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1st Practice

Pos.   Rider   Team   Bike   Time
1   Jakub Smrz   Guandalini Racing by Grifo's   Ducati 1098R   1:46.712
2   Max Neukirchner   Team Alstare Suzuki   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.772
3   Karl Muggeridge   D.F Racing   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.812
4   Troy Bayliss   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:46.882
5   Yukio Kagayama   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.970
6   Fonsi Nieto   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.981
7   Kenan Sofuoglu   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr   Honda CBR1000RR   1:47.326
8   Carlos Checa   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:47.336
9   Regis Laconi   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:47.381
10   Noriyuki Haga   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:47.436
11   Ayrton Badovini   Team Pedercini   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:47.448
12   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:47.642
13   Ruben Xaus   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:47.733
14   Max Biaggi   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:47.765
15   Troy Corser   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:47.859
16   Makoto Tamada   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:47.992
17   Michel Fabrizio   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:48.468
18   Shinichi Nakatomi   YZF Yamaha   Yamaha YZF R1   1:48.485
19   Gregorio Lavilla   Paul Bird Motorsport   Honda CBR1000RR   1:48.499
20   Sebastien Gimbert   Yamaha France - GMT 94   Yamaha YZF R1   1:48.857

1st Qualy:

Pos.   Rider   Team   Bike   Time
1   Max Neukirchner   Team Alstare Suzuki   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:45.990
2   Troy Bayliss   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:46.359
3   Yukio Kagayama   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.371
4   Makoto Tamada   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:46.404
5   Jakub Smrz   Guandalini Racing by Grifo's   Ducati 1098R   1:46.604
6   Karl Muggeridge   D.F Racing   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.750
7   Michel Fabrizio   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:46.814
8   Kenan Sofuoglu   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.854
9   Ruben Xaus   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:46.915
10   Gregorio Lavilla   Paul Bird Motorsport   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.946
11   Fonsi Nieto   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.990
12   Noriyuki Haga   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:47.074
13   Regis Laconi   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:47.089
14   Carlos Checa   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:47.135
15   Troy Corser   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:47.232
16   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:47.246
17   Max Biaggi   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:47.255
18   Ayrton Badovini   Team Pedercini   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:47.805
19   Shinichi Nakatomi   YZF Yamaha   Yamaha YZF R1   1:47.815
20   Sebastien Gimbert   Yamaha France - GMT 94   Yamaha YZF R1   1:48.276

it's gana be close

Wow, there are several big names in the back half of the grid.

Pre-Superpole:

Pos.   Rider   Team   Bike   Time
1   Max Neukirchner   Team Alstare Suzuki   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:45.506
2   Regis Laconi   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:46.126
3   Yukio Kagayama   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.154
4   Noriyuki Haga   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:46.202
5   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.314
6   Fonsi Nieto   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:46.332
7   Troy Corser   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:46.333
8   Troy Bayliss   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:46.359
9   Michel Fabrizio   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:46.390
10   Makoto Tamada   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:46.404
11   Ruben Xaus   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:46.409
12   Jakub Smrz   Guandalini Racing by Grifo's   Ducati 1098R   1:46.578
13   Karl Muggeridge   D.F Racing   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.664
14   Kenan Sofuoglu   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.854
15   Carlos Checa   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.865
16   Max Biaggi   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:46.868
17   Gregorio Lavilla   Paul Bird Motorsport   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.927
18   Shinichi Nakatomi   YZF Yamaha   Yamaha YZF R1   1:46.944
19   Ayrton Badovini   Team Pedercini   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:47.301
20   Sebastien Gimbert   Yamaha France - GMT 94   Yamaha YZF R1   1:47.669

sofuoglu out following the death of his brother:

http://superbikeplanet.com/2008/May/080510b.htm

and the superpole goes to...

