[rubbish]

Surprised nobody started this yet! I guess with all the racing going on this weekend, GP, WSBK, MotoAmerica, there's a lot going on...gonna be great!

Anyway...FP1 Ducati in 1st and 2nd. FP2, 3rd and 4th behind the Kawasakis. Like I said...Davies likes this track. He'll do well in the race if he keeps it up on 2 wheels.

The replacement guy, Fores, is doing fantastic too, right behind Davies each time. Impressive!

 

[219R]

Sooo many Ducatis racin this weekend, it's a full time job keeping up!!......having a job is good....just sayin...

 

[shakazulu12]

Superstock 1000 field is also pretty bunched up with all the new bikes. Should be another fun one to watch. Interesting to me that the SSTK bikes are only down a few KM/hr in the traps.

 

[Tuned]

Quali was good… thou, I'm still betting Chaz suffers on the straight's and with rear tire wear.

I'm betting Chaz finishes 2nd or 3rd in both races behind the kawasaki's and/or perhaps Haslam. They're using a different configuration then last year, so I think the heavy breaking issues they had in the past going into the corner at the end of the straight, won't be as much of a problem this year.

Should be an exciting race!

 

[rubbish]

Superstock 1000 field is also pretty bunched up with all the new bikes. Should be another fun one to watch. Interesting to me that the SSTK bikes are only down a few KM/hr in the traps.

Yeah the WSBK bikes have really been limited this year...last year they were about 15 km/h faster on most tracks. Nice to see a bunch of new Yamahas on the STK1000 grid. And a couple of Aprilias...oddly enough, no Hondas though!

 

[W17]

It's been a while . Bout time

 

[219R]

..............................................................SPOILER...........................................................................

OMG...... am I dreaming....................................just in awe..............................................................

 

[219R]

It's been a while . Bout time

Indeed!!!!


Live is fucking Good!!!!!

 

[219R]

Superbike - Results Race 2
Aragon, 10-11-12 April 2015 102/03
Laps 18 = 91,386 Km - Time Of Race 33'34.669 - Avg. 163,297 km/h 1 / 2
Pos
R1 R2 Tot Pos
Qualifying
Grid No. Rider Nat Team Bike LL Gap Fastest Lap Speed Speed
Ranking
Race Time
1 2 7 C. DAVIES GBR Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team Ducati Panigale R 18 1'51.156 300,0 1'49.697 301,7 20 25 83 3
2 4 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 3.190 1'51.226 305,9 1'50.053 302,5 25 20 140 1
3 1 91 L. HASLAM GBR Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils Aprilia RSV4 RF 18 3.712 1'51.447 305,1 1'49.664 303,4 13 16 114 2
4 7 81 J. TORRES ESP Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils Aprilia RSV4 RF 18 14.216 1'51.879 311,2 1'50.735 306,8 11 13 63 5
5 5 112 X. FORES ESP Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team Ducati Panigale R 18 20.524 1'52.269 300,8 1'50.449 301,7 10 11 21 13
6 12 44 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 25.878 1'52.810 305,9 1'52.016 300,0 10 25 12
7 10 36 L. MERCADO ARG BARNI Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 18 25.939 1'52.502 305,9 1'51.243 300,8 8 9 38 9
8 11 60 M. VD MARK NED PATA Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR SP 18 26.075 1'52.459 303,4 1'51.510 299,2 8 28 11
9 6 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 18 27.253 1'52.613 305,1 1'50.670 304,2 7 7 20
10 9 18 N. TEROL ESP Althea Racing Ducati Panigale R 18 28.666 1'52.287 302,5 1'51.146 301,7 9 6 41 7
11 13 15 M. BAIOCCO ITA Althea Racing Ducati Panigale R 18 41.038 1'53.043 300,0 1'51.404 300,8 4 5 39 8
12 18 40 R. RAMOS ESP Team Go Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 41.983 1'53.501 297,5 1'53.138 293,5 3 4 16 15
13 19 14 R. DE PUNIET FRA VOLTCOM Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 42.961 1'53.444 302,5 1'53.477 304,2 3 15 16
14 8 22 A. LOWES GBR VOLTCOM Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 43.057 1'53.036 304,2 1'50.924 301,7 2 34 10
15 15 2 L. CAMIER GBR MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 1000 F4 18 43.375 1'53.159 296,7 1'52.526 291,1 6 1 21 14
16 17 23 C. PONSSON FRA Grillini SBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 59.139 1'54.268 290,3 1'53.065 284,2 2 3 21
17 20 51 S. BARRAGÁN ESP Grillini SBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 59.296 1'54.132 291,9 1'53.830 285,7 5 8 19
18 16 59 N. CANEPA ITA Team Hero EBR EBR 1190 RX 18 1'16.004 1'54.257 290,3 1'52.970 288,0 1 1 24
19 22 72 L. PEGRAM USA Team Hero EBR EBR 1190 RX 18 1'33.714 1'55.786 282,0 1'55.858

 

[219R]

