hopper tops the times in FP 1

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at Silverstone

1 211 J. HOPKINS USA Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'06.667 19 167,741 289,7
2 2 L. CAMIER GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.888 0.221 0.221 20 167,448 294,5
3 96 J. SMRZ CZE Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 2'06.968 0.301 0.080 17 167,343 286,7
4 52 J. TOSELAND GBR BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 2'06.986 0.319 0.018 14 167,319 292,1
5 7 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 2'07.013 0.346 0.027 20 167,284 288,2
6 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2'07.064 0.397 0.051 16 167,217 290,5
7 91 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2'07.100 0.433 0.036 18 167,169 295,3
8 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'07.126 0.459 0.026 19 167,135 290,5
9 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'07.188 0.521 0.062 18 167,053 287,4
10 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 2'07.508 0.841 0.320 17 166,634 288,2
11 121 M. BERGER FRA Supersonic Racing Team Ducati 1098R 2'07.547 0.880 0.039 16 166,583 285,9
12 22 A. LOWES GBR Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2'07.586 0.919 0.039 18 166,532 294,5
13 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF R1 2'07.687 1.020 0.101 19 166,401 293,7
14 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF R1 2'07.752 1.085 0.065 17 166,316 296,9
15 8 M. AITCHISON AUS Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'07.787 1.120 0.035 18 166,270 284,4
16 1 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'07.960 1.293 0.173 20 166,046 297,7
17 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 2'08.073 1.406 0.113 17 165,899 290,5
18 10 J. KIRKHAM GBR Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'08.100 1.433 0.027 16 165,864 278,5
19 41 N. HAGA JPN PATA Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'08.247 1.580 0.147 18 165,674 292,1
20 44 R. ROLFO ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'08.448 1.781 0.201 17 165,415 283,6
21 17 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'09.105 2.438 0.657 16 164,573 289,7
22 32 F. LAI ITA Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2'09.418 2.751 0.313 19 164,175 290,5

and Christan Casella makes his debut in World Supersport. Running 28th 9 sec off the front runners, can only improve. Wonder how Andy is going?

not forgetting Bryan Staring running lucky 13th 3.4 sec off the front.

[Ausinanas]

Beaten...

Thought Hopper would do well ,he's been running up front in BSB got a very good chance of winning it...

Alex lowes twin brother of sam lowes doing well on Jonny Reas Honda too

think thats first opportunity cristans had at riding silverstone since he got there hope he can learn it quick..!

[resist]

Hopper won't last at the top of the sheets. It's an FP1 anomaly because he was the most recent of them all to ride the track on a Superbike. (BSB is not too different to WSBK spec)

[Ausinanas]

^^ only if the Hoppers done a trackday at silvestone Bsb haven't raced there yet..

He's got some talent when it comes to racing/learning new tracks

[Ausinanas]

Hopper still hanging near the top...


Qualifying --1

1. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 2'05.477
2. Maxime Berger (Supersonic Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 2'05.870
3. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'05.899
4. Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'05.937
5. John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'05.974
6. Michel Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'06.023
7. Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 2'06.029
8. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 2'06.037
9. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.044
10. Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 2'06.116
11. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 2'06.176
12. James Toseland (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 2'06.316
13. Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 2'06.647
14. Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 2'06.697
15. Alexander Lowes (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 2'06.740
16. Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'06.752
17. Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.762
18. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 2'06.890
19. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'06.952
20. Roberto Rolfo (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'07.245
21. Fabrizio Lai (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 2'07.661
22. Jon Kirkham (Samsung Crescent Racing) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'07.889

