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Australian riders took the honours in the second round of the HANNspree Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island in front of a 65,400 crowd. Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) dominated both Superbike races, while Andrew Pitt clinched the Supersport win. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) took the other two podium positions in the first Superbike encounter, while Spaniards Carlos Checa (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) and Fonsi Nieto (Alstare Suzuki) were second and third in race 2. It was a disastrous weekend for Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Ducati), who started from 16th on the grid and then had two crashes in two races, the second of which left him nursing a broken wrist.
"It's something you dream of, to have a double win on your last time here" declared Bayliss. "I knew this weekend was going to be very difficult, everybody's riding well and there's a lot of good bikes out there. I have a great team behind me and I'm happy with the result. After the first race I was struggling the last few laps and was worried it was going to be a duel with Max, but he managed to crash and then he did so again in the second race. The times were a little bit slower in race 2 but I felt better on the bike, it was more consistent throughout and a pleasure to ride".
Race 1
Bayliss led from start to finish to dominate from Corser and Fabrizio. Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Ducati) took fourth from Nieto in fifth, Checa and Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki), while Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) had tyre problems and could only finish eighth. Biaggi was catching leader Bayliss but the Italian crashed out from second place on lap 16 at the slow right-hander. The race had two starts after Fabrizio stalled on the grid and was hit by Iannuzzo (Pedercini Kawasaki). The factory Ducati rider managed to finish third with muscular contusions to his right leg, while Iannuzzo was taken to hospital with a wrist fracture.
Race 2
Corser led the first four laps of the second race before crashing out, leaving Bayliss with a commanding lead. Behind the leader an all-Spanish battle raged between Nieto, Xaus and Checa for second, and the runner-up slot eventually went to the Honda rider, who is making his WSBK debut this year. Nieto took the final podium place, ahead of Xaus, Neukirchner and Kiyonari, another WSBK rookie. Biaggi had a nasty high-speed crash at Turn 1 on lap 7 while battling for second, suffering a broken wrist in the process, but he should be back for the next round at Valencia in one month's time.
World Superbikes – Phillip Island – Race One Result
Pos – Rider – Team - Time
1 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'22.933
2 - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 34'27.154
3 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'27.671
4 - Ruben Xaus - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 34'28.104
5 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 34'28.476
6 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'28.828
7 - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 34'28.897
8 - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 34'37.759
9 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'41.832
10 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 34'43.566
11 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 34'44.534
12 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 34'52.214
13 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 34'52.433
14 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 34'52.963
15 - Shinichi Nakatomi - YZF Yamaha - 34'53.156
16 - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 34'53.733
17 - Russell Holland - D.F. Racing - 35'13.040
18 - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 35'30.318
Not Classified
RT - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 23'23.166
RT - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 19'18.332
RT - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 14'33.221
RT - Loic Napoleone - Grillini PBR Team - 16'31.980
RT - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 9'28.708
RT - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing by Grifo's - 3'14.504
RT - Luca Morelli - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike
RT - Vittorio Iannuzzo - Team Pedercini
RT - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94
Fastest Lap: - Troy Bayliss - 1'32.516
World Superbikes – Phillip Island – Race Two Result
Pos – Rider – Team - Time
1 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'35.284
2 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'36.411
3 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 34'39.679
4 - Ruben Xaus - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 34'41.905
5 - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 34'46.834
6 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'46.904
7 - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 34'47.333
8 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 34'47.418
9 - Russell Holland - D.F. Racing - 34'48.746
10 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 34'50.803
11 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 34'51.509
12 - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 34'57.243
13 - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 34'57.273
14 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 35'04.390
15 - Shinichi Nakatomi - YZF Yamaha - 35'04.503
16 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 35'08.278
17 - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 35'09.664
18 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing by Grifo's - 35'17.821
19 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 35'21.907
20 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 35'22.314
21 - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 35'43.885
Not Classified
RT - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 9'30.716
RT - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 6'21.501
RT - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 5'01.084
RT - Loic Napoleone - Grillini PBR Team - 5'01.635
Fastest Lap: Biaggi Max 1'33.477
Championship Points after race two
1 - T. Bayliss - 88
2 - F. Nieto - 61
3 - R. Xaus - 59
4 - T. Corser - 45
5 - C. Checa - 45
6 - M. Neukirchner - 39
7 - M. Biaggi - 36
8 - M. Fabrizio - 34
9 - N. Haga - 22
10 - G. Lavilla - 18
11 - R. Kiyonari - 17
12 - K. Sofuoglu - 17
13 - L . Lanzi - 13
14 - J. Smrz - 13
15 - R. Rolfo - 12
16 - K. Muggeridge - 10
17 - Y. Kagayama - 8
18 - R. Holland - 7
19 - M. Tamada - 6
20 - D. Checa - 4
Manufacturers points after race two
1 - Ducati - 95
2 - Suzuki - 63
3 - Yamaha - 54
4 - Honda - 46
5 - Kawasaki - 7
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