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27 Feb 2007, 05:51 (Ref:1852551)
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Who will go the mile at Phillip Isle...and...
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27 Feb 2007, 12:14 (Ref:1852770)
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gotta be an aussie doesnt it
 .... heard today that both brookes & muggeridge have some honda australia backing for this round - they might be as fast as rolfo 
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27 Feb 2007, 13:15 (Ref:1852806)
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With any luck...
I notice no Wild Cards, not even in WSS 
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27 Feb 2007, 15:41 (Ref:1852918)
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Yeah no kidding, Rolfo didn't look too inspiring in Qatar.
I'm expecting the Ducati boys to be on the pace here. They were just astonishingly quick during the Philip Island Pirelli test. We'll see if that form holds true for the race weekend. On a side note, lots of rumors regarding Neil Hodgson and the Yamah YZF (France) team. http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Hod...~id~143759.htm http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Feb/070227b3.htm Any of you Aussie boys attending the race? |
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27 Feb 2007, 16:30 (Ref:1852965)
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Bayliss and Corser should be up there, but you can't rule Max out either.
Hodgson and Xaus on customer bikes? That could be enough to put any WSB front-runner off going to Grands Prix again - there's obviously no guarantee of a good ride when you come back. How many top Aussie championship teams run Pirelli tyres? Is that why no wildcards will be out there? |
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27 Feb 2007, 16:54 (Ref:1852988)
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[QUOTE=How many top Aussie championship teams run Pirelli tyres? Is that why no wildcards will be out there?[/QUOTE]
That's my guess. Same thing would happen if they came to America. The factory teams here run Dunlops. |
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27 Feb 2007, 23:39 (Ref:1853361)
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Most of our guys run dunlops aswell.
Last time I remember a wild card was Josh Brookes in 2004 in SuperSport...he won. 
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28 Feb 2007, 08:09 (Ref:1853534)
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Our Superbike regulations are different to the WSB regs, so that accounts for no locals in the WSB races.
A shame no Supersport riders are competing though. Time was when the regulars didn't have a hope against the local Aussies at the WSB round, particularly in the early days at Oran Park. Even in the late 90s the likes of Steve Martin, Mark Willis & Craig Connell (where have them two gone?) were in amongst the top 10. |
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28 Feb 2007, 08:54 (Ref:1853551)
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28 Feb 2007, 12:46 (Ref:1853745)
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Lol, you might get a call up mate, your one day squad needs all the help it can get at the moment!
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1 Mar 2007, 19:04 (Ref:1854827)
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Maybe he's part of the one day squad.
 My money is on Biaggi this weekend. I just have a feeling. |
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1 Mar 2007, 23:15 (Ref:1855004)
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Personally I think Biaggi and Toseland will be the men to beat once again this weekend. It will be interesting to see if Corser, Haga, Kagayama etc can close the gap to the front 2 a little though, as has been said Toesland and Biaggi already have a bit of a gap back to Lanzi.
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2 Mar 2007, 02:32 (Ref:1855174)
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Bayliss quickest in first practice from Toseland and Corser
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2 Mar 2007, 06:47 (Ref:1855331)
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Toseland on provisional pole:
1 James Toseland 1min 32.040 secs 2 Troy Bayliss 1min 32.641 secs 3 Fonsi Nieto 1min 32.769 secs 4 Lorenzo Lanzi 1min 32.774 secs 5 Troy Corser 1min 32.900 secs 6 Max Biaggi 1min 32.998 secs 7 Yukio Kagayama 1min 33.154 secs 8 Noriyuki Haga 1min 33.244 secs 9 Ruben Xaus 1min 33.315 secs 10 Max Neukirchner 1min 33.523 secs 11 Michel Fabrizio 1min 33.690 secs 12 Steve Martin 1min 33.748 secs 13 Karl Muggeridge 1min 33.783 secs 14 Roberto Rolfo 1min 33.865 secs 15 Jakub Smrz 1min 34.092 secs 16 Josh Brookes 1min 34.521 secs 17 Regis Laconi 1min 34.571 secs 18 Shinichi Nakatomi 1min 35.572 secs 19 Christain Zaiser 1min 35.745 secs 20 Alessandro Polita 1min 35.847 secs 21 Dean Ellison 1min 37.249 secs 22 Jiri Drazdak 1min 38.367 secs Pretty close times up front. Message to Roberto Rolfo, you have a fast bike, it's ok to go quicker...
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3 Mar 2007, 23:58 (Ref:1857496)
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Superpole times:
1 Troy Bayliss 1min 32.145 secs 2 James Toseland 1min 32.198 secs 3 Troy Corser 1min 32.605 secs 4 Noriyuki Haga 1min 32.879 secs 5 Max Biaggi 1min 32.928 secs 6 Fonsi Nieto 1min 33.132 secs 7 Max Neukirchner 1min 33.188 secs 8 Ruben Xaus 1min 33.367 secs 9 Regis Laconi 1min 33.368 secs 10 Lorenzo Lanzi 1min 33.966 secs 11 Steve Martin 1min 33.994 secs 12 Josh Brookes 1min 34.731 secs 13 Shinichi Nakatomi 1min 35.088 secs 14 Michel Fabrizio 1min 35.215 secs 15 Jakub Smrz 1min 35.327 secs 16 Alessandro Polita 1min 35.734 secs 17 Christain Zaiser 1min 35.745 secs 18 Roberto Rolfo 1min 36.295 secs 19 Jiri Drazdak 1min 37.197 secs 20 Dean Ellison 1min 37.249 secs Bayliss double? Toseland looks good again. Not a Lanzi track I guess? Battle of the Troys? Wake up call for Rolfo! |
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4 Mar 2007, 01:57 (Ref:1857586)
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There we go then, Bayliss takes race one. Easy.
Toseland and Biaggi on the podium also. |
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4 Mar 2007, 02:00 (Ref:1857590)
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Good race. Was a great three way until Corser's tyre got shagged.
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4 Mar 2007, 03:15 (Ref:1857615)
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Oooh we get "two classic PI" races.
I bet one is 2000 Race 1.
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4 Mar 2007, 03:15 (Ref:1857616)
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ACtually, I bet both are Gobert races.
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4 Mar 2007, 06:21 (Ref:1857669)
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Nice to see Bayliss bag a win. Toseland is looking really good. Race 2 looks like it was a cracker. Once again however, I will have to wait till Tuesday to watch the races.
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4 Mar 2007, 07:44 (Ref:1857710)
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Don't sound so bitter. I'm sure that Speed had to show the Replays of last year's mexico city first practice for the Arca series.
Instead of showing WSBK live.
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5 Mar 2007, 11:03 (Ref:1858805)
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The battle between Corser, Haga and biaggi in race 2 was awesome.
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