Brno grid

[Kneescrubber]

Brno World Superbike Superpole 2011 Results:
Carlos Checa will start from third on the grid at Brno after finishing behind Biaggi and Melandri in Superpole.
1. Max Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'58.580
2. Marco Melandri (Yamaha) 1'58.801
3. Carlos Checa (Ducati) 1'58.908
4. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha) 1'59.055
5. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) 1'59.541
6. Michel Fabrizio (Suzuki) 1'59.908
7. Leon Camier (Aprilia) 1'59.925
8. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 2'00.303
9. Ayrton Badovini (BMW) 1'59.684
10. Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) 1'59.800
11. Mark Aitchison (Kawasaki) 2'00.362
12. Max Berger (Ducati) 2'01.011
13. Leon Haslam (BMW) 2'00.252
14. Noriyuki Haga (Aprilia) 2'00.374
15. Lorenzo Lanzi (BMW) 2'00.619

[satxbonneville]

Smrz will crash out by the 5th lap.  

Sad to see Haga struggling with the bike and consistency, although it's been a season or two since he put together a competitive campaign. The loss of the championship to Spies in 2009 seemed to really take a lot out of him, although the injuries have certainly been a factor as well. There are flashes of the old Nitro but just flashes.  

Go Carlos!

[DredheadV2.0]

Smrz will crash out by the 5th lap.  

Sad to see Haga struggling with the bike and consistency, although it's been a season or two since he put together a competitive campaign. The loss of the championship to Spies in 2009 seemed to really take a lot out of him, although the injuries have certainly been a factor as well. There are flashes of the old Nitro but just flashes.  

Go Carlos!

Yeah - in almost any other year, Nori would have been king in 2009, but it was the one year Spies was there.  Timing can be a bitch.  

[JonS]

Yeah - in almost any other year, Nori would have been king in 2009, but it was the one year Spies was there.  Timing can be a bitch.  

Boy, isn't that the truth.

[crashtech]

 ....Awesome races.....Biaggi kept Melandri honest in race 1 and Melandri returned the favor for Biaggi in race 2 after some clean position changes...... Wish GP could be that good........

[satxbonneville]

And that f@cking Smrz only teased me with his out of the seat dramatics on the 5th lap in race one although he did manage to bin it in the 2nd race - just not by lap 5.

These long straight-section tracks are killing Checa and the Ducati in this stretch of the season. That Aprilia is a friggin beast on the top end, too bad (or good thing if you're not a fan of Max) it doesn't change direction as willingly as it runs up the speedo.

Good racing but I wish they could give us some spilt screen views, especially near the end of the race when the battles are heating up and we get long minutes of the leader only or they cut away from covering the battle for 5th so we can watch the winner cruise the last lap. ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

I suppose that it's worse watching GP because it's typically one rider multiple seconds in the lead and we get to watch too many minutes of the leader on a brisk solo ride with only glimpses of the battles further back in the field. Or replays of Simoncelli playing high-speed bocce ball.

[crashtech]

Yes I admit I would love to see coverage like nascrap with multiple HD views of the action.....

[Kneescrubber]

Yes I admit I would love to see coverage like nascrap with multiple HD views of the action.....

I wouldn't know.