WSBK & WSS - Silly Season 2008

Foggy + aprilia + Hodgeson??
 
2712394 Foggy + aprilia + Hodgeson??
Jag har läst att det skulle vara ett Ducceteam men det kanske har fallit bort. Det enda som jag tror det faller på är om Aprilian verkligen är konkurenskraftig nog för WSBK? Ja, jag vet att den vann Masterbike men det är inte relevant.
Foggy och Hodgson har ju snackat en del tydligen efter Hodgesons numer klassiska "I´d rather eat my own faeces.."
 
Phillip Island WSBK test times - Saturday.

Code:
1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 999 1min 32.8secs
2. Max Biaggi ITA Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 1min 33.2secs
3. James Toseland GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.4secs
3. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 1min 33.4secs
3. Fonsi Nieto SPA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10R 1min 33.4secs
6. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10R 1min 33.5secs
7. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 1min 33.6secs
8. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA Ducati Xerox 999 1min 33.7secs
9. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 1min 34.1secs
10. Roberto Rolfo ITA Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.4secs


Phillip Island WSBK lap records:
Superpole: Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1min 32.159secs (2006)
Fastest race lap: Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1min 32.402secs (2006)

http://www.crash.net/news_View~t~Bayliss-from-Biaggi-as--Island-test-opens-~cid~5~id~141929.htm
 
Code:
1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 999 1min 32.8secs
2. Max Biaggi ITA Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 1min 33.2secs
3. James Toseland GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.4secs
3. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 1min 33.4secs
3. Fonsi Nieto SPA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10R 1min 33.4secs
Fantastiskt, alla fem fabrikat är där på pallen :tummenupp
 
SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
1. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1'35"2 '
2. Curtain (id) 1'35"4
3. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1'36"3
4. Sofuoglu (Tur-id) 1'36"3
5. Riba (Fra-Kawasaki) 1'36"6
6. Foret (Fra-id) 1'36"9
7. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1'37"6
8. Kallio (Fin-id) 1'38"9
9. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) n.a.
 
Oj oj! Bayliss är då ingen skojare... blåser föregående rekord med 1 sek! Kör 1.31.0 med kvaldäck (som jag förstod det)... undra hur bra han körde med vanliga racedäcken. Biaggi 6a.

Bayliss destroys circuit best lap on day two

On the second day of Pirelli tyre tests at Phillip Island Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) took a whole second off the previous best qualifying time, while running a 2007 spec rear and a prototype race front.
His time of 1'31.0 was set in the cooler conditions of the morning, and no other rider got within a second of his time, despite a great improvement in general lap times through the ten rider SBK attendance. Next closest to Bayliss was his team-mate, Lorenzo Lanzi, who scored a 1'32.1.

CORSER AND TOSELAND SHARE THIRD BEST TIME James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) shared the time of 1'32.2 with Toseland pleased at his general pace on race tyres but Corser somewhat concerned that in the warmer conditions of the afternoon sessions he could not maintain the pace he could in the mornings. A marked improvement on day two from Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) pushed him to fifth place, on a 1'32.3.
Despite a fall in the afternoon session, at the slow right-hander of MG corner, Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) was equal sixth fastest, matching Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) on 1'32.6. Laconi also fell, at Hayshed, at some 240kmph. He was unhurt in his crash and continued to set a pace close to the leaders from then on. Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) went eighth fastest with his 1'32.7, while Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) demonstrated that it was a close day of testing by setting a 1'32.8 for ninth place - only 0.7 seconds from Lanzi in second place. Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) set a best of 1'33.9, 1.5 seconds faster than day one.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Several riders in the Supersport class went on the rampage against the stopwatches, with Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Supersport Racing) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) setting joint fastest time, 1'34.7. Broc Parkes (Yamaha Supersport Racing) was only one tenth of a second behind the leading duo, as each of the top riders decimated the previous track best.
Gianluca Nannelli (SC Caracchi Ducati) equalled the best qualifying time in a race weekend with his 1'35.2, but after another fall from his new machine, Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) did not improve as much as he may have expected, and made a 1'36 flat, to go fifth fastest on the day.
Fabien Foret (Gil Kawasaki) scored a 1'36.3, to edge out both his team-mate, Pere Riba, and Hoegee Suzuki rider Barry Veneman by only one tenth. Veneman's team-mate, Vesa Kallio, went ninth, on 1'37.7.

SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’31”0; 2. Lanzi (Ita-id) 1’32”1; 3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’32”2; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’32”2; 5. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1’32”3; 6. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’32”6; 7. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’32”6; 8. Nieto (Spa-id) 1’32”7; 9. Haga (id-Yamaha) 1’32”8; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1’33”9.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34”7; 2. Sofuoglu (Tur-Honda) 1’34”7; 3. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34”8; 4. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 1’35”2; 5. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’36”0; 6. Foret (id- Kawasaki) 1’36”3; 7. Riba (Spa-id) 1’36”4; 8. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1’36”4; 9. Kallio (Fin-id) 1’37”7.
 
Ducati gör ofta ganska stora förändringar mellan åren så det är nog mer än en uppdaterad 06:a i mina ögon.
 
Oj oj! Bayliss är då ingen skojare... blåser föregående rekord med 1 sek! Kör 1.31.0 med kvaldäck (som jag förstod det)... undra hur bra han körde med vanliga racedäcken. Biaggi 6a.
Skyndar till Biaggis försvar:

"Despite a fall in the afternoon session, at the slow right-hander of MG corner, Max Biaggi was equal sixth fastest..."
 
Biaggis fall kanske fortfarande hindrar honom från att vara med i toppen?
Imponerande kört av Ducati Xerox grabbarna!

