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Former world champion Troy Bayliss to make shock return at Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island
Troy Bayliss will make a shock comeback at Phillip Island this weekend. Source: AP
MULTIPLE world champion Troy Bayliss will make a shock return from retirement at Phillip Island this weekend to race in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship.
Bayliss will return to the factory Ducati squad, deputising for injured rider Davide Giugliano.
Giugliano sustained small fractures to his L1 and L2 vertebrae in a hard testing crash at the Island on Monday, the Italian forced to step away from the saddle on medical advice.
Bayliss, now nearing his 46th birthday, is one of the legends of the World Superbike championship, amassing 52 career wins and three world championships.
He retired from active duty at the end of the 2008 season, signing off with wins in each of his final three races to seal his third world title.
“I want to start by saying that I really feel for Davide and that it’s a real shame for his season to be starting in this way, “ Bayliss said.
“The desire to be able to return to the track and see the home crowd and the Ducati has always been strong, ever since I last raced and then also Phillip Island, one of my favourite tracks, is celebrating its 25th anniversary of World Superbikes.
“This gave me the idea to compete as a wildcard and work with the Ducati Superbike technicians once again.
“I know it’s going to be a very difficult weekend, also because it’s a while since I’ve ridden the Superbike but I do know the track well and so hope to get back into it after a few laps. I’ll try to enjoy myself and will of course be doing my best to score a good result and put on a good show for the public.”
It will not be the first time Bayliss has made a shock comeback to deputise for an injured rider, however.
After three mixed seasons in MotoGP from 2003-2005, he returned to World Superbikes where he took out the 2006 world title.
As a reward, Ducati asked Bayliss to deputise for an injured Sete Gibernau at the final race of the MotoGP season.
From second on the grid, Bayliss roared into the lead and took a remarkable victory.
Although he has not raced at world championship level since 2008, Bayliss has not spent his retirement on the sidelines.
He has spent recent years carving out a new career in dirt track-style racing, and has inaugurated such events as the Troy Bayliss Classic and the Troy Bayliss Scramble, a support event at Phillip Island that he had been due to take part in.
Bayliss’s first ride on the bike will come on Friday morning when opening Superbike practice kicks off at Phillip Island ahead of qualifying and racing.
Troy Bayliss will make a shock comeback at Phillip Island this weekend. Source: AP
MULTIPLE world champion Troy Bayliss will make a shock return from retirement at Phillip Island this weekend to race in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship.
Bayliss will return to the factory Ducati squad, deputising for injured rider Davide Giugliano.
Giugliano sustained small fractures to his L1 and L2 vertebrae in a hard testing crash at the Island on Monday, the Italian forced to step away from the saddle on medical advice.
Bayliss, now nearing his 46th birthday, is one of the legends of the World Superbike championship, amassing 52 career wins and three world championships.
He retired from active duty at the end of the 2008 season, signing off with wins in each of his final three races to seal his third world title.
“I want to start by saying that I really feel for Davide and that it’s a real shame for his season to be starting in this way, “ Bayliss said.
“The desire to be able to return to the track and see the home crowd and the Ducati has always been strong, ever since I last raced and then also Phillip Island, one of my favourite tracks, is celebrating its 25th anniversary of World Superbikes.
“This gave me the idea to compete as a wildcard and work with the Ducati Superbike technicians once again.
“I know it’s going to be a very difficult weekend, also because it’s a while since I’ve ridden the Superbike but I do know the track well and so hope to get back into it after a few laps. I’ll try to enjoy myself and will of course be doing my best to score a good result and put on a good show for the public.”
It will not be the first time Bayliss has made a shock comeback to deputise for an injured rider, however.
After three mixed seasons in MotoGP from 2003-2005, he returned to World Superbikes where he took out the 2006 world title.
As a reward, Ducati asked Bayliss to deputise for an injured Sete Gibernau at the final race of the MotoGP season.
From second on the grid, Bayliss roared into the lead and took a remarkable victory.
Although he has not raced at world championship level since 2008, Bayliss has not spent his retirement on the sidelines.
He has spent recent years carving out a new career in dirt track-style racing, and has inaugurated such events as the Troy Bayliss Classic and the Troy Bayliss Scramble, a support event at Phillip Island that he had been due to take part in.
