World Superbikes

[Silver Bee 57]

So less than 2 weeks, anyone else going?

 

Just hope one of the Brit pack can step it up and stop the Checca/Melandri/Biaggi domination.

 

Laverty took pole and won the race in supersport there last year so fingers crossed.

[Phil 303]

Not this year, did both wsb and bsb last year and had a great time. , this year did snetterton for bsb.

 

Cadwell is the favourite for us but might do grassttack instead this year.

 

Have great time, hope weather improves , we very nearly went to Oulton!

[Phil 303]

Change of plan we are going and cannot wait.

[Phil 303]

Hopkins fastest in first free practice.

 

 

Silverstone - SUPERBIKE - Free Practice

 

1. John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'06.667

2. Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.888

3. Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 2'06.968

4. James Toseland (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 2'06.986

5. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 2'07.013

6. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 2'07.064

7. Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 2'07.100

8. Michel Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'07.126

9. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'07.188

10. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 2'07.508

11. Maxime Berger (Supersonic Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 2'07.547

12. Alexander Lowes (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 2'07.586

13. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 2'07.687

14. Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 2'07.752

15. Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'07.787

16. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'07.960

17. Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 2'08.073

18. Jon Kirkham (Samsung Crescent Racing) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'08.100

19. Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'08.247

20. Roberto Rolfo (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'08.448

21. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'09.105

22. Fabrizio Lai (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 2'09.418

 

 

[Silver Bee 57]

Great day today - really enjoyed it. Checca dominant, which is a shame, however there some great battles further down the pack. Great to see Hopper competitive over the weekend. That's the championship all but over, though. Any chance Melandri and Biaggi had of catching him has gone. Time to see 2 full spec factory ducati's back in it next season?

 

Had tipped Laverty and Camier for good weekends with a friend at work, just didn't see a Checca domination coming !

 

Full credit to Gino Rea for an amazing effort in Supersport after being punted off by Lowes. Heartbraking to see him bin it after a stunning effort to get on par for the podium.

 

Big fan of Sam Lowes (as I am of Simoncelli, coincidentally) but he really needs to calm down. He could be walking away with this championship if he just thought about his racing.

 

Another great Silvo weekend in glorious sunshine - would recommend it as a great day out to anyone.

[czechhero 32]

Great day today - really enjoyed it. Checca dominant, which is a shame, however there some great battles further down the pack. Great to see Hopper competitive over the weekend. That's the championship all but over, though. Any chance Melandri and Biaggi had of catching him has gone. Time to see 2 full spec factory ducati's back in it next season?

 

Had tipped Laverty and Camier for good weekends with a friend at work, just didn't see a Checca domination coming !

 

Full credit to Gino Rea for an amazing effort in Supersport after being punted off by Lowes. Heartbraking to see him bin it after a stunning effort to get on par for the podium.

 

Big fan of Sam Lowes (as I am of Simoncelli, coincidentally) but he really needs to calm down. He could be walking away with this championship if he just thought about his racing.

 

Another great Silvo weekend in glorious sunshine - would recommend it as a great day out to anyone.

 

Strange that Checa ran away with both races after giving no indication all weekend that that would be the case. Strange that Chaz did the same in supersport too. Really felt for Gino though, he rode his little wotsits off in that race and deserved far more.

Agree about Sam Lowes though and Alex too for that matter. They both need to wind things back a notch or two.

[Hel'n'Back 146]

Strange that Checa ran away with both races after giving no indication all weekend that that would be the case. Strange that Chaz did the same in supersport too. Really felt for Gino though, he rode his little wotsits off in that race and deserved far more.

Agree about Sam Lowes though and Alex too for that matter. They both need to wind things back a notch or two.

I'm a big fan of both Sam and Alex Lowes and agree that they seem to be doing a lot of crashing this year. Mind you, so did Marc Marquez the other year and look where he is now!

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Ducati and Bautista pick up were they left off last season with a very dominant display this weekend 

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Nice to see John McPhee get on the podium in his first Supersport  Race 

[OveFundinFan 4,142]

Thats good. Not watched it yet. I do hope he does well . Been robbed of a Moto2 bike for last few years, he deserves a break.

[Tim G 512]

18 hours ago, DSC67 said:

Nice to see John McPhee get on the podium in his first Supersport  Race 

Was a great ride but think he will struggle in the dry conditions as not convinced how competitive the bike is. Still looks a damn site better than the rubbish Tarran McKenzie is riding.

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5 hours ago, Tim G said:

Was a great ride but think he will struggle in the dry conditions as not convinced how competitive the bike is. Still looks a damn site better than the rubbish Tarran McKenzie is riding.

Yeah , in race two in the dry he was making his way up through the pack after a poor start before the race was stopped for one of the strangest reasons I've seen in a while " Geese on the tack "   He might have been able make the top ten if it had went the distance 

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Well that was an interesting race . SBK race  two was absolutely crazy stuff lots of action all over the place . Another dominant weekend for Ducati and Bautista the other teams are certainly playing catch up at the moment 

[Tim G 512]

On 3/5/2023 at 9:00 AM, DSC67 said:

Well that was an interesting race . SBK race  two was absolutely crazy stuff lots of action all over the place . Another dominant weekend for Ducati and Bautista the other teams are certainly playing catch up at the moment 

Those Ducati’s are on another planet compared to the opposition.

Hopefully when it gets to Assen Rea or Toprak can beat Bautista up a bit.

[OveFundinFan 4,142]

11 hours ago, Tim G said:

Those Ducati’s are on another planet compared to the opposition.

Hopefully when it gets to Assen Rea or Toprak can beat Bautista up a bit.

But Ducatis seem to get round bends very well too. Hopefully the racing line will be a bit wider them Sunday. It was a good track layout, but rather restricted by a narrow race line. Racing was good, especially in race3 despite narrow race line.