Time to race - WSBK Philip Island 02/27/22 *SPOILERS*
 

So................

1st race of the year, and it's being held at (in my worthless opinion), the most scenic track in all of racing...Gotta also say this is one of the most anticipated WSBK seasons in many years...
--lots of riders on new bikes
--Factory Ducati isn't on the grid
--Factory Kawasaki is
--Will Biaggi pick up where he left off?
--How will Haga do on the Aprilia?
--Will Rea finally win it all?
--Will Corser get back to championship status?
--Lots more, so let's hear it :D

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On TV Sunday - SpeedTV 5 and 6pm...

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anyone not on the torrent email list can still pm me their addy. its not too late! speed sucks!

haslam looks like hes figured the bimmer, lascorz is fast as fukk for a rookie, camier has mono but is going to try and tough things out.

superpole tomorrow folks!

results from Q1

1. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R 1min 31.577s
2. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R 1min 31.850s
3. Eugene Laverty IRL Yamaha WSBK YZF R1 1min 31.969s
4. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 32.009s
5. Jakub Smrz CZE Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R 1min 32.066s
6. Leon Haslam GBR BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 32.082s
7. Michel Fabrizio ITA Suzuki Alstare GSX-R1000 1min 32.108s
8. Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1min 32.163s
9. Jonathan Rea GBR Castrol Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.424s
10. Josh Waters AUS Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 32.690s
11. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 32.699s
12. Marco Melandri ITA Yamaha WSBK YZF R1 1min 32.700s
13. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki RTS ZX-10R 1min 32.705s
14. Noriyuki Haga JPN PATA Aprilia RSV-4 1min 33.058s
15. James Toseland GBR BMW Italia S1000RR 1min 33.074s
16. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 33.084s
17. Bryan Staring AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.130s
18. Maxime Berger FRA Supersonic Ducati 1098R 1min 33.176s
19. Ruben Xaus ESP Castrol Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.411s
20. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR 1min 33.598s
21. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.788s
22. Roberto Rolfo ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.864s

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GO Eugene! GO Joan! GO Haslam!

Checa is going to be tough this year if Ducati is still developing factory parts for the private teams. I had completly underestimated that without a factory effort that they wouldnt put any development work in.

Toseland needs to wake up it seems. And Sykes as well...

Checa AND the liberty boys. Who'd have thought a scratch built privateer team would go so well out of the box? Of course, scoring guintoli may have had a lot to do with that :lol:

I was just gonna ask ya Dave if you'd be e-mailing this one out...:dribble:

oh and I appreciate ya feeding the torrent links to me...:beers:

P.I. has always been kind of a Ducati track as well. Fast, flowing, and windy, somehow the Ducs are right at home there. Should be a war tho...I think Maxmillian may be uncharacteristically keeping some in reserve. I really want Eugene to do well tho...

I'm going to attempt to keep up with everything this year. I've got drillthis weekend so the emails may be late but rest assured they're coming

that's all good. better late than never

Bout damn time for some racing

Race 1: Checa, Biaggi, Haslam. Checa by a mile, Biaggi by a mile and a half, then Haslam.

Race 2: Checa, Biaggi, Melandri. All within a second or so of each other.

Checa walked the dog on em.

Haslam may get the first win for BMW this year. 3rd and 5th, not a bad weekend.

leon camier is THE FUCKING MAN. PERIOD. to ride both races and do that well with mono is simply stunning. great showing from max too

Oh MONO...they said "glandular fever" and I'm thinking. "Wow that sounds BAD!!!!!":lol:

Race 1 results...I didn't get to see it, but it looks like there wasn't much battling going on :(

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Race 2 results...Again, I didn't get to see it...Looks better than race one, though...

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Highlight vids...

Race 1
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Race 2
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Not a bad outing for the Yamaha's either.

Not bad at all, the near race length biaggi melandri battle was great. I'm sure laverty will adjust quickly as well

Yea I thought they were going to take eachother out in Race 1. :lol

Mono might not kill you but it still fucks you up badly. The poor guy was puking between races.

Seriously. I can't even imagine how he managed to finish much less maintain the focus to fight his way to sixth

Youth and balls.:rockwoot:

And what was Toselands excuse?

I like the way the season has started out. Mad tight racing with lots of different players. It's going to be fun watching how certain tracks play into certain bikes strengths and watching all the riders adjust. Saw good stuff outta Melandri, Haslam, Rea, Laverty, even Fabrizio was hustling last years GSXR pretty good.

Very limited dry testing time and some mechanical issues. That's from the team italia manager, not toseland

No love for max? He seemed to be far more willing to battle this year

I expected Max to be there. After how many premiere class runners up he should be in the top f every race.

Toseland's swallow a gear like Corsers? That was there excuse for his offing...

i browsed through all the post interviews on crash. LOT of guys were claiming false neutrals