Pos.   Rider   Team   Bike   Time
1   Troy Bayliss   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:44.931
2   Max Neukirchner   Team Alstare Suzuki   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:45.287
3   Noriyuki Haga   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:45.665
4   Carlos Checa   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:45.766
5   Yukio Kagayama   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:45.777
6   Ruben Xaus   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:45.795
7   Fonsi Nieto   Team Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8   1:45.942
8   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Hannspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR   1:45.975
9   Max Biaggi   Sterilgarda Go Eleven   Ducati 1098R   1:46.039
10   Karl Muggeridge   D.F Racing   Honda CBR1000RR   1:46.065
11   Regis Laconi   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:46.216
12   Troy Corser   Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team   Yamaha YZF R1   1:46.496
13   Michel Fabrizio   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R   1:46.533
14   Makoto Tamada   Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1:46.549
15   Jakub Smrz   Guandalini Racing by Grifo's   Ducati 1098R   1:46.749
16   Gregorio Lavilla   Paul Bird Motorsport   Honda CBR1000RR   1:47.107

Again...

apprently, he lost another brother last year - shitty couple years for the sofa glues

so do we think max is hurt a lot more than reported, or...?

I take it you mean Biaggi, not Neukirchner?  He was pretty badly injured and I think it's giving him trouble in transitions because he doesn't seem as fast picking it up out of the corners as he was (but goddamn is he still one smooooooth rider).

+1 Rough 12 months for he and his. :-[

Just finished the downloads for the races, off to watch them now I hope I am not dissapointed.

Holy nuts!  :o 0.009 seconds.  :o Wonder what a photo finish would look like.  That seems like maybe an inch?  Pretty cool.

I was really nervous when Haga started smoking like that.  I wonder if they have preagree what they are going to warn a rider about.  What if whatever it was did cause his tire to lock up?  Someone would have felt really guilty for not warning him.

That chicane seems like a deathtrap too.  Come to think of it, a lot of that track does.  Move those walls out boys!

I take it you all know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/

if that's a race 2 spoiler you may want to put it in it's own thread (with "race 2 spoiler" in the title).

Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that.  I didn't give anything away though, just how close it was.

But, if a thread says "spoiler"... not sure if we really want two threads per race weekend, no?  Seems a little excessive.  Qualifying doesn't really seem to dictate much anyway.  Not sure why people wouldn't want to know grid positions until they watched it.  Do you guys really download qualifying too?

I personally try and avoid all motorcycle sites until I have watched my races.

I always forget to not look on Ducati.com too, cause those bastards are always throwing up their trophies as quickly as possible.

daryl's being lazy about coming back to update his thread, but the way it's supposed to work is the thread title will be updated to reflect what spoilers are inside.

"qually spoilers" would have discussions of the session and grid order but no race spoilers...

"race spoilers" would be ok for race and result discussion.

in the case of world superbike and the way speed is airing race one on sunday and race two on tuesday, seperate "race 1 spoilers" and "race 2 spoilers" would be appropriate.

Yeah, makes sense.

I guess a lot of people don't know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/

Bit torrent.  My xbox360 can see what is on the network computers, so I can play the races on my tv instead of my laptop.

Pretty cool.  The races are usually posted with a few hours of airing LIVE IN EUROPE, are quite high quality, and download within a few hours.

I don't have cable, so it's a godsend.  Also, you can usually choose which feed you want to watch.  I like the BBC coverage of MotoGP vs Eurosport.

The BBC commentators usually add some good laughs.

Check it out people.  It's the internets!

we do, it's just common courtesy so people know what's in the thread before they read it...

that place is awesome  [thumbsup]
 i don't care for tv any more when i can just download it with out commercials 

hugh, you don't say?  that's really interesting. 

Oh I know all about it, but I haven't figured out how to make it work on a Mac yet, so until I do, it's Speed (crap) TV for me....yippee!!

How can you pass up the NASCAR commercials they cut to right before the last lap?   [bang]

A couple of awesome races, especially race 2!


http://www.transmissionbt.com/ (http://www.transmissionbt.com/)

Best torrent client for Mac, just download the torrent file and open it with Transmission.  Don't forget to port-forward.

and you'll probably want www.flip4mac.com too, depending on the format it comes down in.  and/or perian.org

good call  [thumbsup]

Sniff... you guys are like brothers man!

I love you all (cough, I greatly respect Derby though... said in adult and serious tones) [cheeky]