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30.06.2008
Troy Corser on the podium in San Marino Pole position starter Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) looked set for his first win of the 2008 season on two occasions at Misano but he had to settle for a second in race one and a good points score of fifth in race two after running off track and ultimately avoiding a crash. He also set a new lap record, 1'37.580, on lap two of race two, which he led for 10 laps. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) struggled hard in qualifying and the first race, finding himself only 19th after one lap. He recovered to gain six points for tenth. In race two Haga felt he had a better technical package and he made real progress from his grid position of 14th, to hold off his team-mate by just over a second. In the opening 24-lap race Corser looked on for his first win of the year in race until Max Neukirchner surprised the whole paddock by turning a tenth place in qualifying into a race win. Haga was struggling through the race and finished just behind Shinichi Nakatomi (Team YZF Yamaha) who had two great races in the points, ninth and then 15th. Race two was taken by Ruben Xaus, from Max Biaggi. In the championship itself, Haga is now fourth, on 191 points to championship leader Troy Bayliss's 259, while Corser is fifth, only six points from Haga. David Checa (Yamaha GMT94) was 15th in race one and 16th in race two, while Sebastien Gimbert (Yamaha GMT94) just missed a point in race one and retired in race two. Troy Corser (2nd and 5th - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) "Race one was looking really good until Max Neukirchner appeared and our whole weekend hasn't been bad in general. Our rear tyre moved about a bit more in the second race than the first, especially under braking. We had made a couple of little changes to the front suspension for the second one, but not enough to affect the rear in any way. I ran on when the bike jumped out of gear in the second and lost some time, and the chance of a second podium." Noriyuki Haga (10th and 4th - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) "We got caught in race one when Laconi crashed and I had to avoid him so to come from so far back was not easy. Race two was better and I got good points, but it has been a very hard weekend for me. I have not been able to do the same running training I would do normally, because of my injury. In this heat it made a difference and I didn't have my normal strength." Massimo Meregalli (Team Manager, Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) "We saw definitely that Troy is back. He had a good weekend. He worked hard and was rewarded with a Superpole win, and a good podium finish for his efforts. Nori didn't find the set up he was looking for until the 2nd race where he showed us that even when it wasn't possible to win he rode to get the best result, had he started further up the grid, the result would possibly have been more points. He is still always competitive. With six races still to run everything is still possible. Shinichi Nakatomi (9th and 15th - Team YZF Yamaha) "On Friday, we could not find the right setting, even if we tried many different possibilities. I did not have enough feeling. On Saturday, we had a much better set up. I had a good start on race and I could follow Lavilla, but I made some small mistakes. I pushed really hard. I am happy with race one. In race two, the temperature was hotter. It was difficult for me to follow the riders who have traction control, because I don't have any and I had to accelerate later than them. The tyres started to move a lot after 10 laps, front and rear. I am happy with race one because I had a lot of stress because of previous not-so-good results. Today, it was better."" Martial Garcia (Team YZF Yamaha Team Manager) "After difficult practice sessions, we found a good set up during the warm up. This result is fantastic! Shinichi finishes ninth only 19 seconds behind the winner, and in front of Noriyuki Haga. This is the opportunity to score seven points and to make a progression of one position in the championship. Shinichi had a good start in race two, but unfortunately it was black flagged because of Muggeridge's crash. At the restart, Nakatomi was blocked and it was difficult to pass. He still finished 15th, with one championship point. I am happy because everybody could see the progression we made this weekend." Circuit Length: 4060 Temp: 31 Crowd: 68000 Weather: Hot and Sunny 2008 WSB San Marino - Misano 29/06/2008 Race 1 - 24 Laps 1 Max Neukirchner Suzuki GER 39'27.918 2 Troy Corser Yamaha AUS 0'0.542 3 Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 0'2.249 4 Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 0'3.028 5 Carlos Checa Honda ESP 0'5.408 6 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'5.518 7 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'6.202 8 Gregorio Lavilla Honda ESP 0'18.279 9 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN 0'19.072 10 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 0'19.132 11 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 0'28.098 12 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki ESP 0'34.385 13 Shuhei Aoyama Honda JPN 0'34.572 14 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 0'34.902 15 David Checa Yamaha ESP 0'39.979 16 Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA 0'44.669
Race 2 - 24 Laps 1 Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 39'19.710 2 Max Biaggi Ducati ITA 0'1.035 3 Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 0'4.158 4 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 0'5.466 5 Troy Corser Yamaha AUS 0'6.759 6 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'13.468 7 Max Neukirchner Suzuki GER 0'15.221 8 Carlos Checa Honda ESP 0'16.687 9 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'17.030 10 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki ESP 0'17.681 11 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'21.356 12 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 0'28.676 13 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 0'31.304 14 Gregorio Lavilla Honda ESP 0'32.339 15 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN 0'33.716 16 David Checa Yamaha ESP 0'34.171 Best Lap Troy Corser Yamaha AUS 1'37.580
Rider Standings 29/06/2008 1. Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 259 2. Max Neukirchner Suzuki GER 210 3. Carlos Checa Honda ESP 207 4. Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 191 5. Troy Corser Yamaha AUS 185 6. Fonsi Nieto Suzuki ESP 151 7. Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 148 8. Max Biaggi Ducati ITA 117 9. Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 111 10. Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 94 11. Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 82 12. Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 80 13. Gregorio Lavilla Honda ESP 75 14. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 72 15. Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS 59 19. Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN 24 23. David Checa Yamaha ESP 7 24. Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA 7 Manufacturer Standings 29/06/2008 1. Ducati 323 2. Yamaha 284 3. Suzuki 257 4. Honda 226 5. Kawasaki 64 - Yamaha -
Author: maggy (admin2)
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