Max Biaggi 2008

Troy Bayliss is set to retire at the end of this season, which leaves the question of who will replace the retiring double world champion at the Ducati Xerox team.

Max Biaggi, currently riding for the Sterilgarda Ducati team in 2008, has shown interest in the riding seat but confessed to not having had much direct contact with the factory itself.

Top of the short list of course is Chris Vermeulen although he looks to be staying with MotoGP and then there is Shane Byrne another Rizla Suzuki rider.

It is still possible that the Ducati Xerox team could have two seats available as no contract has as yet been offered to their other rider Michel Fabrizio.

Biaggi, apparently has the backing of Bayliss to join the team and Max sees it as a vital move to increase his chances of getting back to the top of the time-sheets.

The four-times 250cc world champion is currently in seventh place in the championship, 20 points ahead of his team-mate Ruben Xaus.

Bayliss in the meantime now has a lead of 82 points in the championship and is looking more and more likely to claim his third and final world superbike title.

Craig Jones

Superbike fans the world over have been devastated by the tragic accident that took the life of the young rider Craig Jones, who died from the injuries he received at Brands Hatch on Sunday August 3rd.

Craig’s funeral will take place on Monday, August 18th at 13.00 at St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire and is open to the public who wish to pay their respects.

Flowers are welcome but donations to the the Association of Air Ambulances are another option.  There will also be a memorial service for Craig in his home town at Witton church, Northwich on August 30th at noon, everyone is welcome.

Parkalgar, the brand new race circuit in Portugal, and owners of the team Craig raced for, Parkalgar Honda, are to name the most difficult corner of the track in honour of Craig for the recognition of his talent and skill as a rider.  They will also be erecting a memorial at the circuit to allow fans, friends and family to pay their respect to the 23-year-old rider.

There is also to be a tribute to Craig at Donington Park World Superbikes on the 7th September.

Troy Bayliss

At round eleven, of the Hanspree World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, Leon Haslam, Cal Crutchlow and James Ellison will all be racing as Wild-Card riders.

Ellison, currently running in sixth and riding the Hydrex-Bike Animal Honda in the British Superbike Championship, is to use a World Superbike engine while the HM Plant Honda riders in BSB, Crutchlow and Haslam are still waiting for the team decision on what they will be riding with.

For Crutchlow and Haslam, Donington is considered to be their home circuit ,while Ellison has done well in both Grand Prix and domestic Superbikes at this track.

Crutchlow, is currently second in the Championship and recently competed in the Suzuka 8 hours, where he finished in sixth place, while Haslam, running in fourth in the Championship, finished the endurance race in ninth place.

The BSB riders are going to have a tough weekend against the World Superbike men, and Troy Bayliss already had his eye on another winning double for his final season in the sport.

Then, of course, there is the likes of Troy Corser, Noriyuki Haga, Max Biaggi, Max Neukirchner, to name a few, all fighting for those important points.

Craig Jones - RIP

World Supersport rider, Craig Jones, 23, was hospitalised on Sunday after an horrific accident in the British leg of the Championship.

The Honda rider from Peterborough, suffered serious head injuries when fighting for the lead at the Brands Hatch track, he lost control of his bike at Clarke curve and was hit by Andrew Pitt on the Ten Kate Honda, who had know where else to go to avoid Jones.

Jones suffered serious head injures in the crash and was treated at track before being airlifted to hospital where despite intensive medical attention, the young rider died during the early hours of this morning.

Such a sad ending for such a talented rider, condolences to his family, friends and team, he will be missed,  RIP Craig Jones.

Round ten of the World Superbike Championship took place today at Brands Hatch with Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda taking victory in both races.

Race One

Kiyonari was way back in seventh place by the end of lap one, but by lap seven he was on the tail of championship leader Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati.

Noriyuki Haga on the Factory Yamaha, crashed out at Surtees on lap seven, passing his place to Kiyonari.

The British Superbike rider, Tom Sykes, racing as a Wild-Card, kept up with the leaders at the early part of the race and by lap nine had worked his way into ninth place on the Suzuki.

