WSBK Qatar Race 1&2

Hurricanes are ranked by the wind speeds they produce. Tornadoes are ranked by the amount of damage they do.

Ben "F5" Spies is destroying the entire paddock.

Two superpoles on the bounce.

This from motogpmatters.com, pretty cool.

"...At the end of the session, it was the increasingly impressive Ben Spies who took his second pole in a row with a lap of 1'57.280 - a time that would have put him ahead of 10 MotoGP riders at the tests run here under the floodlights last week...."

Granted that Spies was on qualy's and the GP riders on race rubber, still...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VTtwinner @ Mar 13 2009, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This from motogpmatters.com, pretty cool.

"...At the end of the session, it was the increasingly impressive Ben Spies who took his second pole in a row with a lap of 1'57.280 - a time that would have put him ahead of 10 MotoGP riders at the tests run here under the floodlights last week...."

Granted that Spies was on qualy's and the GP riders on race rubber, still...
Dorna must be shitting their pants. And cursing Suzuki for not bringing him on with a third bike.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Austin @ Mar 13 2009, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Dorna must be shitting their pants.
i think suzuki are the ones shittin their pants. ...... idiots.... yamahas rider lineup for the near future looks pretty stellar.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VTtwinner @ Mar 13 2009, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This from motogpmatters.com, pretty cool.

"...At the end of the session, it was the increasingly impressive Ben Spies who took his second pole in a row with a lap of 1'57.280 - a time that would have put him ahead of 10 MotoGP riders at the tests run here under the floodlights last week...."

Granted that Spies was on qualy's and the GP riders on race rubber, still...
Last years GP pole with Q's was 153.9. Still very impressive.Like someone said on another board,the front shocks on a GP bike cost what a Superbike does.Probably a slight exaggeration, but the point was made.

Shamelessly ripped from Motogpmatters


Grid after Superpole

Pos. No. Rider Country Bike Time
1 19 B. Spies USA Yamaha YZF R1 1'57.280
2 96 J. Smrz CZE Ducati 1098R 1'57.384
3 3 M. Biaggi ITA Aprilia RSV4 1'57.694
4 41 N. Haga JPN Ducati 1098R 1'57.850
5 66 T. Sykes GBR Yamaha YZF R1 1'57.878
6 56 S. Nakano JPN Aprilia RSV4 1'58.755
7 7 C. Checa ESP Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.090
8 67 S. Byrne GBR Ducati 1098R 2'00.021
9 44 R. Rolfo ITA Honda CBR1000RR 1'58.734
10 84 M. Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098R 1'58.919
11 55 R. Laconi FRA Ducati 1098R 1'59.044
12 9 R. Kiyonari JPN Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.055
13 23 B. Parkes AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'59.074
14 71 Y. Kagayama JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'59.134
15 111 R. Xaus ESP BMW S1000 RR 1'59.435
16 11 T. Corser AUS BMW S1000 RR 1'59.454
17 65 J. Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.713
18 91 L. Haslam GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.882
19 76 M. Neukirchner GER Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'59.926
20 33 T. Hill GBR Honda CBR1000RR 2'00.108
21 31 K. Muggeridge AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 2'00.738
22 100 M. Tamada JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'00.839
23 25 D. Salom ESP Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'01.047
24 24 B. Roberts AUS Ducati 1098R 2'01.165
25 77 V. Iannuzzo ITA Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.560
26 86 A. Badovini ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'01.561
27 99 L. Scassa ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'01.607
28 15 M. Baiocco ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R 2'02.663

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bootsakah @ Mar 12 2009, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If you remember last year at Miller, Bayliss had 1 DNF and one finish outside the points, yet he still won the championship. Unlike MotoGP, 1 or 2 races without points in WSBK typically doesn't mean you are out of contention, thanks to there being 28 total races during the year (14 rounds). Haga also is bound to have a few offs or DNF's, it's just his luck. You never really know. Let's just hope the whole thing comes down to the final round at Portimao!

Matter of fact, there wasn't a single rider last year in the Top 10 who had less than 2 DNF's over the entire season last year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Superbik...pionship_season

So I'm learning...It's one of the reasons I'm way excited about WSBK. I feel like a kid who just learned how to ..........! I can't believe this has been around so long and I never really got into it! I've been missing out...

