Motogp Standing Usa laguna seca2011

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Casey STONER Honda AUS 168
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 153
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Honda ITA 132
4 Valentino ROSSI Ducati ITA 98
5 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 94
6 Ben SPIES Yamaha USA 85
7 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati USA 85
8 Marco SIMONCELLI Honda ITA 60
9 Colin EDWARDS Yamaha USA 59
10 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN 57
11 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 49
12 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati CZE 41
13 Alvaro BAUTISTA Suzuki SPA 39
14 Toni ELIAS Honda SPA 35
15 Cal CRUTCHLOW Yamaha GBR 34
16 Loris CAPIROSSI Ducati ITA 22
17 Randy DE PUNIET Ducati FRA 15
18 John HOPKINS Suzuki USA 6
19 Kousuke AKIYOSHI Honda JPN 3

Stoner Finish Fantastic Winer At Laguna seca USA gp

The young Australian who started from second on the grid, dropped to third place at the start and took his time before launching his attack on Repsol Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa on lap eighteen of thirty two. After passing Pedrosa, who was suffering from fatigue and fitness problems, Stoner chased down Lorenzo for nine laps and wasted no time in passing him around the outside of turn one on lap twenty seven. Stoner has now increased his lead in the World Championship standings to twenty points over Lorenzo.
After being passed by Stoner, Dani Pedrosa retained third position comfortably. He knew his fitness would be tested here, at a track that demands a huge physical effort. He has now moved above Valentino Rossi in the Championship standings to 4th position with 110 points.
Andrea Dovizioso who had a great start, jumping from sixth to fourth, maintained this position for the majority of the race. He struggled to maintain his consistency for the long race in Laguna and with three laps to go was passed by Ben Spies. He remains third in the Championship standings with 143 points.
On this high note, the Repsol Honda Team will now enjoy a well deserved break before the next race in the Czech Republic on August 14.
Casey Stoner:
"All weekend we've been struggling a little so we weren't too confident that we could run with Jorge and Dani in the race. Before the race I felt relaxed, confident and generally calm, we started a little slower to get the tyres warm gently but also with a full tank of fuel, the bike didn't feel that great. I saw Dani struggling a bit and he started to drop back from Jorge so I had to attack at this point. Dani Pedrosa:

"I'm very happy with another podium, the second after my come back from injury. Andrea Dovizioso:
“We knew that it was going to be a tough race because this track is short, with very strong braking and it's also very demanding. In the first laps I pushed hard to stay with Casey, Dani and Lorenzo. I’m disappointed because today we had the speed to fight for a good result, in fact I lapped two tenths behind the fastest lap, but I couldn’t be consistent. I lost the battle with Spies and this is the first time I've lost a battle this year. My congratulations go to Casey and Dani”.

Lorenzo second Finish in Laguna seca Usa

Fellow Yamaha Factory Racing rider Ben Spies had a less than perfect start from the grid, initially dropping to seventh behind Valentino Rossi on the first laps of the race. Rossi was eventually dispatched by the Texan on lap three, freeing him to focus on Dovizioso ahead. Spies put in an incredible ride to close a gap of over five seconds and take fourth with just three laps to go.
The weekend’s results leave Lorenzo heading into the short holiday break trailing Championship leader Stoner by 20 points. Team mate Spies will arrive at Brno still in sixth place in the standings but now just 12 points behind Dani Pedrosa in fourth.
Jorge Lorenzo:
“Well first of all I’m lucky to be in the second position, after the crash yesterday I thought it wasn’t possible to race for a little while. After qualifying I hoped I might be able to fight till the end for victory but sometimes expectations are not reality. Casey was faster today, I couldn’t match his pace at the end. My physical condition is not so perfect which makes us a bit slow as well. Second is ok, we are only 20 points behind Casey and we’ll try again next time.”
Ben Spies:
“I got a really good start but going uphill to the steep part of the track basically we didn’t have enough power. I got stuck behind Valentino, I tried to get around as quick as I could but he’s really good on the brakes so it was pretty tough but I did the best I could. Once we got around him it was quite a big gap to Dovizioso but I just kept my head down and kept going. I’m happy we were able to track him down and get fourth. It was a really good race for us it just got spoilt in the first five hundred feet. I would have liked to have been on the podium as I think we had a package to fight with Dani, I guess that’s racing and I gave it 100% as always.”

