Silverstone *Spoiler*

Haga-san still going strong. Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's James Toseland had been running in fourth place when he high sided on the second lap. He was able to restart and finish eighth salvaging eight points for his championship. With Haga on the podium and Toseland not, it has closed up the championship, Haga is now just twenty three points away from Toseland's lead. --Crash.net Race 1 1 1 21 T. BAYLISS AUS Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 999 F07 28 1'37.050 2 2 41 N.HAGA JPN Yamaha Motor Italia Yamaha YZF-R1 28 2.035 1'37.005 3 5 11 T. CORSER AUS Yamaha Motor Italia Yamaha YZF-R1 28 4.568 1'37.286 4 13 44 R. ROLFO ITA Hannspree Ten Kate HondaHonda CBR1000RR 28 50.039 1'38.630 5 14 55 R. LACONI FRA Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 28 1'09.634 1'39.696 6 8 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Alstare Suzuki Corona ExtraSuzuki GSX-R1000 K7 28 1'20.982 1'40.026 7 4 57 L. LANZI ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 999 F07 28 1'33.061 8 3 52 J. TOSELAND GBR Hannspree Ten Kate HondaHonda CBR1000RR 27 1 Lap 1'39.965 9 6 111 R. XAUS ESP Team Sterilgarda Ducati 999 F06 27 1 Lap 1'39.925 10 16 76 M.NEUKIRCHNER GER Suzuki Germany Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 27 1 Lap 1'40.888 11 17 13 V. IANNUZZO ITA Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 27 1 Lap 1'41.284 12 20 22 L. MORELLI ITA D.F.X. Corse Honda CBR1000RR 27 1 Lap 1'41.425 13 18 38 S. NAKATOMI JPN Yamaha YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 26 2 Laps 1'44.246

i cant believe toseland ran the whole race with no coolant!!

i cant believe toseland ran the whole race with no coolant!! And pass people upto 8th from 17th!!! As the commentators were saying, that'd be a great advert for Honda's reliability...

2nd. race rain canceled :mad:

And pass people upto 8th from 17th!!! As the commentators were saying, that'd be a great advert for Honda's reliability... Yeah for sure. I bet we see commercials from Honda on how tough their bikes are. :lol