On the next lap, Sykes retired from the race with technical problems, discovered to be caused by a hole through the radiator.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team - Time

1 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 36′18.607
2 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 36′18.744
3 - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 36′18.787
4 - Yukio Kagayama - Team Suzuki Alstare - 36′24.340
5 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 36′25.106
6 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 36′25.591
7 - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 36′26.907
8 - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 36′29.339
9 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing - 36′35.154
10 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 36′35.176
11 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 36′36.973
12 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 36′40.915
13 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 36′45.395
14 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 36′45.463
15 - Chris Walker - Ventaxia VK Honda - 36′51.484
16 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 36′56.936
17 - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 37′05.475
18 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 37′07.024
19 - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 37′17.593
20 - Vittorio Iannuzzo - Team Pedercini - 37′24.635
21 - Luca Morelli - D.F. Racing - 37′27.983
22 - Jason Pridmore - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 37′28.082
23 - Christian Zaiser - Grillini PBR Team - 37′40.821

RT - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 32′21.573
RT - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 23′49.290
RT - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 17′37.426
RT - Tom Sykes - Rizla Suzuki - 13′02.348
RT - Tristan Palmer - Lloyds British - 10′31.201
RT - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 4′39.276

Race Two

In race two, Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati took the lead from the off, but was caught and passed by Noriyuki Haga by lap six.

By the next lap, the reigning British Superbike Champion, Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Ten Kate Honda was up to second place as Bayliss went backwards, finishing the race in eleventh place.

Tom Sykes, again putting in an impressive ride, move up to fourth place but couldn’t hold back the pack behind him, although still finishing in an impressive seventh place.

Haga and Kiyonari, left the rest of the riders behind as they battled it out for that number one position.  Both riders took some brave but skilled moves to overtake until lap eleven, when Ryuichi made it stick and leaving Haga unable to regain the lead.

Max Neukirchner on the Suzuki, was on a late charge as he passed Bayliss, Sykes and Fabrizio to take fourth place behind Troy Corser.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team - Time

RT - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 24′53.413
RT - Vittorio Iannuzzo - Team Pedercini - 22′25.034
RT - Tristan Palmer - Lloyds British - 13′36.783
RT - Christian Zaiser - Grillini PBR Team - 6′08.350

Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati, took the pole position today in the Superpole session at Brands Hatch ahead of tomorrows race.

Noriyuki Haga on the Yamah YZF-R1, was in second followed by Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Honda CBR1000R in third.

Jakub Smrz, the Czech rider, took fourth place for his Ducati team ahead of Yamaha Italia Motor WSB rider, Troy Corser.

An impressive sixth place for Wild-Card rider, Tom Sykes, on the Suzuki GSX-R1000 followed by Max Biaggi on his Ducati.

The afternoon session was declared a wet session, limiting the riders to a maximum twelve laps in a fifty-minute period.

Here are the results;

1 Bayliss T. AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1′25.656
2 Haga N. JPN Yamaha YZF-R1 IT 1′25.679
3 Kiyonari R. JPN Honda CBR1000RR 1′25.840
4 Smrz J. CZE Ducati 1098 RS 08 1′25.960
5 Corser T. AUS Yamaha YZF-R1 1′26.021
6 Sykes T. GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′26.166
7 Biaggi M. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 1′26.169
8 Neukirchner M. GER Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′26.226
9 Kagayama Y. JPN Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′26.501
10 Nieto F. ESP Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′26.688
11 Checa C. ESP Honda CBR1000RR 1′26.751
12 Fabrizio M. ITA Ducati 1098 F08 1′26.807
13 Lavilla G. ESP Honda CBR1000RR 1′27.148
14 Lanzi L. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 08 1′27.217
15 Xaus R. ESP Ducati 1098 RS 08 1′27.246
16 Muggeridge K. AUS Honda CBR1000RR 1′27.580

This weekend the World Superbike Championship is at Brands Hatch in Kent for the round ten and today was the first qualifying session.

Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda, only days after winning the Suzuka 8 Hours, took the provisional pole position ahead of Noriyuki Haga on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB, who had earlier taken a tour through the gravel.

Yukio Kagayama, the Suzuki Alstare rider, took third place followed by Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati to complete the provisional front row.