Bayliss’s first ride on the bike will come on Friday morning when opening Superbike practice kicks off at Phillip Island ahead of qualifying and racing.
Vd Mark tops FP4 – Bayliss highsides
Michael Van Der Mark tops hot WSBK FP4 as Troy Bayliss highsides at Lukey Heights
The final free practice session for the World Superbike riders at Phillip Island today saw a track temparature exceeding 50-degrees celsius, more than ten-degress warmer than they saw in testing here earlier in the week and it is causing plenty of grip problems across the 24-rider field. FP4 is an untimed 30-minute practice session ahead of the afternoon Superpole sessions, the field for which had already been decided after FP3.
Alex Lowes has been fastest much of this week but disaster struck the Briton at turn one this afternoon. Immediately after setting his fastest lap of the session, a 1m31.842 he threw it away at turn one. He bounced up uninjured but his Suzuki burst into flames! Under the no spare bike rule introduced in 2012 this could be a massive blow for Lowes who was fastest throughout Friday and slipped to third overall after this morning’s FP3.
Another rider to experience misfortune this afternoon was Troy Bayliss. Bayliss was 12th quickest in the session but in the dying minutes suffered a huge high-side crash at turn nine. It looked quite strange, perhaps even the result of a nip-up seize, gearbox issue or some mechanical problem. He was launched high into the air instantaneously but got up and walked away seemingly unhurt.
Jordie Torres went down very heavily at turn 11 quite early in the session, he was taken to the medical centre for a check over but looks to be fine.
Matt Walters crashed at turn six but was unhurt.
Leon Camier watched his mechanics work feverishly on his MV Agusta for most of the session, possibly an engine change for the Italian machine. Camier did get out in the dying minutes of the session to put down 1m33.209.
World Superbike Free Practice 4 (30-minute session does not count towards Superpole)
Bayliss was 12th quickest in the session but in the dying minutes suffered a huge high-side crash at turn nine
Michael Van Der Mark
The top 20 riders on combined times across the opening three practice sessions (as listed below) progress to the Tissot-Superpole sessions with 10 places on offer for the fastest ten riders from the three free practice sessions to automatically progress to the Pole Position Superpole 2 shootout. The second ten, positions 11 through 20, compete in a 15-minute Superpole 1 session with the top two of that group then granted access to join the top ten and make a top 12 shootout for Pole Position in the Superpole 2 session. Superpole 1 is scheduled for 1500 this afternoon and Superpole 2 for 1525.
World Superbike 2015 – Round One – Phillip Island
Free Practice 3 Combined Times All Sessions – Counts towards Superpole
February 21, 2015
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- Vd Mark tops FP4 – Bayliss highsides
Michael Van Der Mark tops hot WSBK FP4 as Troy Bayliss highsides at Lukey Heights
The final free practice session for the World Superbike riders at Phillip Island today saw a track temparature exceeding 50-degrees celsius, more than ten-degress warmer than they saw in testing here earlier in the week and it is causing plenty of grip problems across the 24-rider field. FP4 is an untimed 30-minute practice session ahead of the afternoon Superpole sessions, the field for which had already been decided after FP3.
Alex Lowes has been fastest much of this week but disaster struck the Briton at turn one this afternoon. Immediately after setting his fastest lap of the session, a 1m31.842 he threw it away at turn one. He bounced up uninjured but his Suzuki burst into flames! Under the no spare bike rule introduced in 2012 this could be a massive blow for Lowes who was fastest throughout Friday and slipped to third overall after this morning’s FP3.
Another rider to experience misfortune this afternoon was Troy Bayliss. Bayliss was 12th quickest in the session but in the dying minutes suffered a huge high-side crash at turn nine. It looked quite strange, perhaps even the result of a nip-up seize, gearbox issue or some mechanical problem. He was launched high into the air instantaneously but got up and walked away seemingly unhurt.
Jordie Torres went down very heavily at turn 11 quite early in the session, he was taken to the medical centre for a check over but looks to be fine.
Matt Walters crashed at turn six but was unhurt.
Leon Camier watched his mechanics work feverishly on his MV Agusta for most of the session, possibly an engine change for the Italian machine. Camier did get out in the dying minutes of the session to put down 1m33.209.
