WSBK Nurburgring

Ruben Xaus and Max Neukirchner are still recovering from their injuries and will be watching from the sidelines. Karl Muggeridge to ride in place of Max and superstock rider Richard Cooper riding in place of Ruben. Nori Haga should be back to full fitness and looking for a double win at Nurburgring, but so is Ben Spies.
Seems like forever since the last superbike round, I can't wait!

[Corny]

I'll be there :D

Going on saturdaymorning, back on sundayevening are the plans. Never been at the Nurburgring with bike races, hope it's going to be good!

Have a great time. Weather forecast looks to be a bit cool and maybe a few raindrops.

[Allyc85]

Was very surprised but also very, very happy to see Cooper is getting chance on the world stage. Hopefully he can bring it home for two solid points finishes :D


I'll be there :D

Going on saturdaymorning, back on sunday evening are the plans. Never been at the Nurburgring with bike races, hope it's going to be good!

Have a great time mate, looking forward to the pics :p

[Corny]

thankyou! :D

Yes, weather forecast could be better indeed. As if I didn't have enough rain on Sachsenring!

[The Phantom]

WSB, yippee!!!

Hopefully Hopper is fit and the bike is strong, I want to see him RACE!

Go Nori!!

[Rod Richardson]

Wet and blustery conditions for FP1 therefore results don't mean much. Showers predicted Saturday and dry but cool conditions expected on race day.
Muggeridge riding Max N's Suzuki this weekend.

[Rod Richardson]

FP1

WSS
1 35 C. CRUTCHLOW GBR Yamaha World Supersport 2'13.170
2 54 K. SOFUOGLU TUR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda + 0.310
3 24 G. MCCOY AUS ParkinGO Triumph BE1 +1.949
4 51 M. PIRRO ITA Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni +1.950 0.001
5 8 M.AITCHISON AUS Honda Althea Racing + 2.505
6 26 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Motocard.com +2.518
7 13 A. WEST AUS Stiggy Racing Honda +2.691
8 1 A. PITT AUS HANNspree Ten Kate Honda +2.693
9 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Parkalgar Honda + 3.253 0
10 77 B. VENEMAN NED George White Ten Kate +4.144
11 91 K. WAHR GER G-LAB Racing Sport Evolution Triumph +4.323
12 28 A. VOS NED Veidec Racing RES Software Honda +4.654
13 16 S. LOWES GBR Echo CRS Grand Prix Honda +4.717
14 25 M. LAVERTY GBR Echo CRS Grand Prix Honda +4.931
15 21 K. FUJIWARA JPN Kawasaki Motocard.com +5.070

WSBK
1 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2'11.278
2 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB +0.503
3 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport +0.808
4 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox +1.076
5 41 N. HAGAJPN Ducati Xerox +1.357
6 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati +1.541
7 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda +1.701
8 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati +1.811
9 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda +1.937
10 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki +1.960
11 47 R. COOPER GBR BMW Motorrad +2.113
12 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate +2.272
13 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha +2.620
14 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia +2.650
15 31 K. MUGGERIDGE AUS Suzuki Alstare + 2.705

[Rod Richardson]

FP2

1 35 C. CRUTCHLOW GBR Yamaha World Supersport Team 1'58.004
2 26 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Motocard.com 1'59.827 +1.823
3 54 K. SOFUOGLU TUR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda +2.026
4 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Parkalgar Honda + 2.288
5 21 K. FUJIWARA JPN Kawasaki Motocard.com + 2.724
6 99 F. FORET FRA Yamaha World Supersport Team + 2.788
7 51 M. PIRRO ITA Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni + 3.051
8 8 M.AITCHISON AUS Honda Althea Racing +3.238
9 55 M.ROCCOLI ITA Intermoto Czech Honda + 3.303
10 24 G. MCCOY AUS ParkinGO Triumph + 3.500
11 1 A. PITT AUS HANNspree Ten Kate Honda + 3.535
12 25 M. LAVERTY GBR Echo CRS Grand Prix Honda + 3.760
13 77 B. VENEMAN NED George White Ten Kate R. Honda + 3.770
14 69 G. NANNELLI ITA ParkinGO Triumph +3.829
15 127 R. HARMS DEN Veidec Racing RES Software Honda + 4.001


Qualifying
WSBK
1 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R 1'56.394 :D
2 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 + 0.095
4 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR + 0.391
5 66 Sykes T GBR Yamaha YZF R1 + 0.556
6 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R + 0.649
7 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR + 0.929
8 31 Muggeridge K AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 + 1.007 :eek:
9 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR + 1.112
10 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R + 1.138
11 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 + 1.271
12 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory + 1.328 :confused:
13 100 Tamada M JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R + 1.543
14 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R + 1.655
15 14 Lagrive M FRA Honda CBR1000RR + 1.655
16 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati 1098R + 1.656
17 9 Kiyonari R JPN Honda CBR1000RR + 1.715
18 77 Iannuzzo V ITA Honda CBR1000RR + 1.743
19 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR + 1.905
20 121 Hopkins J USA Honda CBR1000RR + 2.030

