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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 01/11/2009
Round 16. Malaysia : Sepang
SFW wins in the rain at Sepang
while Seby takes the title after coming second tonight.
Interviews:
Seby Lords Of Shadow (2nd,
15:58.519):
"Yeah good race by SFW, congratulations for victory. Also gg to Skider
and fabb (sorry for taking your podium m8).
Practice went normal until SFW did some laps with us and showed us how
to ride in the wet. He did amazing lap times but was a bit inconsistent
(he crashed often). At that time he was doing 58.2s or so while i was
in 58.7s. By Friday i could do 58.1s and we had similar pace but he was
a bit faster in total, while i needed to push over the limit to do
those lap times.
On Saturday the problems started, i couldn't host anybody, people
couldn't join my room and i couldn't see other host's rooms. I did
everything possible to try and fix it by Sunday but nothing worked. I
changed all the settings on my pc, even installed windows again, tried
3 different PCs and still nothing. They had to race without me and i
had my last hopes for Monday, i even went to a friend to play from
there but the game didn't work well on his pc. Then i went outside at
the box with modems from my floor and took the electricity out from the
modems and reset them (which is illegal to open that box lol). The game
worked and i couldn't believe it, i did my race while SFW and Vouks put
pressure on me. In qual i didn't do a very good lap time, i had no
practice for 2 days and i just wanted it to end. He took the pole by
0.759s which is a new record, biggest difference ever between rider in
pole and 2nd guy on the grid, gg m8. I already knew SFW did a great
race on Sunday so there was no point to risk a crash or something. I
needed 2 points so i did a safe race, normal lap times. My race was
with soft-med while most of the other riders did their races with
soft-hard. This way it was easier for me to do a decent total time so i
was able to finish 2nd. I can't believe what i had to go through to get
this race done, specially this race from all, the decisive race for the
title. It was a very bad situation, to happen to me exactly now but i
can also say i was very happy on Monday because i could win the title
on track, fairly.
The title is in the bag now so a bit less pressure for Valencia where
i'll definitely fight for the victory. I'll post about the title after
the season ends. Good luck to all in Valencia."
Skider NoGrip
Racing (3rd, 16:00.458):
"GG SFW for your win and amazing pole record, BIG congratulations to
Seby for the title, very good season and well deserved reward for you
Seby.
I didn't do much practice for this race so my goal was to fight for the
podium, I couldn't ride fast in the wet, my pace was slow and I tried
many setups but i didn't feel consistent. With Soft-Hard tyres I
couldn't ride on fast lap times, 58 high my pb during the practice so I
tried to change to Soft-Med on Sunday before the race and I improved
almost 1 sec my lap times but I knew the last laps would be very hard,
anyway it would be my only chance to do a good race here.
Seby had problems with his internet connection so we were only 4 riders
on SFW's room, fabbsan, Guishermo and me. SFW did an amazing lap on
pole, he had almost 1 sec gap between my 58.0 and his 57.1,
unbelievable.
My only chance to put on trouble SFW was to open a gap at the beginning
of the race and keep my pace as fast as I could. The race started and I
could open a good gap to SFW, around 1 sec, but at the end of the first
lap I had problems with my gamepad, the analogic stick turned off by
itself. This is not the first time it happens, I use psone controller
with adapter and the pad is old so this happens usually dunno why. I
need to buy a new controller for next year indeed lol. Back to the
race, I had 1 sec gap on first lap but the gamepad fuked it up, SFW
came back to my tail and my pad turned off again at the middle of the
second lap, it was like I let SFW go in front of me like Rossi did many
times on his rivals, but In fact, I was pushing very hard to do my
best. We had a nice fight against SFW until 4 laps to go when my rear
tyre was red so SFW escaped from me easily... his pace with
Soft-Hard was amazing, nothing I could do to fight anymore with him. I
could see fabbsan coming back very fast and I thought he would pass me
at the end of the race but I could keep my position finally. I'm happy
about the race cuz I did a good race on Soft-Med but disappointed about
the gamepad problems, probably SFW would've beaten me even without the
time lost but the race could've been different.