Jakub Smrz on the Guadalini Ducati was in fifth place ahead of Gregorio Lavilla on the VentAxia VK Honda in sixth and Troy Corser, the second Yamaha Motor Italia WSB rider in seventh.

In eighth was Karl Muggeridge on the DFX Honda followed by the wild-card entry Tom Sykes on the Rizla Suzuki and Fonsi Nieto on the Factory Suzuki Alstare.

Here are the results;

This weekend the Hannspree World Superbike Championship is at Brands Hatch in Kent for round ten with Troy Bayliss, the Xerox Ducati rider, leading second place man Max Neukirchner on the Alstare Suzuki by 79 points in the Championship, after his double victory at the last round at Brno.

Bayliss has just signed-up to take part in the Race Of Champions, where he will go head to head with Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button etc.  He will be partnering Mark Webber, the Formula One driver, for the Australian team.

Tom Sykes, the Rizla Suzuki rider in the British Superbikes, will be entering the race as a Wildcard rider this weekend and is certainly in with a chance of a top five finish.  Sykes was voted ‘rookie of the year’ in 2007, after finishing sixth in the Championship.

Chris Walker, is racing for the Paul Bird Motorsport Honda at Brands Hatch after recent testing on the CBR1000RR Fireblade at Oulton Park.  Walker said,

“It’s certainly a lot more physical and I’m still trying to get my head around how much kick it’s got as I exit the corners.  Riding five laps around here on a Superbike feels like doing a whole race on a Supersport bike.”

The pair had a comfortable margin of a lap,  ahead of Daisaku Sakai and Atsushi Watanabe in second and Yoshiteru Konishi and Takumi Takahashi in third.

The Honda team dominated the race despite a 30-second stop and go penalty for excessive speed in the pit lane, after taking the lead from lap two.

The Suzuki Endurance Racing team didn’t have such a great race, after Vincent Philippe was injured during the qualifying session, the team were penalised for excessive speed in the pit lane and had a problem with an alternator.  They finally finished in fourteenth place, although still leading provisional World Championship.

It was the 31st running of the race, and the Honda teams have taken the victory in 21 out of the their 30 appearances.

Checa, the current World Superbike Champion won the race with no front brake, and in his last stint on the circuit had to resort to using just the rear brake and using engine braking.

Half way through the race saw some heavy rain showers soak the circuit which proved too wet for some of the riders as they slid off the track.  Checa was shown the pit board to return to the pits for wet tyres but choose to ignore it and continue, which was obviously the right move as he went onto take the flag.

Yukio Kagayama was racing for the Suzuki team and finished in fourth place riding alongside his team-mate for the race Kousuke Akiyoshi. Kagayama won the Suzuka 8-hour race in 2007.

Here are the full results;