World Superbike Free Practice 4 (30-minute session does not count towards Superpole)
- Vd Mark 1m31.721
- Sykes 1m31.733
- Haslam 1m31.770
- Lowes 1m31.842
- De Puniet 1m31.953
- Rea 1m32.073
- Davies 1m32.110
- Salom 1m32.256
- Terol 1m32.425
- Guintoli 1m32.438
- Mercado 1m32.671
- Bayliss 1m33.190
- Camier 1m33.209
- Torres 1m33.287
- Metcher 1m33.434
- Canepa 1m33.442
- Walters 1m33.501
- Baiocco 1m33.538
- Barrier 1m33.544
- Ramos 1m33.558
- Barragan 1m34.334
- Pegram 1m34.421
- Ponsson 1m35.263
- Toth 1m37.273
Bayliss was 12th quickest in the session but in the dying minutes suffered a huge high-side crash at turn nine
Michael Van Der MarkThe top 20 riders on combined times across the opening three practice sessions (as listed below) progress to the Tissot-Superpole sessions with 10 places on offer for the fastest ten riders from the three free practice sessions to automatically progress to the Pole Position Superpole 2 shootout. The second ten, positions 11 through 20, compete in a 15-minute Superpole 1 session with the top two of that group then granted access to join the top ten and make a top 12 shootout for Pole Position in the Superpole 2 session. Superpole 1 is scheduled for 1500 this afternoon and Superpole 2 for 1525.
World Superbike 2015 – Round One – Phillip Island
Free Practice 3 Combined Times All Sessions – Counts towards Superpole
- Haslam 30.79
- Torres 30.83
- Lowes 30.85 (FP1)
- Rea 31.07
- Terol 31.26
- Davies 31.32
- Sykes 31.40 (FP1)
- Salom 31.48
- Guintoli 31.54
- Vd Mark 31.59
- De Puniet 31.88 (FP1)
- Camier 32.13 (FP1)
- Baiocco 32.15
- Mercado 32.21
- Barrier 32.39 (FP1)
- Metcher 32.42
- Bayliss 32.52
- Canepa 32.54
- Walters 33.09 (FP1)
- Ramos 33.19 (FP1)
- Barragan 33.96
- Pegram 34.32
- Ponsson 34.32
- Rizmayer 34.63 (FP1)
- Toth 36.69 (FP1)
February 21, 2015
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MotoGP™ Paddock Gears up for Sepang 2 Test
Friday, 20 February 2015
MotoGP™ returns to Kuala Lumpur on Monday for the penultimate 3 day test (Sepang 2), ahead of the season’s opening race in Qatar on the 29th March.
With the weather expected to be 32 degrees over the three days, and with early forecasts predicting some rain on the Monday and Tuesday, it may not all be plain sailing, but as always the time sheets should give us a great indication of who will be where, when the lights go out at Losail.
With the riders and teams having completed the first test on the challenging 3.4 mile circuit in Malaysia just over two weeks ago (4-7th Feb), they all have areas they have identified that they want to work on.
For Honda, Marc Marquez was on record breaking form at Sepang 1, leading the time sheets with the fastest ever lap around the circuit, a 1’58.867, almost a second quicker than his pole time last year. The World Champion cites grip when exiting a corner as a key area the HRC team will be working on to improve. His teammate Pedrosa finished 2nd overall, just 0.139s slower and will be looking to build on an impressive race simulation in which he managed 10 laps in a row under the 2’01 mark.
Sepang 2 marks the debut appearance of the recently launched Ducati GP15, and teammates Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso must be rubbing their hands together with glee at the prospect of getting their hands on the bike after being on the GP14.3 version of the bike at the first test, with Iannone ending up 3rd fastest overall. The much anticipated bike will make its appearance on Monday, for a shakedown by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro. Then on Tuesday it will be handed over to Dovizioso and Iannone to ride for the first time in anger.
Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi & Jorge Lorenzo will be looking forward to making the return to the Malaysian circuit, after both having set their fastest ever lap times at Sepang during the first test. Rossi was particularly happy with his race simulation after the three days, but was slightly concerned with the pace of Marquez and Pedrosa. Lorenzo & Lin Jarvis have both hinted that Yamaha have may debut their “full” seamless shifts gearbox for the first time at the test, which Yamaha believe will improve the bikes corner entry and braking stability.
