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Andrew Pitt - 2008 World Supersport Champion
06 October 2008
Andrew Pitt today won the 2008 World Supersport championship by taking victory in a thrilling 12th-round race at Magny-Cours in France. Pitt’s second world title – he was the last non-Honda rider to win the title in 2001 – is the seventh successive championship for the Ten Kate team and the Honda CBR600RR machine. Pitt and his HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Jonathan Rea, started the 22-lap race from the front row of the grid, separated by 11 points at the head of the championship table. However, Rea was taken out of contention at the tight Adelaide hairpin on lap nine, whilst lying in third place
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Haga Grabs First Superpole of the Year at Magny-Cours
05 October 2008
Noriyuki Haga’s exceptional end-of-season run of form continues at Magny-Cours this weekend as the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB rider powered to the Superpole for tomorrow’s French Round races with a new best lap of 1 minute 38.444 seconds. For the Japanese rider, who notched up a double win here last year and another double two weeks ago at Vallelunga, it was his first pole of the season and his sixth overall. The one-lap dash was a hard-fought affair, with the top 4 ending up in the space of three-tenths of a second and four different bikes on the front row from Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati and Honda. Lining up alongside Haga will be Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki Alstare), the Spaniard producing his best performance of the year, followed by championship leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda).
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French Front Row for Ten Kate Duo
05 October 2008
Jonathan Rea and Andrew Pitt will both start from the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s penultimate 2008 World Supersport championship race at Magny-Cours. Australia’s Broc Parkes took pole position in this afternoon’s second qualifying session for the 22-lap encounter at the 4.4km circuit in central France. The HANNspree Ten Honda riders are currently separated by 11 points at the top of the points table and, despite this weekend’s practice and qualifying sessions affected by the weather, have clearly benefited from last week’s test at Magny-Cours.
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Rea in Control at Magny-Cours
04 October 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday’s penultimate World Supersport championship race by setting the fastest time in today’s opening qualifying session at Magny-Cours in France. His team-mate and series leader, Andrew Pitt, sits on the provisional second row with the sixth fastest time of this afternoon’s rain-interrupted session, in spite of a crash late on.
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Yamaha Riders Moving on up as Penultimate Round Approaches
02 October 2008
Both Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) have good reason to look forward to the forthcoming WSB weekend in France, as each is enjoying a late season flourish of form. Haga won both of the most recent WSB races at Vallelunga, while Corser has scored three podium finishes in the past three races. They each have good memories of Magny Cours as well, boosting their collective confidence still further.
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Latest Supersport Challenge Energises Kawasaki Duo
01 October 2008
GIL Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R competitors Katsuaki Fujiwara and Chris Martin are set to attack in the intensely competitive World Supersport category once again this weekend, at the Magny-Cours circuit. Seasoned World Supersport campaigner Fujiwara is already a well known figure in the 600cc class, but for Chris Martin, the whole experience of WSS competition is a novel one in 2008, and Magny-Cours will be another new track for him to learn. Fujiwara’s latest French adventure in his eighth WSS season sees him out to beat his season best qualifying of fifth so he can start Sunday’s race from the best possible grid position. He is currently 22nd in the championship standings, with 14 points.
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Cal Crutchlow to leave HM Plant Honda for 2009
24 September 2008
The HM Plant Honda team and rider Cal Crutchlow are to end their pairing at the close of this season, with Cal choosing to move onto the World Championship racing arena.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Italian Round Holds No Fears for Yamaha Duo
18 September 2008
After taking part in a successful official FGSport test at Vallelunga in July both Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will see nothing but opportunities at the final Italian round on the 2008 World Superbike calendar. Corser, who moved into second place in the championship standings after the previous round at Donington Park, will be out to make up ground on long-term championship leader Troy Bayliss, with three rounds left to run.
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Bayliss Homes in on Third World Superbike Title at Vallelunga
18 September 2008
This coming weekend will be the second time the Superbike World Championship makes its appearance at the Autodromo ‘Piero Taruffi’ di Vallelunga following the success of the inaugural 2007 event. Whereas last year three riders were still in with a realistic shout at the title, this time round the title run-in looks a little more clear-cut, with Ducati Xerox’s Australian rider Troy Bayliss in with a good chance of taking his third world crown this weekend.
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Pirelli Donington race results
08 September 2008
Atrocious weather conditions plagued the first two days of the Donington Park meeting, with every single WSB session held in wet conditions. Any drying track surfaces were soon covered by the waves of rain that came in day and night. A wet Superpole - 12 laps for each rider over a 50-minute session - was taken by Troy Bayliss on his Ducati, making this his sixth pre-race win of the year.
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Dismal Weather Dampens Donington for Gowland
08 September 2008
Poor and varying weather conditions made the 10th round of the World Supersport Championship very difficult at the Donington Park circuit for all the riders including Graeme Gowland who was returning to the British circuit where his love of road racing began, at a Ron Haslam Race School just three years ago.
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'Wild Card' Sykes Gets Donington Podium
08 September 2008
Rizla Suzuki's Tom Sykes kept his cool during a red-flagged aggregated race one at the 11th round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park today to take a close second place to Troy Bayliss after leading for a large part of the race.
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