World Superbikes at Brands coming up

[Wim_Impreza]

Qualifying 2:
1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 25.898 secs
2. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 25.920 secs
3. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 25.958 secs
4. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 26.030 secs
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 26.144 secs
6. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.156 secs
7. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 26.166 secs
8. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 26.218 secs
9. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.231 secs
10. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.279 secs
11. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 26.290 secs
12. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.441 secs
13 Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 26.466 secs
14. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 26.565 secs
15. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.577 secs
16. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 26.593 secs

17. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.701 secs
18. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 26.725 secs
19. Robert Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 26.921 secs
20. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 27.100 secs
21. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 27.149 secs
22. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 27.342 secs
23. Chris Walker GBR Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.353 secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.384 secs
25. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 27.478 secs
26. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 28.401 secs
27. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 29.937 secs
28. Tristan Palmer GBR Lloyds British Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 29.249secs
29. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 29.302 secs
30. Luca Morelli ITA D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 29.325 secs
31. Christian Zaiser AUT Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 29.446 secs

Regardless that I'm a biased Aussie, it was good to see a couple of Brits (Sykes and especially Walker) up there in QP as well as their adopted Kyonari.
Even though Walker's best lap in QP 2 put him in 23rd place, his lap time of 1'27.253 was only only 1.355 secs. in arrears of Bayliss' best.
I would expect that if he can get his new bike dialled in, we could see him in the top 10 on his first outing for his new team.

[Corny]

oh no, superbike will lose the superpole next year

they are looking for a system like F1 is using

[Wim_Impreza]

That Formula 1 system is really boring. DTM uses that too and there it is the same. We must enjoy the Superpole in the next rounds.

Mathieu Lagrive is surprisingly on pole in WSS. After a very little shower, he was setting the best time in the final minutes of the qualifying session.

Am really looking forward to the WSBK races to brighten things up a bit as it seems to have been raining forever in NZ with a lot of flooding and storm damage around the country. Cabin fever is setting in.

Am picking Nori for a double win of course but whatever the results I'm sure we will see a continuation of the fantastic racing we've seen all season. How's the weather looking?

[NinjaMaster]

Losing superpole sucks, I really like it.

I really hope Troy Corser can get a race win. He's been so close lately, I reckon he deserves one and to say it's overdue would be an understatement. Corser and Nori wins would be very nice with Bayliss a pair of 3rds.

Seems Rea and Jones are gonna be the ones to beat in supersport, clearly been the class of the field in qualifying. I really hope my boy Parkesy can get his act together for a win and close the championship gap on Pitty.

[Wim_Impreza]

How's the weather looking?

Warm-up times:
1 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'36.326
2 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.877
3 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.908
4 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'37.115
5 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.476
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.491
7 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'37.624
8 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'37.699
9 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.793
10 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'38.223
11 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'38.238
12 17 Palmer T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'38.257
13 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'38.433
14 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1'38.716
15 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'39.004
16 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.480
17 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.571
18 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.096
19 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'40.108
20 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'40.416
21 43 Pridmore J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.729
22 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'40.879
23 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'41.055
24 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'41.216
25 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'41.467
26 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'41.979
27 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'42.825
28 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'43.100

As you can see, they were 11 seconds slower than in Superpole, so it was wet in warm-up and hopefully also wet in the races. It is from Silverstone 2007 ago that we have seen a rain race in WSBK.

[Wim_Impreza]

The Superstock 1000 race was nice to see. Matteo Baiocco (Kawasaki) took on a half wet / half dry circuit the lead in the first rounds with Maxime Berger (Honda) and Matej Smrž (Honda). Belgian rider Xavier Siméon (Suzuki) couldn't start due to a technical problem in the warm-up lap. Also bad luck for Baiocco and Smrž who crashed out, just as Davide Giugliano (Honda).

In the last rounds, the sun was shining so the circuit dried up. Maxime Berger won before wildcard rider Sheridan Morias (South-Africa, Kawasaki) and Alessandro Antonelli. Brendan Roberts was 4th.

In the championship Brendan Roberts and Maxime Berger has both now 109 points, 14 more than Xavier Siméon.

[Corny]

What a race, this is motorcycle racing how it should be!

Race 2 to start in few minutes, I think Bayliss will get that, 2 Haga and 3 Kiyo

[ChrisS]

firstly and most importantly, my thoughts are with Craig Jones and his family

taken from Parkalgar Honda's official website

PARKALGAR HONDA’S Craig Jones has been taken to the Royal London hospital after a crash during the ninth round of the World Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch in Kent today.

The 23-year-old Peterborough based Brit was fighting for the race lead when the accident happened at Clark Curve. The race was stopped and red-flagged with the result going back to the previous lap as medical staff attended him on the track.

Simon Buckmaster, Parkalgar Honda Team Manager: “Craig was treated trackside by the medical staff before being transferred by air-ambulance to the Royal London Hospital. He has a serious head injury and the doctors have placed him in a pharmacological coma to stabilise his condition. We will not know any more for at least 24 or 48-hours – all our thoughts are with him and his family.

“I would like to thank the medical staff for their attention and also the well-wishers for their thoughts. We shall update the news on Craig’s condition as and when we can.”

Other than that. congrats to Kiyonari for a great double. A great recovery from a bad start in race 1 to beat Bayliss. If there was 1 more lap in the race Biaggi could have overtaken them both.

race 2 was a great race long battle between Kiyonari and Haga. Haga seemed to settle for 2nd in the last lap. Corser managed another podium finish.

Bayliss finished race 2 11th, but along with his 2nd place in race 1 he actually increased his championship lead.

Ten Kate bikes won 5 of the 6 races today. 2 superbike, 1 supersport, and 1 superstock 1000 they didnt win superstock 600