A surprising first row, on a tricky racetrack made more difficult due to the weather conditions. Riders on Saturday found a challenging situation, because of a racetrack that offered poor grip. Lausitzring is a circuit which seldom offers good grip in any conditions, but this time was worse than usual because of the rubber left on the racetrack by previous car races. Superbike had to deal with a wet Superpole, and Nieto and Laconi, the two official Kawasaki riders, were the first to enter the racetrack and took the 1st and 2nd positions, exploiting the first few seconds of dry tarmac. With them on the first row were Bayliss and Corser, on Ducati and Yamaha respectively.
Race1:
Air Humidity: 55%
Air Temperature: 17°c
Track Condition: Dry
Track Temperature: 24°
The tyre choice for this race was hard for riders, as they had only one dry session of testing on Friday and they could make only 10 laps in this morning warm up, which was of course held in cooler conditions than the afternoon.
Riders decided to take a risk in the race and decided to fit the softest rear tyre – all of them that is – preferring the high performance on offer to a safer solution - represented by the other two DIABLO SUPERBIKE products in this race range.
The one who could best exploit this tyre was Haga, able to reduce the gap to Bayliss who had to slow his final pace, and ‘Nori’ won by 11 seconds. Another great performance was offered by his team mate Corser, third behind Biaggi and able to stay strong in the second half thanks to great laptimes.
The softest “A” solution was chosen for the rear, but also for the front - by a few riders like Toseland and Bayliss.
Biaggi’s offered a great show of resistance to Corser’s pressure, with the Italian rider able to set a 1’40.513 on the last lap, proving the great performance of these tyres on a bike with a good setup, like all the podium bikes.
Race Standings: 1. Haga - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB 40’02.923
2. Biaggi - Suzuki GSXR1000K7 - Alstare Suzuki +11.007
3. Corser - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB +11.628
4. Bayliss - Ducati 999 F07 - Ducati Xerox +22.156
5. Rolfo - Honda CBR1000RR - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +26.082
Race2:
Air Humidity: 50%
Air Temperature: 20°c
Track Condition: Dry
Track Temperature: 29°
A great race for the SBK riders, in better weather conditions than Race 1 and with the knowledge it would be good q. Bayliss once again started ahead of the group at the green light, and when Haga caught up to Corser before half race distance it looked like a re-run of a race one DVD. After the leading two combatants, Biaggi was comfortably third, while Toseland was struggling to maintain his position, ahead of Corser.
The race went faster than Race 1 (13 seconds faster, which means an average 0.5 seconds faster lap time) even if riders didn’t change their tyre choice a lot, confirming the softest tyre for the rear. Bayliss moved from a soft (“A”) to a hard (“D”) front tyre, while Haga confirmed his “C” front and “A” rear. The result was a great display, with Haga and Bayliss passing each other and the crowd shouting them on to the flag.
On the podium Bayliss led Haga and Biaggi, with Toseland 4th. Four different bikes in the first four positions, confirming the high quality of Pirelli slick tyres. They are able to allow every bike great performance for the riders.
With two rounds and four races to go, Toseland is leading the Championship by 41 points from Haga (with 100 points still to be assigned) and he is also 53 up on Biaggi.
The next race will be the Italian round at Vallelunga, where the top riders tested in June this year.
Race Standings: 1. Bayliss - Ducati 999 F07 - Ducati Xerox 39’49.291
2. Haga - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB +1.353
3. Biaggi - Suzuki GSXR1000K7 - Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra +13.001
4. Toseland - Honda CBR1000RR - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +16.641
5. Corser - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB +15.210
Championship Standings: 1. Toseland - Honda CBR1000RR - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 375
2. Haga - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB 334
3. Biaggi - Suzuki GSXR1000K7 - Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra 322
4. Bayliss - Ducati 999 F07 - Ducati Xerox 296
5. Corser - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB 254
6. Xaus - Ducati 999 F06 - Ducati Sterilgarda 177
7. Lanzi - Ducati 999F 07 - Ducati Xerox 173
8. Rolfo - Honda CBR1000RR - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 166
9. Neukirchner - Suzuki GSXR1000K6 - Suzuki Germany 130
10. Kagayama - Suzuki GSXR1000K7 - Alstare Suzuki 116
World Supersport Air Humidity: 56%
Air Temperature: 18°c
Track Condition: Dry
Track Temperature: 28°
A good race at Lausitz, despite the difficulty for the riders to chose the tyres and the bike setup to fight in a dry race. A strange weekend because of the weather conditions, which made the riders face the 23-lap contest with no certainty.
At the start Charpentier, Parkes and Sofuoglu took the lead, but as always in Supersport, positions change until the last lap, offering an entertaining show.