CWM-LCR Honda will hope that both its riders, Cal Crutchlow and MotoGP rookie Jack Miller, use the time to get more comfortable with their respective Honda bikes, who both are making their debut on this year. Crutchlow, on the Factory spec RC213V machine, put in more laps than anyone else at Sepang 1, and showed great pace on older tyres, although he admits he will be looking at how they can improve their times on fresh rubber in this test. Miller, on his RC213V-RS, will be looking to build on the fact he finished just 0.4 secs off Nicky Hayden on the same “Open” spec bike in the first test.
Suzuki will be looking to continue their impressive form on their return to MotoGP, which saw Aleix Espargaro finish 10th overall at Sepang 1. After finishing 12th overall in the first test, his teammate, and class rookie, Maverick Vinales feels that Suzuki have got the chassis of their machine spot on.Both riders have recently spent some time in Japan at Suzuki HQ, working on the bikes aerodynamics, and expect to have some new parts to test in Malaysia.
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team will be hoping that Pol Espargaro can continue the excellent form he showed in the first Malaysian test, by finishing the fastest of the “Satellite” riders, ending the test in 6th place. While Bradley Smith will hope to continue his return to full fitness after an ankle injury hampered him at Sepang 1. Despite this, he still managed to test out a new swingarm and front forks, while still improving his time by 0.7 seconds each day.
Scott Redding spent most of Sepang 1 on old tyres and with his electronic rider aids turned down, to allow him to make the transition from the Honda RCV1000R he rode last year, to his factory spec RCV213V for 2015. He is looking forward to returning to the circuit with a lot more confidence, and is looking forward to making more progress with Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Racing Team.
Forward Racing’s Stefan Bradl is hoping that history will repeat itself at Sepang after ending the first test as the fastest of the “Open” class riders, managing to break into the top ten in the process. Loris Baz, who completes the all new rider line up for the Italian team, will be looking to build on his 19th overall position as he continues his progress after making the step up from WorldSBK, with both riders looking forward to an engine upgrade before the season starts.
The Aprilia Racing Team Gresini have stated that they will be looking to see the true competitiveness of their bikes with Alvaro Bautista and Marco Melandri on board, after not focusing at all on lap times in the first test, but instead just spending the time trying out new set ups.
The Drive M7 Aspar team will be looking to continue the good progress made at Sepang 1, with both Nicky Hayden and new rider Eugene Laverty improving by over 0.7 seconds over the three days at Sepang 1.
Pramac Ducati will welcome the return of Yonny Hernandez after he was forced to miss Sepang 1 with a dislocated shoulder, while his teammate Danilo Petrucci said he is hoping to use the time to get used to the power of his Ducati, after struggling with grip last time out.
Avintia Ducati’s Hector Barbera and Mike Di Meglio will aim to continue adjusting to the new electronics on their bikes, while Cardion AB Motoracing’s Karel Abraham will be hoping to show a more competitive pace, and finally Octo IodaRacing Team’s Alex De Angelis is going to be switching to the Factory Aprilia ECU on his ART machine for the test.
The Sepang 2 test kicks off on Monday, 10.00am Local Time and you can keep up to date with “Live Timing” and all the breaking news here at motogp.com.
Friday, 20 February 2015
MotoGP™ returns to Kuala Lumpur on Monday for the penultimate 3 day test (Sepang 2), ahead of the season’s opening race in Qatar on the 29th March.
With the weather expected to be 32 degrees over the three days, and with early forecasts predicting some rain on the Monday and Tuesday, it may not all be plain sailing, but as always the time sheets should give us a great indication of who will be where, when the lights go out at Losail.
With the riders and teams having completed the first test on the challenging 3.4 mile circuit in Malaysia just over two weeks ago (4-7th Feb), they all have areas they have identified that they want to work on.
For Honda, Marc Marquez was on record breaking form at Sepang 1, leading the time sheets with the fastest ever lap around the circuit, a 1’58.867, almost a second quicker than his pole time last year. The World Champion cites grip when exiting a corner as a key area the HRC team will be working on to improve. His teammate Pedrosa finished 2nd overall, just 0.139s slower and will be looking to build on an impressive race simulation in which he managed 10 laps in a row under the 2’01 mark.
