic time in the headphones...there are loads of etc's as well Warren Pole did a sterling job tying everything together and it's just a shame that BSB didn't go ahead.

I had called Warwick to co-commentate, as I knew that he had done this sort of thing before on the official coverage provided by FGSPORT. He's the Team Manager of the MV Agusta STP Racing team but was able to get away for both days, as he had worked like a trojan to set everything up at the track. The team principal was also there, so everything was covered.

In two weeks it's back to World Endurance duties and the Le Mans 24 hours with Roger Bennett.

[Gerben24]

WSBK used to be on eurosport 2 here in NL. Eurosport 2 is only broadcasted in English so I could listen to Jack and James, a treat!

However, now they have BSB on euro 2, they've put WSBK on euro1 with Dutch commentary. They are so poor .

They still show the replay on euro 2, but I haven't had a change to look at it yet, so I can't judge your commentary Clive, but I'm pretty sure you won't suck as much as Dutch commentary team .

PS. How could you miss the first 2 rounds!

PS2. How did you get that job, missing the first 2 rounds?!

[Gerben24]

Originally Posted by jhansen

So what's the verdict on Sofuoglu then?

LOL, the caption under this photograph:
http://www.crash.net/picture_view~ci...kate~pid~1.htm


PS. The guy needs time. Don't expect him to do much this season.

[Dani Filth]

here it's the oposite .. Euro2 is romanian only .. but i have the option to change between romanian and english for Euro1 ..

hey gerben .. wanna bet that our local commentary team sucks more than yours ??

[Gerben24]

LOL! You're on mate! I think the only remaining forum host (is it a dying 'breed' ) should be the jury on this. He has proven himself on numerous occassions in the FIM winners game , and I never get the impression he's too busy. I even heard a rumour he's been posting charts in the F1 forum...

Schummy I heard your Dutch and Romanian is fluent, too bad your English is a bit shabby, but the English commentary should be the benchmark.

Good luck mate!

[Dani Filth]

schum is good for me ..

schummy . we'll keep the numbers private . ok ??

[cg7aa]

Originally Posted by cg7aa

... It would be nice if Neukirchner was to take his first win this weekend.

So, so, close. Get well soon Max.

[cg7aa]

I've just been browsing the official results sheets and is it me or were there an unusual number of crashes on Sunday?

SUPERBIKE RACE 1

11.42 Sighting Lap Start
12.00 Warm-up Lap Start
12.03 Start
12.05 194 Gimbert Crashed - Post.4
12.05 16 Fuertes Crashed - Post.4
12.05 88 Aoyama Crashed - Post.4
12.05 No Jump Start
12.07 41 Haga Crashed - Rider OK
12.08 131 Morales Crashed - Rider OK
12.09 34 Kagayama Crashed - Rider OK - Post.10
12.09 194 Gimbert Rider OK
12.09 88 Aoyama Rider OK
12.10 111 Xaus Crashed - Rider OK - Post.10
12.10 111 Xaus Re-joined
12.10 84 Fabrizio Crashed - Rider OK - Post.12
12.15 3 Biaggi On the Gravel - Re-Joined - Post.12
12.19 23 Kiyonari Technical Problem - Post.12
12.20 111 Xaus Entered Pits
12.31 77 Napoleone Entered Pits
12.39 7 Checa Crashed - Rider OK
12.39 76 Neukirchner Crashed - Rider OK
12.41 End Of Session


SUPERSPORT RACE

12.57 Start Delayed
13.00 Pit Lane will open at 13.40
13.40 Sighting Lap Start
13.58 Warm-up Lap Start
14.01 Start
14.03 57 Dionisi Crashed - Rider OK
14.03 4 Alfonsi Crashed - Rider OK
14.03 82 Bonastre Crashed - Rider OK
14.03 199 Dell'Omo Crashed - Rider OK
14.04 No Jump Start
14.04 82 Bonastre Re-joined
14.05 82 Bonastre Entered Pits
14.07 47 Clementi Crashed Rider OK - Re Joined - Post.9
14.08 25 Brookes Entered Pits
14.09 88 Pitt Crashed - Rider OK - Post.15
14.09 88 Pitt Re-joined
14.09 24 McCoy Entered Pits
14.10 127 Harms Crashed - Rider OK - Post.10
14.16 81 Gowland On the Gravel
14.16 81 Gowland Crashed - Rider OK - Post.21
14.16 77 Veneman Crashed Rider OK - Re Joined - Post.6
14.16 47 Clementi Entered Pits
14.21 38 Leblanc Crashed - Medical Center - Post.17
14.23 77 Veneman Entered Pits
14.24 82 Bonastre Entered Pits
14.25 32 Giansanti Technical Problem - Post.7
14.27 51 Barragan Technical Problem - Post.12