WSBK Portugal ***practice times + discussion, no race spoliers***

[scottieducati]

Even if it hasn't, it sure looks good (and fast) doing it.

if im not mistaken, the rsv4 has been known this year for setting the top speed records at each race

[Doc]

Corser rode a Duc?

Not last year. But he did win the Championship on a Duc in 96!

[KawiSmurf]

Corser rode a Duc?

Oh man, I fucked that up bad. I meant the other Troy (Bayliss).

[scottieducati]

How dare you get Corser confused with my uber-man-crush Bayliss.

Shame on you.

Oh man, I fucked that up bad. I meant the other Troy (Bayliss).

[KawiSmurf]

How dare you get Corser confused with my uber-man-crush Bayliss.

Shame on you.

I know, I know. I think its because I was in the middle of checking season stats on the RSV4 and the S1000RR when I wrote that, so Corser's name was bouncing around in my noggin.

[scottieducati]

Go sit in a corner.

I know, I know. I think its because I was in the middle of checking season stats on the RSV4 and the S1000RR when I wrote that, so Corser's name was bouncing around in my noggin.

[Pestilence]

Definetley one of the best seasons WSBK has ever had. I can't wait for the Speed coverage so I'll be up before Dawn to watch it live via proxy.

[BMFR6]

Definetley one of the best seasons WSBK has ever had. I can't wait for the Speed coverage so I'll be up before Dawn to watch it live via proxy.

I could never get the proxy thing to work.

[FireboltEric_MA]

I'd be interested in knowing how to do this as well....

[Pestilence]

Ask and yee shall recieve:

Here's how to watch it live through a proxy server, essentially you're tricking their site into thinking you're accessing the site from a different country.

Set your alarm for 5:15 am, get up and start some coffee as Portugal is 5 hours ahead of us.

First open this: http://www.worldsbk.com/country.html it's the blocked country list.

Second, open this to get a proxy list: http://www.proxy4free.com/page1.html

Now it gets fun.. Find a country on the proxy list NOT on the wsbk blocked list from above. My Favs are Vietnam, Brazil, Argentina or any country that has zero racing interest. STAY AWAY from the China and russian proxys as they tend to be sniffers.

**THIS IS FOR EXPLORER 7-8** You're on your own with anything else**

1. Copy the IP address from the left column and remember the port.

2. On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options, click the Connections tab, and then click LAN Settings.

3. Under Proxy server, click to select the Use a proxy server for your LAN check box.

4. In the Address box, paste the IP address of the proxy server.

5. In the Port box, type the port number that is used by the proxy server for client connections (by default, 8080).

Click OK to close the LAN Settings dialog box.
Click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Whan that's done, you're set to watch the races LIVE!!! by going here:

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/sbk-live.html

If it's slow or won't load, get a new proxy # and repeat the steps above till it works.

You may be asked to download a media player plug in, get it.

Blue screen saying you can watch superpole live on Sat and all races on sunday.. THIS IS GOOD as it means your proxy is working! The feed starts about 20 minutes before the actual race.

This will be one of the most watched races so i'd expect some technical difficulties getting onto the site as they run races better than streaming video servers. If that's the case, goto bed and watch it later.


Superstock 1000 is at 4:40 am
Race 1 is at 6 am our time
Supersport is at 7:25 am
Superstock 600 is at 8:30 am
Race 2 is at 9:30 am


Enjoy!!

IF you don't want to get up at the crack of dawn.. you can still watch the races on WSBKTV for 7 days after the race. Starting Sunday night they'll have all the weekends races up.

FYI.. they broadcast the supersport races in italian.

[BMFR6]

**THIS IS FOR EXPLORER 7-8** You're on your own with anything else**

come on! no mac love?

[Pestilence]

Superpole 1 over... Rea on top w/ 1.43.056

[Pestilence]

Superpole 2 over.. HAGA MISSED THE CUT!!! He's looking at a 3rd row start.

