IRTA - Jerez
1.
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 11/10/2009
Round 14. Portugal
: Estoril
SFW took
his 5th victory of the season after beating Seby to the line. Seby
still leads the standings, by 46 points. Vouks completed the podium, 5
seconds back.
Interviews:
Seby Lords Of
Shadow (2nd, 16:21.389):
"You can try racing with JC, GVG and Mircea if you want, Holy.
Congratulations GVG for the rookie of the year.
Also Yamaha are champions for the 3rd year i a row with 13 wins out of
14 races.
GG to winner SFW for finally stepping up to be a man lol. Also very
good by Vouks, pretty good season so far, consistency is the most
important thing and so far it was good. Nice result by JC too, gg m8.
And welcome Angel Nieto to our championship, first race and first
points, gg.
I lost the race but what really upsets me is how i've lost it. The
no-coll file didn't work well and SFW and I hit 2 times in the last lap
and both times it affected me. First i jumped a little when we hit in
the 2nd corner and lost 0.1 or so but i still fought back and managed
to recover but at the back straight i was hit again and there i jumped
up and a bit to the right and lost the racing line and braking point.
But more worse is that i also lost concentration and made me very angry
so i couldn't catch up in the last few corners of the last lap.
Incidents like this happen but when it happens 2 times in the last lap
while you fight for the victory is very bad for racing and it's not
fair. I'm not saying i would have won the race, without the hits maybe
i would have crashed in the next corner, we'll never know. But i want
to win or lose on the track, not because of shit things like this. I've
lost too many races because of something else so it's starting to be
really annoying. And if i got hit in the first part of the race it
wouldn't have been so bad, i would have had time to recover, but 2
times in the last lap, it's too much for anybody to handle. And second
thing that bothers me is the fact that i was slow in this race, SFW was
stronger. I couldn't go as fast as i did in practice, not even close. I
could do low 28s in almost all laps and 16:17 in practice with pb of
28.2. But in official it was harder, maybe because there were more
riders so my game didn't work the same as with 2 riders or alone where
the game was smooth. This track is the heaviest from the calendar and
for some riders it was very hard to do optimal lap times, too bad it
happened to me too. I also made too many small mistakes, wrong racing
lines, bad braking points, i had a 1.3s advantage after half of the
race and i couldn't keep it, i touched the ripple once and SFW could
catch me.
It was obvious i was going to lose some day, too bad it happened like
this. I guess when somebody has to lose, no matter what happens, he
loses. If he doesn't lose on track then even no-coll or lag or low fps
appears so that guy will lose for sure.
Another weird thing, i usually lose on the tracks i really like.
Estoril is one of the tracks i really like but i lost here 3 races out
of 4. It seems i have more chances to win on tracks i don't like or
even hate but i struggle on the tracks i like. I won at Laguna which is
my favorite track from this calendar but besides that i lost on the
tracks i like. And i've won on tracks like Brno, Mugello, Indianapolis
or Misano, tracks i don't like. Tho if i won at Brno (the worst track
ever for me), i guess anything is possible here.
Coming up is Phillip Island, another track i don't like (only 2 nice
corners in the uphill and downhill at the end of the lap) but per total
i never liked it and i never won here, few times very bad results and i
also lost a title here in 2007. Last year was weird, i did 2nd at +1sec
from the winner without any practice but besides that, only slow races
and bad results.
We have the chance to see other titles decided, like class C title and
team's title. Maybe even rider's title if SFW will crash.
Good luck to everybody!"
Vouks MVM
Racing Team (3rd, 16:26.427):
"After long time a new-old winner so Congratulation SFW m8!!!!!!!! GG
allso to Seby who with this 2nd place did a step closer to the
Championship. JC did also a good race in 6th and together with fabbs
5th place they are 3rd in the team standings but this will change for
sure... Mircea, GVG, Holy, Rez close to the top 10 so well done to all.
Looks that there will be a fight for 7th in champ, 3 riders with same
points nearly and at this time (from my view) is the only place to be
open to fights. Of course we all need to finish all races and after we
will know. Thats the beauty of racing. See you..."
fabbsan
Motonline Racing Team (5th, 16:37.711):
"GG SFW, welcome back on the top. GG Seby who could won it and close
from the title now and GG to Vouks for the last place on the podium.
A new bad race for me on a bad track which i hate, it made me crazy. My
start was good, i was 1st until the back straight, then Seby overtook
me and at the braking point i went on the right so i wouldn't have his
slipstream during braking, but i went on the grass and crashed few
meters later, it was a ridiculous mistake.