Wss Qualifying 1

1. Gino Rea (Step Racing Team) Honda CBR600RR 2'09.362
2. Sam Lowes (Parkalgar Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2'09.590
3. Luca Scassa (Yamaha ParkinGO Team) Yamaha YZF R6 2'09.804
4. Fabien Foret (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2'10.004
5. Robbin Harms (Harms Benjan Racing Team) Honda CBR600RR 2'10.414
6. Roberto Tamburini (Bike Service R.T.) Yamaha YZF R6 2'10.789
7. James Ellison (Bogdanka PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2'10.951
8. David Salom (Kawasaki Motocard.com) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'10.972
9. Florian Marino (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2'11.181
10. Chaz Davies (Yamaha ParkinGO Team) Yamaha YZF R6 2'11.217
11. Massimo Roccoli (Lorenzini by Leoni) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'11.285
12. Balazs Nemeth (Team Hungary Toth) Honda CBR600RR 2'11.323
13. Alexander Lundh (Cresto Guide Racing Team) Honda CBR600RR 2'11.544
14. Imre Toth (Team Hungary Toth) Honda CBR600RR 2'11.567
15. Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard.com) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'11.634
16. Miguel Praia (Parkalgar Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2'11.646
17. Vladimir Ivanov (Step Racing Team) Honda CBR600RR 2'11.952
18. Luke Stapleford (Profile Road and Racing Perfor) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'12.232
19. Ronan Quarmby (Suriano Racing Team) Triumph Daytona 675 2'12.388
20. Pawel Szkopek (Bogdanka PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2'12.403
21. Danilo Dell'Omo (Suriano Racing Team) Triumph Daytona 675 2'12.534
22. Ondrej Jezek (SMS Racing) Honda CBR600RR 2'12.708
23. Luca Marconi (Bike Service R.T.) Yamaha YZF R6 2'13.209
24. Bastien Chesaux (MACH Racing) Honda CBR600RR 2'14.626
25. Vittorio Iannuzzo (Lorenzini by Leoni) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'14.652
26. Marko Jerman (MD Team Jerman) Triumph Daytona 675 2'15.149
27. Mitchell Pirotta (KUJA Racing) Honda CBR600RR 2'15.369
28. Christan Cassella (AARK Racing) Triumph Daytona 675 2'16.669
29. Yves Polzer (Team MRC Austria) Yamaha YZF R6 2'18.477
30. Oleg Pozdneev (RivaMoto) Yamaha YZF R6 2'18.756
31. Eduard Blokhin (RivaMoto) Yamaha YZF R6 2'18.945

superstock ...

Bryan staring 14th 3.1 off

[BlackFZR]

Christian Casella had engine problems and only managed to get 7 minutes of times in one of the sessions, so for him to drop another 3 seconds, he's doing ok. Another two 45 minute sessions tomorrow, as well as a 15 minute session on Sunday, He should continue to push forward.....

Gaining another 4-5 seconds would only see him mid pack still, but it would be an awesome debut if he could do that.

Broc Parkes is a long way down, as is Melandri.

I hope they all get it together tomorrow to make for some awesome racing.

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^^^ WTS

Hoping for more improvement from Christan.

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11 LOWES S GBR Honda CBR600RR 2'09.019
2 21 MARINO F FRA Honda CBR600RR 0.840
3 99 FORET F FRA Honda CBR600RR 0.943
4 23 PARKES B AUS Kawasaki ZX-6R 1.061
5 4 REA G GBR Honda CBR600RR 1.192
6 44 SALOM D ESP Kawasaki ZX-6R 1.232
7 7 DAVIES C GBR Yamaha YZF R6 1.297
8 22 TAMBURINI R ITA Yamaha YZF R6 1.329
9 127 HARMS R DEN Honda CBR600RR 1.564
10 9 SCASSA L ITA Yamaha YZF R6 1.798


26 19 PIROTTA M AUS Honda CBR600RR 5.576
27 16 CASSELLA C AUS Triumph Daytona 675 6.125

Judging by the live timing cassella's didn't have muck luck in free practice either
he was just getting into the swing of it was starting to knock some decent time's off his splits
but then came into the pits followed by lots of slow +10sec splits laps ..
poor bugger just not going his way so far...
Qualifying 11pm tonight..