I only want to finish this season as good as possible but Valencia is
not a good track for me, I had the pole record there until now since
2005 but I never could win, anyway anything is possible on racing so
good luck to all!!"
fabbsan
Motonline Racing Team (4th, 16:00.792):
"GG SFW for your unbelievable victory, you were really really fast here.
GG Seby for the title, you deserved it a lot this year.
GG Skider for the last place on the podium.
About my race, only some regrets because i couldn't catch Skider in the
last lap.
I did a bad 1st lap, went on the grass, lost already 2s, in the 2nd lap
i missed a brake point and lost even more gap with SFW and Skider.
I could overtake Guishermo at the end of the 3rd lap, came back on
Skider in the last lap but did too many mistakes to overtake him,
Skider did also a very good last lap with the rear medium tyre, GG m8,
was strong.
See you for the last race!
Each year, less riders take part race after race, it's a shame, with
more riders should be more funny and interesting."
Vouks MVM
Racing Team (5th, 16:03.287):
"Congratulation Seby for title!
GG SFW for win but more for the lap times and the pace! lolllloollool
WTF there was dry????
Skider another podium and looks that the speed come back at the end of
the year, GG m8. Fab again strong even if only 4th.
Well Valencia is close and after we are free to think about 2010..."
Mircea Lords
Of Shadow II (6th, 16:12.859):
"First I want to congratulate for winning the title Seby, he deserves
it a lot. I'm sorry for GVG, because i want to do this race with him
and JC. GG for JC because they were a few laps in which we overtakes a
lot and was nice and at the same time difficult because we need to take
care for proper that the rain is very easy to fall, after that the
tires started to go better and better and I tried to get away to the
end. I'm happy because i won this class A race, it keeps me in the race
for Class A title. Anyway last race is Sunday, I will try to make a
good race, then we will see..."
rezist Rezist
Racing Yamaha (11th, 16:26.073):
"Well done Seby for your first World Championship!
And to SFW a nice race win! and Skider just sneaking onto the podium.
I had a good race, no huge mistakes, and not much sliding in the race
so the tyre was only half red at the end, but i still managed some ok
lap times...
Not many riders and we had some connection problems over the weekend,
but i'll take that 11th place nonetheless."
PeQuInHo
M&Ms Suzuki Team (12th, 16:32.901):
"Ola, good for me was a good race, for reason of work and other stuff
it was not possible to make all or almost all the races.
But speaking of Sepang, in the proper day i did not have a good setup,
I had to make in the proper qualification, clearly that I did not have
much time, nor much time I had to practice in Sepang, therefore I
limited myself to try it to make a race without committing errors and
not thinking very about the fast laps, therefore wise person who much
people would go to commit errors being the track rain, I pulled out
badly but soon in the first corner I obtained to arrive next to the
first 2 ones, obtained to keep the 3rd place in all the race with
effort in trying not to fall in the corners and to always keep the same
rhythm, which resulted in giving me this 1st place in class B that for
me is very good, since in two races that I participated it stows the
two in podium.
I am thankful for and to Atman for hosting me.
Cya all at Valencia."
GVG Yamaha
England-Netherlands (15th, 16:45.647):
"Pff, one weekend you have your best race of the season. The next your
worst. Unbelievable! I had very less practice and also had a hard time
with keyboard in the wet. So my expectations for this race weren't very
high. But on race day i get more motivated and i did quite a lot of
practice. I started to feel very comfortable in the wet and also my
times were pretty good. Also i didn't crash in the races. I was
suddenly confident for this race and was hoping to get a good fight
with JC and Mircea.
Then official. Qualifying went pretty good. Set a new best lap but saw
that Mircea was faster. He would be hard to beat. Race started. I get
again a very good start but it was already drama at first corner.
