Biaggi doubling it up
Max Biaggi on the RSV4 Factory and Leon Haslam on the GSX-R gave us an exciting show on race one at Portimao, they continued part 2 of the show in race 2, leaving Haslam in second place at both races.
One would expect the RSV4 to be agile on the curves, but the Aprilia was faster than any other bike on the straights as well !! i never thought i would ever see a GSX-R takes the beating on the straights…
WSBK highlights from Phillip Island
Filed under: Ducati, Racing, Suzuki, Video, WSBK, YouTube
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Aprilia gets a new sponsor
It’s Team Aprilia Alitalia Racing now.
See you next season
So the 2009 World SBK season is over.
We’ve won the constructors title, the Superstock 1000 category, have obtained 34 podiums with our Superbike riders and second and third place in the world championship. But it’s not enough and we go without the “cherry on the cake”. We believed that we could do it all year and until the last lap of the last race but unfortunately the rider’s title has escaped us.
I want to thanks, however, all the members of the team and those people at home who assist us day to day. Noriyuki and Michel have provided us with an emotional season and an hour after the end of the championship they were already looking ahead to this week’s test days, here at Portimao, in order to be even more competitive next year, to win a title that we lost by just a few points this time around.
At this point I would also like to address some comments that we have heard since the final race…. Read more
Ben Spies claims 2009 World SBK title
For the first time ever, a rookie rider wins the world title in his first season, and with this win Yamaha Teams’ claimed both the 2009 MotoGP and World SBK tiltes.
Ducati came second in the 2009 SBK but first in the manufacturers standings -best production bike-
Rea the raising star
Filed under: Ben Spies, Honda, Jonathan Rea, Racing, WSBK, Yamaha
Race 1: Haga’s start was best and he managed to lead the race up to couple of laps before the chequered flag when he made a slight mistake.. Spies cut loose and took the win. Makoto Tamada got into an incident with John Hopkins shortly after the start, they were both taken to the hospital.
Race 2: Haga did another mistake but this one costed him the race, and might cost him the season, he slowed down in the middle of a corner trying to go back to the race line but Rea was coming in fast… both made contact.. Haga fell and Rea claimed the podium.
Glued for the day
1) 12:45pm Super Bike race one Nurburgring round on Jazeera Sport 2 -free channel-
2) 14:35pm MotoGP Misano, Italy on Jazeera Sport 1 -free channel-
3) 16:15pm Super Bike race one two Nurburgring round on Jazeera Sport 2 -free channel-
Timing: Kuwait local time.
A first for Aprilia
Filed under: Aprilia, Biaggi, Fabrizio, News, Ruben Xaus, Troy Corser, WSBK
Biaggi on the Aprilia scored his first win of the season in race one at Brno, It was also Aprilia’s first win in the category since 2001, Biaggi cruised to finish line after Spies and Fabrizio were eliminated when Fabrizio crashed taking down Spies down with him, Troy Corser on the S1000RR led the opening two laps, while Xaus on the same bike crashed out on the first lap.
In race two Spies led towards his eleventh win of the season, but it wasn’t easy as he had to keep Biaggi at bay, Biaggi took second, third went to Fabrizio.
English Man in Italy
The second race of the World Super Bike championship -Misano round-was a fierce fight between the young -22 years- English rider Jonathan Rea and Fabrizio, after a couple of spectacular laps and just when we thought Fabrizio and Haga will eat Rea alive and claim the title of this race.. Rea manages to slip away to the podium.
Ducati is still leading the WSBK, the points as follows:
Haga 292 points
Spies 244 points
Fabrizio 237 points
Race one was a bore and as expected Spies came 1st, Byrne 2nd , and Fabrizio 3rd.
Another double win for Spies
Spies powered away from the start, and the rest of the racers had to just try keeping up, Fabrizio managed to keep Spies on his toe for most of the race, but then had to settle for third in race one and second in race two…at the end of the day this is a US track which Spies knows very well and competed on for the American Superbike championship.
Ducati is still leading the championship -7 rounds to go-, with 311 points, Yamaha 253, Honda 206, Aprilia 129, Suzuki 113, Bmw 60, and Kawasaki 41 points.
Moto GP- Super Bike
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- "The level of competition is high… a positive day for everyone" – Locatelli, Rinaldi discuss WorldWCR
- REPORT: Carrasco takes P1 at Cremona test with 1’41s lap time, Ponziani and Sanchez complete top three
- Ponziani surges to top spot on Friday morning at Cremona, breaks into 1’42s barrier
