Beanie posted on May 22, 2009 08:27

This weekend sees the most glamorous grand prix of the year and the only one I’ve walked round, in fact the only F1 circuit I’ve been to, the Monaco Gran Prix.

We eagerly wait to see if Brawn and Jenson Button can continue their current for and win another GP.  After Thursday practice both Brawns are running well we shall see what happens tomorrow in qualifying, but as always with Monaco anything can happened and probably will.

Unfortunately I don’t have the view I had last November:

 

 

 


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Beanie posted on May 11, 2009 10:02

The first start to race one saw the first corner claim five bikes and riders and the race stopped. Makato Tamada, Tommy Hill, Troy Corser, Max Neukirchner and Brendan Roberts all went down in two crashes. Neukirchner and Roberts both sustained serious injuries, Neukirchner suffered a broken right Femur and a dislocated left foot, whilst Roberts has a break high on his left Femur and also sustained a heavy blow to his throat. Tamada suffered a broken left wrist, whilst Corser and Hill both walked away and were able to join the restart.

After a lengthy delay race one was restarted and the battle at the front was between Ben Spies, Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga. This three way battle carried on for all 18 laps with the leaf swapping several times a lap, Spies looked to have broke Fabrizio and Haga, until with metres to go Spies Yamaha R1 ran out of fuel at the Parabolica. Speis misfortune allowed Fabrizio to take his maiden wins in World Superbike. Spies coasted home to get the final point in 15th. Jonathan Rea brought his Ten Kate Honda home in fifth, Tome Sykes claimed sixth on the second Yamaha R1, to make up for a slightly disappointing qualifying having been constantly on the pace in practice. Shane Bryne came home in 14th on the Sterilgarda Ducati, Tommy Hill brought his Althea Honda home in 20th place after getting tangled at the first corner during the first start. Lean Haslam ended the race disappointed when hi Stiggy Honda ran out of fuel.

Race two went a bit more as planned for Ben Spies as he managed to break away early and make his fuel last until the end to take victory in race two. Michel Fabrizio came in second with Ryuichi Kiyonari third, Jonathan Rea managed to claim fourth with Tom Syke sixth again and Lean Haslam getting seventh. Further back Saw Tommy Hil in 17th and Shane Byrne in 18th.

The standings at the top remain unchanged with Bot Noriyuki and Ben dropping point to each other maintaining a status quo, Michel leapfrogged Lean for third and Tom did the same To Max to move up to fifth.

Standings

1 Noriyuki Haga Ducati 200
2 Ben Spies Yamaha 146
3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati 125
4 Leon Haslam Honda 103
5 Tom Sykes Yamaha 90

8 Jonathan Rea Honda 77
14 Shane Byrne Ducati 41
20 Tommy Hill Honda 6


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Beanie posted on May 11, 2009 10:01

Cal Crutchlow extended his lead in the World Supersport championship to 18 points by winning a thrilling race on Sunday. Not getting the best start Cal had to fight his way back through the pack to fight for the lead, and fight he did. First Cal had to get past Kenan Sofuoglu, which he did with a hard but fair pass, then it was pretty much a three bike battle for the lead all the way until four laps from the end. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha World Supersport), Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) and Fabien Foret (Yamaha World Supersport) swapped the lead constantly sometimes several times in one lap. With four laps to Go Cal broke away from the group and the battle for second. third and forth was now on with Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Provec) going the battle. The hard battle for the final podium positions allowed cal to get away and seal the win. The Battle for the podium came down to the line and finally ended Joan Lascorz, Fabien Foret, Eugene Laverty.


Standings

Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 99
Eugene Laverty Honda 81
Kenan Sofuoglu Honda 72
Andrew Pitt Honda 54
Anthony West Honda 52


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Beanie posted on May 11, 2009 09:59
Jenson Button and Brawn GP showed the world the Britain can still win motor races.

Jenson put the Brawn GP on pole for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya and went on to win. He didn’t get the best start that honour went to Rubens Barrichello, who got off to a flyer from third on the grid to lead into the first corner. Jenson had to follow Rubans until the second round of pit stops when Jensons strategy allowed him to get past Rubans. This takes Jenson to four wins so far and a 14 point lead in the championship. We move on to Monaco in two weeks time can Brawn GP Maintain their impressive form.

