2006 Superbike World Championship
Preview: Round 10, Eurospeedway Lausitz.
TEAM ALSTARE LOOKING FOR A CHANGE OF FORTUNE.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra left Assen with little to
show for all their effort, but are looking forward to this
weekend’s races at Lausitz and a change of fortune.
It has been a bit of an up and down ride in recent races for
Troy Corser and Yukio Kagayama and both are eager to finish
the last three rounds of the championship strongly, starting
at Lausitz. The Eurospeedway Lausitz is a relatively new facility
and originally built for ‘Nascar’ style car races.
It is tri-oval in design, but with an infield section for
bikes and conventional car racing.
TROY
Last year in Lausitz was a bit mixed - one podium and one
crash. But at least I was able to pick up the bike after the
crash and get into the points, not like last weekend in Assen!
It is a strange feeling to have two DNF’s in a weekend
and it’s something I certainly don’t want in Lausitz.
It’s not a particularly difficult track to learn and
I hope we don’t have any rain because it is very slippery
when it’s wet. The water doesn’t drain away quickly
and standing water is a big problem - as we found out last
week! I will be aiming for two podiums in Lausitz - anything
less will feel like a failure.
YUKIO
Last year, I took a fifth and a fourth in Lausitz, so my plan
is to improve on those results. Assen was very difficult for
all of us, so I am hoping that Lausitz will be dry. It is
a not a good place to race in the wet, because the grip is
not good. My success in Brno now seems a long memory and I
want to repeat those good results with more podiums. If all
goes well in qualifying, I think it will be possible at Lausitz.
2005 results
Race 1: 1 Vermeulen (Aus-Honda), 2 Haga (J-Yamaha), 3 TROY
CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 4 Toseland (GB-Honda),
5 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra),
Race 2: 1 Lanzi (I-Ducati), 2 Vermeulen, 3 Haga, 4 YUKIO KAGAYAMA
(J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 13 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra),
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