2009 Superbike World Championship

[Brad Johnson]

Same Stefan, hope Max gets a win in soon.

 

[Simon James]

i think he will from middle to the end of the year

 

[Wido Rossen]

WSBK 2009 round 4 : Assen , The Netherlands

In the weekend from 24 - 26 off April the Dutch round of the WSBK will be held at Assen.
BMW will appear in their new BMW colors.

Barry Veneman will try to get a podium result for his home crowd in the Supersport 600.

Statistics TT track Assen.

Track length:4.555 meter.
The pit exists out off 34 pit boxes.
There is place for 140.000 spectators from witch 60.000 are seats.
1400 people up and around the track will make the whole event to a glorious happening.

 

[Jay Adgie]

WSB Assen: Spies again in first free practice
By Michael Guy

World Superbikes

24 April 2009 14:52


Yamaha sensation Ben Spies continued his stranglehold of practice and qualifying by topping the time sheets once again, first time out at Assen.

The Yamaha man powered his R1 to first place after overhauling Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner in the process.

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Ten Kate Honda rider Carlos Checa survived a fire on his number one bike five minutes into the session but was still able to secure third fastest.

Leon Haslam was once again top Brit by posting an impressive lap time good enough for fourth spot.

The Stiggy Honda rider made a much better start than his team-mate John Hopkins who crashed and is now out of the meeting after dislocating his hip.

First qualifying for Sunday’s two WSB races takes place at 4.15pm local time.

1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1'39.687
2 76 M.NEUKIRCHNER GER Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.050
3 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.143
4 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.147
5 55 R. LACONI FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1'40.369
6 41 N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1'40.417
7 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.571
8 31 K. MUGGERIDGE AUS Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.693
9 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1'40.696
10 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1'40.835
11 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.872
12 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1'40.914
13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'41.017
14 56 S. NAKANO JPN Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'41.108
15 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1'41.111
16 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1'41.170
17 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'41.202
18 33 T. HILL GBR Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1'41.289
19 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1'41.621
20 24 B. ROBERTS AUS Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1'41.859
21 25 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'42.134
22 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'42.223
23 94 D. CHECA ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone Yamaha YZF R1 1'42.388
24 100 M. TAMADA JPN Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'42.442
25 77 V. IANNUZZO ITA Squadra Corse Italia Honda CBR1000RR 1'42.980
26 32 S. EASTON GBR Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'43.008
27 15 M.BAIOCCO ITA PSG1-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'43.330
28 121 J. HOPKINS USA Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.396
29 88 R. RESCH AUT TKR Suzuki Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'45.276

I think Ben's getting used to the new R1 .......:time-out:

 

[Ben Tusting]

That wasn't the final times Jay as Jacob Smrz qualified 2nd.

What an amazing race so far

 

[Ben Tusting]

That was an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING race :woop: :woop:
What a move by Ben spies and also Spies's pass on Haslam wow

 

[Ben Tusting]

WSBK »

Assen - Race results (1)
Full race results (1) from the fourth round of the World Superbike Championship at Assen, in the Netherlands.

1. Ben Spies USA Yamaha WSB YZF R1 36mins 31.338secs 22 laps
2. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R +0.164s
3. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR +0.779s
4. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 +8.776s
5. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +11.276s
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +16.126s
7. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +19.555s
8. Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R +19.760s
9. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R 23.006s
10. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +24.285s
11. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +26.003s
12. Karl Muggeridge AUS Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000 +27.814s
13. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +36.962s
14. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +39.025s
15. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +41.505s

16. Brendan Roberts AUS Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +41.810s
17. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +50.186s
18. Stuart Easton GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R +55.567s
19. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT R1 +56.425s
20. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 05.169s
21. Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1min 37.663s

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22. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 laps completed
23. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4 13 laps completed
24. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR 13 laps completed
25. Matteo Baiocco ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki ZX-10R 12 laps completed
26. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 4 laps completed
27. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1 lap completed
28. Tommy Hill GBR HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR 0 laps completed

Did Not Start

John Hopkins USA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR

 

[Jay Adgie]

That was an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING race :woop: :woop:
What a move by Ben spies and also Spies's pass on Haslam wow

That first race was unreal.....:drool: how they stayed up right i dont know..:thinking: That pass on the last lap to take the win on the fast right left kink was awesome......:victory: Plus it was another cracking supersports race aswell...arty2:

 

[Wido Rossen]

What a driver, never been on Assen and finishing in style.......i bowe to you Ben Spies.
To bad that he went off like that.
And Leon Haslam....awsome.
I know he has the starts from his dad.

 

[Travis]

It's on again this weekend...this round being at Monza. Hopefully Max can win his first race for Aprilia. Currently down in 17th at the end of FP1...

On a side note, I attended the opening round at Phillip Island and watched Haga take a very narrow race 1 win and then watch Ben Spies dominate race 2.

I've been lucky enough to have attended the MotoGP and World Supers every year since 2000.

Cheers.

 

[Travis]

Superpole results from Monza:

1. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R 1'44.073;
2. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'44.270;
3. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.642;
4. Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'44.900;
5. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'45.096;
6. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.170;
7. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'45.605;
8. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'45.861;
9. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.166;
10. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'45.383;
11. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'45.543;
12. Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'45.663;
13. Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'46.368;
14. Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'46.571;
15. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'46.593;
16. Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'46.928

5 in a row for Spies...hopefully he can convert pole into race wins so the championship chase remains interesting.