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Beanie posted on May 3, 2009 11:09

After 50 125GP starts Oxfordshire’s Bradley Smith takes his maiden 125GP Victory after leading from the start. A blistering star saw Bradley get an early lead over his team mate Julian Simon, who started to catch him but crashed after losing the front end. From then on it was relative plain sailing for Bradley winning by a margin of 13.5 seconds.

Further back Scott Reading had a good battle and did look as though he could have made it onto the podium and possibly even second but it wasn’t to be and forth was a good result. The battle for second stretched all the way down to eight with any of the riders able to clinch the final two podium positions. Danny Webb put in a credible performance to finish eight, unfortunately Mathew Hoyle didn’t make to cut to qualify.

A very close exciting battle in the 125 Spanish GP only wets the appetite for the 250’s and Moto GP, and the rest of the season can we have another British victory at the final Donnington?


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Beanie posted on April 24, 2009 09:01
This weekend is one which petrol head and race fans can spend the entire weekend watching motorsport. The second round of the 2009 MotoGP continues at the twin ring Motegi in Japan, can Rossi show Stoner how it’s done and get back on his winner form of 2008. Rossi made a good start to the weekend by going fastest in Friday practice, but only by 0.05 seconds. We also have the 250s and 125s Can Bradley Smith stay at the sharp end? Will Scott Redding show his form? Can Marco Simoncelli return to 250 with a win?

Round three of the F1 championship sees the drivers in Bahrain can Jenson and Brawn GP regain their winning form.

In Assen the World Superbike boys are back for the forth round the Dutch TT. Can Haslam and Sykes take the fight to Haga and Spies? In world Supersport can Cal Crutchlow take another win and extend his lead in the championship?

The weekend should provide more close racing action, 2009 is looking like being the year of the motor race.

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Beanie posted on April 17, 2009 09:16
Moto GP got off to an interesting start over the Easter weekend; the first race meeting of the year was always going to be interesting. However none expected the events that unfolded on Sunday night.

Sunday’s racing started with the 125’s we had good hopes for Bradley Smith starting from second. Unfortunately he got a bad start and was making his way back through the field when the heavens opened and the track was swamped with some unusual rain. Four laps in with Bradley up to fifth the race was stopped never to be restarted and became the shortest race in history with half points being awarded.

After a long delay we did get a shortened 250 race, 13 laps saw some very good racing in what should prove to be a very close season. Both Rookies and veterans of the 250 class were battling for the honours, in the end Hector Barbera came through to take the win proving he has recovered from his broken vertebrae.  

Late Sunday night in Qatar saw the Moto GP boys line up on the grid, Cassey Stoner was on pole with Valentino Rossi second, we were all set for a good race between the two riders. As the mechanics cleared the grid ready for the riders to go off on their sighting lap the rain came and it didn’t stop. There was no way the race could take place the torrential rain left the track surface so shiny that the lights reflected in it made racing impossible, the race was cancelled.

Late into Sunday night and early into Monday morning the powers that be discussed what to do, and luckily for us and the riders, the race was rescheduled for Monday night. Rescheduling the race can’t have been easy but it was for the best as the fans and riders alike were all a little disappointed not to get a race on Sunday. I think Valentino Rossi summed it up nicely: "It is like having sex and your Mother walks into the room"

So Monday night and it’s back to the grid Stoner on Pole Rossi second, the race starts and Vale gets swamped that the first corner pushed all the way back down to fifth. The poor start from Rossi allowed Stoner to break away from the pack, Rossi made a valiant effort and did start to close the gap but the early battles had taken the edge of his tires and he had to settle for second. James Toseland had qualified in 13th and was battling in the points pack when he was pushed wide by Toni Elias, this left him fighting for the last point with Yuki Takahashi and Niccolo Canepa, but it wasn’t to be.

Round two is at the Twin ring, Motegi in Japan next weekend (24-26 April) so now we look forward to that. In the mean time we have the Grand Prix of China, can Jenson Button and Brawn continue their forum?

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Beanie posted on April 4, 2009 22:15

Jesnon Button secured pole for tomorrow's race in Sepan, Jarno Trulli put his Toyota into second. The grid line up should give us a thrilling race, can Jenson repeat last weeks stunning debut for the Brawn GP? We certaintly hope so and will be watching the race live tomorow morning, showing our support for Jenson and the team.

Tomorrow we will see just how good the Brawn GP car is, role on tomorrow 10:00 am.


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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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