The big fight took place between Sofuoglu and Parkes for the race win. The Turkish Honda rider had to give it up to Parkes and his Yamaha, but even if he already has the championship title, Sofuoglu has shown he doesn’t like second place, and will try again to win in Vallelunga.
Third place came for French rider Matthieu Lagrive, on his best result.
Race Standings: 1. Parkes - Yamaha YZF-R6 - Yamaha World SSP Racing 39’25,235
2. Sofuoglu - Honda CBR600 RR - Hannspree Ten Kate +1.987
3. Lagrive - Yamaha YZF-R6 - Intermoto Czech +23.435
4. Jones - Honda CBR600 RR - Revè Ekerold Honda Racing +27.912
5. Hill - Yamaha YZF-R6 - Yamaha World SSP Racing +29.090
Championship Standings: 1. Sofuoglu - Honda CBR600 RR - Hannspree Ten Kate 226
2. Foret - Kawasaki ZX 6R - GilMotorsport 126
3. Parkes - Yamaha YZF-R6 - Yamaha World SSP Racing 100
4. Fujiwara - Honda CBR600 RR - Team Althea Megabike 87
5. Roccoli - Yamaha YZF-R6 - Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni 84
6. Harms - Honda CBR600 RR - Stiggy Motorsport 83
7. Veneman - Suzuki GSX-R600 - Pioneer Hoegee Suzuki 70
8. West - Yamaha YZF-R6 - Yamaha World SSP Racing 66
9. Jones - Honda CBR600 RR - Revè Ekerold Honda Racing 58
10. Nannelli - Ducati 749R - Team Caracchi Ducati SC 49
Superstock 1000 FIM Cup
Air Humidity: 74%
Air Temperature: 15°c
Track Condition: Dry
Track Temperature: 16°
On a dry track, after wet practice, it was not easy to find the right riding attitude, but the Superstock 1000 riders proved to be really talented, and made a great job with their high perfomance Pirelli DIABLO SUPERCORSA SC2 rubber.
Van Keymeulen tried to run away in the first laps, but Corti succeeded in overtaking him. The two were closely followed by Canepa, Aitchison, Simeon, and after them, local rider Tode.
Superstock 1000 always offers a great show, with many overtakes and heavy braking at every corner, and the German round didn’t disappoint.
The fight went on for the whole race, with a final order decided only in the last corners. Van Keymeulen finished ahead of Canepa, Corti and Aitchison.
Race Standings: 1. Van Keymeulen - Yamaha YZF R1 - TTSL-MGM Racing 24’20.075
2. Canepa - Ducati 1098 S - Ducati Xerox Jr Team +0.194
3. Corti - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Team Italia +0.527
4. Aitchison - Suzuki GSXR 1000 - Celani Suzuki Italia +0.556
5. Simeon - Suzuki GSXR 1000 - Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra +2.410
Championship Standings:
1. Baiocco - Yamaha YZF R1 - Umbria Bike 136
2. Simeon - Suzuki GSXR 1000 - Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra 127
3. Canepa - Ducati 1098 - Ducati Xerox Jr Team 125
4. Aitchison - Suzuki GSXR 1000 - Celani Suzuki Italia 121
5. Corti - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Team Italia 112
Superstock 600 European Championship
Air Humidity: 87%
Air Temperature: 16°c
Track Condition: Wet
Track Temperature: 18°
A difficult race once again, and for the youngest riders in the championship. The Superstock 600 race was run on a completely wet racetrack, and a highly slippery one as well. Riders had to go in a very careful and conservative way; nevertheless there were many crashes.
Lonbois on his Suzuki literally dominated the race, with only Black able to ride in similar times and end with a 5.5” margin. Behind them there was a huge gap: Jezek completed the podium with 45” gap, very unusual for this class.
Rain tyres have been this weekend’s ever-present choices, in really difficult conditions for riders and for Pirelli.
Race Standings: 1. Lonbois - Suzuki GSX-600R - MTM Racing 23’35.097
2. Black - Yamaha YZF R6 - Capaul Black Racing +5.506
3. Jezek - Kawasaki ZX-6RR - Gold Fren Team Erinac +45.007
4. Hellyer - Kawasaki ZX-6RR - Lightspeed-Kawasaki +46.247
5. Gines - Yamaha YZF R6 - Peko Racing Team +58.007
Championship Standings: 1. Berger - Yamaha YZF R6 - Team Trasimeno 163
2. Magnoni - Yamaha YZF R6 - Bevilacqua Corse 131
3. Antonelli - Honda CBR600RR - Team Italia Megabike AX 122
4. Black - Yamaha YZF R6 - Capaul Black Racing 95
5. Colucci - Ducati 749R - Ducati Xerox Junior Team 83
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