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[Gilles4Ever]

Well it snuck up on us, today sees the start of the WorldSBK season and it looks to be a humdinger.

Qualifying 1 from Losail

1. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 59.627 secs
2. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1min 59.853 secs
3. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 2min 00.307 secs
4. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 2min 00.476 secs
5. Yukio Kagayama JPN Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 2min 00.599 secs
6. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 2min 00.695 secs
7. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA R.G. Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 2min 00.724 secs
8. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 2min 00.744 secs
9. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 2min 00.857 secs
10. Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 2min 00.904 secs
11. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 2min 00.937 secs
12. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 2min 01.086 secs
13. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 2min 01.409 secs
14. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2min 01.677 secs
15. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 2min 01.729 secs
16. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 2min 01.955 secs
17. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 2min 01.984 secs
18. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Altea CBR1000RR 2min 02.004 secs
19. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 2min 02.100 secs
20. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2min 02.256 secs
21. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 2min 02.494 secs
22. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 2min 02.980 secs
23. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 2min 03.006 secs
24. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 2min 03.542 secs
25. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR 2min 03.765 secs
26. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 2min 03.796 secs
27. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 2min 04.264 secs
28. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team Yamaha YZF-R1 2min 06.363 secs

[WilliamsF1Jambo]

Thought quali was tomorrow but then again is the race on Saturday?

[WilliamsF1Jambo]

By that I meant first qualifying on Friday.

[Gilles4Ever]

Q1 Thursday, Q2 Friday, Race on Saturday

[TickTickBooom]

Shouldn't we have two seperate threads for these?

I don't know the World Superbike calendar, but it's going to be a hell of a thread if the races clash.

[Gilles4Ever]

MOTOGP CALENDAR 2008

DATES EVENT VENUE
Mar 9 QATAR DOHA/LOSAIL
Mar 30 SPAIN JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA
Apr 13 PORTUGAL ESTORIL
May 4 CHINA SHANGHAI
May 18 FRANCE LE MANS
Jun 1 ITALY MUGELLO
Jun 8 CATALUNYA MONTMELO
Jun 22 BRITAIN DONINGTON PARK
Jun 28 NETHERLANDS ASSEN [SATURDAY RACE]
Jul 13 GERMANY SACHSENRING
Jul 20 UNITED STATES LAGUNA SECA [MOTOGP CLASS ONLY]
Aug 17 CZECH REPUBLIC BRNO
Aug 31 SAN MARINO MISANO
Sept 14 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS
Sept 28 JAPAN MOTEGI
Oct 5 AUSTRALIA PHILLIP ISLAND
Oct 19 MALAYSIA SEPANG
Oct 26 VALENCIA RICARDO TORMO


THE WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR 2008

DATE COUNTRY CIRCUIT Be There!
Feb 23 QATAR DOHA/LOSAIL
Mar 2 AUSTRALIA PHILLIP ISLAND
Apr 6 SPAIN VALENCIA
Apr 27 NETHERLANDS ASSEN
May 11 ITALY MONZA
Jun 1 UNITED STATES SALT LAKE CITY
Jun 15 GERMANY NURBURGRING
Jun 29 SAN MARINO MISANO
Jul 20 CZECH REPUBLIC BRNO
Aug 3 BRITAIN BRANDS HATCH
Sept 7 EUROPE DONINGTON PARK
Sept 21 ITALY VALLELUNGA
Oct 5 FRANCE MAGNY-COURS
Oct 12 INDONESIA SENTUL
Nov 2 PORTUGAL PORTIMAO


So no clashes, just double headers.

[smithy]

Wahoo! It did sneak up on us, didn't it - and I have the entire 2008 racing calendar on my desk!

I'm surprised to see the Ten Kate Honda's so far down. I'll bet Ben is NOT surpirsed by Tamada's location ;)

[selespeed]

i'm surprised that kenan sofuoglu is so far down...i excpected him to be very fast after dominating 600.

will wsbk be on eurosport this year?

[Atreiu]

I can't wait for Indy.
How's work going there?

[Ben]

Originally posted by smithy
Wahoo! I'll bet Ben is NOT surpirsed by Tamada's location ;)

Well spotted The guy needs to pack it in.

Ben

[ex Rhodie racer]

Originally posted by Ben


Well spotted The guy needs to pack it in.

