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WSBK: Liberty Racing Team officially launched
Last Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafè in Prague, Liberty Racing, the new Czech based team that will contest next season in the World Superbike Championship, gave it’s official launch party.
Fielding Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli and run by Natale Egi, the team backed by Liberty CZ Group with title sponsor, Czech beer maker Effenbert, threw a big party that included Miss 2009 Czech Republic Iveta Lutovska, and 2008 winner Eliska Buckova.
The new team will have an experienced staff that includes techs and engineers from Ducati and Ferrari and will have Ducati official technical support and will be using the upgraded versions of the former factory team’s Ducati 1198 F10’s and will be at Portimao for testing at the end of January.
Source | buongiornoslovacchia.sk
Liberty Racing picks up former Ducati Xerox bikes and techs
With Ducati formally out of World Superbikes with their factory team, Czech based Liberty Racing, who will debut next season with Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli, will be using the four 1198 F10 Ducati superbikes used by Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio in 2010.
The bike development will be followed by Ducati Corse under the supervision of former Ducati Xerox team manager Ernesto Marinelli (project leader Ducati Superbike) and Luca Ferraccioli, while Natale Egi will run the team with Francesco Mastrandrea as Sporting Director and Lorenzo Gandini on suspensions.
The team will run a private test January 12th and 13th at Gaudix circuit in Spain and will take part in the official tests at Portimao, January 26-28 and at Phillip Island, February 21-22.
Source | bikeracing.it
WSBK: Sylvain Guintoli confirmed with Liberty Racing
Yesterday we posted that Sylvain Guintoli was in talks with Liberty Racing and now we can confirm that the French rider has officially signed with the new Czech team.
Guintoli finished his rookie season with Alstare Suzuki, seventh overall in the championship standings and will again be riding a Ducati albeit a 1198 instead of a Desmosedici 800cc when he raced in MotoGP in 2008 with the Alice Pramac D’Antin team.
Mario Bertuccio, Liberty Cz Group CEO and owner of the team said that he is very satisfied that they were able to pick up another top rider and they will soon announce the names of the crew and staff members who already have numerous years of experience in world level teams.
Want to bet that at least one of the pit crew members will be from the now defunct Ducati Xerox factory team?
Source | motoblog.it
WSBK Magny-Cours: Cal Crutchlow grabs last Superpole of the season
Cal Crutchlow took his sixth Superpole of the season ahead of tomorrow’s World Superbike races at Magny-Cours and also set the fastest lap of the French circuit breaking Ben Spies’ last year record with his best lap of 1′37.699.
The Yamaha Sterilgarda rider, who will be in MotoGP next season, was followed by an amazing soon to be unemployed Sylvain Guintoli who has found form in front of his home audience and he was just 0.069s from a superpole expert like Crutchlow. Jakub Smrz on the privateer Aprilia was also very close to the Brit’s pole time just 0.085s off taking the third spot ahead of factory Aprilia World Champion Max Biaggi who could not break the 1.38 barrier having wasted both his qualifying tires in SP2.
The second row will see Michel Fabrizio, another rider who has still to find a new team and injured Jonathan Rea who is desperately looking to keep his third place in the standings from Carlos Checa, who qualified behind the Ten Kate Honda rider.
Noriyuki Haga, who crashed both his Ducati’s in the second free practice session, giving his team a lot of work to do before the Superpole finished in eighth. Ninth went to Troy Corser who finished ahead of his future BMW team mate Leon Haslam.
Continue reading: WSBK Magny-Cours: Cal Crutchlow grabs last Superpole of the season
WSBK: Jakub Smrz to switch back to Ducati with a new team in 2011
At Brno Pata B&G Racing switched to an Aprilia RSV4, but Jakub Smrz will be leaving the Italian team at the end of the season to ride for Liberty Racing, an all new team based in the Czech Republic.
The all Czech team owned by Liberty CZ Group is in the foodstuffs (Grazie) and office supplies (OK Cancel) sectors and also owns Effenbert beer, which has been present in the championship as a sponsor for a few years.
The team who will debut in the World Superbike championship in 2011 will be fielding Ducati 1198’s and has negotiated a two year deal with Smrz and the team may field a second rider in time for the post season tests.
WSBK: First Look at Smrz's Aprilia RSV4 with Pata Livery
Here’s the Aprilia RSV4 with B&G Racing livery that will be using starting at this upcoming round at Brno and for the rest of the 2010 World Superbike Championship, after the team decided to switch manufacturers.
Switching from Ducati wasn’t a last minute idea for team managers Marco Borciani and Mirco Guandalini, because they were already in talks with both Aprilia and BMW back in May and the main reason behind the switch was an apparent lack of help by Ducati in solving reliability and technical issues on the 1098RS.
“We really wanted to reach this deal. We are confident that as a result of this collaboration, we will be able to prepare for Smrz the best machine in Superbike, if we look at the overall standings. However, changing will not be easy, but we are working very hard in order for us to be at our best at Brno, where we will be in three days time. I’m sure this change will be exciting for our rider too, who has been slowed down by technical issues lately and his hard work did not bear fruit.” stated Borciani and Guandalini.
B&G Racing will be the first Aprilia satellite team in the WSBK Championship.
WSBK: Pata B&G Team Switches Manufacturer, will Race Aprilia from Brno
We knew that Pata B&G team managers Marco Borciani and Mirco Guandalini were interested in switching from Ducati to a BMW or Aprilia for next year’s Superbike season, however the small Italian team who fields Czech rider Jakub Smrz will be make the switch for the upcoming Brno round to an Aprilia RSV4 Factory.
