World Superbike 2007

Unedited notes from our live text notes as it happened at Phillip Island

1728 - Aussie Support Events - Historics / Forgotten Era Grid

Stack 1m47.13
Corpe 47.32
Phillis 47.36
Marsden 47.44
Skank 47.96
Webster 47.99
Patterson 48.70
Martin 48.70
Wolfenden 50.18
Cook 51.10
Loly 51.63
Elliott 52.67
Tehennepe 53.77
Neason 54.01
Draper 54.33
Wallace 55.19
Potter 55.58
Mizzi 56.46
Grant 56.90
Warner 57.86
Hudson 58.03
Fisher 58.70
Cheeseman 58.88
Gunn 59.04
Ross 59.51
Crutchley 59.56
Walsh 59.56
Munro 2m00.09
Broster
Dunne
Griggs
Hair
Serong
Gray
Nicolson
Crewdson

1720 - Stack has gone to the top of the Historics charts with a 47.13 displacing Corpe from provisional pole, Phillis currently third and Marsden fourth. Setting up for some good racing, only 3-tenths separate that quarter with six minutes left in this final qualifier
1710 - Historics Final Qualifying on now
1702 - Aussie Superbike Grid

J Stauffer 1m35.519
Giles 35.53
Ferguson 35.65
Charlton 35.89
Allerton 35.92
D Stauffer 36.04
Staring 36.21
Holland 36.35
Maxwell 36.75
Johnson 36.97
Gobert 37.27
Coxhell 38.22
Higgins 39.39
Whiteley 39.78
Rattenbury 39.97
Taylor 40.87
Tozer 41.16
Odgers 42.91
Slade 46.59
Eacott 47.89
Arkisian 48.93
Bryan 51.50
Orchard 51.64

1701 - Riders on their last lap now...
1657 - Jamie on top now, a 35.51 to the Team Yamaha man
1656 - Allerton improves his time with a 35.94, Staring also with a 36.21. Five minutes to run...
1655 - Krusty up to second now, a 35.657
1651 - Hold that... Gilesy just bettered his morning mark, the new time a 35.537
1650 - 12 minutes to run now and Gilesy's morning time still holding sway on the top of the charts, Jamie second on 35.86, Charlton up to third with a 36.28 then it is Holland (36.35), Allerton (36.59)
1641 - Giles 35.7 still reigns supreme on the charts with 21 minutes to run in this final qualifier, on combined time it is Giles from Jamie Stauffer, Allerton, Fergusson, Staring, Charlton, Dan Stauffer and Maxwell
1634 - Aussie Superbikes heading out of pitlane now for their final qualifier
1623 - Grid for Australian Supersport / Superstock

Staring 1m37.94
O'Halloran 38.08
Crowe 38.13
Holland 38.48
Stauffer 38.56
Jones 38.65
Maxwell 39.47
Waters 39.59
Johnson 39.95
Trounson 40.21
Tomassetti 42.27
Taylor 43.10
Higgins 43.20
Cowie 43.72
Bonthorne 44.47
Sciberras 44.49
Watson 44.70
Durie 45.15
Riddle 45.37
Nicholson 46.15
Baker 46.36
McLinden 47.42
Mutton 47.93
Griffin 48.02
Smibert 48.91
Walmsley 53.90

1619 - Crowe has improved his time, down to a 38.13, O'Halloran sneaks past him though with a 38.08
1615 - Staring on top now, a 37.941 to the Pirelli shod Honda
1614 - 8 minutes remaining in this session and on combined time the order is still Crowe, Staring, O'Halloran with Jamie Stauffer now moving up to fourth ahead of Holland, Jones, Waters and Maxwell.
1557 - This time around the Supersport / Superstockers have a full half hour session. On combined time Crowe is on top from Staring, Stauffer, O'Halloran, Holland, Waters, Jones and Maxwell. 23 minutes to run
1552 - Australian Supersport / Superstock riders heading out for their final qualifying session now
1545 - Historic qualifying winding up now and the ranking is...

