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Promising Weekend Turns Into Nightmare for Gowland
23 September 2008
Britain’s Graeme Gowland suffered a nightmare race at Vallelunga for the 11th round of the World Supersport Championship after positive practice and qualifying sessions. Gowla ran in the top 10 in the wet sessions on the first day, after gaining confidence in the wet by competing in the Bol d’Or World Endurance race the previous weekend, and provisionally lined up 16th on the grid for Sundays 22 lap race.
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Points for Lavilla and Walker at Vallelunga
23 September 2008
Vent Axia VK Honda riders Gregorio Lavilla and Chris Walker added to the points tally, although not as many as they would have liked, with a pair of solid rides at round twelve of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship held at Vallelunga near Rome in Italy today.
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Fujiwara Battles Hard at Vallelunga
22 September 2008
Katsuaki Fujiwara from the GIL Kawasaki team secured a finish of 18th today, just a couple of seconds from a points score after a hard race at the 4.110km circuit near Rome. Chris Martin was 20th after running off the track at one stage, having been down the order in qualifying. He will continue in the team for the next rounds, when he hopes more dry track time will help his cause.
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Laconi Scores A Race Two Ninth
22 September 2008
Régis Laconi rode hard for a fine top ten finish on his PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Ninja ZX-10R at Vallelunga and improved his championship position in the process. In the first race Laconi just missed out on a point, while Tamada’s lowly starting position stopped him from making progress early on, and he secured 20th place. Laconi and Tamada made changes to their machines for race two, with Laconi softening his rear suspension settings, then pushing himself to ninth despite being run off the track at one stage.
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Parkes and Laverty Win Hard Fought Podiums in Italy
22 September 2008
Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) and Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Supersport Team) earned a podium finish apiece after a dramatic WSS race at Vallelunga, eventually capitalising on their strong qualifying performances to go second and third respectively in the race. Parkes was 2.971 seconds from the win, with Laverty hanging on for third, despite riding with broken bones in his feet. Starting from pole, Parkes was held up by other riders in the early laps, letting eventual winner Jonathan Rea run to a clear victory, even though Parkes set a new race lap record more than once in his attempt to catch the start-to-finish leader. Parkes’ new record is 1’39.419, set on lap 19 of 22.
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Neukirchner Just Misses Vallelunga Podium
22 September 2008
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner took a gritty pair of fourths in the 12th round of the Superbike World Championship at Vallelunga in Italy today. Despite not having a perfect bike set-up, the young German battled his way through both 24-lap races and took the best results he could as team mate Yukio Kagayama was disappointed to finish ninth in the first race, but improved to end race two in seventh. Third rider Fonsi Nieto also struggled, finishing 12th in race one, but improved to sixth in race two.
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Haga Takes Sensational Double Win at Vallelunga, Bayliss Crashes Out on Last Lap
22 September 2008
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) scored a sensational double win in the twelfth round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome in front of 82,000 spectators. The Japanese rider, who hadn’t won a race since Nurburgring, took the maximum points, while championship leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) wasted an opportunity to clinch his third title when he crashed out on the final lap of race 2, postponing the race for the title until Magny-Cours.
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Pirelli Vallelunga race report - Superstock (1000 & 600)
22 September 2008
On a drying track most of the Superstock 1000 class riders opted for a mix of wets but there was the occasional brave pilot who gambled on regular dry choice of the Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa SC2. The first lap claimed a predictably high number of fallers in such tricky conditions, but as the track dried the times came down and the race proved to be between Xavier Simeon and leader Alessandro Polita.
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Pirelli Vallelunga race report - WSS
22 September 2008
British rider Rea made great strides in the championship chase, while Pitt lost his dominant position. Rea had it all under control and was in command for the entire 22 laps after an initial flurry of passing and pushing with his team-mate Pitt.
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Pirelli Vallelunga race report - WSB
22 September 2008
World Superbike returned to Italy for the final time this year and it was met by a surprise on the first day of practice; poor weather and lots of rain. The wet Friday made the rest of race weekend a very complicated affair, but the lap times were still very strong once dry qualifying got underway. On Saturday, in Superpole, the champion-elect Troy Bayliss scored his seventh Superpole win of the year, and he hoped to add his third World Championship title on raceday. Also on the front row were Corser, Haga and Biaggi, the latter being the idol of the local Roman spectators.
