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Event Schedule Kyalami
TIMING (GMT+2)

Friday         
11.45-12.15   30'   LOCAL 1000   FREE PRACTICE
12.45-13.45   60'   WSBK   FREE PRACTICE
14.00-14.45   45'   WSS   FREE PRACTICE
14.50-15.20   30'   LOCAL 600   FREE PRACTICE
15.30-16.30   60'   WSBK   QUALIFYING PRACTICE
16.45-17.30   45'   WSS   FREE PRACTICE

Saturday         
08.45-09.15   30'   LOCAL 1000   FREE PRACTICE
09.45-10.30   45'   WSS   FREE PRACTICE
10.45-11.30   45'   WSBK   QUALIFYING PRACTICE
11.45-12.15   30'   LOCAL 600    FREE PRACTICE
12.25-12.50   25'   PIT WALK   PIT WALK
13.00-13.45   45'   WSS   QUALIFYING PRACTICE
14.00-14.45   45'   WSBK   FREE PRACTICE
15.00-15.12   12'   WSBK   SUPERPOLE (1)
15.19-15.31   12'   WSBK   SUPERPOLE (2)
15.38-15.50   12'   WSBK   SUPERPOLE (3)
16.10-16.40   30'   LOCAL 1000   QUALIFYING PRACTICE
16.50-17.20   30'   LOCAL 600    QUALIFYING PRACTICE

Sunday         
09.20-09.40   20'   WSBK   WARM UP
09.50-10.10   20'   WSS   WARM UP
10.20-10.55   35'   LOCAL 1000   RACE (12 LAPS KM. 51.150)
11.10-11.30   20'   PIT WALK   PIT WALK
11.10-11.30   20'   NSF 100 PARADE   DURING PIT WALK (2 LAPS)
12.00      WSBK   RACE 1 (24 LAPS KM. 102.312)
13.25      WSS   RACE (23 LAPS KM. 98.049)
14.20-14-55   35'   LOCAL 600 RACE (11 LAPS KM. 46.893)
15.30      WSBK   RACE 2 (24 LAPS KM. 102.312)

It's only Tuesday... [laugh]

i had a looooooong day at work. it feels like it has to be thursday already.

;D

And its round 6

damnit, i told you it was a long day.  ;D

South Africa is +9 from the US Left Coast

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WSBK Schedule (in Left Coast Time)

Friday         
3.45-4.45      60'   WSBK   FREE PRACTICE
6.30-7.30      60'   WSBK   QUALIFYING PRACTICE

Saturday         
1.45-2.30      45'   WSBK   QUALIFYING PRACTICE
5.00-5.45      45'   WSBK   FREE PRACTICE
6.00-6.12      12'   WSBK   SUPERPOLE (1)
6.19-6.31      12'   WSBK   SUPERPOLE (2)
6.38-6.50      12'   WSBK   SUPERPOLE (3)

Sunday         
0.20         WSBK      WARM UP (20 mins)
3.00         WSBK      RACE 1 (24 LAPS KM. 102.312)
4.25         WSS              RACE (23 LAPS KM. 98.049)
5.20         LOCAL 600    RACE (11 LAPS KM. 46.893)
6.30         WSBK      RACE 2 (24 LAPS KM. 102.312)

SBKtv is back up! time to catch up on some races.

Any one on the forum going to be there, We could go party African style at my house during the weekend, I live 20 mins ride from the track [thumbsup]

How many autographs did you get at the autograph session??

Photos needed.   ;)

Free Practice 1 Results

1. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 40.067s
2. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 40.102s
3. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 40.119s
4. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1min 40.137s
5. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 40.322s
6. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1min 40.498s
7. Sheridan Morais RSA Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 40.502s
8. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1min 40.514s
9. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 40.531s
10. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 40.599s
11. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 40.623s
12. Ben Spies USA Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 40.652s
13. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 40.738s
14. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 40.801s
15. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 41.099s
16. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1min 41.317s
17. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R 1min 41.324s
18. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 41.713s
19. Fonsi Nieto ESP Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 41.783s
20. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 42.073s
21. Tommy Hill GBR HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR 1min 42.389s
22. Shaun Whyte ZIM Yamaha France GMT 94 1min 42.400s
23. Karl Muggeridge AUS Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 42.496s
24. Steve Martin AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 42.77
25. Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R No Time

14 within 1 second!.....niiiice....and it seems Shakey found his bollocks!