Ben

Shame really. Over 2 secs down on the other Kawas. Time to call it a day I think.
I though Max would be closer to the front on the Duc.
My money is still on Haga for the championship.

[Gilles4Ever]

Impressed by Fonsi, Yukio and especially Badovini.

Lanzi comes right on a satellite bike and beats his replacement?

[Nova]

All the Honda bikes seem to be struggeling

[Gilles4Ever]

Q2
Pos Rider Bike Session 1 Session 2 laps best time

1 Corser Troy Yamaha YZF-R1 1'59.627 1'58.560 34 1'58.560
2 Bayliss Troy Ducati 1098 F08 1'59.853 1'58.829 35 1'58.829
3 Neukirchner Max Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'00.904 1'58.990 38 1'58.990
4 Haga Noriyuki Yamaha YZF-R1 2'00.476 1'59.173 31 1'59.173
5 Lanzi Lorenzo Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'00.724 1'59.337 37 1'59.337
6 Biaggi Max Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'00.744 1'59.435 37 1'59.435
7 Fabrizio Michel Ducati 1098 F08 2'00.937 1'59.554 35 1'59.554
8 Checa Carlos Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.409 1'59.758 38 1'59.758
9 Nieto Fonsi Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'00.307 1'59.805 41 1'59.805
10 Xaus Ruben Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'00.695 1'59.940 33 1'59.940
11 Kagayama Yukio Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'00.599 1'59.998 37 1'59.998
12 Badovini Ayrton Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'01.677 2'00.033 33 2'00.033
13 Smrz Jakub Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'01.955 2'00.148 34 2'00.148
14 Sofuoglu Kenan Honda CBR1000RR 2'03.765 2'00.292 38 2'00.292
15 Lavilla Gregorio Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.729 2'00.438 34 2'00.438
16 Rolfo Roberto Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.004 2'00.522 38 2'00.522
17 Gimbert Sébastien Yamaha YZF-R1 2'00.857 2'00.554 41 2'00.554
18 Muggeridge Karl Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.086 2'00.607 34 2'00.607
19 Checa David Yamaha YZF-R1 2'01.984 2'00.643 41 2'00.643
20 Kiyonari Ryuichi Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.494 2'00.698 38 2'00.698
21 Iannuzzo Vittorio Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'02.256 2'00.854 32 2'00.854
22 Holland Russel Honda CBR1000RR 2'03.006 2'00.971 38 2'00.971
23 Tamada Makoto Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'04.264 2'01.303 30 2'01.303
24 Morelli Luca Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.980 2'01.396 38 2'01.396
25 Laconi Régis Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'02.100 2'01.429 32 2'01.429
26 Nakatomi Shinichi Yamaha YZF-R1 2'03.542 2'01.675 40 2'01.675
27 Aoyama Shuhei Honda CBR1000RR 2'03.796 2'02.059 41 2'02.059
28 Napoleone Loic Yamaha YZF-R1 2'06.363 2'05.516 31 2'05.516

[santori]

Lost Toseland, gained Neukirchner? I'm hopeful that the championship will be as competitive as last year.

Is this the first time that the Checa brothers been part of the same series?

[Moanaman]

Guess the MotoGP is back for a fourth season!!! Don't be shy

[Gilles4Ever]

Superpole

1 11 Corser T. AUS Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 1'58.053 1
2 111 Xaus R. ESP Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 1'58.689 0.636 1
3 3 Biaggi M. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 1'58.767 0.714 1
4 76 Neukirchner M. GER Suzuki GSX-R1000PIT IN 1'58.964 0.911 1
5 57 Lanzi L. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 1'58.975 0.922 1
6 41 Haga N. JPN Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 1'59.017 0.964 1
7 21 Bayliss T. AUS Ducati 1098 F08PIT IN 1'59.224 1.171 1
8 34 Kagayama Y. JPN Suzuki GSX-R1000PIT IN 1'59.285 1.232 1
9 7 Checa C. ESP Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 1'59.417 1.364 1
10 84 Fabrizio M. ITA Ducati 1098 F08PIT IN 1'59.450 1.397 1
11 10 Nieto F. ESP Suzuki GSX-R1000PIT IN 1'59.921 1.868 1
12 96 Smrz J. CZE Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 1'59.984 1.931 1
13 36 Lavilla G. ESP Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'00.095 2.042 1
14 54 Sofuoglu K. TUR Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'00.313 2.260 1
15 44 Rolfo R. ITA Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.208 3.155 1
16 86 Badovini A. ITA Kawasaki ZX-10RPIT IN 2'01.238 3.185 1

[Ben]

Originally posted by santori
Lost Toseland, gained Neukirchner? I'm hopeful that the championship will be as competitive as last year.

