WSBK Round 6

Qualifying Session 1

1) T. Bayliss Ducati AUS 1' 34.903
2) T. Corser Suzuki AUS 1' 35.016
3) R. Laconi Kawasaki FRA 1' 35.166
4) C. Walker Kawasaki GBR 1' 35.255
5) S. Martin Petronas AUS 1' 35.313
6) A. Pitt Yamaha AUS 1' 35.448
7) M. Fabrizio Honda ITA 1' 35.466
8) J. Toseland Honda GBR 1' 35.553
9) Y. Kagayama Suzuki JPN 1' 35.561
10) F. Nieto Kawasaki ESP 1' 35.667
11) R. Rolfo Ducati ITA 1' 35.682
12) N. Haga Yamaha JPN 1' 35.816
13) L. Lanzi Ducati ITA 1' 35.851
14) A. Barros Honda BRA 1' 35.858
15) K. Muggeridge Honda AUS 1' 35.965
16) F. Foret Suzuki FRA 1' 36.037
19) S. Nakatomi Yamaha JPN 1' 36.111
20) S. Gimbert Yamaha FRA 1' 36.144
24) N. Abe Yamaha JPN 1' 36.625

Looking Good for Bayliss again More record breaking, more poles, Loving every minute of it. Snatching it on the after the chequred flag as well, gotta feel sorry for Corser sometimes. Great performances from Laconi and Walker too, they both had turns at holding pole during the session. Hopefully there`s gonna be some green on the box this weekend. Pitt doing a good job as well. Hopefully he can take another podium to justify sharing a garage with Haga. Martin also doing well, taking advantage of the smallish nature of the Monza circuit to make up for the fact that his bike is 100cc down on everything else.
Dissapointments from Lanzi, JT, Muggas and Haga, though. 8th is not good for a man who started the season as a contender and is leading the Ten Kate charge, and his teammate better pull his finger out unless he wants to lose his seat to Le French from Supersport next year. As for Lanzi, where`s the heat we saw last year? Ducati should be thankful they got Troy to make up for this regular disspointment. Especially at Monza, his home circuit. While I`m at it Nieto could be doing better, too. 10th is nothing to sneeze at, but his Kawa brethren both made the top five. Nieto`s better than that, what`s going on?

Bayliss to win ...

the other fukers don't stand a chance

Naturally, although final QP sees him in 7th on the grid. Still in SBK that means the second row, Bayliss for a double, I`m saying

meh, he has won 7 races in a row. why not make it 9 ...

Has anyone noticed how good at crashing Corser this season? I don`t mean good at crashing like Stoner, I mean after he comes off, he turns into like, a ninja off the Matrix or somthing, jumping and dodging bikes left, right and center. Impressive, for one of the older guys in the paddock.

Well adrenalin can give you a strength and agility you don't usually have, I remember a video of an old man walking very slowly (using a cane) during a rally, a car suddenly loses control and goes towards the old man, and he suddenly drops the cane and starts running out of the way!

Anyway back to the topic, congrats to Bayliss for his nth win and to Pitt for his maiden win !!

i watched race one... then... ... foxtel started replaying the mugello MGP halfway through the WSBK....
so i gave up and went to bed ...
bu PITTY WON!?!

YAY!!!

go andy

Toseland started off well, he slipped down the rows after that though.

Would have been nice to see Baylistic`s winning streak continue, but hey! Go PITTY! He really deserved a win and he kept it an all Aussie weekend. AGAIN. The last (and only) non-Aussie to win a WSBK race this season was JT back in the first race in Qatar. Safe to say we got this under control. I say, Bring on your beloved Spies Ooost. Set him up, and we`ll knock him down.

I hope he goes Richo. He's had something for Mladin all season and Mladin is one of the best Aussies out there. We'll see what happens.

Mladin is getting rusty. He hasn`t had a service or oil change in a while. At the moment hes like an annoying stick bashing annoyingly at Spies side, Bayliss and Corser would be like sledgehammers in the face to your boy. I`ve told you before, Ooost, you`ve got better superbikers than us, but they all go to motoGP. Your only hope of knocking off the Aussie SBK armies is to pull the likes of Hayden and Edwards out of the GP to give our boys a bloody nose on the big desils. But that`s not gonna happen. Spies will be the same. You`ve hinted at that yourself. If he really is starting to bloom, he might go to WSBK but in the long run he`ll　end up in motoGP.　That`s what happens to all the good yanks.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (richo @ Jun 27 2006, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Spies will be the same. You`ve hinted at that yourself. If he really is starting to bloom, he might go to WSBK but in the long run he`ll?end up in motoGP.?That`s what happens to all the good yanks.
I don't know what Spies will do. I think the next logical step is for him to get over to World Supers and see how things go. He'll certainly get more attention than he gets here. If he can make the jump to MotoGP then I am all for it. But in all honesty, I'm not sure that's what he wants. He doesn't like flying and I feel like I've read articles that say he's content racing in the states. Who knows.

Who wouldn`t be contempt with beating a guy with Mladin`s track record? I think he`ll either do an Edwards or a Bostrom. Sink or Swim. I can`t see him going straight from the states to the GP circuit. Then again, Hopper and Hayden did.