Phillis 1m47.361
Marsden 47.441
Corpe 48.251
Stack 48.471
Webster 49.485
Martin 49.727
Skank 50.275
Loly 51.631
Cook 51.97
Paterson 52.30
Elliott 53.09
Wolfenden 54.04
Wallace 55.72
Tehennepe 56.25
Mizzi 56.46
Neason 56.93
Hudson
Warner
Fisher
Grant
Cheeseman
Ross
Walsh
Draper
Crutchley
Potter
Dunne
Munro
Griggs
Broster
Hair
Nicholson
Gray
Serong
Crewdson
Gunn

1540 - Phillis getting amongst it now, a 47.36 to the ex World Superbike rider.
1536 - Karl Corpe the early pacesetter on the historic bikes from Marsden, Webster, Loly, Martin, Cook, Patterson, Elliott and Wolfenden
1532 - My mistake, Forgotten Era historic bike qualifying is on now
1521 - Supersport crashed David Salom has been taken to hospital by road. Yukio Kagayama is heading to Melbourne hospital by chopper as a precaution as he is complaining of some chest pain from his crash in that session. Aussie Supersport final qualifying up next
1519 - World Superbike First Qualifying

Toseland 1m32.040
Bayliss 32.641
Nieto 32.769
Lanzi 32.774
Corser 32.900
Biaggi 32.998
Kagayama 33.154
Haga 33.244
Xaus 33.315
Neukirchner 33.523
Fabrizio 33.690
Martin 33.748
Muggeridge 33.783
Rolfo 33.865
Smrz 34.092
Brookes 34.521
Laconi 34.571
Nakatomi 35.572
Zaiser 35.745
Polita 35.847
Ellison 37.249
Drazdak 38.367

1517 - Flag is out to end the session so the riders are on their last lap now, can't see the order of the top changing at all on this final lap
1515 - Toseland still on top from Bayliss, Lanzi, Corser, Biaggi, Kagayama, Haga, Xaus, Nieto, Neukirchner, Fabrizio 11th, Martin 12th, Muggas 13th and Brookes 16th
1514 - Xaus and Rolfo just tailed Bayliss for a whole lap and Xaus managed to improve to 8th with a 1m33.24. Two minutes remaining
1513 - Unless Bayliss comes in and jumps on the spare bike he won't get time to go out and try to put down a time on a soft tyre
1511 - Toseland quick again, a 32.753 this time around. Bayliss just had a big sideways moment on to the straight.
1509 - Toseland backed up his 32.045 with a 32.040 to improve, then followed that with a 32.48
1508 - Bayliss is slipping and sliding on the Ducati but looking 100% comfortable at the same time....He has put a lot of laps on the tyres he is on at the moment, no doubt trying to avoid the problems he suffered here last year...
1507 - Toseland quicker again at the second split.... Toseland to the top of the charts, a 32.045 to the Honda mounted Brit. 10 minutes to run...
1506 - Toseland on a quicker one... Tiniest fraction quicker at the first split... Brookesy heading out of pitlane now
1505 - Biaggi heading out of pit lane now, Bayliss just did yet another 32 and upped the top speed mark to 304km/h
1503 - Bayliss still stringing consistent fast laps together. Corser is in pit lane, perhaps getting ready for a tyre with some grip... Toseland has just been in and is heading out of pit lane now. Biaggi has been in the pits for a while. Haga, Lanzi, Rolfo and Neukirchner have put in the most laps, 20 each thus far. Kagayama the least because of that early crash
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1500 - Won't be too long before they put soft ones in and have a real crack at the top of the charts... Kagayama crashed only four laps into the session and is still receiving medical treatment but nevertheless he still ranks fifth at this stage of the game... That won't last for long however when the soft rubber gets slotted in
1458 - Just under 20 minutes to run and Bayliss still on top with that 32.641 ahead of Toseland's 32.644 then it is Lanzi, Corser, Kagayama, Haga, Biaggi, Nieto, Fabrizio and Rolfo. Muggas is 11th, Brookes 12th, Martin 14th.
1455 - Just popped outside for a few minutes to have a listen. Lanzi was tailing Bayliss for a couple of laps. Toseland pulled a huge mono onto the main straight and carried it at half height under power through the next shift halfway down the main straight. Muggas just went out, Brookesy just came in
1447 - Half an hour to run and still Bayliss on top from Toseland. Most of the field is currently in pit lane having adjustments made to their machines
1440 - There we go... Muggas up to ninth with that 1m34.13. The top six riders are all currently in pit lane. 36 minutes remaining in this session
1439 - Muggeridge languishing down in 17th place but likely to improve on this lap, the first and second split encouraging...
1437 - Haga went past Fabrizio a couple of laps again but has not managed to get away from the DFX Honda man. Fabrizio up to ninth quickest now, a 34.27 that time around and obviously enjoying sitting on Haga's tail. Haga has had enough of it however and just pulled off into pitlane on the next lap
1435 - Lanzi moves up to third quickest now after putting in a 32.874. The current order is Bayliss, Toseland, Lanzi, Corser, Kagayama, Haga, Biaggi, Rolfo, Laconi and Steve Martin rounds out the top ten with a 34.64
1433 - Fabrizio just improved his standing to 11th with a 34.70 but looked very untidy doing it. Right in his slipstream down the straight was the Yamaha pairing of Haga and Corser
1432 - Bayliss stringing a lot of good laps together, also fastest through the speed trap at 300km/h. Martin is currently 10th with a 34.64, Brookes 12th (34.74) and Muggeridge 16th (35.52)
1430 - But he doesn't improve, lost a couple of tenths in the final split
1428 - Bayliss going marginally quicker this time at the first split... And again at the second split...
1424 - Everyone is on track and circulating under lightly clouded skies on what is quite a warm track surface here this afternoon. Bayliss the early leader with a 32.641 to lead Toseland's 32.644 then it is Corser, Kagayama, Haga, Biaggi and Rolfo. Kagayama will go backwards however as he was just stretchered away for medical attention after throwing his Suzuki down the road
1416 - World Superbike First Qualifying about to get underway
1412 - Results from Supersport First Qualifying

