The World Superbikes (SBK) 2011 season thread

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don't suppose anyone knows when the new season starts. i suppose i could look it up online but i'm sure someone on here knows and is just waiting to impress us all with their knowledge. (in other words i can't be arsed to look it up online)
 
First race is from February 25 to 27, in Phillip Island, Australia.

Full season calendar:

February 27 Australia Phillip Island
March 27 Europe Donnington Park
April 17 The Netherlands Assen
May 8 Italy Monza
May 30 (Monday) United States Miller Motorsport Park
June 12 San Marino Misano
June 19 Spain Motorland Aragon
July 10 Czech Republic Brno
July 31 Great Britain Silverstone
September 4 Germany Nurburgring
September 25 Italy Imola
October 2 France Magny Cours
October 16 Portugal Portimao
 
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I'd love too see superbikes at Sachsenring rather than N?rburgring, it's a brilliant track and a favorite of mine in the MotoGP calendar.

I'll really have to try and follow WSBK a bit closer this year. In the last few years I've always remembered it was a race weekend the monday after. Seems like I don't even know half the riders anymore whenever I watch a race these days. So many sports to follow yet so little time...
 
RdKetchup said:
First race is from February 25 to 27, in Phillip Island, Australia.
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And I can't go this year... :cry:

(although the fact that I'm potentially going to MotoGP instead more than makes up for it!!! :D)
 
brydie76 said:
And I can't go this year... :cry:

(although the fact that I'm potentially going to MotoGP instead more than makes up for it!!! :D)
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Going to see a GP or WSBK race, and do a track day at PI is definitely on my bucket list.
 
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Going to see a GP or WSBK race, and do a track day at PI is definitely on my bucket list.
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If you are only going to do one, do the WSBK race. The atmosphere is amazing, there are much less people than at a GP and if you get a 3 day pass to the races you can do a pit walk for free on the Friday morning (which is how I got to see and meet the likes of Haga, Fabrizio, Haslam and Neukirchner). They also set it up better- the only grandstand is on the straight (which is a crap place to watch IMO at PI), so you just turn up early with your lawn chairs and picket a spot right against the fence. Mind you, I have only been to the WSBK race last year, so my assessment is based purely on that and my parent's experience of the 2 GPs they've been to in recent years. And given that Dorna wants to move the PI GP to early March, time-wise you may be able to see both!!!

/little WSBK pitch and boast :lol:
 
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If you are only going to do one, do the WSBK race. The atmosphere is amazing, there are much less people than at a GP and if you get a 3 day pass to the races you can do a pit walk for free on the Friday morning (which is how I got to see and meet the likes of Haga, Fabrizio, Haslam and Neukirchner). They also set it up better- the only grandstand is on the straight (which is a crap place to watch IMO at PI), so you just turn up early with your lawn chairs and picket a spot right against the fence. Mind you, I have only been to the WSBK race last year, so my assessment is based purely on that and my parent's experience of the 2 GPs they've been to in recent years. And given that Dorna wants to move the PI GP to early March, time-wise you may be able to see both!!!

/little WSBK pitch and boast :lol:
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I have already seen two GP's in person (Mugelo and the first Indy, aka "The Hurricane"), so WSBK would definitly be my preference. Anyway, it's not going to happen anytime soon :(
 
Official, Chaz Davies and his team switching to Yamaha in WSS:

http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110124b.htm

http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110124c.htm

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First day of the Portimao test today:

Portimao - SUPERBIKE - Wednesday 1st session

1. Jonathan Rea?(Castrol Honda)?1'44.055
2. Jakub Smrz?(Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing)?1'44.113
3. Max Biaggi?(Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team)?1'44.384
4. Michel Fabrizio?(Team Suzuki Alstare)?1'44.756
5. Tom Sykes?(Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike)?1'44.841
6. Ruben Xaus?(Castrol Honda)?1'44.949
7. Noriyuki Haga?(PATA Racing Team Aprilia)?1'44.967
8. Leon Camier?(Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team)?1'45.167
9. Joan Lascorz?(Kawasaki Racing Team)?1'45.404
10. Maxime Berger?(Supersonic Racing Team)?1'45.418
11. Sylvain Guintoli?(Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing)?1'45.510
12. James Toseland?(BMW Motorrad SBK Team)?1'45.539
13. Ayrton Badovini?(BMW Motorrad SBK Team)?1'45.678
14. Eugene Laverty?(Yamaha World Superbike Team)?1'45.856
15. Carlos Checa?(Althea Racing)?1'46.526
16. Marco Melandri?(Yamaha World Superbike Team)?1'46.625


