1st Practice
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Jakub Smrz Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098R 1:46.712
2 Max Neukirchner Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.772
3 Karl Muggeridge D.F Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.812
4 Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:46.882
5 Yukio Kagayama Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.970
6 Fonsi Nieto Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.981
7 Kenan Sofuoglu Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.326
8 Carlos Checa Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.336
9 Regis Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:47.381
10 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:47.436
11 Ayrton Badovini Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:47.448
12 Ryuichi Kiyonari Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.642
13 Ruben Xaus Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:47.733
14 Max Biaggi Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:47.765
15 Troy Corser Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:47.859
16 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:47.992
17 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:48.468
18 Shinichi Nakatomi YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1:48.485
19 Gregorio Lavilla Paul Bird Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1:48.499
20 Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha France - GMT 94 Yamaha YZF R1 1:48.857
1st Qualy:
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Max Neukirchner Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:45.990
2 Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:46.359
3 Yukio Kagayama Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.371
4 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:46.404
5 Jakub Smrz Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098R 1:46.604
6 Karl Muggeridge D.F Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.750
7 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:46.814
8 Kenan Sofuoglu Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.854
9 Ruben Xaus Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:46.915
10 Gregorio Lavilla Paul Bird Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.946
11 Fonsi Nieto Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.990
12 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:47.074
13 Regis Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:47.089
14 Carlos Checa Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.135
15 Troy Corser Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:47.232
16 Ryuichi Kiyonari Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.246
17 Max Biaggi Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:47.255
18 Ayrton Badovini Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:47.805
19 Shinichi Nakatomi YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1:47.815
20 Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha France - GMT 94 Yamaha YZF R1 1:48.276
it's gana be close
Wow, there are several big names in the back half of the grid.
Pre-Superpole:
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Max Neukirchner Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:45.506
2 Regis Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:46.126
3 Yukio Kagayama Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.154
4 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:46.202
5 Ryuichi Kiyonari Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.314
6 Fonsi Nieto Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:46.332
7 Troy Corser Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:46.333
8 Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:46.359
9 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:46.390
10 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:46.404
11 Ruben Xaus Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:46.409
12 Jakub Smrz Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098R 1:46.578
13 Karl Muggeridge D.F Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.664
14 Kenan Sofuoglu Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.854
15 Carlos Checa Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.865
16 Max Biaggi Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:46.868
17 Gregorio Lavilla Paul Bird Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.927
18 Shinichi Nakatomi YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1:46.944
19 Ayrton Badovini Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:47.301
20 Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha France - GMT 94 Yamaha YZF R1 1:47.669
sofuoglu out following the death of his brother:
http://superbikeplanet.com/2008/May/080510b.htm
and the superpole goes to...
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:44.931
2 Max Neukirchner Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:45.287
3 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:45.665
4 Carlos Checa Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:45.766
5 Yukio Kagayama Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:45.777
6 Ruben Xaus Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:45.795
7 Fonsi Nieto Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1:45.942
8 Ryuichi Kiyonari Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:45.975
9 Max Biaggi Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098R 1:46.039
10 Karl Muggeridge D.F Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1:46.065
11 Regis Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:46.216
12 Troy Corser Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1 1:46.496
13 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1:46.533
14 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R 1:46.549
15 Jakub Smrz Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098R 1:46.749
16 Gregorio Lavilla Paul Bird Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1:47.107
Quote from: derby on May 10, 2008, 10:33:04 AM
sofuoglu out following the death of his brother:
http://superbikeplanet.com/2008/May/080510b.htm
Again...
apprently, he lost another brother last year - shitty couple years for the sofa glues
so do we think max is hurt a lot more than reported, or...?
Quote from: gm2 on May 10, 2008, 12:42:39 PM
so do we think max is hurt a lot more than reported, or...?
I take it you mean Biaggi, not Neukirchner? He was pretty badly injured and I think it's giving him trouble in transitions because he doesn't seem as fast picking it up out of the corners as he was (but goddamn is he still one smooooooth rider).
