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James Toseland returns for Brno round, but Lanzi is on standby
James Toseland has decided he’ll try to race in this weekend’s World Superbike round at Brno. The Briton has been been battling an extremely serious and career threatening wrist injury that he picked up during testing at Aragon last March.
BMW Motorrad Italia rider tried to return for the Monza round, but had to bow out due to the pain and then at Miller but was only able to ride in race 1 (taking 15th) before his wrist swelled up again and on doctors advice had to sit out both the Misano and Aragon rounds.
Toseland will try to ride on Friday’s free practice and provisional qualifying sessions, however if he should have any problems team manager Serafino Foti has replacement rider Lorenzo Lanzi on standby, just in case.
The former double World Superbike champion while recovering from his hand/wrist injury hasn’t being doing any real training, but was able to pen a deal with Joda Clothing to become their testimonial and last weekend rocked the crowds with his singing at the BMW Motorrad Days at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Alex Lowes to sub for injured Jonathan Rea at Brno
To replace Jonathan Rea, who has been ruled out of the upcoming World Superbike round at Brno (July 7-9) after sustaining surgery to repair a fracture and ligament damage to his arm after his warm-up crash at Misano, the Castrol Honda team has named British racing sensation Alex Lowes, as their replacement rider.
Alex 20, twin brother of rookie Sam, who rides for the Parkalgar Honda World Supersport team, is currently making a big name for himself this season, first in the BSB Evo Championship where he was leading in the standings by 60 points for WFR Honda, before a very public contract dispute broke down relations and his ride was pulled.
MSS Colchester Kawasaki then called him in to replace Stuart Easton who was seriously injured during the North West 200, and the young Lowes grabbed an amazing pole position on his first race in the BSB Superbike Championship during the Thruxton round.
“The first thing I want to say is that I hope Jonathan’s injuries heal quickly and that he’s back on the bike soon,” said Lowes. “It’s never ideal getting a ride because another rider has been hurt, but it’s now happened to me twice this season. Having said that, this is an incredible opportunity for me – I keep pinching myself because I’m riding for one of the world’s best race teams in the World Superbike championship. I know I have a lot to learn but I want to make the most of this and repay Castrol, Honda and the whole team for the faith they’ve shown in me.
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.
Jonathan Rea is likely to skip Brno
When Jonathan Rea tweeted the other night after his wrist surgery, “Dissappointing news today. A lot more damage than expected in wrist. Good news is that its all repaired but will be a long road to recovery,” he didn’t reveal the extent of the damage, but unfortunately from an initial diagnosis of a clean break to his radius, the surgery also revealed damage to the scapholunate ligament in his right wrist.
Dr. Mike Hayton, who previously performed the surgery on Rea’s damaged left wrist (ruptured ligament between the left scaphoid and lunar bones) last October, this time inserted a screw in the radius bone and externally pinned the ligament, which means that the Castrol Honda rider looks set to miss more than just the Aragon round this weekend, but will all probability be also ruled out of the Assen round, and in all likelihood the 9th round at Silverstone (July 31st) could be his targeted return date.
“I was pretty upset when I got the news after the surgery yesterday because it means a longer rehab than we’d thought,” said Rea. “It’s difficult, of course, and I’m devastated, but I’ve got a great team around me so I know I’ll get all the support I need to come back strong. As I said before, I want to be 100% when I get back on the bike so, at the moment, I’m not going to put a definitive timescale on that. I’ll just concentrate on getting back to fitness as fast and as completely as I can.
Paddock Babes from Brno
These paddock and grid girls from last weekend’s WSBK round at Brno really needed their umbrella’s, the track temperatures were hot, but so were these babes. Enjoy the gallery.
Gallery of Pics From Brno
After the video highlights from the World Superbike races at Brno, we’ve also got a big batch of pics from the entire weekend that you can enjoy.
WSBK Brno Video Highlights
As usual we’ve got the video highlights from the ninth round of the World Superbike Championship at Brno where the wins were split one a piece between Jonathan Rea and Max Biaggi.
If by chance you missed the races, you can catch up with by watching Italy’s La7, if it works in your area. For Race 1 just click here, for Race 2 you’ll have to wait a little longer because they haven’t put it up yet.
Enjoy.
Update:
Here’s the link for race 2.
WSBK Brno Rider Quotes
Today’s World Superbike races at Brno weren’t the usual exciting ones that we are usually used to, but Jonathan Rea made a great comeback from his recent disappointing results to take the win in Race 1 while Max Biaggi took the win in Race 2 to make it nine victories this season and his 10th win in all classes at Brno.
In the standings Max Biaggi leads with 352 points while Leon Haslam has 284, Jonathan Rea 203 and Carlos Checa is now fourth, on 189. Aprilia also leads in the manufacturer standings with 53 points over Suzuki and 82 over Ducati.
Here are some rider quotes so you can find out that the majority of the riders had grip problems on the very hot Czech track.
Max Biaggi: 2nd and 1st
“After the second place in race 1 I was satisfied anyway – even if, to be honest, I expected the maximum on this track. And so it was in the second race: we made some changes to the rear suspension and the gearbox which, as it turns out, worked well. After being behind Rea for a while, I realised that I was faster and I overtook him. From there on, I just pushed it to the limit without thinking about tyre wear and the track proved me right. I want to thank my team. The guys support me and believe in my indications, and this is confirmed by our results. There are still a lot of points at stake, so I won’t look back and I’ll continue to stay focused race after race. That is the winning philosophy.”