Sepang 2 marks the debut appearance of the recently launched Ducati GP15, and teammates Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso must be rubbing their hands together with glee at the prospect of getting their hands on the bike after being on the GP14.3 version of the bike at the first test, with Iannone ending up 3rd fastest overall. The much anticipated bike will make its appearance on Monday, for a shakedown by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro. Then on Tuesday it will be handed over to Dovizioso and Iannone to ride for the first time in anger.
Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi & Jorge Lorenzo will be looking forward to making the return to the Malaysian circuit, after both having set their fastest ever lap times at Sepang during the first test. Rossi was particularly happy with his race simulation after the three days, but was slightly concerned with the pace of Marquez and Pedrosa. Lorenzo & Lin Jarvis have both hinted that Yamaha have may debut their “full” seamless shifts gearbox for the first time at the test, which Yamaha believe will improve the bikes corner entry and braking stability.
CWM-LCR Honda will hope that both its riders, Cal Crutchlow and MotoGP rookie Jack Miller, use the time to get more comfortable with their respective Honda bikes, who both are making their debut on this year. Crutchlow, on the Factory spec RC213V machine, put in more laps than anyone else at Sepang 1, and showed great pace on older tyres, although he admits he will be looking at how they can improve their times on fresh rubber in this test. Miller, on his RC213V-RS, will be looking to build on the fact he finished just 0.4 secs off Nicky Hayden on the same “Open” spec bike in the first test.
Suzuki will be looking to continue their impressive form on their return to MotoGP, which saw Aleix Espargaro finish 10th overall at Sepang 1. After finishing 12th overall in the first test, his teammate, and class rookie, Maverick Vinales feels that Suzuki have got the chassis of their machine spot on.Both riders have recently spent some time in Japan at Suzuki HQ, working on the bikes aerodynamics, and expect to have some new parts to test in Malaysia.
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team will be hoping that Pol Espargaro can continue the excellent form he showed in the first Malaysian test, by finishing the fastest of the “Satellite” riders, ending the test in 6th place. While Bradley Smith will hope to continue his return to full fitness after an ankle injury hampered him at Sepang 1. Despite this, he still managed to test out a new swingarm and front forks, while still improving his time by 0.7 seconds each day.
Scott Redding spent most of Sepang 1 on old tyres and with his electronic rider aids turned down, to allow him to make the transition from the Honda RCV1000R he rode last year, to his factory spec RCV213V for 2015. He is looking forward to returning to the circuit with a lot more confidence, and is looking forward to making more progress with Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Racing Team.
Forward Racing’s Stefan Bradl is hoping that history will repeat itself at Sepang after ending the first test as the fastest of the “Open” class riders, managing to break into the top ten in the process. Loris Baz, who completes the all new rider line up for the Italian team, will be looking to build on his 19th overall position as he continues his progress after making the step up from WorldSBK, with both riders looking forward to an engine upgrade before the season starts.
The Aprilia Racing Team Gresini have stated that they will be looking to see the true competitiveness of their bikes with Alvaro Bautista and Marco Melandri on board, after not focusing at all on lap times in the first test, but instead just spending the time trying out new set ups.
The Drive M7 Aspar team will be looking to continue the good progress made at Sepang 1, with both Nicky Hayden and new rider Eugene Laverty improving by over 0.7 seconds over the three days at Sepang 1.
Pramac Ducati will welcome the return of Yonny Hernandez after he was forced to miss Sepang 1 with a dislocated shoulder, while his teammate Danilo Petrucci said he is hoping to use the time to get used to the power of his Ducati, after struggling with grip last time out.
Avintia Ducati’s Hector Barbera and Mike Di Meglio will aim to continue adjusting to the new electronics on their bikes, while Cardion AB Motoracing’s Karel Abraham will be hoping to show a more competitive pace, and finally Octo IodaRacing Team’s Alex De Angelis is going to be switching to the Factory Aprilia ECU on his ART machine for the test.
The Sepang 2 test kicks off on Monday, 10.00am Local Time and you can keep up to date with “Live Timing” and all the breaking news here at motogp.com.
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