World Superbikes start tonight :D

[Kornholio]

Well its all Go go go tonight as the first round of the Superbikes kicks off in Qatar Doha, Losail on Sky Sport 2 at 9:45 pm

WEATHER THE MAIN FACTOR ON OPENING DAY With early morning rains continuing for most of the day at Losail, the first untimed session proved to be fully wet, even though the timed afternoon session was held in slowly drying conditions. Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) proved to be the rider with the greatest feel in the semi-wet track surface, scoring provisional pole with a time of 2’17.326. His team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi played it safe on day one, with better conditions expected on the second and final day, scoring 27th fastest time. An eclectic provisional front row included the PSG-1 Kawasakis of Regis Laconi (2nd) and Chris Walker (4th), with third place taken by the reigning World Champion, Tory Corser (Alstare Suzuki).

Interesting grid but Im sure the mighty GSXR will reign supreme :ar15:

Bayliss is a demon in the wet tho and the Stalker on his Kwaka is not too shabby either :D ....no sign of Honda tho.......

Bring it ON!!!!:chase: :eyepoke: :buggerd:

[Kornholio]

....and for Boopmer and the other HonDUH riders out there....

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (WSS™)
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Honda Ten Kate) showed immense speed and commitment in his first ever World Supersport qualifying session, overcoming wet track conditions to score provisional pole by almost two seconds. Reigning champion Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) only went 12th fastest, having set nine tentative laps in the 45-minute session. Yamaha’s new R6 machine, in the hands of Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Motor Germany) was second quickest, with Gianluca Nannelli (Kopron Edo Racing Yamaha) third, and Curtain’s team-mate Broc Parkes fourth. Norwegian rider Kai Borre Andersen added a splash of Suzuki colouring to the provisional grid, taking his all-new Hoegee Team GSX-R600 to fifth. Top Ducati was the LBR Racing 749 of Christian Zaiser, ninth.

:mellow:

[Shaun]

Chris Peris who raced in NZ this season is in 15th place, bet this gives some Kiwi riders some insentive to try and get there

[Kornholio]

Fark havent even been on a track in NZ yet let alone WSS....i think i missed my window :/

Missed ya at Paeroa dude... walked past your pits but you werent there, see ya on a ride somewhere :)

[WINJA]

i was goinig to race in the world super bikes this year but my mechanic 'chris redpath' didnt get my bike finished on time

[k14]

Chris Peris who raced in NZ this season is in 15th place, bet this gives some Kiwi riders some insentive to try and get there
damn, thats awesome, thought he was only doing american supersport not world supers. just needs to make sure he doesnt crash.....

looks like the new r6 is the biz, 3 r6's ahead of the first gixxer :kick:

[Ivan]

Yeah hope he does allright and it could be a place for Hayden Fitzgerald to go he is one fast rider. I hope Bayliss kicks ass tonight he is the man, Kinda sucks Chris Vermuleun (sp) aint there or else it would be a pretty good season only problem is ten Kate struggle the first half of the season then there bike gets fast all of a sudden and starts winning

[sAsLEX]

looks like the new r6 is the biz, 3 r6's ahead of the first gixxer :kick:
then what about the other 3 in top 6, you mean to say gixxer is in 7th!


Chris Peris who raced in NZ this season is in 15th place, bet this gives some Kiwi riders some insentive to try and get there
Sherrifs should get over there!

[k14]

then what about the other 3 in top 6, you mean to say gixxer is in 7th!
yep 3 yamaha's, 3 hondas and no suzuki's :violin:

[Kornholio]

yep 3 yamaha's, 3 hondas and no suzuki's :violin:

Umm but...

Norwegian rider Kai Borre Andersen added a splash of Suzuki colouring to the provisional grid, taking his all-new Hoegee Team GSX-R600 to fifth.

[SPman]

Looks like Bayliss is back!!
Fastest in superpole and running race tyres, not qualifiers....

[k14]

Umm but...
Yeah i saw that but the results on the worldsbk site say that he's 7th on the grid. Maybe he was 5th fastest in one of the sessions or something.

[Shaun]

yep 3 yamaha's, 3 hondas and no suzuki's :violin:

Don't get to excited by the European show, they are allowed to tune motors, the thing most relivant to us in New Zealand with our rules is, what do they do out of the box as a production bike

[Kornholio]

Yeah i saw that but the results on the worldsbk site say that he's 7th on the grid. Maybe he was 5th fastest in one of the sessions or something.

Sorry bro you are right...:brick:

Anyway Superbikes are the ones we are here to watch :spudwave:

[MattRSK]

Thanks for the reminder I would have missed it otherwise.

[Kornholio]

Thanks for the reminder I would have missed it otherwise.

Cross my palm with green bling :D

[Quasievil]

Only just got sky hooked up and notice I cant get any fucken sport at all, even though I pay 97 a month, fucken thieves, divide the service up and charge extra for each bennifit, smart I guess but a move that makes me think they can shove a good handful of pebbles up there arse.

Now I got that outta me system I think I will ring them up and upgrade it !:crybaby:

[DemonWolf]

A Shame ya live too far out =(

[gav]

Yeah hope he does allright and it could be a place for Hayden Fitzgerald to go he is one fast rider. I hope Bayliss kicks ass tonight he is the man, Kinda sucks Chris Vermuleun (sp) aint there or else it would be a pretty good season only problem is ten Kate struggle the first half of the season then there bike gets fast all of a sudden and starts winning
Good to see you have the finger on the pulse of WSBK, Ivan. :killingme :killingme :killingme

[DemonWolf]

Bloody awesome racing.... Loved it!

[Shaun]

Thanks Shaun I was wondering if Chris Peris was on the grid. Rememeber at Pukekohe when he got the call from Yamaha? Fuck he was just beside himself. Go that boy!! What about Guy?? Is he racing BSB this season??, and will we see him at IOM?

Guy is racing Yamaha's for Aim Racing He will be doing the TT He will only be racing the Roads, no BSB

[Shaun]

Fark havent even been on a track in NZ yet let alone WSS....i think i missed my window :/

Missed ya at Paeroa dude... walked past your pits but you werent there, see ya on a ride somewhere :)

I have trouble finding myself some times as well, catch ya

[Shaun]

Bloody awesome racing.... Loved it!

I missed it all, but to see Chris Peris qualify 15th and finish in 18th place made the gamble of bringing him to New Zealand a very worth while exersice this season, I wanted to show some of our up and coming riders Hayden Fitzgerald Dom Jones etc that the guy's in the world scene are beatable!

Thanks to Chris for coming and I hope his results get better for him.

[k14]

I missed it all, but to see Chris Peris qualify 15th and finish in 18th place made the gamble of bringing him to New Zealand a very worth while exersice this season, I wanted to show some of our up and coming riders Hayden Fitzgerald Dom Jones etc that the guy's in the world scene are beatable!

Thanks to Chris for coming and I hope his results get better for him.
yeah i watched the race, didnt see much of him but he was in a 4 way battle for 16th to 19th for pretty much the whole race, covered by less than a second for most of it. Think he managed to get up to 15th for a lap or 2 but then dropped back. Be good to see how he goes when he gets to a track that he has raced on before.

[Kornholio]

What about Honda employing Haga to take out the lead Suzukis... couldnt get him in the 2nd race tho