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At Losail times tumble as track conditions improve

A grippier and wider racing line around the 5.380km Losail circuit allowed the cream of the World Superbike paddock to scores some impressive times on the latest generation of Pirelli race rubber on the second day of testing. Fastest man today was Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) with a 1'58.9 on a race tyre - close to the 1'58.7 best he has previously set on a qualifier, in perfect conditions during a private test.

TOSELAND THREE TENTHS FROM BAYLISS James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) was close on Bayliss' tail, and professed that the track conditions were immeasurably better than day one, albeit with a stiff wind still playing its part. His time of 1'59.1 was four tenths faster than third quickest rider, Fonsi Nieto (PSP-1 Kawasaki Corse) who had a morale-boosting day two. The top four places were completed by Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia), using 2007 suspension units on his all-new R1.

LANZI THE FIRST RIDER OUTSIDE 1'59 Lorenzo Lanzi improved on his first day best time with a 2'00.3, only one tenth faster than rookie SBK rider Max Biaggi (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) who set a 2'00.4. In joint seventh place on the day two sheets Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki) shared a best of 2'00.6 time, with Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) only a tenth behind that, in what was a close second day on the stopwatches. Robby Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) improved on his first day time with a 2'02.2. One day of testing remains for all riders present in Qatar.

SUPERSPORT RIDERS PICK UP THE PACE Broc Parkes (Yamaha Motor Germany) continued his fast form from day one, setting the pace with a 2'03.3 lap. Gianluca Nannelli (SC Caracchi Ducati) was second by just over a tenth while Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Motor Germany) put in a day two time of 2'00.9. Fabien Foret (GIL Motorsports Kawasaki) found almost three second on the second day on his new model ZX-6RR, to set a 2.04.78. Pere Riba (Gil Motorsports Kawasaki) lost some time after a fast crash wrecked his bike in the early morning, leaving him on a 2'06.3.

SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1.Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’58”9; 2. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’59”1; 3. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’59”5; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’59”7; 5. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 2’00”3; 6. Biaggi (id-Suzuki) 2’00”4; 7. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 2’00”6; 8. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 2’00”6; 9. Kagayama (id-Suzuki) 2’00”7; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 2’02”2.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1.Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 2’03”3; 2. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 2’03”4; 3. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 2’03”9; 4. Foret (Fra-Kawasaki) 2’04”7; 5. Riba (Spa-id) 2’06”3


et de motard online.com:


Le chrono obtenu par Troy Bayliss est d'ailleurs seulement deux dixièmes plus lent que son record (1'58.7), effectué en essais privés et en pneus qualif.
Les conditions de piste étaient donc bien meilleures aujourd'hui et Pirelli a pu fournir les pilotes en pneus courses dernière génération. Génération manifestement bien née.
Tous les pilotes ont ainsi pu améliorer leurs chronos. Toseland se classe second à deux dixièmes juste devant Nieto et sa Kawa, Corser clos le quatuor des pilotes ayant passé la barre des 2 minutes au tour. Biaggi n'a donc pas fait briller sa Suzuki aujourd'hui, peut être se rattrapera t-il demain.

En catégorie Supersport Broc Parkes est toujours en verve comme Nanelli d'ailleurs, les deux pilotes se partageant avec Curtain les trois premières places. Les temps se sont fort améliorés comme pour leurs collègues de la catégorie supérieure avec pour les meilleurs presque deux secondes pleine de gagné.

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At Losail times tumble as track conditions improve

A grippier and wider racing line around the 5.380km Losail circuit allowed the cream of the World Superbike paddock to scores some impressive times on the latest generation of Pirelli race rubber on the second day of testing. Fastest man today was Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) with a 1'58.9 on a race tyre - close to the 1'58.7 best he has previously set on a qualifier, in perfect conditions during a private test.

TOSELAND THREE TENTHS FROM BAYLISS James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) was close on Bayliss' tail, and professed that the track conditions were immeasurably better than day one, albeit with a stiff wind still playing its part. His time of 1'59.1 was four tenths faster than third quickest rider, Fonsi Nieto (PSP-1 Kawasaki Corse) who had a morale-boosting day two. The top four places were completed by Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia), using 2007 suspension units on his all-new R1.

LANZI THE FIRST RIDER OUTSIDE 1'59 Lorenzo Lanzi improved on his first day best time with a 2'00.3, only one tenth faster than rookie SBK rider Max Biaggi (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) who set a 2'00.4. In joint seventh place on the day two sheets Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki) shared a best of 2'00.6 time, with Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) only a tenth behind that, in what was a close second day on the stopwatches. Robby Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) improved on his first day time with a 2'02.2. One day of testing remains for all riders present in Qatar.