Bayliss onto the 1'30s on final day of Aussie testing

Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) continued his run of extreme performance on his 999F07 machine to record the fastest time of the tests with a 1'30.7 lap, set in the morning of the final day. Such was his pace on track, and the pace at which he tested the new generation of Pirelli tyres, that Bayliss was finished his programme by lunchtime, leaving the track to his main 2007 championship rivals - none of whom could match his remarkable single lap best.
Once again his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) came closest to the reigning champion, scoring a best lap of 1'31.2.

TOSELAND THIRD AND HAPPY WITH RACE PACE James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) secured third spot for himself on the last day, and set a fast series of race simulations to boot. His best single lap was a 1'31.7. It was a draw for fourth fastest time of the test, with Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) both on 1'32.2, although Corser had to count on his second day time.

KAGAYAMA AND NIETO SHARE BEST TIME Another dead heat on the stopwatch saw Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) use his day two time of 1'32.3 to match Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) and his final day push on the second Kawasaki. Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) finished his test in an unexpectedly low position after setting a 1'32.4, but his fast race simulations were an important boost to his pre-season confidence.
The top ten was rounded out by Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia), who had to rely on his second day time of 1'32.8 to finish ninth overall and Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) who closed up on the leaders somewhat with a 1'33.2.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Once more the new batch of Pirelli test tyres carved into the WSS records at PI, with Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Supersport Racing) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) evenly matched, on a remarkable 1'33.9. On his own in third place came the Caracchi Ducati of Gianluca Nannelli, with a 1'34.3 while three time faller over the three day test, Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) went fourth fastest, on 1'34.4. Broc Parkes (Yamaha Supersport Racing) could not improve his best time from yesterday and thus went fifth fastest overall, on a 1'34.8.
The improving Hoegee Suzuki rider Barry Veneman scored a final best of sixth, with a 1'35.6, as Fabien Foret (Gil Kawasaki) posted a 1'35.7, just a tenth behind. Pere Riba (Gil Kawasaki) was eighth, on a 1'36 flat, with Vesa Kallio, ninth on a 1'37.0.

SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’30”7; 2. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 1’31”2; 3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’31”7; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’32”2; 5. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’32”2; 6. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1’32”3; 7. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’32”3; 8. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’32”4; 9. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 1’32”8; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1’33”2.

SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Sofuoglu (Tur-Honda) 1’33”9; 2. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 1’33”9; 3. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 1’34”3; 4. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’34”4; 5. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34”8; 6. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1’35”6; 7. Foret (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’35”7; 8. Riba (Spa-id) 1’36”0; 9. Kallio (Fin-Suzuki) 1’37”0.
 
Yamaha makes steady progress with the new YZF-R1
The all-new YZF-R1 was given its first 2007 testing shakedown by Yamaha Motor Italia riders Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga, at the final official Pirelli tests of the close season. Corser took the equal fourth best time of the three days, with a lap of 1’32.2, set on day two - some 0.2 seconds under the current race lap record pace. Haga also had to rely on a day two best to set his fastest mark of the sessions, a 1’32.8, in what was another largely closely contested outing for the five Superbike teams in attendance.

For this second outing with the new R1, the team had limited preparation time. Meaning that not all of the usual adjustments in chassis/ swingarm combination were available to the riders, and thus the ultimate best times were limited. Corser, despite this temporary handicap, was still a force on his home circuit while Haga found a good race set-up on the final day. Both riders managed to gather important information for the final test in Qatar next February. Fastest rider at the test was Troy Bayliss, who scored a new Superbike track best of 1’30.7, with his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi half a second behind.

Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia)
"The top speed and the engine feel is not bad, but we are struggling a bit with rear grip coming out of corners. We are a bit too sideways. So the lap times are not coming for us at the moment. I’m pretty happy with the bike and the team is working well, but we just need a bit more testing, and this is only the third day of riding a Yamaha at Phillip Island. We need to adjust the swingarm angle. We could use a hard tyre and get the same grip and push as a qualifier. But it’s not that disheartening because despite having some troubles we are not that far away on lap time. I know where I’m losing time and how much time I’m losing, and I’m confident we can fix it."

Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia)
"Finally I found a good setting and good acceleration, but I still had problems with a few things, same as Troy. Today I made 20 laps in a long run, which went very good, but after eight laps the rear problem started and the tyre started grooving. We need more testing with the new parts.”

Massimo Meregalli (Team Coordinator - Yamaha Motor Italia)
" We did not experience a rear grip problem in Qatar during the last test, so this was an important test. Now we can make the necessary changes to the specs to become fully competitive with our new R1. In discussion with the riders and chief mechanics, we know what the solution is for the set-up and we will test the parts here during race weekend. It is not a big thing, but we simply did not have time to bring these parts here now. Noriyuki made a good race simulation today."


OFFICIAL WSB TESTS: AUSTRALIA
Circuit: Phillip Island
Circuit Length: 4.445km
Race Lap Record: 1'32.402 (Troy Bayliss, 2006)
Fastest Lap Ever: 1' 30.7 (Troy Bayliss, 2007, at this test)
Temp: 25ºC

World Superbike
1. Bayliss Ducati Xerox 1’30.7
2. Lanzi Ducati Xerox 1’31.2
3. Toseland Honda Ten Kate 1’31.7
4. Corser Yamaha Motor Italia 1’32.2
5. Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 1’32.2
6. Kagayama Suzuki Alstare 1’32.3
7. Nieto Kawasaki PSG-1 1’32.3
8. Biaggi Suzuki Alstare 1’32.4
9. Haga Yamaha Motor Italia 1’32.8
10. Rolfo Honda Ten Kate 1’33.2
 
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