Silverstone Spoiler

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If you don't know what Silverstone or Spoiler is too bloody bad.

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1. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 40m 46.128s
2. Michel Fabrizio ITA BMW Italia Goldbet S1000RR +0.383
3. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia Goldbet S1000RR +0.459s
4. Jonathan Rea GBR Honda WSBK CBR1000RR +0.539s
5. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R +1.012s
6. Leon Haslam GBR BMW Motorrad S1000RR +2.619s
7. Marco Melandri ITA BMW Motorrad S1000RR +6.123s
8. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +9.170s
9. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Ducati 1098R +19.022s
10. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +19.087s
11. Maxime Berger FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R +29.840s
12. Lorenzo Zanetti ITA PATA Ducati 1098R +30.158s
13. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Honda WSBK CBR1000RR +44.222s
14. Chaz Davies GBR ParkinGO MTC Aprilia RSV-4 +1m 20.387s
15. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1m 42.698s

16. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Ducati 1098R +1 lap
17. Jakub Smrz CZE Liberty Effenbert Ducati 1098R +1 lap

Not Classified

18. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 17 laps completed
19. Leon Camier GBR Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R1000 14 laps completed
20. Niccolo Canepa ITA Red Devils Ducati 1098R 14 laps completed
21. John Hopkins USA Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R1000 10 laps completed

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This is a race well worth watching. There was a group of 10 at the front until the very end and you had no idea who was going to win.

Gap to Biaggi for Melandri is now a manageable 14 points with a ton of races left. Rea and Checa are still well out of it comparatively but it is a wide open championship now imo. Sykes is still in with a shot as well. While I am a Biaggi fan I'd love to see the BMW or Kawasaki take it, in that order.

[Turbo329]

at least now we know who has the best traction control for the wet. ...


Kaw -a- SACK (Grabs crotch)- eee

[sburns2421]

Originally Posted by Turbo329

at least now we know who has the best traction control for the wet. ...


Kaw -a- SACK (Grabs crotch)- eee

And in the dry for more than one lap in qualifying they remain Kaw-a-SUCK (mime fellatio with tongue in cheek) - eee.

[sburns2421]

BTW,
Aprilia has protested Melandri because his bike was still being adjusted and worked on later than per the rules before the formation lap. Potentially a big advantage given the rapidly changing weather conditions of the race start.

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Hopefully nothing comes of it. I prefer the close title battle we have now.

[Turbo329]

Originally Posted by sburns2421

And in the dry for more than one lap in qualifying they remain Kaw-a-SUCK (mime fellatio with tongue in cheek) - eee.

The crazy thing is that if Sykes pulls a Nicky Hayden and wins the championship without winning a race I will have to re-evaluate my feelings towards Nicky's win in 2006.

...maybe I should've given Nicky more credit.


...Naaaaaaa

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1. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Ducati 1098R 19m 42.051s
2. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +0.881s
3. Jakub Smrz CZE Liberty Effenbert Ducati 1098R +1.671
4. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +19.045s
5. Maxime Berger FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R +22.116s
6. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R +23.736s
7. Chaz Davies GBR ParkinGO MTC Aprilia RSV-4 +24.690s
8. Marco Melandri ITA BMW Motorrad S1000RR +26.197s
9. Jonathan Rea GBR Honda WSBK CBR1000RR +26.861s
10. John Hopkins USA Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R1000 +27.194s
11. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +29.243s
12. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +30.328s
13. Michel Fabrizio ITA BMW Italia Goldbet S1000RR +32.746s
14. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Honda WSBK CBR1000RR +34.905s
15. Niccolo Canepa ITA Red Devils Ducati 1098R +35.849s

16. Lorenzo Zanetti ITA PATA Ducati 1098R +40.091s
17. Leon Haslam GBR BMW Motorrad S1000RR +58.530s

Not Classified

18. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia Goldbet S1000RR 7 laps completed
19. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Ducati 1098R 6 laps completed
20. Leon Camier GBR Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R1000 3 laps completed
21. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1 lap completed

Did Not Start

Brett McCormick CAN Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R
Norino Brignola ITA Grillini Progea BMW S1000RR
David Johnson AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R

Fastest lap
Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 24.324s

[Screaming Chief]

Originally Posted by Turbo329

The crazy thing is that if Sykes pulls a Nicky Hayden and wins the championship without winning a race I will have to re-evaluate my feelings towards Nicky's win in 2006.

