Brands Hatch
Nurburgring Facts & Figures
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Friday, 3rd September 2010, 8:35 GMT350: Troy Corser will take part in his 349th and 350th race at the Nurburgring. Significant figures also for Noriyuki Haga, who will be on 280 races after race 1 and James Toseland, who can count on 190 after the race weekend. NURBURGRING PERSONAL SCOREBOARD • Matteo Baiocco is looking for his first points on the Nurburgring track: last year he was sixteenth in race 2, while in the Superstock 1000 championship he was eighteenth in the 2008 race;• Max Biaggi always scored points at the Nurburgring, and his results are on the way up: he was thirteenth in race 1 in 2008, then seventh in race 2 while last year he was fifth and fourth. His 2008 performances were influenced by a fall in the warm-up;• in 2008 Carlos Checa was the best of the Honda riders on the starting grid: third; he finished both races in fifth. Last year he was able to climb twice on the podium in third;• Troy Corser won the second Nurburgring race in 1999 in front of Aaron Slight and Akira Yanagawa and was close to winning also the second race in 2008: when the rain began to fall he was leading, but the classification had to be taken two laps before, while he was second behind Haga. Last year he was eighth and sixth;• the best result out of four races run for Michel Fabrizio is a sixth, obtained in 2008, race 2. The Italian rider always scored points at the Nurburgring, finishing always in the top-10, both in qualifying and in the race;• a fall in race 2 last year spoiled an almost perfect scoreboard for Noriyuki Haga, who obtained the double in 2008 and finished second behind Spies in race 1. The Japanese rider has always performed well on German soil: he has been able to win at every German track on the WSBK calendar. He won at Hockenheim in 2000, then Oschersleben in 2004, and another one at the Lausitzring in 2007. All these wins came not starting from pole, which came last year at the Nurburgring;• Lorenzo Lanzi won his maiden race in Germany, at the Lausitzring in 2005, last year he wasn't present at the Nurburgring, while in 2008 he wasn't able to score points;• Max Neukirchner was able to finish third in both 2008 races. Recently he stepped again on the top step of the podium, winning the first of the two races of the German championship, held at Assen on the 22nd of August;• in his three races run at the Nurburgring, Jonathan Rea was always able to improve: he was sixth in the 2008 Supersport race, fourth in race 1 last year and came out as the winner in race 2;• Jakub Smrz is looking for his first top-10 placement at the Nurburgring: out of four races run here he finished twice eleventh (in race 1, 2008 and race 2 last year);• Tom Sykes last year finished both races in the top-10, in eighth and ninth. Like Neukirchner he was able to win again recently as a wild card in the British Championship: he won two of the three races run in Brands Hatch the 7th and 8th of August;• James Toseland has never raced with the superbikes at the Nurburgring, however he won his maiden race on German soil, in 2003 at Oschersleben;• also Ruben Xaus obtained his maiden win in Germany, in Oschersleben, in 2001. He always finished in the points in Germany from 2006 to 2008, last year he missed the Nurburgring round because he was recovering from his fall in Brno. His bike was given to British rider Richard Cooper. TEAMS IN GERMANY • Aprilia has never been able to place a bike on the podium in Germany, even though they have raced fourteen times in this country. The best result is a fourth, obtained three times, the last one last year with Max Biaggi;• Ducati has obtained fifteen wins in Germany, three of them at the Nurburgring, the last one in 1999 with Corser;• Honda won again in Germany last year in race 2 with Jonathan Rea, the wait started in 2006, when they won at the Lausitzring with James Toseland;• In 1993 and 1994 Kawasaki won three times in Germany, however the last podium on German soil came in 2000, when Akira Yanagawa finished third in race 2 at Oschersleben;• for the first time since 2004, last year Suzuki wasn't able to climb on the podium in Germany: the best placement was a tenth in race 2 by Yukio Kagayama;• Yamaha won three of the four races run here in the last two years, scoring the double with Haga in 2008 and winning with Spies in race 1 last year. Spies then finished second in race 2. MILESTONES IN GERMANY In Germany the following riders obtained... ...their maiden win: Scott Russell (1993), Troy Bayliss (2000), Ruben Xaus (2001), James Toseland (2003), Lorenzo Lanzi (2005);...their maiden pole: Alex Vieira (1988), Troy Corser (1995), Pierfrancesco Chili (1996), Simon Crafar (1997), Lorenzo Lanzi (2005), Fonsi Nieto (2007);...their maiden fastest lap: Christophe Bouheben e Virginio Ferrari (1988), Troy Bayliss (2000), Mauro Sanchini (2001).In 2009 Jonathan Rea scored Britain's 100th win, scoring also his maiden fastest lap. Read article
