2009 World Superbike Round 9 - Donnington Park (Spoilers)

[Spidey]

TIME DIFFERENCE:  Donnington is 8 hours ahead of US left coast time and 5 hours ahead of US right coast time

Note:  Donnington Park is located in Derby.  D-E-R-B-Y.  The land where all that can be known is known.  The land free of derbys. 

Friday    08.30-10.00  90'   SUPERSTOCK 600 / 1000 TECHNICAL/SPORTING CHECKS
10.00-12.00  WSBK / WSS TECHNICAL/SPORTING CHECKS     
10.00-10.20  APRILIA S / TEENS FREE PRACTICE
10.30-10.50  THUNDERSPORT 600 FREE PRACTICE
11.00-11.20  APRILIA S / TEENS QUALIFYING PRACTICE
11.30-11.50  THUNDERSPORT 600 QUALIFYING PRACTICE
12.45-13.45  WSBK FREE PRACTICE
14.00-14.45  SUPERSTOCK 1000 FREE PRACTICE
15.00-16.00  W SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE
16.15-17.15  WSBK QUALIFYING PRACTICE
17.30-18.00  SUPERSTOCK 600 FREE PRACTICE

Saturday    
09.00-09.30  SUPERSTOCK 1000 FREE PRACTICE
09.45-10.30  W SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE
10.45-11.30  WSBK QUALIFYING PRACTICE
11.45-12.15  SUPERSTOCK 600 FREE PRACTICE
12.25-12.50  PIT WALK PIT WALK
13.00-13.45  W SUPERSPORT QUALIFYING PRACTICE
14.00-14.45  WSBK FREE PRACTICE
15.00-15.12  WSBK SUPERPOLE (1)
15.19-15.31  WSBK SUPERPOLE (2)
15.38-15.50  WSBK SUPERPOLE (3)
16.10-16.40  SUPERSTOCK 1000 QUALIFYING PRACTICE
16.55-17.25  SUPERSTOCK 600 QUALIFYING PRACTICE
17.45  APRILIA S / TEENS RACE (10 LAPS KM. 40.230)
18.15  THUNDERSPORT 600 RACE (10 LAPS KM. 40.230)

Sunday    
09.00-09.10  SUPERSTOCK 1000 WARM UP
09.20-09.40  WSBK WARM UP
09.50-10.10  W SUPERSPORT WARM UP
10.40  SUPERSTOCK 1000 RACE (12 LAPS KM. 48.276)
11.10-11.30  PIT WALK PIT WALK
12.00  WSBK RACE 1 (23 LAPS KM. 92.529)
13.25  W SUPERSPORT RACE (22 LAPS KM. 88.506)
14.30  SUPERSTOCK 600 RACE (10 LAPS KM. 40.230)
15.30  WSBK RACE 2 (23 LAPS KM. 92.529)
16.30  APRILIA S / TEENS RACE (10 LAPS KM. 40.230)
17.00  THUNDERSPORT 600 RACE (10 LAPS KM. 40.230)

[Spidey]

<preemptive strike>

Yes, I know there are no spoilers yet. 

[Spidey]

Ben's bringing in one of his former Yosh mechanics for Donnington and the rest of the season to get Yamaha's shit sorted out:

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Jun/e/n090625a.htm

Wood previously worked with Miguel DuHamel at Honda, Steve Rapp at at Vance and Hines Ducati, and Tom Kipp at Chapparal before joining up with Yoshimura Suzuki and Spies six years ago. It's been noted by the media that during Ben's AMA Superbike career, he never suffered a mechanical DNF.

[swampduc]

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25832.0
Derby 

[Spidey]

Damn! I derbied in the Derby race thread.    How'd I miss that?

[derby]

Free Practice 1 Results

1. Ben Spies USA Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 30.962s
2. Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 31.180s
3. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1min 31.209s
4. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 31.604s
5. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1min 31.702s
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1min 31.709s
7. John Hopkins USA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1min 31.894s
8. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 31.954s
9. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1min 31.981s
10. James Ellison GBR Airwaves Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 32.118s
11. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R 1min 32.148s
12. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 32.171s
13. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.307s
14. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 32.363s
15. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 32.538s
16. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.566s
17. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 32.806s
18. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1min 32.874s
19. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 33.081s
20. Matthieu Lagrive FRA HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.127s
21. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R 1min 33.208s
22. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.381s
23. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.411s
24. Jamie Hacking USA Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 33.766s
25. Alessandro Polita ITA Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 33.797s
26. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.187s
27. Blake Young USA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 34.383s
28. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.562s
29. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.728s
30. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 1min 34.892s
31. Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1min 35.079s

[swampduc]

Didn't know Blake Young was running in this one. Will be interesting to see how he does.

