Assen, ND | WSBK 2009 (Spoilers)

Circuit Website: http://www.tt-assen.com/en/wk-superbike
Google Maps Satellite View: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...95929,6.525707&spn=0.023577,0.084028&t=k&om=1
Circuit Weather: http://uk.weather.yahoo.com/NLXX/NLXX0003/index_f.html

Circuit Data:
Location: Assen, the Netherlands
Time zone: GMT +1
Circuit Length: 4.555 km (2.830 mi)
Turns: 11 right, 6 left

TV Schedule (EST: SPEED TV):
3:00 p.m. FIM World Superbike - Race 1 Assen
4:00 p.m. FIM World Superbike - Race 2 Assen

2008 WSBK Pole: Troy Bayliss - 1:38.428



2008 Race Results - Race 1 - WSBK

1 21 Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 F08 22 36:50.907 1 25
2 7 Carlos Checa Honda CBR1000RR 22 +2.132 6 20
3 76 Max Neukirchner Suzuki GSX-R1000 22 +2.179 5 16
4 34 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki GSX-R1000 22 +10.919 7 13
5 11 Troy Corser Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +11.051 4 11
6 96 Jakub Smrz Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +11.979 8 10
7 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda CBR1000RR 22 +15.184 13 9
8 100 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 +18.395 10 8
9 36 Gregorio Lavilla Honda CBR1000RR 22 +18.634 15 7
10 3 Max Biaggi Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +20.699 18 6
11 55 Régis Laconi Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 +25.759 11 5
12 54 Kenan Sofuoglu Honda CBR1000RR 22 +26.064 21 4
13 86 Ayrton Badovini Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 +35.582 20 3
14 31 Karl Muggeridge Honda CBR1000RR 22 +36.266 19 2
15 38 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +37.215 17 1
16 111 Ruben Xaus Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +37.286 3
17 194 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +39.037 23
18 83 Russell Holland Honda CBR1000RR 22 +45.162 24
19 88 Shuhei Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 22 +1:04.895 26
20 28 Arie Vos Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +1:05.022 25
21 77 Loic Napoleone Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +1 22.777 29
22 44 Roberto Rolfo Honda CBR1000RR 20 +2 Laps 22
Ret 84 Michel Fabrizio Ducati 1098 F08 9 Accident 12
Ret 10 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki GSX-R1000 9 Retirement 9
Ret 94 David Checa Yamaha YZF-R1 6 Accident 14
Ret 22 Luca Morelli Honda CBR1000RR 6 Retirement 27
Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha YZF-R1 1 Accident 2
DNS 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Not started 28

2008 Race Results - Race 2 - WSBK

1 21 Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 F08 22 36:46.238 1 25
2 41 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +0.082 2 20
3 7 Carlos Checa Honda CBR1000RR 22 +6.336 6 16
4 111 Ruben Xaus Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +7.575 3 13
5 76 Max Neukirchner Suzuki GSX-R1000 22 +8.011 5 11
6 34 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki GSX-R1000 22 +13.999 7 10
7 36 Gregorio Lavilla Honda CBR1000RR 22 +15.215 15 9
8 96 Jakub Smrz Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +16.376 8 8
9 100 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 +17.269 10 7
10 11 Troy Corser Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +18.380 4 6
11 10 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki GSX-R1000 22 +18.926 9 5
12 3 Max Biaggi Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +21.452 18 4
13 31 Karl Muggeridge Honda CBR1000RR 22 +23.794 19 3
14 44 Roberto Rolfo Honda CBR1000RR 22 +29.847 22 2
15 38 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +30.252 17 1
16 55 Régis Laconi Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 +31.249 11
17 194 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +31.328 23
18 86 Ayrton Badovini Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 +39.814 20
19 54 Kenan Sofuoglu Honda CBR1000RR 22 +49.956 21
20 83 Russell Holland Honda CBR1000RR 22 +51.554 24
21 88 Shuhei Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 22 +51.642 26
22 77 Loic Napoleone Yamaha YZF-R1 22 +1:02.682 29
23 28 Arie Vos Ducati 1098 RS 08 22 +1:02.729 25
Ret 84 Michel Fabrizio Ducati 1098 F08 10 Retirement 12
Ret 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda CBR1000RR 8 Retirement 13
Ret 22 Luca Morelli Honda CBR1000RR 4 Retirement 27


