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Title: Phillip Island Round 2


ppparkinson9 - February 29, 2008 02:14 PM (GMT)
First qualfying

1. Corser T. (Yamaha) 1'32.336
2. Bayliss T. (Ducati) 1'32.374
3. Fabrizio M. (Ducati) 1'32.570
4. Neukirchner M. (Suzuki) 1'32.808
5. Smrz J. (Ducati) 1'32.827
6. Biaggi M. (Ducati) 1'32.827
7. Xaus R. (Ducati) 1'32.827
8. Laconi R. (Kawasaki) 1'33.188
9. Nieto F. (Suzuki) 1'33.269
10. Checa C. (Honda) 1'33.283
11. Holland R. (Honda) 1'33.340
12. Muggeridge K. (Honda) 1'33.489
13. Haga N. (Yamaha) 1'33.588
14. Lavilla G. (Honda) 1'33.718
15. Kiyonari R. (Honda) 1'33.995

Plenty of Ducati's up there. Even long time backmarker Jakob Smrz which is fuel for the Ducati have an unfair advantage fire. No surprises that the Aussies are dominating though.

ppparkinson9 - March 1, 2008 12:13 PM (GMT)
Superpole

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
5. 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
7. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 32.728secs 1min 32.837secs
8. Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1min 32.767secs 1min 32.543secs
9. 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
11. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 1min 32.983secs 1min 32.478secs
12. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR 1min 33.028secs 1min 33.060secs
13. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 33.104secs 1min 33.289secs
14. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.060secs 1min 33.269secs
15. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 1min 34.166secs 1min 33.237secs
16. 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

No surprises again. Max Biaggi pulled in after his warm up lap with technical failure.

ppparkinson9 - March 2, 2008 10:53 AM (GMT)
Race 1

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 22 laps
2. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +04.221secs
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati 1098 F08 +04.738secs
4. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 +05.171secs
5. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 +05.543secs
6. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +05.895secs
7 Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 +05.964secs
8. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +14.826secs
9. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +18.899secs
10. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +20.633secs
11. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +21.601secs
12. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR +29.281secs
13. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 +29.500secs
14. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR +30.030secs
15. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +30.223secs

Race 2

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 22 laps
2. Carlos Checa ESP Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +01.127secs
3. Fonsi Nieto ESP Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 +04.395secs
4. Ruben Xaus ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 +06.621secs
5 Max Neukirchner GER Team Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 +11.550secs
6. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +11.620secs
7. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +12.049secs
8. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +12.134secs
9. Russel Holland AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR +13.462secs
10. Karl Muggeridge AUS DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR +15.519secs
11. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. CBR1000RR +16.225secs
12. David Checa ESP Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 +21.959secs
13. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF-R1 +21.989secs
14. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R +29.106secs
15. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +29.219secs

Points
1 Bayliss AUS 88
2 Nieto ESP 61
3 Xaus ESP 59
4 Corser AUS 45
5 Checa ESP 45

It can't be a surprise, but I guess Troy Bayliss is delighted at his opponents essentiallly throwing their title hopes down the road. Max Biaggi crashed twice losing 50 points on Bayliss and Corser binned it in Race 2 after picking up a jump-start penalty.

There was plenty of action in the lower postions and it looked briefly like Checa might make a fight of race 2, but Bayliss had it all under control.

I was gutted though that the superb World Supersport race (Won by Andrew Pitt) was cut short for me by the recording stopping early. <hitwall>

The perils of recording night races.




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