SBK last race of the year Portugal

Superbike - Superpole
Update: November 01, 2008, 18.10 PM ET Comment Email Print

1 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'58.548
2 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.023
3 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.027
4 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'02.107
5 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 2'02.779
6 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.861
7 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'03.014
8 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'03.023
9 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'03.494
10 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'04.420
11 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 2'04.496
12 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'05.250
13 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'05.408
14 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'06.354
15 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'06.830
16 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'10.953
17 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.334
18 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'45.469
19 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.533
20 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.659
21 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.796
22 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'45.803
23 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'46.010
24 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.257
25 18 Bridewell T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1'46.283
26 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.753
27 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.231
28 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'47.310
29 14 Carreira L. (POR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 1'47.675
30 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.898
31 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'49.239


Supersport - Qualifying 2nd Session
Update: November 01, 2008, 15.35 PM ET Comment Email Print

1 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'45.156
2 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R6 1'45.226
3 77 Veneman B. (NED) Suzuki GSX-R600 1'45.587
4 88 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'45.629
5 69 Nannelli G. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'45.712
6 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Honda CBR600RR 1'45.872
7 25 Brookes J. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'45.904
8 41 Hayes J. (USA) Honda CBR600RR 1'45.996
9 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 1'46.091
10 105 Vizziello G. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'46.092
11 8 Aitchison M. (AUS) Triumph 675 1'46.149
12 11 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'46.163
13 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'46.194
14 44 Salom D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R6 1'46.381
15 116 Sanna S. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'46.381
16 99 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R6 1'46.417
17 83 Van Keymeulen D. (BEL) Suzuki GSX-R600 1'46.531
18 17 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'46.554
19 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF-R6 1'46.630
20 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph 675 1'46.756
21 122 Silva I. I. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R6 1'47.219
22 34 Nemeth B. (HUN) Honda CBR600RR 1'47.399
23 30 Günther J. (GER) Honda CBR600RR 1'47.442
24 21 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'47.517
25 47 Clementi I. (ITA) Triumph 675 1'47.994
26 7 Vostárek P. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.053
27 240 Tizon A. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R600 1'48.738
28 126 Martin C. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'48.765
29 117 Sacchetti D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.914
30 51 Barragan S. (ESP) Honda CBR600RR 1'49.889
31 155 Dias T. (POR) Yamaha YZF-R6 1'50.073
32 20 Silva H. H. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'51.687





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Laconi In the Leading Mix At Portimao
Portimao, Portugal, 1 November 2008
A wet Superpole contest saw Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Ninja ZX-10R) qualify inside the top ten, giving him a third row start for Sunday’s 22-lap races. His team-mate Makoto Tamada could not get into the same rich seam of form, and he finished 26th fastest in what was another changeable day of weather. Clear skies were eventually replaced by cloud and rain.

Laconi has been seventh quickest in the dry final qualifying session this morning, and looked set for a similar place on the grid until the rains arrived with a vengeance. Despite his best final effort, the track was too wet to make further improvements.

Regis Laconi: “I think I made a mistake because I waited too long at the beginning of the session. Then the rain started to come down harder. I stopped in the pits and hoped it would be better. When it stopped raining again I went out and tried to go faster again because it was still very wet on the track surface. There were places where I was aquaplaning and it was quite risky. I had a good qualifying session in the dry and I have a good feeling on the bike here, wet or dry. When the track has a lot of grip the bike is very good.”

Makoto Tamada: “During the qualifying session in the morning we noticed that I was still too slow entering the corners, so we decided to modify the offset and adopt the settings used by Regis. That solution gave us improvements and we tested tyre life as well. We’ll continue to work on the tyre choice during tomorrow morning’s warm up session.”

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Fujiwara And Martin Take Their First Dry Steps At Portimao
Portimao, Portugal, 1 November 2008
Katsuaki Fujiwara (GIL Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) ended qualifying in 24th place overall, after the weather finally changed for the better at the 4.592km circuit in Portugal. Chris Martin (GIL Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) overcame the effects of a flu virus to go 28th in qualifying, in preparation for Sunday’s 20-lap WSS race.

