WSBK '12-Round 1 -Phillip Island (spoilers)

[zooom]

FP1

1 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:31.973
2 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:32.161
3 Jakub Smrz Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:32.254
4 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:32.478
5 Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:32.524
6 Maxime Berger Liberty Racing - Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1:32.594
7 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:32.640
8 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:32.686
9 Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:32.790
10 Niccolo Canepa Team Ducati Roma Ducati 1098R 1:32.824
11 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:32.888
12 B Staring Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:33.020
13 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:33.029
14 Chaz Davies ParkinGO Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:33.033
15 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:33.071
16 Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:33.116
17 Leon Camier Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:33.247


Qualy 1

1 Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:31.959
2 Jakub Smrz Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:32.116
3 Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:32.198
4 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1:32.228
5 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:32.318
6 Niccolo Canepa Team Ducati Roma Ducati 1098R 1:32.343
7 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:32.402
8 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:32.443
9 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1:32.553
10 Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:32.609
11 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1:32.644
12 Leon Camier Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:32.817
13 Chaz Davies ParkinGO Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 F 1:32.874
14 B Staring Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:32.884
15 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:33.040
16 Maxime Berger Liberty Racing - Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1:33.075
17 David Salom Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:33.128
18 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1:33.136

[fastwin]

More of the same...

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/02/23/rea-s-last-lap-flier-leads-the-way-in-oz/

[MadDuck]

Why on God's green Earth can't BMW get any better results after all this time?  ( A rhetorical question, I know )

[Speeddog]

Kawasakis 7th and 8th?
The earth is going to tilt off it's axis!

[zooom]

you know BMW is cringing at the fact that Kawi's are ahead of them...

[Spidey]

Where is Laverty?  I remember a high speed tumble in testing for him, but I thought he was going to be ok for the opener? Anyone have a link?

And who is the Althea Duc rider ahead of Checa?? 

On which lap of the race do ya think Smrz is gonna crash?   

[zooom]

And who is the Althea Duc rider ahead of Checa?? 
 

Davide Giugliano is the 2011 World SuperStock champion for the Althea team who has now moved up to SBK...

[zooom]

Where is Laverty?  I remember a high speed tumble in testing for him, but I thought he was going to be ok for the opener? 

Team mate Eugene Laverty, back in the saddle after an injury to his hand last Wednesday, took advantage of the first session to regain familiarity with the bike and the track. But in the first few minutes of the afternoon qualifiers the Northern Irish rider took a spill in turn 9. Eugene was treated at the track medical centre, not for any particular physical injury, but for a state of confusion due to minor concussion.

His participation in the sessions tomorrow shouldn't be a problem: "In the first session I just wanted to see how my hand would perform. In the second the feeling was good from the first laps. I was on a used tyre and I lost the back end and took a slide, hitting my head and my foot. I'm fine now and there don't seem to be any problems for tomorrow, but I'm still disappointed about the important time we lost because of the crash. Tomorrow the goal is to stay in the top sixteen in order to get into Superpole and try to bring home good results in the two races".

[duccarlos]

That Qualy is all sorts of messed up. Sykes was running up there in testing! What happened?

[gm2]

That Qualy is all sorts of messed up. Sykes was running up there in testing! What happened?

he crashed in the AM so he spent most of the session in the box (only 1 bike this year)

[gm2]

QP2: Sykes!

http://motomatters.com/results/2012/02/25/2012_philip_island_wsbk_qp2_sykes_overco.html

[ute]

2:30 and 3:30 eastern on speed Sunday

[Goat_Herder]

QP2: Sykes!

http://motomatters.com/results/2012/02/25/2012_philip_island_wsbk_qp2_sykes_overco.html

HOLY KAW!!!!  Getting excited about the upcoming season.

[Speeddog]

http://www.motomatters.com/results/2012/02/25/2012_philip_island_wsbk_fp2_checa_shows_.html

"Max Biaggi may have finished Saturday's final free practice session atop the timing screens, but the man on the move is, you guessed it, Carlos Checa. Checa put in 12 laps in the 1'32 range, while Biaggi managed just three."

There's the money right there.

FP2

1. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'32.222
2. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'32.246
3. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1'32.585
4. Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.631
5. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'32.785
6. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'32.850
7. Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1'32.971
8. Niccolò Canepa (Red Devils Roma) Ducati 1098R 1'33.037
9. Michel Fabrizio (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) BMW S1000 RR 1'33.210
10. Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert) Ducati 1098R 1'33.223
11. Leon Camier (Crescent Fixi Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'33.290
12. Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'33.487
13. Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda World Superbike Team) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.568
14. Maxime Berger (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'33.579
15. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'33.622
16. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'33.706
17. Bryan Staring (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'33.709
18. Joshua Brookes (Crescent Fixi Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'33.885
19. Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) BMW S1000 RR 1'33.889
20. Lorenzo Zanetti (PATA Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1'33.952
21. Mark Aitchison (Grillini Progea Superbike Team) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.419
22. David Johnson (Rossair AEP Racing) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.269
23. Raffaele De Rosa (Team Pro Ride Real Game Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1'35.318

[gm2]

sykes on pole, but not for good reason   :'(       (superpole was canceled)

http://motomatters.com/analysis/2012/02/25/2012_philip_island_wsbk_round_up_cancell.html


wtf is going on with that track this year?