[Roby44]

I'm loving the fact that Hopper isn't doing very well!! :p :


I know thats not nice but hey he took My Robys ride!!! :D

Off to church now :p

[Rod Richardson]

WSS QUALIFYING
1 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 1'57.866 :cool:
2 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'59.201 +1.335 No splits for rest
3 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'59.373
4 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 1'59.716 http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
5 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'59.765
6 21 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'59.779
7 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'00.103
8 69 Nannelli G. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 2'00.176
9 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.290
10 1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.455
11 99 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 2'00.513
12 25 Laverty M. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.558
13 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.595
14 8 Aitchison M. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.600
15 13 West A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.769

WSBK SUPERPOLE
1 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R 1'55.489 :hot:
2 65 Rea J GBR Honda + 0.260
3 91 Haslam L GBR Honda + 0.287
4 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R + 0.438
5 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 + 0.449 :confused:
6 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR + 0.807
7 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 + 0.951
8 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR +1.210
9 66 Sykes T GBR Yamaha YZF R1
10 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R
11 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati 1098R
12 100 Tamada M JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R
13 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
14 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R
15 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R
16 14 Lagrive M FRA Honda CBR1000RR
17 31 Muggeridge K AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
18 9 Kiyonari R JPN Honda CBR1000RR
19 121 Hopkins J USA Honda CBR1000RR
20 77 Iannuzzo V ITA Honda CBR1000RR

[The Phantom]

What a kickarse lap from Haga to take pole. He is BACK!

[leopard]

Good to see Haga back of form, hope he can translate the qualifying result into the coherent race. Provided the bike and everything is in good order, Hopkins is supposed to race from somewhere place better. He might need to search for more correct pitch, likewise Aprilia to find the more proper set up for this race.

What a kickarse lap from Haga to take pole. He is BACK!

:s mokin:

[Mach24]

:s mokin:

The championship will mean a lot more to Nori-chan at this stage in his career than it does to Spies.

I hope he can deliver the goods in the remaining rounds.

[Nikki Katz]

Ouch, was that Hopkins? I hope he's ok :S

[The Phantom]

I missed it, but yeah it was, bugger. He's not having the best of times lately.

[veeten]

Shame about Haga... Lost it in the middle of turn one with Rea, and everyone passed. Just walked away... :s

But the future is in good hands, with that set to between Rea and Spies. No quarter taken, none given. Great racing. :D

18 point gap with Ben in the lead. On to Italy. :)

[The Phantom]

At the time I thought Rea's pass that took Haga out was borderline 'questionable' but as the commentary team said at the time - racing incident. The question is whether Rea would have made the corner if Haga had not been there, and he would have, so they were just both trying to ride the same piece of racetrack at once. And it's happened to Spies often enough this season... in race 2 Greene and Martin were talking up Haslam and Rea for the win, you can never do that when Spies is still circulating :eek: but to his credit Rea kept it together and won with the fastest lap of the race on his last lap - impressive!

Crutchlow is just on another planet at the moment. The Aussie contingent had their strongest collective results to date this year.

[Corny]

Had a GREAT GREAT weekend at the Nurburgring! SBKs remain a good series, though GP's are my favourite..

Motorsport season's over for me now :(

[Corny]

Have a great time mate, looking forward to the pics :p
Okay: here they come

For 111 euros we had 3 days of camping, paddock, food and drinks on the circuit and grandstand place.. That's VERY cheap I would say!

All the great motorsport names are on the wall when you enter the circuit
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7563/nurburgring20098.jpg

Ben Spies signing my fathers jacket
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8681/nurburgring200932.jpg

Nurburgring museum; me and the Michael Schumacher look-a-like (Really, you should see the buildings they made for the circuit. Unbelievable this all can excist due to a racing circuit)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8891/nurburgring2009147.jpg

[Corny]

Where we had diner :D
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5295/nurburgring2009177.jpg

So an all-inclusive weekend for us. This was the place where the catering was: above the pits :)
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/2521/nurburgring2009228.jpg

My mate and Hopper
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4614/nurburgring2009254.jpg

For the circuit Assen is better for sure, but for enjoying yourself off track, paddock, and the prices you should come to Germany for sure!

[Allyc85]

Great pictures, it looks like you had a brilliant time :D

I want to come to a race with you Corny you always seem to be able to meet the riders :D

[Corny]

I want to come to a race with you Corny you always seem to be able to meet the riders :D
That has been what I wanted for 5 years long too, this is the first year I have managed to do it!