World Superbike News

Troy Bayliss

Troy Bayliss riding the Xerox Ducati, has won the World Superbike Championship for the third time despite only coming third in race one at Magny Cours yesterday.  He went on to take the victory in race two to prove to the thousands of spectators what a worthy champion he is.

Race One

Noriyuki Haga won the first race on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB after dominating the race once he passed Bayliss.

Fonsi Nieto on the Suzuki Alstare finished in second place followed by Bayliss and Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati.

In fifth place was Max Neukirchner on the second Alstare Suzuki ahead of Troy Corser riding the second Yamaha Motor Italia WSB and Carlos Checa on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda.

Checa looked likely to take a podium place but as the raced progress his tyres started to go along with his pace.

Michel Fabrizio on the third Xerox Ducati, crashed out with only three laps remaining while fighting for a place on the podium with Nieto and Bayliss.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team – Time

1 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 38′33.367
2 – Fonsi Nieto – Team Suzuki Alstare – 38′39.590
3 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati Xerox Team – 38′40.242
4 – Max Biaggi – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 38′40.604
5 – Max Neukirchner – Team Alstare Suzuki – 38′42.292
6 – Troy Corser – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 38′44.081
7 – Carlos Checa – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 38′49.543
8 – Yukio Kagayama – Team Suzuki Alstare – 38′56.028
9 – Kenan Sofuoglu – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. – 39′00.591
10 – Gregorio Lavilla – Ventaxia VK Honda – 39′04.667
11 – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 39′08.925
12 – Karl Muggeridge – D.F. Racing – 39′09.141
13 – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 39′09.445
14 – Shinichi Nakatomi – YZF Yamaha – 39′09.656
15 – Chris Walker – Ventaxia VK Honda – 39′13.839
16 – Ayrton Badovini – Team Pedercini – 39′13.864
17 – Martin Bauer – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 39′16.717
18 – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 39′27.630
19 – Shuhei Aoyama – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 39′27.749
20 – Ivan Silva – D.F. Racing – 39′27.880

Not Classified

RT – Jakub Smrz – Guandalini Racing – 37′47.399
RT – Christian Zaiser – Grillini PBR Team – 37′26.361
RT – Lorenzo Lanzi – R.G. Team – 37′43.423
RT – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – 31′52.665
RT – David Checa – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 29′31.710
RT – Roberto Rolfo – Hannspree Honda Althea – 27′06.450
RT – Ruben Xaus – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 23′56.842
RT – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Team Pedercini – 10′30.953

Race Two

The second race saw an ongoing battle between Bayliss and Haga until with only two laps remaining Bayliss took the lead to win the race.

Haga took second followed by Corser and Checa in fourth.  Ruben Xaus on the Sterilgarda Ducati finished in fifth place ahead of Biaggi and Yukio Kagayama in seventh on the Suzuki.

Nieto finished in eighth place followed by Neukirchner in ninth and Roberto Rolfo on the Honda Althea rounding up the top ten riders.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team – Time

1 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati Xerox Team – 38′33.579
2 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 38′34.488
3 – Troy Corser – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 38′36.545
4 – Carlos Checa – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 38′40.754
5 – Ruben Xaus – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 38′46.401
6 – Max Biaggi – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 38′46.583
7 – Yukio Kagayama – Team Suzuki Alstare – 38′52.455
8 – Fonsi Nieto – Team Suzuki Alstare – 38′53.091
9 – Max Neukirchner – Team Alstare Suzuki – 38′53.206
10 – Roberto Rolfo – Hannspree Honda Althea – 38′55.004
11 – Lorenzo Lanzi – R.G. Team – 38′58.712
12 – Gregorio Lavilla – Ventaxia VK Honda – 39′04.117
13 – Jakub Smrz – Guandalini Racing – 39′08.913
14 – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – 39′12.032
15 – Chris Walker – Ventaxia VK Honda – 39′13.587
16 – Shinichi Nakatomi – YZF Yamaha – 39′14.381
17 – Ayrton Badovini – Team Pedercini – 39′20.520
18 – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 39′23.751
19 – Kenan Sofuoglu – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. – 39′32.195
20 – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 39′34.001
21 – Ivan Silva – D.F. Racing – 39′36.431
22 – Shuhei Aoyama – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 39′54.957
23 – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Team Pedercini – 40′05.868

Not Classified

RT – Karl Muggeridge – D.F. Racing – 37′31.013
RT – Christian Zaiser – Grillini PBR Team – 28′55.945
RT – David Checa – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 17′02.248
RT – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 6′57.907
RT – Martin Bauer – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 5′09.983