One week until the start of the 2015 season!
One week until the start of the 2015 season!
The EBR is getting faster
1. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 30.859s
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 30.880s
3. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 30.971s
4. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.075s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.102s
6. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.296s
7. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 31.510s
8. Nico Terol ESP Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 31.593s
9. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.854s
10. Niccolo Canepa ITA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 32.002s
11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 32.220s
12. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 32.238s
13. Tati Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 32.239s
14. Sylvain Barrier FRA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 32.268s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 32.430s
16. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 33.137s
17. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.349s
18. Matthew Walters AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.354s
19. Jed Metcher AUS Race Center Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.570s
20. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.104s
21. Larry Pegram USA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 1m 34.274s
22. Christophe Ponsson LUX Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.966s
23. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 35.351s
24. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 36.112s
25. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R No Time
Originally Posted by Ed / AF1 Racing
Very encouraging start! It's not inconceivable that by the time Super-Pole comes around, Canepa could be faster than he was on his Ducati last year. And while Pegram's not setting the world on fire, he's looking better than Geoff or Aaron did last year. And I suspect Larry has more experience than most of the people he'll be mixing it up with, so hopefully he can get into Super-Pole and then with some attrition and some good moves by him, a 15th with points isn't too crazy to hope for.
And while I had a lot of faith in Canepa, I would have assumed he'd be down around 15th place right now and spend most of the season working up to 10th. If he can actually finish a race at 10th or better in this round, that would exceed anything I ever would have hoped for.
But since we haven't seen any actual racing yet, I don't want to get ahead of myself or get my hopes too high. But last year we knew by the first practice session that there wasn't much point in watching the race, so it's pretty exciting to see them doing this well at this stage from that perspective.
Heck, after last year just not seeing EBR's in that last two spots is pretty cool.
Who knows - Canepa chased with ZTL brakes or dual brake discs?
According to this information, Canepa eleventh:
We still have to consider the time of Giuliano, before his accident.
Last edited by zviadi; 02-19-2015 at 02:01 AM.
I haven't seen anything official, but I thought I saw some photos with the dual discs on the first day of testing and others with the single disc on the second day. And they had better times on the second day, but that's highly anecdotal and I don't want to start any rumors. It seems they did test both, so I expect them to use whichever set-up worked best for the remainder of testing and racing, so we should know in a few days.Who knows - Canepa chased with ZTL brakes or dual brake discs?
According to this information, Canepa eleventh:
We still have to consider the time of Giuliano, before his accident.
I don't really care which they use as long as they're confident it's the best set-up . . . but it would be nice to see the single disc work.
Motorcycles have become so standardized and boring over the past 40 years, it would be nice to see at least something shaken up a bit.
Disappointing Niccolo crashed out, but some definite bright points. Points in the first round for Pegram is a clear improvement over last year, and the future looks very bright for Niccolo.
But I can't help looking at the Supersport times and noticing that all of the top 9 have qualifying times that are as good or better than Larry's. I'd think those riders could be 1-2 seconds quicker on the EBR over what they can do on a 600. I'd love to see Larry steal one of those young riders to take his place and have two competitive young riders to build over the next five years.
If Canepa has not fallen, in the second race could be in the top ten...
EBR 1190 RX
143 photos from Phillip Island have been posted at Nic's Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/se...6401781&type=1
Nic has a VERY attractive girlfriend.
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