RACE REPORT - 27/05/2007 Yamaha second and third in a one-race round The British weather tried to spoil the seventh round of the World Superbike Championship at Silverstone today but it couldn't take away two podium positions from the Yamaha Motor Italia Team. In a rain-soaked single-race day Haga took second while Corser took his 110th podium position in third. The second race was cancelled after a 30 minute delay to clear water from the track failed to improve conditions. The day started with a twenty minute warm up session that doubled up as the first opportunity for all the teams to find their wet set up. Corser showed his wet race confidence in the YZF-R1, going second fastest overall in the session. Haga went fifth fastest but had a small crash at the end of the session. Both Haga and Corser got good race starts with Haga maintaining his second place and Corser moving up to fourth. Within one lap Corser had passed his way up to second, overtaking Haga along the way, and was focusing on catching front man Bayliss. It was on lap four that Corser took the lead until Bayliss re-took it after six laps. The water soaked track made for difficult race conditions but all three riders were locked in a tight battle for the lead for the remainder of the race. Haga squeezed past Corser on lap 19 and went on to set the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap to give Yamaha their 50th fastest lap of all-time. Both riders held on to their positions to take second and third positions. Yamaha was the only manufacturer today to have all its riders finish. Shinichi Nakatomi braved the bad weather to put in a strong performance. He finished 13th and took away three points in his most disliked weather conditions and with two broken toes. Haga now goes into the eighth round at Misano only 23 points behind first place; Corser maintains his fifth position with the 16 points from today's race. Noriyuki Haga (2nd - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) "I'm a bit disappointed the race has been cancelled because I have lost out on the chance to take away even more points. The conditions out there are bad but I still would've wanted to race - that's my job and I know the risks. At least no championship points have gone elsewhere. This morning I had a small high-side crash in the warm up session but it didn't put me off in the race. I was more concerned about my suspension setting which wasn't perfect. The twenty minute session this morning wasn't long enough for me to find the best wet set up so I had to work with what I had. I am surprised at my result and getting fastest lap considering this but it's a good result and I have even managed to reduce the points difference between myself and first place. I'm looking forward to Misano - at least it hardly ever rains there!" Troy Corser (3rd - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) "I'm disappointed that the second race was cancelled because I was going well in the wet today and reckon I could've got another podium. I am pleased with my race one result as it's the first time I have ridden the Yamaha in full wet conditions. I was running in first place but just couldn't maintain it because of the conditions and I made a small mistake - when you make a mistake in this weather it can really affect you. I'm happy with the bike and also now with both wet and dry set up. With regard to race two there was so much water on the track I nearly crashed twice on the sighting lap. But to not race is still disappointing." Massimo Meregalli (Team Coordinator, Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) "We got a good result today considering the weather. To have both riders on the podium together re-pays all the hard work the team has put in so far this season. Today we have are twelve points closer to the championship win so we are now even more motivated. To see Troy on the podium was great because he's had some bad luck in the last few races. All our energies are now on the next race at Misano as it is our second home race. I would like to thank the team for all their hard work this weekend." Shinichi Nakatomi (13th - Team Yamaha YZF) "This has been a difficult weekend with my injuries and the weather. I had very little time between races to recover from my crash at Monza; I was in a lot of pain and found it hard to push on the footpeg during the race. But I have found some good setting this weekend and am pleased to finish in thirteenth as the bike was sliding a lot in the rain." Martial Garcia (Team Manager, Team Yamaha YZF) "It is good to take away three points from this round considering Tomi's pain. He told me that he almost stopped during the race but he fought on to take some points. He now has three weeks to recover which is a good amount of time. It is a credit to him that he finished the race today, I am pleased with his result." Race 1 - 28 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 46'2.875 2, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 0'2.035 3, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 0'4.568 4, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 0'50.039 5, Regis Laconi, Kawasaki, FRA, 1'9.696 6, Max Biaggi, Suzuki, ITA, 1'20.982 7, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 1'33.061 8, James Toseland, Honda, GBR, -1 Laps 9, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, -1 Laps 10, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, -1 Laps 11, Vittorio Iannuzzo, Kawasaki, ITA, -1 Laps 12, Luca Morelli, Ducati, ITA, -1 Laps 13, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, -2 Laps Best Lap Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 1'37.005 Rider Standings 27/05/2007 Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Points 1, James Toseland, Honda, GBR, 237 2, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 214 3, Max Biaggi, Suzuki, ITA, 201 4, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 189 5, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 151 6, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 116 7, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, 113 8, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 90 9, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 87 10, Regis Laconi, Kawasaki, FRA, 62 11, Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki, JPN, 60 12, Michel Fabrizio, Honda, ITA, 59 13, Fonsi Nieto, Kawasaki, ESP, 46 14, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 44 15, Joshua Brookes, Honda, AUS, 40 17, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 22 Manufacturer Standings 27/05/2007 Pos., Manufacturer, Points 1, Honda, 251 2, Yamaha, 237 3, Ducati, 234 4, Suzuki, 201 5, Kawasaki, 88

