WSBK Donington - The return of the British wildcards

[FourWheelDrift]

FP1 was a washout with times all over the place but adding to the usual WSBK line up this weekend are:

Leon Haslam : Puccetti Kawasaki
Luke Mossey : Pedercini Kawasaki
Mason Law : WD-40 Kawasaki (BSB Spec)
Bradley Ray : Buildbase Suzuki (BSB Spec)
Gino Rea : OMG Suzuki (BSB Spec)

Making 11 home riders. Odds on a top 10 lockout are reasonable

and to bolster the numbers further some Italian called Canepa on another Pata Yamaha but it's best to stay away from him he can lash out unexpectedly at your brake lever.

Edited to add BSB specs

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 26th May 10:53

[chris4652009]

I have a lot of time for Bradley Ray he's a bloody good lad

[FourWheelDrift]

FP3 results, Davies fell. - https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/896837/1/rea-leads...

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 28.003s
2. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 28.207s
3. Lorenzo Savadori ITA Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 28.540s
4. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 28.567s
5. Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 28.650s
6. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 1m 28.768s
7. Leon Haslam GBR Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 28.841s
8. Loris Baz FRA Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 29.242s
9. Bradley Ray GBR Buildbase Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 29.257s
10. Marco Melandri ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 1m 29.275s
11. Luke Mossey GBR Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 29.279s
12. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 29.347s
13. Leon Camier GBR Red Bull Honda CBR1000RR SP2 1m 29.417s
14. Niccolo Canepa ITA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 29.616s
15. Leandro Mercado ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 29.708s
16. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 1m 29.719s
17. PJ Jacobsen USA TripleM Honda CBR1000RR SP2 1m 30.087s
18. Mason Law GBR Team WD-40 Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 30.277s
19. Jake Gagne USA Red Bull Honda CBR1000RR SP2 1m 30.377s
20. Roman Ramos ESP Team GoEleven Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 30.460s
21. Gino Rea GBR OMG Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 30.647s
22. Ondrej Jezek CZE Guandalini Yamaha YZF-R1 1m 30.889s
23. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati Panigale R 1m 30.925s
24. Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 1m 31.558s
25. Jordi Torres ESP MV Agusta 1000 F4 1m 42.352s*

[Kneedragger95]

chris4652009 said:

I have a lot of time for Bradley Ray he's a bloody good lad

I second that. 9th place in FP3 to secure a spot in Q2 in tricky conditions on a BSB spec machine is nothing to be sniffed at.

Hopefully he makes it onto the world stage in the not to distant future.

[obscene]

Hoping Bradley Ray smashes it. You've also got Ryan Vickers from the the stock 600 in BSB in for the Supersport this weekend with Honda (instead of his normal Yamaha) doing well. Worth a watch, the kid is an upcoming talent.

Edited by obscene on Friday 25th May 18:09

[Turn7]

obscene said:

Hoping Bradley Ray smashes it. You've also got Ryan Vickers from the the stock 600 in BSB in the for the Supersport with Honda (instead of his normal Yamaha) doing well. Worth a watch, the kid is an upcoming talent.

Deffo worth keeping him on the radar,,,smashing it currently....

[FourWheelDrift]

Qualifying, Ray beat Haslam and Melandri !

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/results/896883/1/doning...

1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 26.663s <-- 44th Superpole a new record.
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 26.956s
3. Loris Baz FRA Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 27.348s
4. Lorenzo Savadori ITA Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 27.355s
5. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 27.422s
6. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 1m 27.472s
7. Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 27.508s
8. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 27.631s
9. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 1m 27.749s
10. Bradley Ray GBR Buildbase Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 27.946s
11. Leon Haslam GBR Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 27.967s
12. Marco Melandri ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 1m 28.130s

Grid positions determined by Superpole 1 results
13. Leon Camier GBR Red Bull Honda CBR1000RR SP2 1m 27.108s
14. Jordi Torres ESP MV Agusta 1000 F4 1m 28.230s
15. Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 1m 28.376s
16. Luke Mossey GBR Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 28.885s
17. Ondrej Jezek CZE Guandalini Yamaha YZF-R1 1m 28.958s
18. Leandro Mercado ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 28.969s
19. PJ Jacobsen USA TripleM Honda CBR1000RR SP2 1m 29.119s
20. Roman Ramos ESP Team GoEleven Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 29.172s
21. Jake Gagne USA Red Bull Honda CBR1000RR SP2 1m 29.173s
22. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati Panigale R 1m 29.315s
23. Gino Rea GBR OMG Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 29.376s
24. Niccolo Canepa ITA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 29.530s
25. Mason Law GBR Team WD-40 Kawasaki ZX-10RR No time set


And Carrasco on pole again in SP300

[Fire99]

Mossey sounded a good lad in the grid chat. No traction control with this lad.

Baz has done well with the BMW. Haslam clearly wants a strong result.

Hopefully some great racing today..

[Fire99]

Top race by Michael van der Mark....

[FourWheelDrift]

Double dutch and another win for Carrasco to take a 22 point lead in SSP300.