World Superbike - Round 7

Posted by StickyAdmin, Sunday, July 23rd 2006

Yukio Kagayama took his first ever World Superbike double victory at Brno in the Czech Republic today. In race one the Suzuki motorcycle racer stalked leader James Toseland (Honda) for 14 laps before making his move, and from them on in, he was never headed, taking the chequered flag by nearly four seconds.

Michel Fabrizio (Honda) took third after passing both Noriyuki Haga and Yukio’s team mate Troy Corser in the final two laps: Reigning World Champion Corser suffered grip problems throughout the 20-lapper but still managed to finish fifth just behind Haga.

Kagayama had to work much harder in race two but, after fighting his way up from eighth, he charged past Haga just two laps from the end to take his second win of the day. Second was Fabrizio, who had been in fourth place on the last lap, but then barged his way through Haga and Corser with less than two turns remaining. When Fabrizio made his move, Corser was forced to pick up his bike otherwise he would have collided with Fabrizio and Haga, as he would’ve been taken out as well. Haga ended up an angry third, with a very frustrated Corser fourth.

After winning yesterday's superpole qualifying session, Haga went into the race confident of scoring good results at the circuit where he gained the Yamaha YZF-R1's first world superbike win 12 months earlier. Haga's results today sees him stay second in the championship, but with a reduced gap to leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati). Bayliss leads the Yamaha rider by 73 points with 10 races and 250 points up for grabs.

Circuit Length - 5403m?Crowd - 31000?Weather - Sunny
2006 WSB Brno
Race 1 - 20 Laps

1. Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 41'27.271
2. James Toseland Honda GBR +0'3.900
3. Michel Fabrizio Honda ITA +0'6.255
4. Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN +0'6.432
5. Troy Corser Suzuki AUS +0'7.463
6. Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki ESP +0'21.967
7. Chris Walker Kawasaki GBR +0'21.989
8. Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN +0'26.882
9. Norick Abe Yamaha JPN +0'27.174
10. Pierfrancesco Chili Honda ITA +0'27.441
11. Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS +0'28.299
12. Roberto Rolfo Ducati ITA +0'32.112
13. Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA +0'36.427
14. Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki ITA +0'44.249
15. Ivan Clementi Ducati ITA +1'0.978

Race 2 - 20 Laps
1. Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 41'31.118
2. Michel Fabrizio Honda ITA +0'2.431
3. Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN +0'2.479
4. Troy Corser Suzuki AUS +0'2.514
5. James Toseland Honda GBR +0'4.939
6. Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki ESP +0'5.070
7. Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS +0'7.932
8. Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS +0'15.441
9. Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA +0'15.755
10. Chris Walker Kawasaki GBR +0'17.461
11. Alex Barros Honda BRA +0'21.547
12. Norick Abe Yamaha JPN +0'22.+052
13. Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN +0'22.102
14. Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP +0'26.983
15. Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA +0'29.549

Best Lap - Noriyuki Haga 2'0.457

World Superbike rider standings
1. Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 262
2. Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 189
3. James Toseland Honda GBR 188
4. Troy Corser Suzuki AUS 173
5. Alex Barros Honda BRA 151
6. Andrew Pitt Yamaha AUS 128
7. Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 106
8. Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 87
9. Michel Fabrizio Honda ITA 83
10. Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki ESP 81
11. Chris Walker Kawasaki GBR 79
12. Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 72
13. Norick Abe Yamaha JPN 71
14. Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS 66
15. Roberto Rolfo Ducati ITA 52
17. Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN 29
20. Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA 15

WSBK Manufacturer standings

1. Ducati 272
2. Suzuki 238
3. Honda 236
4. Yamaha 218
5. Kawasaki 118
6. Petronas 4


World Supersport

Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes dominated today's seventh round of the Supersport World Championship in Brno, taking their Yamaha YZF-R6s to the top two places on the podium and closing in on the lead of the championship.

Between them, the two Australians led every one of the 18 laps around the fast and flowing Czech circuit - pressurised only by Turkish rider Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda).

