Challenging start to the season for Yamaha Sterilgarda at Phillip Island
28.02.2010: It wasn't an easy start for Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland today at the season opening race in Phillip Island Australia. Race one saw both riders crash out, Crutchlow losing the front having run wide on onto a dirty section
It wasn't an easy start for Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland today at the season opening race in Phillip Island Australia. Race one saw both riders crash out, Crutchlow losing the front having run wide on onto a dirty section of track on lap two and Toseland highsiding on the fifth lap.
Race two saw a fiercely contested battle for points with both riders fighting off riders including Biaggi, Corser and others to stay within the top ten. Combined with a less than perfect set up on both bikes and struggling for grip the riders put in an incredible ride to bring their bikes home in the points, Crutchlow in ninth and Toseland tenth.
Crutchlow moves on to round two in Portimao in 12th position in the championship on seven points, team-mate Toseland sits just behind in 13th with six points.
Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (DNF, 9th) "Race one was unfortunate, I felt we had good pace and were running up in the top five quite comfortably, I just made a little mistake. I was a bit better than Rea into the hairpin so had to run wide to avoid him and lost the front on the dirt. The second race was hard, I felt like I had no grip from the start and still some chattering. If we had better grip we could have pulled more out of it. We need to go back to the drawing board and work some stuff out." James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (DNF, 10th) "I really needed to finish the second race after the crash in the first. To only finish 14 seconds from the front with the issues we've had this weekend is not so bad. I was really disappointed with the first race, with my injury on Friday I wanted to have two good finishes today. Full credit to the team they've tried so hard but unfortunately we haven't had the software here to solve the issue.
We know what the problem is and I've given enough feedback and input to give the guys a direction to go in. We've got a lot of work to do, no doubt, but even with all the problems we're not actually that far away. The package, the power, the balance and the suspension have come on leaps and bounds. On to Portimao now, it's a long season so we can do it."
Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager "It was definitely a really tough weekend for us. We solved some problems, and some we still have to work on. As we spent the two day test and the first day of the race weekend resolving the chatter issue, qualifying and race day was our first opportunity to really test the 2010 bike set up.
We've seen that we have the potential to do well so we will go home and start working on the solutions to be ready to fight for the Portimao races. The team have worked really hard over the last few days to try and solve the issues and both Cal and James have given 100% to meet the challenges." Circuit Length: 4.445 Weather: Windy Lap Record: 1'32.402 (Troy Bayliss, 01/01/2006) Fastest Lap Ever: 1'31.069 (Ben Spies, 01/03/2009) Last Years Winner: Ben Spies 2010 WSB Australia - Phillip Island 28/02/2010 Race 1 - 22 Laps 1 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 34'13.435 2 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'00.004 3 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'00.769 4 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'10.201 5 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'10.782 6 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'11.079 7 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 0'11.208 8 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'16.522 9 Troy Corser BMW AUS 0'20.291 10 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'26.352 11 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 0'29.775 12 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 0'30.155 13 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 0'31.951 14 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'31.957 15 Andrew Pitt BMW AUS 0'55.082
Race 2 - 22 Laps 1 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 34'16.428 2 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'00.307 3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'00.434 4 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'00.837 5 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'03.453 6 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'11.530 7 Troy Corser BMW AUS 0'12.026 8 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'13.068 9 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 0'14.401 10 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 0'14.707 11 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 0'14.743 12 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'14.851 13 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'15.143 14 Joshua Brookes Honda AUS 0'30.947 15 Andrew Pitt BMW AUS 0'41.855 Best Lap Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 1'32.193 Rider Standings 28/02/2010
1. Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 45 2. Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 36 3. Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 34 4. Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 27 5. Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 23 6. Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 23 7. Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 19 8. Troy Corser BMW AUS 16 9. Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 10 10. Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 9 11. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 8 12. Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 7 13. James Toseland Yamaha GBR 6 14. Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 6 15. Max Neukirchner Honda GER 4 Manufacturer Standings 28/02/2010
British riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland demonstrated the big steps forward in bike set up on the 2010 R1 today, challenging through all three Superpole sessions to take first and second row starts respectively.
Both riders had used their qualifier tyres by the end of the second session, using race rubber for their final heat. In an amazing turn of speed Crutchl weiter >>
2010 WSB Australia - Phillip Island 27/02/2010 Superpole 1 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 1'31.229 2 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 1'31.245 3 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 1'31.642 4 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 1'31.671 5 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 1'31.696 6 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 1'31.757 7 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 1'31.912 8 James Toseland Yam weiter >>
Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland made a purposeful start to the first race weekend of the season today at the Phillip Island circuit. The riders faced a day of serious heat with track temperatures hitting 45°C. Having now solved the chatter issues that dominated the test last week, both Crutchlow and Toseland spent both the practice and qualifying s weiter >>
SUPERBIKE WSBK Phillip Island 26/02/2010 Qualifying 1 1 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 1'32.155 2 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 1'32.162 3 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 1'32.373 4 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 1'32.635 5 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 1'32.703 6 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 1'32.850 7 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 1'32.884 8 Sylvain Guintoli Su weiter >>
Wenn an diesem Wochenende Max Neukirchner & Co im australischen Phillip Island in die neue Superbike-Saison starten, ist die Eurosport Gruppe live dabei. Alle 26 Rennen der FIM Superbike WM 2010 sind vom 28. Februar bis 3. Oktober 2010 immer sonntags live bei Eurosport oder Eurosport 2 zu sehen. Durch die Ausweitung der Live-Übertragungen erhält die führende Rennserie fü weiter >>
Wenn an diesem Wochenende Max Neukirchner & Co im australischen Phillip Island in die neue Superbike-Saison starten, ist die Eurosport Gruppe live dabei. Alle 26 Rennen der FIM Superbike WM 2010 sind vom 28. Februar bis 3. Oktober 2010 immer sonntags live bei Eurosport oder Eurosport 2 zu sehen. Durch die Ausweitung der Live-Übertragungen erhält die führende Rennserie fü weiter >>
Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike riders James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow have wrapped up the final day of the two day test in Phillip Island. Both British riders spent the two days working on the chassis set-up of the new 2010 Yamaha YZF-R1 in what was its first outing of the year. The riders now take a few days of rest before heading back out onto the Australian circuit for the first race of weiter >>
The Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team today unveiled their new livery for the 2010 racing season. The team launched the new design on location at the Sterilgarda headquarters in Castiglione delle Stiviere to an audience of international journalists and sponsors.
Riders Ja weiter >>
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The Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team is pleased to announce that the new 2010 livery will be unveiled on Friday 12th of February at the Sterilgarda plant in Italy. Riders James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow will present the 2010 livery on their bikes to an audience of international media on Friday, in advance of shipping out to Australia for the second weiter >>
Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport officially launched its second season in the FIM Superbike World Championship with a presentation at BMW Group Classic in Munich on Friday. With riders Troy Corser (AU) and Ruben Xaus (ES) set to commence battle for the first World Championship points of the year at Phillip Island (AU) on 28th February, the team gave international media representatives the opportuni weiter >>
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