1 F.Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'35.166
2 K.Curtain Yamaha YZF-R6   1'35.425
3 G.Nannelli Ducati 749R   1'35.814
4 B.Parkes Yamaha YZF-R6   1'35.837
5 K.Sofuoglu Honda CBR600RR   1'35.868
6 S.Charpentier Honda CBR600RR 1'35.902
7 K.Fujiwara Honda CBR600RR 1'36.230
8 Y.Tiberio Honda CBR600RR   1'36.248
9 P.Riba Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.398
10 S.Gimbert Yamaha YZF-R6 1'36.627
11 V.Ivanov Yamaha YZF-R6   1'36.656
12 R.Harms Honda CBR600RR 1'36.734
13 M.Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6   1'36.922
14 V.Kallio Suzuki GSX-R600   1'36.967
15 B.Veneman Suzuki GSX-R600 1'37.050
16 D.Checa Yamaha YZF-R6 1'37.114
17 C.Jones Honda CBR600RR 1'37.152
18 L.Alfonsi Honda CBR600RR 1'37.314
19 G.Leblanc Honda CBR600RR   1'37.436
20 D.Giugliano Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'37.571
21 C.Peris Yamaha YZF-R6   1'37.624
22 M.Lagrive Honda CBR600RR   1'37.773
23 J.Fores Honda CBR600RR   1'37.837
24 D.Salom Yamaha YZF-R6   1'38.077
25 S.Sanna Honda CBR600RR   1'38.113
26 C.Seaton Yamaha YZF-R6 1'38.141
27 J.Greedy Honda CBR600RR 1'38.307
28 G.Vizziello Yamaha YZF-R6 1'38.392
29 G.Talmacsi Yamaha YZF-R6 1'38.398
30 G.Boccolini Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'38.484
31 T.Lauslehto Honda CBR600RR 1'38.485
32 M.Praia Honda CBR600RR 1'38.937
33 J.Enjolras Yamaha YZF-R6 1'38.994
34 J.Lascorz Honda CBR600RR   1'39.185
35 D.Forner Yamaha YZF-R6 1'40.405
36 N.Milovanovic Honda CBR600RR 1'40.837
37 J.G�nther Honda CBR600RR 1'40.914
38 Y.Polzer Ducati 749R 1'41.500 1'41.069