1 11 EWC DREAM Honda Racing Team 11 H-CBR1000RR 214 8:00′20.726 155.60km/h 2′08.428 R.KIYONARI C.CHECA
2 12 EWC YOSHIMURA SUZUKIwithDENSO IRIDIUM POWER S-GSX-R1000 214 8:01′39.626 1′18.900 2′08.416
D.SAKAI A.WATANABE
3 73 EWC Kyubo.com team HARC-PRO. H-CBR1000RR 210 8:02′16.360 4Laps 2′11.265 Y.KONISHI T.TAKAHASHI
4 34 EWC YOSHIMURA SUZUKIwithJOMO S-GSX-R1000 209 8:00′26.157 5Laps 2′08.417 K.AKIYOSHI Y.KAGAYAMA
5 218 EWC YAMAHA RACING Y-YZF-R1 209 8:00′56.222 5Laps 2′10.937 Y.SATO K.NAKASUGA Y.TAKEDA
6 19 EWC MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING H-CBR1000RR 208 8:00′21.168 6Laps 2′11.523 T.YAMAGUCHI C.CRUTCHLOW J.OHALLORAN
7 48 EWC PLOT FARO PANTHERA S-GSX-R1000 207 8:01′54.467 7Laps 2′12.652 Y.KONNO K.TERAMOTO
8 32 EWC MotoMap SUPPLY S-GSX-R1000 205 8:02′19.802 9Laps 2′12.816 Y.HATANO H.OGATA T.NAMEKATA
9 10 EWC Team SAKURAI HONDA 10 H-CBR1000RR 205 8:02′30.445 9Laps 2′11.670 C.KAMEYA L.HASLAM
10 71 EWC Team SAKURAI HONDA 71 H-CBR1000RR 204 8:00′36.960 10Laps 2′12.778 K.TSUDA J.BROOKES
11 7 EWC YAMAHA AUSTRIA RACING TEAM #7 Y-YZF-R1 204 8:00′51.676 10Laps 2′14.630 I.JERMAN S.MARTIN S.PLATER
12 4 EWC YMES FOLCH ENDURANCE Y-YZF-R1 204 8:01′53.811 10Laps 2′14.914 D.RIBALTA P.LUIS VALLCANERAS
13 3 EWC PHASE ONE ENDURANCE Y-YZF-R1 204 8:02′04.025 10Laps 2′14.676 R.PENZKOFER S. SMART D.CUDLIN
14 1 EWC SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING TEAM S-GSX-R1000 202 8:00′30.962 12Laps 2′12.117 J.DA COSTA M.LAGRIVE
15 5 EWC TRICK☆STAR RACING K-ZX-10R 202 8:01′01.932 12Laps 2′13.546 S.TAKEISHI R.TSURUTA K.EGUCHI
16 25 EWC HONDA SUZUKA RACING H-CBR1000RR 201 8:01′55.029 13Laps 2′12.693 N.YUNOKI T.MORII I.NAMIHIRA
17 14 EWC Maco Motoracing Team Y-YZF-R1 200 8:02′27.030 14Laps 2′15.529 W.NOWLAND J.PRIDMORE
18 38 EWC ENDURANCE MOTO 38 Y-YZF-R1 200 8:02′33.272 14Laps 2′16.180 J.MILLET C.BRIVET H.GANTNER
19 666 EWC DIABLO666BOLLIGER K-ZX-10R 199 8:01′12.851 15Laps 2′16.552 J.HUTCHINS A.CUDLIN G.MASON
20 41 EWC Honda HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT&SAYAMA&H-TEC(E) H-CBR1000RR 198 8:01′08.412 16Laps 2′18.380 M.IIDA M.KUBOYAMA S.NOYORI
21 30 EWC AKAISANRINSYA RACING CLUB H-CBR1000RR 198 8:01′08.805 16Laps 2′17.462
Y.YAMAZAKI T.OKI
22 221 EWC CLEVER WOLF RACINGTEAM Y-YZF-R1 198 8:01′38.258 16Laps 2′16.898
T.FUKAMI M.SAITO K.MINAMIKAWA
23 55 EWC GAGNER H.M.F S-GSX-R1000 198 8:01′41.743 16Laps 2′16.020
Y.TAKAHASHI Y.TAKAMIYA S.SUMA
24 17 EWC BEET LUMIX RACING ZIPATSU K-ZX-10R 198 8:02′17.345 16Laps 2′15.621
O.NISHIJIMA K.HASEGAWA
25 62 EWC Z-TECH・SBS KIDANI・KMⅡ S-GSX-R1000 197 8:01′24.239 17Laps 2′14.480
K.HONDA T.KUNIMATSU