Jakub Smrz will now have to start anew with a completely different bike as his team who has always worked on Ducati’s. According to Motosprint.com Smrz is already at Brno coming to grips with the new bike by riding his father’s RSV4.
Mirco Guandalini commenting on the change: “It’s a great coup for our team and also for Aprilia. We will finish the season with the Aprilia RSV4 and we are laying the foundations for continuing the relationship in 2011. All this is due to our sponsors, that are giving us a big hand. With Ducati we complained about several breakdowns, but the company didn’t give us hand and we preferred to explore new opportunities. I think that Kuba with the four-cylinder bike can obtain results that his talent deserves. “
Source | motoblog
Jakub Smrz tests BMW S 1000 RR at Mugello
World Superbike BMW Motorrad Motorsport team was at the Mugello doing development work with test rider Steve Martin, and as we anticipated last month, Jakub Smrz got his chance to ride Troy Corser’s official BMW S 1000 RR.
Team Pata B&G are not completely satisfied with their Ducati’s and are thinking of switching marques and are already in talks with Aprilia and BMW to see if either of these manufacturers are willing to supply them with the motorcycles.
On Tuesday Smrz re-learned the track (the last time he was at the Mugello was back when he was riding in the 125cc and 250cc GP championships) and learned at little about the difficulties in setting up the German superbike and on Wednesday the Czech rider put in about thirty laps with track temperatures reaching 60°C and an unofficial best lap in the 1.53’s.
WSBK Miller: Biaggi Breaks Circuit Record Taking QP2
Max Biaggi clocked in the best time at the end of the second qualifying practice at Miller Motorsports Park, ahead of today’s Superpole session.
The Italian on his Aprilia RSV4F now using the new gear driven camshaft, stopped the clock at 1′48.115 which is also the new circuit record, bettering Carlos Checa’s 2008 best lap by 78 thousandths of second. The Roman Emperor remained hidden for most of the practice, but in the end jumped up to the top of the charts.
Second with a gap of 0.174s was Jakub Smrz who seems to love the Utah circuit, never venturing out of the top five in all the sessions so far. Following the Pata B&G rider was BMW’s Troy Corser, who made a big improvement to take third spot. Fourth and fifth were the Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne respectively.
Michel Fabrizio ended up in sixth behind the the privateer Ducati duo. Cal Crutchlow took the seventh spot, followed by two Leon’s; Haslam who couldn’t better his yesterday’s Q1 times and Camier, who hit the top of the speed charts at 311kph on his Aprilia, before crashing in the final minutes. Rounding out the top ten was Yamaha’s James Toseland.
Both Jonathan Rea and Noriyuki Haga ended up behind privateer Luca Scassa in 12th and 13th. Matteo Baiocco was last and therefore is out of the Superpole.
QP2 Results after the jump.
Continue reading: WSBK Miller: Biaggi Breaks Circuit Record Taking QP2
WSBK: Pata B&G Racing Team Switching to BMW?
Pata B&G Racing team owners Marco Borciani and Mirco Guandalini (the B&G letters correspond to their last names) are thinking of ditching the Ducati 1198’s that they currently use in the World Superbike championship for BMW’s S1000RR next season.
The team has already talked with BMW and Davide Tardozzi and it has been tentatively confirmed that Jakub Smrz will test ride the S1000RR at the Mugello on June 10th and 11th with Troy Corser.
Tardozzi recently said that the talented Czech was in his sights and what better way to judge the rider that see him perform on the German Superbike.
WSBK Kyalami: Jakub Smrz takes over in QP2
Jakub Smrz took over the lead in this morning’s QP2 at Kyalami. The Czech rider set a scorching lap of 1′38.292 in the last minutes of the session while Ducati Xerox’s Michel Fabrizio who didn’t improve yesterday’s times had to settle for second and was 0.185s off of Smrz’s best time. Fabrizio finished ahead of Cal Crutchlow who another rider who not improve his lap times and also had some technical problems with his YZF-R1.
Jonatha Rea and Leon Haslam were fourth and fifth respectively. Sixth and seventh went to Carlos Checa and Troy Corser. Last week’s double winner at Monza, Max Biaggi was in eighth, while Sylvain Guintoli and Leon Camier moved into today’s top ten.
Out of this afternoon’s Superpole both Team Pedercini riders, Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco.
Continue reading: WSBK Kyalami: Jakub Smrz takes over in QP2
WSBK Kyalami: Michel Fabrizio draws first blood in free practice
Free practice at Kyalami saw Michel Fabrizio end up on the top of the charts and it seems for the moment that the Bayliss cure is working at least for the Italian rider and that the track is good for all the Ducati riders. Fabrizio stopped the clock at 1′39.081, two and half tenths faster than second place Jakub Smrz on the B&G Pata private Ducati.
Third went to Max Biaggi who was worried that his Aprilia RSV4 wouldn’t be competitive enought on the South African circuit. Biaggi finished in front of both Althea Racing riders Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne, with Checa ending up in front of his team mate despite a small crash.
Jonathan Rea was sixth and the first rider not to break the 1.40 mark followed by two other Brit riders, Cal Crutchlow and Leon Haslam who was just 0.006 from the Sterilgarda Yamaha rider. Max Neukirchner was ninth and Noriyuki Haga closed out the top ten.
Wildcard and local favourite Sheridan Morais took the 18th spot on his Aprilia.
Continue reading: WSBK Kyalami: Michel Fabrizio draws first blood in free practice
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