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patnicholls

9th July 2008, 20:28

ChrisS

10th July 2008, 10:01

Both the HM Plant riders will be at Suzuka the previous week and have a BSB race the week after so maybe thats the reason they wont take part.

patnicholls

10th July 2008, 13:00

Ah yes, true - hadn't thought of that. Atsushi Watanabe is also at Suzuka, although since he's struggling badly in BSB I doubt he'd be put forward to wildcard anyway.

ChrisS

13th July 2008, 22:42

Laverty's 250cc sponsors are not OK with his wildcard so he wont be taking part

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buddie

21st July 2008, 19:10

What about James Ellison He always did well as a wild card rider Why arent Hydrex Bike Animal doing it. Surely they arent committed elsewhere again

ArmchairBikeFan

22nd July 2008, 13:23

Ah yes, true - hadn't thought of that. Atsushi Watanabe is also at Suzuka, although since he's struggling badly in BSB I doubt he'd be put forward to wildcard anyway.

Yeah, Leon Haslam said that Watanabe is a second a lap quicker than the BSB guys around Suzuka, so I presume that the Pirelli tyres and dodgy British tracks are the problems with him. He's certainly still confident on a bike, with the right rubber on a track he knows anyway.

I wonder how sponsorship comes into the decision whether to wildcard at the local WSBK round...

racer69

22nd July 2008, 16:47

Isn't it also to do with the fact that there is a BSB round the weekend after Brands?

Perhaps more of the BSB team will come out to play at Donington?

ChrisS

23rd July 2008, 20:06

Karl Harris will race for Yamaha World Supersport Team replacing Fabien Foret at Brands Hatch

patnicholls

23rd July 2008, 22:16

Having been away at the weekend and spent some time catching up on the racing (and successfully avoiding the results til I had!) I'm very pleased that Tom Sykes took his first ever two BSB wins with the double this weekend at Oulton Park - even though unlike usual, I wasn't there to see it... :up:

Bring on Brands!

neninja

24th July 2008, 17:04

ArmchairBikeFan

24th July 2008, 22:00

Yeah, the first BSB round I went to, The Stalker did the double, did a burnout right in front of me and choked me half to death on his tyre smoke. He was brilliant back in the day, but he just hasn't hit that kind of form since.

Birdy's squad haven't been doing that well with Lavilla. Apparently Paul Bird has fallen out with Honda (Quelle surprise) and isn't getting any support off them so I'm not expecting anything from Walker apart from the odd point.

maxu05

24th July 2008, 23:39

Chris Walker to part company with GIL on the Kawasaki in WSS and switch to ride a 2nd bike for Paul Bird alongside Lavilla

Personally think CW has been off the boil for the past few years but would love to him do well for old times sake. He was a hero before he left BSB for his ill-fated time on the Honda 500GP bike. He's never been the same since.

The same thing happened to Andrew Pitt, but, he has bounced back this year and is in superb form. I hope the Stalker can get back up there and start fighting for podiums.

NinjaMaster

29th July 2008, 13:03

It may be a few weeks away, but I've just had an email from Motorsport Vision giving the names of three riders who'll be competing as wildcards at Brands.

They are:

Tom Sykes, for Rizla Suzuki;
Simon Andrews, for Jentin Yamaha;
and (surprisingly, and interestingly) Eugene Laverty for Stobart VK Honda.

Confirmation here: http://www.britishsuperbike.com/article.asp?article=1058

Personally, I'm a little surprised to not see the Airwaves Ducatis (GSE) of Shakey and Leon Camier lined up, or the HM Plant Hondas of Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow.

The HM Plant boys are now confirmed starters along with Hydrex Honda's James Ellison.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/july/28-31/jul2808-hydrex-hm-plant-honda-confirmed-donington-bsb/?&R=EPI-101983

Will be good to see how they go - particularly Eugene who has had a very rough time of things in 250s (he's racing on Tetsuya Harada's 1998 title-winning machine this year, it appears) and imho needs to get on a Supersport machine or Superbike for the future.

So he has a championship winning bike to ride, what's he complaining about! :laugh: It's a shame he won't be able to race against fellow in-the-wilderness rider James Ellison as they would probably have a pretty good stoush. Hopefully Laverty can land as competitive a ride as James has for next year because we need more Eugene's at the pointy end of motorcycle racing! :D

29th July 2008, 22:15

Extract courtesy of Crashnet re Tardozzi in search of Troy Bayliss' replacement ........

