2009 WSBK French round : D-10

News - 2009 WSBK French round : D-10
09/24/2009

The year 2009 will remain the rookies' one. In Superbike, Ben Spies, recruited by Yamaha to discover the world level, is about to clinch the title and to offer the tuning fork brand his first one in the category. With 9 poles (among which 7 in a row in the early season) and 12 wins out of 11 rounds, the texan rider, three-times reigning AMA Superbike champion, never showed himself impressed by the tracks he was all discovering, or almost (last year, he had contended the British Grand Prix aboard a Suzuki). On the contrary, his contenders have had to make do with the "Texas terror" ; particularly Noriyuki Haga.

The Japanese, Troy Bayliss's successor in the Ducati squad, thought that this campaign could be the right one. With the misadventures of Ben Spies (crashes, out of gas...), he was leading the championship since the first round, even after his big crash at Donington, that fortunately happened just before the summer break. Since the German round, that is the rookie who took the championship lead. Will Nitro Nori become the "Superbike's Randy Mamola" ? For the record, he previously finished as runner-up in 2000 and 2007 and 3rd in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 !

In Supersport, Andrew Pitt and Kenan Sofuoglu with their Ten Kate Honda were the logical favourites of the series. But Cal Crutchlow and Eugene Laverty dominated the championship, with an advantage to the first named. It didn't take long to the 2006 British Supersport champion to win on his official Yamaha. Eugene Laverty is the second revelation of the season. Already substitute with Yamaha last year, he won with his privateer Honda in three occasions. Joan Lascorz and his Kawasaki, despite encouraging results (5 podiums), are now out of the battle for the title.

On the art side, my summer has been very busy. I notably worked on the newcomers. To discover from next October 15.

Championships standings :

World Superbike :
1 - Ben Spies (USA, Yamaha)
2 - Noriyuki Haga (JAP, Ducati)
3 - Michel Fabrizio (ITA, Ducati)
4 - Jonathan Rea (GBR, Honda)
5 - Max Biaggi (ITA, Aprilia)

Pts
364
346
289
244
224

Poles
9
1
0
0
0

Wins
12
7
1
2
1

Podiums
14
15
12
5
3

World Supersport :
1 - Cal Crutchlow (GBR, Yamaha)
2 - Eugene Laverty (IRL, Honda)
3 - Joan Lascorz (SPA Kawasaki)
4 - Kenan Sofuoglu (TUR, Honda)
5 - Fabien Foret (FRA, Yamaha)

Pts
210
188
138
128
99

Poles
8
0
0
1
0

Wins
5
3
0
2
1

Podiums
9
6
5
3
2

Schedule

Friday, 2
12h45 - 13h45 : World Superbike, free practise
14h00 - 14h45 : Superstock 1000, free practise
15h00 - 16h00 : World Supersport, free practise
16h15 - 17h15 : World Superbike, qualifying practise
17h30 - 18h00 :Superstock 600, free practise

Saturday, 3
9h00 - 9h30 : Superstock 1000, free practise
9h45 - 10h30 : World Supersport, free practise
10h45 - 11h30 : World Superbike, qualifying practise
11h45 - 12h15 : Superstock 600, free practise
13h00 - 13h45 : World Supersport, qualifying practise
14h00 - 14h45: World Superbike, free practise
15h00 - 15h12 : World Superbike , Superpole 1
15h19 - 15h31 : World Superbike , Superpole 2
15h38 - 15h50 : World Superbike , Superpole 3
16h10 - 16h40 : Superstock 1000, qualifying practise
16h55 - 17h25 : Superstock 600, qualifying practise

Sunday, 4
9h00 - 9h10 : Superstock 1000, warm up
9h20 - 9h40 : World Superbike, warm up
9h50 - 10h10 : World Supersport, warm up
10h40 : Superstock 1000, Race (14 laps - 61,754 km)
12h00 : World Superbike, Race 1 (23 laps - 101,453 km)
13h25 : World Supersport, Race (22 laps - 97,042 km)
14h30 : Superstock 600, Race (10 laps - 44,110 km)
15h30 : World Superbike, Race 2 (23 laps - 101,453 km)

Any further information is available at www.magnysbk.com.

Related items :
- 2008 WSBK French round : D-10
- 2007 WSBK French round : D-12

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