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2015 World Superbikes

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Klyntonius

Klyntonius

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The 2015 World Superbike Championship kicks off this weekend down the road at Phillip Island. This year looks like being a very even and competitive title chase. They ran testing at the Island yesterday and it was dominated by Brits.

WSBK Test Day One Combined Sessions

  1. Alex Lowes – Suzuki – 1m31.332
  2. Jonathan Rea – Kawasaki – 1m31.663
  3. Leon Haslam – Aprilia – 1m31.692
  4. Tom Sykes – Kawasaki – 1m31.753
  5. Jordi Torres – Aprilia – 1m31.783
  6. Davide Giugliano – Ducati – 1m31.948
  7. Chaz Davies – Ducati – 1m32.114
  8. Randy De Puniet – Suzuki 1m32.402
  9. Michael Vd Mark – Honda – 1m32.408
  10. Nicolas Terol – Ducati – 1m32.425
  11. David Salom – Kawasaki – 1m32.588
  12. Leon Camier – MV Agusta – 1m32.885
  13. Sylvain Guintoli – Honda – 1m32.891
  14. Niccolo Canepa – EBR – 1m3.124
  15. Matteo Baiocco – Ducati – 1m3.477
  16. Sylvain Barrier – BMW – 1m3.497
  17. Leon Mercado – Ducati – 1m33.565
  18. Jed Metcher – Kawasaki – 1m34.382
  19. Ramos – Kawasaki – 1m34.577
  20. Matt Walters – Kawasaki – 1m34.637
  21. Larry Pegram – EBR – 1m35.006
  22. S Barragan – Kawasaki – 1m35.754
  23. G Rizmayer – BMW – 1m36.500
  24. C Ponsson – Kawasaki – 1m36.607
  25. Imre Toth – BMW – 1m36.873
Davide Giugliano crashed yesterday (surprise, surprise) and has reportedly fractured bones in his back and unfortunately won't race this weekend. Randy DePuniet also - typically - crashed and sat out the afternoon session and Sylvain Guintoli is gently working back into things, still recovering from a big crash at the last test in Jerez.
Testing continues today.
 
And the final test has concluded. It's tight at the top!!

WSBK Test Day Two Combined Sessions

1. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 30.859s
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 30.880s
3. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 30.971s
4. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.075s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.102s
6. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.296s
7. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 31.510s
8. Nico Terol ESP Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 31.593s
9. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.854s
10. Niccolo Canepa ITA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 32.002s
11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 32.220s
12. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 32.238s
13. Tati Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 32.239s
14. Sylvain Barrier FRA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 32.268s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 32.430s
16. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 33.137s
17. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.349s
18. Matthew Walters AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.354s
19. Jed Metcher AUS Race Center Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.570s
20. Santiago Barragan ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.104s
21. Larry Pegram USA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 34.274s
22. Christophe Ponsson ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.966s
23. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 35.351s
24. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 36.112s
25. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R No Time
 
Giugliano is officaially out for the weekend. I wouldn't be surprised if a certain Australian multiple world champ - who will just happen to be at the Island on the weekend running a flat track event - is a ring-in replacement for Ducati...
 

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WSBK Phillip Island FP1

1. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 30.885s
2. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.214s
3. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.403s
4. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.520s
5. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.541s
6. Nico Terol ESP Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 31.614s
7. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.748s
8. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 31.855s
9. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 31.881s
10. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 32.135s
11. Sylvain Barrier FRA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 32.393s
12. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 32.400s
13. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 32.471s
14. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 32.565s
15. Tati Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 33.060s
16. Matthew Walters AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.091s
17. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.193s
18. Troy Bayliss AUS Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 34.060s
19. Jed Metcher AUS Race Center Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.119s
20. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 34.633s
21. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 35.019s
22. Larry Pegram USA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 35.160s
23. Christophe Ponsson LUX Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 36.116s
24. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 36.699s

Bayliss only got two or three laps due to mechanical gremlins.
 
