Showing posts with label superbike. Show all posts
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KTM celebrates IDM Superbike victory with the RC8 R
From ATV Quads News: KTM RC8 R Superbike riders were on top of their game on Sunday at the Oschersleben circuit in Germany when a double pole on Saturday from Matej Smrz and Stefan Nebel of the Inghart KTM Superbike Team Germany set the stage for a double victory in Sunday’s races by Smrz of the Czech Republic.With Martin Bauer of KTM Motorex having won both races in the opening event at the Lausitzring, the riders and the Austrian manufacturing company has hands firmly on the lead of competition and Manufacturer’s Standings. Smrz set the tone for the weekend in the opening timed training on Saturday when he put in the fastest ever lap on the circuit by a motorcycle. But it was to be a weekend with mixed fortunes for the other Orange riders. The first race of the day was stopped after six laps when Dario Giuseppetti of Germany high-sided. Nebel was unable to avoid the fallen rider, crashed himself and injured his shoulder. At the time of the accident Martin Bauer (KTM Motorex) was in the lead 1.9 seconds ahead of Smrz and Nebel was fourth and it looked like a possible triple orange podium. Bauer continued to lead after the race was restarted and had put distance between himself and Smrz but four laps before the close he had technical problems and had to retire. The way was then clear for KTM’s new Czech rider to take the glory. The second race was less complicated for Smrz who led from start to checkered flag. Bauer made a heroic attack on the front of the pack after missing the start thanks to clutch problems and eventually finished in third to add some more valuable points to his double victory on the opening IDM race weekend at Lausnitz. The three riders on the podium were only separated by one second.
KTM Superbike riders have had a sensational start to the International German superbike championship series with four straight victories from four races to take a lead in the rider standings and the Manufacturer’s title.
Matej Smrz: “The first race was very difficult. I didn’t get a good start and I was caught up in a group of fast riders. They there as the crash and its not nice when a team mate gets injured. When the race s started again I kept a bit of distance from Martin (Bauer) and then he dropped out of the race and I was able to go on and win. In the second race I attacked right from the beginning and was able to defend my lead right up to the finish.
Martin Bauer: I was in front in the first race right up to a handful of laps before the end. Then there was a technical problem that began in the start –finish straight. I held up my hand and rolled into the chicane and I can be lucky that I didn’t crash because the back wheel blocked. I was naturally very disappointed and I thought about how it was at Hockenheim last year when a possible triumph slipped through my fingers. In the second race there was a problem with the clutch on my second bike so I had a bad start. I thought ‘this cant be possible!’ but then I fought back and I gave it everything. In the end I just had Smrz and Muggeridge in front of me and with a cramp in my right thigh I wasn’t able to manage anything else.”
Stefan Nebel: I was in fourth place after a few rounds and then the guy in front of me crashed and I wasn’t able to avoid him. I crashed too but I managed to roll into the pit area but I had pain in my shoulder and at the Magdelburg hospital they said I have broken my collarbone.
The IDM 125 race was also one of mixed fortunes with KTM rider Toni Finsterbusch crashing out while in the lead to leave it to Sweden’s Alexander Kristiansson to be the fastest KTM on the track in third place. The Swedish rider was also third at Lausnitz and is third in the standings. Other creditable performances by KTM riders came from Austria’s Deni Cudic in sixth place while Germany’s Philipp Oettl was eighth.
Results
Race One Superbike
1, Matej Smrz, Czech Republic, INGHART KTM SUPERBIKE Team Germany,
2, Michael Ranseder. Austria, BMW
3, Damian Cudin, Australia, BMW
4, Karl Muggeridge, Australia, Honda
5, Sascha Hommel Germany, Yamaha
Race Two Superbike
1, Matej Smrz, Czech Republic, INGHART KTM SUPERBIKE Team Germany
2, Karl Muggeridge, Australian, Honda
3, Martin Bauer, Austria, KTM Motorex
DNS Stefan Nebel
IDM Superbike Championship Points
1, Smrz, KTM 73 points
2, Bauer, KTM 66
3, Muggeridge, 62
4, Ranseder, 50
5, Cudlin, 48
8, Nebel, KTM, 26 points
*After four from 16 races, KTM leads the Manufacturers title with 145 points ahead of BMW with 98 and Honda with 76
IDM 125
1, Luca Amato, Germany, Aprilia
2, Jack Miller, Australia, Aprilia
3, Alexander Kristiansson, Sweden, KTM (also third in standings after 2 races)
4, Bryan Schouten, Netherlands, Honda
5, Max Eckner, Germany, Aprilia
6, Deni Cudic, Austria, KTM
8, Philipp Oettl, Germany, KTM
(KTM rider Toni Finsterbusch crashed out while in the lead)
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KTM Superbike riders have had a sensational start to the International German superbike championship series with four straight victories from four races to take a lead in the rider standings and the Manufacturer’s title.
