WSBK Test - Updated with day 2 times
 

Leading World Superbike test times from the Losail circuit, Qatar.

Qatar test - day one:

1. Troy Corser ............2min 0.44 secs
2. Lorenzo Lanzi .........2min 0.88 secs
3. Troy Bayliss ............2min 1.2 secs
4. James Toseland .....2min 1.76 secs
5. Noriyuki Haga ........2min 1.92 secs
6. Yukio Kagayama ....2min 1.97 secs
7. Karl Muggeridge ....2min 2.18 secs
8. Andrew Pitt ...........2min 2.65 secs
9. Steve Martin ..........2min 4 secs
10. Craig Jones .........2min 4.54 secs


Qatar test - day two:

1. Troy Corser ............1min 59.17 secs
2. Troy Bayliss ............1min 59.4 secs
3. Lorenzo Lanzi ........2min 0.48 secs
4. Yukio Kagayama ....2min 0.64 secs
5. Karl Muggeridge .....2min 0.68 secs
6. James Toseland ......2min 0.9 secs
7. Noriyuki Haga .........2min 1.5 secs
8. Andrew Pitt .............2min 1.8 secs
9. Steve Martin ............2min 3.1 secs

[Edited on 6-12-2005 by domski]

Impressive start on the Honda for Toseland...allbeit on day one.

Agreed, but he's a second or so down on Corser. Fair play to Lanzi getting such a good time...

And the FPs are doing swell only 4 seconds down on Corser....:devil:

Yeah, it must be coz Qatar is too tight and twisty for the FPs to get their huge power down.

:lol:

Looks like Corser won't be having it all his own way in 2006!!

Looking good for Bayliss at the moment. He could have looked a right knob, but he's doing the business in the World Australian Cup!

:lol:

:lol:

I was looking at that myself! It's good to see the two Troy's at the top - I wonder how many times we'll see that next year ... just a shame they're both cockroaches ...

And 5 Aussies in that list of the top 9 times ... ;)

Yeah, the should change it to the "World Rejects Cup" :lol:

Having said that, I'm open to offers as I believe I qualify for that class ;)

Both cockroaches? What do ya mean??

Both from New South Wales = cockroaches or mexican's (south of the QLD/NSW border)

They call us Queenslanders cane toad's.

Chris Vermuelen is a Cane Toad - get in there my son!

Blimey its a different language....

The same as scousers, liverpudlians, mancunians etc ....

Yeah, us English can't understand them either :lol:

:lol:

Great to see Troy Bayliss running well, and also Yuki san, I reckon he should be more of a force next year. I'm also pleased to see JT apparently getting to grips with the Fireblade so quickly.
I saw on another web site that the top times from this test are within 3 seconds of the best times at the moto gp.
Now given that those in the know reckon that the Pirrelis are 2 seconds slower than the old Michelins................
It would seem that with the right tyres some of these guys could be comfortably running around at the back of a Grand Prix on superbikes!
Doesn't bode too well for the new 800cc class of Moto Gp bike does it, interesting though.

[Edited on 6-12-2005 by desmojen]

Overall Times
1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1'58.60
2. Corser (Suzuki) 1'59.17
3. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 1'59.40
4. Toseland (Honda) 2'00.10
5. Haga (Yamaha) 2'00.46
6. Kagayama (Suzuki) 2'00.62
7. Muggeridge (Honda) 2'00.68
8. Pitt (Yamaha) 2'00.81
9. Martin (Petronas) 2'01.80
10. Jones (Petronas) 2'02.50

Roll on 2006!

Ah ha! Baylisstic!

Corser didnt do the day 3 though!................:devil: