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Crashing End for Gowla at Brno
2 Days ago
Britain’s Graeme Gowland had a crashing end to his weekend in the 8th round of the World Supersport Championship at the famous Czech Republic circuit of Brno. Gowla, as he is better known, had qualified with the 25th fastest time only 2.5 seconds off pole setter Australian Broc Parkes on his first visit to the 5 km long circuit however with Fabien Foret and Garry McCoy suffering injuries and therefore unable to participate in Sundays 18 lap race Gowla would start from the 23rd grid slot.
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Strong Second for Roberts
4 Days ago
Brendan Roberts now leads the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup by one single point after a stunning ride at Brno in the Czech Republic, finishing second in the 12-lap race behind Max Berger. Roberts riding the 1098R for the Ducati Xerox Junior Team rode an extremely thoughtful race to take a confident second place, 0.05 in front of Alessandro Polita. Roberts who qualified on pole position on the Ducati was eager to secure a strong result at round six of the fiercely fought out series. The young Australian got a terrible start and was sitting in seventh position into the first corner, he worked his way through to fifth by the end of the opening lap and was keen to get in the mix and fight for a podium position despite the poor start.
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Double Points for Greg at Brno
4 Days ago
Vent Axia VK Energy rider Gregorio Lavilla added to his Hannspree World Superbike Championship points tally with a pair of battling points finishes at Brno in the Czech Republic today. Riding Paul Bird's Honda Fireblade, the team struggled with the bike set-up from the beginning of the weekend and the Spaniard ended up in a disappointing 19th after qualifying meaning he missed out on Superpole.
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KTM Duo Maehr & Pekkanen Get 19th & 22nd in Brno
4 Days ago
Rene Maehr finished his sixth race in the FIM Superstock 1000 World Cup series in Brno, Czech Republic in 19th place while team newcomer Pauli Pekkanen rode to twenty second place in his first race with the team. The two riders of the Team KTM Maehr Superstock tackled the hilly and challenging racing circuit in Brno on the KTM 1190 RC8, the machine that was launched earlier this year in Europe and which is undergoing its first season of racing.
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Corser Goes Third After Dramatic Brno Races
4 Days ago
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) moved from fourth to third in the championship standings after securing a second and a fourth place finish at Brno, as his team-mate Noriyuki Haga rode with all his spirit and skill to take sixth in race one and salvage a seventh from a pitlane start in race two. Corser was on top form once more on raceday and in the 500th World Superbike race, the 13 points he took for his race two fourth place put him into overall third place in the championship, 12 points behind Max Neukirchner and 91 behind today's double race winner, Troy Bayliss. Each race saw Corser lead and fight for the podiums, for Haga Brno was a hard fought battle with two brilliant displays of riding to overcome firstly a third row grid position, and then a start from the pitlane.
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Parkes Fourth in Tight Brno Race
4 Days ago
Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) fought hard for a podium finish at Brno but had to settle for a fourth place, and third in the championship standings overall. Parkes did not get his customary strong start from pole position, dropping back to 7th in the pack at the start of the race. He then had to expend energy in the early laps making up places to make sure he was in contention near the end. Parkes was unable to jump out of corners with the same sharpness that had helped him to his fifth pole position in a row after qualifying on Saturday, and was unable to attack in the final few laps.
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Pirro Sixth After Brno Superstock Battle
4 Days ago
Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni) was the top scoring Yamaha rider in the 12-lap Superstock 1000 Cup event, as he took sixth in a lonely race after a bright start. Pirro is now fifth in the championship table on 73 points, 23 points from new leader Brendan Roberts. Brno race winner Maxime Berger was away and clear after Xavier Simeon enjoyed an early lead, with Roberts an eventual second, from Alessandro Polita. Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) ran off track at high speed and skillfully remained on his machine to bring it to a safe halt , but found damage to his bike that stopped him continuing. He scored no points, and is now 12th overall, on 25 points.
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Xavi Disappointed With 5th
4 Days ago
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Xavi Simeon left Brno circuit, disappointed to have finished fifth in today's race. The bike's set-up, which worked well for 2-3 laps in practice and qualifying, did not perform as well over the 12-lap race and Xavi was left hanging on to the leaders as best he could. Frenchman Maxime Berger (Honda) won the race, with Brendan Roberts (Ducati) second and Alessandro Polita (Ducati) third. The win by Roberts sees him take the championship lead away from Xavi, but only by one point!
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Bayliss Dominates With Double Victory at Brno
4 Days ago
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) bounced back to the winner’s podium after a gap of eight races with a dominant double victory at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic. The points leader took his seventh and eighth wins of the season in front of 63,000 spectators, and this was the fifteenth time the Australian has picked up the ‘double’. The ninth round of the season also saw great performances by his team-mate Michel Fabrizio, twice on the podium, and by Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati), third in race 2, while Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) was also in good form in the two races.
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No Joy for Fonsi, Yukio or Max in Brno
4 Days ago
Brno was neither a good round, nor a bad round, for Suzuki Alstare riders Fonsi Nieto and Yukio Kagayama and Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner. Before today's races began, there were high hopes for a couple of podiums at least, but various problems dashed the team's hopes and they left the Czech Republic without any silverware to show for all the efforts. Max finished the day the top Suzuki rider, with a seventh in race one and a fifth in race two. Yukio, still not at 100% because of his left hand, bagged a pair of ninth places and Fonsi ended 14th in race one (after a fall) and eighth in race two. Both today's races, which took the all-time tally of WSBK races to 500, were won by runaway series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati). Ducati dominated the podiums, with only Troy Corser (Yamaha), finishing second in the first race, spoiling their clean sweep.
