WSBK Rd3 - Valencia

Yea, the factory Ducs dominated last year. Even though they seem to be missing something this season, i cant imagine the other teams have made up 5 seconds on them from last year.

#1 Haga
#2 Fabrizio

#3 Haslam

Race 2

#1 Fabrizio
#2 Haga
#3 Haslam

It's so wide open this year (so far) that it is (for me) ridiculous to even
speculate - tho I thinks it's a safe bet that Haslam will be on the podium.
I really hope Portimao a was fluke Ducati-wise. I have have no great love
for Fabrizio and am not masochistic enough to have high hopes for Haga
but - I'd hate to see a season go by, where they're not in the mix. If
2010 were to go by with all the Ducs in the back - you can bet there'd
be some serious arm-twisting in the back room somewhere to allow the
Ducatis yet another advantage. The performance of the Aprilias must be
eating them up.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Keshav @ Apr 5 2010, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>It's so wide open this year (so far) that it is (for me) ridiculous to even
speculate - tho I thinks it's a safe bet that Haslam will be on the podium.
I really hope Portimao a was fluke Ducati-wise. I have have no great love
for Fabrizio and am not masochistic enough to have high hopes for Haga
but - I'd hate to see a season go by, where they're not in the mix. If
2010 were to go by with all the Ducs in the back - you can bet there'd
be some serious arm-twisting in the back room somewhere to allow the
Ducatis yet another advantage. The performance of the Aprilias must be
eating them up.
You wont have to wait if Ducati has a bad day this weekend.The 3 KG weight reduction will automatically kick in.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Keshav @ Apr 5 2010, 02:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>It's so wide open this year (so far) that it is ridiculous to even
speculate...
Amen to that!


For the hell of it: I purdict 'nuther sweep for the feisty Italian.

Race 1 and 2!
1. Biaggi
2. Haslam
3. JT

hmmm.... after the last round which i completely forgot about biaggi & what went down with the ducati boys...
race1
1. haga
2. haslam
3. crutchlow
4. rea
5. biaggi
i usually don't pick fabio cause i don't like him that much but he's always a possible
race2
1. crutchlow
2. biaggi
3. rea
4. haslam
5. haga

Haslam
Checa
Haga

Haga
Haslam
Mr Torpedo run

I'm going with

Haga
Fabio
Haslem

Haga
Checa
Haslem

Race 1
1.Checa
2.Haslam
3.Biaggi

Race 2
1.Biaggi
2.Haga
3.Haslam

but I`ll enjoy it whatever the outcome.

Ist Practice


Friday, 09 April 2010 13:52



1 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'35.154
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'35.288
3 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'35.598
4 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.776
5 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'35.794
6 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'35.875
7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'35.881
8 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'36.066
9 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'36.070
10 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.130
11 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.187
12 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'36.199
13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'36.203
14 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'36.254
15 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'36.319
16 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.350
17 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.378
18 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.447
19 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.807
20 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.815
21 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.169
22 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.764
23 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'38.206
24 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.370
25 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.121

!st Q

1. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 1min 34.220s
2. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Ducati 1198 1min 34.502s
3. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 1min 34.690s
4. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 34.771s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.780s
6. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 1min 34.886s
7. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 1min 34.935s
8. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 1min 35.049s
9. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 1min 35.052s
10. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 35.132s
11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 35.189s
12. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 1min 35.203s
13. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.232s
14. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 35.279s
15. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198 1min 35.467s
16. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.555s
17. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 35.641s
18. Andrew Pitt AUS Reitwagen BMW S1000RR 1min 35.906s
19. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 35.912s
20. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 36.766s
21. Sheridan Morais RSA Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR 1min 36.865s
22. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 36.928s
23. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.171s
24. Simon Andrews GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 37.477s
25. Roland Resch AUT Reitwagen BMW S1000RR 1min 37.712s

Hmm all looks pretty normal. The Duc's are mostly all at the top. Haga where he is expected to be in practice. I'm pretty surprised that Rea is so far down the list though. Toseland with no improvement between P and Q, not looking good for him. Checa has really gelled with that Duc. I think that he is going to be up there all year.

