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| WSB Misano Results and Round up |
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| | Posted: 3rd July 2008 @ 19:35:25 | |
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World Superbikes » Misano - Race results
Sunday, 29th June 2008
Race 1
Max Neukirchner has won his second race of the season, and taken second place in the World Superbike Championship standings, during race one at Misano.
The German, who had qualified just tenth on the grid, worked his way methodically forward to sit fourth - behind Ruben Xaus, Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss - by lap 11 of 24.
Home stars Max Biaggi and Michel Fabrizio were also leading contenders at that stage, having each appeared in second position, but were eliminated soon after when Fabrizio made a misguided attempt to dive inside the Sterilgarda rider into a right hander.
Fabrizio lost the front of his factory 1098, and then smashed into the side of Biaggi's satellite machine. Max, having made a similar mistake when try to pass Noriyuki Haga at Misano last season, contained his frustration more than he might, while Fabrizio appeared to feel Biaggi was somehow to blame.
Meanwhile, Neukirchner made short work of Bayliss and was soon closing in on Corser and Xaus. Corser, aware of this new threat, responded by demoting future BMW rider (and team-mate?) Xaus from the lead with ten laps to go.
But the Australian, winless since he left Alstare Suzuki at the end of 2006, couldn't escape and soon found Neukirchner's GSX-R back on his rear wheel after the young German worked his way quickly around Xaus.
It took less than a lap for Neukirchner to neatly outbrake Corser for the lead and, although unable to break away, Max held firm under pressure from the double world champion right to the chequered flag.
Championship leader Bayliss brought the sole remaining Ducati Xerox bike home in third position, after slipping back to fourth during the middle stages, while Xaus was left to collect fourth position after leading the first 16 laps.
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's Carlos Checa, who began the race second in the points, won a close fight for fifth with Ducati riders Lorenzo Lanzi and Jakob Smrz, with Gregorio Lavilla an encouraging eighth on his privateer-spec Ventaxia VK Honda.
Full race results (1) from round eight of the World Superbike Championship at Misano, San Marino.
1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 39mins 27.918secs 24 laps
2. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +0.542secs
3. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +2.249
4. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +3.028secs
5. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +5.408secs
6. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +5.518secs
7. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 +6.202secs
8. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +18.279secs
9. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +19.072secs
10. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +19.132secs
11. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +28.098secs
12. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +34.385secs
13. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +34.572secs
14. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +34.902secs
15. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +39.979secs
16. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +44.669secs
17. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +49.290secs
18. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +59.304secs
19. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 19 laps completed
20. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 17 laps completed
21. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 11 laps completed
22. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 11 laps completed
23. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 6 laps completed
24. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 6 laps completed
25. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 3 laps completed
26. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 0 laps completed
Race 2
The Sterilgarda Ducati team enjoyed a dream race two at Misano with Ruben Xaus taking victory ahead of team-mate Max Biaggi at the end of an eventful, restarted, second race.
Xaus had been leading the initial start when it was red flagged on lap three due to oil from a Karl Muggeridge engine failure, but was only fourth around turn one on the full length restart - behind world championship leader Troy Bayliss, Biaggi and pole sitter Troy Corser.
A strong opening lap saw Ruben climb to second but Corser, runner-up to Max Neukirchner in race one, retaliated on the second lap and overtook Bayliss for the race lead on lap five.
The two Australians had built a 2.5secs advantage over Xaus, Biaggi and 14th on the grid Noriyuki Haga by the halfway mark of the 24 laps, but Bayliss - making his final Misano appearance - was starting to look impatient and dived for the lead inside Corser at the end of the back straight with ten laps to go.
At the same time, Xaus seemed to find a second wind and marched quickly up to Corser's rear wheel, leaving the top three covered by less than one second with eight laps remaining.
Xaus elbowed inside Corser one lap later - then waved a quick apology to a man rumoured to be his BMW team-mate next season - before setting his sights on factory rider Bayliss, now glancing nervously behind him.
The #111 made his victory pass under braking at the end of the back straight with five laps go - while Corser also squeezed past the Ducati Xerox star a few turns later, only to spear wide at the final turn after a sudden slide.
That marked the end of Corser's challenge and he rejoined the track behind team-mate Haga in fifth.
But Bayliss soon found himself back under attack, this time from Biaggi, and the Roman was handed the runner-up position when Bayliss made an identical mistake to Corser through the final turn next time around.
Bayliss was able to slot back into third, while Biaggi tried all he could to bridge the gap to Xaus and claim his first Ducati victory.
Full race results (2) from the from eighth round of the World Superbike Championship at Misano, San Marino.
1. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 39mins 19.710secs 24 laps
2. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +1.035secs
3. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +4.158secs
4. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +5.466secs
5. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +6.759secs
6. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +13.468secs
7. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +15.221secs
8. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +16.687secs
9. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 +17.030secs
10. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +17.681secs
11. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +21.356
12. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +28.676secs
13. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +31.304secs
14. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +32.339secs
15. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +33.716secs
16. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +34.181secs
17. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R +40.638secs
18. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +41.136secs
19. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +49.699secs
Not Classified
20. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 23 laps completed
21. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 14 laps completed
22. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 8 laps completed
24. Regis Laconi FRA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 5 laps completed
25. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 2 laps completed
26. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 2 laps completed
23. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 0 laps completed
DNS Norino Brignola ITA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1
DNS Luca Morelli ITA DF Racing CBR1000RR | |
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| MotoGP Assen Results and Round up |
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| | Posted: 29th June 2008 @ 11:58:38 | |
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MotoGP » Assen - Race results.
Saturday, 28th June 2008
The second half of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship will start with Dani Pedrosa back on top of the standings, ahead of Valentino Rossi, and reigning title holder Casey Stoner just 29 points from the lead.
Rossi began the Dutch TT at Assen eleven points clear of Pedrosa, but fell on the opening lap, while Stoner - who had been a distant 45 points from Rossi at the start of the event - romped to his second victory in less than a week and third of the year so far.
Pole sitter Stoner lost the lead to Pedrosa at turn one, but calmly overtook the Spaniard into the final chicane at the end of the opening lap and rode into the distance thereafter - the Ducati star's official victory margin a huge 11.310secs by the time the chequered flag was waved 26 laps later.
Pedrosa and Repsol Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden maintained second and third positions almost to the finish - Hayden's pneumatic-valve RCV lost power on the exit of the very final turn, costing the American his first podium of the season.
Colin Edwards, who lost victory to Hayden during a final turn showdown at Assen 2006, was appropriately the rider to gain from Hayden's misfortune - the Texan concluding a hard fought race with his second podium of the season for Tech 3 Yamaha after dropping back as far as twelfth on the opening lap.
Rossi, who began the race eleven points ahead of Pedrosa, had made a slow start from third on the grid, then lost the back of his M1 on the entry to a tight left hand hairpin - the rear wheel whipping around and swiping Randy de Puniet from his LCR Honda.
de Puniet appeared to sustain a leg injury, but Rossi was eventually able to rejoin a distant last - albeit with a broken gear lever - and was soon on a charge to try and limit the championship damage.
Accidents for rookie Alex de Angelis and the lone Kawasaki of Anthony West put Rossi 13th and the seven time world champion finally caught twelfth placed Marco Melandri with eight laps to go.
Rossi overtook his fellow Italian at the end of the lap, to roars of approval from the 95,000 fans, then set about bridging the three second gap to Toni Elias. The Doctor demoted the Alice rider with four laps remaining, but eleventh was as high as the #46 could climb.
Rossi is now four points behind Pedrosa and 25 ahead of Stoner.
Fifth place went to JiR Team Scot's Andrea Dovizioso, who had qualified just eleventh on the grid, while fellow rookie Jorge Lorenzo delivered some impressive closing laps to cross the line just behind his former 250GP rival on the Michelin-shod Fiat Yamaha.
Chris Vermeulen held fourth in the early stages, but eventually brought the sole Rizla Suzuki home in seventh, with Shinya Nakano eighth and James Toseland - who suffered an almost identical accident to Rossi on the first lap of last Sunday's British Grand Prix - ninth.
Sylvain Guintoli finished where he started, in tenth, but was all over Toseland's Tech 3 Yamaha on the final lap.
Alice team-mate Elias, ruled out of the three previous Dutch TTs due to injuries, finished his first MotoGP class race at Assen in twelfth, with Melandri 13th and last.
Full race results from the Dutch TT at Assen, round nine of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship.
1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 42min 12.337 secs
2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 42min 23.647 secs
3. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 42min 29.462 secs
4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 42min 32.814 secs
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 42min 39.683 secs
6. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 42min 40.945 secs
7. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 42min 44.667 secs
8. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 42min 47.229 secs
9. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 42min 50.903 secs
10. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 42min 51.154 secs
11. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 42min 58.362 secs
12. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 43min 0.550 secs
13. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 43min 11.931 secs
DNF:
Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 11min 41.383 secs
Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) lap 1
Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) lap 1 | |
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| MotoGP Donington Results and Round up |
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| | Posted: 24th June 2008 @ 17:11:01 | |
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MotoGP » Donington Park: Race results.
Sunday, 22nd June 2008
Casey Stoner's substantial practice and qualifying advantage at Donington Park transferred into a dominant lights-to-flag victory in Sunday's British Grand Prix at a dry but blustery Donington Park.
The Ducati Marlboro star - over half a second clear of the field in both wet and dry conditions heading into the race - was never troubled by the 17-strong opposition and the MotoGP world champion took his first victory since the season-opening Qatar night race - with a huge wheelie - by 5.789secs.
Stoner's demonstration ride was helped by a tense battle between world championship leaders Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, which saw the pair swap second position repeatedly during the middle stages.
Rossi initially looked to be struggling to hold back the Repsol Honda rider, who first overtook the Fiat Yamaha star with a neat move into turn one on lap 15 - only for Rossi to hit straight back at the Old Hairpin.
