Leon Camier
2010 Nurburgring WSBK QP1 Result – Checa Clinches Provisional Pole
Source: MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that Ducati out of WSBK is almost as big as Rossi to Ducati - Friday, 3rd September 2010, 17:18 GMTCarlos Checa secured provisional pole during the first qualifying session for World Superbikes at the Nurburgring, heading up another fleet of Ducatis on the front row. Ducati's domination was only broken by Troy Corser, who put his BMW S1000RR between Checa and the remainder of the Althea Ducati and Xerox Ducati teams. Michel Fabrizio took 3rd spot for the factory team, while Checa's teammate Shane Byrne took the final spot on the provisional front row. Championship leader Max Biaggi put his Alitalia Aprilia into 6th, while his main rival, Alstare Suzuki's Leon Haslam, could manage only the 11th fastest time. According to one report on the Dutch website Racesport.nl, Leon Camier fractured his right wrist in a crash, and will take no further part in the weekend's action. Results: Read article
Historic circuit gets WSBK machine back into gear
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 1st September 2010, 10:42 GMTThe 2010 HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship approaches the final stretch this weekend, with the 11th round of the series taking place at the Nürburgring between 3 and 5 September. Only two subsequent rounds will remain after the restart of action in Germany - Imola on September 26 and Magny-Cours on 3 October. Located in western Germany, the Nürburgring is one of the most popular circuits for the riders, as it offers a series of challenges along its 5.137km length, and a high degree of rider satisfaction if a ‘perfect' lap is achieved. Competition in the World Superbike Championship is far from slowing down as the season begins to wind up, as current leader Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) has Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) 60 points behind him, but with 150 points up for grabs for any rider who wins the final six individual races. Both of these riders raced at the Nürburgring last year but neither managed to post a podium finish. They have no shortage of immediate competitors who did in, however, with championship third place rider Jonathan Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) winning the second race in ‘09, Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) going second in race one and Carlos Checa, now riding for Althea Ducati, third in each German race. Rea is currently third on 243 points, 130 behind the lead. Checa is fourth, on 204 points. The long summer break during August has been a welcome one for some riders, but with valuable points up for grabs the mass of WSB riders will be keen to get back into full race mode this weekend. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) pushed himself up to fifth in the championship with his first two wins in WSBK racing last time out at Silverstone. He knows his machine can win at Nürburgring, as eventual champion Ben Spies was victorious on the same model of machine in race one last year. Crutchlow's team-mate James Toseland is a two-time World Superbike Champion, but still looking for his first race success in Yamaha colours. He is sixth in the rankings, only nine points behind Crutchlow. The fight for the last few top ten places is already at fever pitch, with Noriyuki Haga, Leon Camier (Alitalia Aprilia), Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox), Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) closely packed together, from seventh to 11th in the rankings. Even from Crutchlow in fifth to Guintoli in 11th, there is a spread of only 37 points, making almost anything possible in the midfield before season's end. Since the last round in Silverstone, Max Neukirchner (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) has won a race at the IDM Superbike championship. At his home circuit in Germany he will be particularly keen to make a move back up the championship rankings from his current 18th place. Shane Byrne (Althea Ducati) is a lonely 12th at present; over 50 points clear of Jakub Smrz (PATA B&G Aprilia) and Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad Motorsport). Ducati privateer Luca Scassa (Supersonic Team) is the last rider inside the top 15 so far, but works Kawasaki Racing Team man Tom Sykes wants to be on the march forward at this round. He will, in his turn, have Lorenzo Lanzi pushing hard to get ahead of him on his DFX Corse Ducati. Sykes has another new team-mate in the KRT squad this time out, Northern Irish rider Ian Lowry, who is standing in for the injured Chris Vermeulen. Pedercini Kawasaki team-mates Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco will be back in the mix in Germany. Replacing Broc Parkes in the Echo CRS Honda team will be Italian WSB debutant Fabrizio Lai. WORLD SUPERSPORT: Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) now has only one realistic championship challenger, Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) after the accident suffered by Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) at Silverstone. Laverty has scored a fabulous six wins so far, but he is still behind three-time race winner Sofuoglu, by 17 points. In fourth place ParkinGO Triumph BE-1's Chaz