Monza WSBK (Race Spoilers)

[darylbowden]

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

[darylbowden]

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

[androgynous]

it's gana be close

[tufty]

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

[darylbowden]

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

[derby]

sofuoglu out following the death of his brother:

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

[darylbowden]

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

[darylbowden]

sofuoglu out following the death of his brother:

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

Again...

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

[gm2]

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

[darylbowden]

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).

[jswledhed]

Again...

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

+1 Rough 12 months for he and his.

[kellsduc]

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

[Alick]

Holy nuts!  0.009 seconds.  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/

[derby]

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).

[Alick]

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.