Paola Cazzola - 2007

Paola Cazzola - 2007

Female motorcycle rider Paola Cazzola has signed a contract with the Elle 2 Ciatti team and will be racing at this weekends World Supersport round at San Marino.

The Italian rider will be at her home circuit on her return to the series after parting ways with the Kuja Racing team where she rode their Honda CBR 600RR.

The 32-year-old is the first woman to compete full-time in the Supersport World championship after dominating woman’s racing in Italy over the past few years.

Paola has been named the ‘Valentino Rossi in Pink’ and scored points during her first outing of the series at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia.  The Italian rider was also the first woman to ever win the Vallelunga Rome race of the Yamaha R6 Series Cup after beating all the other male riders in the competition back in 2006.

Noriyuki Haga - Vallelunga

At the twelfth round of the World Superbike Championship at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome, Noriyuki Haga claimed the chequered flag in both races on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB.

Race One

Haga battled with Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati and team-mate Troy Corser to claim his fifth victory of the season.

Biaggi finished in second place in front of his home crowd with Corser in third followed by Max Neukirchner in fourth on the Alstare Suzuki after a terrible start.

Carlos Checa on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda finished in fifth place ahead of Championship leader Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati in sixth, after taking the lead at the start but struggled with a bad choice of tyre.

In seventh place in front of his home crowd was Michel Fabrizio on the second Xerox Ducati followed by Roberto Rolfo on the Hanspree Honda Althea, who stalled on the grid but managed to make up the places.

Karl Muggeridge slid off the track on his Honda taking the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda rider Sofuoglu with him while his team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari crashed out at the same spot.

Here are the results;

1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 39′25.030 (150,148 kph)
2 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 0.129
3 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 0.535
4 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 5.188
5 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 6.693
6 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 7.993
7 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 16.976
8 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 18.359
9 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 19.214
10 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 19.386
11 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 21.230
12 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 24.956
13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 25.186
14 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 31.799
15 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 33.949
16 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 34.050
17 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 34.665
18 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 52.420
19 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′02.555
20 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′06.475
21 122 Smrz M. (CZE) Honda CBR1000RR 1′16.985
22 50 Lynn M. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08
RET 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR

Race Two

Haga again had a battle on his hands as Bayliss stayed on his tail until he crashed out on the final lap at the hairpin.

Fabrizio claimed an impressive second snatched from Corser on the ultimate lap with Neukirchner and Checa again finishing in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Fonsi Nieto for Suzuki was in sixth followed by Yukio Kagayama on the Suzuki in seventh place, Shinichi Nakatomi on the Yamaha in eighth and Regis Laconi in ninth.

Biaggi crashed with Kenan Sofuoglu at the beginning of the race, Biaggi was unhurt while Sofuoglu suffered a bruised pelvis.

Here are the results;

1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 39′10.265 (151,091 kph)
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1.507
3 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 2.268
4 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 11.813
5 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 17.922
6 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 18.281
7 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 19.368
8 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 19.717
9 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 23.868
10 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 24.198
11 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 25.426
12 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 28.384
13 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 30.436
14 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 36.490
15 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 42.903
16 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 43.758
17 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 44.993
18 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 48.469
19 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 58.868
20 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′18.547
21 122 Smrz M. (CZE) Honda CBR1000RR 1′42.272
22 50 Lynn M. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08

Troy Bayliss

Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati, is on pole position for tomorrows round of the World Superbike Championship on the outskirts of Rome.

In second and third position were the Yamaha Motor Italia riders, Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga followed by Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati in fourth.

Bayliss, who is retiring at the end of season, could win his third World Superbike title if he wins tomorrow, he is currently leading Troy Corser by 101 points going into the race.

The Hanspree Ten Kate Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari was in fifth place followed by Max Neukirchner on the Alstare Suzuki.

Michel Fabrizio on the second Xerox Ducati came in seventh fastest ahead of Yukio Kagayama for Suzuki and Lorenzo Lanzi for Ducati.

Ruben Xaus crashed out during qualifying and will now start from the third row and the same for Carlos Checa.

Here are the results;

1 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1′36.606
2 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′36.730
3 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′36.915
4 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1′37.134
5 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.342
6 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′37.427
7 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1′37.550
8 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′37.607
9 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1′37.692
10 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′37.820
11 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 0.000
12 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 0.000
13 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.910
14 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.925
15 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′38.043
16 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.267
17 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.492
18 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′38.530
19 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′38.574
20 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′38.660
21 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1′38.749
22 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′38.970
23 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′39.362
24 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′39.531
25 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′39.532
26 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′39.623
27 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′40.162
28 122 Smrz M. (CZE) Honda CBR1000RR 1′40.633
29 50 Lynn M. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.680