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Losail
2. Motegi
3.
Jerez
4. Le
Mans
5. Mugello
6. Catalunya
7.
Assen
8. Laguna Seca
9. Sachsenring
10. Donington
11.
Brno
12. Indianapolis
13. Misano
14. Estoril
15. Phillip Island
16. Sepang
17. Valencia
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News 23/08/2009
Round 11. Czech Rep. : Brno
Seby took his 6th victory of the
season on Sunday at Brno, in the Czech Republic. It was Seby's 4th
victory in a row and he extended his lead in the standings to 27 points
over SFW who was 2nd at Brno. Vouks completed the podium while home
rider Blejz took 12th position.
Interviews:
Seby Lords Of Shadow (winner,
16:33.566):
"The gap is smaller than before because Brno is an old track, a track
which we know for 10 years. It's a similar situation on other old
tracks like Jerez, at Brno more because it's an easier track, it's the
same thing every year at Brno. It's always hard to get a good result on
an old track because there are many guys who know the track very well
so the gap between riders is smaller.
BTW great pictures there Pity, nice work. From all the pictures you
made with motogp riders i think the one with Rossi is the only one in
which you didn't smile.
About the fight for the victory, SFW was strong all the time, last year
and also this year. He was always fast at Brno (he has 2 wins here) and
he was fast this time too. The difference is that i was stronger in the
last few races, not SFW slower. He's been number 1 since 30 races ago,
of course we all make mistakes from time to time and so did he but he's
been very very hard to beat lately. At Donington he beat all my records
from 2007 and total time by 4 seconds, i had to do work my ass off to
be able to beat him and i was also lucky to win there. At Brno the
same, i had 2 weeks of practice, i think 20 online practice races and
he almost beat me with only 1 practice race, only 1 day of practice. He
always had more potential than me (same as Skider), i win because of
hard work, lots and lots of hard practice. The year started with 4 wins
in a row for him and everybody thought the game was already over in the
fight for the title, even me. Since then he made some mistakes and i
did some good races and i won 6 from the last 7 races. There are 6 more
races left and the fight is far from over, everything can happen, it
wouldn't be a surprise if SFW starts winning now and nothing can stop
him. That's the beauty of it, you can never be sure until the end. I am
confident about my chances to win the title but i also know that 1
small mistake can make me lose it and the same for him, 1 small mistake
and i escape. I think we'll have some nice races from now on and some
better fights. Of course it's not the same for him, he already took a
title so his motivation is not as big as mine, i've been searching for
a title since many years ago. Maybe this will be my biggest advantage,
motivation and also faith.
Brno has always been one of my worst tracks from the calendar, maybe
the worst. In the last 3 years i did everything in my power to win here
but i never could do it, i was always 2nd. This victory is extremely
important for me because it came on a track where i usually get beaten.
That's the way i can stay at the front, with good results on the tracks
i don't like and where i lost in the past.
For the actual race at Brno, i knew from practice that i was going to
have a great fight with Vouks because he was as fast as me or even
faster. I also knew SFW was going to be fast, even if he didn't
practice as much as us. The race started and i had a good fight with
Vouks in the first lap, just like i expected. We also did very good
first lap times and that was a big surprise because usually after a
hard fight we lose time. Few more laps and i could escape a bit from
Vouks but the gap between us was small so i was trying to do very good
laps but i couldn't, i only did 3-4 good laps, the rest were slow. Then
SFW came back out of nowhere, in the first lap i could barely see him
behind on the straight line but at the end of the race he was right
behind me. I pushed a bit in the penultimate lap and i had a 0.5s
advantage going into the last lap, then i just took it easy, only goal
was to keep the bike on the track without crashing. I managed to do
that and i won by 0.3s. This time i won after a mediocre race, a slow
race compared to practice but a victory is a victory, specially when it
comes on a track where i've never won before and i also don't like it
at all.
So congratulations to SFW for his great race with so little practice.
Maybe Laguna and Sachs were easy races but Donny and Brno were very
hard and i expect to be the same in the next 2 races at Indy and
Misano. I'll have to keep my head down and fight for the victory again,
no matter how hard it will be.
Also congratulations to Vouks for the great race, good fight there in
the first laps m8.
Also GG to Skider for the pole which you stole from me so FU.
And last, welcome and GG to SkX for his first points in our
championship in his first race here.
See you all in 3 weeks at Indianapolis."
SFW Yamaha
England-Netherlands (2nd, 16:33.865):
"Congratulation to Seby with another win and also gg to Vouks with the
strong race and podium finish. I think this was one of the better races
we have done this year and after my 2 boring races before my vacation
it was good to ride with pack again.
I only came a day before the race back from vacation but we have been
racing on this track since the beginning so i wasn't worried about my
preparation to the race.