Johnny Rea has the perfect start in his new green colours and grabs pole position followed by Chaz Davies and Leon Haslam in a red flagged superpole session. It has been a brutal day with lots of fast crashes including more highsides than I can remember for a long time, especially David Salom who had a horrible get off at turn 12 at very high speed. Bayliss qualified a solid 14th - only 1 second off pole - and was a victim of a highside over Lukey Heights in practice. Fortunately he walked away unharmed.
Tomorrow should be a ripper. The race win is wide open for any number of blokes, particularly with more hot weather and tire management. I reckon Bayliss is a good thing for a couple of top tens.
 
What a great race to start the year.. Rea by a whisker from Haslem and Davies.
Bayliss 13th was top ten the first half then condition probably came into it.. Metcher 14th
 

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Wowee, great first race. As a team green fan, I'm slightly chuffed. It's also a really nice day down here, wish the crowd was bigger.

Great job by Cluzel in supersport. That MV sounds real nice. Sofuoglu did a good job to fight back from 18th up to 6th after running off track at turn one. Aiden Wagner and Glenn Scott had solid outings.
 
And Phillip Island does it again - produces three fantastic races (and the local support races were good too). It's such an underrated series. I can't wait for the next round in Thailand!
 
Klyntonius said:
And Phillip Island does it again - produces three fantastic races (and the local support races were good too). It's such an underrated series. I can't wait for the next round in Thailand!
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and the dickhead NSW government think they can try and steal either the SBK or Moto GP race for Bathurst.
The riders love PI,where as Bathurst on a bike would be an undertakers Christmas come early.
 

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JUBJUB said:
Troy Bayliss will ride again in the Thailand races on March 22
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Just went to post this and you beat me to it. :D Rumour has it that he'll fill in until Guigliano has healed from his back fractures. He's been in full training, expect to see a top 5 capable Troy Bayliss at Thailand - a new circuit where he'll be on a more even footing.
 
Round two of the World Superbikes is on in Thailand. After the first day, Bayliss is 7th!

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Gap Speed
1 22 A. LOWES Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.685 297,5
2 65 J. REA Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'34.751 0.066 295,9
3 7 C. DAVIES Ducati Panigale R 1'35.288 0.603 295,9
4 91 L. HASLAM Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'35.288 0.603 297,5
5 66 T. SYKES Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'35.457 0.772 296,7
6 1 S. GUINTOLI Honda CBR1000RR SP 1'35.570 0.885 298,3
7 21 T. BAYLISS Ducati Panigale R 1'35.690 1.005 296,7
8 15 M. BAIOCCO Ducati Panigale R 1'35.913 1.228 294,3
9 81 J. TORRES Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'35.943 1.258 302,5
10 44 D. SALOM Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'36.055 1.370 293,5
11 36 L. MERCADO Ducati Panigale R 1'36.105 1.420 295,1
12 14 R. DE PUNIET Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'36.263 1.578 292,7
13 20 S. BARRIER BMW S1000 RR 1'36.308 1.623 295,1
14 18 N. TEROL Ducati Panigale R 1'36.391 1.706 293,5
15 60 M. VD MARK Honda CBR1000RR SP 1'36.427 1.742 294,3
16 2 L. CAMIER MV Agusta 1000 F4 1'37.146 2.461 286,5
17 40 R. RAMOS Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'37.632 2.947 288,0
18 59 N. CANEPA EBR 1190 RX 1'37.692 3.007 286,5
19 23 C. PONSSON Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'37.824 3.139 288,8
20 51 S. BARRAGÁN Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'37.964 3.279 281,3
21 9 A. NAKCHAROENSRI Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.174 3.489 282,0
22 43 G. GILDENHUYS Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'38.767 4.082 282,0
23 72 L. PEGRAM EBR 1190 RX 1'38.870 4.185 286,5
24 10 I. TOTH BMW S1000 RR 1'39.256 4.571 288,8
25 5 I. SIKORA BMW S1000 RR 1'40.719 6.034 267,3
26 53 C. CHUMJAI BMW S1000 RR 1'40.810 6.125 277,6
 
Running around in 7th in R1. The guy is a legend
 

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