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Superbike Q2


1 211 J. HOPKINS USA Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'05.974 2'05.058 2'05.058 169,899 29
2 7 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 2'05.477 2'05.103 2'05.103 0.045 0.045 169,838 35
3 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 2'06.176 2'05.408 2'05.408 0.350 0.305 169,425 38
4 121 M. BERGER FRA Supersonic Racing Team Ducati 1098R 2'05.870 2'05.520 2'05.520 0.462 0.112 169,273 29
5 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF R1 2'06.697 2'05.587 2'05.587 0.529 0.067 169,183 36
6 2 L. CAMIER GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'05.937 2'05.594 2'05.594 0.536 0.007 169,174 34
7 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'06.023 2'05.597 2'05.597 0.539 0.003 169,170 35
8 91 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2'06.116 2'05.640 2'05.640 0.582 0.043 169,112 34
9 41 N. HAGA JPN PATA Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.762 2'05.727 2'05.727 0.669 0.087 168,995 31
10 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF R1 2'06.037 2'05.876 2'05.876 0.818 0.149 168,795 29
11 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'05.899 2'05.985 2'05.899 0.841 0.023 168,764 30
12 8 M. AITCHISON AUS Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'06.752 2'05.925 2'05.925 0.867 0.026 168,729 34
13 96 J. SMRZ CZE Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 2'06.029 2'05.948 2'05.948 0.890 0.023 168,698 36
14 52 J. TOSELAND GBR BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 2'06.316 2'05.980 2'05.980 0.922 0.032 168,655 30
15 1 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.044 2'06.211 2'06.044 0.986 0.064 168,570 38
16 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 2'06.647 2'06.076 2'06.076 1.018 0.032 168,527 28
17 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 2'06.890 2'06.304 2'06.304 1.246 0.228 168,223 31
18 22 A. LOWES GBR Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2'06.740 2'06.524 2'06.524 1.466 0.220 167,930 31
19 17 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'06.952 2'06.787 2'06.787 1.729 0.263 167,582 30
20 44 R. ROLFO ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'07.245 2'06.895 2'06.895 1.837 0.108 167,439 35
21 32 F. LAI ITA Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2'07.661 2'07.482 2'07.482 2.424 0.587 166,668 35
22 10 J. KIRKHAM GBR Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'07.889 2'09.159 2'07.889 2.831 0.407 166,138 29

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GO HOPPER

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WSBK Qualified.........

1 211 HOPKINS J USA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Anomaly
2 58 LAVERTY E IRL Yamaha YZF R1
3 2 CAMIER L GBR Aprilia RSV4 Factory
4 7 CHECA C ESP Ducati 1098R
5 50 GUINTOLI S FRA Ducati 1098R
6 33 MELANDRI M ITA Yamaha YZF R1
7 84 FABRIZIO M ITA Suzuki GSX-R1000
8 41 HAGA N JPN Aprilia RSV4 Factory
9 91 HASLAM L GBR BMW S1000 RR
10 86 BADOVINI A ITA BMW S1000 RR
11 1 BIAGGI M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory
12 8 AITCHISON M AUS Kawasaki ZX-10R
13 96 SMRZ J CZE Ducati 1098R
14 52 TOSELAND J GBR BMW S1000 RR
15 121 BERGER M FRA Ducati 1098R
16 66

[resist]

Fark. I got my arse handed to me on that one!

[SPman]

Hopper is a good rider who just doesn't seem to take it when the pressure is on, but, I'd like to be proven wrong!

[96]

Whoooo!
Found a stream to watch... Gonna try hook it up to the big screen for race 2.

Any one know of a hd link?

[resist]

You could just get SPEED. It's a great channel. Well worth a Foxtel subscription. (Not that I'm biased at all).

[96]

And how much do you pay each month to watch tv?

[resist]

Until this year I paid $75 a month, and for that I got every single motorsport you can think of on my TV 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Not bad value I reckon!

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and you get to perv on Jess

[Ozboy]

That was awesome racing, gotta hand it to Hopper, always liked his style and he's out there giving the guys in the lead grief.

Would love to see him land a WSB contract.

[goosey1812]

Hopper had a WSB contract a couple of years back, kept falling off and got injured.