1407 - Only a few minutes remaining in this session now... Curtain is down to a 35.42, still not as fast as his morning time and 3-tenths away from Foret. Nannelli is up to third ahead of Parkes, Sofuoglu and Charpentier. Seaton is 26th and Greedy 27th, the field has 38 riders
1401 - Back up and running now
1358 - The session is scheduled to start again at 1400 with a little over 10 minutes remaining
1357 - He has been put in a neck brace and was just stretchered into the back of the ambulance so he can be taken away for further treatment
1351 - Situation looks nasty, the faller is David Salom, he highsided onto the main straight and is currently lying prone up against the wall halfway along pit lane
1349 - Red flag is out
1347 - Foret goes under the previous lap record, a 35.166 to the Kawasaki man
1346 - Foret on another quick one right now, a great first split...
1339 - Charpentier and Sofuoglu has pushed Curtain back to fourth place now. Things quite warm today at Phillip Island
1337 - Foret putting in a string of good laps, a 35.85 was his next lap
1335 - Foret on top with a 35.81 and backed it up with a 35.94
1329 - Wildcard Chris Seaton has been black flagged for some reason, just as he had improved to 22nd in the standings
1327 - Sofuoglu speeding up now, down to 36.29
1326 - This is a 45 minute session and could prove vitally important with the risk of inclement weather tomorrow
1320 - Curtain to the top of the charts with a 36.11, Canada's Chris Peris way back in 16th place was the fastest down the chute with 272km/h out of his Yamaha
1318 - Straight down to business for the World Supersport men, Fujiwara, Sofuoglu and Checa the first in the 37s. Curtain blitzed them all this morning with a 35.337 and it will be interesting to see what he can crack in this session. Perhaps break Vermeulen's all time Supersport fastest lap record from 2003, he needs to better 35.291
1315 - World Supersport riders heading out of pit lane now for their first qualifying session
1308 - Thanks to combining the Australian Supersport and Superstock sessions into one and reducing the time of all sessions the schedule is now back on track with World Supersport First Qualifying set to get underway at 1315
1305 - Session has now finished and the order is...

Giles 35.72
Allerton 36.59
J Stauffer 36.63
Fergusson 36.73
D Stauffer 36.78
Charlton 36.98
Staring 37.31
Maxwell 38.10
Johnson 38.13
Coxhell 39.03
Holland 39.46
Higgins 40.14
Rattenbury 40.29
Whiteley 41.13
Taylor 41.73
Tozer 42.08
Odgers 44.33
Eacott 48.20
Slade 48.73
Arkisian 49.91
Bryan 51.92
Orchards 52.31

1302 - A couple of minutes to run in this session and the order is Giles, Allerton, Fergusson, the Stauffer brothers, Charlton, Staring, Maxwell. Giles is a full second quicker than any of them
1300 - 35.72 to Gilesy. The Suzuki men still on their 2006 machines as they are still awaiting plenty of parts for their new GSX-Rs, they expect exhaust systems from Yoshimura America to arrive late next week to be closely followed by engine and ignition parts from Yoshimura Japan as they become available
1258 - Gilesy down to 35.85 now. Remember the Aussies ride 'Production' Superbikes and thus no fancy forks, brakes and exotic engine parts like the World Superbike riders get to enjoy
1256 - 36.08 now to Giles. Allerton next best on 36.91 followed by Dan Stauffer (37.27), Fergusson (37.3), Charlton (37.6) and Staring the first non Dunlop runner thus far with a 37.94
1255 - 36.2 to Giles on his second lap
1253 - Gilesy a 37.4 on his first flying lap
1252 - Aussie Superbikes on their first flying lap now... Team Yamaha have some brand new Ohlins shocks to try out here this weekend, a new TT-X design that is meant to offer much improved sensitivity and the new valving system and routing sees them have to run a lot less gas pressure
1249 - Aussie Supers on track shortly for their first qualifier
1241 - Provisional Australian Supersport / Superstock First Qualifying Results

Crowe 38.22
Staring 38.25
Stauffer 38.58
O'Halloran 38.77
Jones 39.83
Holland 39.89
Maxwell 40.24
Johnson 40.33
Waters 40.96
Trounson 41.06
Tomassetti 42.54
Bonthorne 44.78
Taylor 44.79
Watson 44.89
Sciberras 44.99
Cowie 45.06
Durie 45.29
Riddle 47.73
Nicholson 48.79
Baker
Smibert
Griffin
Mutton
Walmsley
Higgins
McLinden

