WSBK: Portimao (Spoilers)

FP1

<table class="resultsTable"><tbody><tr><td>1</td> <td> 66</td> <td> T. SYKES</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'44.241</td> <td> </td> <td> 306,8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2</td> <td> 84</td> <td> M. FABRIZIO</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'44.328</td> <td> 0.087</td> <td> 290,3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3</td> <td> 65</td> <td> J. REA</td> <td> Honda CBR1000RR</td> <td> 1'44.453</td> <td> 0.212</td> <td> 295,1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 4</td> <td> 19</td> <td> C. DAVIES</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'44.462</td> <td> 0.221</td> <td> 306,8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 5</td> <td> 33</td> <td> M. MELANDRI</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'44.512</td> <td> 0.271</td> <td> 303,4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 6</td> <td> 50</td> <td> S. GUINTOLI</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'44.669</td> <td> 0.428</td> <td> 301,7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 7</td> <td> 58</td> <td> E. LAVERTY</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'44.673</td> <td> 0.432</td> <td> 295,1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 8</td> <td> 76</td> <td> L. BAZ</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'44.781</td> <td> 0.540</td> <td> 304,2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 9</td> <td> 34</td> <td> D. GIUGLIANO</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'44.931</td> <td> 0.690</td> <td> 300,8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 10</td> <td> 2</td> <td> L. CAMIER</td> <td> Suzuki GSX-R1000</td> <td> 1'44.987</td> <td> 0.746</td> <td> 297,5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 11</td> <td> 7</td> <td> C. CHECA</td> <td> Ducati 1199 Panigale R</td> <td> 1'45.022</td> <td> 0.781</td> <td> 290,3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 12</td> <td> 91</td> <td> L. HASLAM</td> <td> Honda CBR1000RR</td> <td> 1'45.384</td> <td> 1.143</td> <td> 288,8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 13</td> <td> 86</td> <td> A. BADOVINI</td> <td> Ducati 1199 Panigale R</td> <td> 1'45.798</td> <td> 1.557</td> <td> 291,1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 14</td> <td> 16</td> <td> J. CLUZEL</td> <td> Suzuki GSX-R1000</td> <td> 1'45.923</td> <td> 1.682</td> <td> 297,5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 15</td> <td> 27</td> <td> M. NEUKIRCHNER</td> <td> Ducati 1199 Panigale R</td> <td> 1'46.257</td> <td> 2.016</td> <td> 290,3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 16</td> <td> 5</td> <td> A. LUNDH</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'47.540</td> <td> 3.299</td> <td> 286,5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 17</td> <td> 23</td> <td> F. SANDI</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'49.015</td> <td> 4.774</td> <td> 281,3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 18</td> <td> 18</td> <td> I. CLEMENTI</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'49.733</td> <td> 5.492</td> <td> 268,0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 19</td> <td> 31</td> <td> V. IANNUZZO</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'51.150</td> <td> 6.909</td> <td> 270,0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Q1

<table class="resultsTable"><tbody><tr><td>1</td> <td> 65</td> <td> J. REA</td> <td> Honda CBR1000RR</td> <td> 1'43.551</td> <td> </td> <td> 300,0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2</td> <td> 58</td> <td> E. LAVERTY</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'43.603</td> <td> 0.052</td> <td> 300,0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3</td> <td> 66</td> <td> T. SYKES</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'43.648</td> <td> 0.097</td> <td> 306,8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 4</td> <td> 50</td> <td> S. GUINTOLI</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'43.934</td> <td> 0.383</td> <td> 303,4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 5</td> <td> 34</td> <td> D. GIUGLIANO</td> <td> Aprilia RSV4 Factory</td> <td> 1'44.017</td> <td> 0.466</td> <td> 300,0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 6</td> <td> 33</td> <td> M. MELANDRI</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'44.026</td> <td> 0.475</td> <td> 305,9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 7</td> <td> 19</td> <td> C. DAVIES</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'44.245</td> <td> 0.694</td> <td> 306,8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 8</td> <td> 7</td> <td> C. CHECA</td> <td> Ducati 1199 Panigale R</td> <td> 1'44.246</td> <td> 0.695</td> <td> 294,3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 9</td> <td> 2</td> <td> L. CAMIER</td> <td> Suzuki GSX-R1000</td> <td> 1'44.278</td> <td> 0.727</td> <td> 296,7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 10</td> <td> 76</td> <td> L. BAZ</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'44.496</td> <td> 0.945</td> <td> 308,6</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 11</td> <td> 86</td> <td> A. BADOVINI</td> <td> Ducati 1199 Panigale R</td> <td> 1'44.550</td> <td> 0.999</td> <td> 292,7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 12</td> <td> 16</td> <td> J. CLUZEL</td> <td> Suzuki GSX-R1000</td> <td> 1'44.593</td> <td> 1.042</td> <td> 303,4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 13</td> <td> 91</td> <td> L. HASLAM</td> <td> Honda CBR1000RR</td> <td> 1'45.075</td> <td> 1.524</td> <td> 297,5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 14</td> <td> 27</td> <td> M. NEUKIRCHNER</td> <td> Ducati 1199 Panigale R</td> <td> 1'45.827</td> <td> 2.276</td> <td> 295,1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 15</td> <td> 5</td> <td> A. LUNDH</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'46.269</td> <td> 2.718</td> <td> 289,5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 16</td> <td> 31</td> <td> V. IANNUZZO</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'46.469</td> <td> 2.918</td> <td> 287,2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 17</td> <td> 23</td> <td> F. SANDI</td> <td> Kawasaki ZX-10R</td> <td> 1'47.322</td> <td> 3.771</td> <td> 287,2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 18</td> <td> 18</td> <td> I. CLEMENTI</td> <td> BMW S1000 RR</td> <td> 1'47.844</td> <td> 4.293</td> <td> 275,5</td></tr></tbody></table>

I wise man may want to take a gamble on this wee fella in Portugal

Sweet! Should be great racing!

