WSBK: Phillip Island (Spoilers, mite!)

Your front row:

Checa
Laverty
Fabio
Melandri

Full grid

1 7 C. CHECA ESP Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199 1'32.063 1'31.146 25 1'30.234 1'30.234 177,339
2 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.392 1'30.826 36 1'30.429 0.195 1'30.429 176,957
3 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.317 1'30.387 33 1'30.581 0.347 1'30.581 176,660
4 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'31.754 1'30.740 36 1'30.615 0.381 1'30.615 176,593
5 33 M. MELANDRI ITA BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW S1000 RR 1'31.539 1'30.931 38 1'30.615 0.381 1'30.615 176,593
6 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.863 1'30.961 37 1'30.683 0.449 1'30.683 176,461
7 2 L. CAMIER GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'31.608 1'30.727 27 1'30.991 0.757 1'30.991 175,864
8 91 L. HASLAM GBR Pata Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.687 1'31.020 31 1'30.998 0.764 1'30.998 175,850
9 65 J. REA GBR Pata Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.884 1'31.353 44 1'31.742 1.508 1'31.742 174,424
-------------------------------------------------- Superpole 2 --------------------------------------------------
10 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Althea Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.793 1'31.470 26 1'31.283 1'31.283 175,301
11 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'32.497 1'31.537 33 1'31.576 0.293 1'31.576 174,740
12 19 C. DAVIES GBR BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW S1000 RR 1'31.638 1'31.526 41 1'31.870 0.587 1'31.870 174,181
-------------------------------------------------- Superpole 1 --------------------------------------------------
13 27 M. NEUKIRCHNER GER MR-Racing Ducati Panigale 1199 1'32.243 1'31.871 36 1'32.010 1'32.010 173,916
14 21 J. STAUFFER AUS Team Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.984 1'31.874 35 1'32.353 0.343 1'32.353 173,270
15 18 I. CLEMENTI ITA HTM Racing BMW S1000 RR 1'32.757 1'31.963 32 1'32.773 0.763 1'32.773 172,486
-------------------------------------------------- Others in Grid --------------------------------------------------
16 14 G. ALLERTON AUS Next Gen Motorsports BMW S1000 RR 1'32.352 1'32.576 35 1'32.352 173,272
17 16 J. CLUZEL FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'32.801 1'32.402 18 1'32.402 173,178
18 5 A. LUNDH SWE Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'33.305 1'32.487 28 1'32.487 173,019
19 86 A. BADOVINI ITA Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199 1'32.540 14 1'32.540 172,920
20 23 F. SANDI ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'32.898 1'33.009 34 1'32.898 172,253
21 31 V. IANNUZZO ITA Grillini Dentalmatic SBK BMW S1000 RR 1'33.082 1'33.275 27 1'33.082 171,913

! Biggest high side of his career, (his words), at Siberia. See vid on post #30
@ 1:11. Hard Barstard. :huh !

Don't you just get the feeling that we're in for some good racing?

Yep, and PI is really a spectacular track, a great place to start the season!

BTW, Stoner took MotoGP pole on a 1000cc machine last October with a 1.29.623... not really comparable I know, but I´d say Checa still got surprisingly close on the Panigale with a 1.30.234 (.. in fact that would´ve put him on the front row in MotoGP - and there was a lot of talk, that the bike is no good)

So the ducati wsb bike laps faster than their motogp bike?

Freshly repaved track, qualifying tires.

Yep that would help

Can't wait to see the GP boys on the new surface later in the year.


Back to this weekend.... Who's that old guy that qualified in 14th place in supersports??

Lot of new names in SS. What happened to Metcher? He was coming along...

Rossi 2012 P.I. qualified at 1,31.661. on the old pavement.

He's racing Supersport in the German IDM championship:

http://jedmetcherracing.com/354/jed-metchers-offcial-press-release-of-suzuki-mayer-germany-signing/

Watch out for Kennedy and Van der Mark. They are going to be superb.

Thanks for posting that link! Was able to catch the last few minutes of superpole last night. only wish I'd looked in here a little earlier.

When I click the "watch now" I get a download screen for the "VipBoxSportsAppSetup.exe". If I close that it returns me to the previous screen. Do we need to install the app?

thanks,

I'm surprised to see the Duc on pole. Ditto for Rea being outpaced by his new teamate.

Should be an excellent race, though tire wear may prove pivotal and create an unexpected podium.

Be careful, I clicked on the download app feature, and it sent me to a website for a .Russian bride, then forwarded to a download to an anime game on the iTunes store. After that, any click on Any website would pull me back to the anime link.

I cleared my history, cache and cookies. Not ok!

Honda behind Ducati, Aprillia, Kawazaki, BMW AND Suzuki.

Channel 392 on DISH Network show four hours of coverage starting at 4:30 pacific. Got my DVR set

620 Directv

Oh well. Off to zedland. I'd still like to put my money on Eugene, he's been working hard on the tyre angle, and the weather looks like its gunna be poifect.
But GO CARLOS!

Enjoy.


Bloody!!

Looking forward to the race tonight. Should be a good race. Checa and the Panigale could be a lethal team.