Pedrosa then repeated his successful turn-one move, and this time looked to have the position secured, but made a mistake at the Fogarty Esses - allowing Rossi back past.
That seemed to take the wind out of Pedrosa, who settled back behind Rossi before dropping away from the seven time world champion - riding in his 200th grand prix - during the closing stages.
Rossi crossed the line 2.5secs ahead of Pedrosa, building the Italian's world championship lead up to eleven points - with Stoner, despite his huge victory margin, only moving five points closer to the top. The young Australian is now 45 points from Rossi, but at least up to third in the standings, having overtaken Jorge Lorenzo.
Race-winning rookie Lorenzo, making his return to action this weekend after the latest in a series of heavy accidents ruled him out of the Catalan Grand Prix, had qualified just 17th on the grid - and was openly questioning his confidence - but delivered just the sort of ride he and his team had hoped for by charging all the way up to sixth position.
Lorenzo finished less than one second behind fellow rookie Andrea Dovizioso, who rode a superb opening lap - overtaking both Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi to briefly hold second - before spending much of the race fighting for fourth.
That position eventually went to Tech 3's Colin Edwards, who finished four seconds from Pedrosa and two seconds in front of Dovizioso, despite having been just seventh at the end of lap one.
Hayden, who had been rejuvenated by the chance to finally ride Honda's pneumatic-valve engine at a race weekend, briefly rose to third on the opening lap - and was still fourth by the halfway stage - but his concerns over how the new engine would react over a full distance seemed justified as he dropped back to seventh at the chequered flag.
After qualifying on the front row for the first time this year, Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen hung on to sixth for much of the race, but lost out to Lorenzo and Hayden in the closing stages.
Reigning double AMA Superbike champion Ben Spies, who qualified an excellent eighth in the rain - the best premier-class debut by an American since John Kocinski qualified 8th for the 1989 Belgian Grand Prix - brought the second GSV-R home in 14th position to score his first world championship points at his first attempt.
Having qualified a disastrous 16th on the grid, following two falls at the end of qualifying, things quickly went from bad to worse for home hero James Toseland - who highsided from his Tech 3 Yamaha at the first turn of his first British Grand Prix.
Few would have blamed the reigning double World Superbike champion, who seemed to suffer a hand injury in the spill, if he had called it a day there and then, but the #52 got back on his damaged bike and took it to the chequered flag one lap down in 17th position.
Anglo-American John Hopkins was held up by Toseland's fall, but fought his way aggressively back up to tenth - only for his Kawasaki to suffer a terminal technical fault for the third time this season.
Team-mate Anthony West enjoyed his best race of the season to eventually take tenth position, at a track he made his ZX-RR debut at one year ago, but Stoner's team-mate Marco Melandri saw no such light at the end of the tunnel.
The Italian finished 16th, one place behind rookie Alex de Angelis - even though the Honda Gresini rider fell at the Melbourne Hairpin on lap two and rejoined behind all but Toseland.
Round nine of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship, the Dutch TT at Assen, takes place next Saturday.
Full race results from the British Grand Prix at Donington Park, round eight of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship.
1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 44min 44.982 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 44min 50.771 secs
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 44min 53.329 secs
4. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 44min 57.660 secs
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 44min 59.783 secs
6. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 45min 0.672 secs
7. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 45min 3.178 secs
8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 45min 6.648 secs
9. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 45min 14.336 secs
10. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 45min 26.012 secs
11. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 45min 29.408 secs
12. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 45min 31.181 secs
13. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 45min 33.713 secs
14. Ben Spies USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 45min 34.573 secs
15. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 46min 7.168 secs
16. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 46min 15.003 secs
17. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 45min 32.234 secs
DNF:
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| MotoGP Donington Qualifying Results |
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| | Posted: 21st June 2008 @ 17:08:55 | |
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MotoGP » Donington Park: Qualifying times.
Saturday, 21st June 2008
MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has taken pole position for the British Grand Prix during a wet and gloomy qualifying session at Donington Park.
Having dominated in the dry on Friday, helped by some improved engine electronics, Stoner tuned himself in to the slippery conditions with sixth by the end of Saturday morning practice - but was soon on top during the qualifying hour.
Fellow Australian Chris Vermeulen then exactly matched the Ducati rider's best time from the 13th to the 42nd minute, when Vermeulen briefly broke clear, before Stoner began an unstoppable charge.
The Qatar night race winner, currently fourth in the points and 50 behind Valentino Rossi, was soon over one-second clear of Vermeulen and - whenever the opposition nibbled away at his advantage - Stoner was always able to respond.
The Ducati Marlboro rider's last lap of the afternoon pushed him 0.786secs clear of Vermeulen's Rizla Suzuki, with Rossi then snatching a late second on the grid, but still a distant 0.649secs from pole.
Stoner's second pole position in a row thus placed him at the head of an-Bridgestone top three, with Nicky Hayden leading an all-Michelin second row in front of Colin Edwards and Andrea Dovizioso.