Portimao - SUPERSPORT - Wednesday 2nd session

1. Sam Lowes?(Parkalgar Honda)?1'45.845
2. David Salom?(Kawasaki Motocard.com)?1'45.931
3. Broc Parkes?(Kawasaki Motocard.com)?1'46.316
4. Fabien Foret?(Hannspree Ten Kate Honda)?1'46.415
5. Chaz Davies?(Yamaha ParkinGO Team)?1'46.594
6. Gino Rea?(Step Racing Team)?1'47.259
7. James Ellison?(Bogdanka PTR Honda)?1'47.281
8. Luca Scassa?(Yamaha ParkinGO Team)?1'47.365
9. Florian Marino?(Hannspree Ten Kate Honda)?1'47.852
10. Miguel Praia?(Parkalgar Honda)?1'47.941
11. Alexander Lundh?(Cresto Guide Racing Team)?1'48.146
12. Vladimir Ivanov?(Step Racing Team)?1'48.585
13. Pawel Szkopek?(Bogdanka PTR Honda)?1'49.357
14. Marko Jerman?(MD Team Jerman)?1'49.408
15. Bastien Chesaux?(MACH-Moto Academy Swiss)?1'49.933
16. Roberto Tamburini?(Bike Service R.T.)?1'50.203
17. Luca Marconi?(Bike Service R.T.)?1'52.261
18. Valery Yurchenko?(RivaMoto)?1'54.711
19. Mitchell Pirotta?(KUJA Racing Team)?1'54.762
20. Oleg Pozdneev?(RivaMoto)?1'55.480
21. Eduard Blokhin?(RivaMoto)?1'56.208


Portimao - SUPERBIKE - Wednesday 2nd session

1. Jakub Smrz?(Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing)?1'43.503
2. Jonathan Rea?(Castrol Honda)?1'43.676
3. Eugene Laverty?(Yamaha World Superbike Team)?1'43.707
4. Tom Sykes?(Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike)?1'43.770
5. Carlos Checa?(Althea Racing)?1'43.789
6. Max Biaggi?(Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team)?1'43.840
7. Michel Fabrizio?(Team Suzuki Alstare)?1'43.879
8. Sylvain Guintoli?(Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing)?1'44.369
9. Leon Camier?(Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team)?1'44.446
10. Joan Lascorz?(Kawasaki Racing Team)?1'44.752
11. James Toseland?(BMW Motorrad SBK Team)?1'44.764
12. Noriyuki Haga?(PATA Racing Team Aprilia)?1'44.857
13. Ruben Xaus?(Castrol Honda)?1'44.885
14. Maxime Berger?(Supersonic Racing Team)?1'44.886
15. Marco Melandri?(Yamaha World Superbike Team)?1'45.461
16. Ayrton Badovini?(BMW Motorrad SBK Team)?1'45.678
 
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Jonathan Rea crash earlier this week. Scary!

 
Donnington first qualifying practice result:

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Pos 	# 	Rider 	Nat 	Bike 	Last Lap 	Best Lap 	Gap 	Int.1 	Int.2 	Int.3 	Speed 	Laps
1 	1 	BIAGGI M 	ITA 	Aprilia RSV4 Factory 	PIT IN 	1'28.794 					259,8 	27
2 	33 	MELANDRI M 	ITA 	Yamaha YZF R1 	PIT IN 	1'28.841 	0.047 				264,3 	24
3 	7 	CHECA C 	ESP 	Ducati 1098R 	PIT IN 	1'29.194 	0.400 				262,3 	25
4 	58 	LAVERTY E 	IRL 	Yamaha YZF R1 	PIT IN 	1'29.379 	0.585 				264,3 	20
5 	96 	SMRZ J 	CZE 	Ducati 1098R 	PIT IN 	1'29.397 	0.603 				259,2 	28
6 	91 	HASLAM L 	GBR 	BMW S1000 RR 	PIT IN 	1'29.472 	0.678 				221,9 	20
7 	11 	CORSER T 	AUS 	BMW S1000 RR 	PIT IN 	1'29.476 	0.682 				266,9 	21
8 	111 	XAUS R 	ESP 	Honda CBR1000RR 	PIT IN 	1'29.613 	0.819 				201,9 	21
9 	17 	LASCORZ J 	ESP 	Kawasaki ZX-10R 	PIT IN 	1'29.637 	0.843 				259,8 	22
10 	2 	CAMIER L 	GBR 	Aprilia RSV4 Factory 	PIT IN 	1'29.639 	0.845 				216,1 	22
11 	41 	HAGA N 	JPN 	Aprilia RSV4 Factory 	PIT IN 	1'29.814 	1.020 				252,5 	26
12 	121 	BERGER M 	FRA 	Ducati 1098R 	PIT IN 	1'29.851 	1.057 				254,3 	21
13 	66 	SYKES T 	GBR 	Kawasaki ZX-10R 	PIT IN 	1'29.860 	1.066 				259,8 	23
14 	50 	GUINTOLI S 	FRA 	Ducati 1098R 	PIT IN 	1'30.008 	1.214 				261,7 	19
15 	86 	BADOVINI A 	ITA 	BMW S1000 RR 	PIT IN 	1'30.169 	1.375 				251,3 	19
16 	4 	REA J 	GBR 	Honda CBR1000RR 	PIT IN 	1'30.348 	1.554 				256,7 	22
17 	84 	FABRIZIO M 	ITA 	Suzuki GSX-R1000 	PIT IN 	1'30.383 	1.589 					20
18 	44 	ROLFO R 	ITA 	Kawasaki ZX-10R 	PIT IN 	1'30.680 	1.886 				258,6 	27
19 	8 	AITCHISON M 	AUS 	Kawasaki ZX-10R 	PIT IN 	1'31.117 	2.323 				257,9 	26
20 	77 	VERMEULEN C 	AUS 	Kawasaki ZX-10R 	PIT IN 	1'31.485 	2.691 				246,7 	16
 
