Portimao - Dark Skies Unlimited

Portimao

Last round of the 2009 WSBK championship. We came into this round down 14 points to Haga-san on the Ducati. With Ben winning race 1 and Haga-san DNF – crash, all we had to do was finish 7th or better in race two and we would win the 2010 WSBK World Championship.

Wood

Its stripped

Woody and Ed, lol

Nagano-san

Going back together

2009 Yamaha R1

Front cowl

Front straight

Pit-lane

Looking over the times

Mike and I looking at specs

Maio and Silvano look over our endless paperwork

The pit box

Looking at the lap data

Superpole

Lots o helmets

Pit-box

Ducs pit lane box

People on the grid

Standing around

On the grid with Ducati

Come on

still waiting. all good so far

Max

Where is that 5 minute horn

Pacecar

Checking out the TV

Winner circle race 1

Winner circle race 1

Podium1=2

We won race 1 !

Serious

Tom Sykes

Mike and Tom Sykes

Wood Nagano-san

TV cam

Watching

we-win

The team on the podium

photogs

photogs

Starting to party !

We-did-it!!!

Go the single stripe

We won we won

Team Yamaha Factory Racing

Win for Team Yamaha

The banner

Getting the 2009 WSBK championship trophy at the Banquet