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Jonathan Rea ready to return to WSBK action at Nurburgring
Jonathan Rea will finally be returning to action this weekend at Nurburgring after missing the last three World Superbike rounds (Misano, Brno, and Silverstone) due to fractures to his arm and collarbone, which he sustained during the warm-up practice crash at Misano and the subsequent surgery he had to undergo to repair the ligaments in his right wrist.
After completing the two-day test at Assen last week, the Northern Irishman seems to have finally recovered from this latest injury said, “I can’t wait to get back on the bike in a race weekend situation at Nurburgring. The test at Assen last week was great for me to ride and work with the team again, but I’m really looking forward to doing it for real again this weekend. Assen was also good from a confidence point of view, because the lap time was pretty good and I was able to complete a lot of laps without any pain from the wrist. Unfortunately, I’ve missed a few races because of the injury, but I’ve got a new target for the end of the season and I know what I need to do to achieve that. The good thing is that the guys have been working really hard back at base since I’ve been away, and there were some good new things to test last week. I’m really looking forward to using them this weekend.”
Costretto alla resa tra Brno e Silverstone per il doppio infortunio (polso e clavicola) rimediato nella brutta caduta del Warm Up di Misano Adriatico, Jonathan Rea questo fine settimana tornerà in pista nel Mondiale Superbike al Nurburgring, tracciato dove vinse due gare tra il 2009 e 2010.
Johnny, reduce da un positivo test al TT Circuit Van Drenthe di Assen, cercherà di riportare il team Castrol Honda nelle posizioni di vertice, pienamente recuperato dalle recenti disavventure ed infortuni.
“Non vedo l’ora di tornare a correre al Nurburgring“, spiega il talentuoso pilota nordirlandese. “Il test di settimana scorsa ad Assen è stato positivo per ritrovare la fiducia in sella, ma correre in un weekend di gara è un’altra cosa. So che la squadra ha lavorato molto e ci saranno delle novità per il Nurburgring: senza più traguardi in campionato per gli ultimi round mi sono posto un obiettivo che cercherò di raggiungere“.
Complice l’assenza forzata di Ruben Xaus, al Nurburgring accanto a Jonathan Rea correrà Makoto Tamada, di ritorno nel Mondiale Superbike dove ha vinto tre gare da wild card con Cabin Honda nel 2001-2002, correndo da pilota ufficiale Kawasaki nel biennio 2008-2009.
Makoto Tamada to sub for Ruben Xaus at Nurburgring
After testing at Assen last week Castrol Honda rider Ruben Xaus has decided that he’s not fit enough to race in this upcoming weekend’s World Superbike double-header at Nurburgring and will skip the round.
The Spaniard picked up a back injury during his crash in race 1 at Brno and is still suffering from the lingering effects of the injury. To replace the recovering Xaus, Castrol Honda has called on former MotoGP and WSBK rider
Makoto Tamada.
Tamada has been racing in Japan of late and this year took a third place podium at the Suzuka 8 Hours with the HARC-PRO Honda team. The Japanese rider’s last appearance on the World Superbike scene after two seasons (2008 and 2009) with Kawasaki, was as a replacement rider for Roland Resch in the now defunct Reitwagen BMW Team in 2010 at Portimao.
“It’s great to be back racing in the World Superbike series. I want to thank Castrol Honda for giving me this opportunity. I am looking forward to working with the team and Jonathan, and I’m also looking forward to meeting my European fans,” said Tamada.
Chris Vermeulen to skip Nurburgring round
Things are not looking good for Kawasaki rider Chris Vermeulen, the affable Aussie has been ruled out of this weekend’s WSBK round at Nurburgring after doctors refused to give him a clean bill of health on his lingering elbow injury.
Vermeulen injured his elbow in May in a highspeed crash at Monza during The Kawasaki rider expects to be in shape for the Imola round that takes place September 25th.
“Kawasaki want the doctor to give me 100% on my arm before I race,” said Vermeulen. “I will start testing next week for Imola.”
Source | foxsports.com.au
Leon Camier being treated in the Clinica Mobile
Showing off wounds picked up after crashing has become the latest fad among web savvy riders and Aprilia’s Leon Camier isn’t any different.
The reigning BSB champion crashed during qualifying practice at the WSBK Nurburgring round and picked up a broken scaphoid and this knee injury that forced him to retire from the German racing weekend. The Brit shows us his knee injury and how the Clinica Mobile patched him up and has even promised a video and pics from his scaphoid surgery.
If you’re easily grossed out, we don’t recommend the video.
WSBK Nurburgring Pics - Part 2
Here’s our second gallery of pics from the World Superbike weekend at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. The next round will be at Imola, Italy September 26th.
WSBK Nurburgring Gallery of Pics - Part 1
More pics, this time they’re from the German Superbike round at the legendary Nurburgring where Jonathan Rea and Noriyuki Haga split a win a piece. Enjoy the pics.
