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Badovini (??) on top in FP1.  and hopkins is still upright so far.

http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/results/178105/1/imola_-_free_practice_times_1.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/results/178105/1/imola_-_free_practice_times_1.html)

1st qualy times...

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Jakub Smrz Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.146
2 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:48.176
3 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:48.246
4 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.247
5 Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:48.321
6 Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:48.328
7 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.375
8 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.555
9 Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.555
10 Roger Lee Camier Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:48.556
11 Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.728
12 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:48.741
13 L. Zanetti  Ducati 1098R 1:48.762
14 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:48.773
15 Chaz Davies ParkinGO Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.959
16 Maxime Berger Liberty Racing - Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1:49.343
17 Niccolo Canepa Team Ducati Roma Ducati 1098R 1:49.617
18 John Hopkins Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:49.790
19 Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:50.031
20 David Salom Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:50.085

Pretty impressed by the Kawi's this year, didnt expect them to get out to such a good start this year.

That'll happen when you move your entire motogp team to wsbk..

 [thumbsup]

 [popcorn]

 [thumbsup] times 2!

I can't wait for the return of the Duc factory team with the 1199 next year.

Yay, Lascorz.   Been a while since we've seen your face.  That said, just looking at the time sheet didn't tell me anything.  At first, I was pissed b/c Melandri was WAYYYYY down.   But his fast lap was only .6 off the front.  Superpole is gonna be interesting.  From those times, it's hard to tell who has race pace for the whole distance. 

Is Smrz gonna race in one or both of the races?

no kidding.. like, laverty at 9th in QP1 but he's only .4 off 1st.  gonna be a battle.

+1 for joanie.  go sister.

QP2

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:47.458
2 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:47.608
3 Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:47.646
4 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:47.831
5 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:47.834
6 Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:47.908
7 Leon Camier Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:48.119
8 Jakub Smrz Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.146
9 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:48.176
10 Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:48.192
11 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.247
12 L. Zanetti PATA Ducati 1098R 1:48.263
13 Niccolo Canepa Team Ducati Roma Ducati 1098R 1:48.350
14 Maxime Berger Liberty Racing - Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1:48.426
15 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:48.518
16 Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.650
17 Chaz Davies ParkinGO Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.857
18 Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:48.904
19 John Hopkins Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:49.790
20 David Salom Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:49.854


SUPERPOLE

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:46.748
2 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:47.221
3 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:47.423
4 Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:47.458
5 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:47.611
6 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:47.642
7 Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.643
8 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:47.740
9 L. Zanetti PATA Ducati 1098R 1:48.108
10 Jakub Smrz Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.137
11 Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.299
12 Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:48.650
13 Maxime Berger Liberty Racing - Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1:48.267
14 Niccolo Canepa Team Ducati Roma Ducati 1098R 1:48.382
15 Leon Camier Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:48.415
16 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:48.631
17 Chaz Davies ParkinGO Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:48.857
18 Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:48.904
19 John Hopkins Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:48.790
20 David Salom Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:48.854

wow -- to get pole by half a second in this series

Wow.  What in the hell did they do to that new Kawi?!?

It's going to be the usual players up front.  Come on, Laverty, get your shit together.  I wanna see you run with the big boys.

he will.  maybe here, maybe not.  but he will.

haslam's gonna be there too.

Wasn't Biaggi testing an 'Imola" motor a few weeks back, going crazy fast top speed?

yeah.. but it was laverty that did 210 at that aragon test.

doesn't mean they have the Imola set up quite right yet.

Rea's bell is still ringing...

I hate even seeing a high side (shudder)

Glad to see Biaggi and the Ape coming back down to earth.  But Kawakasi setting the pole with 0.5 second to spare?  WTF?!?!?

It's already shaping up to be a great season.  [thumbsup]

Race one results... SPOILER ALERT!!!





















http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/04/01/checa-wins-imola-race-one/ (http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/04/01/checa-wins-imola-race-one/)

And race two...
























http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/04/01/checa-doubles-in-imola-world-superbike/ (http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/04/01/checa-doubles-in-imola-world-superbike/)

wow.

1199 has potential ;)

And in the blink of an eye, Max's lead evaporates.

Rea's tire after race 1:

(http://p.twimg.com/ApZb406CIAEj5WS.jpg)

...sooo, honda has some work to do.

even though it's so fundamental it's always interesting how different tracks suit different bikes.  ...obviously the RSV4 doesn't like Imola as much as PI.  wait til we get to monza.

brilliant work from haslam.  so you snapped your leg 5 weeks ago eh?  and thank god chaz finally finished a race.  poor guy.

looks like yoshimura need to call the guys in california.

good race... pretty impressed by haslam, it's crazy that it's only been 5 weeks since that leg broke.

