Wet weather welcomes Yamaha riders to Rome
19.09.2008
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QUALIFYING 1
Inclement weather was the backdrop of yet another opening day of WSS qualifying, as Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) and Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Supersport Team) made their first qualifying times at Vallelunga.
Laverty set the 12th fastest time of the session relatively early, while Parkes built up confidence and speed to go 14t ... mehr |
Haga fastest as Yamaha riders shine
19.09.2008
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Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) set the fastest time of the first wet qualifying session at Vallelunga. In a great team display Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) went fourth fastest, despite the atrocious track conditions.
Haga also fell at high speed in the timed session, on a part of the track where many riders also ran off the track or crashed. C ... mehr |
Italian round holds no fears for Yamaha duo
18.09.2008
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After taking part in a successful official FGSport test at Vallelunga in July both Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will see nothing but opportunities at the final Italian round on the 2008 World Superbike calendar.
Corser, who moved into second place in the championship standings after the previous round at Doni ... mehr |
World Superbike and World Supersport 2008 Round 11 DONINGTON - Europe Results
09.09.2008
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Superbike Race 1
1 T. BAYLISS (Ducati 1098 F08)
2 T. SYKES (Suzuki GSX-R1000 k)
3 M.BIAGGI (Ducati 1098 RS 08)
4 G.LAVILLA (Honda CBR1000RR)
5 Y. KAGAYAMA (Suzuki GSX-R1000)
6 J. SMRZ (Ducati 1098 RS 08)
7 F. NIETO (Suzuki GSX-R1000)
8 L. HASLAM (Honda CBR1000RR)
9 K. MUGGERIDGE (Honda CBR1000RR)
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Brookes Wins As Honda Riders Go 1-2-3 In the Championship Standings
09.09.2008
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World Supersport Championship
After a thrilling 22-lap Supersport race at Donington Josh Brookes (Hannspree Stiggy Motorsports Honda CBR600RR) gave his team their first win, as he himself took his second career win in this class. Having qualified fourth, Brookes was in a race-long contest with fellow Honda riders Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) and ... mehr |
Honda's Kiyonari Takes Wet Weather Win at Donington Park
09.09.2008
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World Superbike and World Supersport 2008 Round 11 DONINGTON - Europe
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) put on a dazzling display of controlled wet weather riding to lead the entire second race of the Donington Park WSB weekend and cancel out the memory of a first race crash. Race one lasted only 19 laps in total, and was an aggregate even after ... mehr |
Rain-plagued weekend for KTM Superstock riders in Donington Park
08.09.2008
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Team KTM Maehr Superstock riders may have come away from the FIM Superstock 1000 World Cup series at Donington empty-handed on Sunday but were still upbeat and with plenty of positive racing experience.
Racers had to contend with downpours of rain for the past three days at the tradition-rich Donington park Raceway so it was not without trepidation that the larg ... mehr |
Pirro Sixth After Donington Superstock Battle
08.09.2008
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Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni) was one of several fallers in the 12-lap 1000cc Superstock race, exiting after highsiding at the final hairpin on lap two, and restarting to finish 19th, out of the points.
Pirro remains fifth in the championship chase, with 83 points.
Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) fell in a first corner multiple-rider ... mehr |
Parkes into the top ten as Laverty scores points
08.09.2008
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Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) and Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Supersport Team) had to race on untried settings at Donington, after all practice and warm-up sessions were damp to some degree, but nonetheless each improved form their lowly starting places to record points scoring finishes.
Parkes went tenth from 20th on the grid, with Laverty taking his time ... mehr |
Troy Corser scores miracle podium in tough Donington weekend
08.09.2008
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Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) secured a fine third place in the second race at Donington, in what was otherwise a particularly challenging weekend of action at a wet and dry Donington Park.
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) was ruled out of each Donington race after a technical issue in race one saw him penalised for not stopping his machine in ti ... mehr |
Confused final session puts Parkes and Laverty back
07.09.2008
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QUALIFYING 2 YAMAHA 06/09/2008
Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) lost dry track time in a tough final qualifying session at Donington Park and despite moving up the order at the mid-point of the session he is now 20th on the starting grid.
A crash in the final session for Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Supersport Team) meant he had to ride with a c ... mehr |
Troy Corser eighth after wet Donington qualifying
07.09.2008
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QUALIFYING 2 YAMAHA DONINGTON PARK 06/09/2008
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will line up eighth and 11th respectively on the grid for Sunday's WSB races at Donington, after a wet Superpole contest full of drama and incident.
Corser fell at Craner Curves with only 15 minutes and five of his perm ... mehr |
Wet weather determines all in Supersport practice at Donington Park
05.09.2008
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QUALIFYING 1 REPORT 05/09/2008
Atrociously wet weather conditions made early qualifying a miserable experience for most on the first day at Donington Park, with Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) finishing 29th. Parkes has not had much previous experience of Donington Park, having fallen early and broken his collarbone in 2007, and finding the cir ... mehr |
Corser and Haga see out the first day
05.09.2008
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QUALIFYING 1 REPORT 05/09/2008
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) negotiated the first day of practice at a soaking wet Donington Park largely to evaluate their wet weather settings, with varying degrees of success.