 

[Travis]

Very nasty accident at the start of race 1.

Into the first chicane, Tamada hit Roberts who hit Hill who then hit Corser.

Roberts had to bail out after being hit from behind by Tamada. The bike, after hitting Hill, continued across the track and hit Neukirchner.

Max Neukirchner has a broken femur, as has Brendan Roberts. Tamada has broken wrist.

Hope they all get better ASAP. Very nasty stuff indeed.

 

[Travis]

Race 1 results:

1. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R
2. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 0.239
3. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 8.175
4. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 11.001
5. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 12.447
6. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 13.693
7. Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 19.172
9. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 26.930
10. Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 27.418
11. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 27.752
12. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 29.545
13. Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 30.952
14. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 31.414
15. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 36.998
16. Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 42.732

Ben was leading until the last corner...and ran out of fuel!

Race 2:
1. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1
2. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 2.665
3. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 2.810
4. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 7.706
5. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 7.863
6. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 10.383
7. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 11.586
8. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 21.112
9. Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 22.112
10. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 22.261
11. Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 23.453
12. Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 32.956
13. Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 37.166
14. Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 43.085
15. Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 43.088
16. Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 43.825

Championship Standings:
1. Haga 200
2. Spies 146
3. Fabrizio 125
4. Haslam 103
5. Sykes 90
6. Biaggi 81
7. Laconi 77
8. Rea 77
9. Neukirchner 75
10. Kiyonari

Manufacturers:
1. Ducati 225
2. Yamaha 180
3. Honda 141
4. Suzuki 89
5. Aprilia 84
6. Bmw 59
7. Kawasaki 19

 

[Wido Rossen]

Auw, bad news for max and the others.
Hope they will be fit for the next round.

Thnx for keeping us up to date TJP

 

[Wido Rossen]

replacement for Neukirchner

With Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Max Neukirchner out of action for a while, there will be a familiar face in the Kyalami garage this coming weekend. Former team member Fonsi Nieto will be taking Max's place in South Africa, joining up once again with Yukio Kagayama.

Fonsi raced for the team last year and so knows the crew very well, but he has no experience of the GSX-R1000 K9 and will be starting the first day of practice completely afresh.


"Firstly, I want to wish Max all the best for a quick recovery" declared Nieto. " His crash at Monza was not his fault and he is lucky that the injuries are not worse than they are. I am very grateful to Francis Batta for giving me this opportunity to ride for the team again and I will do my best to repay his faith in me. Although I know the team, I do not know the bike because it is a completely new and different bike to last year's model. So, I will have to learn the bike and learn the track at the same time and that is not so easy, but I will do my best for sure.

 

[Wido Rossen]

WSBK 2009 round 6 : Kyalami , South Africa

this round is on 15TH - 17TH MAY 2009! ...

 

[Craig Hume]

Another rider to be replaced for Kyalami:

"Reigning SA Superbike champion Sheridan Morias will race a Kawasaki in the SA World Superbike races at Kyalami.
In a deal negotiated by Donovan van Heerden, Morias will replace former MotoGP rider Mokoto Tamada in the PBM Kawasaki team. Tamada suffered a broken wrist in last Sunday's multi-bike first corner crash in the opening race at Monza."

Morias is super fast in the local racing. Wether he is up to the challenge with this league is a different story. But it will be good to have a local in the race. He could surprise alot of people with his track knowledge and the fact that he races a similar bike in the National series here. Best of luck to him

With regards the track. Special changes have now been made to the SSSsssssss at the 2nd last turn. Thankfully the waste of tarmac (the older version we race online) has been changed to be more straight line. So it should make for some good fun

 

[Travis]

FP1 run already, (very) early indications are that Fabrizio is carrying over his great form from Monza.

Top 15 are as follows:

1 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'40.067
2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.102
3 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.119
4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.137
5 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'40.322
6 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'40.498
7 132 Morais S. (RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.502
8 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'40.514
9 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'40.531
10 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'40.599
11 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'40.623
12 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'40.652
13 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.738
14 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.801
15 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'41.099

Cheers.

 

[Travis]

Some terrible injury news regarding French rider Regis Laconi (taken from Worldsbk.com):

Following his crash Regis Laconi was taken by helicopter to Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg. After undergoing checks later in the evening it was possible to have a better idea of the Frenchman's condition.

Laconi suffered two broken cervical vertebrae (C3 and C5), severe concussion and a contusion of the lung. A CT scan for eventual neurological damage, proved to be negative and for the moment he is in an induced coma and in a stable condition. After consultation with Dr. Maurizio Zorzi, the South African neuro-surgeon who was called from Pretoria to check on the patient's condition, it was decided not to operate immediately and to postpone any eventual intervention for a few days.

Barring complications, a further three weeks will be required before a clear clinical picture of the situation can be made, during which the French rider will have to remain totally immobile.

Get well soon Regis!

 

[Travis]

Qualifying results before Superpole:

1 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'38.103
2 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.505
3 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.506
4 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.514
5 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'38.523
6 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.600
7 132 Morais S. (RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.767
8 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.905
9 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.905
10 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'38.934
11 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'38.961
12 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'38.998
13 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'39.089
14 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'39.193
15 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.270
16 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.284
17 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.589
18 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.668
19 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.672
20 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.735
21 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.831
22 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.852
23 17 Martin S. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'41.227
24 49 Whyte S. (RSA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'41.737