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WSBK Update

Posted by Staff

Monday, 23 July 2007

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Race2:

AIR HUMIDITY	33%	AIR TEMPERATURE	27°C
TRACK CONDITION	Wet	TRACK TEMPERATURE	43°

After only the time it takes to do a lap had elapsed, everything had changed at Brno. A few drops of rain were enough to create confusion, and race direction had to delay the race, and then shorten it, because two warm up laps took place. Then they declared a ‘Wet Race’ - which means the grooved tyres – rain or intermediate – are allowed, and the race would not be interrupted in case of ‘real’ rain.

Pilots, mechanics, and technicians: everybody looked at the sky to understand its plans.

At the second green light the whole grid started with slick – DIABLO SUPERBIKE – tyres and they were right: not a single drop of rain felt during the 19 laps.

For the rear everybody opted for the soft solution, while at the front they made different choices. So that while Haga with a soft front was leading the race, Corser with a medium front did an amazingly fast lap, setting 2’00.674.

Race pace was great, even faster than the predictions, and the tyres lasted for the whole race, so that the total time compared to last season’s Race 2 (adding one lap with the same time as the 19^th) shows an improvement of more than 35 seconds!

Biaggi took the lead on lap 13 and then finished the race in this same leading position Toseland had enjoyed in the opener, but Toseland is still clearly the championship leader. There was a third podium position for Michel Fabrizio, now in good shape after set-up changes between the races, and he is definitely comfortable on this racetrack.

Race Standings

	Rider	Bike	Team	Race time
1	Biaggi	Suzuki GSXR1000K7	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	38’53.022
2	Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	+1.510
3	Fabrizio	Honda CBR1000RR	D.F.X. Corse	+5.419
4	Haga	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	+6.765
5	Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	+7.910

Championship Standings

	Rider	Bike	Team	Points
1	Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	305
2	Biaggi	Suzuki GSXR1000K7	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	262
3	Haga	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	260
4	Bayliss	Ducati 999 F07	Ducati Xerox	249
5	Corser	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	191
6	Lanzi	Ducati 999F 07	Ducati Xerox	150
7	Xaus	Ducati 999 F06	Ducati Sterilgarda	140
8	Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	131
9	Neukirchner	Suzuki GSXR1000K6	Suzuki Germany	111
10	Kagayama	Suzuki GSXR1000K7	Alstare Suzuki	105

AIR HUMIDITY	46%	AIR TEMPERATURE	27°C
TRACK CONDITION	Dry	TRACK TEMPERATURE	46°

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