"With Vermuelen seemingly out of the picture (due to contractual arrangements with Rizla Suzuki), Ducati plan to open talks with a handful of riders after this weekend's World Superbike round at Brands Hatch (http://www.crash.net/motorsport/in_depth/1/Brands_Hatch.html)."

The sparks may fly with riders out to impress Tardozzi.

Roby44

30th July 2008, 11:34

Haga and Corser ready for more brands success

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 English circuit.

Corser is sitting in overall third in the points' standings after a Brno race weekend that placed him second and then fourth. Corser's pre-Brands confidence is boosted by the fact that he is currently only 12 points behind the second place rider, Max Neukirchner.

Haga is only eight points behind Corser despite a tough weekend at Brno last time out. With four race wins to his credit this season already, and four previous WSB victories at Brands Hatch, he is one of the favourites for more podium glory at one of his favourite racing venues.

Brands Hatch, despite its small paddock and pitgarages, is not just a popular location with Corser and Haga and the rest of the World Superbike riders, it's a real festival of motorcycling for the fans. More than just a race weekend, it's become an annual 'must do' for racing fans from all over Britain and beyond.

The 3.703km circuit is undulating and generally fast, with what feels like many more than its six right and three left hand corners, plus a main straight, which is anything but straight. Almost every corner entry or apex is taken blind and the approach and eventual drop down Paddock Hill is one of the classic corners in all of motorcycle racing.

Haga is looking for two strong results at Brands to get his overall championship campaign back on track again, "Brands Hatch is one of my favourite circuits and last year, in the second race, I was doing well, and I enjoyed fighting with James Toseland. Second position was kind of OK. This year I'm trying for a double win there. I like the atmosphere very much at Brands Hatch; it's a great England track. I always do well in England and I will be thinking positive again."

On top of Corser's enviable racing history at Brands, he also has family links to the UK. "It's kind of like a second home race for me with my wife Sam's family there. The track's good, I like the layout, although the fences are a bit close on some places at the back of the circuit. But all in all, a good place. Atmosphere wise it's the only place like it, the spectators are so close, you can see and hear them a lot more easily than at most circuits. It's always a good track to go to with the atmosphere and the crowd. I always get plenty of support there so it's one of the best ones."

Shinichi Nakatomi (Yamaha Team YZF) enters Brands in overall 19th place while David Checa (Yamaha GMT94) remains tied on seven championship points with his team-mate Sebastien Gimbert (Yamaha GMT94). They share 23rd place overall.

Brands Hatch according to Massimo Meregalli (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Manager)
"The staff in the team did good job in Brno and we don't expect there to be any exception to that when we get to Brands Hatch. It is a strange circuit in some ways but we have gained a lot of knowledge about it over many years so we are optimistic. We know we can do a good job there. We made a step in the development of the engine recently, and that should make a bit of a difference this weekend. I expect we can have good results from each of our riders and we know they have had great success there in the past."

Parkes out to make it three in a row
Yamaha World Supersport Team rider Broc Parkes has been racking up record laps and pole positions this season but in the approach to the Brands Hatch round he will be going for three in a row in the most valuable contest there is, securing race wins.

For the past two seasons Parkes has won the World Supersport race at Brands Hatch and this year, having already notched up a race win at Qatar, he has already proved that his new YZF-R6 is up to the job once again.

In the most recent rounds Parkes has scored five Poles in a row but each time an unexpected development on raceday itself has seen Parkes not quite able to secure more race victories to add to his Qatar triumph.

Joining Parkes for the Brands and Donington WSS rounds, substituting for the injured Fabien Foret, is local rider Karl Harris. No stranger to the WSS paddock, Harris normally rides a YZF-R1 Superbike in the BSB series but has been drafted into the top Yamaha WSS team to make best use of his vast Brands Hatch experience, and of course to help Parkes in his championship challenge.

In the championship table, after eight rounds have been completed, Andrew Pitt leads on 133 points with Josh Brookes on 101 and Parkes, overall third, on 100.