Matej Smrz: “The first race was very difficult. I didn’t get a good start and I was caught up in a group of fast riders. They there as the crash and its not nice when a team mate gets injured. When the race s started again I kept a bit of distance from Martin (Bauer) and then he dropped out of the race and I was able to go on and win. In the second race I attacked right from the beginning and was able to defend my lead right up to the finish.
Martin Bauer: I was in front in the first race right up to a handful of laps before the end. Then there was a technical problem that began in the start –finish straight. I held up my hand and rolled into the chicane and I can be lucky that I didn’t crash because the back wheel blocked. I was naturally very disappointed and I thought about how it was at Hockenheim last year when a possible triumph slipped through my fingers. In the second race there was a problem with the clutch on my second bike so I had a bad start. I thought ‘this cant be possible!’ but then I fought back and I gave it everything. In the end I just had Smrz and Muggeridge in front of me and with a cramp in my right thigh I wasn’t able to manage anything else.”
Stefan Nebel: I was in fourth place after a few rounds and then the guy in front of me crashed and I wasn’t able to avoid him. I crashed too but I managed to roll into the pit area but I had pain in my shoulder and at the Magdelburg hospital they said I have broken my collarbone.
The IDM 125 race was also one of mixed fortunes with KTM rider Toni Finsterbusch crashing out while in the lead to leave it to Sweden’s Alexander Kristiansson to be the fastest KTM on the track in third place. The Swedish rider was also third at Lausnitz and is third in the standings. Other creditable performances by KTM riders came from Austria’s Deni Cudic in sixth place while Germany’s Philipp Oettl was eighth.
Results
Race One Superbike
1, Matej Smrz, Czech Republic, INGHART KTM SUPERBIKE Team Germany,
2, Michael Ranseder. Austria, BMW
3, Damian Cudin, Australia, BMW
4, Karl Muggeridge, Australia, Honda
5, Sascha Hommel Germany, Yamaha
Race Two Superbike
1, Matej Smrz, Czech Republic, INGHART KTM SUPERBIKE Team Germany
2, Karl Muggeridge, Australian, Honda
3, Martin Bauer, Austria, KTM Motorex
DNS Stefan Nebel
IDM Superbike Championship Points
1, Smrz, KTM 73 points
2, Bauer, KTM 66
3, Muggeridge, 62
4, Ranseder, 50
5, Cudlin, 48
8, Nebel, KTM, 26 points
*After four from 16 races, KTM leads the Manufacturers title with 145 points ahead of BMW with 98 and Honda with 76
IDM 125
1, Luca Amato, Germany, Aprilia
2, Jack Miller, Australia, Aprilia
3, Alexander Kristiansson, Sweden, KTM (also third in standings after 2 races)
4, Bryan Schouten, Netherlands, Honda
5, Max Eckner, Germany, Aprilia
6, Deni Cudic, Austria, KTM
8, Philipp Oettl, Germany, KTM
(KTM rider Toni Finsterbusch crashed out while in the lead)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
World Superbike Monza Circuit Preview 2011
The World Superbike series heads to Italy this weekend for Round 4 of the 2011 season. The high-speed Monza circuit will host the festivities, where Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa will aim at holding his 43-point advantage over an expected challenge from Aprilia’s Max Biaggi.
The defending champion might be winless thus far, but Biaggi appears the favorite this weekend. The Aprilia ace returns to a venue where he scored the double in 2010 and earlier set the highest top speed ever recorded in SBK at 205.1 mph. As reported by MotoUSA’s WSB Insider, Aprilia brings an even more powerful engine spec to the 2011 Monza round, with expectations high that the currently second-place Biaggi will chip away at least some of Checa’s points lead.