Sunday's race schedule on Speed. 

(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn43/Desmodiva/DMF/5_17schedcopy.jpg)

nooooice! Looks like Fabi might have gotten a bit of a boost to his confidence last weekend.

I wonder if haga is still have quack-attack issues

Just sitting back, waiting for spies to come in and take his 7

Will you stop gonading me? ;D

Haga has been pretty quiet so far this year in practice.  He just does his thing, doesn't struggle to top the time sheets, and gets his set-up for the race and gets ready for superpole.  I wouldn't put a lot of stock in his place (or Spies') in those standings  for the first practice.

Shakey's crew said they figured out what was the problem at Monza and think they've resolved it.  Dunno what it was, but hopefully he'll return to form.  Then again, if he doesn't we get to keep giving tufty shit.  It's win/win.   ;D

Which guy is "Shakey"?

Byrne.  Last year's BSB champion, I think.

I dunno if you remember that youtube vid from TOB from while back of some brits doing triple digit wheelies while lanesplitting?  They were on a Suzuki TL, a Duc (996?) and something else.  They crashed two of the bikes and spent the entire 30 min vid calling everyone they encountered a dumb, slow mothermake the beast with two backser and generally leaving a trail of bodies throughout western Europe?  That was Shakey.   ;D 

Sik, i remember that vid  [evil]

He is a 2 time BSB champion...he did it on a 998 for the MonsterMob Ducati team in 02 I think and then last year on the Airwaves Ducati 1098....

Laconi is in a chemically-induced coma after fracturing his neck in practice.  He can move all his limbs.  Fack.  Good luck, mang.   :-\

http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146817/1/laconi_seriously_hurt_in_practice_accident.html (http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146817/1/laconi_seriously_hurt_in_practice_accident.html)

Q1 Results

1   84   M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1'38.103 24 155,812 249,5
2   65   J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.506 0.403 0.403 29 155,174 248,9
3   19   B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.600 0.497 0.094 26 155,026 246,1
4   91   L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.865 0.762 0.265 27 154,611 245,0
5   56   S. NAKANO JPN Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'38.998 0.895 0.133 26 154,403 247,2
6   41   N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1'39.055 0.952 0.057 25 154,314 246,1
7   96   J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1'39.230 1.127 0.175 22 154,042 247,8
8   66   T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1'39.258 1.155 0.028 22 153,999 248,4
9   3   M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.284 1.181 0.026 28 153,958 252,4
10   111   R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1'39.357 1.254 0.073 20 153,845 245,5
11   7   C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.370 1.267 0.013 26 153,825 245,5
12   132   S. MORAIS RSA Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.388 1.285 0.018 25 153,797 246,1
13   36   G. LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1'39.389 1.286 0.001 23 153,796 242,8
14   67   S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1'39.470 1.367 0.081 27 153,670 248,9
15   71   Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.475 1.372 0.005 27 153,663 251,2
16   9   R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.788 1.685 0.313 23 153,181 244,4
17   23   B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.961 1.858 0.173 20 152,916 245,5
18   25   D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.105 2.002 0.144 28 152,696 242,2
19   99   L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.192 2.089 0.087 25 152,563 239,5
20   31   K. MUGGERIDGE AUS Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.304 2.201 0.112 18 152,393 243,9
21   33   T. HILL GBR Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.308 2.205 0.004 25 152,387 246,7
22   10   F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.544 2.441 0.236 26 152,029 233,8
23   49   S. WHYTE RSA Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone Yamaha YZF R1 1'41.737 3.634 1.193 21 150,246 240,1
24   17   S. MARTIN AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1'42.015 3.912 0.278 24 149,837 241,7

....7th... pole?

if he gets get pole here it will be 6 straight.

Sorry, brain fart. Yes 6 is correct

No offense Spidey, but that blue color you used to highlight is really hard to read!

SUPERPOLE

1. Ben Spies USA Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 37.288s
2. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 37.289s
3. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 37.466s
4. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 37.544s
5. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.634s
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1min 37.677s
7. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.940s
8. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 38.241s

9. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 37.935s
10. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.988s
11. Sheridan Morais RSA Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 38.013s
12. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 38.081s
13. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 38.130s
14. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1min 38.171s
15. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 38.194s
16. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1min 38.733s

17. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R 1min 38.766s
18. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 38.779s
19. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 38.880s
20. Tommy Hill GBR HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR 1min 39.001s

21. Fonsi Nieto ESP Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 39.831s
22. Karl Muggeridge AUS Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 39.852s
23. Steve Martin AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 41.227s
24. Shaun Whyte ZIM Yamaha France GMT 94 1min 41.737s

Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R


Hmmm, it looks fine on my computer.  I was goin' for Yammi v. Duc colors.