Massimo Roccoli (Yamaha Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni) is making up ground after taking three DNFs so far, and is currently ninth, on 40 points. Yamaha Spain World Supersport Team rider David Salom scored his first point since round one at the previous Brno race and is now ready for more at the challenging circuit of Brands Hatch.

Parkes, who knows that he has to make up ground in the championship chase this weekend, knows Brands is a layout that suits both Yamaha man and Yamaha machine. "I just want to do my thing and get a good result at Brands because we will have one month off immediately afterwards. We have five races remaining in the championship and we are 33 points behind. I wasn't happy with the result at Brno so I want to have a really good race result in the UK this weekend. I have won for the last two years in a row, so I'm out to make it three. Brands is a special track because you can hear the fans sometimes, they are really enthusiastic and so close to you. It's not a very long track but it is one of the most flowing and the data tells us that the corner speeds are generally high. Our bike seems to work very well there, its character seems to suit the racetrack."

Harris, who came close to scoring WSS podiums in this class after winning the European Superstock Championship in 1999, said "I'm just happy to have this chance this weekend, especially at a British track that I know very well. I rode an R6 recently and it felt great to ride; the handling was fantastic. I will be doing my best to help the team and to get the best results possible. I am ready for this and ready to do well."

Wilco Zeelenberg, the Yamaha World Supersport Team Manager is confident that all the team's preparations have been made as well as they can be ahead of the latest WSS round. "We didn't have to work on the bike so much for the Brands weekend because our tests and preparations before Brno meant that we are ready now. Broc has won the past two races at Brands Hatch and we want to put him in the position to do that on raceday this year as well. He is so fast in one lap and his style works best when he has a lot of grip from the tyres. Brands should be a good place for him again. After Fabien got injured we have had to make some preparations for Karl's arrival, check the details a bit and adjust footpegs, handlebars, etc, but not so much. Karl knows the way around Brands and has also been on an R6 lately. We have to wait and see how he goes on the weekend. We went for a UK rider because it's Brands and Donington next. I think it is fair to say that Karl never really had the best bike in World Supersport but in the UK, when he was racing in that class, he had very good bikes, and stayed in the British series. He normally runs an R1 in the British Championship but when he rode an R6 recently, prepared by Rob Mac, he was fast straight away. Karl is more than welcome in the team and we will help him all we can, but of course he is not our first priority. Broc should do his job well so I hope Karl can compete with the other top competitors and put himself between Broc and the rest of the WSS paddock. We will have to wait and see what happens on raceday! After his big crash Fabien is doing fine, making good recovery and is today returning to his home from the hospital in Marseille. He is now up and about and able to move which is great news."

A sixth place finish for Michele Pirro (Yamaha Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni) at Brno sees him fifth overall going into Brands, still the leading Yamaha Superstock 1000 FIM Cup rider at present.

Claudio Corti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) had another no-score at Brno, while Sylvain Barrier (Yamaha YZF Junior Team) remains in 25th place overall.

Loris Baz (YZF Yamaha Junior Team) continues his personal duel with Honda rider Patrick Vostarek in the European Superstock 600 class, now seven points ahead with four rounds to go.

patnicholls

30th July 2008, 19:17

The HM Plant boys are now confirmed starters along with Hydrex Honda's James Ellison.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/july/28-31/jul2808-hydrex-hm-plant-honda-confirmed-donington-bsb/?&R=EPI-101983

So he has a championship winning bike to ride, what's he complaining about! :laugh: It's a shame he won't be able to race against fellow in-the-wilderness rider James Ellison as they would probably have a pretty good stoush. Hopefully Laverty can land as competitive a ride as James has for next year because we need more Eugene's at the pointy end of motorcycle racing! :D

These guys are confirmed for the Donington round at the start of September, as opposed to Brands - but yes, it's good to see them out there and in particular to see James Ellison having a good season. Which was of course, discussed by me at length in a previous thread last year :p

ChrisS

1st August 2008, 19:40

Q1 times

1. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.017 secs
2. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 26.144 secs
3. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.156 secs
4. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 26.166 secs
5. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 26.290 secs
6. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.441 secs
7. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 26.461 secs
8. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 26.565 secs
9. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.572 secs
10. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.582 secs
11. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 26.593 secs
12. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 26.631 secs
13. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 26.753 secs
14. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.830 secs
15. Robert Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 26.921 secs
16. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.020 secs
17. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 27.219 secs
18. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 27.306 secs
19. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 27.342 secs
20. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.538 secs
21. Chris Walker GBR Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.565 secs
22. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 27.657 secs
23. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 28.087 secs
24. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 28.230 secs
25. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 28.379 secs
26. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 28.448 secs
27. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 29.302 secs
28. Luca Morelli ITA D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 29.325 secs
29. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 29.752 secs
30. Christian Zaiser AUT Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 29.795 secs

Top 16 riders all in 1:26, Kiyonari on top and other former BSB riders are also doing well.

