WSB/WSS Assen

[ChrisS]

How come we dont have a thread for this yet?

Toseland on pole his middle section time was unbelivable, Biaggi was able to improve his pace a lot on superpole and got 4th, the 2 Ducatis between them with Lanzi faster than Bayliss, Haga messed up his superpole lap and starts 15th

In WSS Sofuoglu on pole once again with Charpentier 2nd Parkes 3rd and Foret 4th.
Steve Martin replacing the injured Curtain is 6th and Andrew Pitt on a 3rd Ten Kate is 7th

WSBK starting grid

1 James Toseland GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR 1 min 38.603 secs
2 Lorenzo Lanzi ITA Ducati Xerox 999F07 1 min 39.226 secs
3 Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 999F07 1 min 39.256 secs
4 Max Biaggi ITA Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 K7 1 min 39.32 secs
5 Ruben Xaus ESP GMB Racing Ducati 999F06 1 min 39.411 secs
6 Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 1 min 39.422 secs
7 Max Neukirchner GER Suzuki Germany GSXR1000 K6 1 min 39.648 secs
8 Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 K7 1 min 39.928 secs
9 Karl Muggeridge AUS Alto Evolution Honda CBR 1000RR 1 min 40.057 secs
10 Fonsi Nieto ESP PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10R 1 min 40.288 secs
11 Roberto Rolfo ITA Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR 1 min 40.328 secs
12 Jakub Smrz CZE Team Caracchi Ducati SC 999 F05 1 min 40.376 secs
13 Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10R 1 min 40.561 secs
14 Josh Brookes AUS Alto Evolution Honda CBR 1000RR 1 min 40.674 secs
15 Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 1 min 41.093 secs
16 Michel Fabrizio ITA DFX Treme Honda CBR 1000RR 1 min 41.213 secs
17 Shinichi Nakatomi JPN Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 1 min 40.824 secs
18 Christian Zaiser AUT LBR Racing MV Agusta F4 1000R 1 min 42.102 secs
19 Dean Ellison GBR Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 1 min 43.662 secs
20 Lorenzo Morelli ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 1 min 43.756 secs
21 M. Svoboda CZE Jr Pro SBK Racing Yamaha YZF R1 1 min 44.901 secs

[Allyc85]

whats up with Haga in 15th?!

[ChrisS]

whats up with Haga in 15th?!

Haga messed up his superpole lap and starts 15th

[fatman]

This race isn't going to air on SpeedChannel until Tuesday.. teh sucks!

Watch out for Haga's start off the grid, he'll be flying! Would someone tell me how superpole actually works. Thought it was a kind of shootout between the top 10 from qualifying but think I've got it wrong. We don't get any of the qualifying races from Sky in NZ.

[Allyc85]

doh, i was drunk lol should be great entertainment now with him so far back!

[ChrisS]

Does anyone know a password for perugia timing's live timing?

I don't usually use live timing but I had a laptop in the tv room and though it would be nice.

Last year whenever I used live timing I used http://superbike.perugiatiming.com/ but now it wants a password

http://www.worldsbk.com/livetiming.php also has live timing but its crap IMHO it only refreshes every minute or so

[Corny]

I'll cry so hard if the big manufactures will go away from world superbike, it's so exiting right now! There are so many top drivers on so many top bikes..

But OK, back to Assen, good old Bayliss ! Toseland shows again he's on pole to take the title this year, and Biaggi was not what I expected, but he hasn't raced on the new Assen before so it's OK. Too bad Haga had to retire, what was the prob?

[ChrisS]

their race report email says electrical-based engine problem

[The Phantom]

Great racing. Loved the post-race chats with JT and TB afterwards, it's great to see the mutual respect between these guys (and just about all of the WSB guys in general, much different to MotoGP).

Biaggi had a great day but was missing that last something needed to run with the wolves. Both JT and TB admitting that for the last 3 laps they were both riding out of their skin : )