Beanie posted on June 29, 2009 22:27

It started off on Saturday at Assen with Bradley Smith getting yet another podium, shame he didn’t get to celebrate it as it was awarded after a post race decision to dock Nico Terol 20 seconds for cutting the chicane. This gave the Aspar team a clean sweep of the podium with Sergio Gadea, Julián Simón and Bradley Smith taking Aspar’s podiums number 200, 201 and 202.

James Toseland then went on to have a thrilling battle for sixth place in the MotoGP race, which saw Valentino Rossi take his GP win count to 100. It was a six way contest for sixth place between James Toseland, Mika Kallio, Nicky Haden, Loris Capirossi, Randy de Puniet and Toni Elais. Which went from early on when it was a battle for eight right up until the last lap when after Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso crashed out ahead of the chasing pack. James led the pack in sixth for most of the race until the last lap when he was demoted to ninth only to be bounced back up to sixth by Mika crashing and Toni and Loris Tangling in the last half of the lap.

Sunday saw the World SuperBikes come to Donnington Ben Spies put on his usual show of winning, but the Brits put on a good show too with Shane Byrne getting onto the third step of the podium and Leon Haslam coming home fourth in the first race. The second race saw more drama as Max Biaggi crashed out of second and then Noriyuki Haga had a massive crash, these two crashes allow Leon up into second after a ding dong battle with Michel Fabrizio and Shane Byrne (third and fourth), Tom Sykes made up for a DNF in race one with fifth position ahead of wildcard Brit Leon Camier.

Cal Crutchlow continued his impressive form by winning the World SuperSport race to go 28 points ahead of Eugene Laverty, although this time there wasn’t the usual tit for tat battle between the two of them as Eugene fell early on and had to fight his way back up from 26th to 5th.

This coming weekend MotoGP goes to Laguna Secawill we get a repeat of last years thrilling race between Valentino Rossi and Cassey Stoner, can James Toseland continue to regain his form and give us the result we all know he can?

We have a four week break until the World SuperBikes and SuperSport are back in action at Brno


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Coventry’s Cal Crutchlow took a leaf out of Valentino Rossi’s book on his way to winning the Misano round of the World Supersport Championship. Cal used Rossi’s one foot off the peg nearly on the ground technique when storming back through the field after getting swamped at the start. From second on the grid to eighth in one corner and then back to the front before the race was halted due to crashes, before taking the win to go 14 points clear of Ireland’s Eugene Laverty.
With the British round at Donnington next weekend we should be in for a thrilling race, Cal and Eugene fighting for the championship and wild cards rides from the British Supersport guys.

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Beanie posted on April 4, 2009 22:23

World Superbike Superpole was a closely fought battle that saw some shake ups to the grid, with Max Biagi and Ruben Xuas not making it thought to the second 16 and neither did Tom Sykes.

Ben Spies put the Yamaha R1 on pole for the third time in succession which must give him a good chance of another good result in tomorrow’s races.

Of the Brits only Jonathan Rea made it through to the last eight, with Shane Byrne crashing heavily in the second session (we hope is OK for the races).

In World Supersport the Brit news was better with Coventry’s own Cal Crutchlow putting the Yamaha R6 on pole. Can Cal turn the pole in to a win at Valencia? 

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Beanie posted on April 3, 2009 20:10

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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Beanie posted on April 3, 2009 12:51

This weekend see the second round of the 2009 F1 season following on from the thrilling opening round in Australia just last weekend. Can Brawn GP build on their fantastic debut?

We also have round three of the Hannspree superbike world championship 2009 from  Valencia, will Ben Spies win in Spain, could Lean haslam, Tom Sykes, Tommy Hill, Jonathan Rea or Shane Byrne do it for the UK? How will john Hopkins adjust from Moto GP to WSB?

So far in F1 the Ferrari's of Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa area fastest after the second free practice session, the Brawn GP's of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button are in 6th and 7th.

In WSB Charlos Checa was fastest in the first free practice with all the Brits outside the top 10 along with Ben Spies and John Hopkins.

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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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Finally we see action from the opening round of the 2009 Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship, and what a race we got.  Ben Spies on the Yamaha World Superbike starting from pole lost his advantage of pole after going off on the first lap to spend his first WSB race battling at the back of the pack. The brits showed their hands early on with Jonathan Rea  on the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda leading in the opening laps with Leon Haslam in the mix at the front on the Stiggy Racing Honda.

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Superbike and Supersport saturday Qualifying and Superploe results (from www.worldsbk.com)

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Finally after what seems like a very long winter we have bike racing back. This weekend see the first round of the 2009 Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia.

The top 15 are only separated by 1 secondand the racing is only set to get closer as the riders learn their new machines.

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Beanie posted on February 24, 2009 20:47

With the first round of World Superbike at Phillip Island now only days away are we to be entertained to a thrilling season of non stop close racing action?

This year us Brits have a decent representation with Leon Haslam, Tom Sykes, Tommy Hill, Jonathan Rea and Shane Byrne racing in WSB, and Cal Cruthlow in World Supersport.

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