1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'42.568 2
2 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'42.719 0.151 2
3 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory PIT IN 1'42.956 0.388 5
4 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R 1'43.235 1'43.019 0.451 5
5 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.019 0.451 2
6 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'43.182 0.614 3
7 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.220 0.652 4
8 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R 1'43.240 1'43.240 0.672 4
9 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R 1'43.377 1'43.377 0.809 5
10 50 Guintoli S FRA Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'43.406 0.838 5
11 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR 1'48.268 1'43.461 0.893 5
12 22 Camier L GBR Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'48.310 1'43.671 1.103 6
13 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR 1'43.678 1.110 5
14 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 2'30.398 1'43.717 1.149 5
15 100 Tamada M JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R PIT IN 1'44.050 1.482 5
16 15 Baiocco M ITA Ducati 1098R 2'39.398 1'45.439 2.871 5

[Dieseldan]

WOW this is just getting better and better!!!!!!!

[Pestilence]

Superpole 3 over

BAM!! Spies just did a 1.42.412!! His 11th Superpole and new series record!!

1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 2'13.528 1'42.412 4
2 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R 1'43.307 1'42.996 0.584 5
3 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.015 0.603 3
4 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.253 1'43.126 0.714 5
5 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.523 1'43.523 1.111 6
6 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'44.664 1'43.526 1.114 5
7 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati 1098R 2'13.263 1'43.553 1.141 5
8 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR 1'57.463 1'44.719 2.307 5

[Pestilence]

Here is the Grid for Sunday morning

1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'42.412 4
2 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'42.996 0.584 5
3 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.015 0.603 3
4 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'43.126 0.714 5
5 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'43.523 1.111 6
6 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory PIT IN 1'43.526 1.114 5
7 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.553 1.141 5
8 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR PIT IN 1'44.719 2.307 5
9 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R
10 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R
11 50 Guintoli S FRA Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
12 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR
13 22 Camier L GBR Aprilia RSV4 Factory
14 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
15 100 Tamada M JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R
16 15 Baiocco M ITA Ducati 1098R
17 14 Lagrive M FRA Honda CBR1000RR
18 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R
19 111 Xaus R ESP BMW S1000 RR
20 99 Scassa L ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R

[FireboltEric_MA]

That was awesome!

Thank You!

[Dieseldan]

Here is the Grid for Sunday morning

1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'42.412 4
2 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'42.996 0.584 5
3 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.015 0.603 3
4 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'43.126 0.714 5
5 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'43.523 1.111 6
6 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory PIT IN 1'43.526 1.114 5
7 10 Nieto F ESP Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'43.553 1.141 5
8 11 Corser T AUS BMW S1000 RR PIT IN 1'44.719 2.307 5
9 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R
10 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R
11 50 Guintoli S FRA Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
12 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR
13 22 Camier L GBR Aprilia RSV4 Factory
14 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
15 100 Tamada M JPN Kawasaki ZX 10R
16 15 Baiocco M ITA Ducati 1098R
17 14 Lagrive M FRA Honda CBR1000RR
18 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R
19 111 Xaus R ESP BMW S1000 RR
20 99 Scassa L ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R

that is huge! spies get a good start bro it is all in your hands go get emmm!

[BMFR6]

well, so far ben is doing what he has to.

[CMG241]

Haga's gonna have the win it or bin it attitude for sure being so far back. expect a great race

[seth399]

wow wasn't really expecting Fabrizio up into 3rd either....gonna be a fun one to watch I think

[a13x]

I'm worried about Michel cannonballing Spies, again.

[BMFR6]

I'm worried about Michel cannonballing Spies, again.

ditto.
if ben wins, haga needs 3rd or better to maintain the points lead into race 2. if spies takes 2nd, haga needs 6th or better to at least be tied heading in to race 2. byrne, rea, fabrizio and biaggi are the real wrenches that can change a lot of this race in my opinion.

O/T in other news alex, saw a rumor that MJ could be providing *some* financial backing to ben for his wildcard GP ride this year??? true or not, would michael really consider throwing his hat into the GP circus? i'm just speculating but i don't think he could stand being a bench player, but i'm guessing he doesn't really have the $$$ to be as influential as he would like to be. makes me think the rumor is false, but part of me thinks he would be willing to jump in for an american

[seth399]

I'm worried about Michel cannonballing Spies, again.

o man...NOT AGAAAIN! seriously

[a13x]

The MJ team is working hard on maintaining a 2-rider AMA team next year, so no, a GP team isn't happening anytime soon.

Signing Ben Spies as a MJ athlete (like Ray Allen or Derek Jeter) is something else entirely.