Hayden has been rejuvenated by the use of Honda's pneumatic-valve engine, while Edwards has put himself in contention to repeat his 2007 Donington podium. London-based Italian Dovizioso was fastest of all on Saturday morning and the top rookie rider this afternoon.
Edwards' Tech 3 Yamaha team-mate James Toseland endured a nightmare session in front of his home fans, falling twice in the closing stages - a highside out of the final turn being followed moments later by a much faster accident through Starkey's. The double World Superbike champion was able to walk away but will start from a MotoGP-worst of 16th on the grid.
Enjoying a much more impressive day was Ben Spies. The reigning AMA Superbike champion, drafted in to replace the injured Loris Capirossi, qualified an excellent eighth for his MotoGP debut and did his hopes of a 2009 ride no harm.
A sore Dani Pedrosa, who will start Sunday's race seven-points behind Rossi, could manage just ninth in the rain, while Shinya Nakano rounds out the top ten for San Carlo Honda Gresini.
Anthony West, whose rear traction problems have been improved by a recent visit to the Kawasaki factory in Japan, produced his now expected wet weather magic to hold third for much of the session, but was shuffled back to a 2008-best of seventh at the chequered flag.
Team-mate John Hopkins, still nursing a back injury from Catalunya, will start eleventh with Marco Melandri 15th and returning rookie race winner Jorge Lorenzo just 17th as he seeks to rebuild his confidence after a string of accidents and injuries.
Sunday's weather forecast remains uncertain.
Full qualifying times from the British Grand Prix at a wet Donington Park, round eight of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship.
James Toseland fell twice at the end of the session, include a fast highside through Starkey's, but walked away unharmed if frustrated...
1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 38.232 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 1min 38.881 secs
3. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 39.018 secs
4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 39.270 secs
5. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 39.601 secs
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 1min 39.783 secs
7. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 39.995 secs
8. Ben Spies USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 40.244 secs
9. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 40.350 secs
10. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 40.417 secs
11. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 40.539 secs
12. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 1min 40.595 secs
13. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 40.667 secs
14. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 1min 41.110 secs
15. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 41.379 secs
16. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 41.751 secs
17. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 41.873 secs
18. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 42.933 secs
Fastest practice time:
Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 1min 28.253secs (FP2)
2007 British Grand Prix - 24/06/2007:
Pole position: Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha (M) 1min 28.531secs
Fastest lap: Toni Elias SPA Honda Gresini (B) 1min 41.428secs (wet) | |
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| BSB Snetterton Race Results |
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| | Posted: 16th June 2008 @ 16:14:44 | |
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British Superbikes » BSB Race results (1) - Snetterton.
Sunday, 15th June 2008
Leon Camier has taken his maiden British Superbike victory in superb style after resisting a thrilling last lap charge by team-mate Shane Byrne.
Signalling his long awaited first triumph at BSB level, Camier shared the lead of the race with Leon Haslam for much of the time but it was Byrne who provided the sternest challenge to his victory hopes.
Indeed, in a race that saw the top five barely separated throughout the 21 lap event, Byrne had made stealthy progress up the order after a disappointing start but launched an attack on Camier in final lap by trying to slip up the inside at the end of the Revett Straight.
However, while that failed, Camier entered the Esses too deep and ran wide, providing the invitation for Byrne to dive up the inside for that looked like would be a seventh win of the season.
Nonetheless, despite team orders being laid down by the team, Camier hit right back by slipping down the inside again at the Bombehole. Seemingly catching Byrne by surprise as they came close to contact, Camier went back through and just resisted the championship leader through the Russell Chicane to win by a mere 0.092secs.
Marking the final act of an exciting race, Camier and Byrne were thrilled to deliver Airwaves Ducati a 1-2 finish on the weekend that their 1098s are carrying an additional 10kg of weight.
Up to that point, it looked like the win was being disputed by Camier and Haslam. Making the most of being on the inside of the front row Haslam and Camier got the jump on their rivals heading into the first turn, with the HM Plant Honda assuming the advantage.
Camier was on a charge though and slipstreamed past Haslam at the end of the Revett Straight on lap four before pulling out a comfortable advantage over Haslam. Nonetheless, the Honda rider was determined to fight back and slowly, but surely, reeled Camier back in. Going on to repeat Camier's move on him earlier in the race, Haslam regained the lead with only five laps remaining.
Camier, though, wouldn't be denied, tucking up behind Haslam and going past again on lap 18. Haslam's hopes of responding ended soon after when Byrne surprised him with a move at the Russell Chicane, causing him to cut it and drop to fifth place.
Ahead of his final lap charge, Byrne had spent the majority of the race pressuring Tom Sykes in fourth place. Only making his move on the Suzuki on lap 15, Byrne seemed to have the faster bike towards the end of the race as he recorded his ninth top two finish in nine races.
Sykes stayed a strong third after losing out to Byrne but gaining from Haslam's problems, while Cal Crutchlow finished a disappointing fourth after battling back from a getaway that left him eighth at the end of the first lap.
Michael Laverty kept a watching brief in sixth place, comfortably ahead of James Ellison, who did a fine job of climbing up to seventh, passing Karl Harris and Michael Rutter. Simon Andrews rounded out the top ten, just ahead of the best Kawasaki of Billy McConnell.
In the Daily Star Cup, Gary Mason converted his pole position into a comfortable victory ahead of championship leader John Laverty.
Full race results for round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Snetterton.
1. Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Ducati 23mins 13.162secs
2. Shane Byrne GBR Airwaves Ducati +0.092
3. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki +0.597secs
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR HM Plant Honda +1.026secs
5. Leon Haslam GBR HM Plant Honda +2.311secs
6. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless TAS Suzuki +2.872secs
7. James Ellison GBR Hydrex Bike Animal Honda +6.050secs
8. Karl Harris GBR Team Yamaha +6.437secs
9. Michael Rutter GBR NW 200 Ducati +16.842secs
10. Simon Andrews GBR Lloyds Jentin Yamaha +19.540secs
11. Billy McConnell AUS MSS Discovery Kawasaki +22.306secs
12. Atsushi Watanabe JPN Rizla Suzuki +22.327secs
13. Tristan Palmer GBR Tena for Men Honda +25.794secs
14. Gary Mason GBR Quay Garage (CUP) +30.777secs
15. Marshall Neill GBR SMT Honda +32.135secs
16. John Laverty GBR NW200 Ducati (CUP) +33.030secs
17. Dean Ellison GBR Co-ordit Racing Yamaha +34.073secs
18. David Johnson AUS Maxxis Honda +40.377secs
19. Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Honda +50.160secs
20. Leon Morris GBR Trimite Brookspeed Ducati (CUP) +51.049secs
21. Tom Tunstall GBR Hardinge/Ice Valley Honda (CUP) +52.261secs
22. Martin Jessopp GBR Riders Racing Honda (CUP) +1min 05.118secs
Rtd Shannon Etheridge AUS MAR Adept Kawasaki (CUP) 17 laps completed
Rtd. Scott Smart GBR Hawk Kawasaki 12 laps completed
Rtd. Guy Martin GBR Hydrex Bike Animal Honda 11 laps completed
British Superbikes » BSB Race results (2) - Snetterton.
Sunday, 15th June 2008
Shane Byrne has won what he describes as one of the finest races of his career after an astonishing ride to British Superbike victory at a wet and rainy Snetterton.
Effectively winning the race from 13th place after being delayed on the opening lap, Shakey' was relentless as he scythed his way through the field to take a remarkably comfortable seventh win of the season over team-mate Leon Camier.
With the race delayed by more than an hour when the combination of a sudden shower and a lengthy clean-up operation from an earlier race, the second race of the day began in damp conditions.
At the start, Camier got the best getaway to win the race down to the greasy first bend, the Airwaves Ducati emerging out of the melee ahead of the fast starting Karl Harris and Byrne. Just behind, meanwhile, Scott Smart was the first victim when he tumbled off his Kawasaki coming out of the first corner.
The second loser would turn out to be Harris, who got out of shape at the Bombhole and dramatically high-sided off his Yamaha. Although most of the field dodged him, Byrne was brought to a virtual standstill as Harris clambered out of his immediate path.
Ending the first lap down in 13th place, it seemed Byrne's 100 per cent podium record this year was under a significant threat. By contrast, Camier was looking good for a double win as he established a good lead at the front.
He led Michael Rutter initially, although it was Cal Crutchlow who was soon giving chase as he recovered from another dismal start. All eyes were on Byrne though as he weaved his way through the traffic, passing some bikes two at a time on to end lap two in an outstanding seventh place.
The passing manoeuvres continued to come thick and fast, Byrne using Riches, the Esses and the Russell Chicane to make his way past his rivals. It was only when he reached Leon Haslam in third place that his mission began to stutter.
Struggling to find his way past the Honda, Byrne eventually made a pass stick on lap nine at Russell, but with just five laps of the shortened race to catch and pass Camier and Crutchlow four seconds up the road, Byrne had his work cut out.
And yet he didn't even need four laps, slipping past Crutchlow on lap 12 before denying Camier a superb double victory on the penultimate lap when he out-dragged him down to the Esses.
With the circuit all but dry as the chequered flag came out, Byrne crossed the line a clear 2.5secs up on Camier for his seventh win of the season, a result that increases his already huge championship lead to 83 points after just ten races.
Camier settled for second to give Airwaves Ducati their second 1-2 result of the day, a particularly significant performance given their weight increase this weekend. His breakthrough sees him move up to second in the standings ahead of Crutchlow, who ambled over the line in third place after an otherwise slightly disappointing two races.
Full race results for round ten of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Snetterton.
