WSBK Magny Cours

[Rod Richardson]

Looking forward to these races and hope that Haga adds to his points lead. It's just a pity so many race dates this year clash with MotoGP's dates.
It'll be interesting to see how Camier performs.

[Wim_Impreza]

For me it is no problem that WSBK clashes with MotoGP. WSBK is very exciting and MotoGP is boring.

Hope to see great performances from Haga, Haslam, Smrž and a position in the points for Baiocco.

[Rod Richardson]

Camier looks to be comfortable on his virgin outing on the Aprilia and the track and was bettered by Biaggi in FP1 and Q1 by .727sec and a mere .269sec respectively.
Just how good is Camier? IMO a potential top 5 placing at this event.

Nieto also looking good .............so far.

This last week has flown by. We will get a repeat or highlights of the motogp races but not before I've heard the results on TV or radio even though I'll quickly put my hands over my ears and yell yah yah yah (or something equally intelligent). I hope the 2010 calendar will not have so many Motogp and WSB rounds on the same weekend.
Nori :s mokin: :s mokin:

[CaptainRaiden]

Fabrizio flying in free practice so far, and Haga not far behind. That's a good sign. Rea again in the mix. I hope he stays away from Haga during the weekend:

1. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'38.770;
2. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.821;
3. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'38.877;
4. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.939;
5. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.379;
6. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.435;
7. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.497;
8. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'39.613;
9. Nieto F. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'39.772;
10. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.834;
11. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.900;
12. Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.964;
13. Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.000;
14. Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.017;
15. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'40.048;
16. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.101

[Rod Richardson]

SUPERSPORT QUALIFYING
1 35 Crutchlow C GBR Yamaha 1'40.980
2 26 Lascorz J ESP Kawasaki + 0.166
3 54 Sofuoglu K TUR Honda + 0.273
4 50 Laverty E IRL Honda + 0.582
5 51 Pirro M ITA Yamaha + 0.740
6 99 Foret F FRA Yamaha + 0.963
7 21 Fujiwara K JPN Kawasaki +6 0.976
8 8 Aitchison M AUS Honda +1.156
9 1 Pitt A AUS Honda + 1.196
10 24 McCoy G AUS Triumph + 1.285
11 14 Lagrive M FRA Honda +1.591
12 77 Veneman B NED Honda + 1.598
13 117 Praia M POR Honda + 1.600
14 55 Roccoli M ITA Honda + 1.668
15 23 Davies C GBR Triumph + 1.787
16 13 West A AUS Honda + 1.974
17 25 Laverty M GBR Honda + 2.125
18 28 Vos A NED Honda + 2.426
19 199 Four O FRA Honda + 2.460
20 45 Linfoot D GBR Yamaha +3.045

[Rod Richardson]

SUPERPOLE
1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha 1'37.709
2 65 Rea J GBR Honda + 0.482
3 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati + 0.487
4 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia + 0.526
5 41 Haga N JPN Ducati + 0.656
6 91 Haslam L GBR Honda + 0.916
7 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati + 0.961
8 11 Corser T AUS BMW + 1.405
9 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati
10 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1
11 31 Muggeridge K AUS Suzuki
12 7 Checa C ESP Honda
13 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki
14 66 Sykes T GBR Yamaha
15 111 Xaus R ESP BMW
16 22 Camier L GBR Aprilia
17 9 Kiyonari R JPN Honda
18 15 Baiocco M ITA Ducati
19 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki
20 25 Salom D ESP Kawasaki

[The Phantom]

It's a good thing that qualifying position is meaningless when it comes to Haga. Hope he gets away well - last week's performance seems to indicate that the new Ducati launch control works well! - and can fight for the win.

This and Portimao are going to be epic!!!! :eek:

[Rod Richardson]

Would be great for Haga to extend his points lead. Looking forward to more great racing.
Based in Superpole times I may have to eat my words about a potential top 5 for Camier but ....who knows what can happen in a race....He has the tenacity of a hungry pit-bull.

[NinjaMaster]

Would be great for Haga to extend his points lead. Looking forward to more great racing.
Based in Superpole times I may have to eat my words about a potential top 5 for Camier but ....who knows what can happen in a race....He has the tenacity of a hungry pit-bull.
Camier was pretty slow (relatively speaking!)in free practice as well and I think he'll do really well for a top 10.
Like most here, I'm also hoping for Haga to win and hopefully he can have a great head-to-head race with Spies without any undue outside interference (I'm looking in your direction Jonathon Rea ;) ). It's gonna go down to the wire!

Joan Lascorz has been real fast all weekend so hopefully this is the round that he can deliver team green (and red) their much deserved first win of the season and Cal and Eugene have a ding-dong battle in their fight for the title.

[Rod Richardson]

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A couple of happy looking souls flanking the whiz kid.

[Mach24]

Sunday Warm-up:

1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.616
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'39.151
3 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'39.223
4 22 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.287
5 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.307
6 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.391
7 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'39.398
8 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'39.476
9 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.632
10 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.640
11 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.664
12 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.716
13 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.721
14 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'39.880
15 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'40.236
16 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'40.302
17 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.423
18 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.522
19 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'40.594
20 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.723
21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'40.806
22 132 Morais S. (RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'41.242
23 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1'41.250
24 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'42.256
25 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'42.350
26 40 Gentile F. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'42.418

Spies time looks comfortable.

Camier made big step forward.