Team Ducati Finish six and seven potsition motogp USA

The team worked very hard on both the GP11 and the GP11.1, and they’ll continue the development of the 800cc bikes during the next round at Brno, in the Czech Republic, which will follow a short two-week break. On the Monday after that race, the season’s second official test for the team riders will take place.

Valentino Rossi:
“We worked well this weekend. We started from a better position than we have in recent races, and I got a good launch on the start and tried to stay with the leaders. I did a lap in the mid-’22s, but then I closed the front twice in a row on the bumps in Turn 5 and nearly crashed. I still had a tough race after that, because Nicky stayed glued to me and didn’t give me a chance to breathe. We obviously don’t want to be fighting for sixth place, but we’re having some problems at the moment and we have to try and do our best with what we have. We’re losing too much on corner entry, where I’m very slow because I don’t have enough feeling, but Ducati is working and we must stay focused and positive, making progress step by step. In the short term, we have to make up those missing tenths in order to stay with the group with Spies, Sic and Dovizioso. Then we’ll think about the others.”
Nicky Hayden:
“I’ve won this race before, so I’m not going to jump up and down celebrating seventh place. We knew it was going to be tough, and crashing in qualifying didn’t help. I got a decent start, but I didn’t get to go with that second group like I had hoped. It was kind of like the Sachsenring: a good battle with Valentino, but thirty seconds behind the front. Vale was no faster than me, but he’s a racer: he doesn’t make mistakes and give you anything. A couple of times I thought I might be able to go up the inside, but I’m not just going to close my eyes and knock us both down trying for sixth place. People who think he’s not trying are crazy. I saw his right foot come off the peg a couple of times when he almost went down. We’ll take two weeks off, regroup and go to Brno. Now is no time to be negative. I believe in my team and Ducati, and I really think we’re still going to have a good season.”

Lois Hamilton wins German GP

Lewis Hamilton has clinched victory in what was a pulsating German Grand Prix at Nurburgring

Lewis Hamilton. Be the fastest in german gp, after completing the race is pretty tense right, while Fernando Alonso became the second fastest driver, as well as mark weber third victory lois awaited by fans, who since last gp was to assure

Lorenzo motogp,America redbulls

Lorenzo sealed his place at the head of the pack on his final lap of qualifying as he posted a best circuit of one minute 21.202 seconds in scorching conditions.
Championship leader Casey Stoner also left it late before he snatched second place, 0.072secs behind Lorenzo, with the Australian's Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa third on the grid.
The home fans in California were given reason for cheer as Ben Spies claimed fourth place, although it may have been better for the American after he was unable to return after crashing out with five minutes left in the session.
Lorenzo's high-speed spill in this morning's final practice session was more spectacular though, as he was launched into the air and across the gravel.
The 24-year-old was somehow unhurt and then displayed his champion-quality as he shook off the setback to clinch pole and continue to pile the pressure on Stoner.
The Australian has seen his championship lead reduced to 15 points by Lorenzo after the Spaniard has beaten him in the past two rounds and Lorenzo will fancy his chances of eating further into that gap after his performances so far this week.
Further back in the field, the Italian trio of Marco Simoncelli, Andrea Dovizioso and former champion Valentino Rossi were lined up from fifth to seventh.
Rossi's performance offered Ducati some hope, after he had initially struggled in the session, before finishing 1.033 behind Lorenzo.
The Italian had only managed the 11th-best time after yesterday's free practice but snuck onto the third row along with his fellow Ducatis of Hector Barbera and Nicky Hayden.
Great Britain's Cal Crutchlow rounded out the top-10 on his Monster Yamaha.

Short tips trio for Academy glory

Reeves, currently third in the FIA WRC Academy Cup standings, has never competed on the flat-out gravel roads in the centre of the country but Short is confident the Australian Pirelli Star Driver has what it takes to impress.

The former co-driver also singled out Christian Riedemann and Timo van der Marel as being potential frontrunners in the category, which pitches 18 young stars against one another in identical Ford Fiesta R2s using Pirelli control tyres.

FIA WRC Academy co-ordinator Phil Short has tipped Brendan Reeves as one of three surprise performers on Neste Oil Rally Finland, the third event of the six-round series, from 28-30 July.