RACE REPORT - 27/05/2007 West gives Yamaha their first Supersport race win of the season Freezing temperatures and heavy rain was not enough to put Anthony West off from taking his first race win for Yamaha today at Silverstone. In a dramatic race for the Yamaha World Supersport Team Broc Parkes crashed out while in second place and West went from 16th to take the race win in appalling weather conditions. Both riders got excellent starts with Parkes going into the lead on the first lap with Yamaha Team Italia rider Massimo Roccoli in second and West making an impressive charge from 16th to 6th. Parkes started to open a gap between him and the rest of the pack as West continued his one-man charge. After passing Roccoli on lap four West set about catching his team mate. By lap ten he had passed Parkes and already put 3.5 seconds between them. Parkes was maintaining his second place when he crashed on lap 14 at the old hairpin in a low-side slide. Roccoli had been running in third for the majority of the race when he also crashed out on lap 23. The race was then red flagged due to the deteriorating weather conditions giving Anthony West the race win with a comfortable 33 second lead. Today's race success puts West in seventh place in the championship and only 28 points behind fourth place. Anthony West (1st - Yamaha World Supersport Team) "This is a fantastic result especially when you consider my qualifying position. The rain helped in a way because I was finding it very difficult in the dry to find a decent set up. I need more time at tracks I don't know to get the right race setting but the rain leveled the playing field. I wasn't even too confident in my wet set up that we sorted in this morning's session because the session was stopped and re-started and we lost time. I went hard for the first few laps and I had some big moments which were scary. I had quite a few throughout the race actually so I am glad that the race was red flagged - it was too cold to keep going. I was out there long enough! I would like to dedicate this win to Kevin Curtain as without him I would not have had this chance to race in World Supersport. I really feel for him being out injured and I hope he gets well soon." Broc Parkes (DNF - Yamaha World Supersport Team) "I knew Anthony was going very fast and I tried to follow but there was almost too much of a gap. The crash was so strange, it was really slow and I didn't even crash hard but I broke the footpeg and that ended my race. I just can't believe that I have crashed again, I'm pretty devastated." Massimo Roccoli (DNF - Yamaha Team Italia) "I took a lot of risks today. My aim to challenge Fujiwara towards the end of the race for the podium position but I lost the rear and crashed out. I am very disappointed because I have been fast here in the dry this weekend." Race 1 - 28 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, Anthony West, Yamaha, AUS, 39'16.245 2, Robbin Harms, Honda, DNK, 0'33.477 3, Katsuaki Fujiwara, Honda, JPN, 0'48.057 4, Fabien Foret, Kawasaki, FRA, 0'51.777 5, Gianluca Vizziello, Yamaha, ITA, 0'54.295 6, Matthieu Lagrive, Honda, FRA, 1'1.579 7, Javier Fores, Honda, ESP, 1'50.576 8, Lorenzo Alfonsi, Honda, ITA, 1'52.106 9, Julien Enjolras, Yamaha, FRA, 1'53.184 10, Barry Veneman, Suzuki, NED, -1 Laps 11, Miguel Praia, Honda, POR, -1 Laps 12, Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha, FRA, -1 Laps 13, Jesco Gunther, Honda, GER, -1 Laps 14, Gregory Leblanc, Honda, FRA, -1 Laps 15, Joan Lascorz, Honda, ESP, -1 Laps Best Lap Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time Anthony West, Yamaha, AUS, 1'44.188 Rider Standings 27/05/2007 Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Points 1, Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 145 2, Fabien Foret, Kawasaki, FRA, 100 3, Katsuaki Fujiwara, Honda, JPN, 69 4, Robbin Harms, Honda, DNK, 59 5, Barry Veneman, Suzuki, NED, 47 6, Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati, ITA, 43 7, Anthony West, Yamaha, AUS, 41 8, Andrew Pitt, Honda, AUS, 40 9, David Salom, Yamaha, ESP, 34 10, Lorenzo Alfonsi, Honda, ITA, 34 11, Massimo Roccoli, Yamaha, ITA, 33 12, Pere Riba, Kawasaki, ESP, 30 13, Broc Parkes, Yamaha, AUS, 27 14, Craig Jones, Honda, GBR, 25 15, Kevin Curtain, Yamaha, AUS, 25 21, David Checa, Yamaha, ESP, 20 24, Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha, FRA, 13 Manufacturer Standings 27/05/2007 Pos., Manufacturer, Points 1, Honda, 165 2, Kawasaki, 110 3, Yamaha, 107 4, Suzuki, 54 5, Ducati, 43 RACE REPORT - 27/05/2007 Yamaha claim fifth and sixth finishes in bad weather conditions Michele Pirro and Matteo Baiocco