2006 Superbike World Championship
Round 10, Eurospeedway Lausitz
Circuit: 4.265 kms. Crowd: 51,000 (3-day) Weather:
Dry, sunny 20-23 C.
YUKIO’S SUPERB WIN! TROY ON THE PODIUM ALSO.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama took
a superb victory in the first race at the Eurospeedway Lausitz
today. He had been in third place for most of the 24-lapper,
but then charged past Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) and team mate
Troy Corser with just two laps to go. From then on in, he
was determined to stay in front and took the flag just over
a second ahead of Haga, with Troy a close third.
Yukio was ready to go all-out for victory in race two, but
tyre problems prevented him from staying with the leading
group of three. In the end, James Toseland (Honda) took a
hard-fought for win, with Haga again second. Series leader
Bayliss took third, but it was not a good race for Troy Corser.
The starter held the lights for a longer then usual and many
riders were moving slightly when the lights went out. Troy
was judged to have jumped the start and had to pull into the
pits for a ride -through penalty. The ride-though caused him
to drop from fourth to twenty-third place and although he
stormed his way through the field, in the end all he could
manage was fourteenth.
YUKIO Race 1: 1st, Race 2: 4th
I was very, very happy after my win in race one, because it
was such a hard race. My bike worked very well, except for
a little braking problem. For the first fifteen laps or so,
Nori made very good lap times and I was at my maximum just
staying in third place! It was hard to overtake. In the last
five laps of the race, his lap times started to come down
and I saw that I had a chance. I went past my team mate Troy
and Nori and was able to finish first. It was very enjoyable
having a big battle like that.
We used the same tyre for the second race, but it did not
behave the same way and that is a bit strange. For the first
few laps, the front had very little grip and my lap times
were not so good and I lost touch with the leaders. Then,
later on, the front tyre felt better and I began to catch
up the leaders, but it was too late. The bike and the setting
was the same for both races, so I don’t know why tyre
behaved differently.
TROY - Race 1: 3rd, Race 2: 14th
It’d been a good weekend until the problem at the start
of race two and the problem with my tyre, and it ended on
a frustrating note and I am not at all happy. The bike worked
pretty well in the first race and the tyre was all right as
well. It was good to get back on the podium again, because
it felt like it had been a long time. I really needed that
result and I believed that another podium in race two would
be possible. I’m not sure what happened at the start,
because I felt that we were held for much longer then normal.
I moved, but so did lots of riders, but I didn’t jump
the start. Having the ride-though penalty ruined things for
me, but I would’ve struggled in the race anyway because
I had been having tyre problems before that. The rear tyre
lost grip after one lap and I nearly highsided one lap later
coming on to the start straight! The bike was virtually identical
to race one and the tyre was the same, so I’m not sure
what happened. Very disappointing. Very frustrated and very
unhappy
Results
Race 1: 1 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra),
2 Haga (J-Yamaha), 3 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona
Extra), 4 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 5 Barros (Bra-Honda), 6 Muggeridge
(Aus-Honda), 7 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 8 Lanzi (I-Ducati), 9
Toseland (GB-Honda), 10 Nieto (E-Kawasaki),
Race 2: 1 Toseland, 2 Haga, 3 Bayliss, 4 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra), 5 Muggeridge, 6 Lanzi, 7 Nieto, 8 Fabrizio
(I-Honda), 9 Xaus (E-Ducati), 10 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 14
TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra),
Points: 1 Bayliss 341, 2 Haga 250, 3 Toseland
239, 4 Pitt 210, 5 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona
Extra) 209, 6 Barros 186, 7 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki
Corona Extra) 164, 8 Walker 128, 9 Lanzi 1234, 10 Nieto 118,
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