[gm2]

wuddup hopper.

[derby]

Qualy 1 Results

Pos   #   Rider   Nat   Bike   Best Lap   Gap      
1   84   Fabrizio M   ITA   Ducati 1098R   1'30.775         
2   91   Haslam L   GBR   Honda CBR1000RR   1'31.191   0.416      
3   19   Spies B   USA   Yamaha YZF R1   1'31.294   0.519      
4   36   Lavilla G   ESP   Ducati 1098R   1'31.401   0.626      
5   67   Byrne S   GBR   Ducati 1098R   1'31.436   0.661      
6   22   Camier L   GBR   Yamaha YZF R1   1'31.454   0.679      
7   96   Smrz J   CZE   Ducati 1098R   1'31.584   0.809      
8   57   Lanzi L   ITA   Ducati 1098R   1'31.705   0.93      
9   7   Checa C   ESP   Honda CBR1000RR   1'31.736   0.961      
10   41   Haga N   JPN   Ducati 1098R   1'31.760   0.985      
11   66   Sykes T   GBR   Yamaha YZF R1   1'31.838   1.063      
12   27   Ellison J   GBR   Yamaha YZF R1   1'31.890   1.115      
13   3   Biaggi M   ITA   Aprilia RSV4 Factory   1'31.913   1.138      
14   121   Hopkins J   USA   Honda CBR1000RR   1'32.007   1.232      
15   65   Rea J   GBR   Honda CBR1000RR   1'32.103   1.328      
16   71   Kagayama Y   JPN   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9   1'32.139   1.364      
17   111   Xaus R   ESP   BMW S1000 RR   1'32.186   1.411      
18   56   Nakano S   JPN   Aprilia RSV4 Factory   1'32.188   1.413      
19   23   Parkes B   AUS   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1'32.401   1.626      
20   11   Corser T   AUS   BMW S1000 RR   1'32.476   1.701      
21   14   Lagrive M   FRA   Honda CBR1000RR   1'32.879   2.104      
22   99   Scassa L   ITA   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1'33.061   2.286      
23   9   Kiyonari R   JPN   Honda CBR1000RR   1'33.093   2.318      
24   25   Salom D   ESP   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1'33.262   2.487      
25   2   Hacking J   USA   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1'33.587   2.812      
26   117   Andrews S   GBR   Kawasaki ZX 10R   1'34.069   3.294      
27   94   Checa D   ESP   Yamaha YZF R1   1'34.259   3.484      
28   79   Young B   USA   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9   1'34.529   3.754      
29   77   Iannuzzo V   ITA   Honda CBR1000RR   1'35.126   4.351      
30   88   Resch R   AUT   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9   1'35.176   4.401      
NQ   53   Polita A   ITA   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9   1'43.938   13.163      

[Jester]

Things are gonna get a little tight in pants if Haga doesn't up the pace a bit.  Fab and Spies are circling the waters.

[Spidey]

Haga will be fine.  He's made a habit of being pretty quiet in practice and in superpole this season.  It doesn't stop him from rocketing to the front from the start and then either leading or being with the leaders by the second or third lap.

Camier.      There was some chatter about them getting team order from Yamaha about not beating Ben.  I wonder if anyone has talked to them.

I thought Hacking would be running a bit better.  Doesn't he know this course?

The Ducs are running really well again.  Yow--look at that. 

I *really* don't want a flag-to-flag wet race. 

[gm2]

I *really* don't want a flag-to-flag wet race. 

yeah, but it's the UK....

[Spidey]

Isn't there someone they can talk to about that?!?

Edit:  Actually, there's a part of me that wants a wet race.

SBK 2008 - Donington Park - Kiyonari Show

[Spidey]

On The Throttle Pre-Race show from Donnington (via Skype).  I love these vids!

http://www.onthethrottle.com/content/view/209/1/

[mitt]

I might have to wager on Fabrizio finishing in the top spot this year.  He seems to have momentum at this point in the season.

mitt