World Superbike News

The Misano round of the World Superbike Championship took place yesterday with Max Neukirchner and Ruben Xaus taking the wins.

Race 1

Max Neukirchner took the victory in race one from tenth on the grid for the Alstare Suzuki team which has now moved him up into second place in the World Championship standings.

Troy Corser took the second place on the podium for the Yamaha Motor Italia team ahead of Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati.

Michel Fabrizio on the second Xerox Ducati, tried to pass Max Biaggi’s Ducati on the inside but he couldn’t pull it off and took both machines into the gravel.

Here are the results;

1 – Max Neukirchner – Team Alstare Suzuki – 39′27.918
2 – Troy Corser – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 39′28.460
3 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati Xerox Team – 39′30.167
4 – Ruben Xaus – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 39′30.946
5 – Carlos Checa – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 39′33.326
6 – Lorenzo Lanzi – R.G. Team – 39′33.436
7 – Jakub Smrz – Guandalini Racing by Grifo’s – 39′34.120
8 – Gregorio Lavilla – Ventaxia VK Honda – 39′46.197
9 – Shinichi Nakatomi – YZF Yamaha – 39′46.990
10 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 39′47.050
11 – Yukio Kagayama – Team Suzuki Alstare – 39′56.016
12 – Fonsi Nieto – Team Suzuki Alstare – 40′02.303
13 – Shuhei Aoyama – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 40′02.490
14 – Ryuichi Kiyonari – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 40′02.820
15 – David Checa – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 40′07.897
16 – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 40′12.587
17 – Roberto Rolfo – Hannspree Honda Althea – 40′17.208
18 – Kenan Sofuoglu – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. – 40′27.222Not Classified

RT – Ayrton Badovini – Team Pedercini – 31′46.007
RT – Karl Muggeridge – D.F. Racing – 28′18.998
RT – Max Biaggi – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 18′09.973
RT – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – 18′10.149
RT – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 9′59.329
RT – Jason Pridmore – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 10′22.583
RT – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Team Pedercini – 5′10.275
RT – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse

Race 2

In race two, it was Ruben Xaus who claimed the win on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati ahead of team-mate Max Biaggi.

The race was stopped on the second lap as Karl Muggeridge’s machine had leaked oil over the track, but the restart was just as exciting.

Biaggi looked to be struggling for pace during the middle part of the race but pulled it back to capitalize on mistakes by Corser and Bayliss.

Troy Bayliss finished in third place followed by Noriyuki Haga in fourth and Haga’s team-mate, Corser in fifth.

Here are the results;

1 – Ruben Xaus – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 39′19.710
2 – Max Biaggi – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 39′20.745
3 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati Xerox Team – 39′23.868
4 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 39′25.176
5 – Troy Corser – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 39′26.469
6 – Lorenzo Lanzi – R.G. Team – 39′33.178
7 – Max Neukirchner – Team Alstare Suzuki – 39′34.931
8 – Carlos Checa – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 39′36.397
9 – Jakub Smrz – Guandalini Racing by Grifo’s – 39′36.740
10 – Fonsi Nieto – Team Suzuki Alstare – 39′37.391
11 – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – 39′41.066
12 – Yukio Kagayama – Team Suzuki Alstare – 39′48.386
13 – Ryuichi Kiyonari – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 39′51.014
14 – Gregorio Lavilla – Ventaxia VK Honda – 39′52.049
15 – Shinichi Nakatomi – YZF Yamaha – 39′53.426
16 – David Checa – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 39′53.881
17 – Ayrton Badovini – Team Pedercini – 40′00.348
18 – Roberto Rolfo – Hannspree Honda Althea – 40′00.846
19 – Shuhei Aoyama – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 40′09.409

RT – Jason Pridmore – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 38′52.292
RT – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 23′24.407
RT – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Team Pedercini – 13′32.563
RT – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 8′20.898
RT – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 3′26.007
RT – Karl Muggeridge – D.F. Racing – 3′26.430
RT – Kenan Sofuoglu – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr.