2006 Superbike World Championship
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra news
Round 5, Silverstone, GB
Sunday 26th May
Circuit: 3.561 kms. Crowd: 71,000 (3-day). Weather: Dry, sunny/cloudy
18 C.
DISAPPOINTMENT IN SILVERSTONE.
It was a disappointing day for Team Alstare at Silverstone
today, with reigning Superbike World Champion Troy Corser
failing to finish the first race and only able to take sixth
in the second. He was hit from behind at the first turn on
the opening lap and crashed, but fortunately the race was
red-flagged and he was able to take part in the restart. He
crashed in the final chicane on the second lap, but remounted
and got going again - albeit in last place. But after a series
of lurid slides, he was forced to retire. His team mate Yukio
Kagayama was riding in severe discomfort after crashing heavily
yesterday, but grittily kept going to finish fourteenth in
race one and thirteenth in race two. Team Alstare Engineering
Corona Extra rider Fabien Foret had a day to forget. A DNF
after heavy fall in race one - when he hit his head hard -
detuned him for race two and, because he could not keep his
concentration, he retired after fifteen laps.
TROY Race 1: DNF, Race 2: 6th
Well, by our standards, that was a day to forget. It didn’t
start well when I was hit from behind in the first turn on
the opening lap of the first race! I was lucky because the
race was red-flagged and I was able to get back to my garage
and jump onto the spare bike for the restart. But we had only
done about four laps in the dry on it and, although it should’ve
been the same, it felt very different. The front tyre was
too hard and I lost control in the final chicane after one
lap. I got back on and tried to carry on, but it was no use.
In race two, I had problems with the throttle response and
that made the bike very difficult to ride. I just could not
get the power on when I wanted and every time I tried to do
what I do normally, I nearly crashed. We had a similar problem
last season, so now we’ll have to sit down and work
out how to solve it. I suppose the only good news is that
in my two falls today I never hurt myself.
YUKIO Race 1: 14th, Race 2: 13th
I am not so happy today, but my problems began when I crashed
yesterday. This morning my back and right hand didn’t
feel so good. In both races, I found it hard moving around
on the bike and because my right hand was injured I could
not push hard exiting the fast turns. In race one, I lost
touch with the group in front of me and once that happened
I couldn’t catch them again. The second race was a little
better, but not that much and I would honestly prefer to forget
this weekend completely.
FABIEN Race 1: DNF, Race 2: DNF
It has been a very bad day - no, it has been a bad weekend.
We didn’t have enough time to get a good dry set-up
for the bike and we suffered as a result. Then I had a heavy
crash in the first race and hurt my head and body. I wasn’t
feeling too good and maybe I should not have started the second
race, but I wanted to try. I just couldn’t concentrate
and I didn’t want to do anything silly or cause a crash,
so I pulled into the pits and stopped.
Results
Race 1: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Haga (J-Yamaha),
3 Toseland (GB-Honda), 4 Xaus (E-Ducati), 5 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha),
6 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 7 Laconi (F-Kawasaki), 8 Muggeridge
(Aus-Honda), 9 Barros (Bra-Honda), 10 Abe (J-Yamaha), 14 YUKIO
KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF, FABIEN FORET (F-Alstare Engineering
Corona Extra) DNF,
Race 2: 1 Bayliss, 2 Haga, 3 Toseland, 4 Pitt, 5 Barros, 6
TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 7 Xaus, 8 Walker,
9 Muggeridge, 10 Nieto (E-Kawasaki), 13 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra), FABIEN FORET (F-Alstare Engineering
Corona Extra) DNF,
Points: 1 Bayliss 200, 2 TROY CORSER 139,
3 Toseland 113, 4 Haga 113, 5 Barros 102, 6 Pitt 90, 7 Lanzi
62, 8 Xaus 47, 9 Abe 46, 10 Rolfo 46, 16 YUKIO KAGAYAMA 26,
19 FABIEN FORET 10,
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