WSBK 2016: Round 3 Aragón (Spoilers)

Go Nicky.

Jumkie said:

Go Nicky.

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Nicky P2 in practice!

1. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 51.895s
2. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 52.208s
3. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 52.327s
4. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 52.363s
5. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 52.378s
6. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 52.445s
7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 52.622s
8. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 52.652s
9. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 52.923s
10. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 53.012s
11. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 53.102s
12. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 53.152s
13. Karel Abraham CZE Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 53.271s
14. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 53.527s
15. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 54.058s
16. Matteo Baiocco ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 54.341s
17. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 54.836s
18. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 54.919s
19. Sylvain Barrier FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 55.050s
20. Matthieu Lussiana FRA Team ASPI BMW S1000RR 1m 56.661s
21. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 57.150s
22. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 57.790s
23. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 58.479s
24. Josh Hook AUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 59.642s
25. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 59.976s*
Read more at WSBK Results - WSBK Aragon, Spain: Free practice results (1)

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FP2

1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 50.712s
2. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 51.087s
3. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 51.337s
4. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 51.350s
5. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 51.461s
6. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 51.464s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 51.545s
8. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 51.568s
9. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 51.592s
10. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 51.639s

Top 10 will progress straight into SP2 on Saturday. The remainder of the field entered into SP1.

11. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 51.674s
12. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 51.728s
13. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 51.735s
14. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 52.013s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 52.433s
16. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 52.610s
17. Karel Abraham CZE Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 53.271s*
18. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 53.439s
19. Sylvain Barrier FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 53.443s
20. Matthieu Lussiana FRA Team ASPI BMW S1000RR 1m 54.891s
21. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 55.760s
22. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 56.376
23. Josh Hook AUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 57.107s
24. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 57.174s
25. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 57.753s
Read more at WSBK Results - WSBK Aragon, Spain: Free practice results (2)

VDM to win.

Chaz next

Sykes 3rd

Rea dnf.

FP3

1. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 51.676s
2. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 51.946s
3. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 52.056s
4. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 52.109s
5. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 52.149s
6. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 52.255s
7. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 52.500s
8. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 52.546s
9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 52.564s
10. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 52.770s
11. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 53.044s
12. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 53.329s
13. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 53.598s
14. Sylvain Barrier FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 54.934s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 54.980s
16. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 55.094s
17. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 55.104s
18. Matthieu Lussiana FRA Team ASPI BMW S1000RR 1m 55.142s
19. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 55.950s
20. Karel Abraham CZE Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 56.500s
21. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 56.820s
22. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 57.867s
23. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 57.925s
24. Josh Hook AUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 58.333s
25. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 59.000s
Read more at WSBK Results - WSBK Aragon, Spain: Free practice results (3)

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Can Nicky get a podium? Tires.

VDM down. Funny lose on the front. Lucky to not be run over by hayden.

Guintoli pole?? Was close. Sykes in the end. Hayden lucked out on his quick lap. Good qualy session.

Two Yamahas on front row. VDM & Nicky were lucky wilst being unlucky. Could've been worse. Will be tough for them getting a good result starting way back.

PJ Jacobson looking good.

Chas on the Ducati for race one. Good to see the Kawasaki bikes aren't having things all their own way.

Great work by Hayden to avoid the fallen VdM as well .............

Gaz said:

Great work by Hayden to avoid the fallen VdM as well .............

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Thanx for the pic. Jesus that could have been tragic. You got any vid?

Jumkie said:

Thanx for the pic. Jesus that could have been tragic. You got any vid?

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Not yet, waiting to see if anything turns up as it is a screen shot afterall - if I come across video will post it as whilst it may seem morbid, I do enjoy watching the superhuman reaction times and skills of these guys ............ the speed that they identify danger and take evasive actions just staggers me when all in close quarters.

And to give perspective the original poster where I found it had similar thoughts to you - was titled 'I thought I was witnessing a death'

I put up a screenshot recording. No audio though.

Ta Moto , that shows that it was not as 'severe' as the still pics made it look but still sensational work by Hayden and the following rider to avoid VdM, and interesting that he seems to ride off the ripple strip and voila, down.

Chaz takes race two. I bet he feels better than he did a couple of weeks ago. Giugliano is not getting the most out of the Panigale.

Chaz Davies with a clean sweep of the weekend.

Masterful riding against Sykes and Rea, they had no answer for the Ducati.

Kudos to him for taking advantage at a track he does very well at against the two best bikes on the grid. Nothing short of incredible riding on his part.

Aragon showed how inadequate the CBR1000's are...I doubt Honda will be updating that bike for 2017. Really disappointing though since Van der Mark is trying to pull out every last bit from that bike, maybe to his detriment. At least he finished today's race, while Nicky retired with some mechanical issue. Haven't seen what it was. I wonder if he is already wondering why he agreed to ride the Honda...would have loved to seen him on that Ducati in place of Giugliano.

Sykes I can't figure out. He fought back after losing P2 and got it back from Rea, while he wasn't able to do it yesterday. Announcers said Rea never looked good this week, but if you took Davies out of the picture he'd have had a win yesterday and a P2 today. Probably will be back on top in Assen. Sykes better figure something out soon.

Bring on Assen.

JPSLotus said:

Chaz Davies with a clean sweep of the weekend.

Masterful riding against Sykes and Rea, they had no answer for the Ducati.

Kudos to him for taking advantage at a track he does very well at against the two best bikes on the grid. Nothing short of incredible riding on his part.

Aragon showed how inadequate the CBR1000's are...I doubt Honda will be updating that bike for 2017. Really disappointing though since Van der Mark is trying to pull out every last bit from that bike, maybe to his detriment. At least he finished today's race, while Nicky retired with some mechanical issue. Haven't seen what it was. I wonder if he is already wondering why he agreed to ride the Honda...would have loved to seen him on that Ducati in place of Giugliano.

Sykes I can't figure out. He fought back after losing P2 and got it back from Rea, while he wasn't able to do it yesterday. Announcers said Rea never looked good this week, but if you took Davies out of the picture he'd have had a win yesterday and a P2 today. Probably will be back on top in Assen. Sykes better figure something out soon.

Bring on Assen.

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Absolutely agree with all of this. Saves me typing. Outstanding rides from Chaz on a circuit that has Kawasaki written all over it. Would never have predicted this. Superb.

Does Ducati still have a cc advantage?