Simon Andrews is out and Tristan Palmer will wildcard on the Yamaha.

Corny

2nd August 2008, 00:06

Biaggi 4th, that's quit good!

They just have to bring MotoGP to this track, it's just amazing

Wim_Impreza

2nd August 2008, 10:22

Great to see 3 Japanese riders on top in that session. Hopefully Tom Sykes will be again that fast in qualifying 2. It seems Bayliss is struggling a bit, just as again the Kawasaki riders. I hope Neukirchner could perform well and I am looking forward to all the races.

Wim_Impreza

2nd August 2008, 12:07

Qualifying 2:
1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 25.898 secs
2. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 25.920 secs
3. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 25.958 secs
4. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 26.030 secs
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 26.144 secs
6. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.156 secs
7. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 26.166 secs
8. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 26.218 secs
9. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.231 secs
10. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 26.279 secs
11. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 26.290 secs
12. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.441 secs
13 Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 26.466 secs
14. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 26.565 secs
15. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.577 secs
16. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 26.593 secs

17. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 26.701 secs
18. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 26.725 secs
19. Robert Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 26.921 secs
20. David Checa ESP Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 27.100 secs
21. Ayrton Badovini ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 27.149 secs
22. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 27.342 secs
23. Chris Walker GBR Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.353 secs
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 27.384 secs
25. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 27.478 secs
26. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 28.401 secs
27. Jason Pridmore USA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 29.937 secs
28. Tristan Palmer GBR Lloyds British Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 29.249secs
29. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 29.302 secs
30. Luca Morelli ITA D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 29.325 secs
31. Christian Zaiser AUT Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 29.446 secs

2nd August 2008, 12:57

Regardless that I'm a biased Aussie, it was good to see a couple of Brits (Sykes and especially Walker) up there in QP as well as their adopted Kyonari.
Even though Walker's best lap in QP 2 put him in 23rd place, his lap time of 1'27.253 was only only 1.355 secs. in arrears of Bayliss' best.
I would expect that if he can get his new bike dialled in, we could see him in the top 10 on his first outing for his new team.

Corny

2nd August 2008, 14:03

oh no, superbike will lose the superpole next year :(

they are looking for a system like F1 is using

Wim_Impreza

2nd August 2008, 14:38

That Formula 1 system is really boring. DTM uses that too and there it is the same. :( We must enjoy the Superpole in the next rounds.

Mathieu Lagrive is surprisingly on pole in WSS. After a very little shower, he was setting the best time in the final minutes of the qualifying session.

3rd August 2008, 00:09

Am really looking forward to the WSBK races to brighten things up a bit as it seems to have been raining forever in NZ with a lot of flooding and storm damage around the country. Cabin fever is setting in. :crazy:

Am picking Nori for a double win of course but whatever the results I'm sure we will see a continuation of the fantastic racing we've seen all season. How's the weather looking?

NinjaMaster

3rd August 2008, 09:13

Losing superpole sucks, I really like it.

I really hope Troy Corser can get a race win. He's been so close lately, I reckon he deserves one and to say it's overdue would be an understatement. Corser and Nori wins would be very nice with Bayliss a pair of 3rds. :up:

Seems Rea and Jones are gonna be the ones to beat in supersport, clearly been the class of the field in qualifying. I really hope my boy Parkesy can get his act together for a win and close the championship gap on Pitty.

Wim_Impreza

3rd August 2008, 09:52

How's the weather looking?