26 67 EWC HONDA DREAM WAKAYAMA RT H-CBR1000RR 196 8:00′33.207 18Laps 2′16.862
T.NISHINAKA R.KISHIMOTO A.YUZAKI
27 58 EWC RS-GARAGE HARADA HIMEJI K-ZX-10R 196 8:01′45.464 18Laps 2′17.318
H.HARADA S.KARITA
28 014 EWC ClubYAMAHA MOTORCYCLE RACING Y-YZF-R1 195 8:00′58.572 19Laps 2′18.246
A.TAKADA M.SAWAMURA M.TOKINAGA
29 16 EWC TEAM RAFFIN MOTOS K-ZX-10R 195 8:01′02.990 19Laps 2′17.916
P.CHAPUIS P.GROSJEAN G.MUTEAU
30 777 EWC Landmark&speedtecB・M・Sracing H-CBR1000RR 195 8:02′19.411 19Laps 2′17.009
S.TANI K.KAKEGAWA
31 57 SST TEAM LTG #57 Y-YZF-R1 195 8:02′40.616 19Laps 2′19.097
A.BARATIN C.HUVIER M.LALEVEE
32 95 SST QATAR ENDURANCE RACING TEAM IJT S-GSX-R1000 194 8:01′27.940 20Laps 2′17.033
M.AL NAIMI A.DELHALLE M.SHINJO
33 112 EWC Honda EG Racing H-CBR1000RR 194 8:02′26.470 20Laps 2′19.375
T.KURIBAYASHI M.HONDO
34 52 EWC MOTO WIN RACING H-CBR1000RR 193 8:01′10.137 21Laps 2′15.612
S.SUZUKI T.TAKAHASHI
35 69 EWC RT RACING TEAM&MOTOVIRUS S-GSX-R1000 193 8:01′26.667 21Laps 2′17.669
N.YAMADA K.WADA
36 100 SST TEAM ENDURANCE MOTO 45 S-GSX-R1000 193 8:01′30.972 21Laps 2′21.212
N.JAULNEAU A.LAGRIVE E.PARISSE
37 29 EWC DOG HOUSE☆Racing DRAG NAEGI.co Roadway S-GSX-R1000 193 8:02′10.681 21Laps 2′17.650
K.IWATANI M.HISAZUMI
38 134 SST TEAM ABG PERFORMANCE S-GSX-R1000 192 8:00′20.845 22Laps 2′22.131
F.GAZIELLO Y.PIERRE
39 39 EWC TEAM CHA LLENGER Y-YZF-R1 192 8:01′50.678 22Laps 2′13.954
N.FUJIWARA Y.UI M.AKIYA
40 13 EWC TEAM ETCHING FACTORY 13 Y-YZF-R1 192 8:02′07.129 22Laps 2′19.078
K.ADACHI T.BITO K.YAGYU
41 15 EWC TEAM ETCHING FACTORY 15 Y-YZF-R1 192 8:02′38.019 22Laps 2′16.363
Y.USAMI M.NAKAOKA S.TAKEMI
42 28 EWC H-TechnicalCollege H-CBR1000RR 190 8:01′41.521 24Laps 2′16.974
Y.NUKUMI A.HASHIMOTO
43 903 EWC NOI:Z & TAKE UP 903 Y-YZF-R1 188 8:01′06.558 26Laps 2′18.871
T.TAMURA T.NAKAI
44 20 EWC Heat Magic Racing with MⅡR S-GSX-R1000 188 8:01′50.080 26Laps 2′15.798
T.ONISHI Y.HAMAGUCHI
45 111 EWC Honda KOHYOHKAI Dream Racing Team &SHOWA H-CBR1000RR 181 8:00′23.176 33Laps 2′18.263
I.MATSUBARA H.NAKAMURA T.EBINUMA
46 85 EWC Honda Q-You-Kai Meiwa Racing H-CBR1000RR 179 8:01′04.298 35Laps 2′15.954
M.YAMANAKA K.AMANO T.SOU
47 60 EWC Honda Blue Helmets MSC H-CBR1000RR 179 8:02′08.102 35Laps 2′17.472
A.KOBAYASHI H.SENMYO
48 44 EWC weider. D.D.BOYS 44 H-CBR1000RR 178 8:00′33.505 36Laps 2′13.017
Y.KODAMA O.DEGUCHI
49 88 EWC KANSAI YAMAMOTO & angela S-GSX-R1000 178 8:02′26.192 36Laps 2′15.069
T.ISHIKAWA T.ARAKAKI E.SAMURA
50 84 EWC PLATFORM.AQUA.CLUB Y’s.J-OFFICE H-CBR1000RR 171 8:02′42.739 43Laps 2′18.429
K.MITSUMOTO H.HASHIMOTO S.YASUTOMI

