Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra news
2006 Superbike World Championship
Round 8, Brands Hatch, UK
Sunday 6th August
Circuit: 3.703 kms. Crowd: 115,000 (3-day). Weather: Sunny/cloudy
26 C.
FRUSTRATING DAY FOR TEAM ALSTARE.
The eight round of this year’s Superbike World Championship
was a frustrating one for Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra.
Tyre problems in both races caused current World Champion
Troy Corser unable to finish higher then sixth in both races.
His team mate Yukio Kagayama was equally disappointed with
a fifth in race one and seventh in race two - also due to
trye problems.
Today’s first race saw a tremendous battle between series
leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati), Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) and James
Toseland (Honda), which lasted most of the 25-lapper. Bayliss
made the break towards the end and took the chequered flag
just over one and a half seconds ahead of Toseland, with Haga
third, ahead of his team mate Andrew Pitt. Race two was much
of the same, except this time it was Haga who was the more
determined and, after yet another terrific battle, he crossed
the line for his first win of the year. Bayliss took second,
but this time the final podium place went to Pitt, who had
charged through from eighth place at the start.
TROY Race 1: 6th, Race 2: 6th
That was a very frustrating day today and I’m not at
all happy. In the first race, the rear tyre went off after
10 laps and all I could do was to try and hold on as best
as I could. I was pretty happy with the front tyre, so we
stayed with that one for race two. For the second race we
chose the hardest rear we could and although it was better
it wasn’t good enough to keep up with the pace of the
leaders. James (Toseland) was a problem in both races because
he is always so difficult to pass and when you are fighting
like that, you lose time. I’m frustrated because, like
Brno, I felt that I could’ve gone quicker but the bike
wasn’t up to it. I’m going to use the break to
do double training and get even fitter, because I have to
try something. I certainly don’t want to end the season
not being able to challenge the leaders.
YUKIO Race 1: 5th, Race 2: 7th
I am very, very angry and disappointed today because I wanted
to do well in front of my English fans and get two podiums
to make up for last year. In both races I had the same problem
- the tyres went off after about five laps and I had very
little grip from then on. The tyres felt strange - like old
tyres - and we don’t understand why completely. It was
very difficult to keep going, but I wanted to finish the races.
I couldn’t push any harder because I knew I would crash
if I did. I chose soft tyres for both races and they should’ve
given good grip, but they didn’t. We have a short break
now and I am determined to get better results in the next
races. I need them!
Results
Race 1: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Toseland
(GB-Honda), 3 Haga (J-Yamaha), 4 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 5 YUKIO
KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 6 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra), 7 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 8 Barros (Bra-Honda),
9 Laconi (F-Kawasaki), 10 Xaus (E-Ducati),
Race 2: 1 Haga, 2 Bayliss, 3 Pitt, 4 Laconi,
5 Toseland, 6 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra),
7 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 8 Walker,
9 Barros, 10 Xaus,
Points: 1 Bayliss 307, 2 Haga 230, 3 Toseland
219, 4 TROY CORSER 193, 4 Barros 166, 6 Pitt 157, 7 KAGAYAMA
126, 8 Lanzi 96, 9 Walker 96, 10 Fabrizio 87,
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