WSBK Monza (may contain spoilers)

Nothing in it yet, top 12 riders all within a second!

Good mix of manufacturers and interesting lower profile riders are lapping fastest already. Seem keen, with something to prove..

Wonder if Neukirchner is the real deal, a genuine young star on the rise?

Hope to see him on the podium with Bayliss and one of the Honda riders!

Free Practice 1 times;

1 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.712
2 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.772
3 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.812
4 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'46.882
5 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.970
6 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.981
7 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'47.326
8 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'47.336
9 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.381
10 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'47.436
11 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.448
12 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'47.642
13 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'47.733
14 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'47.765
15 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'47.859
16 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.992
17 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1'48.468
18 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'48.485
19 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.499
20 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'48.857
21 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'49.118
22 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'49.392
23 110 Mauri L. (ITA) Ducati 999 RS 1'49.433
24 83 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'49.708
25 200 Bussei G. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'49.926
26 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'50.072
27 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'50.093
28 77 Napoleone L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'51.465
29 49 Beck M. (USA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'53.275
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No more Kenan Superglue this weekend, one of his brothers was killed while racing in his native Turkey.

My condolences.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phleg @ May 9 2008, 07:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No more Kenan Superglue this weekend, one of his brothers was killed while racing in his native Turkey.

My condolences.


Tragic, just tragic.

Pete

Superbike 2nd Qualifying

1 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'45.506
2 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.126
3 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.154
4 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.202
5 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.314
6 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.332
7 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.333
8 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'46.359
9 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1'46.390
10 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.404
11 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.409
12 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.578
13 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.664
14 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.854
15 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.865
16 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.868
17 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.927
18 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.944
19 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.301
20 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'47.669
21 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'48.110
22 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.144
23 83 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.390
24 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'48.523
25 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.531
26 110 Mauri L. (ITA) Ducati 999 RS 1'48.768
27 200 Bussei G. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.935
28 77 Napoleone L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'50.113
29 49 Beck M. (USA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'50.859

Bayliss on superpole will start from 1st on grid! I'm predicting Bayliss to take the double win. Haga 2nd, Neukirchner 3rd & Checa 4th.


Superbike 2nd Qualifying

1 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'45.506
2 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.126
3 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.154
4 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.202
5 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.314
6 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'46.332
7 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.333
8 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'46.359
9 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1'46.390
10 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.404
11 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.409
12 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.578
13 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.664
14 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.854
15 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.865
16 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'46.868
17 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.927
18 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.944
19 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.301
20 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'47.669
21 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'48.110
22 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.144
23 83 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.390
24 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'48.523
25 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.531
26 110 Mauri L. (ITA) Ducati 999 RS 1'48.768
27 200 Bussei G. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.935
28 77 Napoleone L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'50.113
29 49 Beck M. (USA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'50.859
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again good race! was so happy to see Max N finally getting a win. how weird was it to see bayliss not being able to close the gap towards haga+max N, first time this season???

wtf is going on with Xaus tho, has he been jinxed to not ever finish 2 races per race day or something??? and tamada crashing in the last lap....

1 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 32'02.851 (195,224 kph)
2 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 0.058
3 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 0.672
4 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 0.771
5 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 3.869
6 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 5.995
7 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 8.788
8 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 9.374
9 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 10.667
10 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 10.771
11 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 12.180
12 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 14.719
13 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 32.734
14 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 36.550
15 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 36.607
16 83 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 52.464
17 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 56.929
18 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'27.543
19 49 Beck M. (USA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'28.342
RET 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 110 Mauri L. (ITA) Ducati 999 RS
RET 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08
RET 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 77 Napoleone L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR

supersport 600 was good fun too, yet again! josh brookes did great, had a fantastic start. loved how the battle for 4th developed, how many times did they pass eachother! Harms just doesn't give up. commentators here on eurosport blamed him for not letting pitt go and get near the top 3 riders. what a stupid idea, like harms is supposed to settle for 5th if he can get 4th. those commentators SUCK big time, liking they're having a chat over tea, bunch of old guys. but great race (not as good as assen tho )