took fifth and sixth place finishes respectively today at Silverstone despite appalling weather conditions. With constant rain since last night the track had become very wet and slippery with lots of standing water. All the weekend's practice and qualifying sessions so far this weekend had been in dry conditions which meant that no one had been able to find a good wet set up so everyone took the opportunity to use this morning's warm up session as a chance to get some wet settings. The race was also shortened to ten laps due to the weather. Michele Pirro started on pole, his third of the season so far, with team mate Claudio Corti also on the front row in third. Fresh from his win at Monza two weeks ago, Team Umbria Bike rider Matteo Baiocco started in seventh position. Pirro made a good start and took the lead on the first lap with Roberts and Aitchison close behind. Despite trying to build up a gap between himself and the pack behind Pirro was unable to shake off Roberts. On lap five Roberts passed Pirro but was unable to maintain it after a near high-side one lap later. Then, on the penultimate lap Pirro had a near crash and ran onto the gravel, losing first place. He re-joined to finish in fifth. Baiocco and Corti battled together throughout the race for sixth position until an error by Corti saw him drop back to take tenth finishing slot. Baiocco held his ground to take sixth and ten valuable points. Didier Van Keymeulen's weekend did not go according to plan when he crashed during Saturday's free practice session. He had been showing his potential from the start of the weekend, running fastest in the first free practice and achieving fourth in qualifying one. In the second practice session Didier was on a fast lap minutes before the end when he crashed at the chicane, breaking one of the lower vertebrae in his back and cracking his pelvis. His recovery period is expected to be abut three months. Matteo Baiocco leaves Silverstone second in the championship and only eight points behind lead-man Aitchison. Pirro moves up to fifth place in his rookie year in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup with only four points separating him from third position. Corti lies in sixth, just three points behind his fellow Yamaha Team Italia rider. Michele Pirro (5th - Yamaha Team Italia) "I got a very good start today and was two seconds in front when I hit a slippery white line and lost control while passing a back marker. I lost out on a very good opportunity this weekend to improve my championship standing. I am very sorry to the team." Matteo Baiocco (6th - Team Umbria Bike) "I didn't get a good wet set up and I just tried to survive in the race, which I managed to do. I look forward to Misano, which is my home track, where I promise that the music will be very different!" Claudio Corti (10th - Yamaha Team Italia) "I didn't have time to set the bike up for the wet today which meant I had a very poor result. I hpe for much better next time." Race 1 - 10 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, Brendan Roberts, Ducati, AUS, 17'54.454 2, Mark Aitchison, Suzuki, AUS, 0'3.270 3, Matej Smrz, Honda, CZE, 0'9.170 4, Xavier Simeon, Suzuki, BEL, 0'14.674 5, Michele Pirro, Yamaha, ITA, 0'20.559 6, Matteo Baiocco, Yamaha, ITA, 0'26.737 7, Cederic Tangre, Yamaha, FRA, 0'27.989 8, Loic Napoleone, Suzuki, FRA, 0'27.437 9, Ayrton Badovini, MV Agusta, ITA, 0'32.785 10, Claudio Corti, Yamaha, ITA, 0'34.403 11, Lorenzo Baroni, Ducati, ITA, 0'37.299 12, Ilario Dionisi, Suzuki, ITA, 0'37.586 13, Nicolo Canepa, Ducati, ITA, 0'40.906 14, Marko Jerman, Suzuki, SVK, 0'46.422 15, Dario Giuseppetti, Yamaha, GER, 0'58.452 17, Timo Giesele, Yamaha, GER, 1'13.146 21, Raymond Schouten, Yamaha, NED, 1'22.769 Best Lap Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time Matej Smrz, Honda, CZE, 1'44.768 Rider Standings 27/05/2007 Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Points 1, Mark Aitchison, Suzuki, AUS, 78 2, Matteo Baiocco, Yamaha, ITA, 70 3, Nicolo Canepa, Ducati, ITA, 60 4, Michele Pirro, Yamaha, ITA, 56 5, Ilario Dionisi, Suzuki, ITA, 54 6, Claudio Corti, Yamaha, ITA, 51 7, Xavier Simeon, Suzuki, BEL, 51 8, Didier Van Keymeulen, Yamaha, BEL, 45 9, Brendan Roberts, Ducati, AUS, 35 10, Matej Smrz, Honda, CZE, 31 11, Rene Mahr, Yamaha, GER, 26 12, Cederic Tangre, Yamaha, FRA, 23 13, Marko Jerman, Suzuki, SVK, 23 14, Sheridan Morais, Ducati, RSA, 19 15, Danilo Dell'omo, MV Agusta, ITA, 13 Manufacturer Standings 27/05/2007 Pos., Manufacturer, Points 1, Yamaha, 101 2, Suzuki, 91 3, Ducati, 85 4, Honda, 43 5, MV Agusta, 24 6, Kawasaki, 4 Yamaha Racing Communications