1. Shane Byrne GBR Airwaves Ducati 18mins 41.592 15 laps
2. Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Ducati +2.433secs
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR HM Plant Honda +6.012secs
4. Michael Rutter GBR NW 200 Ducati +11.875secs
5. Leon Haslam GBR HM Plant Honda +14.527secs
6. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless TAS Suzuki +19.957secs
7. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki +21.123secs
8. Simon Andrews GBR Lloyds Jentin Yamaha +21.162secs
9. Tristan Palmer GBR Tena for Men Honda +25.262secs
10. James Ellison GBR Hydrex Bike Animal Honda +27.488secs
11. Billy McConnell AUS MSS Discovery Kawasaki +28.162secs
12. Gary Mason GBR Quay Garage (CUP) +30.823secs
13. Marshall Neill GBR SMT Honda +49.394secs
14. David Johnson AUS Maxxis Honda +50.344secs
15. Dean Ellison GBR Co-ordit Racing Yamaha +50.490secs
16. John Laverty GBR NW200 Ducati (CUP) +51.690secs
17. Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Honda +50.160secs
18. Tom Tunstall GBR Hardinge/Ice Valley Honda (CUP) +52.261secs
19. Leon Morris GBR Trimite Brookspeed Ducati (CUP) +51.049secs
20. Atsushi Watanabe JPN Rizla Suzuki +1 lap
21. Shannon Etheridge AUS MAR Adept Kawasaki (CUP) +1 lap
22. Martin Jessopp GBR Riders Racing Honda (CUP) +1 lap
Rtd. Guy Martin GBR Hydrex Bike Animal Honda 6 laps completed
Rtd. Scott Smart GBR Hawk Kawasaki 0 laps completed
Rtd. Karl Harris GBR Team Yamaha 0 laps completed | |
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| WSB Nurburgring Results and Round up |
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World Superbikes » WSBK Race results (1) - Nurburgring.
Sunday, 15th June 2008
He may have six pins in his collarbone but that didn't stop Nori Haga from a superb win in Germany.
Noriyuki Haga has scored a stunning third win of the season as he fought off Troy Bayliss as well as the pain of his injured collarbone in the opening race of the day at the Nurburgring.
Less than two weeks after Haga underwent an operation to put six pins into his collarbone, which was fractured in at crash at Miller Motorsports Park, Haga showed no ill effects as he prevailed in an entertaining battle with Bayliss, who arguably threw away victory with a late mistake.
With the start delayed following a sudden hailstorm, the race nonetheless began under sunny skies. However, while pole sitter Max Neukirchner breathed a sign of relief at the prospect of a dry race, he bogged down at the start to drop to fourth by the first corner.
That helped Bayliss into the lead, ahead of the Yamaha duo of Troy Corser up from fifth on the grid and Haga. However, Haga was the man on the move as the riders entered the second lap, his wide angle into the turn one seeing him surge past Bayliss and Corser on the exit to take the lead.
Making the most of the clear circuit in front of him, Haga sprinted off into a small but comfortable lead in the first few laps, chased gamely by Bayliss and Neukirchner, the home favourite having slipped past Corser at the start of lap four.
However, with Bayliss dropping Neukirchner towards the mid-way stage of the race, he and Haga began embarking on a thrilling tête-à-tête with one another, the Ducati rider making several feigned attempts at getting past the Yamaha before eventually making his move stick at turn one on lap 14.
Almost as quickly as he had moved past though, Bayliss ran wide at the Bit Kurve, allowing Haga to slip back through. Still, with the quicker bike beneath him, Bayliss wasted no time in getting back on Haga's tail though and was back ahead at the end of lap 16 with an impressive manoeuvre at the Veedol Chicane.
Full race results for Round 13 of the World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring, Germany.
1. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 20 laps
2. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +2.025
3. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +2.792secs
4. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +5.458secs
5. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +10.225secs
6. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +10.462secs
7. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +17.018secs
8. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +20.520secs
9. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +21.162secs
10. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR +22.650secs
11. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 +22.845secs
12. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +25.555secs
13. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +25.879secs
14. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +26.288secs
15. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +32.824secs
16. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +42.157secs
17. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R +42.486secs
18. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +52.232secs
19. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR +52.387secs
20. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R +1min 00.099secs
21. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 +1 lap
22. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +4 laps
23. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 12 laps completed
24. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 6 laps completed
25. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 5 laps completed
26. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 3 laps completed
27. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 0 laps completed
World Superbikes » WSBK Race results (2) - Nurburgring.
Sunday, 15th June 2008
Noriyuki Haga is classed as the winner of the second WSBK race of the weekend at the Nurburgring, despite Troy Corser leading at the end...
Noriyuki Haga has made it a fantastic double victory at the Nurburgring following a thrilling exchange with team-mate Troy Corser that was ended prematurely when rain prompted an early red flag.
Marking his second win of the day as well as his fourth of the season Haga will admit that he was rather lucky to be classified as the winner as it was Corser who was in fact leading when the race was ended with five laps left to run.
However, with Corser having only just moved through into the lead, the count-back system meant that because Haga ended lap 15 in the lead, he would go down as the winner.
Even so, it doesn't take anything away from the Japanese rider after a mesmerising battle with his Yamaha team-mate, one that saw them swap the lead on several occasions as they destroyed the opposition around the German circuit.