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Rea Rockets to Supersport Win, Pitt Claims Second
4 Days ago
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea impressively turned from novice to the Brno track on Friday, to race winner on Sunday. The young British rider claimed his first ever World Supersport victory in another tight battle at the Czech track today. Having started from seventh position on the grid, Rea started well and came through the first round in third position behind team-mate Andrew Pitt and race leader Broc Parkes. Rea and Pitt swapped places on their Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR’s while chasing their way to the front of the field, with Pitt taking the lead in lap four. Due to an error in his braking, Rea was set back to sixth place while Craig Jones took the lead from championship leader Pitt.
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Bayliss On Pole, Fabrizio 3rd & Canepa 6th
6 Days ago
The second qualifying session of the weekend, held this morning, saw all three Ducati Xerox riders improve on the times they set yesterday, to qualify for Superpole in third (Bayliss), seventh (Fabrizio) and eighth place (Canepa). Superpole was action packed from the offset, with an immediate flying lap by Kiyonari, the first rider out, which really set the pace, as the next seven riders to exit were unable to beat his fast time. Niccolo' Canepa, participating in his very first Superpole here this afternoon, was the first of the three Ducati Xerox riders to go out and completed a near perfect lap to take eventual sixth place on tomorrow's grid.
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Second & Third Rows for The Suzuki Trio in Brno
6 Days ago
Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto finished seventh quickest in Superpole and will start tomorrow's pair of 20-lap races from the second row of the grid. His team mate Yukio Kagayama will be just behind on row three, with Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner alongside him. Ducatis dominated the front row of the grid, with Troy Bayliss taking his fourth Superpole of the year. His fellow countryman Troy Corser (Yamaha) is second, with Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) third and Max Biaggi (Ducati) fourth.
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Pitt Starts Brno Supersport Race from Front Row
6 Days ago
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Andrew Pitt secured a front row start in the second day of qualifying in Brno. Pitt set the fastest time in his first lap of the afternoon’s official practice and looked likely to claim his third pole of the season. He focused for the remainder of the session on finding the right tyres and didn’t manage to further improve his fastest time of 2’03.590 – 0.387s behind pole sitter Broc Parkes. Pitt, who is looking for a continuation of his winning streak, will start Sunday’s race from fourth place on the grid.
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Garry McCoy Injured in Practice Session at Brno
6 Days ago
The main event of the second practice day at Brno Automotodrom for Triumph-SC Team has been the very bad accident occurred to Garry McCoy during the second free practice session in the morning. About ten minutes to the finish Garry, who was running very fast, so that at first split he recorded the fourth fastest, found on his line outing a corner in the downhill sector, the Pitt’s Honda running slowly along the track edge.
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Team Battles Through First Day of Qualifying
6 Days ago
The hard work continued for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike team today as they came into action on the first day of qualifying in Brno. Carlos Checa spent his two session chasing the optimum set-up for his bike but struggled to find traction on the new surface of the Brno track. Checa went out in the free practice session using a different swing arm, but switched back to the regular KR component after the much anticipated improvement on the rear grip stayed out. A fastest time of 2'00.424 today sets him back at fifteenth place after the first official qualifying.
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Ducati Xerox Riders Take Provisional Places on Front Two Rows
6 Days ago
In dry conditions all three of the Ducati Xerox riders, Bayliss, Fabrizio and Canepa, made a strong start to their campaign for victory this weekend at the Automotodrom of Brno. After a few tyre issues this morning for most of the Superbike riders due to the lack of grip on track after yesterday's rainfall, the field got back to business in this afternoon's first qualifying session. At the conclusion of that session it was local rider Smrz who had registered the fastest lap on his privateer Ducati bike. Troy Bayliss and his factory 1098 F08 recorded the third fastest time to take a provisional front row place on the grid while his two team-mates Michel Fabrizio and Niccolo' Canepa (the latter riding the F09 development machine) achieved the seventh and eighth fastest lap times respectively.
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Corser an Early Contender on Day One
6 Days ago
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) enjoyed a competitive start to his Brno race weekend by scoring second best time behind local favourite Jakub Smrz, on the recently resurfaced 5.403km Brno circuit. Corser's early pace has already seen him under the previous circuit best, with one more qualifying session plus Superpole on Saturday to determine his final grid position. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) was held back in his early laps by a niggling fault with his machine's electronics package and lost him track time that held back his ultimate provisional qualifying position to 12th.
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Fonsi Quickest of Suzuki Trio
6 Days ago
Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto finished the first day of qualifying at Brno today with the sixth fastest time and ended the quickest of the Belgium based squad. Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner ended with the ninth quickest time, but Suzuki Alstare rider Yukio Kagayama is still suffering problems with his left hand and could only manage eleventh. Local hero Jakub Smrz (Ducati) sent the home fans wild by topping the standings at the end of today's qualifying session. Second is Aussie Troy Corser (Yamaha), ahead of fellow countryman Troy Bayliss (Ducati), with Max Biaggi (Ducati) fourth.
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Yamaha Riders Out to Score Big in Brno
16 July 2008
After a successful two-day test at Vallelunga between 8th and 9th July both Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) are fully prepared to meet the challenge of a resurfaced Brno circuit on Sunday 20th July. The 9th round of the 2008 season sees Haga arrive in fourth place in the overall championship fight, only six points ahead of his team-mate Corser. Now the most effective team-mates in the field once again, Haga has won four races so far, while Corser has been desperately unfortunate not have taken at least one win among his six podiums. Each rider has recorded successes at Brno, with Corser having won three races there and Haga one. Each took a Brno victory in 2005, Corser the first and Haga the second. The Yamaha duo traded the fastest lap in the two Czech races last year.
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