Warm-up times:
1 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'36.326
2 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.877
3 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.908
4 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'37.115
5 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.476
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.491
7 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'37.624
8 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'37.699
9 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.793
10 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'38.223
11 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'38.238
12 17 Palmer T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'38.257
13 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'38.433
14 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1'38.716
15 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'39.004
16 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.480
17 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.571
18 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.096
19 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'40.108
20 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'40.416
21 43 Pridmore J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.729
22 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'40.879
23 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'41.055
24 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'41.216
25 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'41.467
26 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'41.979
27 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'42.825
28 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'43.100

As you can see, they were 11 seconds slower than in Superpole, so it was wet in warm-up and hopefully also wet in the races. It is from Silverstone 2007 ago that we have seen a rain race in WSBK.

Wim_Impreza

3rd August 2008, 11:02

The Superstock 1000 race was nice to see. Matteo Baiocco (Kawasaki) took on a half wet / half dry circuit the lead in the first rounds with Maxime Berger (Honda) and Matej Smrž (Honda). Belgian rider Xavier Siméon (Suzuki) couldn't start due to a technical problem in the warm-up lap. :( Also bad luck for Baiocco and Smrž who crashed out, just as Davide Giugliano (Honda).

In the last rounds, the sun was shining so the circuit dried up. Maxime Berger won before wildcard rider Sheridan Morias (South-Africa, Kawasaki) and Alessandro Antonelli. Brendan Roberts was 4th.

In the championship Brendan Roberts and Maxime Berger has both now 109 points, 14 more than Xavier Siméon.

Corny

3rd August 2008, 15:06

What a race, this is motorcycle racing how it should be!

Race 2 to start in few minutes, I think Bayliss will get that, 2 Haga and 3 Kiyo

ChrisS

3rd August 2008, 18:51

firstly and most importantly, my thoughts are with Craig Jones and his family

taken from Parkalgar Honda's official website

PARKALGAR HONDA’S Craig Jones has been taken to the Royal London hospital after a crash during the ninth round of the World Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch in Kent today.

The 23-year-old Peterborough based Brit was fighting for the race lead when the accident happened at Clark Curve. The race was stopped and red-flagged with the result going back to the previous lap as medical staff attended him on the track.

Simon Buckmaster, Parkalgar Honda Team Manager: “Craig was treated trackside by the medical staff before being transferred by air-ambulance to the Royal London Hospital. He has a serious head injury and the doctors have placed him in a pharmacological coma to stabilise his condition. We will not know any more for at least 24 or 48-hours – all our thoughts are with him and his family.

“I would like to thank the medical staff for their attention and also the well-wishers for their thoughts. We shall update the news on Craig’s condition as and when we can.”

Other than that. congrats to Kiyonari for a great double. A great recovery from a bad start in race 1 to beat Bayliss. If there was 1 more lap in the race Biaggi could have overtaken them both.

race 2 was a great race long battle between Kiyonari and Haga. Haga seemed to settle for 2nd in the last lap. Corser managed another podium finish.

Bayliss finished race 2 11th, but along with his 2nd place in race 1 he actually increased his championship lead.

Ten Kate bikes won 5 of the 6 races today. 2 superbike, 1 supersport, and 1 superstock 1000 they didnt win superstock 600

4th August 2008, 07:36

Nicely written post ChrisS. Hope we hear soon that Craig is recovering.

neninja

4th August 2008, 09:50

I hope it's not true but very sadly the Italian Clinica Mobile site is reporting that Craig Jones died overnight.

I very much hope it's mistaken - a great rider who has recently found his form of old and was almost certainly a future WSS champion.

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.clinicamobile.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dclinica%2Bmobile%26hl%3Den

NinjaMaster

4th August 2008, 12:51

Well, what can I say but what fantastic racing! The Kiyo/Bayliss battle in Superbike race one and Kiyo/Haga in race two were absolutely tough and clean racing at it's best. Typical superbike racing which is heading towards a return to the glory days of the mid-nineties.
The supersport class has returned to the bare-knuckle brawl racing of yesteryear with a fantastic battle at the front. The dodgy weather was disappointing because I'm sure that played a part in Harms crash and also caused Parkes to drop back. But Rea is an absolute star and Pitt is going to have to be very careful because Rea is already a contender in his rookie season.

patnicholls

4th August 2008, 20:30

The day will clearly go down as one of the blackest in Superbike's history, which is a shame as Kiyo deserved to get his first wins in happier times. Tom Sykes also rode excellently, and was unlucky to break down after some grit kicked up by someone else holed his radiator in race one.