Entries Tagged as 'Ben Spies'
World Superbikes The World Superbikes round at Monza promised to be full of action and it didn’t disappoint but not always in the way several riders would have wanted. Racing had hardly got under way before there was carnage at the first corner when Tamada fell and caused collisions with Neukirchner, Roberts, Corser and Hill. [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Michel Fabrizio·Monza World Superbikes·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Supersport·WSB
World Superbikes Racing fans look set to be in for a treat as tomorrow’s Monza World Superbikes races look set to be close with the first three qualifiers being within 6/10 of a second. There was an upset in Superpole one as Brit Leon Haslem languished in 17th putting him on the 5th row of [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Michel Fabrizio·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying·World Supersport·World Supersports Qualifying
World Superbikes felt the full force of the Brit Pack last weekend in Assen and proved that they will be contenders for some serious points, if not the title,in both the superbikes and supersports category. In the first World Superbikes round Haga, Spies and Haslem fought tooth and nail throughout the race in battles reminiscent [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Eugene Laverty·Leon Haslam·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Ben Spies once again is on blistering form, and on a circuit he has not ridden at before, and set his fourth successive pole position. So far he is having a really impressive rookie season. He didn’t get it easy though and was pushed by both Jakob Smrz and Britain’s Leon Haslem who qualified second [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying·WSB
After a promising first qualifying it was all change in superpole. In what must have been the shock of the session Max Biaggi finished 18th and therefore went out of the superpole in Superpole 3. We have to assume he gambled and did not use any of his alloted two qualifying tyres. He did not [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying
World Superbikes Friday’s qualifying session from Valencia saw Max Biaggi on the Aprilia take provisional pole position. It’s hard not to be impressed by the Aprilia and Max looks happy and settled and that is showing in his results. Ben Spies is showing that he is not just a flash in the pan (who thought [...]
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Tags: Add new tag·Ben Spies·Max Biaggi·Max Biaggi Aprilia·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying
The second round of the World Superbikes and World Supersports from Qatar was even better than the first round in my opinion. The World Supersports action was superb with edge of the sofa excitement right to the finish line. Cal Crutchlow on the Yamaha started from pole position on the grid with Eugene Laverty on [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·Qatar World Superbikes·World Superbikes·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Ben Spies and the new Yamaha R1 are proving to be a match made in heaven and have again taken superpole for tomorrow’s racing in Losail, Qatar. Whilst I’m still not a fan of the three stage superpole, and I’m in good company as Corser reportedly apparently dislikes it also, it has made for an [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes qualifying·WSB
The first round of the WSB from Phillip Island certainly lived up to expectations with a few surprises along the way. I must admit I was unsure that Haga would be able to do so well on the Ducati or for that matter Biaggi on the Aprilia, also put into the mix the new riders [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·Leon Haslam·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·world superbikes phillip island
The new rules for WSB Superpole qualifying that kick off the 2009 WSB season from Phillip Island were certainly interesting. Gone are the individual laps on a qualifying tyre. Now we see the top 20 qualifiers battle it out for 12 minutes, in which the bottom four get dropped off. Then a 7 minute break [...]
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Tags: Ben Spies·Jonathan Rea·Max Biaggi·World Superbikes·World Superbikes qualifying
