WSBK Nurburgring

[Rod Richardson]

WSS QUALIFYING
1 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 1'57.866
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
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
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
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!

mokin:

[Mach24]

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...

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

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 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