SUPERSPORT RIDERS PICK UP THE PACE Broc Parkes (Yamaha Motor Germany) continued his fast form from day one, setting the pace with a 2'03.3 lap. Gianluca Nannelli (SC Caracchi Ducati) was second by just over a tenth while Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Motor Germany) put in a day two time of 2'00.9. Fabien Foret (GIL Motorsports Kawasaki) found almost three second on the second day on his new model ZX-6RR, to set a 2.04.78. Pere Riba (Gil Motorsports Kawasaki) lost some time after a fast crash wrecked his bike in the early morning, leaving him on a 2'06.3.

SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1.Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’58”9; 2. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’59”1; 3. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’59”5; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’59”7; 5. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 2’00”3; 6. Biaggi (id-Suzuki) 2’00”4; 7. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 2’00”6; 8. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 2’00”6; 9. Kagayama (id-Suzuki) 2’00”7; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 2’02”2.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1.Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 2’03”3; 2. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 2’03”4; 3. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 2’03”9; 4. Foret (Fra-Kawasaki) 2’04”7; 5. Riba (Spa-id) 2’06”3


et de motard online.com:


Le chrono obtenu par Troy Bayliss est d'ailleurs seulement deux dixièmes plus lent que son record (1'58.7), effectué en essais privés et en pneus qualif.
Les conditions de piste étaient donc bien meilleures aujourd'hui et Pirelli a pu fournir les pilotes en pneus courses dernière génération. Génération manifestement bien née.
Tous les pilotes ont ainsi pu améliorer leurs chronos. Toseland se classe second à deux dixièmes juste devant Nieto et sa Kawa, Corser clos le quatuor des pilotes ayant passé la barre des 2 minutes au tour. Biaggi n'a donc pas fait briller sa Suzuki aujourd'hui, peut être se rattrapera t-il demain.

En catégorie Supersport Broc Parkes est toujours en verve comme Nanelli d'ailleurs, les deux pilotes se partageant avec Curtain les trois premières places. Les temps se sont fort améliorés comme pour leurs collègues de la catégorie supérieure avec pour les meilleurs presque deux secondes pleine de gagné.

bien pour le texte en francais parce que l'anglais

[Stoner27]

interview de Laconi sur ses tests de hier: de moto racing live.com

Régis Laconi était à Doha, hier, pour le début de la dernière séance d'essais privés Superbike de l'année 2006.

Comme tout le monde, le pilote français a souffert des mauvaises conditions météo et notamment du vent qui, en apportant beaucoup de sable sur la piste qatari, a nettement fait baisser le niveau de grip. Malgré tout, Laconi a porté un jugement positif sur le travail effectué.

« Disons que je suis assez content, étant donné que l'adhérence était comme ci comme ça, » indiquait Laconi hier soir. « Naturellement, je n'ai pas cherché à faire un temps – ça n'en valait pas la peine – mais j'ai essayé de trouver toujours plus de feeling avec cette moto qui me plait beaucoup. Nous avons fait un super travail sur les suspensions, surtout à l'avant, et ma confiance s'est nettement améliorée. »

« J'attends maintenant les nouvelles gommes Pirelli pour comprendre dans quelle direction nous devons travailler dans l'optique de la course que nous disputerons en février, » concluait Régis Laconi à qui il reste deux jours pour affiner sa préparation.

[pechos1]

Bah qu'est ce qu'il a Biaggi ???

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Bah qu'est ce qu'il a Biaggi ???

sur son site il met qu'il a des blemes avec l'amorto arriere,et le premiers jour avec l'electronique,bon faut qui s'habitue,et apres ca va faire mal

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Interview de Bayliss et Lanzi:

The two-times World Superbike champion improved by almost two seconds to finish the session with a time of 1m58.9s. Even though the times are dropping rapidly, the main point of focus for all the five manufacturer development teams present in Qatar is to find a tyre that will last an entire race distance, not an easy aim given the relatively cool weather and windy, sandy track conditions.

“Today went well again because the track was a little bit better” commented Troy. “We got through a lot of stuff and tested some rear tyres in the afternoon. I actually used the same settings as last year and we found a couple of tyres we could use for the race but they’re not lasting long in these conditions. My time today was a just a couple of tenths slower than my best ever time here on qualifying tyres. Tomorrow I don’t reckon we’ll go much faster but I’d like to find a bit more consistency and then we’ll be looking good”.

