Fridays Superbike Qualifying sees Ben Spies, Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi battle for the top spot in a closely fought first qualifying session with only half a second splitting the top ten. British riders with only Tommy Hill and Shanne Byrne more than half a second off the front.
In the Supersport Cal Crutchlow was second fastest but Eugene Laverty down in 14th and two seconds of the front following his win at Losail.
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Saturday saw Ben Spies win both rounds of the Hanspree SuperBike World campionship at the Losail circuit in Qatar. Spies on the Yamaha R1 kept Noriyuki Haga on the Xerox Ducati and Max Neukirchner on the Alstare Suzuki at bay for both races maintaining his impressive opening form. Both race one and race two had the same podium of Spies, haga and Neukirchner. British fortune was Ok with all but Tommy Hill (retired in race two) finishing with points from both races. Race one saw Byrne in 6th, Sykes in 7th, Haslam come through to 11th, rea in 12th and hill in 15th. Race two saw Sykes finish in 5th after a better start, Rea in 8th, Haslam came thought the field for 11th whilst Byrne slipped to 12th
Standings
1 N. Haga JPN 85
2 B. Spies USA 75
3 M. Neukirchner GER 40
4 M. Biaggi ITA 38
5 L. Haslam GBR 36
6 T. Sykes GBR 32
8 J. Rea GBR 30
16 S. Byrne GBR 14
18 T. Hill GBR 5
In the Supersport Eugene Laverty beat Cal Crutchlow, to the win in a close race.
Standings
1 A. Pitt AUS 40
2 K. Sofuoglu TUR 38
3 E. Laverty IRL 36
4 C. Crutchlow GBR 29
5 A. West AUS 23
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After an action packed start to the season at Phillip Island, the World Superbike are at Losail, Qatar this weekend. With the race on Saturday rather than Sunday practice and qualifying is already underway, with the Brits putting on a good show again. Especial Cal Crutchlow who tops the timesheets for supersport Thursday qualifying. Jonathan Rea is right on Ben Spies tail in the superbikes, with Shane Byrne looking good to make up for his two DNFs at the Island.
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The final night of testing at the Losail Circuit in
Qatar has concluded with Cassey Stoner lapping one second quicker that Jorge
Lorenzo who seems to have got to grips with his Bridgestone tires. Valentino
Rossi continued his good form to end the night third fastest only marginally
slower than Jorge on the same bike. The newly sponsored Monster Yamaha Tech 3
of James Tosland is starting to get closer to the running pace and we hope that
James can continue to improve his times through the two day test in Jerez and
in free practice for the first race of the season at Losail in Qatar in less
than six weeks.
So with one test left we hope that all the bikes and riders are in top shape
for the opening round and that we get a season of nonstop close racing action.
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With the final pre season testing underway in Qatar we're only six weeks away from the opening round of the 2009 MotoGP at the Losail Circuit in Qatar on Arpil 12 2009. Again this year we only have one British entry in James Toseland, after a year racing the Tech3 Yamaha we hope that he can dice with the best at the front from the opening laps.
After his massive highside in Malaysia three weeks ago James will be looking to get some track time under his tires over the next two nights. Escpecially after the firsts nghts testing was rained out, all the riders will be hoping for uninterupted nights to get set up for the first round.
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