WSBK LAUSITZ pickems

only three rounds to go

Race 1:
Haga
Toseland
Biaggi (oh no! did I really pick Mad Max)

Race 2:
Haga
Bayliss
Toseland

pole: Nori mokin:

Supersport ??

[tha_jackal]

Yamaha World Supersport Team 2008 Rider Line up

"The Yamaha World Supersport Team is pleased to announce their rider line up for 2008, ahead of next weekend’s race at Lausitz in Germany. Australian Broc Parkes will remain with the team and he will be joined by the French former Supersport world champion Fabien Foret.

2008 will be Broc’s sixth year challenging in the World Supersport Championship and his fourth with Yamaha. 25 year-old Parkes plans to fight for the world title this year were hampered by injury early on in the season when he broke his collar bone at Donington in April. In spite of this, Parkes has been in contention for top positions at each of the other events this year. Following his first win of the season at Brands Hatch last month, he is now looking to finish the year on a high and is targeting third position in the championship and still has a mathematical chance to finish 2nd.

Fabien Foret, aged 34, joins the Yamaha World Supersport team with a good pedigree behind him. He was World Supersport Champion in 2002 and is currently second in the championship, having won this year’s Philip Island round. The Frenchman, who is known for being a hard charger on the track, has ten race wins and twelve more podiums to his name in addition to the title. Foret is no stranger to Yamaha, having ridden in the Supersport championship for the Yamaha Motor Italia team in 2004 and he rode for the German-based team at Lausitz last year as a stand-in rider, where he made a strong impression on the team by finishing third without any prior testing time on the bike. He brings with him a wealth of experience covering entries in Superstock, Supersport and Superbike championships.

The 11th round of the 2007 World Supersport Championship will take place this coming weekend in Germany."


Bleh! Why would you waste your time on Foret aka Mr Racewhilelookingbehind!? O'Halloran or Tommy Hill would of been my picks.. Strange one..

[ChrisS]

2007 designated replacement rider Steve Martin will take part at Lausitz, this time he will be riding a Suzuki for Team Celani replaceing Alessandro Polita that had surgery to his shoulder.

Its an one-race deal but if the Italian is not able to ride again before the end of the season, Martin could ride for the remaining three rounds

[ChrisS]

Tommy Hill will also be at Lausitz racing for Yamaha at world supersport

[The Phantom]

No-one seems to know what has happened to Kev Curtain... international man of mystery.

Toseland for the double. The Ten Kate Superbike is historically very strong towards the end of the season and Toseland is in peak form.

Ducati will be concentrating on the 1098 atm so development of the 999 will suffer.

Suzuki could surprise... Yamaha as always will figure in the outcome too.

[ChrisS]

Q1

1 AUS Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 999 F07 26 1'38.569
2 AUS Troy Corser Yamaha Motor Italia Yamaha YZF-R1 21 1'38.780
3 JPN Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 18 1'38.980
4 JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia Yamaha YZF-R1 26 1'39.011
5 GBR James Toseland Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 20 1'39.086
6 ESP Ruben Xaus Team Sterilgarda Ducati 999 F06 20 1'39.127
7 ITA Max Biaggi Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 28 1'39.433
8 ITA Michel Fabrizio D.F.X. Corse Honda CBR1000RR 21 1'39.487
9 AUS Karl Muggeridge Alto Evolution Honda Honda CBR1000RR 21 1'39.525
10 ITA Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 999 F07 22 1'39.639
11 ESP Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 1'39.767
12 GER Max Neukirchner Suzuki Germany Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 24 1'39.828
13 FRA Régis Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 1'40.077
14 ITA Roberto Rolfo Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 23 1'40.094
15 JPN Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 23 1'40.745
16 AUT Martin Bauer Holzhauer Racing Promotion Honda CBR1000RR 24 1'40.934
17 CZE Jakub Smrz Team Caracchi Ducati SC Ducati 999 F05 15 1'41.369
18 AUS Steve Martin Celani Team Suzuki Italia Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 17 1'41.464
19 FRA Yoann Tiberio Alto Evolution Honda Honda CBR1000RR 21 1'42.068
20 ITA Luca Morelli D.F.X. Corse Honda CBR1000RR 26 1'42.807
21 CZE Jiri Drazdak Yamaha Jr. Pro SBK Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 26 1'42.950
22 GBR Dean Ellison Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 23 1'45.138

[ChrisS]

rain today durring qualifying so all riders were slowest than Friday , Friday's top 16 to superpole

superpole was “wet” (meaning riders can do up to 12 laps all together)

Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laconi got their times at the start of the session, before the weather got worst and a lot of riders crashed (including Toseland)

Things got better near the end and Bayliss got third and Corser 4th.
Rider/Nat/Bike/Superpole/Best
1 Fonsi Nieto ESP Kawasaki 1'50.681 1'39.767
2 Régis Laconi FRA Kawasaki 1'54.559 1'40.077
3 Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1'55.196 1'38.569
4 Troy Corser AUS Yamaha 1'55.360 1'38.780
5 Max Biaggi ITA Suzuki 1'56.746 1'39.433
6 Ruben Xaus ESP Ducati 1'57.271 1'39.127
7 James Toseland GBR Honda 1'57.384 1'39.086
8 Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha 1'57.782 1'39.011
9 Max Neukirchner GER Suzuki 1'58.528 1'39.828
10 Roberto Rolfo ITA Honda 1'59.127 1'40.094
11 Lorenzo Lanzi ITA Ducati 2'01.899 1'39.639
12 Michel Fabrizio ITA Honda 2'02.021 1'39.487
13 Martin Bauer AUT Honda 2'02.197 1'40.934
14 Karl Muggeridge AUS Honda 2'02.930 1'39.525
15 Shinichi Nakatomi JPN Yamaha 2'05.278 1'40.745
16 Yukio Kagayama JPN Suzuki 1'38.980

17 Jakub Smrz CZE Ducati 1'41.369
18 Steve Martin AUS Suzuki 1'41.464
19 Yoann Tiberio FRA Honda 1'42.068
20 Luca Morelli ITA Honda 1'42.807
21 Jiri Drazdak CZE Yamaha 1'42.950
22 Dean Ellison GBR Ducati 1'45.138

similarly in WSS riders didnt improve their times from yesterday, so the front row of the World Supersport grid will be:
Charpentier
Sofuoglu
Parkes
Fujiwara

better weather is expected tomorrow

[Roby44]

Roby is going to come from the back of the pack and smoke 'em all!! mokin: mokin:

It could happen!!

One day when evryone least expects it Roby is going to WIN

[The Phantom]

Well so much for my Toseland prediction.

Great to see Haga and Bayliss rewarded for their consistent efforts all year.

Only two rounds / four races to go. Toseland is still looking good, the battle for 2nd in the title might tie the protagonists up enough to keep Toseland in the clear. Toseland is 41 points clear of Haga, with 100 points maximum available till season's end. Haga only 12 points clear of Biaggi. Bayliss on 296, and could conceivably overhaul Haga/Biaggi for second.

Two ZX-10Rs on the front row looked great!

[Roby44]

Roby did very well though.. mokin: