WSBK Qatar/Losail GP 2008 Discussion

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The 2008 season starts this weekend in Qatar!:D Finally!!

1. Troy Corser- 1:59.627
2. Troy Bayliss- 1:59.853
3. Fonsi Nieto- 2:00.307
4. Noriyuki Haga- 2:00.476
5. Yukio Kagayama- 2:00.599
6. Ruben Xaus- 2:00.695
7. Lorenzo Lanzi- 2:00.724
8. Max Biaggi- 2:00.744
9. Sebastien Gimbert- 2:00.857
10. Max Neukirchner- 2:00.904
11. Michel Fabrizio- 2:00.937
12. Karl Muggeridge- 2:01.086
13. Carlos Checa- 2:01.409
14. Ayrton Badovini- 2:01.677
15. Gregorio Lavilla- 2:01.729
16. Jakub Smrz- 2:01.955
17. David Checa- 2:01.984
18. Roberto Rolfo- 2:02.004
19. Regis Laconi- 2:02.100
20. Vittorio Iannuzzo- 2:02.256

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Race 1
The battles within the top 5 were spectaclar! Nori taking a nasty spill under strange circumstances, yet finishing the race, and Bayliss with his propensity for running wide today, made the first race of the season an exciting one! Not to mention, the first Superbike win at Losail for Ducati:D:finishfirst:.

1. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) 

2. Max Biaggi (Ducati) +0.396
3. Troy Corser (Yamaha) +1.878 

4. Ruben Xaus (Ducati) +4.487 

5. Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) +7.505
6. Carlos Checa (Honda) +9.639 

7. Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki) +9.725
8. Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) +19.537
9. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) +23.156 

10. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) +24.429 

11. Roberto Rolfo (Honda) +27.595 

12. Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) +27.979 

13. Gregorio Lavilla (Honda) +28.237 

14. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) +30.205 

15. Regis Laconi (Kawasaki) +31.882

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Race 2
No love lost between Xaus and Biaggi! Easily the greatest battle on track for race two. Fonsi Nieto!?!:eek: Haha! The 30 year old Spaniard garners his first ever WSBK win in his 3rd year in the series:finishfirst:.

1. Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki)
2. Ruben Xaus (Ducati) +0.301
3. Max Biaggi (Ducati) +1.321
4. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) +6.452
5. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) +7.627
6. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) +9.117
7. Troy Corser (Yamaha) +10.806
8. Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) +11.661
9. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) +13.269
10. Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) +14.563
11. Carlos Checa (Honda) +15.953
12. Makoto Tamada (Kawasaki) +16.748
13. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) +18.356
14. Gregorio Lavilla (Honda) +26.311
15. Roberto Rolfo (Honda) +26.560

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[Harakimi]

Lots of familiar names in the game. Looks it might be an interesting season. :thumbsup:

[JoStream]

I wanted to watch that race! Didn't work out with the timings though :mad:

And as always when there is a great race on, I'm not at home to see it :rolleyes:. Ah well, now I have some catching up to do. See I told you Bayliss would do well ;)

[saltysurprise]

I wanted to watch that race! Didn't work out with the timings though :mad:

And as always when there is a great race on, I'm not at home to see it :rolleyes:. Ah well, now I have some catching up to do. See I told you Bayliss would do well ;)

So did I!!:lol: I didn't get to see it until today (and I still haven't got to watch race 2). Bayliss sneaking past Biaggi on the end of the last lap, when he was down to as low as eighth, running wide.. WOW!:eek::finishfirst: It really is a great race worth watching. I hadn't got to see how/why Nori bailed until I got to see the whole race:eek:

I've got both races on DVD if you'd like them;) The new DVR=:D It'll be on again, Tuesday on Speed (usually) I think.