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1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'30.559
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'30.771
3 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'30.872
4 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'31.002
5 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.028
6 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.123
7 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.154
8 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'31.164
9 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.208
10 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'31.326
11 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.477
12 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.484
13 22 Camier L. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.527
14 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.541
15 27 Ellison J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.666
16 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'31.826
17 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.834
18 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'31.971
19 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'32.026
20 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'32.055
21 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'32.113
22 117 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'32.128
23 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'32.145
24 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'32.250
25 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.348
26 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.782
27 2 Hacking J. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'32.910
28 53 Polita A. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'32.993
29 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1'33.128
30 79 Young B. (USA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'33.356
31 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'34.037

Wow, Spies decided to lay down the law.

SP 2
1 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'29.664 6
2 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'29.766 0.102 2
3 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'29.916 0.252 4
4 56 Nakano S JPN Aprilia RSV4 Factory PIT IN 1'29.917 0.253 6
5 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'30.064 0.400 7
6 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory PIT IN 1'30.080 0.416 4
7 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'30.091 0.427 2
8 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'30.156 0.492 6
9 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.159 0.495
10 66 Sykes T GBR Yamaha YZF R1 1'30.229 0.565
11 121 Hopkins J USA Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.272 0.608
12 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.387 0.723
13 36 Lavilla G ESP Ducati 1098R 1'30.612 0.948
14 27 Ellison J GBR Yamaha YZF R1 1'30.816 1.152
15 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR 1'30.916 1.252
16 111 Xaus R ESP BMW S1000 RR 1'31.120 1.456
17 22 Camier L GBR Yamaha YZF R1
18 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
19 57 Lanzi L ITA Ducati 1098R
20 9 Kiyonari R JPN Honda CBR1000RR

Looking at the number of laps, it looks like Haga and Spies are the only ones left with a Q left for SP3

Why doesn't Nieto ride?

Some pretty dissapointing rides by the british guys btw, except for Byrne that is. And Aprilia is back in the game, glad to see that.

Looking at the practice times with race setup,this has all the looks of a Spies runaway. He was consistantly lapping up to 1/2 a second a lap faster than the next fastest guys and doing it like a cyborg for 7-8 laps at a time.

Here watching the race at the dutch cafe here on base....oh wait no im just watching live timing cause they can't find the race on their damn sattelite system...looked like a pretty close race between Ben and Max...but then all of a sudden Max fell back 7 secs...what happened?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crazyc @ Jun 28 2009, 03:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Here watching the race at the dutch cafe here on base....oh wait no im just watching live timing cause they can't find the race on their damn sattelite system...looked like a pretty close race between Ben and Max...but then all of a sudden Max fell back 7 secs...what happened?

I noticed that too, I think he was trying to hand second place to Haga

Great win by Spies. Hopper is showing some preliminary signs that he remembers how to ride an sbk.

Does anyone know what happened to Fabrizio? He was on the pace all weekend, but during the race he couldn't get out of the 31's.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mylexicon @ Jun 28 2009, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I noticed that too, I think he was trying to hand second place to Haga
Max had what at the time looked like a fuel issue. On the last lap coming out of the Foggy Esses the bike died. He slowed and weaved from side to side, and the bike picked up, and was able to get on the throttle again and finish. He was also able to complete the slow down lap, so it might have been an electrical glitch, which momentarily killed the bike.

Amazing recovery by Laverty, and another great win by Crutchlow. This career plan is working out superbly for the guy. It was a calculated move going to World Supersport, when he was already on the Superbike train and many detractors said it would be a backward step, but he came to the Championship to win the title - and it looks like it'll pay off. I've been impressed with the guy since I first saw him competing in the R6 cup, but I never realised he'd be quite so dominating this year - but there's some way to go yet. Good to see him win on home soil.

Great result for McCoy

Yay for McCoy and great result for Veneman who wasn't intimidated by Laverty.

And normal programming is being resumed in SBK. Oh and forza Biaggi

That was some good racing today, I hope Haga's ok that was a big off! I hope he hasn't cracked his collar bone again.

There where a lot of riders coming off, is the track getting more slippery?

Yeah, could have been something with the sun coming through and the sudden rising of track temperature...

Haga really needs to release his nitro side which seems to lie dormant this season.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (heyhuub @ Jun 28 2009, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, could have been something with the sun coming through and the sudden rising of track temperature...
The grip at Doni has always been questionable IMO, even following resurfacing a few years back, (don't buy the old wives tale about aviation fuel though). The track temperature was certainly a great deal higher than race 1.

Nakano's highside at the old hairpin was nasty - he appeared to land on his head - and I didn't see him walk away.

Respect to Fabi, have to say it, after giving him so much prolonged .... on here. The guy has bollocks, he showed that when he rode in Moto GP for WCM. Brilliant to see him sliding it out of coppice, and it turn around for race 2.

Congrats to Leon.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Jun 28 2009, 07:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The grip at Doni has always been questionable IMO, even following resurfacing a few years back, (don't buy the old wives tale about aviation fuel though). The track temperature was certainly a great deal higher than race 1.

Nakano's highside at the old hairpin was nasty - he appeared to land on his head - and I didn't see him walk away.

Respect to Fabi, have to say it, after giving him so much prolonged .... on here. The guy has bollocks, he showed that when he rode in Moto GP for WCM. Brilliant to see him sliding it out of coppice, and it turn around for race 2.

Congrats to Leon.


Yeah it has hasn't it, I wonder if they are going to do anything about that, before they let the F1 cars go on it!

Damn. Nasty crash by Haga. Fractured vertebrae.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mattsteg @ Jun 28 2009, 08:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Damn. Nasty crash by Haga. Fractured vertebrae.

OUCH!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mattsteg @ Jun 28 2009, 08:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Damn. Nasty crash by Haga. Fractured vertebrae.
Good God, this is karma for dumping half a sump load of oil on the racing line there last year.

Seriously, that's nasty, and a real ....... for the championship, because there's no way, even given Nori's miraculous recuperative powers, that he'll ride at Brno. We want it to go to the wire, but not through injury or Ben's recent mechanical ill fortune. This was Nori's big chance at the championship, after it was unfairly taken from him in 2000, and I've been hugely impressed by the way he's transformed his formerly loose, late apexing style to suit the mid corner speed of the Ducati. It's more like watching Biaggi or Corser as opposed to the sideways Nori of old. At least we have the likes of Rea, and credit to him, Fabi, to still light up the rear.

Incredible to think, when you recall all those stratospheric highsides on the R7, that he never broke a bone until Miller last year. I'm amazed he got up and walked away today, just as I was when Bayliss split open a bollock and ground away half a digit in a remarkably similar crash at the same corner two years ago.....

But then, he was the hardest man on a motorcycle - period!