WSBK 2018 spoiled

[stopintime]

Race 1 Thai



1 1 1 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 20 1'33.714 293,5 1'32.814 295,1 25 56 2
2 5 12 X. FORES ESP Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale R IND 20 1.550 1'33.818 300,0 1'33.022 296,7 20 49 3
3 9 7 C. DAVIES GBR Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 20 2.118 1'33.778 303,4 1'33.148 299,2 16 32 5
4 3 2 L. CAMIER GBR Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 20 2.981 1'33.808 295,9 1'32.922 292,7 13 32 6
5 6 22 A. LOWES GBR Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 20 7.258 1'33.965 302,5 1'33.036 297,5 11 32 7
6 2 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 20 7.501 1'34.183 298,3 1'32.817 293,5 10 43 4
7 10 60 M. VAN DER MARK NED Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 20 8.500 1'34.012 300,0 1'33.373 301,7 9 25 8
8 7 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 20 10.184 1'34.153 301,7 1'33.103 299,2 8 58 1
9 8 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 20 11.072 1'34.124 302,5 1'33.119 299,2 7 16 10
10 4 81 J. TORRES ESP MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 1000 F4 20 11.178 1'34.223 300,0 1'32.972 295,9 6 14 11
11 15 76 L. BAZ FRA GULF ALTHEA BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 20 24.062 1'34.843 300,0 1'34.477 295,1 5 17 9
12 11 32 L. SAVADORI ITA Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 20 24.632 1'34.554 301,7 1'33.450 297,5 4 4 16
13 13 36 L. MERCADO ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 20 26.114 1'34.951 295,9 1'34.271 295,1 3 13 12
14 16 40 R. RAMOS ESP Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 20 26.142 1'34.977 296,7 1'34.729 291,1 2 9 14
15 12 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 20 26.320 1'34.786 295,9 1'34.570 291,9 1 10 13
16 18 68 Y. HERNANDEZ COL Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 20 30.665 1'35.133 300,8 1'34.783 295,1
17 17 99 P. JACOBSEN USA TripleM Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR IND 20 32.625 1'35.127 299,2 1'34.782 295,1 2 17
18 14 45 J. GAGNE USA Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 20 38.752 1'35.028 291,9 1'34.404 294,3 7 15

[kopfjäger]

Race 2

1. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 20 laps
2. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 +2.185s
3. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 +3.884s
4. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR +6.554s
5. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati Panigale R +8.973s
6. Leon Camier GBR Red Bull Honda CBR1000RR SP2 +10.647s
7. Marco Melandri ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R +17.523s
8. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-10RR +21.618s
9. Lorenzo Savadori ITA Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 +25.345s
10. PJ Jacobsen USA TripleM Honda CBR1000RR SP2 +27.076s
11. Yonny Hernandez COL Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10RR +28.668s
12. Loris Baz FRA Althea BMW S1000RR +29.004s
13. Roman Ramos ESP Team GoEleven Kawasaki ZX-10RR +30.434s
14. Jake Gagne USA Red Bull Honda CBR1000RR SP2 +30.527s

Did not finish

Leandro Mercado ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki ZX-10RR
Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR
Jordi Torres ESP MV Agusta 1000 F4
Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4
Ondrej Jezek CZE Guandalini Yamaha YZF-R1

[duccarlos]

Good to see the Yamahas up there!

[ducpainter]

Good to see the Yamahas up there!

Talk on Eurosport was there were 4 Japanese engineers there to help the cause.

[GregP]

Why does Melandri’s bike buck so badly down the straights and Chaz’s is a smooth as a baby’s behind?  Aren’t they in the same garage?

Someone from the factor can’t say, psst, you might want to. . .

I cringe every time he comes down a straight.

Rooting for the Ducs and the two Americans on the grid. Jacobsen got a top 10 and although Gagne finished DFL, he was in the points!! Hope he finds his footing as he gets to a few of the tracks he wild carded at last year.

[ducpainter]

Has to be a set-up geometry thing.

I think Marco runs a steeper steering head angle, so he can turn the bike, than Chaz.

[Speeddog]

Davies is 7" taller and ~20 lbs heavier than Melandri

[koko64]

Poor bloke must be starving himself to make weight.
That 20lbs and 7" would account for the set up changes that's for sure. Chaz sounds closer to average height.

[ducpainter]

Davies is 7" taller and ~20 lbs heavier than Melandri

Have you seen any video of Melandri's bike turning into a snake in a straight line?

[kopfjäger]

It gets squiggly at the start of this and crossing the finish line. I can’t find a good slo-mo vid.

[ducpainter]

It was way worse in Thailand.

Horrifyingly so.



A couple examples between 2 and 3 minutes

[Speeddog]

Yeesh, that's really extreme.
It's not thrown him down on the ground from it (?), so I guess he must be OK with it.

Looks minimum wheelbase, minimum steering head angle so Marco can get more heat in the tires and quicker handling.
The Duc still has the compromise of the front cylinder head occupying the space where they would rather have the wheel.
I don't think that setup would do well at the end of the straight at Mugello (though no SBK there).

[kopfjäger]

It was way worse in Thailand.

Horrifyingly so.

A couple examples between 2 and 3 minutes

“Hippie hippie shake” 

[koko64]

Wow.

[ducpainter]

Yeesh, that's really extreme.
It's not thrown him down on the ground from it (?), so I guess he must be OK with it.

Looks minimum wheelbase, minimum steering head angle so Marco can get more heat in the tires and quicker handling.
The Duc still has the compromise of the front cylinder head occupying the space where they would rather have the wheel.
I don't think that setup would do well at the end of the straight at Mugello (though no SBK there).

If he keeps finishing in 6th or 7th...

he won't be OK with it.