Davies is 43 points ahead of his closest challenger, Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda) who scored his first podium last time round at Silverstone. Robbin Harms (Harms Benjan Racing Honda) is close behind Rea, with David Salom also right in there for fifth, on his Triumph. Michele Pirro (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) will come back into the fray after suffering injury at the Brno round and missing out on the Silverstone round. SUPERSTOCK 1000: Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia STK) carried off the overall FIM Cup last time out at Silverstone, but at the home country of his machine's manufacturer he will be out to keep his perfect win record intact. Second place in the championship is still a very live fight, with Maxime Berger (Ten Kate Racing Junior Honda), Michele Magnoni (Bevilacqua Corse Honda), Andrea Antonelli (Team Lorini Honda), Davide Giugliano (Team06 Suzuki) and Loris Baz (MRS Yamaha) all set to try and claim runner-up spot by season's end. SUPERSTOCK 600: Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Racing Yamaha) leads his fellow Frenchman Florian Marino (Ten Kate Junior Racing Honda) by 26 points, with only these two riders in the final fight for the championship now. Federico D'Annunzio (Martini Corse Yamaha) no scored last time out but is still third, on the same 70 points total as his team-mate Dino Lombardi. TRIUMPH PARKINGO SERIES: The single make Triumph ParkinGO European Series continues apace in Germany, featuring identical Triumph Street Triple R machines, raced by a mix of experienced and amateur riders. The challenge of the Nürburgring is one that all the riders are eagerly anticipating, especially championship leader Fabrizio Perotti, who could win the title this time out if results go his way. Two rounds remain, at the Nürburgring and then the season finale at Magny-Cours on October 3rd. THE CIRCUIT: The modern-day Nürburgring is a very different one from the nearby 20th century classic, the ‘Nordschleife'. Nevertheless, the 5.137km circuit that welcomes WSBK racing this weekend still has plenty of elevation changes, fast and slow corners and overtaking opportunities. WSBK racing first started at the Nürburgring in 1998 and 1999, and returned in 2008 and 2009. High drama and close competition have been the keynotes of recent races at this venue, although being located in the Eifel Mountains the track can be subject to rapid and sometimes extreme changes in weather conditions. Read article
Silverstone memorabilia
Source: | Motorcycle Sport | World Superbikes - Wednesday, 4th August 2010, 11:11 GMTLeon Camier crashing during Saturday morning warm up at Silverstone WSB. One of the marshals let me have a piece of the front fairing, so Read article
Silverstone memorabilia
Source: | Motorcycle Sport | World Superbikes - Wednesday, 4th August 2010, 11:11 GMTLeon Camier crashing during Saturday morning warm up at Silverstone WSB. One of the marshals let me have a piece of the front fairing, so Read article
British riders make history at Silverstone
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 4th August 2010, 7:18 GMTBritish riders dominated both races at Silverstone, sweeping to a 1-2-3 in race one and a record first to fifth in the second race. This was the first time that five riders from the UK have filled all top five places. The absolute record is six riders from one nation (Canada) filling the top six places. As that feat took place at a race boycotted by the regular competitors in 1991, however, it has an unusual status in WSBK history. Local knowledge was not a truly viable reason for all the local success in England, as the Silverstone circuit was much changed from the last time any of the top British riders raced there. But a local race is certainly a motivating factor for any rider, especially when competing in front of a partisan and committed home support. For most of the top UK riders who performed well at Silverstone, podium success was not their only reward. Double winner Cal Crutchlow jumped up four places to fifth in the overall championship table, double second place rider Jonathan Rea consolidated his third place in the championship. Leon Camier, so unlucky in previous races, saw a sixth and a third place finish propel him up to eighth in the overall standings. Leon Haslam, who was only on the podium once, saw his disadvantage to championship leader Max Biaggi cut back a little, as he chases Biaggi all the way in his attempt to win the World Championship. A very disappointed James Toseland did not get the home win he so desired, but his two solid finishes kept him in sixth place overall. In fact, the British wave in WSB this year built so high at Silverstone that four of the top six riders in the championship, and five of the top eight, are now UK competitors. British riders have now won 108 WSB races between them, with only ten more to go to join the top ranked nations in terms of WSB race wins - Australia and the USA - on 118 each. Italy is fourth, with 72 victories so far for. In total, riders from 14 different nations have won at least one WSB race. Read article
World Superbike Crowd Celebrates Two All-british Podiums At Silverstone