Volvo C30 DRIVe WTCC

Here is a new 2011 Volvo C30 DRIVe WTCC Car Picture and Review. The FIA World Touring Car Championship 2011 season kicks off at Curitiba in Brazil this weekend, marking the start of the evaluation season for Polestar Racing in the championship. Polestar Racing got the green light from Car Corporation last year to launch a one-car programme for the WTCC 2011 as a commercial and technical evaluation ahead of 2012.

coming evens jetski 2011

Date Event Location
30/07/11 2011 North Island Endurance Series, Round 2 Lake Rotoma, Rotorua,

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30/07/11 2011 South Island Endurance Series, Round 3 Caroline Bay,, Timaru,

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20/08/11 2011 North Island Endurance Series, Round 3 Petone, Wellington,

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27/08/11 2011 South Island Endurance Series, Round 4 Lake Dunstan,, Cromwell,

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Formula 1 Drivers' Standings

1 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 25 25 18 25 25 25 18 25 18 204
2 Mark Webber (Red Bull) 10 12 15 18 12 12 15 15 15 124
3 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 12 8 6 15 10 18 - 18 25 112
4 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 18 4 25 12 18 8 - 12 12 109
5 Jenson Button (McLaren) 8 18 12 8 15 15 25 8 - 109
6 Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 6 10 8 - - - 8 10 10 52
7 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) - - 10 10 6 - - 6 8 40
8 Nick Heidfeld (Renault) - 15 - 6 4 4 - 1 4 35
9 Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 15 - 2 4 - - 10 - - 31
10 Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) - 2 4 - 8 - 12 - 2 26
11 Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) - 6 1 1 1 10 6 - - 25
12 Adrian Sutil (Force India) 2 - - - - 6 - 2 - 10
13 Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) - - - - - - 4 4 1 9
14 Sergio Perez - - - - - 2 - - 6 8
15 Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) 4 - - 2 - 1 1 - - 8
16 Rubens Barrichello (williams) - - - - - 2 2 - - 4
17 Paul di Resta (Force India) 1 1 - - - - - - 2
18 Jarno Trulli - - - - - - - - -
19 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin) - - - - - - - - -
20 Narain Karthikeyan (HRT) - - - - - - - - -
21 Pastor Maldonado (Williams) - - - - - - - - -
22 Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) - - - - - - - - -
23 Timo Glock (Virgin) - - - - - - - - -
24 Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT) - - - - - - - - -

Nurburgring to be one of the circuits, the most historic in the automotive world

Nurburgring to be one of the circuits, the most historic in the automotive world. With the original path length reaches 28 km, these are tracks that are in need, the ability of the drivers, because its layout is very challenging, because the path is narrow.

Still, big names circuits and the challenges that exist in this circuit, make a lot of riders, had a great ambition, to win in Numburgring."This is a race I want, to become champion. When I won my fifth place finish, and the best outcome here is to finish third, in 2004. But efforts Button Grand Prix win in Germany, still haunted by the results in previous series , which was held at Silverstone. "Maybe we lost a little momentum, we built on previous races, but not much missing.

Mark Cavendish as the winner, the 15th stage,tour de france

Mark Cavendish as the winner, the 15th stage. This victory, as well as a fourth victory, Cavendish in the Tour de France this year.

Prior to the 15th stage, Cavendish as the winner in the fifth stage, eighth, and 13th. For the record, this is a victory to the 19 Cavendish in the Tour de France, throughout his career.

Stage-15 to take the path, from Limoux to Montpellier, with the distance along the 192.5 km. Compared to the previous stage, the stage-15 is relatively easy, because the trajectory is not much uphill.

Cavendish won the stage, with Tyler Farrar and Alessandro outperformed Petachi. THR rider from the team's finish, the race with a time of 4:20:24.

While Thomas Voeckler, still leads the overall standings while and has the right to become holder of the yellow jersey today.

Behind Voeckler, the two racers are still loyal to stalk; Frank Schleck and Cadel Evans. Both are adrift time difference of about 1.49 seconds and 2.06 seconds behind Voeckler.