Brace of seconds for Birchalls in Battle of Britain sidecars
Source: Bike Sport News RSS Feed - Thursday, 2nd September 2010, 0:00 GMTThe Mansfield due have to give best to Tim Reeves at Brands Hatch Read article
Editor’s Blog: Racing’s Dark Side – The Death Of Peter Lenz
Source: MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that Ducati out of WSBK is almost as big as Rossi to Ducati - Tuesday, 31st August 2010, 20:08 GMTWhen you arrive to pick up your credentials at a motorcycle racing event, they make you sign a form. On that form, you are informed that motorsports are dangerous in whatever capacity you attend, and you do so at your own risk. If you don't sign the form, you don't get your passes, that's how seriously they take this. For this is something that race fans tend to forget: motorcycle racing really is dangerous. For years now we've been spoiled, with riders invariably getting up and walking away, or at worst being flown out to the nearest hospital in a medivac helicopter, making their return with steel pins holding broken bones together, after missing just a handful of races. Only occasionally does it end badly, such as when Craig Jones was killed in a World Supersport race at Brands Hatch in 2008, or when Daijiro Katoh suffered fatal injuries during the 2003 Japanese MotoGP round at Suzuka. But even those accidents were a sign of how things have changed. In the early years of Grand Prix racing, all the way through to the mid-1970s, Grand Prix racing would lose a handful of riders every season. Protective gear has improved vastly over the years, and the track especially have seen huge changes, with street circuits disappearing, hard obstacles being removed and walls being pushed back as far as possible, and then covered in air fence for good measure.read more Read article
Thundersport Brands Hatch: Download the weekend results
Source: Bike Sport News RSS Feed - Tuesday, 31st August 2010, 0:00 GMTAll the result from the weekend's Thundersport action at Brands Hatch Read article
Triumph Challenge: Atkinson maintains title advantage
Source: Bike Sport News RSS Feed - Tuesday, 31st August 2010, 0:00 GMTAll the action from this weekend's Triumph Triple Challenge at Brands Hatch Read article
Busy times for Sykes and Kawasaki
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Thursday, 26th August 2010, 14:04 GMTWith most of the WSB world on well-earned vacation immediately after the Silverstone round, it was work all the way in early August for Tom Sykes and the Kawasaki Racing Team. Sykes left Silverstone for Japan shortly after the end of the British Superbike World Championship round, to test the exciting 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R at Autopolis in Japan. Immediately after that, he came back to the UK to ride in the British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch, one weekend after Silverstone WSBK. He was glad he did, as he won both races on Sunday, giving his entire Kawasaki Racing Team - based in the UK and run by Paul Bird Motorsport - a real boost. Said Sykes of his Brands Hatch wins, "It's been great to race at Brands Hatch again as it's a circuit I really love. There was quite a bit of pressure from myself to perform this weekend but we used this as a bit of a test. Up until last night things weren't really going that well, then we went back to basics and made a few changes, which obviously seemed to work in today's races. Hats off to the team and Paul Bird for pushing hard for us to come here as the results paid off and it just goes to show we're not doing a bad job in where we are in the World Championship. It's a nice pat on the back to the guys for all their hard work this year and really good for me to get the double. It has certainly put a smile on my face." Read article
Haydon’s inside line: Cadwell Park