Source: The Latest Motorcycle News - Tuesday, 3rd August 2010, 7:46 GMTA crowd of 65,000 was at Silverstone this weekend (30 July - 01 August) to celebrate two all-British podiums at Britain’s round of the 2010 FIM Superbike World Championship. Cal Crutchlow powered to victory in both of Sunday’s two World Superbike races, and was joined on the podium by fellow-Brits Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam in the first race and Jonathan Rea and Leon Camier in the second race of the day. Read article
WSBK Silverstone: Camier fights back to take Silverstone podium
Source: bikeracenews.com - Monday, 2nd August 2010, 14:23 GMTFactory Aprilia World Superbike rider Leon Camier astonished the Silverstone crowds today with two superb rides from 16th on the grid. Leon finished race one in 6th after allowing his teammate and Championship leader past him. This was followed by a well deserved podium in front of his home crowd in race two. Leon struggled off the [...] Read article
WSBK Silverstone: Rea doubles up on Silverstone podium
Source: bikeracenews.com - Monday, 2nd August 2010, 11:18 GMTHannspree Ten Kate Honda rider, Jonathan Rea, finished second in both today’s tenth round World Superbike championship races at Silverstone in the UK The two 18-lap encounters around the revised 5.902km Silverstone circuit were won by British rider Cal Crutchlow, with Leon Haslam and Leon Camier each taking a third place to make two all-British podiums. Starting [...] Read article
Crutchlow wins home double
Source: Insidebikes | Carole Nash » Bike News - Sunday, 1st August 2010, 20:18 GMTCal Crutchlow scored a double victory at Silverstone this afternoon, after dominating the World Superbike round all weekend. The Brits had it their own way on home soil, with early race one leader Jonathan Rea gaining the advantage over pole man Crutchlow. The latter was forced to take his place behind Rea for much of the opening laps, whilst Rea attempted to aid his championship campaign. After being on top of the times all weekend so far, Crutchlow fought hard to regain his spot at the front. Persistence finally paid off, when the Yamaha Sterilgarda rider saw an opportunity to make a break for the lead. From here he carved his way towards the chequered flag, setting a new lap record in the process, with a time of 2:05.259 seconds. With the dominant Yamaha across the line, Rea was able to hold onto a strong second place finish, whilst championship contender Leon Haslam made it the first all British podium since Assen earlier in the year. Michel Fabrizio just missed out on a podium crossing the line fourth, whilst championship leader Max Biaggi followed him home in fifth. Biaggi’s Aprilia Alitalia teammate, Leon Camier, was next up in sixth, after fighting his way through from sixteenth on the grid. Carlos Checa finished seventh, with James Toseland eighth, Shane Byrne ninth and Troy Corser tenth after slipping back earlier on. Race two got underway with a mirror effect, as Rea slipped into the lead once again, with Crutchlow second. Despite controlling the pace for the majority of the outing, Crutchlow again found a way passed Rea, leaping into the lead right when it mattered. Rea was unable to regain his position at the front, leaving him to take home another second place. Camier had a stronger outing this time, completing the podium in third. Home support from the British fans obviously played a part, with fellow Brits Haslam and Toseland making it a British top five. This is the first time in WSB history that five British riders filled the top five positions, and on home soil as well. Biaggi extended his title charge with a sixth place finish, with Sylvain Guintoli seventh, Byrne eighth, Jakub Smrz ninth and Checa tenth. Crutchlow rode to the top step of the podium for the very first time in his WSB career, and making it a double was even better for the Yamaha rider. It was also the first win of the season for his Yamaha Sterilgard outfit. Commenting on his double triumph, Crutchlow told the WSB website: “As people have said, it’s a dream come true for a lot of Brits, three on the podium in both races. All credit to the fans, they gave us tremendous support here today. What a brilliant day for Yamaha and a brilliant day for me! I couldn’t believe both wins came at once, I would rather have had one earlier in the year and one today, but we’ve been fighting for this all the year and here it is.” Biaggi has now earned 373 points, with Haslam second with 313 points. Heading into the final three rounds, Biaggi holds the edge but there are still six races to go. The next round is at the Nurburgring in Germany on the 5th September. Read article
Cal dominant with second win
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Sunday, 1st August 2010, 16:18 GMTCal Crutchlow completed a perfect weekend with a double win at Silverstone, pushing away in the last few laps to overhaul long time leader Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) once again. Third went to another British rider Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia), fourth to Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) and fifth to James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda); complete domination from the home riders. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) raced to sixth, maintaining a healthy 60 point championship lead despite being beaten by Haslam twice today. Read article
