FIM Supersport World Championship Misano, San Marino, Italy June 25 Race Results: 1. Massimo ROCCOLI (Yam YZF-R6), 23 laps, 37:55.059 2. Simone SANNA (Hon CBR600RR), -0.242 seconds 3. Broc PARKES (Yam YZF-R6), -4.936 seconds 4. David CHECA (Yam YZF-R6), -6.492 seconds 5. Robbin HARMS (Hon CBR600RR), -9.805 seconds 6. Kevin CURTAIN (Yam YZF-R6), -10.147 seconds 7. Gianluca VIZZIELLO (Yam YZF-R6), -13.168 seconds 8. Johan STIGEFELT (Hon CBR600RR), -14.740 seconds 9. Javier FORES (Yam YZF-R6), -19.665 seconds 10. Maxime BERGER (Kaw ZX-6RR), -19.835 seconds 11. William DE ANGELIS (Hon CBR600RR), -24.121 seconds 12. Matthieu LAGRIVE (Hon CBR600RR), -24.221 seconds 13. Arie VOS (Hon CBR600RR), -25.557 seconds 14. Mauro SANCHINI (Yam YZF-R6), -26.474 seconds 15. Barry VENEMAN (Suz GSX-R600), -27.740 seconds 16. Bernat MARTINEZ (Yam YZF-R6), -39.390 seconds 17. Gregory LEBLANC (Hon CBR600RR), -41.744 seconds 18. Alessio CORRADI (Yam YZF-R6), -48.806 seconds 19. Tatu LAUSLEHTO (Hon CBR600RR), -49.145 seconds 20. Sabastian LE GRELLE (Hon CBR600RR), -55.007 seconds 21. Tom TUNSTALL (Hon CBR600RR), -55.424 seconds 22. Christian ZAISER (Duc 749R), -9 Laps, DNF, crash 23. David FORNER (Yam YZF-R6), -11 Laps, DNF, crash 24. Vladimir IVANOV (Yam YZF-R6), -12 Laps, DNF, mechanical 25. Julien ENJOLRAS (Yam YZF-R6), -12 Laps, DNF, crash 26. Alessandro ANTONELLO (Kaw ZX-6RR), -13 Laps, DNF, crash 27. Luka NEDOG (Duc 749), -13 Laps, DNF, crash 28. Andrea BERTA (Yam YZF-R6), -14 Laps, DNF, mechanical 29. Alessio VELINI (Yam YZF-R6), -15 Laps, DNF, mechanical 30. Yoann TIBERIO (Hon CBR600RR), -18 Laps, DNF, crash 31. Sebastiano ZERBO (Yam YZF-R6), -15 Laps, DNF, mechanical 32. Miguel PRAIA (Hon CBR600RR), -22 Laps, DNF, crash 33. Stephane CHAMBON (Kaw ZX-6RR), DNS, mechanical More, from a press release issued by Honda Motor Sports: SANNA SCORES SECOND FOR HONDA AT HIS HOME CIRCUIT Stand in rider Simone Sanna (Megabike Honda CBR600RR) rode to within 0.242 seconds of the win at Misano, after 23-laps of tough competition in hot conditions. He led across the line after the first lap, and was always in contention, but could not quite get close enough to eventual winner Massimo Roccoli to pass before the finish line, after a signalling mix up. Sanna was drafted in to replace the injured Katsuaki Fujiwara (Megabike Honda CBR600RR) and had qualified second, before replicating that performance in race conditions. Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR), starting from ninth, was up to fourth for a time but slipped back to finish eighth, with his stand-in team-mate Arie Vos (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) 14th, scoring two points. Once more Robbin Harms (Stiggy Motorsports Honda CBR600RR) rode effectively, to finish fifth, with his team-mate Johan Stigefelt (Stiggy Motorsports Honda CBR600RR) ninth. Monza race winner Yoann Tiberio (Megabike Honda CBR600RR) fell on lap six, after passing Sofuoglu up the inside at the Tramonto corner. Sanna, now 14th in the championship thanks to the 20 points he scored today, knew he would be in with a good chance of a strong points score after qualifying. “I’m really happy because I made a wonderful race in my return to the World Supersport Championship,” said a plainly delighted Sanna. ” At the end I believed I could attack Roccoli but a mistake with the pit board, which said two laps to go and not one, stopped me from trying. Despite this I’m satisfied, this is a big return for me and I want to thank all the guys in the team, Honda, and all the sponsors.” Sofuoglu recovered from a pre-race bout of nerves to score eighth, and had a rider not fallen in front of him, losing him two places, his initial forward progress may have been maintained. He is now ninth overall, on 35 points. “I started very well but it was I was really tired after five laps, but if I had condition today for sure I would have had a podium,” said Sofuoglu. “Until the seventh lap I was as fast as the guys ahead of me, but after that lap I had to slow down. I was very nervous before the race and that made me tense on the bike. I just have to learn to relax more and if I can do that, then no problem.” Vos approached the Misano round with a long trail of recent races behind him, and that, as well as his 23rd place qualifying position, told against him. “There was a lot of work to do because of the start position but I kept my place at the start and pushed hard in the first laps,” said Vos. “I tried to find a good rhythm, and stay focused for a long race. It think I pushed to the maximum today and