WSBK 2016: Round 2, Thailand (SPOILERS)

Jumkie said:

Wilairot at the top with 15 to go. Now wouldn't that be a sensation if that kid could win his home race. That would be fantastic.

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Not sure if it is clear to all that the Wilairot wildcarding this year is NOT Ratthapark (who won the WSS race last year) but his younger brother Ratthapong.

Nick takes fp 3 on last lap flyer
Super pole next

FP3

1 69 HAYDEN Nicky Honda CBR1000RR SP 1'34.520 9 PIT IN 298 1'34.520
2 17 ABRAHAM Karel BMW S1000 RR 1'34.556 +0.036 8 PIT IN 300 1'34.556
3 66 SYKES Tom Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'34.568 +0.048 8 PIT IN 299 1'34.568
4 50 GUINTOLI Sylvain Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.573 +0.053 8 PIT IN 303 1'34.573
5 1 REA Jonathan Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'34.632 +0.112 9 PIT IN 299 1'34.632
6 22 LOWES Alex Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.677 +0.157 8 PIT IN 298 1'34.677
7 21 REITERBERGER Markus BMW S1000 RR 1'34.703 +0.183 8 PIT IN 304 1'34.703
8 15 DE ANGELIS Alex Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'34.811 +0.291 9 PIT IN 304 1'34.811
9 60 VAN DER MARK Michael Honda CBR1000RR SP 1'34.819 +0.299 8 PIT IN 304 1'34.819
10 7 DAVIES Chaz Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1'34.917 +0.397 9 PIT IN 298 1'34.917
11 81 TORRES Jordi BMW S1000 RR 1'35.003 +0.483 8 PIT IN 304 1'35.003
12 34 GIUGLIANO Davide Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1'35.013 +0.493 8 PIT IN 298 1'35.013
13 12 FORÉS Xavi Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1'35.462 +0.942 7 PIT IN 295 1'35.462
14 40 RAMOS Román Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'35.758 +1.238 6 PIT IN 291 1'35.758
15 2 CAMIER Leon MV Agusta 1000 F4 1'35.838 +1.318 8 PIT IN 292 1'35.838
16 32 SAVADORI Lorenzo Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'35.882 +1.362 7 PIT IN 301 1'35.882
17 25 BROOKES Joshua BMW S1000 RR 1'36.246 +1.726 7 PIT IN 295 1'36.246
18 151 BAIOCCO Matteo Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1'36.722 +2.202 8 PIT IN 290 1'36.722
19 20 BARRIER Sylvain Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'36.887 +2.367 7 PIT IN 290 1'36.887
20 11 AL SULAITI Saeed Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'37.720 +3.200 8 PIT IN 288 1'37.720
21 14 NAKCHAROENSRI Anucha Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.357 +3.837 7 PIT IN 281 1'38.357
22 56 SEBESTYÉN Péter Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.577 +4.057 8 PIT IN 289 1'38.577
23 9 SCHMITTER Dominic Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'38.961 +4.441 8 PIT IN 288 1'38.961
24 10 TÓTH Imre Yamaha YZF R1 1'39.006 +4.486 8 PIT IN 291 1'39.006
25 19 KAEWJATURAPORN Sahustchai Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'40.568 +6.048 7 PIT IN 287 1'40.568

Yeah, but I don't think it means much. 15 min session . Won't get my hopes up.

Jumkie said:

Yeah, but I don't think it means much. 15 min session . Won't get my hopes up.

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G's up hopes down my dude.

What it means is he is in SP2, hope he has a qualifier left

....... app sucks, comes and goes, comes and goes. Good thing you don't have to pay for that piece of ..... Cut off on the last lap of superpole.

Poor Sykes, he can't help it, didn't he. I never saw him to be more temperate, and patiently wait for the later stage of the race, he`s burning his tires early and then that`s it for him. I wonder why his team didn't schooled him till now?

Nicky Hayden out of the race, technical issue.

van der Mark has some serious speed, I don't see Nicky keeping up with him for much of the season. He was all over Rea's rear before he came in too hot into a corner and ran wide and almost high-sided but saved it.

8 laps to go, he's still around 2 seconds behind Rea in P2.

Rea past Syke into P1 with 4 laps to go, this should be final positions...though Sykes still has Rea close enough.

They showed Nicky Hayden in the garage, my lip reading skills picked up him saying that "then there was nothing" after pantomiming being in full tuck. Possible engine failure?

Replay just showed Guigliano nearly took out Davies by running too hot and just missing his rear wheel. Christ that would have been bad.

And Guigliano just went down in turn 12, low-sided right off the track...looks like the crashes are back...

Last lap, Rea got held up by a backmarker, let Sykes chop off a couple of tenths. Not seeing Sykes getting past.

Rea with a very narrow victory.

P1 Rea
P2 Sykes
P3 van der Mark

The ZX-10R's looked to get stronger in the 2nd half of the race.

van der Mark is the only guy who was even close to the ZX-10R's and that ended when he ran wide. He's faster than the Ducati's....which is unreal on that antique bike he is riding around.

I cant wait until Giugliano achieves his goal of taking out his teammate.


Congrats to Kawasaki 2016 champ. Van Der Mark was ride of the day again. The Fossil-blade electronics went Ducati on him. Amazing he finished the race on the podium. His expression in parc ferme was that of frustration. Nicky's bike went French on him and gave up. Honda Wsbk is shambolic.

Jumkie said:

I cant wait until Giugliano achieves his goal of taking out his teammate.


Congrats to Kawasaki 2016 champ. Van Der Mark was ride of the day again. The Fossil-blade electronics went Ducati on him. Amazing he finished the race on the podium. His expression in parc ferme was that of frustration. Nicky's bike went French on him and gave up. Honda Wsbk is shambolic.

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They need to get van der Mark into GP...I think that kid would be the real deal there.

He carries so much ....... speed through the corners, not sure how he is doing it on that antiquated .... he is riding. I'm thinking you have to punt Crutchlow out of LCR and put van der Mark in for 2017.

Guigliano is going to kill someone soon. His near torpedo of Davies was a scary moment.

You know, I like all kinds of bike racing, but watching these Superbikes wiggle and wobble all over the track just confirms why I love GP so much.

povol said:

You know, I like all kinds of bike racing, but watching these Superbikes wiggle and wobble all over the track just confirms why I love GP so much.

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Wait, don't you mean you like watching factory M1? Because RCV and GPX do plenty of wobbling, worse the further you go down the line given they get no tech support for electronics.

Jumkie said:

Wait, don't you mean you like watching factory M1? Because RCV and GPX do plenty of wobbling, worse the further you go down the line given they get no tech support for electronics.

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Agree. In fact I was just saying to you how planted the Blade looks in particular while Rea, like VDM as JPS says, is crying out for a satellite ride in GP at the very least.

In my opinion for the best riding style in the series watch Jules Cluzel in WSS. Yet to see whether it wins him any races - both the F4 and the F3 look a tad flakey.

In addition to round II of Sykes and Rea, expecting a great duel between the Kawasaki's of Krummenacher and Sofuoğlu tomorrow.