WSBK Round 11 Imola SPOILERS!!!!!!!!

[fastwin]

Guess I'll get this started.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/09/24/checa-on-pole-in-imola/

[Monsterlover]

That dude's on fire this year.

I dig it.

[fastwin]

Here goes...

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/09/25/rea-in-race-one-in-imola/

[fastwin]

Here's part two...

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/09/25/checa-closes-in-on-world-superbike-crown/

Checa needs a pay bonus! Does Ducati still race MotoGP?

[desmoquattro]

Race 1:
1. Jonathan Rea GBR Castrol Honda CBR1000RR 38:03.396
2. Noriyuki Haga JPN PATA Aprilia RSV-4 +0.111
3. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R +9.449
4. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki RTS ZX-10R +9.792
5. Eugene Laverty IRL Yamaha WSBK YZF R1 +14.699
6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R +16.820
7. Jakub Smrz CZE Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R +24.227
8. Marco Melandri ITA Yamaha WSBK YZF R1 +24.935
9. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR +25.224
10. Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +25.487
11. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +26.148
12. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +26.444
13. Federico Sandi ITA Althea Ducati 1098R +29.761
14. Alessandro Polita ITA Barni Ducati 1098R +30.083
15. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +34.862
16. Matteo Baiocco ITA Barni Ducati 1098R +40.331
17. Ruben Xaus ESP Castrol Honda CBR1000RR +44.547
18. Roberto Rolfo ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +50.241

Haslam and Douchebrizio DNF...

Way to go Nori!

[desmoquattro]

Race 2:

1 1 7 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 21 1'47.934 277,0 1'47.196 274,9 16 25 417 1
2 3 41 N. HAGA JPN PATA Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 4.631 1'48.001 282,2 1'47.442 278,5 20 20 155 8
3 10 2 L. CAMIER GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 15.159 1'48.383 277,8 1'47.858 278,5 1 16 171 6
4 5 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF R1 21 17.195 1'48.945 281,5 1'47.929 280,0 11 13 256 4
5 6 91 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 21 17.388 1'48.883 280,0 1'48.081 277,8 11 187 5
6 9 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF R1 21 18.533 1'48.750 282,2 1'47.781 282,2 8 10 320 2
7 8 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 21 19.615 1'48.893 277,0 1'48.416 277,0 10 9 158 7
8 18 17 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 20.063 1'48.988 272,0 1'49.185 274,2 6 8 125 13
9 17 8 M. AITCHISON AUS Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 24.194 1'49.118 273,5 1'49.159 271,3 5 7 36 19
10 7 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 21 28.485 1'49.223 276,3 1'48.234 275,6 7 6 147 9
11 20 111 R. XAUS ESP Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR 21 28.600 1'49.339 274,2 1'49.595 273,5 5 49 16
12 14 23 F. SANDI ITA Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 21 41.802 1'49.050 277,8 1'48.812 274,9 3 4 7 25
13 12 121 M. BERGER FRA Supersonic Racing Team Ducati 1098R 21 54.750 1'49.118 276,3 1'48.334 273,5 3 45 17
14 22 112 J. FORES ESP BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 21 1'12.281 1'51.333 275,6 1'50.888 275,6 2 2 30
--------------------------------------------------Not Classified--------------------------------------------------
RET 16 53 A. POLITA ITA Barni Racing Team S.N.C. Ducati 1098R 19 2 Laps 1'48.848 272,7 1'49.091 271,3 2 5 26
RET 2 4 J. REA GBR Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR 17 4 Laps 1'48.160 277,8 1'47.274 280,0 25 138 11
RET 11 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 10 11 Laps 1'48.951 274,2 1'48.126 276,3 141 10
RET 19 15 M. BAIOCCO ITA Barni Racing Team Ducati 1098R 9 12 Laps 1'49.623 273,5 1'49.378 274,2 4 27
RET 15 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 9 12 Laps 1'49.287 277,8 1'48.894 278,5 4 71 15
RET 4 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10R 7 14 Laps 1'48.852 278,5 1'47.468 279,2 13 127 12
RET 21 44 R. ROLFO ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2 19 Laps 1'51.628 265,9 1'49.668 269,3 39 18
RET 13 96 J. SMRZ CZE Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1 20 Laps 252,5 1'48.741 276,3 9 118 14

[ducpainter]

That new electronics package worked great for Rea...

until it didn't.

Too bad. He would have had a double.

[fastwin]

Indeed!

[zarn02]

Two great superbike races.
Supersport was good, as usual.
The superstock races were also lots of fun.

Five races worth watching. Fantastic racing weekend.

[Triple J]

Good races, especially #1. Bummer for Rea for sure.

[Raux]

I think it's more than ironic that Ducati pulls out of WSBK and a guy on a Duc is going to win the championship
And the guy they let go from their MotoGP team is also going to win a championship.

Maybe Ducati needs to rethink who's in charge of their race program.

[zarn02]

I think it's more than ironic that Ducati pulls out of WSBK and a guy on a Duc is going to win the championship

Ducati pulled out to about the same extent as these two chuckleheads I worked with at a liquor store long ago. They both ended up with pregnant girlfriends.

Althea isn't technically a factory team, but it sure seems like one, and there's an awful lot of Corse guys hanging 'round the garage.

[Triple J]

And the guy they let go from their MotoGP team is also going to win a championship.

He never did that well on the GP team though. He's come on strong in the last 2 years.

[thought]

finally saw this, that sucked for rea

[Spidey]

Watched the Speed broadcast last night.  Gotta say, the most exciting part (considering that I already knew the race results) was that Bayliss was in the box.  But it turns out he's a much better rider than commentatory.  I'll take Martin or Toseland any day.  Bummed me out.

Poor Rea.  I was happy that everyone on the podium said that Race 2 was basically his and congratulated him on what should have been a win. 

Did Smrz crash another f'n bike???  Come on, dude.