[The Phantom]

I missed half of race 1 due to daylight saving (checked the Foxtel guide on Friday and didn't think about it being NSW-centric) but the second half seems to have been the most interesting - VERY close at the end and Haga looks solid for race 2 if he can get away a bit better. A bit of a shame that Biaggi screwed Haga around but Haga was gracious after the race.

WSS is next!

[TheFamousEccles]

Aaaarggghh!!!!!!!!!!!! My bad!!!!!!!!!! I strayed on looking for qualifying info/and comment, and nearly found more than i needed. Honk....

[The Phantom]

Sorry Eccles!!! I'm very particular about spoilers on other forums I'm on but here I've found over the years that it's open slather and very much 'real time' updates... I refrained from posting actual results just in case.


But certainly an interesting round and what I had hoped for, the last round will be dynamite!

[Rod Richardson]

RACE RESULTS


SUPERSPORT
1 2 26 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Motocard.
2 1 35 C. CRUTCHLOW GBR Yamaha World Supersport + 0.937
3 3 54 K. SOFUOGLU TUR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda 19+ 5.910
4 16 13 A. WEST AUS Stiggy Racing Honda +20.797
5 8 8 M. AITCHISON AUS Honda Althea Racing +20.992
6 9 1 A. PITT AUS HANNspree Ten Kate Honda + 21.232
7 7 21 K. FUJIWARA JPN Kawasaki Motocard.com +21.441
8 14 55 M. ROCCOLI ITA Intermoto Czech Honda + 23.539
9 11 14 M. LAGRIVE FRA Honda Althea Racing +24.654
10 5 51 M. PIRRO ITA Yamaha Lorenzini by +35.848
11 19 199 O. FOUR FRA Intermoto Czech Honda +36.243
12 13 117 M. PRAIAPOR Parkalgar Honda +36.803
13 4 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Parkalgar Honda +52.022
14 21 101 K. COGHLAN GBR Holiday Gym Racing Yamaha +55.274
15 18 28 A. VOS NED Veidec Racing RES Software Honda +55.831



SUPERBIKE RACE 1
1 1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha
2 5 41 N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team +0.181
3 4 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing +5.009
4 3 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox +16.347
5 6 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda +22.622
6 12 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda +24.948
7 13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Team Suzuki Alstare +27.144
8 9 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +27.578
9 8 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR +28.486
10 10 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R + 28.716
11 15 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR +52.680
12 18 15 M. BAIOCCO ITA Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +1'01.372
13 22 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R +1'05.123
14 20 25 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R +1'05.483
15 21 94 D. CHECA ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 IponeYamaha YZF R1 +1'05.672

SUPERBIKE RACE 2
1 5 41 N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
2 4 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory +1.480
3 2 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR +6.024
4 1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 +18.135
5 6 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR +21.236
6 13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 + 23.647
7 9 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +23.701
8 11 31 K. MUGGERIDGE AUS Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 +24.838
9 12 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR +31.455
10 8 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR +32.507
11 7 10 F. NIETO ESP DFX Corse Ducati 1098R +37.594
12 15 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR +44.727
13 3 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R +49.782
14 18 15 M. BAIOCCO ITA Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R + 50.345
15 19 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike R.T kawasaki ZX 10R +56.209




Would be great for Haga to extend his points lead. Looking forward to more great racing.
Based in Superpole times I may have to eat my words about a potential top 5 for Camier but ....who knows what can happen in a race....He has the tenacity of a hungry pit-bull.

Could someone please pass me the tomato sauce?

[The Phantom]

Could someone please pass me the tomato sauce?

:D

Rod, I think that it says more about the bike than the rider - Camier is a hotshot Superbike racer but the RSV4 is more GP bike than Superbike. If I were a 250 rider who couldn't get a ride in MotoGP or Moto2, the RSV4 would be my choice.

In the conference after race 2 Nori Haga gave some insight into just how much the pressure had been getting to him, talking about not sleeping properly after Nurburgring. He rode two very controlled races I thought. Superb riding by Spies in race 1. What happened to Fabrizio? I watched him on the grid pre warm up lap for race 1 and thought that he wouldn't do well, he appeared way too unsettled. There are no expectations coming from Haga that he do anything less that go for a win same as the other riders. Even I felt for Ben Spies in race 2 - the up and down fortunes of motorcycle racing, it's happened to them all at some time. About Tom Sykes, why isn't he doing well? I remember him chasing Bayliss in a race last year?? and looking so good. I hope he is ok after crashing out.

[CaptainRaiden]

In the conference after race 2 Nori Haga gave some insight into just how much the pressure had been getting to him, talking about not sleeping properly after Nurburgring. He rode two very controlled races I thought.

I couldn't see the interview, stupid Eurosport. I think that's true, because after race two, after his victory lap when Haga came to the pit, you could see Tardozzi very emotional, jumping up and down, giving a high five to Haga, and afterwards telling him something, I don't know, some encouraging words I guess, or the usual, "I told you so." :p

And Haga was a bit emotional. I think Spies has some psychological effect on Haga, because he hasn't won a single one-on-one fight for the win with Spies this whole year, while he seems to have no problem beating the likes of Biaggi and Rea or even Fabrizio.

[The Phantom]

Haga seemed almost too relaxed in the race 1 interview - calmest I've seen him all year. I think either he knew he had race 2 in the bag, or he was suppressing the stress - maybe both.

I think Spies is the one who is a little rattled at the moment, he is under more pressure than Haga simply because this may be his only chance to lift the WSB title. Haga, meanwhile, it's business as usual.