Is this the first time that the Checa brothers been part of the same series?

David subbed for Elias on Tech 3 in 2005 for a few races.

Ben

[carbonfibre]

Hmm nice stuff from Biaggi on the duc, hope he does well this season. Finally something good on tv again this weekend.

[ex Rhodie racer]

Originally posted by santori
Lost Toseland, gained Neukirchner? I'm hopeful that the championship will be as competitive as last year.

Spot on Santori. I´m quite friendly with one of Max´s mechanics from last year, and he told me his bike in 2007 was very ordinary, as well as the team he rode for was run on a shoestring. I reckon he will be the man this year, now that he has a decent team behind him. I´m looking forward to seeing him make his breakthrough this year.

[Chubby_Deuce]

I heard on another forum that Honda only recently shipped their 08 bikes, so they're behind in testing. I don't follow WSBK testing at all, so I could be completely wrong.

[santori]

Originally posted by Ben


David subbed for Elias on Tech 3 in 2005 for a few races.

Ben

Ah, yes. There was something niggling.

Originally posted by ex Rhodie racer


Spot on Santori. I´m quite friendly with one of Max´s mechanics from last year, and he told me his bike in 2007 was very ordinary, as well as the team he rode for was run on a shoestring. I reckon he will be the man this year, now that he has a decent team behind him. I´m looking forward to seeing him make his breakthrough this year.

Strange that (according to the commentators) his team regards him as the third rider. Or, rather, they did. I don't think they do anymore.

[Gilles4Ever]

What an opener, great race, Don't think Biaggi is too popular, Haga should have known better, magnificent ride by Checa on an untested bike, Max N great for the 3rd rider and no testing.

We are in for a great season

Edit: worldsbk.com streams the races live and free

[Gilles4Ever]

1 21 Bayliss T. AUS Ducati 1098 F08PIT IN 1'59.603 18
2 3 Biaggi M. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 1'59.422 0.396 18
3 11 Corser T. AUS Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 1'59.699 1.878 18
4 111 Xaus R. ESP Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 2'00.181 4.487 18
5 76 Neukirchner M. GER Suzuki GSX-R1000PIT IN 1'59.624 7.505 18
6 7 Checa C. ESP Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'00.311 9.639 18
7 10 Nieto F. ESP Suzuki GSX-R1000PIT IN 1'59.789 9.725 18
8 34 Kagayama Y. JPN Suzuki GSX-R1000PIT IN 2'00.422 19.537 18
9 84 Fabrizio M. ITA Ducati 1098 F08PIT IN 2'00.315 23.156 18
10 96 Smrz J. CZE Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 2'01.139 24.429 18
11 44 Rolfo R. ITA Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.504 27.595 18
12 54 Sofuoglu K. TUR Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.174 27.979 18
13 36 Lavilla G. ESP Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.349 28.237 18
14 41 Haga N. JPN Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 1'59.217 30.205 18
15 55 Laconi R. FRA Kawasaki ZX-10RPIT IN 2'01.274 31.882 18
16 57 Lanzi L. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 08PIT IN 2'01.312 32.067 18
17 31 Muggeridge K. AUS Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.478 40.745 18
18 86 Badovini A. ITA Kawasaki ZX-10RPIT IN 2'01.663 41.280 18
19 13 Iannuzzo V. ITA Kawasaki ZX-10RPIT IN 2'01.606 41.333 18
20 194 Gimbert S. FRA Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 2'01.729 41.743 18
21 38 Nakatomi S. JPN Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 2'01.802 43.183 18
22 23 Kiyonari R. JPN Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.255 43.569 18
23 94 Checa D. ESP Yamaha YZF-R1PIT IN 2'01.881 43.892 18
24 83 Holland R. AUS Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'01.442 50.380 18
25 88 Aoyama S. JPN Honda CBR1000RRPIT IN 2'02.248 1'12.884 18

[selespeed]

what happened to haga?

[santori]

Great start.

Troy B., Maxes, Carlos Checa.

Haga has a bit of a thing about Biaggi. I wonder if he'd have done that if it had been anyone else.