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Pair of Fourths for Max on Difficult Day for Alstare
21 September 2008
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner took a gritty pair of fourths in the twelfth round of the Superbike World Championship at Vallelunga today. Despite not having a perfect bike set-up, the young German battled his way through both 24 lap races and took the best results he could. Team Suzuki Alstare rider Yukio Kagayama was disappointed to finish ninth in the first race, but improved to end race two in seventh. His team mate Fonsi Nieto also struggled today, ending 12th in race one, but made a much better job of it to finish sixth in race two.
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Two Superb Podiums for Troy in Vallelunga!
21 September 2008
Troy rode two hard-fought 24-lappers at Vallelunga today and left the Roman circuit with a superb pair of podiums. He finished third in the first race, behind winner (and team mate) Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi (Ducati) and followed that up with another third in race two. Haga also won this race, but this time, it was local hero Michel Fabrizio who took runner-up spot. Series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) finished sixth in race one and crashed in the second and now leads Troy in the championship by 79 points.
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Fujiwara and Martin Complete Dry Final Qualifying
21 September 2008
GIL Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R riders Katsuaki Fujiwara and Chris Martin made their first dry laps of the weekend today and ended up qualifying on the fifth and seventh rows of the grid respectively. Fujiwara used his available dry time to make good improvements in his machine’s set-up, and despite setting 17th fastest time, he knows more can be forthcoming on raceday.
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Laconi 15th After Superpole Qualifying
21 September 2008
Régis Laconi took his PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Ninja ZX-10R into the Superpole competition at Vallelunga and then improved his qualifying ranking by one place, to start Sunday’s races 15th on the grid. Makoto Tamada ran off the track and finally fell at slow speed close to the end of a twice-interrupted final qualifying session this morning, and therefore he starts the races from 25th place. He had been experiencing some difficulties in changing direction at high and low speed, which affected his overall qualifying position.
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Front Row Start for Veneman
21 September 2008
World Supersport:??RES Software Hoegee Suzuki's Barry Veneman will start tomorrow's World Supersport Championship race from the front row after setting second-fastest time this afternoon.?? Although Veneman was searching for the right settings of his Suzuki GSX-R600 K8 during the morning session, he showed in the afternoon from the beginning that he was able deal with the fastest riders. ??Team mate Didier Van Keymeulen set a good time with sixth fastest in the morning and in the afternoon secured 10th place on the starting grid.
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Parkes Rockets to Sixth Pole of the Year
21 September 2008
Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) bounced back to top form on a dry track surface at Vallelunga and secured pole for Sunday's race, thanks to a new track best of 1'38.910. His time took him 0.345 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger and placed him in the perfect starting position to negotiate the fast opening corners at Vallelunga come raceday. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Supersport Team) starts the race from the second row of the grid after a strong qualifying performance on his first dry weather outing at Vallelunga.
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Corser and Haga Take Front Row Starts
21 September 2008
After the wet weather endured by all on the first day, warm and sunny conditions for the final qualifying sessions allowed the Yamaha Motor Italia World Superbike riders to easily make it into Superpole, and subsequently earn front row starts for Sunday's Vallelunga races. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) looked set to extend his record number of pole positions in WSB competition until Troy Bayliss finally just improved on his countryman's best time. Corser's 1'36.730 was only 0.124 seconds from Bayliss, offering the prospect of a close contest between these old adversaries on raceday.
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Second Row for Max and Yukio, Third Row for Fonsi
20 September 2008
After yesterday’s appalling conditions, today dawned dry and fine and it was down to business as usual for Team Suzuki Alstare riders Yukio Kagayama and Fonsi Nieto and Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner. With no dry track time yesterday, the riders started to work with dry set-ups and learn how to ride the 4.110 kilometre Vallelunga circuit in the dry. The afternoon free practice was disrupted by a power cut and the twenty-five minutes or so lost because of TV scheduling for Superpole then took place after Superpole had finished.
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Haga Fastest as Yamaha Riders Shine
20 September 2008
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) set the fastest time of the first wet qualifying session at Vallelunga. In a great team display Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) went fourth fastest, despite the atrocious track conditions. Haga also fell at high speed in the timed session, on a part of the track where many riders also ran off the track or crashed. Corser came close to falling at the same spot, but saved his potential high-side before coming into the pits to finish his session with a top four time.
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Haga Powers to Quickest Time in Wet Vallelunga WSBK Qualifying
19 September 2008
Yamaha Motor Italia WSB rider Noriyuki slithered to the quickest time in today’s first qualifying session at Vallelunga as a wet track and rain greeted the WSBK regulars on their second visit to the circuit. The Japanese rider stopped the clocks with a time of 1 minute 50.595 seconds despite two crashes. The only other rider to lap under the 1.51” mark was Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) in second place, while the provisional front row was completed by points leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and the other Yamaha of Troy Corser.
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