2009 World Superbike Round 3 - Valencia (Race 1+2 Spoilers)

[gm2]

[Speeddog]

Glad to see Ben in 2nd, I thought maybe problems had cropped up after the times shown for FP1.

Now, go crush 'em in SuperPole, Ben! 

[Spidey]

I love that Haga and Spies are .001 apart.     Haga probably shouldn't have had that single extra blueberry in his muffin this morning.

[MadDuck]

Spies - Biaggi - Haga.....whooo boy, rockem sockem ----- it's been said before but what a fun season this is going to be!  Let's hope Moto GP is going to have tight fights this year too.

[Jester]

Spies - Biaggi - Haga.....whooo boy, rockem sockem ----- it's been said before but what a fun season this is going to be!  Let's hope Moto GP is going to have tight fights this year too.

Always some good fights for positions 4-8 in GP.   

[gm2]

what-what

http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/144875/1/spies_pole_supremacy_continues_at_valencia.html

[ute]

Biaggi ...........the man

he should be on a Ducati

[gm2]

Biaggi ...........the man

he should be on a Ducati

huh?

[derby]

Valencia Superbike - Race 1
SUNDAY, 05 APRIL 2009 13:13

1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 36'44.766 (150,408 kph)
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 3.677
3 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 3.959
4 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 4.210
5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 13.824
6 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 14.562
7 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 15.155
8 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 16.316
9 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 20.361
10 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 23.878
11 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 30.902
12 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 31.298
13 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 32.660
14 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 42.156
15 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 43.040
16 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 45.204
17 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 52.023
18 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 52.474
19 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.775
20 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 56.202
RET 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1
RET 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R
RET 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1
RET 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
RET 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R
RET 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR
RET 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR

[derby]

Valencia Superbike - Race 2
Sunday, 05 April 2009 16:51    

1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 36'46.927 (150,261 kph)
2 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 5.105
3 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 6.386
4 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 6.573
5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 14.075
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 17.333
7 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 19.207
8 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 20.697
9 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 21.015
10 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 22.581
11 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 22.604
12 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 23.952
13 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 29.082
14 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 29.277
15 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 32.384
16 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 35.125
17 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 38.344
18 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 39.161
19 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 39.374
20 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 49.904
21 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 52.631
22 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 52.966
23 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 53.196
24 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 53.491
25 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'19.946
RET 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
RET 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R
RET 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R
RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R

[mitt]

I watched race 1, and didn't exactly see what happened to Ben.  Can anyone enlighten me?

mitt

[Spidey]

I watched race 1, and didn't exactly see what happened to Ben.  Can anyone enlighten me?

mitt

He was going into a turn (mebbe Turn 1), right behind Max N.  Haga was in first, with a gap building between Haga and Max N in 2d.  Spies caught up to Max N and looked like he was about to start looking for a way around him  He needed to get around him, as Haga was running away with it. 

It was pretty uneventful crash.  Ben lwas right behind Max N and lost the front just before the apex, I think.  It was really one of those really gradual slides where you're not really concerned about the rider getting hurt.  Ben may have had a slow speed roll in the gravel right at the end of his slide, but the bike caught and tumbled once it went off the track and was done.  If the bike had slide like he had, it may have been rideable. 

[mitt]

He was going into a turn (mebbe Turn 1), right behind Max N.  Haga was in first, with a gap building between Haga and Max N in 2d.  Spies caught up to Max N and looked like he was about to start looking for a way around him  He needed to get around him, as Haga was running away with it. 

It was pretty uneventful crash.  Ben lwas right behind Max N and lost the front just before the apex, I think.  It was really one of those really gradual slides where you're not really concerned about the rider getting hurt.  Ben may have had a slow speed roll in the gravel right at the end of his slide, but the bike caught and tumbled once it went off the track and was done.  If the bike had slide like he had, it may have been rideable. 

Thanks.  That is what I thought happened, but I was at a bar with no audio - scratch that, they had the nascar race and audio on - so it was hard to follow what exactly happened.  He was moving through the field pretty good before he went down.  Fab did too.

mitt

[derby]

ben was overriding the bike a tad due to an electronics issue. it's a shame he couldn't use that bike for race 2 since it was slightly faster than his other one.

[El Matador]

Haga FTW! 

Glad to see that the R1 with Spies is not invincible.

Good effort by Fabrizio, he pushed pretty hard both races.