WSBK:Silverstone

SALEEN S7R · 28 May 2005, 23:41 (Ref:1312933)

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Source:crash.net

Full final qualifying times following Superpole at the fifth round of the Corocna Extra World Superbike championship at Silverstone.

Superpole results
1. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Corona Suzuki GSXR1000K5 1min 26.679 secs
2. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italy WSB YZF R1 1min 26.985 secs
3. Regis Laconi FRA Xerox Ducati 999F05 1min 27.086 secs
4. Troy Corser AUS Alstare Corona Suzuki GSXR1000K5 1min 27.177 secs
5. Chris Vermeulen AUS Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.261 secs
6. Jose Luis Cardoso ESP D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF R1 1min 27.399 secs
7. James Toseland GBR Xerox Ducati 999F05 1min 27.584 secs
8. Chris Walker GBR PSG-1 Kawasaki ZX10 1min 27.805 secs
9. Andrew Pitt AUS Yamaha Motor Italy WSB YZF R1 1min 27.861 secs
10. Max Neukirchner GER Klaffi Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.888 secs
11. Karl Muggeridge AUS Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 28.014 secs
12. Garry McCoy AUS Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 1min 28.085 secs
13. Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Klaffi Honda CBR1000RR 1min 28.129 secs
14. Norick Abe JPN Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 1min 28.133 secs
15. Ben Bostrom USA Renegade Koji Honda CBR1000RR 1min 28.897 secs
16. Massimo Roccoli ITA Team Lorenzo by Leoni Yamaha YZF R1 1min 28.908 secs

Other qualifiers
17. Giovanni Bussei ITA Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX10 1min 28.503 secs
18. Ivan Clementi ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 1min 28.623 secs
19. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 1min 28.731 secs
20. Lorenzo Alfonsi ITA D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF R1 1min 28.965 secs
21. Fonsi Nieto ESP SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS 1min 28.983 secs
22. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS 1min 28.997 secs
23. Mauro Sanchini ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki ZX10 1min 29.287 secs
24. Steve Martin AUS Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 1min 29.696 secs
25. Alessio Velini ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 1min 29.760 secs
26. Michel Nickmans BEL Zone Rouge Yamaha YZF R1 1min 30.204 secs
27. Miguel Praia POR DFXTreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF R1 1min 30.315 secs

Interesting grid for today's races. Shame Toseland and Walker arent a bit nearer the front, but row 2 is always good. Nice to Kagayama on pole, really doing good as of late. 3 differnt teams in the top 3 postitions is always a good thing too.

marcus · 29 May 2005, 02:39 (Ref:1312988)

should be a great event , I hope someone can get up and challenge the suzuki's and if Monza is anything to go by then they surely will

**Dani Filth** · 29 May 2005, 15:59 (Ref:1313727)

grrr . i hate Laconi . why can't he stay on track more .. he won race 1 .. and DNF race 2

chunder · 29 May 2005, 16:45 (Ref:1313765)

I dont hate him, he makes it easier for JT to take his first win of the year and fair play to the lad after the miserable start he has had.
Was good being there yesterday, the support for James was superb, arguably even more than for Chris.
Laconi has always been a very inconsistent rider who can win and crash, it is why he never got on in GP and can be a contender but never a champion in WSB. I hope this means that James now will have the upper hand and try and win more races, he cant really catch the Suzooks but more wins would be nice.
Shame that us Brits without satellite telly have to wait until 2.30am to watch it, is a complete joke! Letter to C4 duly despatched for the pathetic efforts. Including the "not every muppet in the country wants to watch cricket or Big Brother, and at least in bike racing the race isnt over three days before it is due t finish!!!"

**gomick** · 30 May 2005, 12:06 (Ref:1314598)

missed race 2 as it was on too late - another great ride by troy corser in race 1 & kev curtain in the supersport race

SALEEN S7R · 30 May 2005, 14:55 (Ref:1314747)

Great couple of races, shame I missed the first one.

Great to see the Suzuki's not winning week in week out IMO, good weekend for the Ducati boys, always good to see Toseland back up at the front of the field.

BootsOntheSide · 30 May 2005, 21:57 (Ref:1315158)

The last 2 rounds suggest that it won't be a Suzuki whitewash anymore, although you wonder whether Troy already has too big a lead, especially as the others are strugglign for consistency. I still think Chris Vermeulen is the most likely rival over the course of the season. It's also good to see Nitro Nori back in the hunt, easily the fastest Yamaha rider this time - not for the first time Cardoso humbled a few factory guys in qualifying but struggled in the races. Well done to Chris Walker as well, although Bussei's 8th in race 1 backs up his suggestion that the Silverstone setup suits the Kawasakis.

marcus · 31 May 2005, 09:06 (Ref:1315477)

Race 2 was great

i fell asleep during race 1 and the supersports were a bit of a bore actually but race 2 i was rivetted to great ride by toseland and great to see haga back up there

**gomick** · 31 May 2005, 11:44 (Ref:1315624)

supersports have been a bore all season really

- they where awesome 3 or 4 years back....

one five five · 31 May 2005, 12:18 (Ref:1315691)

I was at this meeting last year, was a let down sitting back this year watching the races on TV, even the Aussies couldn't pull off a win....

And why were they using the International Circuit, made the long thing seem like a tarted national meeting (no offence to the BSB boys, they provided me plenty of entertainment whilst i was there last year).

It is interesting that both the FIA GT/WTCC circus and the World Superbike circus both chose to use the International circuit rather than the Grand Prix circuit (and at the same time the BTCC is leaving the International circuit for the National circuit). What is going on?

SALEEN S7R · 31 May 2005, 12:31 (Ref:1315711)

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Originally Posted by gomick

supersports have been a bore all season really

- they where awesome 3 or 4 years back....

Indeed, strange because in contrast the BSS has been the most competitve and entertaining races of the BSB package IMO.

**gomick** · 1 Jun 2005, 14:21 (Ref:1316939)

you wouldnt think that ten kate have killed supersport - why dont suzuki run 2 bikes (

) - the gsxr 600 is a great selling bike, where are the zx6r's ..... it really does pi$$ me off....

chunder · 2 Jun 2005, 20:55 (Ref:1318496)

It is weird guys how some of the major makers do not support the WSS series. I think you can blame Ten Kate for this a bit as their bikes really have been a class of their own for some time now and as a result they get the best riders.
Suzuki are waiting for the new Gixxer and giving their protege a start on the current bike. Imagine their team will be him and that Xavier bloke next year.
Strange about Kawasaki aswell, think Kwak are only intersted in letting Eckl do anything in Europe and as he is doing GP then Kwak Japan dont bother Even Hawk dont get that much help, or Chris and Bertocchi.
Is it right Cardoso hasnt even scored any points yet!
Agree with Boots abou Haga too, think they have found something in the setup coz he shot to the front and Pitty stayed about where he has been.
Shame for Chris though he didnt seem to have the pace to catch up.
Maybe like everyone else he was shocked to find the meeting was held on the tiddly wink track instead of the proper one!

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