Indeed, Haga and Corser were lapping almost a second faster than their rivals once they broke away from the pack on lap seven, the duo having been involved in an equally exciting four-way battle for the lead in the opening laps.
From the off, Troy Bayliss once again got the best start as he dipped into the first corner in the lead, ahead of the fast starting Corser, Haga and Neukirchner.
Just like Haga in the first race, Corser was on a charge, taking a wide line into the turn one hairpin at the start of the second lap, forcing Bayliss to brake too late and run wide. Slipping past his countryman, Neukirchner was also delighting the home fans by passing Haga at the same time for third.
It was all change on lap three though when Neukirchner's failed attempt at passing Bayliss caused him to drop behind Haga again, while Bayliss and Haga found themselves in first and second soon after when they swept past Corser on the run up to the Veedol Chicane.
With the top four running so close together, there was always the threat of something going wrong and it duly happened at the start of the fifth lap when Bayliss and Corser ran wide at turn one, allowing Haga through into the lead and Neukirchner up into second place. Indeed, Bayliss was particularly caught out by the melee when his attempts to recover third at turn two instead saw him slip behind Carlos Checa in fifth.
It was clear which bike had the advantage though and when Corser got back past Neukirchner on lap seven, he set off in search of Haga.
Quickly catching up, Corser shadowed Haga all the way until the start of lap ten when he moved into the lead, only for the Japanese rider to come back at him a lap later. Corser wasn't finished though and went back through with a daring move at the Veedol Chicane, only to run wide and allow Haga back into the lead.
Continuing to match Haga's every move, Corser made what looked like the decisive move for the lead at the start of lap 16 and began to pull away, only for the red flag to be shown and the standings at the end of the previous lap being classed as the results.
Although it remains to be seen whether Corser would have held on for victory with his move, Haga's double win is ideal for the Yamaha Italia team as it sees him get straight back into the championship fight. He is now back up to fourth, just four points adrift of Neukirchner.
Full race results for the 14th round of the World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring, Germany.
1. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 14 laps
2. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +0.150secs
3. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +5.316secs
4. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +7.651
5. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +7.951secs
6. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +9.027secs
7. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +9.420secs
8. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +9.916secs
9. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +12.862secs
10. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +13.559secs
11. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +13.960secs
12. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR +16.172secs
13. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +17.946secs
14. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +22.815secs
15. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +23.758secs
16. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +24.127secs
17. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +24.421secs
18. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +25.356secs
19. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR +25.729secs
20. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +28.846secs
21. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +33.107secs
22. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 +54.255secs
23. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +1min 04.877secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +1 lap
Rtd. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 6 laps completed
Rtd. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 5 laps completed
Rtd. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 5 laps completed | |
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| BSB Snetterton Qualifying Results |
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| | Posted: 15th June 2008 @ 8:44:32 | |
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British Superbikes » BSB Qualifying times - Snetterton.
Saturday, 14th June 2008
Shane Byrne timed his best lap to absolute perfection after storming to his fourth Bennetts British Superbike pole position of the season at Snetterton.
The championship leader crossed the line with the best lap of the weekend just as the threatening rain clouds opened up and deluged the circuit with water meaning no other runner would be able to respond.
Up to that point, Byrne had been stuck behind both HM Plant Hondas as Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow suggested they have been sandbagging somewhat this weekend by hitting the front early with a furious pace.
However, with Byrne rocketing through with a 1min 05.162secs lap at the mid-way point of the session, neither Crutchlow nor Haslam was given the chance to challenge him, therefore forcing them to settle for a spot just alongside him.
HM Plant and Airwaves Ducati fill out the front row with Leon Camier just ahead of Haslam in third and fourth on the grid. It meant Tom Sykes was a slightly disappointed fifth place on his Suzuki having been consistently second fastest throughout practice.
Karl Harris was the best of the Yamahas in sixth place, while Michael Rutter defied his Ducati's weight gain this weekend by going an encouraging seventh best. Michael Laverty led the leading Kawasaki of Billy McConnell, while James Ellison rounded out the top ten on his Hydrex Bike Animal Honda.
Elsewhere, Atsushi Watanabe showed well for Rizla Suzuki in 11th, just ahead of a disappointed Simon Andrews who could only manage 12th having spent much of the weekend well inside the top ten.
Gary Mason was the leading Daily Star Cup runner again, but having been the dominant leader this weekend so far, he will start one position ahead of closest rival John Laverty for the two races.
Full qualifying times and grid positions for the fifth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Snetterton.
