2006 Superbike World Championship
Round 12, magny-Cours, France, Sunday 8th October
Circuit: 4.411 kms. Crowd: 61,000 Weather: Dry, mostly sunny
14-19 C.
TROY ENDS WITH TWO PODIUMS!
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Troy Corser finished
the season in style with two very hard-fought for podiums
at Magny-Cours today. He was involved in a terrific dogfight
for both of the 23-lappers but, although he didn’t get
the win he wanted so badly, his third place in race one and
second in race two was enough to move him into fourth in the
championship. His team mate Yukio Kagayama suffered rear grip
problems in both races, finishing fifth in the first race
and ninth in the second.
James Toseland (Honda) won the first race, with Noriyuki Haga
(Yamaha) second and Troy third, after a battle that had the
61,000 strong crowd jumping up and down with excitement. Race
two was yet another titanic battle, but this time newly-crowned
champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati) took the win, with Troy second
after fighting off Toseland in the closing stages.
TROY - Race 1: 3rd, Race 2: 2nd
Today was a fantastic advert for Superbike racing and both
races were awesome. It was great to be involved in both races
and I’m sure the fans and TV audiences enjoyed them.
The bike worked really well today and I always felt that I
could get a couple of podiums or maybe even a win. The boys
worked their socks off - just like they’ve done all
year and it’s great to finish my two-year spell with
Alstare on a high note. Everybody has supported me so well
throughout my time here and I’d like to thank them all,
as well as Francis and Patricia Batta of course.
YUKIO - Race 1: 5th, Race 2: 9th
It was not such a good day for me and I am disappointed with
the way things worked out. I had grip problems in both races
and that meant I could not push hard at all. The rear grip
was a problem in the first race, so we made some adjustments
to the bike for the second race. We used the same tyre, but
the feeling of the bike was worse! I didn’t want to
pull in, so I just kept going and tried to finish with some
good points.
Results
Race 1: 1 Toseland (GB-Honda), 2 Haga (J-Yamaha), 3 TROY CORSER
(Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 4 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati),
5 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 6 Walker
(GB-Kawasaki),
Race 2: 1 Bayliss, 2 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona
Extra), 3 Toseland, 4 Haga, 5 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 6 Muggeridge
(Aus-Honda), 9 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra),
Final points standing
1 Bayliss 431, 2 Toseland 336, 3 Haga 326, 4 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra) 254, 5 Pitt 250, 6 Barros 246, 7 YUKIO
KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 211,
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