“We need to recover points and we have plenty of potential to be able to do so, even the Assen round showed that,” said Biaggi in a team press release, the Roman having scored a 2-2 result at the Dutch circuit. “We are racing with the number "one" on our fairing so our objective can be nothing less than victory.”
Checa will seemingly be hamstrung, his Ducati notably down on top speed based off 2010 data – the Spaniard’s best a full six mph down from the Aprilia (again, as first reported by our Insider). That said, the veteran Ducati rider has already show masterful racecraft in the 2011 season, snatching up four victories and a perfect podium streak. Surviving Monza without hemorrhaging too many points will be deemed a success, continuation of his podium form a coup.
Yamaha’s Marco Melandri rests third in the points at 85, only four behind his rival Biaggi. Six races into the season and the former MotoGP rider turned SBK rookie has three podiums and a single race win to his credit. Also gathered a couple face slaps from his best buddy Max, Hmm, a pair of chippy Italians dicing for points and the race win at Monza – the 100,000-plus spectators just might enjoy it.
Castrol Honda’s Jonathan Rea got back on track at Assen, the Irishman snatching a double podium and his first win of the season. Though already down a staggering 53 points on the leader, it’s a long season and Rea can gain ground, provided the streaky rider stays consistent. However, last year Monza proved the perfect example of how things can go awry for the Honda ace as Rea crashed out of both Italian races fresh off a double victory performance at Assen. testament to the parity of SBK, the top five in the championship are all campaigning different makes, with Leon Haslam holding the five-spot aboard the BMW S1000RR. Yet Haslam has managed a lone podium this year, and the Beemer still lacks true legitimacy as a title-winning threat. Three rounds into the 2010 season the British rider was the championship front-runner, enjoying an 18-point lead over Biaggi and snagging two wins and five out of six podiums. That was aboard the Alstare Suzuki, this year Haslam is focused on securing the first-ever SBK win for the Bavarian marque.
After the top-five contenders, there are plenty riders capable of the rostrum in a talent-packed Superbike field. Heading the list is Leon Camier, who will also enjoy the advantages proffered by the more potent RSV4. Camier scored a podium finish at Donington earlier this year, with a fourth-place Race 2 result at Assen. The Englishman reckons he can do well, provided he performs better in Superpole (read more about the factory Aprilia rider’s season thus far in MotoUSA’s exclusive Leon Camier Interview).
Other men gunning for the steps are Melandri’s factory teammate and fellow SBK rookie, Eugene Laverty, as well as Ducati’s second-string privateer Jakub Smrz (if Checa can be termed a privateer). The Czech rider is always an outside threat for the steps, nabbing a second-place finish at Donington in Race 1. Former factory Ducati man, now lone Suzuki SBK competitor, Michel Fabrizio, is building up to a consistent top-five pace this season. Vets like Aprilia PATA’s Noriyuki Haga and BMW’s Troy Corser shouldn’t be discounted either. And former two-time SBK champ James Toseland will also be turning laps at Monza as well, King James returning from a wrist injury earlier this year for BMW. The Paul Bird Motorsport team will look to make news for its performances on the track at Monza. The British-based team is at the center of controversy when PBM transport vehicles were detained in Dover upon returning from Round 3 at Assen. The Sunday Telegraph reported cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis, as well as a firearm, were allegedly found in the Kawasaki Racing Team trucks. PBM later released a statement confirming “that a quantity of banned substances had been deposited in a race transporter,” going on to say that “team staff present at the time of the search and discovery enjoy the full support and confidence of the team.” As the garage sorts out the off-track situation, team riders Chris Vermeulen, Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes shoot for solid results at the Italian circuit. Of the three, Sykes has tallied the more impressive results – while Vermeulen finally gets back in action after a long recover from knee surgery.