Furthermore, the stage of the 16th, will take the track of Saint Paul-Trois Chateaux, toward the Gap with the distance of about 162.5 km

125cc World Standing 2011 Germany

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Nicolas TEROL Aprilia SPA 166
2 Johann ZARCO Derbi FRA 134
3 Maverick VIÑALES Aprilia SPA 122
4 Jonas FOLGER Aprilia GER 110
5 Sandro CORTESE Aprilia GER 106
6 Hector FAUBEL Aprilia SPA 90
7 Efren VAZQUEZ Derbi SPA 90
8 Luis SALOM Aprilia SPA 76
9 Sergio GADEA Aprilia SPA 71
10 Danny KENT Aprilia GBR 46
11 Jakub KORNFEIL Aprilia CZE 34
12 Adrian MARTIN Aprilia SPA 30
13 Miguel OLIVEIRA Aprilia POR 30
14 Alberto MONCAYO Aprilia SPA 28
15 Simone GROTZKYJ Aprilia ITA 19
16 Taylor MACKENZIE Aprilia GBR 15
17 Marcel SCHROTTER Mahindra GER 15
18 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN Derbi MAL 13
19 Louis ROSSI Aprilia FRA 13
20 Niklas AJO Aprilia FIN 11
21 Danny WEBB Mahindra GBR 10
22 Alexis MASBOU KTM FRA 10
23 Hiroki ONO KTM JPN 8
24 Jasper IWEMA Aprilia NED 7
25 Toni FINSTERBUSCH KTM GER 4
26 John McPHEE Aprilia GBR 1
27 Josep RODRIGUEZ Aprilia SPA 1

Moto2 World Standing jermany

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Stefan BRADL Kalex GER 167
2 Marc MARQUEZ Suter SPA 120
3 Simone CORSI FTR ITA 84
4 Alex DE ANGELIS Motobi RSM 82
5 Bradley SMITH Tech 3 GBR 79
6 Thomas LUTHI Suter SWI 77
7 Andrea IANNONE Suter ITA 66
8 Yuki TAKAHASHI Moriwaki JPN 58
9 Randy KRUMMENACHER Kalex SWI 52
10 Julian SIMON Suter SPA 49
11 Michele PIRRO Moriwaki ITA 43
12 Kenan SOFUOGLU Suter TUR 39
13 Aleix ESPARGARO Pons Kalex SPA 38
14 Esteve RABAT FTR SPA 37
15 Jules CLUZEL Suter FRA 35
16 Dominique AEGERTER Suter SWI 33
17 Yonny HERNANDEZ FTR COL 33
18 Max NEUKIRCHNER MZ-RE Honda GER 32
19 Scott REDDING Suter GBR 25
20 Anthony WEST MZ-RE Honda AUS 18
21 Alex BALDOLINI Suter ITA 18
22 Pol ESPARGARO FTR SPA 16
23 Mattia PASINI FTR ITA 13
24 Kev COGHLAN FTR GBR 11
25 Mika KALLIO Suter FIN 8
26 Mike DI MEGLIO Tech 3 FRA 7
27 Claudio CORTI Suter ITA 7
28 Xavier SIMEON Tech 3 BEL 6
29 Ratthapark WILAIROT FTR THA 4
30 Ricard CARDUS Moriwaki SPA 2
31 Axel PONS Pons Kalex SPA 1

Standing Classification motogp 2011

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Casey STONER Honda AUS 168
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 153
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Honda ITA 132
4 Valentino ROSSI Ducati ITA 98
5 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 94
6 Ben SPIES Yamaha USA 85
7 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati USA 85
8 Marco SIMONCELLI Honda ITA 60
9 Colin EDWARDS Yamaha USA 59
10 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN 57
11 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 49
12 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati CZE 41
13 Alvaro BAUTISTA Suzuki SPA 39
14 Toni ELIAS Honda SPA 35
15 Cal CRUTCHLOW Yamaha GBR 34
16 Loris CAPIROSSI Ducati ITA 22
17 Randy DE PUNIET Ducati FRA 15
18 John HOPKINS Suzuki USA 6
19 Kousuke AKIYOSHI Honda JPN 3

