World Superbikes start tonight :D

**Kornholio** · 25th February 2006, 09:33

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

Bayliss is a demon in the wet tho and the Stalker on his Kwaka is not too shabby either

....no sign of Honda tho.......

Bring it ON!!!!

:eyepoke:

**Kornholio** · 25th February 2006, 09:44

....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.

**Shaun** · 25th February 2006, 09:46

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** · 25th February 2006, 09:52

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** · 25th February 2006, 09:53

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** · 25th February 2006, 10:03

Originally Posted by 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

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

**Ivan** · 25th February 2006, 10:11

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** · 25th February 2006, 11:40

Originally Posted by k14

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

then what about the other 3 in top 6, you mean to say gixxer is in 7th!

Originally Posted by 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

Sherrifs should get over there!

**k14** · 25th February 2006, 11:42

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

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

**Kornholio** · 25th February 2006, 11:59

Originally Posted by k14

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

Umm but...

Originally Posted by Kornholio

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** · 25th February 2006, 12:20

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

**k14** · 25th February 2006, 12:32

Originally Posted by Kornholio

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** · 25th February 2006, 12:34

Originally Posted by k14

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

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