Quote from: darylbowden on May 10, 2008, 11:02:42 AM
Again...
apprently, he lost another brother last year - shitty couple years for the sofa glues
+1 Rough 12 months for he and his. :-[
Just finished the downloads for the races, off to watch them now I hope I am not dissapointed.
Holy nuts! :o 0.009 seconds. :o Wonder what a photo finish would look like. That seems like maybe an inch? Pretty cool.
I was really nervous when Haga started smoking like that. I wonder if they have preagree what they are going to warn a rider about. What if whatever it was did cause his tire to lock up? Someone would have felt really guilty for not warning him.
That chicane seems like a deathtrap too. Come to think of it, a lot of that track does. Move those walls out boys!
I take it you all know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/
if that's a race 2 spoiler you may want to put it in it's own thread (with "race 2 spoiler" in the title).
Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that. I didn't give anything away though, just how close it was.
But, if a thread says "spoiler"... not sure if we really want two threads per race weekend, no? Seems a little excessive. Qualifying doesn't really seem to dictate much anyway. Not sure why people wouldn't want to know grid positions until they watched it. Do you guys really download qualifying too?
I personally try and avoid all motorcycle sites until I have watched my races.
I always forget to not look on Ducati.com too, cause those bastards are always throwing up their trophies as quickly as possible.
daryl's being lazy about coming back to update his thread, but the way it's supposed to work is the thread title will be updated to reflect what spoilers are inside.
"qually spoilers" would have discussions of the session and grid order but no race spoilers...
"race spoilers" would be ok for race and result discussion.
in the case of world superbike and the way speed is airing race one on sunday and race two on tuesday, seperate "race 1 spoilers" and "race 2 spoilers" would be appropriate.
Yeah, makes sense.
I guess a lot of people don't know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/
Bit torrent. My xbox360 can see what is on the network computers, so I can play the races on my tv instead of my laptop.
Pretty cool. The races are usually posted with a few hours of airing LIVE IN EUROPE, are quite high quality, and download within a few hours.
I don't have cable, so it's a godsend. Also, you can usually choose which feed you want to watch. I like the BBC coverage of MotoGP vs Eurosport.
The BBC commentators usually add some good laughs.
Check it out people. It's the internets!
Quote from: Alick on May 11, 2008, 08:39:28 PM
Yeah, makes sense.
I guess a lot of people don't know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/
we do, it's just common courtesy so people know what's in the thread before they read it...
Quote from: Alick on May 11, 2008, 07:35:10 PM
I take it you all know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/
that place is awesome [thumbsup]
i don't care for tv any more when i can just download it with out commercials
Quote from: derby on May 11, 2008, 09:10:04 PM
we do, it's just common courtesy so people know what's in the thread before they read it...
hugh, you don't say? that's really interesting.
Quote from: Alick on May 11, 2008, 08:39:28 PM
I guess a lot of people don't know about:
https://www.racing-underground.com/
Oh I know all about it, but I haven't figured out how to make it work on a Mac yet, so until I do, it's Speed (crap) TV for me....yippee!!
QuoteSpeed (crap) TV for me
How can you pass up the NASCAR commercials they cut to right before the last lap? [bang]
A couple of awesome races, especially race 2!
Quote from: tufty on May 12, 2008, 05:17:14 AM
Oh I know all about it, but I haven't figured out how to make it work on a Mac yet, so until I do, it's Speed (crap) TV for me....yippee!!
http://www.transmissionbt.com/ (http://www.transmissionbt.com/)
Best torrent client for Mac, just download the torrent file and open it with Transmission. Don't forget to port-forward.
and you'll probably want www.flip4mac.com too, depending on the format it comes down in. and/or perian.org
Quote from: gm2 on May 12, 2008, 08:51:22 AM
and you'll probably want www.flip4mac.com too, depending on the format it comes down in. and/or perian.org
good call [thumbsup]
Sniff... you guys are like brothers man!
I love you all (cough, I greatly respect Derby though... said in adult and serious tones) [cheeky]