Preview - Nuerburgring
BAYLISS AND FABRIZIO (DUCATI XEROX) FACE UP TO THE
CHALLENGE OF THE RING
The Nuerburgring (Germany) Wednesday 11th June: The Ducati
Xerox Team prepares for the next round of the World Superbike
championship, and another "new" track for both Troy
Bayliss and Michel Fabrizio. The riders, having recently returned
from the race weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake
City (USA), now move on to The Nuerburgring. The Ring is one
of the best known European motor racing tracks, and a track
at which the Superbikes have not raced since 1999, with the
German round of the championship having been held at various
tracks - Oschersleben, Lausitzring and the Eurospeedway -
in recent years. The last time the Ducati Superbike Team visited
the Ring nine years ago they claimed victory in both races
with a win a piece for the two factory riders Carl Fogarty
and Troy Corser.
Troy Bayliss (1st in championship, 194 points)
"I came away from the last round in Salt Lake City extremely
disappointed and so I'm hoping to have a much more positive
weekend now in Germany. It's another track that I don't know
at all, so again we will have to learn as we progress through
the weekend in order to arrive at the best set-up for Sunday.
I know that Max (Neukirchner) will be looking for a home win
and he knows the track too so competition will be stiff but
I'm fit and ready to race."
Michel Fabrizio (8th in championship, 87 points)
"We now head on to another track that is new to nearly
all of us, and so, after my results at Miller, I hope I can
do equally well at this next unknown circuit too. I was really
happy with my performance last weekend in America and the
points I gained moved me up a few positions to eighth place
in the championship. I'm definitely ready to build on those
points in Germany!"
Country: Germany
Name: The Nuerburgring
Circuit length: 5.137 km
Pole position: left
Race distance: 20 laps = 102.74 km
Lap records: Fastest lap - Corser (Ducati) 1m39.318s (1999).
Superpole - Fogarty (Ducati) 1m38.843s (1999).
1999 results: Race 1 - 1. Fogarty (Ducati); 2. Slight (Honda)
3. Corser (Ducati). Race 2 - 1. Corser (Ducati); 2. Slight
(Honda) 3. Yanagawa (Kawasaki).
|