Corser was 12th in the afternoon official session having survived two crashes in the ... mehr |
Yamaha riders aim for victory at favoured venue
04.09.2008
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As the five-week summer break in the World Superbike Championship calendar comes to an end this coming weekend at Donington Park, Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) will each have particularly good recent memories to draw on. Haga won race two at this classic venue last year and Corser scored a double podium, each riding for the current Yamaha squad. ... mehr |
Eugene Laverty replaces Fabien Foret for Donington
21.08.2008
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Eugene Laverty, the young 22 yr old Northern Irish 250 GP rider has been picked by the Yamaha World Supersport Team to replace injured rider Fabien Foret for the next two rounds of the World Supersport Championship at Donington and Vallelunga.
Laverty is no stranger to the Supersport class, having raced successfully in British Supersport previously. He gave a strong perf ... mehr |
Pirro fights hard for sixth place
04.08.2008
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A four way fight in a race that started wet but finished dry saw Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni) take a sixth place finish in the Superstock 1000 class.
Pirro's 83 championship points put him fifth overall, with Brands race winner and new championship leader Maxime Berger now on 109 points.
Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) was eighth tod ... mehr |
Broc Parkes fourth after a confused WSS race
04.08.2008
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Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) finished in fourth position in what was an aggregated race at Brands Hatch - started late because of an earlier race delay, stopped at one stage due to rain, with the second leg finally also halted early after a red flag due to a high-speed crash.
In the aggregate results Parkes was just off the podium, in a race won by Jonathan ... mehr |
Haga and Corser on the Brands Hatch podium
04.08.2008
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Parkes in the top four as Harris goes fifth fastest
03.08.2008
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Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) will make a start from the first row for Sunday's Brands Hatch World Supersport race after finishing fourth fastest in combined qualifying.
His team-mate for the Brands Hatch round, Karl Harris, was a superb fifth in his first WSS race for the team, and has also found what he thinks will be a good set-up for the 23-lap race on S ... mehr |
Haga close to a Superpole win
03.08.2008
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Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) was only 0.023 seconds from a Superpole win at Brands Hatch, after a very confused 'wet' Superpole contest, which was eventually decided on a completely dry racetrack.
Despite the confusion caused by a late switch from a regular 'dry' Superpole to a wet session, Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) secured fifth place an ... mehr |
Haga on provisional front row with Corser seventh in Brands Hatch
02.08.2008
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QUALIFYING 1
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) was the fastest man in the early unofficial laps at Brands Hatch and continued his strong form in the first qualifying period, taking second best time overall with a 1'26.144, only 0.127 seconds from provisional pole.
Haga came close to the previous track best in final qualifying, despite ... mehr |
Haga and Corser ready for more brands success
30.07.2008
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Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) are no strangers to the podium in the World Superbike Championship, Corser having taken 122 career top three finishes and Haga 82. As their winning records show, each of Yamaha's lead 2008 season riders has a special affinity with Brands Hatch, having scored seven race wins between them at the sinuous and flowing Englis ... mehr |
Karl Harris replaces Fabien Foret in World Supersport for Brands Hatch
24.07.2008
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Three time British Supersport champion Karl Harris has signed up to the Yamaha World Supersport Team for the British round of the 2008 World Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch on 2nd August. With proven previous Supersport experience and currently riding for the Rob Mac Yamaha British Superbike team, he was a natural choice for the ride.
Karl steps in to replace rid ... mehr |
Yamaha's Michele Pirro sixth after Brno Superstock battle
21.07.2008
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Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni) was the top scoring Yamaha rider in the 12-lap Superstock 1000 Cup event, as he took sixth in a lonely race after a bright start.
Pirro is now fifth in the championship table on 73 points, 23 points from new leader Brendan Roberts. Brno race winner Maxime Berger was away and clear after Xavier Simeon enjoyed an early lead, with R ... mehr |
Broc Parkes fourth in tight Brno race
21.07.2008
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Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) fought hard for a podium finish at Brno but had to settle for a fourth place, and third in the championship standings overall.
Parkes did not get his customary strong start from pole position, dropping back to 7th in the pack at the start of the race. He then had to expend energy in the early laps making up places to make sure h ... mehr |
Troy Corser goes third after dramatic Brno races
21.07.2008
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Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) moved from fourth to third in the championship standings after securing a second and a fourth place finish at Brno, as his team-mate Noriyuki Haga rode with all his spirit and skill to take sixth in race one and salvage a seventh from a pitlane start in race two.
Corser was on top form once more on raceday and in the 500th World ... mehr |
Superstock place 19 and 22 for KTM duo Maehr and Pekkanen in Brno
21.07.2008
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Rene Maehr finished his sixth race in the FIM Superstock 1000 World Cup series in Brno, Czech Republic in 19th place while team newcomer Pauli Pekkanen rode to twenty second place in his first race with the team.
The two riders of the Team KTM Maehr Superstock tackled the hilly and challenging racing circuit in Brno on the KTM 1190 RC8, the machine that was laun ... mehr |
Broc Parkes takes fifth pole position in a row
20.07.2008
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BRNO QUALIFYING
Broc Parkes consistently brilliant performances in qualifying in the 2008 season continued at the Brno meeting when he took a remarkable fifth consecutive pole position. His pre-race successes at Assen, Monza, Nürburgring and Misano grew to five after Parkes scored a 2'03.203 second lap towards the end of a busy afternoon session.
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