WSBK/WSS Phillip Island (01-02/03/08)

[Slimdean]

Fonsi and Max ready for Phillip Island, but Yukio misses out.

After their win in Qatar last weekend, Team Suzuki Alstare headed to Australia in good spirits, with Fonsi Nieto and Max Neukirchner, but without Yukio Kagayama.

The Japanese rider crashed in the second race and broke his left collarbone and is forced to give the Phillip Island round a miss, but he will be back in action at the SBK tests in Valencia in just two weeks time. Yukio has had a metal plate inserted in his shoulder, to hold the collarbone together, in order to be in action again as soon as possible.
Fonsi
Last week was a fantastic weekend and it was so good to take my first SBK win. Now it’s time to think about this weekend and try and keep up the momentum. I like Phillip Island; it is a real circuit for racers and it’s also a very demanding track. To put in a good lap here you have to be perfect on every part of the track. Butwhen you do that, it is a wonderful feeling.
Max
Since last weekend my condition has improved a lot and I’m feeling much better. The ‘flu, or whatever I had in Qatar, made me lose concentration in the latter part of the race. Otherwise maybe I could’ve taken a podium. But I’m OK now and looking forward to racing at one of my favourite tracks.
Francis Batta (Team manager)
Some mixed feelings last weekend, because of Yukio’s injury, but I’m really happy with Fonsi's win. I’m also very happy with Max’s performance and I’m sure he’ll be stronger this weekend. So, for this race, it’s just Fonsi and Max carrying our new colours, but I think they can once again make some good results. Yukio is a very tough racer and he will be back in two week’s time for sure

Team Suzuki Alstare news
2008 Superbike World Championship
Preview: Round 2, Phillip Island, Australia
Friday qualifying, 29th February
Circuit: 4.445 kms Conditions: Dry, sunny/cloudy 18-21C.


Provisional front row for Max.




Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner started today’s first day of qualifying superbly by posting the fourth quickest time of the day. His lap of 1:32.808 was just over four tenths of a second behind provisional pole-setter Troy Corser (Yamaha). Series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) was second quickest today, with his team mate Michel Fabrizio third fastest. Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto had a steady day, finishing ninth fastest overall, but will be looking for an improvement tomorrow.

Max - 4th, 1:32.808
Today was not so bad and I had no big problems at all. We changed the characteristics of the engine-braking for the afternoon session and also the rear shock. We did that to get better grip. When the bike is on fresh tyres, I seem to be able to ride smoothly, without a problem. But when I try and push very hard I get many rear slides. Phillip Island is a great track, but it’s a track where you have to be perfect everywhere if you want to set a really good lap time.


Fonsi - 9th, 1:33.269
I am happy because we’ve made a good start today, even though the set-up was not right. Conditions today were very different to when we tested here in January, so we more or less had to start from scratch again. I spent most of the day working at trying to understand the tyres and how they perform. In the afternoon, the bike’s set-up was better then the morning and this is a track where a good bike set-up is vital if you want to make a good lap.


Friday qualifying
1 Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1:32.336, 2 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:32.374, 3 Fabrizio (I-Ducati) 1:32.570, 4 Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki) 1:32.808, 5 Smrz (CZ-Ducati) 1:32.827, 6 Biaggi (I-Ducati) 1:32.827, 7 Xaus (E-Ducati) 1:323.827, 8 Laconi (F-Kawasaki) 1:33.188, 9 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare) 1:33.269,

[nono_le_robot]

hey bien joué REGIS 8e devant NIETO c'est pas mal!

toujours pas de HONDA dans l'top TEN ça par contre c'est inquiétant

[ced29]

5 Smrz (CZ-Ducati) 1:32.827
6 Biaggi (I-Ducati) 1:32.827
7 Xaus (E-Ducati) 1:323.827


Comment ça se passe pour le placement sur la grille si demain ils refont le coup pour la superpole ?
Ils regardent le 10000e de seconde ? (si ils l'ont)
Il tiennent compte du classement de la derniere saison ?
Ou ?