I do believe the 1199 would have won it's opening SuperStock race, had they not had that wicked smash-up crash, and had to restart.

Good times watching Checa do the double, and nice to see Sykes and Haslam up at the sharp end. [thumbsup]

And that's a hell of a knackered tire. :o

(GP at Qatar will be equally exciting next weekend, right? [roll])

Keep in mind that first off I'm pumped to Carlos do the double and top the points after 2 races.

That said, how about Haslam on the BMW. Did Corser even podium the bike last season?
Way to go Sykes and team green. Except for the fragged rear tire, he might have kept his shit together up front. He looked solid holding off the BMW.

Damn this is already shaping up to be a crackin season.

Now if we could just get Rossi and Hayden, the Ben and Colin and the aliens into WSBK we could fold up the MotoGp tent and get on with the racing.

jimi

Not so good for Lascorz... ugh. Hope he's OK.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/04/02/lascorz-injured-in-testing-crash/ (http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/04/02/lascorz-injured-in-testing-crash/)

Yup, the usual guys up front.  'cept I expected to see more Melandri.  Good to see that BMW finally got their electronics a bit more sorted.  Now they can actually last a race.  And I'm amazed that the 1198R is still that competitive.  It's a couple of years old now. 

Jeebus, that Kawi is FAST in a straight line.

Sykes held it together well in that last race.  I thought Haslam was going to eat him up.  That said, I'm not sold on Sykes.  He's been around for a while--and until now--hasn't done anything impressive.  Maybe his machinery has always been bad.  Even the year he was Ben's teammate, everyone said that Yami was REALLY hard to ride fast.  They didn't get it sorted out 'til later.

I hate to say this, but the chicane is less fun now that they've put up those barriers.  By "less fun", I mean "less carnage".  Speaking of carnage, that move by Haslam that forced Guintoli into Davies was HARSH.

Harsh, but Guintolli could've saved it like Haslam did.  Disappointing for him since he was feeling good and had his confidence up......there goes that.

Absolutely love how Checa played the Italian crowd in Race 2 passing in the Ducati section for the lead....genuine celebration.....really nice to see him get into it.  I loved watching Bayliss dominate, but Checa's style is sooo smooth he is inspiring to watch  [Dolph]

+1 on MotoGP....will watch b/c the buildup is exciting for the new season, but it will fade fast as Stoner, Lorenzo, Pedrosa lead the parade....WSBK is the hot ticket, for sure

Maybe, but his front folded on him right before he got to the curb and back onto the racetrack.  I'm not sure you can fault him.  He was a little deeper into the s**t than Haslam was due to being pushed out further.

That would be awesome to win back to back like that in front of Preziosi and del Torchio

Finally got to watch race 2 last night. A very impressive show by CC in front of the "home" crowd. [thumbsup] I loved seeing Sykes and the Kawi doing so well. Just such a great mix of riders and bike brands in WSBK. You've got to love it! Just wish the mess that MotoGP is had half as much flavor and entertainment. [popcorn] [roll]

i agree it was a shit situation for him....just from memory it looked like the back came around just before he got back on the curb then high sided.  Don't know why I was pulling for Guintolli, but he has been on Ducs for awhile and it was cool to see him qualify/running well and talking about fighting for the lead.  Bam....there goes all your good feelings.  He had to run on before the chicane in race 2 as well, which cost him a good finish.  I hope he can shake it off for the next round.

My best to Lascorz. Been on that operating table too. Got four fused neck vertebrae to prove it. My thoughts and prayers go out to him. Lucky to still ride and type this post.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Apr/120403lacorz.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Apr/120403lacorz.htm)

Geez, that sucks. Best of luck to him.

Triple J,

I always love reading your Frank Z avatar quote! [laugh] I loved FZ. Two of the best conserts I ever saw were his. I recently failed by not following my friend's advise and joining him for Dweezil's "Zappa plays Zappa" gig here in town. He said it was awesome and I f'ed up and missed it. Bad on me. Zomby Woof dude! [thumbsup] [laugh]

Back to WSBK and yes, best wishes to Lascorz. [clap] [bacon]

still no firm news on how he's doing  http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/178270/1/lascorz_condition_remains_unconfirmed.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/178270/1/lascorz_condition_remains_unconfirmed.html)