Since we have enough threads here about hair care products, beards, and other asshattery, its time for a racing thread. Championship standings coming into this round: 1. T. SYKES KAWASAKI 201 2. S. GUINTOLI APRILIA 188 3. J. REA HONDA 179 4. L. BAZ KAWASAKI 170 5. M. MELANDRI APRILIA 147 6. C. DAVIES DUCATI 130 7. D. GIUGLIANO DUCATI 96 8. E. LAVERTY SUZUKI 90 9. T. ELIAS APRILIA 89 10. L. HASLAM HONDA 89 11. A. LOWES SUZUKI 80 12. D. SALOM KAWASAKI 56 13. N. CANEPA DUCATI 39 14. L. CAMIER BMW 30 15. J. GUARNONI KAWASAKI 19 16. L. SCASSA KAWASAKI 16 17. F. FORET KAWASAKI 14 18. C. CORTI MV AGUSTA 10 19. S. MORAIS KAWASAKI 10 20. A. ANDREOZZI KAWASAKI 8 21. G. ALLERTON BMW 6 22. K. BOS HONDA 5 23. B. STARING KAWASAKI 3 24. I. TOTH BMW 2 25. M. FABRIZIO KAWASAKI 2 26. R. LANUSSE KAWASAKI 1 free practice 1 results: Pos. Rider Team Bike Time 1 Marco Melandri Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:36.938 2 Sylvain Guintoli Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:37.123 3 Chaz Davies Ducati Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:37.217 4 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:37.327 5 Davide Giugliano Ducati Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:37.421 6 Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:37.580 7 Tom Lowes Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:37.698 8 Jonathan Rea Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:37.983 9 Eugene Laverty Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:38.010 10 Toni Elias Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:38.295 11 Leon Haslam Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.326 12 Niccolo Canepa Althea Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:38.384 13 David Salom KRT Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:38.866 14 Ayrton Badovini Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:39.226 15 I Goi Barni Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:39.596 16 Fabien Foret Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:39.627 17 Sheridan Morais Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:39.691 18 Sylvain Barrier BMW Motorrad Italia BMW S1000 RR 1:39.737 19 Christian Iddon Alstare Bimota BB3 1:39.748 20 Claudio Corti Yakhnich Motorsport MV Agusta F4RR 1:39.815 personally, im a Rea fan so hope he can move forward, but, if he cant then i would rather see Sykes/Davies/Baz in front of Melandri, and im happy wherever Ginters lands
Laverty caus he's my boy Sykes caus he's probably gonna actually win An Aprilia caus I love the brand Guigliano caus he's just badass....
Guigliano is slowly becoming my favorite racer is WSBK. His sliding/spinning/ride or die racing style has been fun to watch. He just needs to finish a few more races.
i like the aprilia, i like guintoli, i just cant stand marco's personality. no, i havent met him, but his racecraft, his interviews, etc just bug me. ironic im sure to some people because i like Johnny Rea... and his race craft has been criticized before as well. but when Chaz Davies finds a setting on the bike that he works well with, he is awesome to watch. im always rooting for him to be up front and watch guys try to take him on the brakes.
and FP 2 results: 1 Davide Giugliano Ducati Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:36.370 2 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:36.497 3 Marco Melandri Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:36.500 4 Chaz Davies Ducati Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:36.636 5 Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:36.661 6 Tom Lowes Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:36.698 7 Sylvain Guintoli Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:36.860 8 Jonathan Rea Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:37.024 9 Eugene Laverty Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:37.149 10 Toni Elias Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:37.234 11 Leon Haslam Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:37.352 12 Niccolo Canepa Althea Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:37.931 13 Ayrton Badovini Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:38.241 14 Claudio Corti Yakhnich Motorsport MV Agusta F4RR 1:38.393 15 David Salom KRT Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:38.664 16 Fabien Foret Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:38.709 17 Sheridan Morais Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:38.712 18 M Baiocco Grandi Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:38.717 19 I Goi Barni Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:38.762 20 Sylvain Barrier BMW Motorrad Italia BMW S1000 RR 1:39.081 couple red flags... one caused by the EBR bike stopping on track with what looked like a mechanical?
not be to negative but how long is SBK gonna put up with the EBR's blowing up, oiling down the track and being a general disruption to the weekends proceedings?
They are doing them selves more harm than good now, all they are proving now is that the bike is reliablly unreliable and consistently slow in this scene, shame as I admire there fight spirit
PJ sixth in FP2. :up: Cluzel was in first, so the team shakeup doesn't seem to have affected him. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/cluzel-quickest-in-world-supersport-free-practice-two-at-misano/
Crash has pics up of the corner jockeys hosing down Yates's blown up bike...I'm getting whiplash from smh at every wsbk race...
SuperPole results: 1 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:34.883 2 Davide Giugliano Ducati Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:35.079 3 Sylvain Guintoli Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:35.106 4 Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:35.254 5 Marco Melandri Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:35.316 6 Toni Elias Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1000 1:35.404 7 Chaz Davies Ducati Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:35.602 8 Jonathan Rea Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:35.675 9 Eugene Laverty Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:36.043 10 Niccolo Canepa Althea Superbike Team Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:36.404 11 Tom Lowes Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:36.489 12 Leon Haslam Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1:36.515 13 David Salom KRT Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:36.843 14 M. Baiocco Grandi Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:36.931 15 JC Badovini Team Alstare Bimota BMW 1:37.038 16 Claudio Corti Yakhnich Motorsport MV Agusta F4RR 1:37.351 17 Sylvain Barrier BMW Motorrad Italia BMW S1000 RR 1:37.499 18 I. Goi Barni Ducati Panigale 1199R 1:37.540 19 Sheridan Morais Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:37.807