1239 - Staring improves again, 38.257 to the Honda man to split the gaggle of Yamahas. Flag is out now, riders on their last lap...
1238 - Staring on top with a couple of minutes to run in this session, a 38.61 to the young WA rider... Hold that... Crowe to the top now with a 38.222
1232 - With 7 minutes to run in the Aussie Supersport session it is Crowe on top with a 38.65 followed by Staring on 38.75, O'Halloran 39.26, Jones 39.94. These guys are faster than the back couple in the World Superbike field at this stage and quicker than our Wildcards have managed thus far in the World Supersport practice session
1230 - Looking at the times from first practice... Kev's time on the R6 would have made him the 12th quickest in the Superbike field, quicker than Xaus, Neukirchner, Martin, Nakatomi, Brookes, Muggeridge, Smrz, Polita, Zaiser, Drazdak and Ellison. Obviously at this stage of the season there is a big gulf between the factory backed teams and the privateer level teams, much of which won't get a lot of the good parts for their bikes until later in the season...
1227 - Aussie Supersport / Superstock qualifying session on now, it is a 15 minute session then it is straight from this to an Aussie Superbike qualifying session
1221 - Lanzi was the quickest man through the speed trap in that session, 302km/h. Aussie Qualifying session up next
1218 - Session finished and the order is

Bayliss 1m32.387
Toseland 1m32.469
Corser 1m32.850
Kagayama 1m33.114
Nieto 1m33.332
Lanzi 1m33.523
Haga 1m33.668
Rolfo 1m33.991
Biaggi 1m34.070
Fabrizio 1m34.121
Laconi 1m34.214
Xaus 1m35.436
Neukirchner 1m35.494
Martin 1m35.644
Nakatomi 1m35.656
Brookes 1m35.884
Muggeridge 1m36.089
Smrz 1m36.253
Polita 1m36.467
Zaiser 1m36.999
Drazdak 1m40.086
Ellison 1m40.467

1214 - Still those three in the 32s. Riders will be on their last lap now and it doesn't look as though anyone is on a quick one...
1209 - Five minutes left in this session now... Bayliss has stopped on the track somewhere with a technical problem...
1158 - Three men in the 32s, Bayliss, Toseland and Corser. Ducati - Honda - Yamaha
1153 - A 32.387 to Bayliss to put him on top now. Martin 14th, Muggas 16th, Brookes 17th. These boys waiting for lots of parts still for their Hondas, Brookesy was struggling with the front end in Qatar and is hoping to iron out his fork problems in practice today
1152 - A 32.538 to Bayliss, just outside Toseland's chart topper.. But Bayliss on another quick one right now....
1151 - Bayliss on a quick one now
1150 - Toseland the first man in the 32s, a 32.537 to the Honda mounted Brit
1149 - Lanzi's had a tumble but is up and okay. Toseland on a quick one now...
1144 - Not much movement going on as far as times go. Still Toseland on top with a 33.07 he is in the pits currently, as is Bayliss, Lanzi, Rolfo, Kagayama, Corser, Laconi, Martin, Muggeridge, Haga
1131 - Six men in the 33s now, Toseland, Bayliss, Haga, Lanzi, Corser and Rolfo in that order. Steve Martin currently 11th, Brookes and Muggeridge 16th and 17th respectively
1121 - Toseland didn't have a great end to that lap so didn't go quicker but he did up the top speed mark a little to 300km/h
1120 - Toseland straight down to a 33.07 and going quicker at the first split on this lap. His Fireblade the fastest down the chute thus far at 297km/h
1119 - World Supersport First Practice Results