51 99 EWC Teluru Honeybee Racing H-CBR1000RR 167 8:01′42.024 47Laps 2′13.296
T.YAMAMOTO H.MATOBA
52 76 EWC Pacific Diner Service NALT H-CBR1000RR 167 8:02′32.944 47Laps 2′19.260
D.YANO K.KITAGUCHI
53 47 EWC LIRICA AMENA&JUMBO 47 S-GSX-R1000 162 8:02′42.622 52Laps 2′20.134
N.KAWAMOTO H.YOSHII H.ITO
54 90 SST TEAM RUNNER BIKE K-ZX-10R 149 8:00′39.060 65Laps 2′18.541
I.ARNOLDI S.CORDARA I.BELLEZZA
Did not complete 75%
18 EWC TEAM YOSHIHARU YOKKAICHI & K1 RACING H-CBR1000RR 183 7:21′24.632 31Laps 2′13.867
T.SEKIGUCHI Y.SUGAI
40 EWC Honda HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT & CBR H-CBR1000RR 180 7:05′36.144 34Laps 2′15.334
R.FURUKAWA K.NAGURA
6 EWC F.C.C.TSR H-CBR1000RR 157 6:06′37.093 57Laps 2′12.357
S.IWATA H.KIKUCHI
70 EWC TEAM OSG PHOENIX & MOTOSPORTS H-CBR1000RR 148 5:47′26.582 66Laps 2′13.539
T.OKUDA T.TSUDA T.SATAKE
33 EWC DREAM Honda Racing Team 33 H-CBR1000RR 134 5:04′00.323 80Laps 2′08.988
J.REA Y.TAKAHASHI
74 EWC ENDURANCE MOTO 74 Y-YZF-R1 129 5:24′12.495 85Laps 2′19.432
S.KOKES W.GRARRE J.CASTANET
78 EWC Suzuka Community RT Weed Furusawa honda H-CBR1000RR 119 8:01′09.875 95Laps 2′17.042
Y.FUKUDA M.FURUSAWA
26 EWC RS-ITOH&ASIA K-ZX-10R 114 4:59′41.415 100Laps 2′16.114
I.HIGASHIMURA N.SHIMIZU A.INOUE
8 EWC BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND K-ZX-10R 102 4:11′37.619 112Laps 2′15.087
D.MORILLON P.MUFF H.SAIGER
21 EWC RMT #21 RACING H-CBR1000RR 82 3:19′11.541 132Laps 2′16.183
M.SEIDEL T.MIKSOVSKY A.VOS
54 EWC BABIE’S Racing de”LIGHT D-1098R 71 4:01′14.219 143Laps 2′13.564
T.HAMAGUCHI M.INAGAKI
2 EWC F.C.C.TSR Honda H-CBR1000RR 69 2:50′27.259 145Laps 2′08.496
T.TSUJIMURA S.ITO
77 EWC Z・TECH・・TeamOUKA・HASHIMOTOGUMI S-GSX-R1000 62 5:05′55.179 152Laps 2′17.850
K.KANAYAMA T.YOSHIDA T.KIMURA
9 EWC LA FORTEZZA AMADEUS X-ONE Y-YZF-R1 42 1:41′34.656 172Laps 2′19.009
W.HOLMES GRUY P.TESSARI R.RICCI
66 EWC YIC Kyoto Technical college・yamasyo・OTEC H-CBR1000RR 31 8:02′38.430 183Laps 2′18.856
K.WATASE Y.YOKOHARI
46 EWC CLUBNEXT&Naka,Eg,Labo704 H-CBR1000RR 7 16′33.733 207Laps 2′17.518
T.NAKAMURA A.YOSHIHIRO

Chris Walker is set to make his return to World Superbikes in the next round of the Championship if all goes to plan, aboard the Paul Bird Motorsport Honda Superbike.

Walker has been competing on the Gil Motorsport Kawasaki in World Supersport this season but has recently been testing the Honda at Oulton Park.

If the testing is a success then Walker will be back racing at his home track in ten days time. He is due to do more testing this afternoon after 30-minutes to himself on track during the lunch break.

Walker, has been racing in the World Supersport 2008 season alongside Japanese rider Katsuaki Fujiwara after a year back in the UK in 2007, on a Rizla Suzuki Superbike.