** Spoiler ** WorldSBK Donington

[drthompson65]

Spies
Biaggi
Hagga

[dhdrider]

Full Results of Race 1:

Sunday, 28 June 2009 14:26



1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 34'57.230 (158,831 kph)
2 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 7.156
3 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 10.968
4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 18.843
5 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 19.125
6 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21.286
7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 23.644
8 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 32.849
9 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 32.904
10 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 33.192
11 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 34.535
12 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 35.093
13 22 Camier L. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 35.441
14 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 39.034
15 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 41.067
16 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 46.452
17 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 47.924
18 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 48.246
19 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 50.932
20 117 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.032
21 2 Hacking J. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 55.216
22 53 Polita A. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'02.758
23 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'02.977
24 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1'12.255
25 79 Young B. (USA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'12.531
RET 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR
RET 27 Ellison J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1
RET 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
RET 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1
RET 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R
RET 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR

[drthompson65]

Spies
Haslam
Fabrizo

Many crashes including Haga.

[Le Kiwi]

The Ben !! Duuuuuuude !!

[sburns2421]

The Ben looks like a man among boys at the moment.

14 point deficit now for Spies. I have to wonder if now Fabrizio will be instructed to give way to Haga, Fabio is 51 points back.

[Ribbel]

Haga's crash was a nasty one, got hit by his bike several times......
Last rumours are that he broke one or more vertebrea
Don't hope this will be the end of his season, would be sad for him, and the championship....

[Jami6989]

Originally Posted by Ribbel

Haga's crash was a nasty one, got hit by his bike several times......
Last rumours are that he broke one or more vertebrea
Don't hope this will be the end of his season, would be sad for him, and the championship....

NASTY! It was only a matter of time before crash-happy Haga came back to WSBK. Spies is a MONSTER!

[GAMBLER]

R2 crashfest

[Ben710]

I made that for my forum, thought I might share with you.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZu0il021rs[/YOUTUBE]

[GAMBLER]

Noriyuki Haga suffers fractured vertebra | WSBK News | 2009 | Crash.Net

not good

[Jami6989]

Originally Posted by GAMBLER

Noriyuki Haga suffers fractured vertebra | WSBK News | 2009 | Crash.Net

not good

Not good, but better.


A CAT scan later revealed more promising results. The scan did not find any indication of recent fractured vertebrae, meaning that the worst of the danger has probably passed for Haga. However, the scan confirmed the results of earlier examinations, which showed that Haga had fractured his left shoulder blade and broken his right ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm. Haga is due to have surgery to fix the broken arm, while the fractured shoulder blade is still being examined at the time of writing (10pm CET, Sunday 28th June).

[CBR400RR]

If Spies wins the championship his rooky year he will the the first rooky to do so in WSBK history according to what they said during todays race.

[tye1138]

Its that bloody wrist which is the biggest issue.

I hope he can recover in a few months and only miss one round of the championship. That wouldn't be the end of the world, considering Fabrizio's potential at the next two tracks is pretty strong as well.

BTW, where did you get the medical info Jamie?

[Latebraker]

Originally Posted by CBR400RR

If Spies wins the championship his rooky year he will the the first rooky to do so in WSBK history according to what they said during todays race.

Except for the first year of the championship where everybody was a rookie.

Brilliant riding by Spies, he is so analytical and a master of race strategy.

Great job by Biaggi in race one, looks like they are getting better with the Aprilia. Nakano got a good start in race two then highsided himself to the moon, look like he landed on his head.

Poor Haga, it seems he's his own worst enemy.

Haslam rode well, I wonder how he'd do on a bike with power equal to some of the factory bikes. They look like they are down 20 HP on the faster tracks.

[Jami6989]

Originally Posted by tye1138

Its that bloody wrist which is the biggest issue.

Meh, Dr Ting has worked with Champions before, I'm sure he'll sort out a Runner-up in this case.

[drsus]

Haga... he seems doomed to never win the title. If it wasnt for Spies this would be his runaway year... he couldve possibly even missed a couple races with injury and still win it.
Makes his friendship with Spies even more remarkable. So many would just be bitter towards the rookie coming in and ruining things like that..... can you picture Biaggi making plans to BBQ with Spies after Donington races?

With the unfortunate accident from Haga, id say nothing will stop Spies from making history now, amazing.

[imported_ICEMAN]

Poor Haga I am surprised they made him walk away from the accident... maybe a little more caution would have been good.

Ben is stll pretty good... hopefully him winning this year will get him into MotoGP next year

Throw him in along with Rossi, Jorge and Stoner.. and the glory days will be back!!

[Busy Little Shop]

I'm proud of you Ben... kick it and wick it all the way to the championship...

Technically speaking Race 1

1Virtual V4
2Real V4 (noticeable handling improvement)
3Status Quo

Race 2
1Virtual V4
2Status Quo
3Status Quo

[RAZR51]

Originally Posted by Busy Little Shop

I'm proud of you Ben... kick it and wick it all the way to the championship...

Technically speaking Race 1

1Virtual V4
2Real V4 (noticeable handling improvement)
3Status Quo

Race 2
1Virtual V4
2Status Quo
3Status Quo

Funny....clever

[roadkill]

Dang.......Yamaha is just mowing the competition down.....MotoGP and WSBK....yet another Yamaha banner weekend at the top level.....getting very humdrum now, race after race, week after week. What is totally remarkable about this is they have been able to pulverize the other makes with an inferior engine layout.....they can only hope to make V4 sounds instead of having an actual V4....like a kid with a toy car making "vroom, vroom" sounds. The entire manufacturing capacity of Yamaha Motor Company is totally stumped when it comes to actually making an engine so, in an abject admission of their inferiority, they are forced to pretend that their engine is actually another engine to mask their inability to actually make one of the "magic motors" so worshipped by the cognescenti. That is just so lucky for the other manufacturers.....if Yamaha could ever figure out how to make a proper engine, all of the other manufacturers would quickly go out of business. Of course, if Yamaha with their "fake" engine keeps crushing the wannabes, then all of the other companies will be forced to......as a guy who fancies himself as one of the world's leading experts on engine performance put it....forced to follow what works. Funny how the actual world works.....far more interesting than a "virtual" world.