WSBK losail.

[oz r1]

Superbike - Superpole losail.




1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'57.280
2 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'57.384
3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1'57.694
4 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'57.850
5 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'57.878
6 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 1'58.755
7 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.090
8 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 2'00.021
9 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'58.734
10 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'58.919
11 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'59.044
12 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.055
13 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'59.074
14 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'59.134
15 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'59.435
16 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'59.454
17 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.713
18 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.882
19 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'59.926
20 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 2'00.108
21 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 2'00.738
22 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'00.839
23 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'01.047
24 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 2'01.165
25 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.560
26 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'01.561
27 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'01.607
28 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'02.663


Good to see the R1's up there :ayyy:

[dazzler]

when is this race???, i watched the first round, but have not managed to catch dates and times for this one!!!

if the first round is anything to go from...... its gonna be a "rip snorting pearler" of a year!!!

[oz r1]

Sunday 7:45 pm fox 3 , doesn't look like ten have it on at all.

[dazzler]

thank ozR1:ayyy:

sitting down early sunday night to settle in!!

[Mrs Mozz]

I think youll find its tonight Saturday at 8pm, Fox 3

[dazzler]

:confused1: hmmm.....

bit of league then hours of bikes!!!!!!!!!!!

what an evening!!!!!
better check foxtel.com

thank you Mrs Mozz!!!:mod_smilie_rockwoot

[dazzler]

you legend mrs mozz:ayyy:

tonight Saturday 14/march/09 7:45pm fox 3 wooooohhhhhoooooo!!!!

[Mrs Mozz]

Your welcome dazz:ayyy: wouldnt want you to miss it. Awesome racing this year for sure!

[spotcom]

That's it. I'm phoning Foxtel. As much as I hate paying for something I very rarely watch, I just can't stand missing out on WSBK. MotoGP will also be a bonus. As will all of the other motorsports.

[Bigdog]

That Spies is something else, hey. As much as I don't like Yanks, this guy can bloody ride. He has pole again at another place he hasn't been, pretty inpressive.

[Mozzie]

Yeah your not wrong Biggy he's fucken good isn't he and it's not like he had it eazy in US racing against Mat Maladin and the likes.

[Captain]

Ahhh ... Losail ... what a lovely place (where's that vomit emoticon?). Sure the track might be good, but the rest?

http://www.rideontwo.com/gallery/d/56529-1/Qatar_Aerial.jpg

[dazzler]

should do something similiar in the NT:lmao:

if you build it they will come......!!!

[Captain]

Superpole highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYkZ3iF3d_8

[spotcom]

That Spies is something else, hey. As much as I don't like Yanks, this guy can bloody ride. He has pole again at another place he hasn't been, pretty inpressive.

I agree. Apparently he had never ridden this track before, and after a couple of days, goes out and beats the track record. He's genius, I think.

[oz r1]

Sorry guy's , i meant Saturday (tonight)sorry again.:o

[Captain]

Fuckin Foxtel, mine's through satellite and it's been offline (storm) for the last 10 mins :storm:

[slow bro]

Fuckin Foxtel, mine's through satellite and it's been offline (storm) for the last 10 mins :storm:

Mine's working:lmao::lmao:

[Captain]

Just came back .... phew, looks like not much has changed

[oz r1]

If spies and the R1 continue on like this for the remainder of the year i can see ducati asking for another 100 cc.

[oz r1]

Fuckin Foxtel, mine's through satellite and it's been offline (storm) for the last 10 mins :storm:

jinx me ya bastard , mine went down just on the second last lap and came back on just over the finish.:lmao:and mines cable not sat.

[Mozzie]

Mine went off on the last lap and came back on just after they went over the line.:storm:

[Captain]

Anyone else noticed how they got the flags mixed up (behind podium) on race 1? :spank:

[WET4URacing]

did anyone see where spies tank cap was?

[Zee]

Mine went off on the last lap and came back on just after they went over the line.:storm:

Yeah...I lost it too :cursing:

[jasonbw]

Same here :(

[Bigdog]

Well there ya go, Ben hosed them in both races.
Looks like WSBK's are full of old men, has-beens and young guys who just can't cut it in MotoGP.
It's early days but it's really starting to look like he's going to win it this year.
Looks like he needs to go to MotoGP to really be tested.

[zRoYz]

Well there ya go, Ben hosed them in both races.
Looks like WSBK's are full of old men, has-beens and young guys who just can't cut it in MotoGP.
It's early days but it's really starting to look like he's going to win it this year.
Looks like he needs to go to MotoGP to really be tested.

Checa has to go he has done nothing since entering WSB & is taking up a spot some new young gun could have in a team who's bikes should be up the front. He only has the spot due to the sponsorship dollars he brings with him.

Fabrizio is another he might have 1-2 good races in the whole season.