if I had been offered 14th place before the weekend I would have said 14th place was not so good. But after the weekend, 14th place is not so bad. Before this weekend I have had seven consecutive races, so I was not so fit, because I had no breaks. The preparations were not so good, but I am very pleased to have been asked to ride for the team, and thanks to them.” Tiberio was well placed for another strong top five finish until his fall when he attempted to pass another rider. “I had a not so good start but I took the other guys early in the race,” said Tiberio. “I felt I could make a fantastic race and I was OK with the physical side of things. When I passed Sofuoglu I arrived into the corner too fast, I lost grip from the front tyre, and I went down. I’m very sorry for this mistake, because I know that this was a good race to take points for the championship.” World Superbike Round 6 of 12 TOSELAND AND BARROS TAKE ONE SECOND PLACE APIECE First James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) and then Alex Barros (Klaffi Honda CBR1000RR) scaled the podium at an overheated Misano, after a dramatic and often unpredictable race day in Italy. The 25-lap races were won by Troy Bayliss (Ducati) and Andrew Pitt (Yamaha), with Bayliss leaving Misano with an extended championship lead, after a crash-inspired double DNF for former closest challenger, Troy Corser (Suzuki). Race One started in the best possible way for Superpole winner Toseland, running to the front early in the opening lap and leading for the first 10 of 25 laps. He was to keep second when Troy Bayliss passed to take the win. Barros looked set for a potential podium at one stage, but was forced to slow towards the end of the race, taking fourth and a welcome 13 points. Karl Muggeridge (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) scored 11th and a still not 100% fit Pierfrancesco Chili (DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR), 20th out of 22 finishers. His DFX Treme Honda team-mates, Gianluca Nannelli and Michel Fabrizio, failed to finish in the points, with Fabrizio crashing. Race two was a dramatic event for Toseland, who could have scored his second win of the year, but for running off track after a rear wheel slide around the awesomely fast Curvone section, while chasing down Pitt. Scrabbling to get back onto the track as soon as possible, after a high-speed rodeo ride through the gravel, his machine developed a vibration from then on, and he slowed to finish eighth. Alex Barros was in dazzling form on his Klaffi Honda in race two, despite a slow start in the second race. Only 12th on lap one, he recovered composure and pace to take second, and was aided somewhat after first Corser, then championship leader and race one winner Bayliss fell, with Corser retiring and Bayliss finishing only 12th. Fabrizio scored an excellent sixth in the second outing, with Muggeridge once more boxed in and only finishing 14th. Pierfrancesco Chili had to retire from race two. Nannelli crashed out of the second running. Toseland now sits on 157 points, three from second place man Noriyuki Haga, and 97 from championship leader, Bayliss. Barros is fifth, on 146. Barros, the top Honda scorer on the day, had a minor problem with a major affect in race one, but made up for it with a great ride to second in race two. “Haga could only pass me because the bike had a small, sporadic problem on one corner in race one,” said Barros. “Race two was great; I enjoyed it very much and the team really set the stage for the podium today. The choice of tyres, and especially the front tyre was crucial for the race.” Toseland had the memory of a fine race one almost wiped out by the disappointment of race two, but knew that he had given everything to the cause. “I was slowly catching the leader Andrew Pitt going round the hairpin and I was going to line him up to pass down the back straight,” stated Toseland. “As I accelerated out of the hairpin, into third, then fourth, the track kinks left and the rear just came round – and didn’t stop. So I ran off into the gravel. After that the bike started to vibrate, like the tyre had moved on the rim, so the left-handers were very difficult. I am disappointed for the team and myself, because that was a possible race win. Pitt was riding very well, but if I didn’t run on we could have been second in the championship, not just third. I gave it my all this weekend, got pole position, second place in race one, and I am just going to try like this until the end.” Muggeridge paid the price for a difficult