After my crash, i was furious but also bored because i rode alone on
this bad track, i only wanted to finish my race and i didn't care about
my final position. Then 5th place isn't so bad because i probably could
have done it without the crash.
See you soon on Philip Island!"
GVG Yamaha
England-Netherlands (8th, 16:45.228):
"This was a difficult race for me. I kinda like the Estoril circuit but
had a hard time to get some decent and consistent lap times.
Of all circuits, Estoril is the track were i have the least experience.
(it never worked properly on my old pc). However my official race was
my best one, compared to all the bad practice races. I didn't crash
once, only went into the gravel on the first lap. I had a very good
start but pushed to much and braked to late. To bad. My qualifying lap,
and hot lap, showed more potential.
I kinda expected this result. Unfortunately Mircea was also in front,
so the title in A-class is slipping away. Think i have to get that out
of my head. After my Indy win i saw some chances, and also in Misano i
was the fastest, but my game froze with one lap to go. I had to
re-race. It was late by then and i was totally disappointed. I let my
lap times get influenced by that and so i didn't win there. If JC or
Mircea miss a race (like i did when i had technical problems in
Sachsenring) there is a chance of winning the title, but i don't expect
them to!
Some positives:
I can official call me Rookie of the Year. Did some calculating. With
142 points i'm 105 points in front of second man Erol, with 37 points.
Only 90 points up to grab, so that means i'm Rookie of the Year 2009!
Not a bad title i guess! It was the first goal i had in mind when i
started the season and i accomplished it. However the competition
wasn't very hard.
And, SFW is on top again! Great win for you and the team. Nice job
there mate!
See y'all next time!"
Holy Ducati
Corse Team CZ (9th, 16:49.124):
"Finally in top ten. The less I practice the better the position is.
I noticed that the number of riders taking part in Estoril is quite
small. The competition in my group is also less challenging...
Since JC moved to higher group, there is only one rider, my team mate
Blejz, who is a threat for me. Bad he crashed last race, on the other
hand I could watch TV instead of being focused on the race. I hope more
riders will take part in next race!
GG to podium riders."
rezist Rezist
Racing Yamaha (10th, 16:49.659):
"Well done SFW, back to the top step.
And also Seby and Vouks have barely put a foot wrong this year, nice
job.
And congratulations GVG for Rookie of the Year.
I am lucky to just make it to 10th position (by 0.252sec) racing at 3am
lol, so this is a great result for me!
It must be the setups hehe.
Bad luck Snikolaus, looks like you had faster lap times, but i was
maybe more consistent... i think i did 3 laps under 1:31, and the rest
were all low-1:31s.
Lucky i didn't do my race with you this time or i probably would be
11th, because i can't take the pressure very well lol, but it would
have been a good battle for sure.
See you all next round at sunny Phillip Island... i hope... it's
raining right now but i hope it is all gone before the weekend..."
Pity Source
Team (16th, 17:18.913):
"This is my best position in the race, like in Sachsenring where I was
16th. So I am happy with the race, no mistakes, I like Estoril very
much, after a bad race in last year's Czech Championship, this
race was very good. I almost finished on 15th position, but, Blejz was
better last lap.
Anyway, I took many points in Class C, so now, I can focus on the last
three races. Now we will arrive to Australia. I think, it will be good
race, but I need a good setup, for this technical track. After
Australia, we have second race in CTC 2009/2010 in Motegi, so you can
see, that me, Holy and Blejz are busy now. First race of year in CTC
09/10 was good."
Statistics:
In the
Rider
Standings Seby leads the way by 46 points to SFW. This was SFW's 5th
victory of the season. Vouks is 3rd, 20 points
ahead of Skider after taking another podium finish tonight. fabbsan
completes
the top5, 16 points behind Skider.
Lords Of
Shadow maintained their lead in the Team
Standings, which is 126 points ahead of main rivals Yamaha
England-Netherlands. Only 18
points separate Motonline Racing
Team, MVM Racing Team and NoGrip Racing from each other.
Yamaha are the Constructors Champions after taking victory number 13
from 14 races. They lead Kawasaki
by 128 points. Suzuki
are 3rd at 161 points behind Yamaha while Ducati
and
Honda complete the top 5.
Join us in 1 weeks time for the 15th race of the season at Phillip
Island,
in Australia.
Report by Seby
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