Just going to leave this here....


Race should be pretty interesting. Not gonig to put my opinions of Biaggi here (before or after this incident), they aren't too polite. Crutchlow summed it up pretty well on twitter though I'd say for most people.
 
ok i'm going to don my newbie hat since i have to ask a noob question here. When it comes to WSBK, is there differing classes like in MotoGP. i noticed that theres more than one race and trying to understand what the smeg is going on.

EDIT: Ok, i think i managed to wrap my head around it. there are two main races and there are points that get combined for a total in the GP? My brain is going to turn into a gooey mess by the end of the weekend. Took a while to get used to MotoGP. This might take a bit longer.

Also i love how Karma has truly come around and bitch-slapped Biaggi throughout the day. He's going to have a lot of explaining to do to the team.
 
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There are two classes, WSBK (Superbike, 1000cc 4 cylinder bikes or 1200 twins), the main class,
and WSS (Supersport, 600cc 4 cylinder bikes, or 675 triples, or 750cc twins), the "support" class.

The Superbike class allows extensive modifications, while the Supersport class is more restrictive.

At each round, there is 2 Superbike races and one Supersport. There is no combination of the two race results, rider are classified individually for each race.


Back to yesterday's races, great Superbike races, for once they where more interesting than the Supersport one.

Awesome ride from Melandri, I'm a big fan of him but I have to admit I had my doubts about what he would achieve in WSBK. Glad I was wrong.

I hope we finally see a BMW on the top step of the podium this year.


WTF moment of the race:

https://pic.armedcats.net/g/gr/grrelish/2011/03/28/maxime_berger_wheel.jpg


https://pic.armedcats.net/g/gr/grrelish/2011/03/28/eclkd.jpg

Source: http://yfrog.com/h8eclkdj
 
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RdKetchup said:
There are two classes, WSBK (Superbike, 1000cc 4 cylinder bikes or 1200 twins), the main class,
and WSS (Supersport, 600cc 4 cylinder bikes, or 675 triples, or 750cc twins), the "support" class.

The Superbike class allows extensive modifications, while the Supersport class is more restrictive.

At each round, there is 2 Superbike races and one Supersport. There is no combination of the two race results, rider are classified individually for each race.
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thanks for the explanation. i remember watching yesterdays race and thinking "hang on a minute, i saw him in the first race!" slightly boggled the mind for a while.
 
This picture just begs for a caption competition :lol:

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http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle=Drugs-found-in-Kawasaki-Racing-Team-trucks-claim&newsid=58

A report by the UK Border Agency has alleged that trucks belonging to the Kawasaki WSB Racing Team were found to have contained quantities of class A drugs and a firearm when stopped at Dover on their way from Italy last month.

Officers allegedly found 18lbs (8kg) of cocaine, 157lbs (71kg) of amphetamine tablets and more than 220lbs (100kg) of cannabis. It was also alleged a handgun and 35 rounds of ammunition were also left lying on a table, unconcealed.

Four technicians from Paul Bird Motorsport, based in Morecambe, Lancashire ? the company which runs the Kawasaki team ? were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and importing controlled drugs. They were later bailed.

They were Philip Roe, 40, a mechanic and truck driver with the team; Gary Matthews, 50, a truck driver and tyre technician; Mattia Fontana, 27, an Italian mechanic; and Daniel Swyer, 32, who is also a mechanic.

Attempts to contact the team have so far been unsuccessful.
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then follow up

http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle=We-are-completely-innocent---Bird&newsid=71
PBM Kawasaki team boss Paul Bird has said the class A drugs found by the UK Border Agency in his race trucks at Dover were planted and those members of his team are totally innocent.

The agency has alleged quantities of drugs and a handgun were discovered in an inspection, and four members of staff were arrested and subsequently bailed.

Speaking to bikesportnews.com at Oulton Park this lunchtime, Bird said: "As far as I am aware, it has been accepted these materials were planted in the truck, most likely in the paddock as Assen.

"I believe these men are completely innocent and I do not expect any action against them by the authorities. It has, however, been an extremely difficult time for our team and Kawasaki."
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As someone said on twitter, "Who said Kawasaki where lacking speed?" :p
 
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