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Troy Corser gets surgery, to miss Brno
Troy Corser tangled with rookie Maxime Berger on the very first lap of race 2 during last Sunday’s round at Aragon and ended up with a broken ulna and radius in his the left forearm that required surgery.
On Monday evening at the Alxandra Hospital in Manchester, the Australian rider underwent surgery where two titanium plates and twelve screws, six per bone were inserted into his arm by Dr. Mike Hayton (the same surgeon who fixed Jonathan Rea broken wrist last week).
The BMW factory rider is now recovering and patiently waiting for his bones to heal, but has already been ruled out from the 8th World Superbike round that takes place at Brno July 10th.
WSBK Aragon higlight videos
Can we say that Infront is really awesome with adoring Superbike fans? Just seven short hours after round 7 at Aragon, they’ve already uploaded highlight videos from both races. Dorna should really take a few lessons from them and learn how it’s really done.
The championship standings after seven rounds and 14 races, still sees Carlos Checa as points leader with 261, after losing 29 points in today’s races, while Max Biaggi is second with 218 and Marco Melandri is third with 195. Next stop is Brno in 18 days.
WSBK rider quotes from round 7 at Aragon
Today’s WSBK round at the Motorland Aragon circuit saw two Italians who did it better than anyone else and splitted the top of the podium, Yamaha’s Marco Melandri in race 1 and Aprilia’s Max Biaggi in race 2.
It was Melandri’s second win of the season after race 1 at Donington and for reigning World Champion Max Biaggi it was actually his first victory after eight second-place finishes and a lot of dumb moves that has made him his worst enemy in defending his title so far this year.
Check out what some of riders had to say after round 7 of the championship.
Marco Melandri (1st and 2nd)
“I had a pretty amazing day. Max was very strong and consistent so it wasn’t easy to pass him in either races but thankfully I managed to succeed in race one. I felt good on the bike and gained confidence which was very important. In race two the track was hotter than in race one, making it more difficult for the tyres. Towards the end I felt I was about to lose the front and while trying to avoid going wide my foot slipped on the pedal. It was a really good race though, I’m happy. I want to thank my team and Yamaha for doing a great job again this weekend.”
Max Biaggi flies to first victory in race 2 at Aragon
Race 2 at a very hot Aragon was almost a photocopy of race 1 only this time Max Biaggi took the win over Marco Melandri, and taking his first win after six rounds of the 2011 season.
The Roman Emperor once again led the race from the first corner with Melandri closely tailing him for the first 16 laps, until the Yamaha rider lost the front of his R1 with his foot slipping from the foot peg, but he managed the save with his knee and riding into the gravel trap, however it was an error that cost him dearly, because he lost precious contact unable to make up the lost time in the three remaining laps letting Biaggi cruise safely to victory under the chequered flag.
Carlos Checa riding with a battered shoulder after his race 1 crash completed the podium in what he considered one of his home races and dropping 29 big points from his once very big lead.
Michel Fabrizio also riding injured, charged through the field to take an excellent fourth followed by Kawasaki’s Joan Lascorz, who inherited the spot when team mate Tom Sykes dropped it on lap 7. Yamaha’s Eugene Laverty was sixth after dicing it up with an scrapping and always entertaining Noriyuki Haga. The Samurai of Slide celebrated his 300th WSBK race with a seventh spot.
Leon Camier who took a podium in race 1 couldn’t repeat his race pace in race 2, finished in eighth, while BMW’s Leon Haslam battled it out with BMW satellite rider Ayrton Badovini to take ninth, with hard rumors of Pocket Rocket in talks with Aprilia for the 2012 season. Troy Corser broke his left arm after making contact with Supersonic’s Maxime Berger on the first lap.
Continue reading: Max Biaggi flies to first victory in race 2 at Aragon
Marco Melandri wins race 1 at Aragon, Checa crashes
Marco Melandri used the same technique to win todays’ race 1 at Aragon that let him grab yesterday’s Superpole by tailing and pressuring Max Biaggi for almost the entire race.
Melandri’s tatics proved correct because the Roman Emperor outbraked himself with four laps to go, letting his surprised countryman through and from there Melandri put in a 1.2s gap to take a comfortable victory.
Max Biaggi took the holeshot with Melandri in his shadow; the two riders made the big difference in the first two laps, however they stressed out their tires on the abrasive Spanish track, but it was enough to put a big space between the rest of the field, who could only try to play catch-up and falling short.
Continue reading: Marco Melandri wins race 1 at Aragon, Checa crashes
WSBK Aragon Superpole quotes
Today’s WSBK races at the Motorland Aragon circuit will be all about tire choice and conservation and the much higher track temperatures, both factors that could throw up some interesting surprises.
Rider quotes from yesterday’s exciting Superpole.
Marco Melandri - 1st
“This is an amazing day. I really didn’t think I’d be in pole position, especially after the first Superpole where I risked not qualifying. My team has been working harder than ever since Misano and we’ve really come a long way and the bike is working very well. I’m really happy with today and I want to say thanks to Yamaha and all my team. The race tomorrow will be very difficult and competitive. A lot will depend on the heat of the track and tyre wear but hopefully it won’t be as windy as today.”