Bridgestone propose revision to comisaris Motogp2011

These latest host of changes come in response to rider feedback and succeed steps taken by Bridgestone in the last 18 months such as the development and early introduction of the extra soft compound in 2010, and the selection of softer tyre compounds for the Catalunya, British, Dutch, Italian and German Grands Prix so far this year.
For the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca next weekend, softer rear slicks incorporating Bridgestone’s extra soft compound rubber have been selected in a continued bid to improve warm-up performance, especially as the morning sessions can be cool.
Then from the Czech Republic Grand Prix onwards more significant changes will come into effect as Bridgestone will provide every rider with an increased number of front slick tyres, three front slick tyre compound options, and revise rear slick tyre allocation to enable riders to select a greater number of the compound option they prefer.
The previous regulations permitted two compound options of front and rear slicks and eight front and ten rear slick tyres per rider per weekend. Now, from Brno onwards, Bridgestone will prepare three compound options of front slick tyre per race and provide each rider with nine front tyres each weekend. Ten rear slick tyres will still be available in two compound options per weekend, but riders can now choose more of the tyre option they prefer, up to a maximum of six of one compound option and four of the other.
Hiroshi Yamada – Manager, Bridgestone Motorsport Department:
“We have worked hard with the FIM, Dorna and the riders to make this proposal and the necessary regulation amendments and we make these significant changes to our tyre compound allocation procedure as part of our ongoing efforts to focus more on improving warm-up performance. When rider comments about warm-up performance started last year, we developed the extra soft compound rubber for the rear tyres to improve the situation. Then during the Italian Grand Prix we decided to bring softer spec rears to a further six of the remaining nine races, and with this latest change to our tyre approach we very much hope to arrive at a situation where the riders feel satisfied with the extra tyre choices they have each weekend and more comfortable with additional softer tyres in the cooler morning sessions. The introduction of FP1 on Friday morning this year changed the situation for us because conditions are never ideal on Friday morning and this is when we have seen most of the crashes. I hope this fundamental change to the Official Tyre Supplier situation demonstrates that we listen to riders and have long been working towards such a compromise to make them feel safer and more comfortable and confident in the warm-up performance of our tyres.”
Hirohide Hamashima – Assistant to Director, Motorsport Tyre Development Division
“We have spent a great deal of time speaking personally with riders, especially in recent months, and the raft of changes that we have proposed are in direct response to their feedback and comments, specifically relating to the warm-up performance of our tyres in the cooler morning sessions. The riders have agreed with our proposal so I am confident that the changes will

Pedrosa back, winning in Deutschland Germany Race motogp2011

victory means  for Pedrosa motogp Germany, prove that he deserves to be world champion. Very tight racing, there from the beginning of the race, lorenzo advanced to the front, which is pretty good setart for lorenzo, and  good performed by three Repsol Honda rider, who was in forward position, led some laps, and did not last long, Stouner quickly seize the leadership race after Lorenzo  opertake.Race held tight, occurred after three Repsol Honda rider was behind( Lorenzo) Yamaha team.

Valentino Rossi  Setart at position sixteen, do Setart perfectly, and being in the top 10 leading riders. With a bike that is not competitive, ducati try to make changes in the chassis on the bike is in use rossi, but it's not as good with the bike nicky haiden chassis,on the right peporms who becomes his worst Setar rosi star who was in position 16, but with capability that is owned, rosi, as well as the experience of being a world champion, he is capable of racing forward with break laft good technique, but with the condition ducati, not in good condition by setting biking for years now, have to settle for being in the position on lap 9 afterTim losing end quickly with Rizla Suzuki, who finished in front of Nicky Hayden. peporms bad for Team ducati. In the final lap Pedrosa seized pole position again, and finish with a perfect race. after the incident in mugelo that cause shoulder injury, he showed himself to have a winning mentality enough, a fellow Team, Casey Stoner had to settle ranks third, after being defeated in the Racing by Lorenzo, made the difference 15 points from leaders cassy stoner, Lorenzo quite happy to be in 2nd position after the duel, and again won the duel with Cassy Stoner.  
Marco Simonecelli be in position 6 after making a mistake in the bend on the last lap, which Beanspisce overtake   that finish position 5, Marco not extreme  as usual, perhaps the incident with the king of King  MotoGP, making racing a mentally mediocre, not as good what we saw earlier, but with the skills possessed Simoncelli,of course you can, so the race! mental influence.
Pedrosa wins to welcome excited by Team, With recovery from injuries in the incident Mugelo A few weeks ago,and  go to  back on track champion moto gp. Congratulations for Dani Pedrosa.
Another intense fight starred Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) and the two Ducati Team riders Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi. Bautista crossed the line seventh with Hayden less than a tenth of a second behind the Spaniard and Rossi just 6 thousands behind the American, with of Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha Monster) following the trio in tenth.
Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) had an off-track excursion in the early stages of the race, who then staged a great comeback from the back of the pack to finish eleventh, in front of Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing).