Looks like a good one shaping up!

Sykes is a machine!

1 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'43.648 1'43.099 35 1'41.360 1'41.360 163,094
2 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'43.603 1'42.738 32 1'41.361 0.001 1'41.361 163,092
3 65 J. REA GBR Pata Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.551 1'42.645 30 1'41.787 0.427 1'41.787 162,410
4 33 M. MELANDRI ITA BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW S1000 RR 1'44.026 1'42.933 33 1'42.115 0.755 1'42.115 161,888
5 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'43.934 1'42.787 32 1'42.209 0.849 1'42.209 161,739
6 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'44.496 1'43.670 33 1'42.328 0.968 1'42.328 161,551
7 7 C. CHECA ESP Team Ducati Alstare Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'44.246 1'44.111 25 1'42.405 1.045 1'42.405 161,430
8 16 J. CLUZEL FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'44.593 1'44.482 28 1'42.645 1.285 1'42.645 161,052
9 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'43.565 20 1'43.032 1.672 1'43.032 160,447
10 86 A. BADOVINI ITA Team Ducati Alstare Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'44.550 1'43.949 28 1'43.057 1.697 1'43.057 160,408
11 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Althea Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'44.017 1'43.550 29 1'43.314 1.954 1'43.314 160,009
12 19 C. DAVIES GBR BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW S1000 RR 1'44.245 1'43.599 35 1'43.463 2.103 1'43.463 159,779
-------------------------------------------------- Superpole 1 --------------------------------------------------
13 2 L. CAMIER GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'44.278 1'43.516 32 1'43.139 1'43.139 160,281
14 91 L. HASLAM GBR Pata Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.075 1'44.354 19 1'43.522 0.383 1'43.522 159,688
15 27 M. NEUKIRCHNER GER MR-Racing Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'45.827 1'44.670 31 1'44.038 0.899 1'44.038 158,896
-------------------------------------------------- Others in Grid --------------------------------------------------
16 31 V. IANNUZZO ITA Grillini Dentalmatic SBK BMW S1000 RR 1'46.469 1'45.208 22 1'45.208 157,129
17 5 A. LUNDH SWE Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.269 1'45.361 33 1'45.361 156,901
18 18 I. CLEMENTI ITA HTM Racing BMW S1000 RR 1'47.844 1'45.607 27 1'45.607 156,535
19 23 F. SANDI ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.322 1'47.856 12 1'47.322 154,034

Whisker? Hare's breath? RCH? Gonna need a new simile when its that close.

"Bees dick" seems apt.

I didn't even notice that. :eek1

Good to see Checa running in the top 10 again. Are the assinine restrictor plates finally a thing of the past?

Aprilia calculated that 0.001 equals about 4.5cm ie. under 2 inches in distance travelled

Oh if you didn't see the WSS race.....holy fuck, beg, barrow, cheat, steal.


....just make sure you see the last ten laps

1 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBKTeam BMW S1000 RR HP4
2 Sylvain Guintoli Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000
3 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
4 Leon Camier Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
5 Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
6 Chaz Davies BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team BMW S1000 RR HP4
7 Michel Fabrizio Factory Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1000
8 Jules Cluzel Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
9 Carlos Checa Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199R
10 Federico Sandi Pedercini Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
11 Vittorio Iannuzzo Grillini DENTALMATIC SBK Team BMW S1000 RR
12 Ivan Clementi HTM Racing BMW S1000 RR
13 Max Neukirchner MR-Racing Ducati Panigale 1199R

Dry race.

Margin of victory: .007!

Several notable DNF including Laverty, Rea, Haslam and Giugliano.

You have to admire Guinters. He's getting podiums in almost every race, leading the championship, and no-one is talking about him

Sykes crashed on the sighting lap in race 2, started from pit lane and immediately retired with a mechanical.

Tom Sykes just set the lap record with a crashed bike from 7 laps down...machine is right. Can we see this man in motogp maybe?

Spoilers below!




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An Aprilia 1-2 in race 2, as Laverty grabs the win and Guintoli seizes another 20 points in the championship run. Rea nabbed third, Baz 4th, Davies in fifth, and Checa had one of his better finishes of the year so far in sixth.

Race 1 winner Melandri had big tire trouble, falling to 12th place.

As noted by someone else here earlier, Guintoli's consistency is going to develop a points lead that may be insurmountable by season's end. He currently leads Sykes by 28 points in the championship.

Ok, I missed the first couple laps of race 2....wth happened to Sykes? They mentioned a crash on the sighting lap, but he came back and set a lap record?!

Having crashed before the race start, he had to start from the pit road, allowing everyone to start first.

He set a blazing pace to try to make up for the disadvantage, but he later dropped out due to mechanical issues.

He did finish race 2, albeit in last place. Was he just over anxious on the warmup lap?