WTF happened here

17 65 J. Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.713
18 91 L. Haslam GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.882
19 76 M. Neukirchner GER Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'59.926

Neuki especially. He will be top ten in the race but what happened to these guys in Q?

Good to see Xaus back out there, I never heard the extent of his injuries.

Spies to be fourth going into turn one. Those Ducatis can really get off the line.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Mar 13 2009, 02:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>WTF happened here

17 65 J. Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.713
18 91 L. Haslam GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.882
19 76 M. Neukirchner GER Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'59.926

Neuki especially. He will be top ten in the race but what happened to these guys in Q?

Good to see Xaus back out there, I never heard the extent of his injuries.

Spies to be fourth going into turn one. Those Ducatis can really get off the line.
From the little bit I read at GPmatters, it sounded like all three were sandbagging or at the very least trying to conserve tires for the final two rounds of Superpole. They miscalculated and got left out. Really too bad for Rea as it looked like he has a race pace to run at the front. IIRC Haslam was a bit off the pace, same as Max. I'm less certain about the pace of Haslam and Max.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Mar 13 2009, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Due to existing exclusive broadcasting agreements with various television networks, we regret to announce that this Live Video Streaming service is not available in the following areas of the world:

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Stupid cable TV...Any idea when they will have it available to watch on the website? Soon after or will I have to wait until the next day?

Here's a complete list of session times.
Makes it easier to see who's on what compound.


FIM Superbike World Championship
Losial International Circuit
Doha, Qatar
March 13, 2009
SuperPole Results (all on Pirelli tires):

SuperPole Session 1:

1. Ben SPIES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:58.782
2. Tom SYKES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:58.803
3. Broc PARKES (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:58.856
4. Troy CORSER (BMW S1000 RR), 1:58.940
5. Roberto ROLFO (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.142
6. Carlos CHECA (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.195
7. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.203
8. Yukio KAGAYAMA (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:59.214
9. Michel FABRIZIO (Duc 1098 F09), 1:59.220
10. Jakub SMRZ (Duc 1098R), 1:59.241
11. Max BIAGGI (Apr RSV4), 1:59.272
12. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), 1:59.380
13. Noriyuki HAGA (Duc 1098 F09), 1:59.491
14. Regis LACONI (Duc 1098R), 1:59.498
15. Shane BYRNE (Duc 1098R), 1:59.659
16. Shinya NAKANO (Apr RSV4), 1:59.688

Not Qualified to Superpole 2

17. Jonathan REA (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.713
18. Leon HASLAM (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.882
19. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:59.926
20. Tommy HILL (Hon CBR1000RR), 2:00.108

SuperPole Session 2:

1. Max BIAGGI (Apr RSV4), 1:57.836
2. Jakub SMRZ (Duc 1098R), 1:57.871
3. Tom SYKES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:58.226
4. Noriyuki HAGA (Duc 1098R), 1:58.249
5. Shinya NAKANO (Apr RSV4), 1:58.534
6. Carlos CHECA (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:58.536
7. Ben SPIES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:58.636
8. Shane BYRNE (Duc 1098R), 1:58.725

Not Qualified to Superpole 3

9. Roberto ROLFO (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:58.734
10. Michel FABRIZIO (Duc 1098 F09), 1:58.919
11. Regis LACONI (Duc 1098R), 1:59.044
12. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.055
13. Broc PARKES (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:59.074
14. Yukio KAGAYAMA (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:59.134
15. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), 1:59.435
16. Troy CORSER (BMW S1000 RR), 1:59.454

SuperPole Session 3:

1. Ben SPIES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:57.280
2. Jakub SMRZ (Duc 1098R), 1:57.384
3. Max BIAGGI (Apr RSV4), 1:57.694
4. Noriyuki HAGA (Duc 1098 F09), 1:57.850
5. Tom SYKES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:57.878
6. Shinya NAKANO (Apr RSV4), 1:58.755
7. Carlos CHECA (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.090
8. Shane BYRNE (Duc 1098R), 2:00.021