[Gilles4Ever]

Originally posted by selespeed
what happened to haga?

Biaggi ran in hot, got in front of Haga who got upset and waved his fist then highsided

To me Biaggi is an accident waiting for a place to happen, he always runs in too hot when trying to pass and 90% of the time runs wide and lets the guy straight back past or like last year with Haga, runs into him.

[santori]

Originally posted by Chubby_Deuce
I heard on another forum that Honda only recently shipped their 08 bikes, so they're behind in testing. I don't follow WSBK testing at all, so I could be completely wrong.

Yes, so with Checa already within 10 seconds of the lead and Rolfo, Sofuoglu and Lavilla within 30, the season could become even more competitive.

[carbonfibre]

Originally posted by Gilles4Ever


Biaggi ran in hot, got in front of Haga who got upset and waved his fist then highsided

To me Biaggi is an accident waiting for a place to happen, he always runs in too hot when trying to pass and 90% of the time runs wide and lets the guy straight back past or like last year with Haga, runs into him.

Biaggi passed him and there was nothing to it, but Haga refused and touched Biaggi's rear wheel and then started to try and wave and then he screwed himself.

Sorry but haga should have known better, Biaggi is a tough rider yes but there was nothing to this one, completely haga's fault. And those were 2 great races, Biaggi suprised me he did very well on the duc, Honda will come a lot closer the next few races but i can't see checa being a danger for the championship, he just isnt good enough but that's my personal opinion.

[woftam]

Originally posted by Gilles4Ever


Biaggi ran in hot, got in front of Haga who got upset and waved his fist then highsided

To me Biaggi is an accident waiting for a place to happen, he always runs in too hot when trying to pass and 90% of the time runs wide and lets the guy straight back past or like last year with Haga, runs into him.

I agree - some of Max's overtakes were a bit harsh but no worse than some of Bayliss attempts at overtaking Corser. In fact I can't believe Bayliss won the first race considering he must have made about 6 or 7 mistakes throughout the last half of the race. Can't believe he was still on the bike to be honest, any one of the small trips over the ripple strips and into the dirt could have thrown him off, not to mention the couple of Kamikaze attempts to run up the inside under brakes of Corser. He got there in the end so full marks to him but I'm sure he wont rate it one of his most flawless wins.

Haga - Now what was this guy thinking? Perhaps it would have been wise to complete the corner before taking a hand off the handlebars to shake a fist at Max.

[Gilles4Ever]

It's so noce to see the new blood up there mixing it up. Nieto is there, Neukirchner and Fabrizio are thereabouts too, Sofuoglu and Rolfo will be there once they start work on the Honda. All bodes well for a dynamite season.

And a stellar ride from the old man, last on lap 1 to finish 11th on untested equipment

Seems one of the Ten Kate Fireblades only arrived from HRC this week HRC tricked to the hilt, and the first thing Ten Kate did was strip off all the HRC trick parts and put their own on because they are tried and tested.

Bummer for Foret, that guy has so much talent but is blighted by stupidity and bad luck.
And the Triumphs showed brilliant early race form.

[Gilles4Ever]

Results for those who missed them.

Superbikes Race 2
1. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 18 laps
2. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 +0.301secs
3. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 +1.321secs
4. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 +6.452secs
5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 +7.627secs
6. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA R.G. Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 +9.117secs
7. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +10.806secs
8. Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 +11.661ecs
9. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 +13.269secs
10. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR +14.563secs
11. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +15.953secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R +16.748secs
13. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +18.356secs
14. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +26.311secs
15. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +26.560secs
16. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +26.863secs
17. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +26.821secs
18. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 +28.650secs
19. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +33.150secs
20. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR +36.656secs
21. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR +42.633secs
22. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR +55.352secs

RET. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 17 laps completed
RET. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 11 laps completed
RET. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 10 laps completed
RET. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team Yamaha YZF-R1 9 laps completed
RET. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 4 laps completed
RET. Yukio Kagayama JPN Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 0 laps completed


Supersport


1. Broc Parkes AUS Yamaha
2. Joan Lascorz ESP Glaner Motocard
3. Craig Jones Parkalqar Racing Team
4. Josh Brookes AUS Hannspree Stiggy Motors
5. Matthieu Lagrive FRA Intermoto Czech
6. Barry Veneman NED Ressoftware
7. Robbin Harms DEN Hannspree Stiggy Motors
8. David Salom ESP Yamaha Spain
9. Chris Walker GBR Kawasaki Gil Motor Sport
10. Gianluca Vizziello ITA Berry Racing

[Bumper]

Originally posted by Gilles4Ever
To me Biaggi [...] always runs in too hot when trying to pass and 90% of the time runs wide and lets the guy straight back past

Aaargh, he always does that and it's driving me mad that he *still* overtakes like that after all these years. You'd think he'd try to improve or rethink but it's very much something inherent to his driving style.