Source: British Superbikes - BSB Blog - Mirror.co.uk - Thursday, 26th August 2010, 10:22 GMTCadwell Park is just fantastic and a real challenging circuit, no matter how good you are as a rider. This is a big round as it is the final one before the Showdown and there is that question over who will make the final place to become the sixth Title Fighter. I think it is really between Alastair Seeley and John Laverty as Stuart Easton will need some luck if he is to be the final one. It will be exciting to watch and to see whether there will be any strategies, but it is Alastair's to lose really I think. The top five in the standings might take a deep breath before this weekend as they have their places secured as Title Fighters and I think that maybe we could see an unusual or surprising result here this weekend. Having said that, the HM Plant Honda team were awesome there back in May and Kiyo and Josh Brookes surely are the ones to beat, however you know Tommy Hill will be pushing them all the way. Stuart Easton though needs to recapture his form of old, whether he makes the top six or not, and James Ellison on the second Swan Honda is definitely moving forward now since his injury. Tommy Bridewell has impressed me this year so we could see more of him this weekend, as this is the circuit he has scored his best result at so far this season. But it would be good of we could see the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team up their game this weekend; we saw that the bike has the potential, albeit a different spec at Brands Hatch with Tom Sykes, so it would be nice to see Simon Andrews or Gary Mason get up there. In the Mirror.co.uk BSB - Evo class the fight is really raging between Hudson Kennaugh and Steve Brogan, but my money would still be on Brogie so lets see what happens! See you there. James Read article
Brogie’s watch: Cadwell Park
Source: British Superbikes - BSB Blog - Mirror.co.uk - Thursday, 26th August 2010, 10:16 GMTHey y'all! I can't wait for this weekend - Cadwell Park is just awesome and hopefully now I have put all my bad luck at Brands Hatch behind me. That's racing, you have good and bad days but I was still disappointed that we didn't show our true potential. I am treating this round like it is the first round of the season as that is what it feels like! There are so few points between us that there is nothing to protect so I need to go out, get my head down and stay ahead of Hudson. The Jentin Racing-BMW hasn't changed since the last time we raced there, it just depends what Hudson can pull out of the bag. I will be riding at the limit and hopefully we can get that lead back in the Mirror.co.uk BSB - Evo standings. See you there, Brogie Read article
Lowry to race at the Nurburgring for Kawasaki
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 25th August 2010, 10:36 GMTIan Lowry will line up alongside Kawasaki Racing Team rider, Tom Sykes at Round 11 of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring, in Germany early next month, replacing the injured Chris Vermeulen. Lowry also replaces Akira Yanagawa, who stood in for Vermeulen at Silverstone. The Northern Irishman was offered a last-minute stand-in ride at Brands Hatch, when the Kawasaki Racing Team competed in the British Superbike Championship during the August WSB break. The team enjoyed great success when Sykes topped the podium in both of Sunday's races and Lowry impressed with two top ten rides. The Kawasaki Racing Team has now given the 23-year-old another opportunity to race the Ninja ZX-10R where he adapted to the machine with ease at the British event. Ian Lowry: "I am really grateful for this opportunity to ride for the Factory Kawasaki squad. It was always a dream of mine to compete in the World Superbike Championship and now this is becoming a reality. I enjoyed my outing at Brands Hatch and working with such a professional team, and was surprised at how comfortable I felt on the Kawasaki. I know how competitive the World Superbike Championship is and I intend to make the most of this opportunity and repay the team with two strong finishes. I'm really looking forward to getting a full spin out in the bike again and am really excited about the race. " Read article
Video exclusive: Behind the scenes at Brands Hatch
Source: British Superbikes - BSB Blog - Mirror.co.uk - Thursday, 19th August 2010, 16:33 GMTRound 8 of the MCE British Superbike Championship saw more spectacular racing from the home of British motorcycle racing, Brands Hatch. Our cameras went behind the scenes to bring you exclusive footage and interviews with the people who matter on one of the busiest race weekends on the BSB calendar. CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Read article
