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official testing has started for the '10 season. these are times from the 2nd day (Jan 22nd) of testing.

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 42.270s
2. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 42.557s
3. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1098R 1min 42.877s
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 42.960s
5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 1min 43.137s
6. James Toseland GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1min 43.157s
7. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 43.364s
8. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 1min 43.417s
9. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 43.471s
10. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 43.508s
11. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R 1min 43.629s
12. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1min 43.749s
13. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 43.931s
14. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 44.108s
15. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 1min 44.365s
16. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 44.570s
17. Broc Parkes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR 1min 44.751s
18. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR 1min 45.348s
19. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 46.990s
20. Javier Fores ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1min 47.293s

i'm kind of happy to see Toseland already being put in his place; being 2nd to his team mate.

Roger Lee Hayden, has his work cutout for him. g/l to him.

life sux die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9yf-Xuq_g

Kusai.Nihonjin.Desu

I hope Haslam does well; I was pulling for him to win SS last year.

Haga, we're begging you to PLEASE put it all together this year.

fatboy01

I don't plan on seeing that Kawi on too many podiums...

life sux die

Haslam, raced SBK last year.

hah! nor do i, but it's just nice to see another american there you know.



more behind the scenes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWZDeTZyDbA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFKbe31CJ7A

Kusai.Nihonjin.Desu

lol dang it I meant Laverty. :p

Woohoo February is right around the corner. :D

bad-monkey

i think Rea/Neukirchner v. Crutchlow/Toseland v. Haga/Fabrizio v Biaggi is going to be some fabulous racing this year.

I'm sad that my favorite sbk rider lost his seat and is back in BSB (Kiyonari)

Quiks66

The U.K. is very well represented this year, should be interesting.

Somewhat happy to see Toseland back in a series in a competitive way. Let's hope he does well and can't regularly blame his poor results on mechanical/otherwise out of his control variables.

Haga, it's time to take it home.

bad-monkey

yeah, haga doesn't have many excuses left.

it'll be interesting to see how toseland reacts to having to compete with a very quick cal crutchlow.

FF-Greg

Ya i like your match up's for the 2010 year

Rea and crutchlow will be a good match up

life sux die

i'm rooting for crutchlow. he's a solid rider, and i'm a yamaha fanboy.

haga will go down as one of the best riders that never won a championship.

life sux die

'09 behind the scenes footage from Portimao, posted on the official WSBK youtube channel earlier today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THvoMatwfn8

FF-Greg

Nice footy. Were are you watching the first race doggie?

life sux die

i have no idea. might roll out to a hooters or something to watch it with some homies, i'll let you know.

ragnaroek

i'm rooting for crutchlow this year!

i'd like to see aprilia do well - even if it means biaggi winning

life sux die

WSBK IS GETTIN' CLOSER!!! 2010 SNEAK PEAK!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzZs0-0QwzY

zareff

lol at corser's hat :D

wesvailco

-edit: i just spent about 15mins watching a dyno run of the RSV4, the amount of engine torks is unbelievable....off throttle it wanted to stop the drum, almost as if the rear brake was applied. incredible @ 1:25.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EDnm...eature=related

life sux die

man! my boy crutchlow needs to pick up the pace. slightly over 1 sec. from 1st... the whole pack is ****ing close. i can't wait for the season to kick off.

Phillip Island Official Test - Day 2 - SBK Aggregate

Monday, 22 February 2010 07:53


1 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'31.650
2 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'31.662
3 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'31.680
4 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'31.959
5 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.175
6 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'32.247
7 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'32.279
8 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'32.474
9 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'32.621
10 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.691
11 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'32.714
12 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'32.781
13 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'32.819
14 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'32.830
15 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'32.869
16 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'32.870
17 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'32.880
18 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'33.202
19 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'33.699
20 25 Brookes J. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.710
21 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'33.943
22 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.945
23 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'35.663
24 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'35.763

Jasper_db1

So none of you say that you didn't have time to plan, who's coming with me to WSBK @ Miller this year? :D

My choice for this year's Championship is Haga.

bad-monkey

heh i guess ducati really like Phillip Island?

life sux die

WSBK is back!!! race 1 was ehhh... race 2 had some nice action. my team needs to pick up the pace and get their chassis issues sorted.

The Hooligan

races start in 30 minutes, yeaa boy

Jasper_db1

Crap I missed it. Spoilers?

The Hooligan

haslam won first race with fabrizio and haga on his tail the whole race. it was a photo finish for first place.

second race, checa passed haslam last lap to take a first place.