WSBK Brno: Max Biaggi Runs Away with Race 2 - Ducati's to Shed Another 3 kilos
Max Biaggi decided to dominate and win Race 2 at Brno to celebrate the announcement that his girlfriend Eleonora is expecting their second child. The Roman Emperor with this race, took his 9th victory of the season and a massive 68 points advantage on his nearest rival, Leon Haslam in the championship standings.
Jonathan Rea, after his splendid win in Race 1, once again took the lead and managed to hold off hard charging Biaggi until the sixth lap, when the Aprilia rider passed him at turn 4, taking the head of the race. Biaggi would then put in several laps under the two minute mark, putting a big space between himself and the rest of the field, with a best lap of 1′59.763 that also set the new Brno race record.
Jonathan Rea had to settle for a distant second place, more than four seconds back, but seemed happy with his podium and his return to form. Michel Fabrizio gained the third spot on the podium after Ruben Xaus, loosing the front of his BMW crashed out of third on lap fourteen at the first turn.
James Toseland finished in fourth. The Yamaha rider had a bad start from ninth on the grid and was 15th at the end of lap one, but steadily reeled in all his rivals to pass Noriyuki Haga for the fourth spot on the penultimate lap. Team mate Cal Crutchlow, who was on the podium in race 1, had problems with a defective tire and pitted to change the tire and rejoined the race to finish 14th and picking up a couple of precious points.
Continue reading: WSBK Brno: Max Biaggi Runs Away with Race 2 - Ducati's to Shed Another 3 kilos
WSBK Brno: Cal Crutchlow Dominates and Takes Superpole
The asphalt at the Brno circuit hit 62°c this afternoon during the Superpole session, but it wasn’t as hot as Sterilgarda Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow, who dominated all three stints and knocked out the rest of the field with a stunning lap of 1′58″018 on qualifying tires that he didn’t use in the previous two stints. Crutchlow’s best time gave him his fourth Superpole of the season while setting the new Brno track record,
Max Biaggi took second and was over 07.25s slower that the British rider, but Biaggi won’t be too upset, because Brno is his favourite circuit and because his nearest rival in the points standings, Leon Haslam could only qualify fourteenth. This is the first time that Pocket Rocket has failed to make it into the top ten.
Completing the front row will be Jonathan Rea, who looks like his bad period is finally over. Rea will be followed by a strong looking Ruben Xaus who qualified fourth and making the front row for the first time this season with his S1000RR.
The second row on the grid sees Sylvain Guintoli in fifth place out qualifying his team mate, while privateer Ducati rider Luca Scassa qualified sixth ahead of Ducati factory rider Michel Fabrizio and Carlos Checa.
Noriyuki Haga had a torrid Superpole session, the Japanese rider could only take a 15th place. Haga crashed out twice, in each of the two stints he took part in and both times loosing the front of his 1198.
Continue reading: WSBK Brno: Cal Crutchlow Dominates and Takes Superpole
Troy Corser Ruled Out of Brno Race
Troy Corser has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Superbike race at Brno. The BMW rider highsided and crashed in the final minutes of yesterday’s QP 1 and suffered a concussion and breathing problems and bruising to his chest and neck when his bike hit him.
Taken to the circuit’s medical centre and was conscious, but as a precautionary measure was airlifted to the Brno hospital where he underwent X-rays and a CT scan and was kept overnight under observation.
After being discharged this morning, Corser and Dr. Vicenzo Tota, the team’s doctor, decided that it would be better that he not race for the rest of the weekend.
“Unfortunately I cannot race this weekend. I feel quite exhausted right now, and I have a pain in my chest. It was a huge impact, and I am happy I was not hurt badly. I remember the crash pretty well: I somehow lost the rear, and then I high sided. I would have loved to race in Brno, but we all agree I need a couple of days to rest now to be able to start in Silverstone.” said Corser.
WSBK Brno: Michel Fabrizio Returns to the Top in QP2
Four Ducati’s in the top five spots with a lonely Aprilia in second spot. Michel Fabrizio headed the top of the timesheets in this morning’s QP2 at Brno with an impressive 1′58″695 lap grabbed in the dying minutes of the session leaving Max Biaggi just 0.257s behind him.
Noriyuki Haga who finished first in yesterday’s QP1 had to settle for third and unable to better his lap times. Two privateer Ducati riders were fourth and fifth, Luca Scassa (Supersonic Racing) and Lorenzo Lanzi (DFX Corse) - making it four Italians and two Italian manufacturers inside the top five.
Cal Crutchlow took sixth ahead of Ruben Xaus and Jakub Smrz who certainly looks like he’s been riding an Aprilia all season instead of making the switch just two days ago. Jonathan Rea managed a ninth place and James Toseland closed out the top ten.
Leon Haslam was able to make a small step forward from yesterday, but still unable to crack the top ten with his 13th position.
Out of the Brno Superpole are Broc Parkes and Roger Lee Hayden
Continue reading: WSBK Brno: Michel Fabrizio Returns to the Top in QP2
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