2010 WSBK RND 10 Brno (spoilers!)

[zooom]

FP1

1 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:59.917
2 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 2:00.329
3 Ruben Xaus BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2:00.417
4 Troy Corser BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2:00.580
5 Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 2:00.623
6 Luca Scassa Supersonic Team Ducati 1098R 2:00.717
7 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Sterilgarda Team Yamaha YZF R1 2:00.772
8 Shane Byrne Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 2:00.829
9 James Toseland Yamaha Sterilgarda Team Yamaha YZF R1 2:00.999
10 Lorenzo Lanzi DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 2:01.146
11 Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2:01.199
12 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:01.249
13 Leon Haslam Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 2:01.465
14 Jakub Smrz Borciani-Guandalini Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:01.517
15 Sylvain Guintoli Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 2:01.541
16 Leon Camier Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:01.778
17 Tom Sykes Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX 10R 2:01.930
18 Chris Vermeulen Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX 10R 2:02.290
19 Max Neukirchner HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2:02.319
20 Broc Parkes ECHO CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR1000RR 2:02.430


1st Qualy results...

1 Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:59.277
2 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Sterilgarda Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:59.571
3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:59.730
4 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 2:00.153
5 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:00.174
6 Ruben Xaus BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2:00.273
7 Jakub Smrz Borciani-Guandalini Racing Team Aprilia RSV-4 2:00.348
8 Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2:00.442
9 James Toseland Yamaha Sterilgarda Team Yamaha YZF R1 2:00.451
10 Luca Scassa Supersonic Team Ducati 1098R 2:00.463
11 Lorenzo Lanzi DFX Ducati 1098R 2:00.475
12 Troy Corser BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2:00.508
13 Shane Byrne Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 2:00.534
14 Max Neukirchner HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2:00.701
15 Sylvain Guintoli Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 2:00.739
16 Leon Camier Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:00.745
17 Leon Haslam Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 2:01.003
18 Tom Sykes Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX 10R 2:01.026
19 Chris Vermeulen Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX 10R 2:01.497
20 Broc Parkes ECHO CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR1000RR 2:01.805

[Spidey]

Apparently, someone finally told Haga and Fabio that they're on factory bikes.

[zooom]

Corser crashed in his final lap of 1st qualy and was helicoptered out for further checks...but seems to have not sustained any serious or signifigant injuries...

[Spidey]

Gawdamn, Crutchlow can put in a flying lap.    Corser is out.  And forget what I said earlier about Haga.  

1. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 1min 58.018s
2. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 58.743s
3. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 59.094s
4. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 59.135s
5. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 59.179s
6. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198 1min 59.393s
7. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 1min 59.451s
8. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 1min 59.571s

9. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 1min 59.699s
10. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 1min 59.699s
11. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 59.829s
12. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 59.830s
13. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 59.841s
14. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 59.995s
15. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 2mins 00.258s
16. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 2mins 00.564s

17. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 2mins 00.341s
18. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 2mins 01.413s
19. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2mins 01.523s
20. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR Did Not Partcipate

21. Broc Parkes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR 2mins 01.463s
22. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2mins 01.826s

[ducpainter]

Wow...

no one watched?

Rea in race one made it look easy.

Go Ruben....first podium in a while.

Nori finished 5th...twice.

[tufty]

Rea in race one made it look easy.

Definitely, he and Max are the two smoothest riders on the grid. I felt bad for Cal and Leon both getting bum tyres. I wonder why the Suzukis are struggling at the moment? Leon's wife looked hot in her umbrella girl outfit though!!

[Spidey]

I said it last time, but I'm getting sick of that Aprilia. 

Anyone watch Toseland?  Brilliant riding, 'cept for that go-to-last-on-the-grid thing at the start.

Poor Smrz.  Not unexpected, given that it's a brand new bike to him with a brand new tire compound.   But still, it's his home race.

Yamaha needs to get its shit sorted out. 

Give Rea the factory Duc. 

I didn't realize until listening to the commentary that Haslam's Suzuki wasn't getting factory support.  WTF?  He was leading the championship for nearly half the year.   Why wouldn't they put money into development?

Thumbs up to RLH.  He's starting to get it together, though you can't tell from his grid position.  Man, I know everyone kept talking about his machine was down on other machines and how they were on a shoe-string budget.  But then I read an article recently about how little $ they have.  The team is comprised of a family -- dad is the mechanic, mom cooks the meals and the brother is his crew chief (well, "kinda" in RLH's words).  Wow. 

[gm2]

+ on RLH.  disalvo shoulda taken some notes.
sure was fun watching xaus look like his old self in race 1.  no surprise of course that that ate up the tires.
the suzuki has always been sorta-but-not-really factory

[tufty]

+ on RLH.  disalvo shoulda taken some notes.
sure was fun watching xaus look like his old self in race 1.  no surprise of course that that ate up the tires.
the suzuki has always been sorta-but-not-really factory

It begs the question, have Suzuki and Kawasaki given up trying to sell bikes based on their prowess. Both companies are being carried solely on rider talent seemingly. It must be frustrating as hell for Leon Haslam he was so close... I wonder what he'll be doing next year.

[gm2]

the kawi literbike is about to be re-launched in a big way

[zooom]

on the Suzuki thing...it used to be, 'Zuke would come out with an update or newer bike every 2 years for a while there....the current GSXR1000 (K9?) is 2 years old now and is just a basic update from the previous K8 generation....and not a peep about anything new out of Japan on that machine, especially since they said that the US wasn't getting 2010 vehicles due to $$$ shortfalls in the economy and blah blah blah....so is it that they will now start to move on an update/upgrade since Kawi has come forward with a new machine?!?!?...and from there, Batta and Yoshimura and all the developers will go to town building hot parts for these machines...

[Triple J]

Give Rea the factory Duc. 

+1

Give RLH the second one and see what he can do next year. 

Haga and Fabrizio need to go.

While I'd like to see good racing at the front, at least it is Biaggi running away with it. I like him...and the Ape is one bad mofo of a bike!

[Spidey]

the kawi literbike is about to be re-launched in a big way

[El Matador]

Looks like an RSV4r violently raped a ninja and left it sobbing in the corner. 9 months later, the bastard child emerges.

[Cider]

Hasn't Kawasaki made big promises about huge changes in the past?  Maybe I'm dreaming it, but it seems like I've heard this story before.  I hope it's true this time.