Source : http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/786/9911/Motorcycle-Article/World-Superbike-Monza-Preview-2011.aspx
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The defending champion might be winless thus far, but Biaggi appears the favorite this weekend. The Aprilia ace returns to a venue where he scored the double in 2010 and earlier set the highest top speed ever recorded in SBK at 205.1 mph. As reported by MotoUSA’s WSB Insider, Aprilia brings an even more powerful engine spec to the 2011 Monza round, with expectations high that the currently second-place Biaggi will chip away at least some of Checa’s points lead.
“We need to recover points and we have plenty of potential to be able to do so, even the Assen round showed that,” said Biaggi in a team press release, the Roman having scored a 2-2 result at the Dutch circuit. “We are racing with the number "one" on our fairing so our objective can be nothing less than victory.”
Checa will seemingly be hamstrung, his Ducati notably down on top speed based off 2010 data – the Spaniard’s best a full six mph down from the Aprilia (again, as first reported by our Insider). That said, the veteran Ducati rider has already show masterful racecraft in the 2011 season, snatching up four victories and a perfect podium streak. Surviving Monza without hemorrhaging too many points will be deemed a success, continuation of his podium form a coup.
Yamaha’s Marco Melandri rests third in the points at 85, only four behind his rival Biaggi. Six races into the season and the former MotoGP rider turned SBK rookie has three podiums and a single race win to his credit. Also gathered a couple face slaps from his best buddy Max, Hmm, a pair of chippy Italians dicing for points and the race win at Monza – the 100,000-plus spectators just might enjoy it.
Castrol Honda’s Jonathan Rea got back on track at Assen, the Irishman snatching a double podium and his first win of the season. Though already down a staggering 53 points on the leader, it’s a long season and Rea can gain ground, provided the streaky rider stays consistent. However, last year Monza proved the perfect example of how things can go awry for the Honda ace as Rea crashed out of both Italian races fresh off a double victory performance at Assen. testament to the parity of SBK, the top five in the championship are all campaigning different makes, with Leon Haslam holding the five-spot aboard the BMW S1000RR. Yet Haslam has managed a lone podium this year, and the Beemer still lacks true legitimacy as a title-winning threat. Three rounds into the 2010 season the British rider was the championship front-runner, enjoying an 18-point lead over Biaggi and snagging two wins and five out of six podiums. That was aboard the Alstare Suzuki, this year Haslam is focused on securing the first-ever SBK win for the Bavarian marque.
After the top-five contenders, there are plenty riders capable of the rostrum in a talent-packed Superbike field. Heading the list is Leon Camier, who will also enjoy the advantages proffered by the more potent RSV4. Camier scored a podium finish at Donington earlier this year, with a fourth-place Race 2 result at Assen. The Englishman reckons he can do well, provided he performs better in Superpole (read more about the factory Aprilia rider’s season thus far in MotoUSA’s exclusive Leon Camier Interview).
Other men gunning for the steps are Melandri’s factory teammate and fellow SBK rookie, Eugene Laverty, as well as Ducati’s second-string privateer Jakub Smrz (if Checa can be termed a privateer). The Czech rider is always an outside threat for the steps, nabbing a second-place finish at Donington in Race 1. Former factory Ducati man, now lone Suzuki SBK competitor, Michel Fabrizio, is building up to a consistent top-five pace this season. Vets like Aprilia PATA’s Noriyuki Haga and BMW’s Troy Corser shouldn’t be discounted either. And former two-time SBK champ James Toseland will also be turning laps at Monza as well, King James returning from a wrist injury earlier this year for BMW. The Paul Bird Motorsport team will look to make news for its performances on the track at Monza. The British-based team is at the center of controversy when PBM transport vehicles were detained in Dover upon returning from Round 3 at Assen. The Sunday Telegraph reported cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis, as well as a firearm, were allegedly found in the Kawasaki Racing Team trucks. PBM later released a statement confirming “that a quantity of banned substances had been deposited in a race transporter,” going on to say that “team staff present at the time of the search and discovery enjoy the full support and confidence of the team.” As the garage sorts out the off-track situation, team riders Chris Vermeulen, Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes shoot for solid results at the Italian circuit. Of the three, Sykes has tallied the more impressive results – while Vermeulen finally gets back in action after a long recover from knee surgery.
Source : http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/786/9911/Motorcycle-Article/World-Superbike-Monza-Preview-2011.aspx
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