Suddenly the bike fell down. I didn't touch the brake but it just
crashed. Very weird crash. I got up quickly again and continued in the
hope to get passed some people. But is was getting worse. Half a lap
later i was down again. What the hell is happening? Race was over for
me. I was going to lose a lot of points in the championship and might
lose 7th place. I continued and in second lap i crashed again. How
worse can it get. After that i got some good laps and i overtook some
people but it was of course not enough to catch up with JC or Mircea.
This race was my worst of the season. First time i have a crash in an
official race. Like Seby said: You are going to crash once. He was
right, only i did it 3 times. Of course the title in A class is no
longer possible. I lost 7th place to Mircea and i'm eager to get that
back. So it will all come down to Valencia. Hopefully i can end my
season the way i wanted it to end.
Congratulations to SFW for the win. But of course big congratulations
to Seby for the title. Well done! Cya in Valencia."
Pity Source
Team (18th, 17:03.112):
"What can I say? Race to forget. My qualify was really good, I did my
best time from all weekend. I was 6th from 9th riders. In the race, I
had a good start, somebody crashed in the first corner, but anyway,
first lap was quite good, and I tried to followed up Kike, but, during
the race, I made a mistake, and after that, I normally added gas and I
fell down. It was really pity for me. So, after that, I tried to finish
the race on 7th position before Jors666 but in the last lap I fought
with Jors and I tried to passed him but, it was impossible, because he
was faster then me, but it was a pity, because during the race I was
faster then Jors. So I am disappointed with the final result, because
it was possible to finish the race in 7th position and finally to be in
17th position. But, anyway, I took some points and now, I am in 24th
position in the standings, just only 3 points behind Planas. So, the
position is ok, but in Valencia I'll try to finish in 16th position or
better and we will see. As I said, I don't know why I fell down, maybe
grip or something else, but without that crash I could have been 17th.
Kike was faster all weekend then me, so I congratulate him for best
result of the year.
The last race will be in Valencia, I hope a good chance to improve my
position, because I like Valenica, and last year, in Czech Team
Championship I finished on 4th position. Now we (me, Blejz, Holy) have
to prepare for the race in Jerez, because this Sunday, we will start in
CTC 09/10 in Jerez. Bye.
Important:
Because, we have almost end of season, we have to solve our future.
Now, I am free rider, so, is here some Team, who has interest about me
for next year, I can to ride for another team. Or if somebody wants to
ride alongside me in my team SOURCE TEAM, you can write me the offers
here. I can join another team or I can to stay in Source Lotus with
another rider. Because, my team has big sponsorship from USA (flag of
USA on my bike) so the salary is not problem. Muhehehe. I want to know
my future until the last race in Valencia."
XavieRRR
Lords Of Shadow II (DNS):
"Seby Congratulations! For your title of world champion!
Sincere congratulations to all participants in this championship for
his high level.
For my part I can not say anything, I finish this tournament exhausted,
but with a commitment to improve.
Thank you all guys."
Statistics:
In the
Rider
Standings, Seby has taken the title despite coming 2nd tonight, behind
SFW. Seby has a total of 433 points, 53 in front of SFW with only 1
race left in the calendar. This was SFW's 6th victory of the season.
Vouks is in 3rd position, just 5 points
ahead of Skider. fabbsan completes
the top5, 23 points behind Skider and Guishermo is 6th, 40 points
further down.
Lords Of
Shadow became the Team Champions, they have a 137
points lead in front of main rivals Yamaha
England-Netherlands. Further 111 points
down are Motonline Racing
Team. MVM Racing Team are 34 points
behind them and NoGrip Racing completes the top5,
1 point behind.
Yamaha leads in the Constructors Champions Kawasaki
by 157 points. Suzuki
are 3rd at 175 points behind Yamaha while Ducati
and
Honda complete the top 5.
Join us in 1 weeks time for the final race of the season at Valencia.
Report by Seby
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