Superbike - Results Race 1
Aragon, 10-11-12 April 2015 102/03
Laps 18 = 91,386 Km - Time Of Race 33'36.937 - Avg. 163,113 km/h 1 / 2
Pos
R1 R2 Tot Pos
Qualifying
Grid No. Rider Nat Team Bike LL Gap Fastest Lap Speed Speed
Ranking
Race Time
1 4 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 1'51.032 311,2 1'50.053 302,5 25 120 1
2 2 7 C. DAVIES GBR Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team Ducati Panigale R 18 0.051 1'50.967 306,8 1'49.697 301,7 20 58 4
3 3 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 4.977 1'50.890 303,4 1'49.863 303,4 16 66 3
4 1 91 L. HASLAM GBR Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils Aprilia RSV4 RF 18 15.088 1'51.341 308,6 1'49.664 303,4 13 98 2
5 7 81 J. TORRES ESP Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils Aprilia RSV4 RF 18 15.290 1'51.646 311,2 1'50.735 306,8 11 50 5
6 5 112 X. FORES ESP Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team Ducati Panigale R 18 16.655 1'51.620 305,9 1'50.449 301,7 10 10 17
7 9 18 N. TEROL ESP Althea Racing Ducati Panigale R 18 17.365 1'52.113 305,1 1'51.146 301,7 9 35 7
8 10 36 L. MERCADO ARG BARNI Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 18 25.527 1'52.489 306,8 1'51.243 300,8 8 29 10
9 14 1 S. GUINTOLI FRA PATA Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR SP 18 31.464 1'52.583 309,5 1'51.481 300,0 7 48 6
10 15 2 L. CAMIER GBR MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 1000 F4 18 43.013 1'53.423 295,1 1'52.526 291,1 6 20 12
11 20 51 S. BARRAGÁN ESP Grillini SBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 43.627 1'53.575 295,9 1'53.830 285,7 5 8 19
12 13 15 M. BAIOCCO ITA Althea Racing Ducati Panigale R 18 44.893 1'53.183 305,1 1'51.404 300,8 4 34 8
13 18 40 R. RAMOS ESP Team Go Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 47.663 1'53.209 304,2 1'53.138 293,5 3 12 16
14 17 23 C. PONSSON FRA Grillini SBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 1'11.843 1'54.441 290,3 1'53.065 284,2 2 3 20
15 16 59 N. CANEPA ITA Team Hero EBR EBR 1190 RX 18 1'15.919 1'54.374 287,2 1'52.970 288,0 1 1 23
16 21 90 J. ALVIZ ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 1'20.816 1'55.391 290,3 1'55.223
17 22 72 L. PEGRAM USA Team Hero EBR EBR 1190 RX 18 1'22.279 1'55.803 288,8 1'55.858 2 21
18 23 10 I. TOTH HUN BMW Team Toth BMW S1000 RR 17 1 Lap 1'57.417 299,2 1'56.948
19 24 75 G. RIZMAYER HUN BMW Team Toth BMW S1000 RR 17 1 Lap 1'57.433 290,3 1'57.141

 

[219R]

Holy Shit........

Sunday, 12 April 2015 11:48 +0000 UTC






First win for Ducati in WorldSBK since 2012 and first ever in Superbike for the Panigale.

The second 18-lap race at MotorLand Aragon, run in much warmer conditions, was won by Briton Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team), after a dominating performance. The Welshman led from turn one to build up a comfortable lead courtesy of a stellar race pace, eventually taking the flag for his fifth career win by 3.1 seconds. Davies last won a WorldSBK race at the Nürburgring in Germany in 2013, but his victory in Spain not only ended Ducati’s 58-race winning drought but also marked the first win for the Panigale R machine in the series.

Race 1 winner Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), suffering from a fever, battled hard throughout the whole race with former team mate Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), who looked much more at home in race 2 than he did in the earlier encounter. Second position would eventually go to Rea, thus extending his championship lead to 26 points, with Haslam taking the final place on the rostrum as the pair were split by just 0.5s at the chequered flag.

Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) took a well-earned fourth position, circulating more or less alone for the latter part of the race, the rookie looking pleased on his return to the pit box. Xavi Fores claimed another solid result on his debut weekend with the Aruba.it Ducati Superbike Team in fifth.

David Salom (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) completed the top-6 after overhauling Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing Ducati), Michael van Der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) and Nico Terol (Althea Racing Ducati) in the final two laps.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was running fourth and looked comfortable before high-siding spectacularly on lap five. Reigning champion Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) also fell at the fast turn 14 which ends the lap, the Frenchman was able to walk away.

Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) had another race to forget, the young English rider running off track in the early stages before recovering to salvage two points with a 14th place finish at the flag.

 

[219R]

 

[aftriathlete]

Man, Chaz made that win look easy!

 

[Neo-996]

It was over from turn one lap one.
Race 1 was great too.
Let's keep it rolling.

 

[219R]

It was over from turn one lap one.
Race 1 was great too.
Let's keep it rolling.

Yeah so much for the anti-Pani-Ducati-stressed motor-mumbo-jumbo bullshit.....just a gr8 race......................

 

[freighttrain]

Yeah so much for the anti-Pani-Ducati-stressed motor-mumbo-jumbo bullshit.....just a gr8 race......................

Yes.. Indeed it was a great race..

 

[treekiwi]

Yeah so much for the anti-Pani-Ducati-stressed motor-mumbo-jumbo bullshit.....just a gr8 race......................

Yep, I have to say that the negative comments about the Pani's handling and twisting under torque appear to be overrated. Maybe the riders reporting such are simply ham fisted.

 

[rubbish]

Fuck yeah!!! Did I not say that several weeks ago??? I said the Panigale would win before the GP15 and that it would be Davies at Aragon to do it! Should've bet money on that!!! Suck on that Tye! opcorn:

This was a great fuckin day! :yo: :ahhh:

It was a bummer Chaz lost out on the first race by 0.051 seconds only! I was really impressed with his aggression at the end...normally he would've stayed behind, but he gave it his best and put up a hell of an effort. Then he said, "fuck this" and ran away with it from the start in the next race!

 

[219R]

Yep, I have to say that the negative comments about the Pani's handling and twisting under torque appear to be overrated. Maybe the riders reporting such are simply ham fisted.

or pig headed...just something...

 

[219R]

Love your post Rub!!...Fuck yes....