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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 23:11 h

Albacete Qualification


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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 23:09 h

Superside movie-footage

Many thanks to our crew Enrico Swienty and Mathias Vielsäcker who worked really hard the whole day to collect nice TV footage from Sidecar World Championship in Albacete.
They started their work this morning at 8.00 a.m. and now 23.08 p.m. they are still sitting in the media-room of Albacete and working on the material.
In the next minutes we will upload some few impressions from today`s qualification sessions in Albacete.
Enrico & Matthias come from Germany and did already also the movies from Schleiz.

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 17:39 h

Quali 2 results + starting-grid results are online

Quali two results,
quali two laptimes,
combined results from Q1 + Q2
and the starting are online.

http://www.superside.com/results/index.html

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 17:16 h

Pole-Position for Reeves

Quali 2 is over and Reeves drove the fastest time.
With his best-time from quali 2 he starts tomorrow from pole-position.
Really hot weather conditions, during quali sessions it was getting hotter and hotter.

Quali two Top Five:

1. Reeves/Neave: 1.34.480 (new lap-record)
2. Birchall/Birchall: 1.34.633
3. Knight/Knight: 1.36.470
4. Päivärinta/Hänni: 1.36.908
5. Peach/Richardson: 1.36.963



more infos follow in some minutes

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 16:41 h

Quali two starts in 5 minutes

Quali two starts in 5 minutes

Track temp: 58 degrees.
air tem: 39 degrees.

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 16:25 h

Weekend over for Jamie Biggs

Jamie Biggs, Remse`s passenger, was injured today in qualification one. He has injuries in two fingers on his right hand. It happened when they sidecar spun round and went off the circuit, trapping the fingers between the fairing and the track. Jamie won`t be fit for Sachsenring in two weeks.
Remse needs for Sachsenring a new passenger, please contact Steve Abbott +44 - 797 0577774

Together with Steve Abbott Jamie Biggs was lap-record holder in Albacete for 10 years. 1999 Abbott/Biggs had a 500cc two-stroke engine.

On the photo you see Jamie Biggs (left) and Steve Abbott (right)

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 14:49 h

Photos from 1st Quali

we have updated our gallery with photos from quali one.

http://www.superside.com/gallery/index.php

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 11:03 h

1st Qualification: Päivärinta/Hänni fastest

Päivärinta/Hänni were fastest in Quali 1 and are on provisional pole. Only 0.124 sec. behind follow the Birchalls.
Päivärinta drove with his 1.34.508 a new lap record.

1. Päivärinta/Hänni (1.34.508)
1. Birchall/Birchall (+0.124)
3. Reeves/Neave (+1.27)
4. Peach/Richardson (+2.781)
5. Moser/Wechselberger (+3.716)
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ALL RESULTS FROM QUALI 1 ARE ONLINE
http://www.superside.com/results/index.html

It`s actually not so hot as the days before, but
asphalt-temp. 42 degrees.

2nd Qualification starts 16.45 h.


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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 10:24 h

Photo Gallery updated FREE PRACTICE

Our Gallery is updated.
some impressions from free practice.
1st Qualification practice starts in 6 minutes.

The sidecars are in the pitlane (take a look at the webcam).
Engines are running, racers ready...

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 09:55 h

Tim Reeves with new passenger in Albacete

Tim Reeves drives in Albacete with a new passenger. The 21 years old James Neave passengered already for Andy Laidlow this year at the Isle of Man, they finished on 10th position.
Last year he collected F1 experience in the British Championship passengering for Phil Bell.
It`s the first time that Tim Reeves and James Neave drive together.
Tristan Reeves, Tim`s no.1 passenger, can`t come to Albacete but will be back at Sachsenring.

Actually Tim and James are working in their box to fix the engine-problems from free-practice this morning.
We hope they are ready for Qualification one (10.30 h).

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 09:23 h

Lap record for sidecars in Albacete

The sidecar lap-recorded in Albacete is from the year 1999 when the Sidecar World Championship was here for the last time (16th May 1999).
The laprecord is hold by ABBOTT / BIGGS (Windle Honda), 1’35’472 (133’446 Km/h).
Best time today in free practice was 1:35.583 (Birchall/Birchall), so we expect to have a new sidecar-laprecord this weekend in Albacete.

Thanks Albacete Press-officer Jesús Barceló for this info !

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Friday, 3. July 2009 - 09:19 h

Free practice

free practice is finished, the Birchall brothers were fastest, Päivärinta/Hänni 2nd. Reeves drove only one lap because of technical problems. more info follow.

Very good practice session from father and son Knight and very godd World Championship comeback from Peach.

1. Birchall/Birchall (1:35.583)
2. Päivärinta/Hänni (+1.203)
3. Knight/Knight (+3.262)
4. Peach/Richardson (+3.383)
5. Barbier/Debroisse (+4.216)
....

COMPLETE RESULTS FROM FREE PRACTICE ARE ONLINE
http://www.superside.com/results/index.html

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Thursday, 2. July 2009 - 23:15 h

The night before...

Tomorrow morning holiday is over for the Sidecar racers in Albacete. Free practice will start 08’30 – 09’00,
1st Qualifying 10’30 – 10’50 and 2nd Qualifying Practices 16’45 – 17’05.


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Thursday, 2. July 2009 - 20:21 h

Technical Scrutineering

The scrutineering for today has finished. In Albacete we have sidecars from three different manufactures: LCR, RCN and also Ken Knapton with his tubular Baker-chassis.

Pictures from today will be updated later in our gallery.

On the photo you see Birchall brothers at the scruteneering.

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Thursday, 2. July 2009 - 16:14 h

Qatar-Team visits Sidecar World Champion Päivärinta

In Albacete the Sidecar Worldchampionship starts together with the FIM Endurance Worldchampionship.
One of the teams, the QATAR ENDURANCE RACING TEAM, came to visit Sidecar World Champion Päivärinta and his Team Suzuki Finland, with passenger Hänni and Chiefmechanic Bruno Schöni.
The Qatar team consists of Maschel AL Naimi, Rashid AL Mannai, Anthony Delhalle (FRA), the drivers of Qatar Junior Team are Sultan AL Naimi, Nasse AL Malki and Youcef AL Malki.

We wish the QATAR ENDURANCE RACING TEAM good luck for the race in Albacete.

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