1 Shane Byrne GBR Airwaves Ducati 1min 05.162 secs
2 Cal Crutchlow GBR HM Plant Honda 1min 05.261 secs
3 Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Ducati 1min 05.420 secs
4 Leon Haslam GBR HM Plant Honda 1min 05.497 secs
5 Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki 1min 05.540 secs
6 Karl Harris GBR Rob Mac Racing Yamaha 1min 05.906 secs
7 Michael Rutter GBR NW 200 Ducati 1min 05.941 secs
8 Michael Laverty GBR Relentless TAS Suzuki 1min 06.007 secs
9 Billy McConnell AUS MSS Discovery Kawasaki 1min 06.082 secs
10 James Ellison GBR Hydrex Bike Animal Honda 1min 06.113 secs
11 Atsushi Watanabe JPN Rizla Suzuki 1min 06.566 secs
12 Simon Andrews GBR Lloyds Jentin Yamaha 1min 06.621 secs
13 Tristan Palmer GBR Tena for Men Honda 1min 06.673 secs
14 Scott Smart GBR Hawk Kawasaki 1min 06.782 secs
15 Stuart Easton GBR MSS Discovery Kawasaki 1min 06.816 secs
16 Gary Mason GBR Quay Garage Honda (CUP) 1min 06.924 secs
17 John Laverty GBR NW200 Ducati (CUP) 1min 06.967 secs
18 Marshall Neill GBR SMT Honda 1min 07.109 secs
19 Dean Ellison GBR CoOrdit Yamaha 1min 07.153 secs
20 Guy Martin GBR Hydrex Bike Animal Honda 1min 07.528 secs
21 David Johnson AUS Maxxis Honda 1min 07.592 secs
22 Tom Tunstall GBR Hardinge/Ice Valley Honda (CUP) 1min 07.647 secs
23 Leon Morris GBR Trimite Brookspeed Ducati (CUP) 1min 07.894 secs
24 Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Honda 1min 08.112 secs
25 Shannon Etheridge AUS MAR Adept Kawasaki 1min 08.230 secs
26 Martin Jessopp GBR Riders Racing Honda (CUP) 1min 08.329 secs | |
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| WSB Nurburgring Qualifying Results |
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| | Posted: 15th June 2008 @ 8:36:09 | |
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World Superbikes » WSBK Superpole times - Nurburgring.
Saturday, 14th June 2008
Max Neukirchner gave home fans exactly what they wanted to see by claiming a superb pole position for round seven of the World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring.
Cheered on by a good crowd for what is effectively qualifying day', Neukirchner made the most his place in the running order that ensured he was the penultimate rider to set a time by producing a 1min 55.471secs lap, one that would place him well ahead of his rivals.
His second pole position of the season, Neukirchner was in imperious form in the middle sector especially, pulling out the four tenths gap to second place Troy Bayliss to put him in a brilliant position for a famous victory tomorrow.
With regards to the championship fight, the top three in the standings will start on the front row, with Bayliss and Carlos Checa second and third on the grid.
Bayliss had gone into qualifying as the big favourite after his stunning final lap in Qualifying 2, but could not do enough to respond to Neukirchner's attempt just moments before and was forced to settle for what is his sixth straight front row start.
Checa was a star of the session, the Spaniard defying his poor place in the running order to leap from 12th to third place with a lap that briefly looked as though would have been good enough for a surprise pole position.
Noriyuki Haga made it four different manufacturers on the front row. The Japanese rider even came very close to featuring even further forward only to make an error in the second and third sectors, while Michel Fabrizio showed good qualifying form again to round out the top five.
Unsurprisingly those who set their times in the latter stages benefited most from improving track conditions, although there were a few exceptions, namely Max Biaggi and Sebastien Gimbert, who dropped from third and sixth respectively to eighth and 15th.
For Biaggi, the Italian struggled with traction on his Sterilgarda Ducati to slip behind Troy Corser, who will start sixth, and Lorenzo Lanzi, who was another to leap up the order for seventh on the grid.
Gimbert, meanwhile, couldn't capitalise on his first time in Superpole, with a messy lap dropping him down to 15th, the Frenchman being saved from the ignominy of starting last by Yukio Kagayama, who didn't take part in Superpole after injuring himself with a fall during practice.
Karl Muggeridge did a fine job to qualify inside the top ten for the first time this season, ahead of Ducati duo Ruben Xaus and Jakub Smrz. Ryuichi Kiyonari will start in 12th place, ahead of the hobbled Regis Laconi and Fonsi Nieto, who completed Suzuki's inconsistent day by qualifying 14th.
Full qualifying times and grid positions for round seven of the World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring, Germany.
1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 55.471 secs
2. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 55.791 secs
3. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 55.888 secs
4. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 56.401 secs
5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 56.436 secs
6. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 56.522 secs
7. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 56.574 secs
8. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 56.918 secs
9. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 56.980 secs
10. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 57.053 secs
11. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 57.112 secs
12. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 57.143 secs
13. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 57.301 secs
14. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 57.491 secs
15. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 57.514 secs
16. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 No Time
Remainder of Grid decided in Qualifying 2
17. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 58.180 secs
18. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 58.322 secs
19. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 58.512 secs
20. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 58.542 secs
21. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 58.568 secs
22. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 58.654 secs
23. Russell Holland AUS D.F. Racing - Bertocchi CBR1000RR 1min 59.427 secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 59.488 secs
25. Robert Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 59.690 secs
26. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 59.789 secs
27. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 2mins 00.465 secs
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