[santori]

WSBK must give hope to all troubled series. Just a few years ago, things weren't looking very promising at all and now it's about the most entertaining series out there.

[giddyup409]

if it wasn't maxine giving up the lead on the last corner of the 1st race i would have said it was ducati xerox factory team giving a warning nod to sterilgarda. max looked so much more under control of the new 1098 than bayliss. what was the explanation of those front tire slides that bayliss had in the middle of the race?
too bad haga made himself look very silly. i guess maxine being infront is unbearable for him!
in race 2, fonsi must have been pleased to see yamaha and ducati team mates too hostile to each other. great win for him!

to me --
rider of the weekend: fonsi nieto
team of the weekend: sterilgarda
some cons: the colors of the bikes are so bland that you can't easily differentiate.
pros: great racing and hot, HOT pit girls!

[Sith]

Originally posted by Bumper


Aaargh, he always does that and it's driving me mad that he *still* overtakes like that after all these years. You'd think he'd try to improve or rethink but it's very much something inherent to his driving style.

He's a Roman.. I thought after all these years you'd get that????

[Atreiu]

Tonight's the night test at Qatar.
Where can we get videos of it??

[woftam]

Originally posted by Atreiu
Tonight's the night test at Qatar.
Where can we get videos of it??

Don't know about video's but here is times as of 10pm
They are still running until midnight I think?

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) – 1.55.330 al 41° (Laps 42)
2. James Toseland (Yamaha Tech3) – 1.56.251 al 49° (51)
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda JiR Scot) – 1.56.442 al 33° (45)
4. Randy De Puniet (Honda LCR) – 1.56.591 al 52° (53)
5. Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech3) – 1.56.860 al 41° (43)
6. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) – 1.57.038 al 44° (62)
7. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) – 1.57.100 al 32° (43)
8. Alex De Angelis (Honda San Carlo) – 1.57.210 al 34° (42)
9. John Hopkins (Kawasaki Monster) – 1.57.220 al 31° (32)
10. Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) – 1.57.551 al 42° (48)
11. Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) – 1.57.630 al 43° (43)
12. Sylvain Guintoli (Alice Ducati) – 1.57.644 al 44° (44)
13. Anthony West (Kawasaki Monster) – 1.57.787 al 34° (34)
14. Shinya Nakano (Honda San Carlo) – 1.57.835 al 46° (46)
15. Marco Melandri (Ducati Marlboro) – 1.58.089 al 41° (45)
16. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) – 1.58.208 al 38° (39)
17. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) – 1.58.256 al 39° (40)
18. Toni Elias (Alice Ducati) – 1.58.591 al 43° (43)

[lorca]

Final Times:

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) – 1.55.330 al 41° (laps 61)
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) – 1.56.019 al 76° (77)
3. Randy De Puniet (Honda LCR) – 1.56.062 al 85° (88 )
4. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda JiR Scot) – 1.56.121 al 63° (81)
5. James Toseland (Yamaha Tech3) – 1.56.251 al 49° (90)
6. Alex De Angelis (Honda San Carlo) – 1.56.571 al 56° (69)
7. John Hopkins (Kawasaki Monster) – 1.56.614 al 71° (71)
8. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) – 1.56.621 al 72° (72)
9. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) – 1.56.749 al 70° (82)
10. Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech3) – 1.56.762 al 61° (82)
11. Toni Elias (Alice Ducati) – 1.57.007 al 82° (85)
12. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) – 1.57.010 al 89° (91)
13. Shinya Nakano (Honda San Carlo) – 1.57.223 al 78° (79)
14. Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) – 1.57.522 al 76° (80)
15. Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) – 1.57.551 al 42° (66)
16. Marco Melandri (Ducati Marlboro) – 1.57.593 al 46° (70)
17. Sylvain Guintoli (Alice Ducati) – 1.57.644 al 44° (66)
18. Anthony West (Kawasaki Monster) – 1.57.787 al 34° (51)

Anthony West has escaped serious injury in a big crash at last corner.