2008 Race Results - Supersport (Pole: Broc Parkes - 1:40.895)

1 88 Andrew Pitt Honda CBR600RR 21 36:10.751 9 25
2 65 Jonathan Rea Honda CBR600RR 21 +0.014 2 20
3 26 Joan Lascorz Honda CBR600RR 21 +0.150 5 16
4 99 Fabien Foret Yamaha YZF-R6 21 +0.201 4 13
5 23 Broc Parkes Yamaha YZF-R6 21 +0.283 1 11
6 25 Josh Brookes Honda CBR600RR 21 +0.447 7 10
7 77 Barry Veneman Suzuki GSX-R600 21 +2.050 8 9
8 105 Gianluca Vizziello Honda CBR600RR 21 +2.346 14 8
9 18 Craig Jones Honda CBR600RR 21 +2.714 3 7
10 14 Mathieu Lagrive Honda CBR600RR 21 +3.073 16 6
11 8 Mark Aitchinson Triumph 675 21 +4.070 22 5
12 9 Chris Walker Kawasaki ZX-6R 21 +4.863 20 4
13 127 Robbin Harms Honda CBR600RR 21 +5.088 17 3
14 47 Ivan Clementi Triumph 675 21 +16.644 6 2
15 57 Ilario Dionisi Triumph 675 21 +21.630 19 1
16 44 David Salom Yamaha YZF-R6 21 +27.619 13
17 17 Miguel Praia Honda CBR600RR 21 +27.773 24
18 31 Vesa Kallio Honda CBR600RR 21 +27.898 21
19 81 Graeme Gowland Honda CBR600RR 21 +39.320 27
20 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda CBR600RR 21 +39.321 28
21 101 Kevin Coghlan Honda CBR600RR 21 +41.111 32
22 199 Danilo dell'Omo Honda CBR600RR 21 +46.341 26
23 4 Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda CBR600RR 21 +48.878 29
24 63 Rik van Steenberngeedn Honda CBR600RR 21 +56.714 35
25 51 Santiago Barragan Honda CBR600RR 21 +57.194 34
26 71 Jan Uitterdijk Yamaha YZF-R6 21 +1:07.115 31
27 37 William de Angelis Honda CBR600RR 21 +1:08.851 30
Ret 83 Didier van Keymeulen Suzuki GSX-R600 19 Retirement 23
Ret 69 Gianluca Nannelli Honda CBR600RR 16 Retirement 11
Ret 21 Katsuaki Fujiwara Kawasaki ZX-6R 14 Retirement 18
Ret 38 Gregory Leblanc Honda CBR600RR 12 Retirement 25
Ret 24 Garry McCoy Triumph 675 12 Retirement 15
Ret 75 Luka Nedog Honda CBR600RR 11 Retirement 33
Ret 147 Angel Rodriguez Yamaha YZF-R6 8 Accident 12
Ret 55 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 1 Accident 10
Ret 121 Arnaud Vincent Kawasaki ZX-6R 0 Accident 36



Milestones at Assen

1992: Raymond Roche scored his 25th (and last) fastest lap. He was the first rider in history to reach this goal. Roche's record remained unbeaten until May 28th 1995, when Carl Fogarty equalled it at Donington. Fogarty in his career recorded 48 fastest laps and he is the all-time leader;
1993: 75th win for Ducati by Carl Fogarty in race 1. In the second race Fogarty took his 10th win;
1996: 25th win for Honda by Carl Fogarty;
2001: 100th pole position for Ducati (Troy Bayliss), the Italian manufacturer scoring its 175th fastest lap in race 1 with Ruben Xaus;
2002: first career podium for James Toseland;
2004: 200th race start for Troy Corser, 10th pole position for Pierfrancesco Chili, the 125th for Ducati and the last one for the Italian rider;
2005: first pole position for Chris Vermeulen;
2006: first win (on his 131st start) for Chris Walker. First podium for Fonsi Nieto;
2007: 50th podium placement for James Toseland;
2008: 20th pole for Troy Bayliss, 40th front row start for Noriyuki Haga.

-jim

 

Once again, you are the man!

 

:up:

BTW, Spies has seen this track. Sorta.

Nice aerial photo: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3924823.jpg

-jim

 

Assen, North Dakota?!?!?
the Netherlands is abbreviated NL... oke:

 

Anyone figure out a way to watch the races live online yet? I live in South Korea, which is one of the areas that is supposed to be allowed to get the live feed, and i still cant get it working here. I had to get the race off torrents which isn't easy to do for the non racing underground elite

i hate the new site

 

if u can go throw La7 channel online they will broadcast live the both race 1 - 2

supersport no idea but eurosport for sure

All the best luck to ben spies ...

 

Thanks... that should work. I rather watch the race live in italian than have to try and hunt down a torrent a few days later. While avoiding any racing news/discussion outlet so the race doesnt get spoiled lol

 

Do you have a link to tell me if it's a fast track or a slow track?

 

They may hit the red limited in 4th gear topps, so it's probably slow. Or not.

 

BTW - Just once I'd like to start a lap on the track going through a giant inflatable "Superpole" arch - seriously!

 

An arch of balloons and some Krylon?

-jim

 

Close enough :up:

 

What is La7? Anyone have a link?

 

I'm still mad at Barry Venneman for throwing the SERT bike down the road at the 24 of Le Mans. Twice. Nevertheless I have to pull for the only Suzuki team in WSS and Barry is the man.

 

I didn't see the second crash, but nobody could have saved the one I saw.

 

Barry is a trooper and he's not getting any younger. Fun to watch when goes aggro on the supersport bike.

 

Assen pre-race street race, featuring Ben, Jonny, Nori, Barry and others..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoO_G1Cz3YA



-jim

 

www.la7.it is the link to the site. I dont know the exact link to the race yet but once it starts ill make sure and put it up

haha wtf

 

Man that made me dizzy...

 

Ben Spies fastest in the 1st practice , but John Hopkins only did 4 laps,and was the 2nd slowest rider hope he did not hurt himself again at Assen like last year in MotoGP. http://www.Crash.Net/World+Superbikes/News/145770/1/spies_sets_early_assen_pace.html