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2009 WSB San Marino -
Misano June 21, 2009 |
| Circuit Length: 4060 |
| Lap Record: 1'37.580 (Troy
Corser, 01/01/2008) |
| Fastest Lap Ever: 1'35.435
(Jakub Smrz, 21/06/2009) |
| Last Year's Winner: Ruben
Xaus |
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Race Results |
| 1 Ben Spies Yamaha USA
45'02.773 |
| 2 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR
0'07.931 |
| 3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati
ITA 0'11.836 |
| 4 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE
0'11.886 |
| 5 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN
0'31.670 |
| 6 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki
JPN 0'33.241 |
| 7 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR
0'35.772 |
| 8 Tom Sykes Yamaha GBR
0'41.931 |
| 9 Shinya Nakano Aprilia
JPN 0'51.507 |
| 10 Matthieu Lagrive Honda
FRA 0'59.921 |
| 11 Carlos Checa Honda ESP
1'04.285 |
| 12 Leon Haslam Honda GBR
1'04.313 |
| 13 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA
1'19.822 |
| 14 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP
1'22.412 |
| 15 Alessandro Polita
Suzuki ITA 1'31.635 |
| Race 2 |
| 1 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR
39'11.204 |
| 2 Michel Fabrizio Ducati
ITA 0'00.630 |
| 3 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN
0'00.457 |
| 4 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE
0'03.635 |
| 5 Carlos Checa Honda ESP
0'04.460 |
| 6 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR
0'04.538 |
| 7 Tom Sykes Yamaha GBR
0'12.679 |
| 8 Leon Haslam Honda GBR
0'12.763 |
| 9 Ben Spies Yamaha USA
0'13.237 |
| 10 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA
0'14.412 |
| 11 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki
JPN 0'20.073 |
| 12 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki ESP
0'20.239 |
| 13 Shinya Nakano Aprilia
JPN 0'22.351 |
| 14 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda
JPN 0'24.457 |
| 15 Gregorio Lavilla Ducati
ESP 0'24.696 |
| Best Lap |
| Rider Manu. Nat. Total
Time |
| Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE
1'38.679 |
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Rider Standings as of June
21, 2009 |
| 1. Noriyuki Haga Ducati
JPN 292 |
| 2. Ben Spies Yamaha USA
244 |
| 3. Michel Fabrizio Ducati
ITA 237 |
| 4. Jonathan Rea Honda GBR
167 |
| 5. Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA
135 |
| 6. Leon Haslam Honda GBR
134 |
| 7. Tom Sykes Yamaha GBR
130 |
| 8. Carlos Checa Honda ESP
109 |
| 9. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE
108 |
| 10. Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda
JPN 98 |
| 11. Yukio Kagayama Suzuki
JPN 91 |
| 12. Shane Byrne Ducati GBR
89 |
| 13. Regis Laconi Ducati
FRA 77 |
| 14. Max Neukirchner Suzuki
GER 75 |
| 15. Shinya Nakano Aprilia
JPN 71 |
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Manufacturer Standings
21/06/2009 |
| 1. Ducati 351 |
| 2. Yamaha 287 |
| 3. Honda 240 |
| 4. Aprilia 142 |
| 5. Suzuki 128 |
| 6. BMW 62 |
| 7. Kawasaki 41 |
The World Superbike Championship is headed back to
Europe this weekend for the eighth round of the 2009
World Championship at the Misano circuit on the Adriatic
coast of Italy.
Expectations are high as the challenge for the title
got closer following an incredible ride by American Ben
Spies at his home circuit in Salt Lake City last month.
Spies scored a textbook perfect double win in the
Utah heat, proving yet again that the combination of the
three-time AMA winner's talents and the 2009 Yamaha
YZF-R1 have what it takes to go for the 2009
championship victory.
The Misano circuit is new to Spies and his teammate,
along with a number of other new entries to WSB this
year, although the more experienced riders in the series
will only be riding this redesigned Misano layout for
the second time after it was hugely overhauled in 2007,
including a change of direction to run clock-wise, and a
succession of right-handers at the end of the main
straight.
"It's great to be back in Italy again," said Ben Spies.
"It was awesome to be home for the Miller race last
month, and a dream come true to win in front of my home
crowd. Everything felt right at the weekend, I
couldn't have been happier. I'm excited about
getting on the track at Misano, it's another new circuit
to learn which is cool. The Italian fans are
amazing which will also make this a special race for us
as a team. We need to do well here to keep the
championship challenge alive, and I'm confident we can."
Misano - Technically Speaking
by Tom Houseworth, Ben Spies Crew Chief
"It's going to be tough to repeat the weekend we had at
Miller, a circuit where Ben and I had lots of local
knowledge. Misano is another circuit we have never
seen.
The track seems a bit tight with a very fast corner
or two which will require quick handling along with
stability. For the first session we'll start with
a solid base line set up along with our base tires so
Ben can get used to the track and figure out where he is
going.
He is very good learning new tracks so by the first
qualifying session we are usually up to speed. The
first qualifying session is where we may try some
changes if Ben is uncomfortable with the settings we
started with. Because we have never seen this circuit
both bikes will be very similar as far as settings go.
Once we know where we are going on the circuit and
the most comfortable bike is picked and set up, we'll
figure out the race rubber, fine tune the traction
control, get a good start and hopefully be at the front
in both races! Hope to see you there."