WSBK Nurburgring Video Highlights
Max Biaggi was expecting to take the World Championship title yesterday at Nurburgring, but chattering and lack of grip on his Aprilia RSV4 made the Roman Emperor ultra cautious and Jonathan Rea alongwith Noriyuki Haga and a very tough Leon Haslam (with a dislocated his thumb and knee ligament damage sustained in race 1) threw a wrench into the Italian’s plans.
Biaggi lost two points to Leon Haslam in the fight for the title, but still retains a huge 58 point margin with only 100 left to play for at Imola and Magny-Cours.
Race 2 video highlights after the jump.
WSBK Nurburgring: Jonathan Rea takes comfortable victory in Race 1
Jonathan Rea took his fourth World Superbike Championship win of the season in Race 1 at Nurburgring. The race which was red flagged on the opening lap when Leon Haslam highsided at turn four taking out Troy Corser and James Toseland.
Corser and Toseland were uninjured but ‘Pocket Rocket’ picked up bruising to his right thumb and knee, but was able to take part in the restart.
Rea, who was pushed up to the front row after James Toseland’s qualifying penalization, took the lead at the first turn and from there dominated the entire race with Carlos Checa who inherited second place after Noriyki Haga crashed out on lap 8. Checa was unable to catch the Ten Kate Honda rider, despite a hard charge in the final laps.
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WSBK Nurburgring Grid Update: Toseland penalized will start in eighth
James Toseland lost his third his third place in Superpole qualifying session at Nurburgring after leaving the pitlane for Superpole 3 before the session had been officially started. The Yamaha Sterilgarda rider left the pitlane ten seconds before the green light and has been penalized five grid positions and will take off in both races from the second row in eighth.
“I’ve really enjoyed riding around the Nurburgring, it’s pretty new to me as I’ve not been here for eleven years. Unfortunately I exited the pit lane apparently on a red light, I didn’t do that intentionally but I’ve been penalised so my third position grid start has been taken away and I’ve been put back to eighth on the second row of the grid” said Toseland. “The first two rows are really important here because the first corner is very tight. I’m obviously disappointed about that but the officials have taken that stance, I can’t really argue with it I just have to comply, that’s the rules. I’m still looking forward to two good races tomorrow.”
WSBK Nurburgring: Max Biaggi Takes Superpole
Max Biaggi took his second Superpole of the season after a crash in this morning’s Q2 session left him with bruises on his hand. The Roman Emperor set down a blazing lap of 1′54.595 at the Nurburgring circuit that was more than enough to leave an ultra competitive Carlos Checa in second and just 0.026s from the top spot.
Biaggi needs just 40 points more than Leon Haslam in tomorrow’s races to win the World Superbike Championship with two rounds to go.
The third spot went to James Toseland who was able to out qualify his team mate Cal Crutchlow, who is this year’s Superpole specialist, but the Brit couldn’t get past the second stint and will take off on the starting grid in 10th behind Michel Fabrizio. It seems that Toseland will be out of a ride at the end of the season, with Marco Melandri to take his place (read separate story).
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WSBK Nurburgring: Leon Camier breaks scaphoid
Aprilia’s Leon Camier has fractured his right scaphoid during a highside crash during this afternoon’s QP1 at Nurburgring. The Brit also suffered a trauma to his knee that had to be stitched up.
“It was a certainly a big crash but I really don’t know what happened. There’s a left before it and the bike backed in on me a little bit but nothing major. Next thing I know I’m on the ground. It’s a real pain of a bone to break because there’s no blood flowing directly to it so it has to be fixed well other wise it can cause trouble. I’ve been on the phone to various people including Casey (Stoner) to get some recommendations.”
Camier will not be racing this weekend and according to his Twitter page he’ll undergo surgery on Monday and “hoping to be back racing before the end of the year!!”
X-ray of Camier’s busted scaphoid after the jump.
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WSBK Nurburgring: Max Biaggi tops in FP
Contrary to what he rarely does on Friday, it was Max Biaggi who topped the charts in the first free practice at Nurburgring. The Italian tested his Aprilia at the Mugello the other day to shake off some of the rust after the long summer break, best time was 1.56.571 that was just 0.055s faster than Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio.
The Italian rider who married his long time live-in and mother of his two children during the long summer break and received the bad news that Ducati will be pulling their factory team next season also tested at the Mugello.
The third spot went to Althea’s Carlos Checa who finished ahead of the Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga (who will also find himself without a team) and Shane Byrne, making it four Ducati’s in the first five spots.
Jonathan Rea was sixth and the last rider to break the 1.57 barrier. Cal Crutchlow who dislocated his knee during a training accident during the summer hiatus was seventh. Leon Haslam struggled for most the session and only towards the end of the hour practice managed to take eighth.
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