My first practice laps I've noticed that there was a bit less grip then
usual and I've used most of my practice playing around with setup
settings. I did Practice race online with Vouks and GVG and Vouks
really surprised me with his first lap speed...... he just took away.
By the time my pace was around 50.0 but Vouks was one sec faster in the
first lap and then did a 49.5...... so I knew I had to ride a bit
faster to be able fight for the podium in official race.
In the official qualifying I put on the soft tyres for the first time
and my first hot lap was also my best 49.5....... then saw that the
rear soft was only good for one lap.
Because i already had a good lap I've tried to risk a bit more in my
next 2 laps but pushed too hard ...... once was -0.238 in the split
times but couldn't keep it.
For the race I had a good start but after the first hard braking i went
a little wide and then Seby and Vouks just took off, I couldn't enjoy
the battle in front of me because I had my hands full in Guishermo who
was on my tail and wanted to kick my ass. Although Guishermo showed his
front wheel few times he never made a successful pass and after 2 laps
I could breathe again and set my focus in front of me. Next 2 laps Seby
was putting down some very fast lap times but I was also doing high 49s
so my gap to Vouks stayed the same, then as I expected Seby and Vouks
to continue their charge to the finish I did 3 laps in 49.7 in a row
and after Vouks touched the edge of the track after the first corner he
lost a bit speed and gave me the chance to get on his tail, next 2 laps
we had a good fight side by side and because Brno track is very wide
you can do a bit different lines and still be fast. To my surprise
despite fighting with Vouks I saw that the gap to Seby was getting
smaller and then by 2 laps to go Vouks made a mistake on braking and
went very wide and gave me a clear track to set my visor on the
Romaniac in front of me. Seby was riding very good all the race without
any mistakes but on last laps of the race I've noticed that he on some
vital parts of the track doesn't quite hitting the apex and going a bit
wide on the entry to the corners just to be sure to have a good
corner-exit. I remember thinking... hmm if he rides like this I'll come
just few tenths short at the finish and thats exactly what happened. I
was hoping for a real mistake but he was just too good for us all here
at Brno.
Like I've said, this was for me maybe the best race in a long time, it
was good fun and hope for more races like this........maybe a different
winner and Seby crashing of course."
Holy Ducati
Corse Team CZ (14th, 16:52.784):
"Rezist is right. The gap between best laps of slower riders and the
top are getting smaller, but the results remain the same. 1.5s gap
between me and the top, and still 14th place. But I think its good for
the championship, there will be more fights and more competition."
rezist Rezist
Racing Yamaha (15th, 16:54.099):
"Well done Seby! very close finish with SFW who is getting stronger.
And good on ya Vouks, good to see you back on the podium.
I had an OK race, not the greatest but OK, it was hard to do consistent
lap times... but i was surprised by the result! 15th!!!
This was my closest margin to the winner for this year, +20.5, but i
was 15th!!! there must have been some "wildcard" riders that knocked me
off...or maybe all the A class guys finally pulled their finger out.
Anyway, it's a good result compared to last years races lol.
See you all at Indy, i hope its dry this time!"
Pity Source
Team (19th, 17:06.074):
"I am little disappointed with my pace in the race, I wanted to finish
in top 15. But the race was good, I did my best and my times were good.
But, other riders were better. My objective of this season is finish on
24th position in Championship. So, I try to get some points in
Indianapolis, but, I have not so much knowledges with this track,
because this track wasn't in Czech Team Championship last year. But,
yesterday, we had test with the Blejz and Holy at Indy and I did some
laps. I hope, that the race will be ok."
XavieRRR
Wildcard (21st, 17:15.606):
"Hi guys, I'm very satisfied with my race, I think it was one of the
best of the season ‘09.
But I had to run against the whole Czech Republic (I think Pity, Blejz,
Holy are in this country. They are the guys against whom I have play
the race). These men are very strong in the home circuit, and I have
not been able to do anything to be in a better place.
Thanks and see you in Indianapolis."
Statistics:
In the Rider
Standings Seby extended his lead to 27 points to SFW. This was Seby's
6th win from the last 7 races. Vouks is at 84 points behind Seby, while
Skider is only 6 points behind
Vouks in 4th. fabbsan completes the top 5, 19 points behind Skider.
Lords Of
Shadow have extended their lead in the Team
Standings to 96 points ahead of main rivals Yamaha
England-Netherlands. NoGrip Racing and MVM Racing Team are
equal on points in 3rd position, 161
points behind the leading team. Motonline Racing completes the top 5.
Yamaha is leading the Constructors Standings by 102 points to Kawasaki
after taking victory number 10 from 11 races, the only other victory is
for Kawasaki. Suzuki
are 3rd at 121 points behind Yamaha while Ducati
and
Honda complete the top 5.
Join us in 3 weeks time for the 12th race of the season at
Indianapolis,
in the United States.
Report by Seby
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