WSBK Aragon: Marco Melandri bags his first ever Superpole
Marco Melandri has bagged his first ever Superpole this afternoon at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain and stopping the reign of Carlos Checa as this year’s best polesitter in the dry.
The Yamaha rider blazed to the top of the chart on SP3 with a best lap of 1.57.634, helped by keeping Max Biaggi closely in his sights and after being nearly eliminated from SP1.
Sitting on the front row with Melandri will be Aprilia Alitalia’s Max Biaggi who was less than two tenths adrift and Leon Camier in third, but more than 0.645 off pace. Carlos Checa will be in taking off in fourth after having botched up his last flying lap.
Kawasaki can be proud today because they placed two riders in the top eight, Tom Sykes took fifth and probably could have had even a front row start if he hadn’t met a certain Biaggi who just cruising around. Eugene Laverty took sixth followed by Joan Lascorz and Ayrton Badovini in eighth, while the factory BMW team could only qualify 14th with Leon Haslam and 16th with Troy Corser.
The third row will see Noriyuki Haga in ninth unable to use the qualifying tires to their best while Effenbert Liberty’s Sylvain Guintoli took tenth followed by Michel Fabrizio and Pedercini’s Mark Aitchison in 12th.
Continue reading: WSBK Aragon: Marco Melandri bags his first ever Superpole
WSBK Aragon: Carlos Checa on provisional pole in QP2
This morning’s slightly cooler temperatures at the Spanish circuit of Aragon during the second qualifying session was much kinder to the Pirelli tires with lap times tumbling and half the grid was able to go under the two minute mark and it was standings leader Carlo Checa who grabbed the provisional pole ahead of this afternoon’s Superpole.
The Spaniard set a best lap of 1.59.183 which was just enough to keep hard charging Jakub Smrz at bay on the Effenbert branded Ducati. Coming in a close third was reigning world champion Max Biaggi followed by Tom Sykes, who seems to have his Kawasaki properly dialed in even at Aragon.
Leon Camier was fifth after lingering in the back field, while Supersonic Ducati and rookie Maxime Berger was sixth. Marco Melandri who led in both sessions on Friday was seventh, he bettered his yesterday’s lap times, but so did everyone else. Ayrton Badovini was eighth after crashing early in the 45 minute qualifying practice. The Italian was again faster that the BMW factory riders, Leon Haslam was only 13th, while team mate Troy Corser who can barely walk after last week’s highside was 16th. Michel Fabrizio and Joan Lascorz rounded out the top ten.
Not making into the Superpole are Ruben Xaus (Castrol Honda), Chris Vermeulen (Kawasaki Racing Team), Roberto Rolfo (Kawasaki Pedercini) and Lorenzo Lanzi (BMW Motorrad Italia).
Continue reading: WSBK Aragon: Carlos Checa on provisional pole in QP2
WSBK Aragon: Marco Melandri leads off in QP1
Marco Melandri topped the time sheets in this afternoon’s first qualifying practice at Aragon. The factory Yamaha rider was the only one to dip under the two minute mark with a best lap of 1′59.726, bettering his first practice time by almost two tenths of second.
Carlos Checa was second and three and half tenths adrift from Melandri, unable to crack the two minute barrier again. Noriyuki Haga made a surprise visit to third after spending most of the session in the back of the field after an early crash, while Leon Camier grabbed fourth after with a last lap lunge.
Right on Camier’s tail were Tom Sykes, Max Biaggi and Michel Fabrizio who were separated by less than a tenth from each other. Ayrton Badovini continues to impress and was 8th fastest and the best BMW rider as Troy Corser and Leon Haslam on the factory machines were 12th and 14th respectively. Closing out the top ten were Eugene Laverty and rookie Maxime Berger.
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WSBK Aragon: FP1 goes to Marco Melandri
The World Superbike championship is debuting for the first time at the Motorland Aragon circuit for its seventh round and during the first free practice the fastest rider on the circuit wasn’t Carlos Checa as we expected, but Marco Melandri.
Melandri has already raced on this track last year when he was in MotoGP with Gresini Honda, however his previous knowledge of the circuit gave only gave him 0.095s advantage over Checa, and they were the only two riders to break the two minute mark.
Ayrton Badovini suprised everyone with his third place and a little more than half a second off pace, but the BMW Italia team carried out a private test here last March, where James Toseland crashed out and severely injured his hand and is currently being replaced by Lorenzo Lanzi (19th). Coming in fourth was Aprilia Alitalia’s Leon Camier followed by last week’s poleman Tom Sykes. Kawasaki is another team that has tested at Aragon.
Two injured Romans occupied the sixth and seventh spots, Michel Fabrizio and Max Biaggi. Fabrizio had a technical problem while Biaggi suffered an early crash. Jakub Smrz took the eighth position with his Ducati, while team mate Sylvain Guintoli was only 13th after suffering a technical problem. Maxime Berger on the Supersonic Ducati was ninth, closing out the top ten was Noriyuki Haga who took a tumble early in the session as did Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team), Ruben Xaus who is riding solo for Castrol Honda after Jonathan Rea’s surgery and Roberto Rolfo (Kawasaki Pedercini).
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