[Atreiu]

Nice.
Nothing unusual in seing Stoner up front.
I hope it's actually safe for them to race.

[Kaiser]

Crash.net has 2 reports up about the night test. Is everyone at atlas sleeping?

'Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo was the rider closest to Stoner, the reigning 250cc world champion headlining an impressive opening day for the four premier-class rookies - who were all inside the top six."

Toseland is doing better than I was expecting him to do. I thought superbike riders couldn't ride motoGP bikes anymore.

"Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa, who used a softer tyre at the end of the session to cut his lap time."

"Seven times world champion Valentino Rossi
was ninth - and complaining about the cold temperatures"

link

[Bumper]

Originally posted by Kaiser
Crash.net has 2 reports up about the night test.

"The quest to eliminate as much shadowing as possible has resulted in the provision of enough light for a hypothetical street running from Qatar's capital, Doha, to Moscow in Russia - while the power required amounts to some 5.4 million watts, enough to provide electricity simultaneously to some 3,000 houses."

Wow. I still don't see the point of this artificial 'spectacle' but I guess I'm a minority.

[Atreiu]

The point, well, it's just some business in the middle of some racing.


About the track being so 'cold', is it that hard to put a tyre into temperature? Can't they simply go softer?
Maybe Ben has some nice insight about what can possibly happen with a track so cold.

edit: Lorenzo's comments were interesting too, IMO.

[Gilles4Ever]

Phillip island Q1

1. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.336 secs
2. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1min 32.374 secs
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 1min 32.570 secs
4 Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.808 secs
5. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.827 secs
6. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.827 secs
7. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.827 secs
8. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 33.188 secs
9. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 33.269 secs
10. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.283 secs
11. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.340 secs
12. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.489 secs
13. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 33.588 secs
14. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.718 secs
15. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.995 secs
16. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 34.050 secs
17. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 34.082 secs
18. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR 1min 34.171 secs
19. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 34.419 secs
20. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 34.446 secs
21. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.491 secs
22. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 34.659 secs
23. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.765 secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.123 secs
25. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.498 secs
26 Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 35.946 secs

[selespeed]

is haga suffering from the last week crash??

[Gilles4Ever]

Originally posted by selespeed
is haga suffering from the last week crash??

Yes, he is supposedly in quite a bit of pain - plus he had set up problems

[Atreiu]

Nice time be Lorenzo, I wonder what will happen if he gets in Rossi's way...

[Gilles4Ever]

Q2 from the island

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1min 32.127 secs
2. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.151 secs
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 1min 32.227 secs
4. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.447 secs
5. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.478 secs
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.511 secs
7 Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.543 secs
8. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.565 secs
9. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.737 secs
10. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 32.831 secs
11. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.837 secs
12. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.908 secs
13. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.060 secs
14. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 33.237 secs
15. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.269 secs
16. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 33.289 secs
17. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 33.416 secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.460 secs
19. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.522 secs
20. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 33.715 secs
21. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR 1min 33.728 secs
22. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 33.833 secs
23. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.088 secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.220 secs
25 Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.291 secs
26. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.345 secs
27. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 38.220 secs

Phillip Island official WSBK lap records:
Best lap: Troy Corser AUS Yamaha 1min 31.826secs (2007)
Superpole: Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1min 32.145secs (2007)
Fastest lap: Troy Corser AUS Yamaha 1min 31.826secs (2007)

[Gilles4Ever]

Superpole

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1min 31.493secs 1min 32.127secs
2. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.011secs 1min 32.151secs
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 1min 32.164secs 1min 32.227secs
4. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.373secs 1min 32.447secs
9. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.711secs 1min 32.737secs
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.714secs 1min 32.511secs
11. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.728secs 1min 32.837secs
7 Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.767secs 1min 32.543secs
12. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.903secs 1min 32.908secs
10. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 32.962secs 1min 32.831secs
5. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.983secs 1min 32.478secs
13. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.028secs 1min 33.060secs
16. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 33.104secs 1min 33.289secs
15. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.060secs 1min 33.269secs
14. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 34.166secs 1min 33.237secs
8. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 no time 1min 32.565secs

17. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 33.416secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.460secs
19. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.522secs
20. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 33.715secs
21. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR 1min 33.728secs
22. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 33.833secs
23. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.088secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR1min 34.220secs
25 Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.291secs
26. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR1min 34.345secs
27. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 38.220secs

[lorca]

Race 1 resluts:

1. Troy BAYLISS (Duc 1098F08), 22 laps, 34:22.933
2. Troy CORSER (Yam YZF-R1), -4.221 seconds
3. Michel FABRIZIO (Duc 1098F08), -4.738
4. Ruben XAUS (Duc 1098RS), -5.171
5. Fonsi NIETO (Suz GSX-R1000), -5.543
6. Carlos CHECA (Hon CBR1000RR), -5.895
7. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Suz GSX-R1000), -5.964
8. Noriyuki HAGA (Yam YZF-R1), -14.826
9. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Hon CBR1000RR), -18.899
10. Roberto ROLFO (Hon CBR1000RR), -20.633
11. Gregorio LAVILLA (Hon CBR1000RR), -21.601
12. Karl MUGGERIDGE (Hon CBR1000RR), -29.281
13. Lorenzo LANZI (Duc 1098RS), -29.500
14. Kenan SOFUOGLU (Hon CBR1000RR), -30.030
15. Shinichi NAKATOMI (Yam YZF-R1), -30.223
16. Sebastien GIMBERT (Yam YZF-R1), -30.800
17. Russell HOLLAND (Hon CBR1000RR), -50.107
18. Shuhei AOYAMA (Hon CBR1000RR), -67.385
19. Max BIAGGI (Duc 1098RS), -7 laps, DNF, crash
20. Makoto TAMADA (Kaw ZX-10R), -10 laps, DNF, retired
21. Ayrton BADOVINI (Kaw ZX-10R), -13 laps, DNF, retired
22. Loic NAPOLEONE (Yam YZF-R1), -15 laps, DNF, retired
23. Regis LACONI (Kaw ZX-10R), -16 laps, DNF, retired
24. Jakub SMRZ (Duc 1098RS), -20 laps, DNF, crash
25. David CHECA (Yam YZF-R1), -22 laps, DNF, retired
26. Luca MORELLI (Hon CBR1000RR), DNS
27. Vittorio IANNUZZO (Kaw ZX-10R), DNS


Race 2 results:

1. Troy BAYLISS (Duc 1098F08), 22 laps, 34:35.284
2. Carlos CHECA (Hon CBR1000RR), -1.127 seconds
3. Fonsi NIETO (Suz GSX-R1000), -4.395
4. Ruben XAUS (Duc 1098RS), -6.621
5. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Suz GSX-R1000), -11.550
6. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Hon CBR1000RR), -11.620
7. Noriyuki HAGA (Yam YZF-R1), -12.049
8. Gregorio LAVILLA (Hon CBR1000RR), -12.134
9. Russell HOLLAND (Hon CBR1000RR), -13.462
10. Karl MUGGERIDGE (Hon CBR1000RR), -15.519
11. Kenan SOFUOGLU (Hon CBR1000RR), -16.225
12. David CHECA (Yam YZF-R1), -21.959
13. Sebastien GIMBERT (Yam YZF-R1), -21.989
14. Makoto TAMADA (Kaw ZX-10R), -29.106
15. Shinichi NAKATOMI (Yam YZF-R1), -29.219
16. Roberto ROLFO (Hon CBR1000RR), -32.994, jump start/ride-through penalty
17. Regis LACONI (Kaw ZX-10R), -34.380, jump start/ride-through penalty
18. Jakub SMRZ (Duc 1098RS), -42.537, jump start/ride-through penalty
19. Michel FABRIZIO (Duc 1098F08), -46.623, jump start/ride-through penalty
20. Lorenzo LANZI (Duc 1098RS), -47.030
21. Ayrton BADOVINI (Kaw ZX-10R), -68.601
22. Max BIAGGI (Duc 1098RS), -16 laps, DNF, crash
23. Troy CORSER (Yam YZF-R1), -18 laps, DNF, jump start/crash
24. Shuhei AOYAMA (Hon CBR1000RR), -19 laps, DNF, retired
25. Loic NAPOLEONE (Yam YZF-R1), -19 laps, DNF, retired

Biaggi had a big crash, broke his wrist. Here is video