Superpole results

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 44.931 secs
2. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 45.287 secs
3. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 45.665 secs
4. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 45.766 secs
5. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 45.777 secs
6. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 45.795 secs
7. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 45.942 secs
8. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 45.975 secs
9. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 46.039 secs
10. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 46.065 secs
11. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 46.216 secs
12. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 46.496 secs
13. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 46.533 secs
14. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 46.549 secs
15. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 46.749 secs
16. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 47.107 secs


Non-Superpole times:
17. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 46.944 secs
18. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 47.301 secs
19. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 47.669 secs
20. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 48.110 secs
21. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 48.144 secs
22. Russell Holland AUS D.F. Racing - Bertocchi CBR1000RR 1min 48.390 secs
23. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 48.523 secs
24. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 48.531 secs
25. Lorenzo Mauri ITA Spring Ducati ASD 999RS 1min 48.768 secs
26. Giovanni Bussei ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 48.935 secs
27. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 50.113 secs
28. Michael Beck USA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 50.859 secs

Bayliss even made a mistake in the first sector!

I wish I could be optimistic about this race but even though the Suzuki's are fast in a straight line I can't see anything other than a Bayliss double.

the bayliss bandwagon rolls onwards

and over everyone else...

Results

Race 1

1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 laps
2. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +0.058 secs
3. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +0.672 secs
4. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +0.771 secs
5. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +3.869 secs
6. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +5.995 secs
7. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +8.788 secs
8. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +9.374 secs
9. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +10.667 secs
10. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 +10.771 secs
11. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +12.180 secs
12. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +14.719 secs
13. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +32.734 secs
14. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +36.550 secs
15. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +36.607 secs
16. Russell Holland AUS D.F. Racing - Bertocchi CBR1000RR +52.464 secs
17. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +56.929 secs
18. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +1min 27.543 secs
19. Michael Beck USA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +1min 28.342 secs

DNF:
Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R lap 16
Lorenzo Mauri ITA Spring Ducati ASD 999RS lap 14
Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R lap 13
Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R lap 8
Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 lap 7
Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R lap 3
Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 lap 2



Race 2

1. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 18 laps
2. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +0.009
3. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +0.051 secs
4. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +4.489 secs
5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +10.272 secs
6. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR +10.376 secs
7. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +10.496 secs
8. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +12.498 secs
9. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R +19.429 secs
10. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +26.373 secs
11. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +26.544 secs
12. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +26.895 secs
13. Russell Holland AUS D.F. Racing - Bertocchi CBR1000RR +27.761 secs
14. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +29.661 secs
15. Michael Beck USA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +1min 29.001 secs
16. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +3 laps

DNF:
Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R lap 17
Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 lap 15
Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 lap 15
Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR lap 9
Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 lap 9
Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 lap 8
Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R lap 6
Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 lap 4
Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R lap 3
Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR lap 1
Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR lap 1


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Monza is BACK! After years of races that couldn't match up to the slipstreaming thrillers of the Foggy era (mainly due to that stupid chicane). There were two close and exciting races today.

Max Neukirchner got his deserved first victory in race 1 cooly using the power of the Suzuki to keep Haga behind at the end. Haga swarmed all over Max and they traded places with Bayliss and Yukio Kagayama who kept missing chicanes and going off.

Race 2 was the main course after the appetiser of the first. Pretty much everything that could happen did. Bayliss had his first failure of the year, Corser and Checa bashed into each other.

But the main event was the epic three way fight between Neukircher, Haga and Kiyonari. Kiyo was catching the early leaders all the way through the race. Nori and Max were exchanging the lead. On the last lap Kiyo managed to force his way into the lead only to be spectacularly mugged by Norik and Max right at the finish coming out of Parabolica.

Bayliss still has a large championship lead, but when racing is this good who cares?