Rallye Monte Carlo

Compared to this season’s centenary edition of the event, which ran outside of the WRC schedule, the 2012 version will feature an additional 100 competitive kilometres and an extra 240 kilometres of liaison, making it the longest Rallye Monte Carlo since 1995 when Spanish legend Carlos Sainz claimed victory for Subaru
Wednesday’s itinerary will feature two runs through the classic Le Moulinon-Antraigues
Burzet-St Martial stages in the south of the Ardeche separated by service in Valence, where the permanent service park will be housed.
On Friday crews will head south to Monaco via the St Jean en Royans-Font d’Urle, Cimetiere de Vassieux-Col de Gaudissart and Montauban sur Ouveze-Eygalayes stages, which will be broken up by a remote service halt.
Following a rest on Saturday morning action will resume on Saturday afternoon for the final loop of stages based in the hills above Monte Carlo, including two runs over the infamous Col de Turini.
“With a total of 17 stages, including 433 kilometres timed and 1246 kilometres connecting roads, this Monte Carlo Rally is certain to uphold the long tradition of a highly challenging course, requiring great endurance on the part of drivers and vehicles alike

F1 standing result

1 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 204
2 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 124
3 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 112
4 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 109
5 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 109
6 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 52
7 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 40
8 Nick Heidfeld German Renault 34
9 Vitaly Petrov Russian Renault 31
10 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes 28
11 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber-Ferrari 25
12 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 10
13 Jaime Alguersuari Spanish STR-Ferrari 9
14 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 8
15 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 8
16 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Williams-Cosworth 4
17 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 2
18 Pedro de la Rosa Spanish Sauber-Ferrari 0
19 Jarno Trulli Italian Lotus-Renault 0
20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian HRT-Cosworth 0
21 Jerome d'Ambrosio Belgian Virgin-Cosworth 0
22 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Lotus-Renault 0
23 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Cosworth 0
24 Timo Glock German Virgin-Cosworth 0
25 Narain Karthikeyan Indian HRT-Cosworth 0
26 Daniel Ricciardo Australian HRT-Cosworth 0

World chsmpionship power boat races to roar into key west nov 8-15

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Top American and international powerboat racing teams are to churn up the waters of Key West Harbor during the Key West World Championship continues through Sunday, Nov. 15.

World Superbike gears up for Brno classic

The rider they will all have their eyes on this weekend, and whose name is indelibly linked with the Brno circuit, is undoubtedly Max Biaggi. The Aprilia Alitalia man has a grand total of three wins and seven podiums in the eight races he has taken part in at Brno since his arrival in World Superbike. His results take on even more significance seeing as he has never qualified for and finished a race in lower than fourth position. While Max Biaggi is the rider with the best results at Brno, Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) will be called upon to maintain his 43 point lead in the standings, over his Aprilia rival. Third-placed man Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) has never raced a Superbike at Brno, but he does have a best result of fifth place in 2006 in MotoGP, and did win the 250 cc race in 2002. Team-mate Eugene Laverty is also lining up for his Superbike debut on this track. Other Italians who have gone well at Brno in the past include Michel Fabrizio (Suzuki Alstare) and Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team). The BMW Italia squad will be back to full strength at Brno with the returning James Toseland, who won race 1 here in 2007, and Toseland is now on the road towards completing his recovery following a crash in private testing at Motorland Aragon.
Brno could also see a return to the leading positions for Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia), who has one win (race 2 in 2005) and two pole positions at the Czech circuit to his name. Brno will be a home race to all effects for the Effenbert-Liberty Racing Team, who have their base in Prague, a Czech Republic sponsor and a Czech rider amidst their ranks. As well as regulars Pedercini Kawasaki (Mark Aitchison and Roberto Rolfo) and Supersonic Racing Team (Maxime Berger), the grid will be made up of wild-card entries for Italian Matteo Baiocco on his Barni Racing Ducati 1098R and Hungarian Viktor Kispataki on a Prop-tech Ltd Honda CBR1000RR.
Points (after 7 of 13 rounds): 1. Checa 261; 2. Biaggi 218; 3. Melandri 195; 4. Laverty 146; 5. Camier 125; 6. Haslam 120; 7. Fabrizio 108; 8. Rea 94. Manufacturers: 1. Ducati 273; 2. Aprilia 257; 3. Yamaha 235; 4. BMW 153; 5. Suzuki 112; 6. Honda e Kawasaki 111