1 K.Curtain Yamaha YZF-R6   1'35.337
2 S.Charpentier Honda CBR600RR   1'36.080
3 F.Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R   1'36.327
4 B.Parkes Yamaha YZF-R6   1'36.548
5 K.Sofuoglu Honda CBR600RR   1'36.581
6 K.Fujiwara Honda CBR600RR   1'36.583
7 Y.Tiberio Honda CBR600RR   1'36.670
8 B.Veneman Suzuki GSX-R600   1'37.156
9 R.Harms Honda CBR600RR   1'37.413
10 G.Nannelli Ducati 749R   1'37.455
11 P.Riba Kawasaki ZX-6R   1'37.504
12 V.Kallio Suzuki GSX-R600   1'37.635
13 S.Gimbert Yamaha YZF-R6   1'37.680
14 D.Checa Yamaha YZF-R6   1'37.969
15 L.Alfonsi Honda CBR600RR   1'37.97
16 J.Fores Honda CBR600RR   1'38.160
17 C.Jones Honda CBR600RR   1'38.183
18 G.Leblanc Honda CBR600RR   1'38.369
19 S.Sanna Honda CBR600RR   1'38.544
20 M.Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6   1'38.654
21 M.Lagrive Honda CBR600RR   1'38.695
22 D.Giugliano Kawasaki ZX-6R   1'38.702
23 C.Peris Yamaha YZF-R6   1'38.767
24 D.Salom Yamaha YZF-R6   1'38.802
25 V.Ivanov Yamaha YZF-R6   1'38.909
26 C.Seaton Yamaha YZF-R6   1'39.201
27 T.Lauslehto Honda CBR600RR   1'39.287
28 G.Vizziello Yamaha YZF-R6   1'39.416
29 G.Talmacsi Yamaha YZF-R6   1'39.574
30 G.Boccolini Kawasaki ZX-6R   1'39.660
31 J.Enjolras Yamaha YZF-R6   1'39.842
32 J.Greedy Honda CBR600RR   1'40.011
33 M.Praia Honda CBR600RR   1'40.178
34 J.Lascorz Honda CBR600RR   1'40.685
35 J.G�nther Honda CBR600RR   1'41.829
36 D.Forner Yamaha YZF-R6   1'41.923
37 N.Milovanovic Honda CBR600RR   1'42.597
38 Y.Polzer Ducati 749R   1'42.653

1115 - World Superbikes about to head out of pitlane...
1112 - Best speed of the session was 272km/h by Nannelli on the Ducati. Curtain's best speed was 266. Seaton's 250 and Greedy 253
1110 - Flag out to finish the session now and riders on their last lap, looks as though Curtain is by far the quickest man this morning with that 1m35.337, second is Charpentier on 36.080 then it is Foret, Parkes, Sofuoglu, Fujiwara, Tiberio, Veneman, Harms and Nannelli. Seaton is 26th and Greedy 32nd. Seaton got 16 laps in, Greedy got eight laps in.
1108 - Charpentier second now, a 36.080 to the Frenchman
1107 - Charpentier on a quick lap now... Currently fifth quickest but could improve this time around...
1103 - Foret has upped his pace, up to second quickest with a 36.327
1056 - Parkes back up to 2nd quickest, 36.54. But Curtain just smashed them all with a 35.337, only just outside Vermeulen's record from 2003, a 1m35.291
1055 - Leblanc just crashed but is up and fine
1053 - 16 minutes remaining in this session and they are aiming for a short turnaround in order to get the Superbikes on track from 1115, 45 minutes later than scheduled
1048 - The boys are picking up the pace, a 36.32 to Curtain now and Charpentier getting up to speed... A 36.61 to the Frenchman
1042 - Curtain is the first in the 36s, a 36.87 to the Yamaha man, Parkes second on 37.21
1040 - Bikes back on track ad up to speed now, Parkes on top of the charts with a 37.58 ahead of teammate Curtain. Who will be the first to crack a 36 this morning? We are about 45 minutes behind schedule at the minute which could pose some problems for the Aussie qualifying sessions that were meant to kick off around 1140, at this stage I can't imagine them being on track until closer to 1230
1031 - A five minute announcement has just been made so we can expect the bikes to back on track soon, in, oh, about five minutes perhaps
1029 - We could be prematurely be blaming Judd for that mess, we got the word that #74 had dropped the oil but some other talk is that it may have been a Ducati spilling its juices
1024 - An oil down around Lukey Heights still being cleaned up, believe the mess could be leaked fluids from Judd Greedy
1017 - Still no movement at the station here as yet. Must be a spill being cleaned up
1005 - Still no machines back on track as yet Really nice morning here at Phillip Island, things are expected to take a turn for the worse tomorrow at some stage however, and also possibly Sunday
0955 - Still under the red flag here, more news at it comes to hand
0949 - Fabien Foret had gone down so presume the red flag is for him, so either his bike can be cleared from a dangerous position or he needs medical attention
0948 - Red flag is out, 34 minutes remaining in the session
0942 - The first man down this morning is Barry Veneman but it was a soft crash and he is fine
0940 - Five minutes into World Supersport First Practice and it is Curtain the first man to go under the 40 second barrier with a 37.8 but it won't be long before these boys are well under that mark!
0932 - Proceedings about to get underway here at a sunny and fine Phillip Island. Bikes are heading out on track right now for World Supersport First Practice. That runs for 45 minutes then we have the World Superbikes on track for an hour