[SIX36]

It will be good racing from 2nd to 5th place for the whole season, but really no different to Bayliss being out in front everywhere and anywhere, some tracks will obviously make for more even racing but PI and Qatar would have to one some of the fastest tracks in season?

Next season will be better once Honda and Kawak bring their big/long bang engine into production.

Supersport is where its at this year.

[zRoYz]

It will be good racing from 2nd to 5th place for the whole season, but really no different to Bayliss being out in front everywhere and anywhere, some tracks will obviously make for more even racing but PI and Qatar would have to one some of the fastest tracks in season?

Next season will be better once Honda and Kawak bring their big/long bang engine into production.

Supersport is where its at this year.

That is the strange thing the yamaha isn't meant to have up top out put like say the Suzuki/Honda. The motor design is to make the motor more tractable over the rev range like the v twins with better torque. So you think it would have suffered on the fast tracks, I think it will be even more of a weapon on the slower tracks. But on saying that lets not discount the rider he is the one making the difference.

[holdontight]

That is the strange thing the yamaha isn't meant to have up top out put like say the Suzuki/Honda. The motor design is to make the motor more tractable over the rev range like the v twins with better torque. So you think it would have suffered on the fast tracks, I think it will be even more of a weapon on the slower tracks. But on saying that lets not discount the rider he is the one making the difference.

The engine was designed more to maintain grip on exit & to be kind to the rear tyre. It was always going to have good power in RACE form as it dosn't have to last that long. Its only in road form that they have to last. The use of the cross plane crank gives the engine the torque thats going to keep them selling as the H/P falls.

[zRoYz]

The engine was designed more to maintain grip on exit & to be kind to the rear tyre. It was always going to have good power in RACE form as it dosn't have to last that long. Its only in road form that they have to last. The use of the cross plane crank gives the engine the torque thats going to keep them selling as the H/P falls.

Good point.

[Bigdog]

I think it's more the rider that's making the bike look so good. This guy hasn't even been to these tracks and he is handing them all their ass's, as the Yanks would put it.

[Cedric]

I'd be surprised if some lucrative offers don't go Spies's way from MotoGP if the start of the WSBK season is anything to go on.. but I doubt it'd be a good career move - going from a category where you're constantly running at the front, to a mid pack wonder.

Some big assumptions in there, I agree.

[Bigdog]

I'd be surprised if some lucrative offers don't go Spies's way from MotoGP if the start of the WSBK season is anything to go on.. but I doubt it'd be a good career move - going from a category where you're constantly running at the front, to a mid pack wonder.

Some big assumptions in there, I agree.

He won't be going to any crappy Satellite teams, his mum will make sure of that. She is a pretty shrewd business woman and she has a product that will be in very hot demand.

[Cedric]

He won't be going to any crappy Satellite teams, his mum will make sure of that. She is a pretty shrewd business woman and she has a product that will be in very hot demand.


Then I think his future with Yamaha might be short lived if he wants to go to MotoGP - I doubt they're going to move on Rossi/Lorenzo anytime soon - maybe with Rossi's departure there might be a good opportunity for him, but who knows when that'll be.

[SIX36]

I guess the real answer will come when we see the OZ superbikes and the new R1 in Australia and other levels of racing around the globe to see how or if it dominates just as much.

Either or its good to see something giving a Ducati a better run for its money LOL:stirthepot:

[Birdman45]

Rossi has already said that if he keeps riding like this and wins this year then there'll be a spot for him on Rossi's team next year. 3 bikes? Or bye bye Lorenzo? This is put up or shut up this year for Jorge I rekon. LOL

Top end isn't everything when it comes to how fast you are down the straight. The sooner you are on the gas and the faster you accelerate will govern your speed down the straight, so whatever he lacks in top end h.p (not much I'd think anyway), he'd make up for in that respect.

Interesting to see how the R1's go in Oz supers next round coz they had nothin at the Island.

[oz r1]

Rossi has already said that if he keeps riding like this and wins this year then there'll be a spot for him on Rossi's team next year. 3 bikes? Or bye bye Lorenzo? This is put up or shut up this year for Jorge I rekon. LOL

Top end isn't everything when it comes to how fast you are down the straight. The sooner you are on the gas and the faster you accelerate will govern your speed down the straight, so whatever he lacks in top end h.p (not much I'd think anyway), he'd make up for in that respect.

Interesting to see how the R1's go in Oz supers next round coz they had nothin at the Island.

I heard that the yamy guys didn't qualify so they started at the rear or some sort of drama's at PI .The stauffer's and the aussie r1's have been on top for a long while have'nt they ? except for 08.

[Birdman45]

Yeah I know, that is what I am saying........ they are at the top or close to it all the time, yet PI they were in Struggle town , population 2. Haha Be interesting to see how they go next round.

[Stu23]

I think he may end up on Edwards Yam....perhaps sooner than later. He might want reassurance that Herve gets top kit from Yamaha though..