1 foret
2 brookes
3 parkes
4 pitt
5 harms

Two excellent races today, its great to see a new winner emerge in any series. It was also entertaining to see Bayliss pushed and riding scrappy like in qatar, shame his bike gave up in the second race. Checa was a let down today, and really binned an excellent oppertunity to gain champiosnhip points on Troy. Kiyonari however is just coming good. He rode brilliantly all weekend and i look forward to seeing more of the same. Biaggi?????

excellent races!!! I love SBK more and more!! Happy about Max N. and Kiyonari (shame he's not second after all). what happened with troy's bike?! and indeed, what's with Biaggi, I miss him at the front (I wouldn't believe I would ever say this, but yes). ...and I love Monza!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (memento @ May 11 2008, 10:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>excellent races!!! I love SBK more and more!! Happy about Max N. and Kiyonari (shame he's not second after all). what happened with troy's bike?! and indeed, what's with Biaggi, I miss him at the front (I wouldn't believe I would ever say this, but yes). ...and I love Monza!


+1, I still have a big passion for MotoGP but over the past two years, race per race WSBK has been more entertaining

MotoGP race distance should be cut to half the laps, after that it really dose settle itself out too much, there's rarely any clean aggressive racing in the latter laps, either that or go back to 990cc

Good wkend for Neukirchner, Haga and Max, unexpected result from Ducati, WSS great race but no not as good as Assen thats was one of the best i've ever seen, Great race 2, o.oo9 sec's.. thats tight

Brilliant two races.

Gratz to Max N on his first victory, I'm sure there will be many more.
Kiyonari was very good and was really unlucky not to win race 2.

I'll be interested to see if he can keep up the pace in the coming weeks.

Race 2.

Wow.

Too bad Haga's season started with a fart.

Bayliss 08
Haga 09?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Parc Ferme @ May 12 2008, 08:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Bayliss 08
Haga 09?

I don't buy it. Haga has had so many chances i think if he had it in him he'd have taken one by now. 2000 was his year!

Also Kiyonari 09

Some good racing yesterday, especially Race 2. I was disappointed for Kiyo though.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mjpartyboy @ May 12 2008, 12:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Some good racing yesterday, especially Race 2. I was disappointed for Kiyo though.
I don't think you or he will be disappointed for long.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (memento @ May 11 2008, 10:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>excellent races!!! I love SBK more and more!! Happy about Max N. and Kiyonari (shame he's not second after all). what happened with troy's bike?! and indeed, what's with Biaggi, I miss him at the front (I wouldn't believe I would ever say this, but yes). ...and I love Monza!
You can rely on Monza to produce better racing and a better atmosphere combined than any other circuit on the planet.

Haga has always gelled with this circuit; (fact: if a track lends itself to Nori's style, it's invariably a sign that it's .... hot.) That Belgarda/Yam Italia HQ is round the corner admittedly helps. Watching the man through Ascari, Lesmos and the Parabolica - (Pista di Alta Velocità decaying banking in the background, a sacred relic like Brooklands of a bygone age)...traction control turned down to minus 10, - reminds me just why this sport has so much soul - (and who can forget Lavilla smokin' the Gixer a few years back). Watching Meregalli cack his bracs just heightens the pleasure.

I'll tell you what befel Max...a certain Czech ex-250 stroker jockey by the name of Smrz. I await with grimaced anticipation the similarly inevitable and eventual desperate move by his compatriot Pesek to everyone's fave proddy paddock.

Why are there not more posters on these threads? Geez, we see some of the best racing ever and we have a hand full of posters. WTF.

Great races, enuff said. ....... Ay!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ May 16 2008, 08:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Why are there not more posters on these threads? Geez, we see some of the best racing ever and we have a hand full of posters. WTF.

Great races, enuff said. ....... Ay!
I've seen the first SBK race and the supersport race - but not the 2nd SBK race - but you're right, fantastic racing as always. Good to see MN get a win.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Son of Doohan @ May 15 2008, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I've seen the first SBK race and the supersport race - but not the 2nd SBK race - but you're right, fantastic racing as always. Good to see MN get a win.
Son, you are in for a real treat on that second race. I hope you haven't read the results. Stay away from the boards man, you'll thank me for it.

2 friggin great races!