Final Combined Qualifying Results, After Superpole:

1. Ben SPIES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:57.280
2. Jakub SMRZ (Duc 1098R), 1:57.384
3. Max BIAGGI (Apr RSV4), 1:57.694
4. Noriyuki HAGA (Duc 1098 F09), 1:57.850
5. Tom SYKES (Yam YZF-R1), 1:57.878
6. Shinya NAKANO (Apr RSV4), 1:58.755
7. Carlos CHECA (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.090
8. Shane BYRNE (Duc 1098R), 2:00.021
9. Roberto ROLFO (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:58.734
10. Michel FABRIZIO (Duc 1098 F09), 1:58.919
11. Regis LACONI (Duc 1098R), 1:59.044
12. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.055
13. Broc PARKES (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:59.074
14. Yukio KAGAYAMA (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:59.134
15. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), 1:59.435
16. Troy CORSER (BMW S1000 RR), 1:59.454
17. Jonathan REA (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.713
18. Leon HASLAM (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:59.882
19. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:59.926
20. Tommy HILL (Hon CBR1000RR), 2:00.108
21. Karl MUGGERIDGE (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:00.738
22. Makoto TAMADA (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:00.839
23. David SALOM (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:01.047
24. Brendan ROBERTS (Duc 1098R), 2:01.165
25. Vittorio IANNUZZO (Hon CBR1000RR), 2:01.560
26. Ayrton BADOVINI (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:01.561
27. Luca SCASSA (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:01.607
28. Matteo BAIOCCO (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:02.663

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tremulant @ Mar 13 2009, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Stupid cable TV...Any idea when they will have it available to watch on the website? Soon after or will I have to wait until the next day?


I think that it was 2-3 days after the race. I know it wasn't anytime soon after the race.

Great to see Shakey and Sykes up there, and the two Aprilia's right up front again.
Another great showing from Smrz too - I just hope he can convert it into a podium or two now.

Also, whatever happened to Alex Polita? Last I heard he was supposed to be on the other Sterilgarda bike, but I've not seen any trace of him anywhere this year.

I'm very impressed with what Spies are doing, to say the least.
A point I havn't seen here is that Spies passed the line for a hot lap with 3 sec left of the session on what could only be a q-tire, but got signed that no one could tuch him and cruised around as there were no need for another lap. That means that he didn't use q-tires until he went out in the third and final session.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Mar 14 2009, 12:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I'm very impressed with what Spies are doing, to say the least.
A point I havn't seen here is that Spies passed the line for a hot lap with 3 sec left of the session on what could only be a q-tire, but got signed that no one could tuch him and cruised around as there were no need for another lap. That means that he didn't use q-tires until he went out in the third and final session.
Another sign of the way things are going perhaps, that the premier/prototype/development series no longer has q-tyres, while wsbk can apparently still afford such a luxury (not that dispensing with q-tyres is necessarily a bad idea in general).

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Mar 13 2009, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I'm very impressed with what Spies are doing, to say the least.
A point I havn't seen here is that Spies passed the line for a hot lap with 3 sec left of the session on what could only be a q-tire, but got signed that no one could tuch him and cruised around as there were no need for another lap. That means that he didn't use q-tires until he went out in the third and final session.
I thought it was odd he went out again at the end, as I assumed he'd used one qualifier already, but I suppose it explains him only being 7th in session 2.

Other than a few wild-cards at their home races I can't think of anyone I've seen make this sort of impact in WSB right away. If he's this good now what's he gonna be like with a bit more experience, and at tracks he knows?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Stevo @ Mar 13 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Great to see Shakey and Sykes up there, and the two Aprilia's right up front again.
Another great showing from Smrz too - I just hope he can convert it into a podium or two now.

Also, whatever happened to Alex Polita? Last I heard he was supposed to be on the other Sterilgarda bike, but I've not seen any trace of him anywhere this year.

Sterilgarda ran out of money to run two bikes. They hope to be able to run Polita starting with the first euro rounds but we will see. Shame really.

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Download TVants in case you need it - google it - It's free.
Then use links from here. I watched super pole last night. Admittedly the commentary was french but it was live.

http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?compet...ine=motorsports