WSBK - Round 1 - Phillip Islands (Superpole Spoiler)...Race Spoiler

[fastwin]

You may be right, old fart memory system does spark and crackle occasionally. I just seem to remember it was Corser. Too lazy to research it.

EDIT: OK, I'm not too lazy. It was Corser last year.

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/day-testing-phillip-island-ends-ducati-top/

[mitt]

For those planning to watch on Speed, it is on @ 3pm & 4pm ET on Sunday.


mitt

[bdfinally]

Anyone else think Crutchlow might be the "Revelation" this season?

[gm2]

Anyone else think Crutchlow might be the "Revelation" this season?

yes and no.  i actually expect him to do very well. 

..provided yamaha gets the chatter thing solved, or at least more solved.

[Speeddog]

SUPERPOLE

1 Leon Haslam          1'31.229
2 Michel Fabrizio       1'31.245
3 Cal Crutchlow        1'31.642
4 Carlos Checa          1'31.671
5 Sylvain Guintoli       1'31.696
6 Jakub Smrz            1'31.757
7 Jonathan Rea         1'31.912
8 James Toseland      1'32.019
9 Lorenzo Lanzi         1'32.205
10 Noriyuki Haga       1'32.229
11 Max Biaggi           1'32.293
12 Tom Sykes          1'32.398
13 Troy Corser         1'32.430
14 Chris Vermeulen    1'32.561
15 Ruben Xaus         1'32.842
16 Leon Camier         1'32.895
17 Max Neukirchner   1'32.782
18 Shane Byrne        1'32.823
19 Andrew Pitt         1'33.207
20 Roland Resch
21 Joshua Brookes     1'33.901
22 Vittorio Iannuzzo   1'34.248
23 Matteo Baiocco     1'35.297
24 Roger Lee Hayden  1'35.614

[gm2]

haslam 
cal - told ya 
guinty - nice!  just stay away from josh brookes!
haga - irrelevant; he'll be up front in 5 laps.
the mole - holdin' down 7th.. er, 14th.
rlh - got out of the :36s =)

...the wait is almost over.   

[csp808]

Neither Pedercini kwak broke a  1.35 , might be a long year for lil roger on that dog.

[ducpainter]

Two excellent races

Haslam in race 1

Checa in race 2.

Vermuelen crashed out twice.

Xaus took Haga out in the morning warm-up. Haga rode hurt to a podium in 1 Xaus didn't race.

Looks like a good season shaping up.

Edit...

Almost forgot.

Spideys' buddy on the podium twice.

[superjohn]

WOW!!!! Finally, the racing season has begun and it looks like it's going to be good 

[EvilSteve]

Great races, 2nd was better IMO.

aaahhhhhhh got my fix.

Plus the WRC is on right now, love that.

[LA]

Boy, Checa earned that. Every bit of it. 

Going to be an excellent year.  Althea Ducati? A privateer?

Missed the first race as my couch ate me up and knocked me out.

LA

[mitt]

First race 0.004 seconds between 1st and 2nd - that was incredible.  One more fire of Fab's pistons and he would have won - he was like a missile off the last turn.

And how fun would it be if Checa raced like this every round, and was in the mix for a championship?


mitt

[Triple J]

Great races!! 

[gm2]

Boy, Checa earned that. Every bit of it.  

Going to be an excellent year.  Althea Ducati? A privateer?

yes, but there isn't much difference between that bike and the factory bikes (so far).  just a handful of revs.

amazing ride by carlos.

haven't looked yet, hope the mole is ok.  that was an ugly meeting with a tire wall.

rea off track and still finishes 6th?!

xaus needs to cool it.  maybe BMW will start charging him for bikes destroyed.

[pennyrobber]

1st race stupid close, out of the seat action. And Checa, I didn't think he could really pull it off with a few laps to go. Great ride, with his many many year of experience showing. Thank god the racing season has finally begun.