World Superbike News

Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati, won both races yesterday at the ninth round of the British Superbike Championship at Brno.

Race 1

Bayliss took his 47th career win in race one on the Czech circuit yesterday beating Troy Corser on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB, by 1.5 seconds.

The Australian rider, started in pole position and was in the lead by lap 12 followed by Corser, and team-mate of Bayliss, Michel Fabrizio was in third.

Biaggi and Corser battled it out for the lead for over half the race before Bayliss took over, although it almost ended in disaster.

Corser was attempting to wrestle the lead from Biaggi as Bayliss tried to pass on the other side nearly taking him out of the race.

Fabrizio claimed the final podium spot after passing Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati, on the final lap seeing an exciting duel between the two Italians.

Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda finished in fifth place ahead of Noriyuki Haga on the Yamaha Italia, who had struggled with his machine all weekend.

Max Neukirchner on the Alstare Suzuki came in seventh followed by Carlos Checa on the second Hanspree Ten Kate Honda, Yukio Kagayama on the Suzuki and Kenan Sofuoglu, team-mate of Checa, in tenth.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team – Time

1 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati Xerox Team – 40′22.724
2 – Troy Corser – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 40′24.192
3 – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – 40′25.996
4 – Max Biaggi – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 40′26.199
5 – Ryuichi Kiyonari – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 40′26.515
6 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 40′31.844
7 – Max Neukirchner – Team Alstare Suzuki – 40′32.082
8 – Carlos Checa – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 40′34.511
9 – Yukio Kagayama – Team Suzuki Alstare – 40′39.952
10 – Kenan Sofuoglu – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. – 40′40.429
11 – Karl Muggeridge – D.F. Racing – 40′45.071
12 – Shinichi Nakatomi – YZF Yamaha – 40′48.287
13 – Niccolò Canepa – Ducati Xerox Team – 40′48.423
14 – Fonsi Nieto – Team Suzuki Alstare – 40′56.788
15 – Gregorio Lavilla – Ventaxia VK Honda – 40′59.269
16 – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 41′06.658
17 – Ayrton Badovini – Team Pedercini – 41′07.063
18 – Shuhei Aoyama – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 41′12.816
19 – Jason Pridmore – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 41′21.551
20 – Jiri Drasdak – D.F. Racing – 41′22.652
21 – Christian Zaiser – Grillini PBR Team – 41′44.311

Not Classified

RT – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 37′03.726
RT – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Team Pedercini – 18′49.378
RT – Roberto Rolfo – Hannspree Honda Althea – 16′23.221
RT – Ruben Xaus – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 17′27.602
RT – Milos Cihak – ProRace – 10′32.344
RT – David Checa – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 6′13.118
RT – Lorenzo Lanzi – R.G. Team – 6′13.264
RT – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 6′13.676
RT – Jakub Smrz – Guandalini Racing – 6′13.725

Race 2

Troy Bayliss went on to take the double after winning the second race at the Brno round of the championship ahead of Michel Fabrizio in second and Max Biaggi in third.

There was a fantastic battle between Fabrizio and Biaggi, both competing for that higher position and points.

Troy Corser finished in fourth position followed by Max Neukirchner in fifth, Ryuichi Kiyonari in sixth and Noriyuki Haga in seventh.

Fonsi Nieto finished in eight place ahead of Yukio Kagayama in ninth and Kenan Sofuoglu rounding up the top ten fastest riders of the day.

Carlos Checa retired in the second race with what looked like a mechanical problem.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team – Time

1 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati Xerox Team – 40′16.436
2 – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – 40′17.364
3 – Max Biaggi – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 40′17.695
4 – Troy Corser – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 40′18.221
5 – Max Neukirchner – Team Alstare Suzuki – 40′20.378
6 – Ryuichi Kiyonari – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 40′24.346
7 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – 40′27.733
8 – Fonsi Nieto – Team Suzuki Alstare – 40′27.811
9 – Yukio Kagayama – Team Suzuki Alstare – 40′29.539
10 – Kenan Sofuoglu – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. – 40′35.414
11 – Jakub Smrz – Guandalini Racing – 40′35.542
12 – Roberto Rolfo – Hannspree Honda Althea – 40′36.992
13 – Lorenzo Lanzi – R.G. Team – 40′38.211
14 – Gregorio Lavilla – Ventaxia VK Honda – 40′42.808
15 – Shinichi Nakatomi – YZF Yamaha – 40′43.358
16 – David Checa – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 40′43.545
17 – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 40′56.147
18 – Shuhei Aoyama – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 40′56.389
19 – Jason Pridmore – Alto Evolution Honda Superbike – 41′13.248
20 – Christian Zaiser – Grillini PBR Team – 42′00.509
21 – Milos Cihak – ProRace – 42′03.056

Not Classified

RT – Karl Muggeridge – D.F. Racing – 31′13.312
RT – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 – 29′02.111
RT – Ruben Xaus – Sterilgarda Go Eleven – 22′23.224
RT – Carlos Checa – Hannspree Ten Kate Honda – 23′12.319
RT – Niccolò Canepa – Ducati Xerox Team – 12′35.776
RT – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Team Pedercini – 12′44.804
RT – Ayrton Badovini – Team Pedercini – 10′35.024
RT – Jiri Drasdak – D.F. Racing – 4′14.468
RT – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse – 2′08.323