2009 World Superbike Round 9 - Donnington Park (Spoilers)

[gm2]

w00t.

and, Aprilias!

[gm2]

Race 1 - ben leads start to finish, biaggi put up a great fight from 2nd then nearly ran out of gas in the last split of the last lap.  shook the bike, got enough fuel pushed back to finish in 2nd ahead of nori.  Ben and Max were lapping under bayliss' '08 lap record for almost the entire race.  wow.

1   Ben Spies   Yamaha World Superbike   Yamaha YZF R1
2   Max Biaggi   Aprilia Racing   Aprilia RSV4
3   Noriyuki Haga   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R
4   Leon Haslam   Stiggy Racing Honda   Honda CBR1000RR
5   Shane Byrne   Team Sterilgarda   Ducati 1098R
6   Shinya Nakano   Aprilia Racing   Aprilia RSV4
7   Jonathan Rea   HANNspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR
8   John Hopkins   Stiggy Racing Honda   Honda CBR1000RR
9   Jakub Smrz   Guandalini Racing   Ducati 1098R
10   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ten Kate Honda Racing   Honda CBR1000RR
11   Carlos Checa   HANNspree Ten Kate Honda   Honda CBR1000RR
12   Michel Fabrizio   Ducati Xerox Team   Ducati 1098R
13   Leon Caimer   Airwaves Yamaha   Yamaha
14   Lorezno Lanzi   DFX Corse   Ducati 1098R
15   Ruben Xaus   BMW Motorrad Motorsport   BMW S1000 RR
16   M. Lagrive   Honda Athena   Honda CBR1000RR
17   Yukio Kagayama   Suzuki Alstare   Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
18   Broc Parkes   Kawasaki World Superbike R.T.   Kawasaki ZX 10R
19   Luca Scassa   Team Pedercini   Kawasaki ZX 10R
20   S. Andrews   MSS   Kawasaki ZX 10R

Jamie Hacking, 21st.  Blake Young, 25th.  Sykes DNF.

[gm2]

Race 2 - ben takes the double by about 6 seconds.  crushed 'em.  

ton of crashes early on, maybe 6-7 riders.  haga went down bad and was transported to the medical center -- highside and then the bike was on top of him for a very uncomfortable amount of time.  looks like he fractured a vertebra 

http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/149095/1/noriyuki_haga_suffers_fractured_vertebra.html

biaggi and rea both lowsided but continued.  hacking crashed out as well.

great battle between haslam, fabrizio, and byrne.  hopper sat out race 2, said he barely finished race 1 due to the pain.

haga now leads the championship by only 14 points and looks doubtful for Brno....

1. Ben Spies    USA   Yamaha WSB YZF R1    23 laps
2. Leon Haslam    GBR   Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR    +6.622s
3. Michel Fabrizio   ITA   Ducati Xerox 1198R    +6.816s
4. Shane Byrne    GBR   Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R    +7.349s
5. Tom Sykes    GBR   Yamaha WSB YZF R1    +8.145s
6. Leon Camier   GBR   Airwaves Yamaha YZF R1    +13.463s
7. Ryuichi Kiyonari   JPN   Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR    +15.751s
8. James Ellison   GBR   Airwaves Yamaha YZF R1    +16.837s
9. Ruben Xaus    ESP   BMW Motorrad S1000RR +22.891s
10. Simon Andrews   GBR   MSS Colchester Kawasaki ZX-10R    +30.347s
11. Lorenzo Lanzi   ITA   DFX Corse Ducati 1098R    +30.622s
12. Matthieu Lagrive   FRA   HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR   +31.562s
13. Yukio Kagayama   JPN   Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9    +32.148s
14. Broc Parkes   AUS   Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R    +32.607s
15. Jonathan Rea   GBR   HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000 +32.806s
16. Luca Scassa   ITA   Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R    +34.269s
17. Blake Young   USA   Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9    +40.664s
18. Gregorio Lavilla   ESP   Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R    +40.956s
19. David Salom   ESP   Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R    +41.302s
20. Troy Corser    AUS   BMW Motorrad S1000RR    +42.856s
21. Max Biaggi    ITA   Aprilia Racing RSV-4    +47.769s

Not Classified

22. Vittorio Iannuzzo   ITA   SCI Honda CBR1000RR    15 laps completed
23. Roland Resch   AUT   TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000    15 laps completed
24. Alessandro Polita   ITA   Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000    6 laps completed
25. Carlos Checa   ESP   HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR   5 laps completed
26. David Checa   ESP   Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1    5 laps completed
27. Noriyuki Haga   JPN   Ducati Xerox 1198R    4 laps completed
28. Jakub Smrz    CZE   Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R    2 laps completed
29. Shinya Nakano   JPN   Aprilia Racing RSV-4    1 lap completed
30. Jamie Hacking   USA   Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R    1 lap completed

DNS John Hopkins   USA   Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR

[Jester]

Whether Haga races or not, I think Spies is moving on history.  I would doubt Haga's fitness good enough to hold Spies off the rest of the season regardless.  Even full fitness, Haga has his hands full.

[teddy037.2]

  for Nori


  for the ben. that kid is not of this earth.

[derby]

looks like haga may be better off than originally thought:

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/latest-news/783-good-news-for-haga.html

[superjohn]

looks like haga may be better off than originally thought:

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/latest-news/783-good-news-for-haga.html

That's good news, but man he's busted up.

[gm2]

That's good news, but man he's busted up.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Jun/090628e.htm

"badly broken wrist"

[ducpainter]

Race 2 - ben takes the double by about 6 seconds.  crushed 'em.  

ton of crashes early on, maybe 6-7 riders.  haga went down bad and was transported to the medical center -- highside and then the bike was on top of him for a very uncomfortable amount of time.  looks like he fractured a vertebra 

<snip>

I hate seeing crashes...

particularly when the bike and rider get all tangled up.

[gm2]

minor update, surgery on the wrist:  http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Jun/090629a.htm

Noriyuki should be able to return home to Italy in the next two days and the Ducati Xerox Team does not currently exclude the possibility of Noriyuki's return to the track in time for the next round in the Czech Republic, on the 26th July at Brno.

[Cider]

I must have nodded off in race two--what happened to Hopper?

[gm2]

DNS.  too much pain after race 1.

[DanTheMan]

DNS.  too much pain after race 1.

Thats too bad he had a good race 1, i thought he was just going to be a big disappointment, hopefully he'll have some more when he's 100%

[gm2]

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=37129

greene interviews ben before the Donington races

[gm2]

http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/150089/1/haga_passed_fit_to_race_at_brno.html