...maybe I should've given Nicky more credit.


...Naaaaaaa

Aside from the fact that Sykes has already won a race this year and Nicky won two in his championship year.

[twin-nut]

Actually Sykes has not won even a complete race yet.

[Screaming Chief]

Originally Posted by twin-nut

Actually Sykes has not won even a complete race yet.

Semantics.

Sykes has won two (albeit rain shortened) races in WSBK.

I couldn't work out at the time, why the Monza race was red flagged as the conditions on track were seemingly much better than those at Silverstonerobably just the Italians sticking together to give Pirelli an excuse to have the race ended prematurely after their disgraceful product was found to be falling to pieces throughout the weekend.

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Interesting info if you can catch it in the pre-race show. Neil H noted that Checa's Ducati is 20 odd mph down on the straights to the other bikes, according to the data logging. This explains a bit how hard he is having to ride.

Also commentary on Melandri riding a bit too hard but nothing on Rea. At least they did admit they were pro-Brit - understandable. I can understand it from Hodgson, since he was mainly a clean rider esp. in WSC.

Still I do wonder if/when team orders should come into play at BMW. Haslam is well out of it.

[duckdawg]

Originally Posted by Turbo329

The crazy thing is that if Sykes pulls a Nicky Hayden and wins the championship without winning a race I will have to re-evaluate my feelings towards Nicky's win in 2006.

...maybe I should've given Nicky more credit.


...Naaaaaaa

I'm pretty sure that Nicky doesn't mind what people think of how he won a championship...

[RAZR51]

Is a championship given to who scores the most points or wins?

Yea...that's what I thought

[Jami6989]

Rain is the great equalizer and the best riders will win. So Baz is the best rider on the grid. Just ask all the clowns around here, they'll tell you how important rain results are. Good race though.

[duckdawg]

I like to ride in the rain, it's like having a thousand hp...

[sburns2421]

Originally Posted by Jami6989

Rain is the great equalizer and the best riders will win. So Baz is the best rider on the grid. Just ask all the clowns around here, they'll tell you how important rain results are. Good race though.

Baz seems to be having a start of his World Superbike career a bit like Haga did. If anyone recalls, he set the world on fire by making passes and getting results that Scott Russell could not on the YZF750.

Baz seems like an exciting rider, I expect many eyes will be on him for the rest of the season, I hope he can keep up the momentum of good results.

He is only 19, do you think he will be WSBK next year or Moto2? Basically if he does as well for the rest of the year and doesn't get an opportunity at GP, no superbike rider will...

[Jami6989]

Originally Posted by sburns2421

Baz seems to be having a start of his World Superbike career a bit like Haga did. If anyone recalls, he set the world on fire by making passes and getting results that Scott Russell could not on the YZF750.

Baz seems like an exciting rider, I expect many eyes will be on him for the rest of the season, I hope he can keep up the momentum of good results.

He is only 19, do you think he will be WSBK next year or Moto2? Basically if he does as well for the rest of the year and doesn't get an opportunity at GP, no superbike rider will...

Why would anyone take a WSBK ride over a Moto2 ride? Who would rather race in front of this as opposed to the MotoGP circus. This was during the Silverstone race.

[Turbo329]

Originally Posted by Jami6989

Why would anyone take a WSBK ride over a Moto2 ride? Who would rather race in front of this as opposed to the MotoGP circus. This was during the Silverstone race.

Weather was bad. Who would want to sit in that?