2006 Superbike World Championship
SBK Round 10 – Lausitz (Germany) - Race
TOSELAND WINS RACE TWO AS MUGGERIDGE HITS SEASON HIGH
After a luckless race one finish of ninth James Toseland
(Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) rode one of the races of
his life to secure the 25 points from race two that keep him
in the arithmetical title hunt with two rounds to go. His
team-mate Karl Muggeridge (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR)
had the best finishes of his season in sixth and fifth, and
moved from 15th to 13th in the overall points table.
In race one Toseland dropped out of contention for a top six
finish when he ran off track but Muggeridge rode a clean race
to finish sixth and equal his best finish of the season to
that point. Yukio Kagayama won the race from Noriyuki Haga
and Troy Corser.
In race two Toseland was a virtual start to finish leader,
holding off frequent attacks from second place rider Haga,
and winning by a mere 0.210 seconds. Bayliss was third, not
scoring enough points to take the title at Lausitz. Muggeridge
was a clear fifth, finishing ten seconds ahead of the sixth
place rider. The top three championship point's scorers now
line up Bayliss 357, Haga 270 and Toseland 264.
Ronald Ten Kate - Team Manager
“I had a full champagne shower from James after race
two, but I'm not angry with him for this, he can cover me
and the team in champagne any weekend he wants to! It was
a great win from him. In the first race we made a wrong choice
of rear tyre, and he was struggling quite a bit. In race two
we could all see even when he left the garage that he was
very determined to make this win for him - and us. He had
to fight hard for it but he led it from start to finish, and
was riding very well. I think it is important to finish the
season on a high, so from now on we will go for the single
race wins. It was very positive for Karl, his best finish
of the season, his best weekend of the season, not really
far behind so we can also say he is also moving on. All in
all I have been on the podium twice today to collect a winner's
trophy, so as team manager I must say that two out of three
ain't bad. But my dream is to make it three out of three.
We have two more shots for that this year so we will be working
hard to get it.”
James Toseland - Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider
(Race 1: 9th position - Race 2: First position - Championship
Position: 3rd with 264 points)
“I was frustrated after race one because we chose a
particular tyre because of the temperature difference from
Friday and Saturday and it was not the way to go. So we went
back to what we knew - and I knew right away I would be in
with a shout in the second. We have two rounds and four races
to go and I'm third now, just in behind Nori. It's been a
great season racing with Nori all year and it's about time
I was up here on the top step after winning the first race
of the year in Qatar, so I owe a big thank you to the team.
I'm just happy to be back up here.”
Karl Muggeridge - Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider
(Race 1: 6th - Race 2: 5th - Championship Position: 13th with
97 points)
“This was my best race weekend of the year and my highest
single finish so I have to be happy with that. In race one
I wasn't too satisfied with the traction I was getting from
the back end and in race two the front wasn't quite as good
as race one but I could ride consistently today. I'm now looking
to the final two races of the year to score a podium finish
and move up the table.”
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING:
1. Bayliss - Ducati - 357 points
2. Haga - Yamaha - 270 points
3. Toseland - Winston Ten Kate Honda - 264 points
4. Corser - Suzuki - 211 points
5. Pitt - Yamaha - 210 points
13. Muggeridge - Winston Ten Kate Honda - 97 points
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