WSBK » Haga forced to settle for second again

No need for comments like that Wes...

WSBK » Spies crowned World Superbike champion

As much as you can moan about Fabrizio and Tardozi(spelling?) not helping Haga, Spies had no help from anyone (Sykes been off the pace all season) and still went out there got the job done. At the end of the day you can analyse the results from every race and how that would effect the championship, but none of it matters now. Spies is Champ 09 and did it coming back from a 90 point deficit. @Poison. I'd love to see a brit rider win a championship, but I don't think Haslam or Byrne could have taken it to Spies this year. Who knows.

WSBK » Spies crowned World Superbike champion

Also proves that you shouldn't write a rider of becuase of where he comes from. Loads of people said Spies wouldn't do anything because AMA was a rubbish series with no real competition. If you are good, your good, it wasn't Spies fault the other teams and rider couldn't keep up.

WSBK » Spies crowned World Superbike champion

@nori "the fact remains Nori went into this round with 5 more "points" of pressure than need be and that is ultimately what told and made the difference" Maybe, maybe not. We will never know. What we do know is that the ultimate difference was him binning it in race 1. But Spies was just as deserving as Haga, even more so in some way as it was his rookie season.

WSBK » Spies crowned World Superbike champion

What an achievement for Spies. He has had a stunning season by anyones standard, but for a rookie, new to most of the circuits quite outstanding. I think he will do well in MotoGP. He will need to get himself a factory ride to challenge for wins regularly, but he has every chance of impressing on the Tech 3 and getting that works ride. Well Done Spies.

WSBK » Spies puts one hand on title after Haga fall

Wasn't totally surprised to see Haga go down, I knew Spies would handle the pressure better, has looked relaxed and stomped his authority on the race in qual and race 1. Can't say Speis doesn't deserve it though. i knew he would challenge for the title but didn't expect such domination, most wins and most poles and he had never raced on most of the tracks before. If he wasn't going to MotoGP I think he would have huge success in WSB. Wonder if Haga thinks he made the right decision moving away from the Yam. Anyway bring on race 2.

WSBK » Haga crashes out of race one

Back to Haga of old when the pressure is on? He has binned it so many times in similar situations.

WRC » Loeb leads on Rally GB

Time for my ususal post on all things WRC related It is a mickey mouse joke of a championship these days.

F1 » Donington F1 GP bid over?

"Looking at the other F1 venues, particularly the newer ones it is no wonder that BE wants the GP moved to somewhere else." Bollocks. All these new tracks may have great facilities but the actual ribbon of tarmac are tedious and boring. I don't really care if the drivers have crystal bogs to take a dump in, I want good and exciting racing on interesting tracks and generally speaking the old tracks do a superior job of this than the new ones.

WSBK » Portimao - Free practice times

Interesting. But Spies is often a little down the order in first practice.