Lorenzo Lanzi knocked one second off his time to end the day with the fifth quickest time of the day. “Today everything went quite well and towards the end of the day I managed to set some interesting times on race tyres” declared Lorenzo. “The conditions are more or less the same as yesterday but you can lap well. The only thing is that in these conditions this track totally destroys the rubber so we have to work a lot on the settings to find the right tyre. Now I feel much more at ease on this track and I have managed to lap in a good pace”.

[marco.piccolo]

Max explique sur son site que les choses sont allées beaucoup mieux pour ce 2ème jours mais ils ont perdu pas mal de temps pour changer des pièces. (3 heures !) donc il n'a fait que quelques tours. Il affirme être sur la bonne voie maintenant. Wait and see....

A propos de son jour de retard, je disais que Max a perdu un jour pour progresser dans les chronos par rapport à ces collègues. (ce qui n'a rien d'une excuse croyez-moi)

[Stoner27]

Bayliss de nouveau devant au 3ème et derniers jours des essais de Losail

Bayliss ups the pace once more

Times tumbled again at the latest Pirelli test in Losail, with a drop on the winds which had hampered the first two days being matched by an increase in ambient temperature. The 5.380km Losail circuit still proved to be a tough challenge even on day three but nonetheless the times came down as the riders improved set-up and worked through more tyre options. Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) was once more on peerless form, setting a best of 1'58.1, the best ever Superbike lap at the Losail circuit. He also did a long run of 16 laps at a high pace, only cut short when he ran out of petrol.

TIE FOR SECOND PLACE TIME AFTER LATE CHARGE FROM BIAGGI The last lap of the day put in by Max Biaggi (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) proved to be on a par with the impressive 1'58.9 set by Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia). Biaggi had to work hard on his machine set-up to get the most out of the 2007 Suzuki, and his team-mate, Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) also toiled to get his times down, finally setting a best of 2.00.1, ninth fastest in the test.

TOSELAND FOURTH QUICKEST James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) relied on his second day best of 1'59.1 to set the overall fourth best time, but a big jump from Regis Laconi (PSP-1 Kawasaki Corse) scored him a 1'59.2, putting both rider and Kawasaki as a manufacturer into the top five, making it five different manufacturers in the top five places.

LANZI IMPROVES TO BEAT NIETO ON THE TIMESHEETS Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) set his best of test time of 1'59.3 seconds today, keeping the margins close in the top few positions, and in the process outpacing PSG-1 Kawasaki rider Fonsi Nieto's Wednesday best time of 1'59.5, to go sixth fastest. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) did not enjoy the early part of the test but finally found a set-up and tyre combination to record a best 1'59.7, going eighth overall. Robby Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) rounded out the ten Superbike entries with a time of 2'01.7.

YAMAHA RIDERS DOMINATE SUPERSPORT TESTS Both Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Motor Germany) and Broc Parkes (Yamaha Motor Germany) used all the testing time available to them to score impressive lap times of 2'02.5 and 2'02.6 respectively. Despite crashing out early from the final day of testing, Gianluca Nannelli (SC Caracchi Ducati) posted the third best time, a 2'03.3. Fabien Foret (GIL Motorsports Kawasaki) was the fastest of the two Kawasaki riders on display, with a 2'04.5. On the final day Pere Riba (Gil Motorsports Kawasaki) found pace compared to his previous laps and secured a 2'05.2 on his development machine.


AUSTRALIA BECKONS FOR ALL The final pre-season Pirelli Development Test, in readiness for the 2007 season, takes place at Phillip Island, in Australia, between 13 and 15 January.


SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’58”1; 2. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’58”9; 3. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’58”9; 4. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’59”2; 5. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 1’59”3; 6. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’59”4; 7. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 1’59”7; 8. Kagayama (id-Suzuki) 2’00”1; 9. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 2’00”5; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 2’01”7.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1.Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 2’02”5; 2. Parkes (id) 2’02”6; 3. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 2’03”3; 4. Foret (Fra-Kawasaki) 2’04”5; 5. Riba (Spa-id) 2’05”2.

[flo de h]

Il apprend vite le petit Max...
Ou serais-ce de l'intox ses premières journées foirées?

[eljefe]

Envoyé par flo de h

Il apprend vite le petit Max...
Ou serais-ce de l'intox ses premières journées foirées?

Ben à Valence il était également monté en puissance pour atomiser la concurrence le dernier jour si je me rappelle bien. Visiblement, ici, il s'y est pris un peu trop tard pour passer devant. La faute au décalage horaire j'imagine! Il devait encore être à l'heure de Rome