Pretty sick picture of Checa.

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is it a confidence think with haga? im sure its not the "whats the point, im never gonna win the crown" attitude. cause if it is he should just retire. i really hope he gets it together for race day.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (J708 @ Apr 9 2010, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>is it a confidence think with haga? im sure its not the "whats the point, im never gonna win the crown" attitude. cause if it is he should just retire. i really hope he gets it together for race day.

Haga is never one to go blow it up in practice or even qualifying for that matter. He is a race day specialist. I have no doubt that he will be at the front come race day.

Valencia Superbike - Qualifying 2nd Session

Saturday, 10 April 2010 11:39

18.riders within .9 of a sec

3 Duc's in front of the Factory boys

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1 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'34.218
2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'34.220
3 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'34.239
4 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'34.265
5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.286
6 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.356
7 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'34.427
8 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.441
9 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.442
10 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.458
11 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.476
12 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.836
13 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.894
14 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.933
15 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.938
16 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'34.973
17 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'35.132
18 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.133
19 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.604
20 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.072
21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.104
22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.117
23 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.329
24 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.524
25 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.639

Valencia 9-10-11 April 2010 Superbike Superpole 1 Session Complete
Pos # Rider Nat Bike Last Lap Best Lap Gap Int.1 Int.2 Int.3 Speed Laps
1 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.022 5
2 91 Haslam L GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 PIT IN 1'34.206 0.184 3
3 50 Guintoli S FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000 PIT IN 1'34.257 0.235 6
4 7 Checa C ESP Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.271 0.249 3
5 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. PIT IN 1'34.285 0.263 3
6 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'34.359 0.337 5
7 57 Lanzi L ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.418 0.396 5
8 52 Toseland J GBR Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'34.432 0.410 4
9 99 Scassa L ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.497 0.475 7
10 2 Camier L GBR Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. PIT IN 1'34.542 0.520 7
11 35 Crutchlow C GBR Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'34.558 0.536 288,8 5
12 76 Neukirchner M GER Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'34.563 0.541 6
13 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.603 0.581 5
14 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR PIT IN 1'34.609 0.587 3
15 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.615 0.593 2
16 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.755 0.733 3
17 111 Xaus R ESP BMW S1000 RR 1'34.756 0.734
18 66 Sykes T GBR Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'34.894 0.872
19 88 Pitt A AUS BMW S1000 RR 1'36.088 2.066
20 32 Morais S RSA Honda CBR1000RR 284,2

Valencia 9-10-11 April 2010 Superbike Superpole 3 Session Complete
Pos # Rider Nat Bike Last Lap Best Lap Gap Int.1 Int.2 Int.3 Speed Laps
1 35 Crutchlow C GBR Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'33.615 286,5 5
2 7 Checa C ESP Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'33.840 0.225 5
3 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. PIT IN 1'33.860 0.245 5
4 91 Haslam L GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 PIT IN 1'33.961 0.346 5
5 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR PIT IN 1'34.059 0.444 5
6 50 Guintoli S FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000 PIT IN 1'34.073 0.458 5
7 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'34.235 0.620 4
8 57 Lanzi L ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'34.261 0.646 285,7 3
9 52 Toseland J GBR Yamaha YZF R1
10 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R
11 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R
12 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R
13 2 Camier L GBR Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
14 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R
15 99 Scassa L ITA Ducati 1098R
16 76 Neukirchner M GER Honda CBR1000RR
17 111 Xaus R ESP BMW S1000 RR
18 66 Sykes T GBR Kawasaki ZX 10R
19 88 Pitt A AUS BMW S1000 RR
20
Live timing went on the fritz in SP 2, Sorry

Haga & Torpedo man suck