Parkes had been the fastest rider off the line, but by lap seven pole sitter Curtain was in the lead and on his way to his first win of the season. In blazing hot temperatures the leading trio pushed hard throughout the race to build up a gap of almost 20 seconds over fourth placed Yoann Tibero (Honda) by the flag.

With the hot conditions pushing man, machine and tyres to the limit, almost half of the 38 rider field did not make it to the finish line. Among those was Misano winner Massimo Roccoli, who crashed his Yamaha Team Italia YZF-R6 out of fifth place on lap seven. There was good news for his team-mate Gianluca Vizziello however, the Italian gaining a season's best of fifth. A total of five Yamahas finished in the top 10 at Brno, with Mauro Sanchini seventh on his Moto 1-entered machine and David Checa eighth on the Yamaha GMT94 R6.

Curtain's win moves him to within ten points of series leader Sebastien Charpentier (Honda), who finished 11th in today's race. Parkes retains his third place in the standings, 27 points from the lead, with Roccoli retaining fifth despite a failure to score in Brno.

WSS race result
1. Kevin Curtain Yamaha AUS 38'23.594
2. Broc Parkes Yamaha AUS 0'1.535
3. Kenan Sofuoglu Honda TUR 0'3.940
4. Yoann Tibero Honda FRA 0'19.396
5. Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha ITA 0'21.495
6. Johan Stigefelt Honda SWE 0'22.058
7. Mauro Sanchini Yamaha ITA 0'24.958
8. David Checa Yamaha ESP 0'25.795
9. Simone Sanna Honda ITA 0'26.684
10. Christian Zaiser Ducati AUT 0'32.440
11. Sebastien Charpentier Honda FRA 0'36.106
12. Xavi Fores Yamaha ESP 0'45.429
13. Stephane Chambon Kawasaki FRA 0'51.659
14. Tatu Lauslehto Honda FIN 0'52.437
15. Kai Borre Andersen Suzuki NOR 0'56.566

World Supersport rider standings
1. Sebastien Charpentier Honda FRA 121
2. Kevin Curtain Yamaha AUS 111
3. Broc Parkes Yamaha AUS 94
4. Robbin Harms Honda DNK 74
5. Massimo Roccoli Yamaha ITA 71
6. Yoann Tibero Honda FRA 63
7. Johan Stigefelt Honda SWE 52
8. Kenan Sofuoglu Honda TUR 51
9. Xavi Fores Yamaha ESP 49
10. Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha ITA 37
11. David Checa Yamaha ESP 29
12. Simone Sanna Honda ITA 27
13. Katsuaki Fujiwara Honda JPN 22
14. Joshua Brookes Ducati AUS 21
15. Christian Zaiser Ducati AUT 21


WSBK - World Superbike 2006 race calendar
round 1. February 23-25 Losail, Doha - Qatar : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 2. March 3-5 Phillip Island - Australia : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 3. April 21-23 Valencia - Spain : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 4. May 5-7 Monza - Italy : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 5. May 26-28 Silverstone - Great Britain : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 6. June 23-25 Misano - San Marino : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 7. July 21-23 Brno - Czech Republic : Race : Superpole : Qualify : Get ready
round 8. August 4-6 Brands Hatch - Great Britain
round 9. September 1-3 Assen - Netherlands
round 10. September 8-10 Lausitzring - Germany
round 11. September 30-October 1 Imola - Italy
round 12. October 6-8 Magny-Cours - France

2006 Superbike, Supersport & Superstock riders

You can refresh yourself on any of the 2005 WSB race action by visiting each race below

round 1. Qatar - Losail, Doha
round 2. Australia - Phillip Island
round 3. Spain - Valencia
round 4. Italy - Monza
round 5. Great Britain - Silverstone
round 6. San Marino - Misano
round 7. Czech Republic - Brno
round 8. Great Britain - Brands Hatch
round 9. Netherlands - Assen
round 10. Germany - Lausitzring
round 11. Italy - Imola
round 12. France - Magny-Cours