BTW, for those of you keeping score, that ties the record held by Polen for consecutive WSBK pole positions.  And he got it by .001 sec.   [bow_down]

oh, i'm keeping score  ;p

http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146883/1/spies_were_still_struggling_with_race_set-up.html (http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146883/1/spies_were_still_struggling_with_race_set-up.html)

Unbelievable.

SPOILER ALERT...

















Haga does the double (http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=942&fArticleId=4985372)!

Can't wait for Miller. You know Spies is gonna bring it there.

Double-Double

That must be making spies sting.

I don't think anyone can say this time that the win was stolen from Spies.

Maybe race 2, when his motor blew up.

wow!

I loved that vid...especially the part where he talks about the TL's handling and "that old running wide thing again..."  That was classic stuff.

Craziness in france (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8707581595122927957)

they had just outgrown the Suzuki, that's all.    ;D

shift lever broke:

http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146952/1/spies_we_cant_give_away_points_like_this.html (http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146952/1/spies_we_cant_give_away_points_like_this.html)

“We made some major changes to the set-up for race two, and I had a completely different motorcycle,” he revealed, “I figured that, if it worked, I might have a better shot at running with the Ducatis and, if it didn't, I was still confident I could put it on the podium. However, I think we actually found something with the changes.

"Then, no sooner had I gotten into the lead when I went into a turn and started hitting my normal downshifts and the shift lever broke. By the time they would have fixed it and got me back out on the track, there would have been no chance to ride back up into the points, so I got off the bike and watched the rest of the race from pit-lane.”

Considering it's Spies rookie year the sky is the limit for that guy. It's a long season and the team has a lot to learn. I'm sure going forward they know what they can do and will get it all sorted out.

It's nice to see the Ducs up front. I was noticing on the fairing it actually says 1198 but on the grid they show they are 1098's. Are they still 1098's or are they using 1198's now?

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3405453405_591645228d.jpg)

the 1098R was/is 1198cc.

that said, ducati refers to the 1198 in all their race press, so i assume that it's just a broadcast graphic that hasn't been updated (yet).

 :'(

I hope those tears don't have anything to do with Laconi?

nah.. i feel awful of course for regis.  but that was about the, again, silly loss of points for ben.

OK. You had me worried there...I went Googling for Laconi's condition. Seems he's improved a bit.

Laconi update

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/May/090519laconiupdate.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/May/090519laconiupdate.htm)

+11tyb.  I didn't even watch Race 2 after he lost his shifter, and have stayed away from commenting for a coupla days.  Ya know, this season would be much more interesting if Ben didn't have a DNF every other race.

Ducati w/ Haga is putting on an absolute clinic.  No mechanicals, absolute consistency, no drama. 

P.S.  Dunno if y'all watched the Speed commentary, but that substitute announcer from South Africa sucked balls.

That's great news.  Really great news.  [thumbsup]

and how.

Well, Martin was out on track, so it seems that was the best they could do.  :-\

The crashes, DNF's and mechanicals are killin' Ben.
He's in a big hole.
If Haga has a bad spell, he might be able to claw it back, but that's not looking likely.

indeed it is.

so they're giving Lanzi his bike until he's back.  not a terribly big surprise... knows the ducati and he's unemployed  =)

http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/147166/1/lanzi_replaces_laconi_at_dfx.html (http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/147166/1/lanzi_replaces_laconi_at_dfx.html)

well, when you consider there are 16 more races, it's not that big of a hole.

If Ben wins every race from here on out and Haga gets second in each, Haga wins the championship.  It's a pretty big hole.  Then again, it only takes one bad crash from Haga for him to miss a round or two and it's all wide open again (as long as Ben finishes more than 50% of the races [roll]).  Ya never know how it goes with racing. 

All I know is that I really don't want Fabrizio to beat Elbowz in the championship.

http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/151393/1/laconi_to_make_imola_appearance.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/151393/1/laconi_to_make_imola_appearance.html)