After much anticipation the Portimao track proved to be all it was expected to be, but its challenging layout made it a real tough prospect for all the riders, particularly with a reduced amount of dry practice time when day one was plagued by heavy rain.

The normal race card has been brought forward one hour at this round, to maximise the available daylight should there be any delays in the running order. Thus the Supersport race takes place at 12.20 GMT, one hour behind regular Central European Time.

Katsuaki Fujiwara: “It’s a little bit of a difficult track, in wet or dry, but it is a very exciting place to ride. It is hard to pass here as well. It is not so easy for us around here, however, and the main thing holding us back appears under braking and during corner entries.”

Chris Martin: “I have had flu for the last few days and I feel terrible. I am not exactly tired on the bike and I have enjoyed riding, but I am just drained. We have had few problems with bike set-up but tomorrow I just want to get away and into the race. The new track is very up and down hill. We seem to be lifting the front everywhere when other people are not, but we will be right for the races.”

where's west???

A bit of a late one but I've got tomorrow off

World Superbike Championships Round 14, Portimao, Portugal 09:45 pm - 03:00 am
Sunday November 02 2008
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its raining here a lot mates track looks great so lets see

where's west???

Umm, still in MotoGP till next year

where's west???

Umm, still in MotoGP till next year

i thought GP was finished and he was racing last race or 2 in the supersport

stiggy website still has this season's two riders on their web page... robbin harms and josh brookes...

Can someone post a layout or pic of the circuit ? Can't seem to find one anywhere, I know it's a new circuit but there must be one somewhere?

Ill post a vid and some info as well, give me a few mins.

alright not a video, but the official track site. please click for info in english, top right corner


http://autodromodoalgarve.com/index/

"The new Portimao circuit has come in for substantial praise from both World Superbike riders and team bosses following the first day of action around the Portuguese circuit.

The track, officially known as the Parkalgar Algarve Motor Park, is hosting its first event this weekend after being designed and built in less than a year.

Indeed, while the adverse weather conditions that are somewhat indicative of its late October/early November position were causing some problems for the riders as they learnt their way around the circuit, a round thumbs up was nonetheless given for the challenge it represents.


Provisional pole sitter Troy Corser was particularly impressed, suggesting the circuit, which has been designed to feature several undulations, has a layout similar to that of American tracks.

“I love the layout of this track,” he muses. “It reminds me of some of the USA tracks because of all the ups and downs. I like going to new tracks and the challenge of learning them and building up knowledge bit by bit.

“This circuit is a technical track and although it is not hard to learn, it is the kind of track where it's difficult to shave off those last fractions of a second. There are some corners where it's possible to make up half a second or more if you know exactly what you are doing.”

Carlos Checa, meanwhile, states that the circuit is ‘one of the most fun circuits' he has ever competed on, while Regis Laconi adds that he believes the track is very ‘dynamic'.

It wasn't just riders coming out in Portimao's praise though, with Yamaha Italia team boss Massimo Meregalli impressed with the quality of the facilities and infrastructure, particularly given its meagre ten-month building scale.

“It is an unbelievable track, one of the most beautiful circuits in the world. They did a great job here, and all in ten months. I think it is also a good winter test venue, especially as it is in Europe."



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the track has a website... http://www.autodromodoalgarve.com/index/

here is the SBK track... tho there are many others...

* Perimeter > 4658m
* Length in straights > 3238m
* Length in corners > 1420m
* Width of track > 14m
* Number of corners > 15
* To right > 9
* To left > 6
* Minimum radius of corner > 20m
* Maximum radius of corner > 152m
* Maximum Slope > 6,2%
* Maximum Gradient > 12,0%
* Maximum Bank > 8,0%
* Minimum Bank > 2,0%


Starting Straight

* Lenght > 969m
* Width > 18m

wow what a response!!!! Thanx guys....now can anyone get me a tax refund??? just jokin

cut a little bit off that and its almost the same as PI but backwards