[pierminator]

et ben il est en forme jacob,comme d'hab les 2 troy devant aux essais,max qui suit un peu plus loin derriere belle 8eme place de regis,par contre haga 13 eme est en proie au chattering

[macadamkenny]

Smrz confirme une fois de plus que cette Ducat' est bien née et marche très bien tout de suite, ca va être difficile de se battre contre cet armada...

[webamanu]

Résultat de la dernière scéance qualifs et de la superpole ( en gras ).
Bayliss franchit la barre des 1 min 32".

source crash.net

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1min 31.493secs 1min 32.127secs
2. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.011secs 1min 32.151secs
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 1min 32.164secs 1min 32.227secs
4. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.373secs 1min 32.447secs
9. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.711secs 1min 32.737secs
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.714secs 1min 32.511secs
11. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.728secs 1min 32.837secs
7 Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.767secs 1min 32.543secs
12. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 32.903secs 1min 32.908secs
10. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 32.962secs 1min 32.831secs
5. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.983secs 1min 32.478secs
13. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.028secs 1min 33.060secs
16. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 33.104secs 1min 33.289secs
15. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.060secs 1min 33.269secs
14. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 34.166secs 1min 33.237secs
8. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 no time 1min 32.565secs
17. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 33.416secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 33.460secs
19. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.522secs
20. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 33.715secs
21. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR 1min 33.728secs
22. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 33.833secs
23. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.088secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR1min 34.220secs
25 Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 34.291secs
26. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR1min 34.345secs
27. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 38.220secs

Phillip Island official WSBK lap records:

Best lap: Troy Corser AUS Yamaha 1min 31.826secs (2007)
Superpole: Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1min 32.145secs (2007)
Fastest lap: Troy Corser AUS Yamaha 1min 31.826secs (2007)

[Slimdean]

Team Suzuki Alstare news
2008 Superbike World Championship
Preview: Round 2, Phillip Island, Australia
Final qualifying, 1st March
Circuit: 4.445 kms Conditions: dRy, mostly sunny, 18-20C


FONSI AND MAX ON THE SECOND ROW.


Both Fonsi Nieto and Max Neukirchner will start tomorrow’s pair of 22-lap races from the
second row of the grid after slightly problematic Superpole laps. Both had high hopes of front row grid positions before the 16-rider shoot-out, and will now have to get good starts if they don’t want to lose touch with the leaders at the beginning of the two races. Aussie Troy Bayliss (Ducati) broke the lap record to take Superpole, beating fellow countryman Troy Corser (Yamaha) in the process. Third was Michel Fabrizio (Ducati), with Carlos Checa (Honda) completing the front row of the grid.

Fonsi - 5th, 1:32.711
As you know Superpole is not really my strong point and I know I lost time in one of the sectors for sure. But fifth is not so bad and if I can get good starts, I’m sure I am going to be in with a chance. Tomorrow is going to be very, very hard and tyre choice and tyre performance is going to be critical. At the moment, we are not sure which tyres to use, so we’ll try some adjustments in the morning warm-up and see if that will help our decision.


Max - 8th, 1:32.767
I am disappointed with my Superpole lap because I made a couple of mistakes at the start of it and that was that. Although I was good in the final two sectors, my mistakes in sector one was enough to lose quite a bit of time. Tyre choice is very important here and the problem is finding a rear tyre that has good grip and will last as well! So, we’ll make a few adjustments in the morning warm-up before deciding what to do.


Friday qualifying
1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:31.493, 2 Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1:32.011, 3 Fabrizio (I-Ducati) 1:32.164, 4 C.Checa (E-Honda) 1:32.373, 5 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare) 1:32.711, 6 Smrz (CZ-Ducati) 1:32.714, 8 Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki) 1: 32.767,

[pierminator]

ahhhhh non degouté biaggi a eu un probleme technique dans le tour de chauffe de la superpole et n'as pas pu faire son tour il part 16 eme demain

[pierminator]

probleme avec le selecteur de vitesse pour max je vous explique meme pas la course demain,qui s'est qui se leve demain pour voir les courses en direct??

[Slimdean]

Le missile Baylistique a encore frappé ! Impressionnant !

Dommage pour Maxou ! Mais ça promet pour le classement ! A chaque course, on aura des podium différents !