WSBK Donnington SPOILERS

That was Maxime Berger.

1. Marco Melandri ITA Yamaha WSBK YZF R1 34mins 33.189secs
2. Jakub Smrz CZE Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R +2.455s
3. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R +5.839s
4. Leon Haslam GBR BMW Motorrad S1000RR +6.176s
5. Jonathan Rea GBR Castrol Honda CBR1000RR +9.039s
6. Noriyuki Haga JPN PATA Aprilia RSV-4 +9.215s
7. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +9.960s
8. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +14.860s
9. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +14.877s
10. Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +16.182s
11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R +25.820s
12. Ruben Xaus ESP Castrol Honda CBR1000RR +28.278s
13. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR +31.869s
14. Roberto Rolfo ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +40.015s
15. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 00.126s

Not Classified

16. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki RTS ZX-10R 17 laps completed
17. Michel Fabrizio ITA Suzuki Alstare GSX-R1000 14 laps completed
18. Maxime Berger FRA Supersonic Ducati 1098R 5 laps completed
19. Eugene Laverty IRL Yamaha WSBK YZF R1 3 laps completed

OMG! :eek1

Cracking battle in WSS between Parkingo Yamaha Teammates (and ex-AMA riders) Scassa and Davies!

Who is Sam Lowes? Where he come from?

And I was cheering for Sammy Lowes as he was hunting them down. Gutted that he had a bike failure.

Reigning British SS champ; he's only 20 years old too.

And it looks like race 2 is a karma bitch slap.

Race 2

Biaggi jumped the start, wouldn't come in for a drive-thru, gets DQ'd. Way to go, Max.

<table style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" border="0" cellpadding="1"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">1</td> <td width="40">7</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">CHECA C</td> <td width="40">ESP</td> <td width="140">Ducati 1098R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'28.988</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">262,3</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">2</td> <td width="40">33</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">MELANDRI M</td> <td width="40">ITA</td> <td width="140">Yamaha YZF R1</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.093</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">3.397</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">260,4</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">3</td> <td width="40">2</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">CAMIER L</td> <td width="40">GBR</td> <td width="140">Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.174</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">5.902</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">255,5</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">4</td> <td width="40">91</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">HASLAM L</td> <td width="40">GBR</td> <td width="140">BMW S1000 RR</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.319</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">13.842</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">263,0</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">5</td> <td width="40">17</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">LASCORZ J</td> <td width="40">ESP</td> <td width="140">Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.214</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">14.253</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">261,7</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">6</td> <td width="40">4</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">REA J</td> <td width="40">GBR</td> <td width="140">Honda CBR1000RR</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.560</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">19.413</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">260,4</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">7</td> <td width="40">84</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">FABRIZIO M</td> <td width="40">ITA</td> <td width="140">Suzuki GSX-R1000</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.656</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">20.278</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">257,9</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">8</td> <td width="40">96</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">SMRZ J</td> <td width="40">CZE</td> <td width="140">Ducati 1098R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.373</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">21.160</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">262,3</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">9</td> <td width="40">86</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">BADOVINI A</td> <td width="40">ITA</td> <td width="140">BMW S1000 RR</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.924</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">24.298</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">264,3</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">10</td> <td width="40">111</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">XAUS R</td> <td width="40">ESP</td> <td width="140">Honda CBR1000RR</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.537</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">24.907</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">254,9</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">11</td> <td width="40">50</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">GUINTOLI S</td> <td width="40">FRA</td> <td width="140">Ducati 1098R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'30.241</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">32.440</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">263,6</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">12</td> <td width="40">66</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">SYKES T</td> <td width="40">GBR</td> <td width="140">Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.790</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">32.679</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">270,9</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">13</td> <td width="40">11</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">CORSER T</td> <td width="40">AUS</td> <td width="140">BMW S1000 RR</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'30.278</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">34.070</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">268,2</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">14</td> <td width="40">58</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">LAVERTY E</td> <td width="40">IRL</td> <td width="140">Yamaha YZF R1</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'30.136</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">36.418</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">254,9</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">15</td> <td width="40">44</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">ROLFO R</td> <td width="40">ITA</td> <td width="140">Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'30.840</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">44.037</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">257,3</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">16</td> <td width="40">8</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">AITCHISON M</td> <td width="40">AUS</td> <td width="140">Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'30.864</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">52.412</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">259,2</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">17</td> <td width="40">41</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">HAGA N</td> <td width="40">JPN</td> <td width="140">Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.405</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">56.634</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">257,3</td> <td align="center" width="55">23</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">RET</td> <td width="40">121</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">BERGER M</td> <td width="40">FRA</td> <td width="140">Ducati 1098R</td> <td width="65">RETIRED</td> <td width="65">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">22 Laps</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">261,1</td> <td align="center" width="55">1</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> <td style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" width="40">EX</td> <td width="40">1</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="120">BIAGGI M</td> <td width="40">ITA</td> <td width="140">Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td width="65">PIT IN</td> <td width="65">1'29.075</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="right" width="45">
</td> <td align="right" width="55">220,0</td> <td align="center" width="55">9</td></tr></tbody></table>

Max was a dick all weekend

And Whitam is still cracking me up:

"Melandri is rich and talented, but he's still punching above his weight with that missus"

With all the problems Ducati is having in MotoGP, it is wild to see them do so well in WSB on privateer bikes. Way to go Checa!! Marco had an awesome weekend as well...maybe Biaggi should slap him more often?

He went from having fun and winning a championship to his old miserable self. Sheesh.

He is like a match. A good strike from the right guy and he will burn himself. Rossi lit him up in MotoGP. Maybe Melandri will do it in WSBK.

What has happened to Haga the last couple of years? He went from being a dominant force to a mid pack rider really fast. Two years ago he was contesting the championship with Spies and now he is lucky to finish near the top ten and has almost no consistancy. Is his career over?

He was up front in #2 till he ran off track.

He was 4th or 5th when he ran off the track.

Considering where he rode around last season...that is up front.

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