qualifying session, when he got caught out with the wrong settings for his new qualifying tyres. In the race, this determined the shape and size of his afternoon endeavours. “Off the start, coming around for the first lap, I was already something like ten seconds down, and just got boxed everywhere, every time,” said Muggeridge. “Then you have to ride with the crazies at that point. They just try and ram up the inside every time. It was very hard and I had to use up my tyre to try and avoid them, so in the end I had no tyre left. We have a test for three days soon and that will be very important for us.” Pierfrancesco Chili was disappointed to not finish but the reality of his weak physical condition, after a recent pelvic and shoulder injury, caught up with his determination to show well in front of his home fans. “I was very tired after race one,” stated Chili. “I had to try and adjust the bike for race two. I only managed a few laps and I was so physically drained I had to pull in. It’s very disappointing but I could do no more.” Michel Fabrizio had two opposite experiences at Misano, one sour, the other sweet. He now sits 16th overall, on 47 points. “I lost the front at the Curva del Rio, but it was a Michel Fabrizio problem, not a bike problem,” admitted Fabrizio. “In race two I was very happy with the set-up and the result and it was fun to race with Toseland and Lanzi.” Nannelli failed to score in either race, pulling out of race one and falling in the second. “After a few laps I realised that the suspension set up was not right, so I had to stop,” said Nannelli. “In race two I crashed when I lost the front and that was that.” The seventh round of the WSS and SBK championships take place at Brno, on July 23. Results SUPERSPORT: RACE : (Laps 23 = 93,380 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / M.ROCCOLI / ITA / Yamaha Team Italia / 37’55.059 / 2 / S. SANNA / ITA / Megabike Honda Team / 37’55.301 / 0.242 3 / B. PARKES / AUS / Yamaha Motor Germany / 37’59.995 / 4.936 4 / D. CHECA / ESP / Yamaha – GMT 94 / 38’01.551 / 6.492 5 / R.HARMS / DEN / Stiggy Motorsports / 38’04.864 / 9.805 6 / K. CURTAIN / AUS / Yamaha Motor Germany / 38’05.206 / 10.147 7 / G.VIZZIELLO / ITA / Yamaha Team Italia / 38’08.227 / 13.168 8 / K. SOFUOGLU / TUR / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 38’09.799 / 14.74 9 / J. STIGEFELT / SWE / Dark Dog Stiggy Motorsports / 38’11.166 / 16.107 10 / J. FORES / ESP / SLM Racing / 38’14.724 / 19.665 11 / M.BERGER / FRA / Gil Motor Sport / 38’14.894 / 19.835 12 / W.DE ANGELIS / RSM / Intermoto Czech Klaffi / 38’19.180 / 24.121 13 / M.LAGRIVE / FRA / Intermoto Czech Klaffi / 38’19.280 / 24.221 14 / A. VOS / NED / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 38’20.616 / 25.557 15 / M.SANCHINI / ITA / Bikersdays Yamaha Moto / 38’21.533 / 26.474 Fastest Lap 2° Broc Parkes 1’37.628 149,711 Km/h Lap Record: K.Fujiwara 1’37.924 149,260Km/h 2003 Riders Championship Standings: 1 CHARPENTIER 116, 2 CURTAIN 86, 3 PARKES 74, 4 HARMS 74, 5 ROCCOLI 71, 6 TIBERIO 50, 7 FORES 45, 8 STIGEFELT 42, 9 SOFUOGLU 35, 10 VIZZIELLO 26, 11 FUJIWARA 22, 12 CHECA 21, 13 BROOKES 21, 14 SANNA 20, 15 ZAISER 15. SUPERBIKE Race 1: (Laps 25 = 101,500 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / T. BAYLISS / AUS / Ducati Xerox / 40’06.480 / 2 / J. TOSELAND / GBR / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 40’13.423 / 6.943 3 / Y. KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 40’16.621 / 10.141 4 / A. BARROS / BRA / Klaffi Honda / 40’21.497 / 15.017 5 / N.HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 40’21.856 / 15.376 6 / R. LACONI / FRA / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 40’23.243 / 16.763 7 / L. LANZI / ITA / Ducati Xerox / 40’30.337 / 23.857 8 / F. NIETO / ESP / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 / 40’40.647 / 34.167 9 / R. XAUS / ESP / Sterilgarda – Berik / 40’41.734 / 35.254 10 / N. ABE / JPN / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 40’41.815 / 35.335 11 / K. MUGGERIDGE / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 40’45.903 / 39.423 12 / S. GIMBERT / FRA / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 40’46.089 / 39.609 13 / F. FORET / FRA / Alstare Eng. Corona Extra / 40’46.235 / 39.755 14 / V. IANNUZZO / ITA / Celani Team Suzuki Italia / 40’50.545 / 44.065 15 / R. ROLFO / ITA / Ducati SC – Caracchi / 40’54.975 / 48.495 Fastest Lap 4° Troy Bayliss 1’35.185 153,554 Km/h Race 2: (Laps 25 = 101,500 Km) 1 / A. PITT / AUS / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 40’18.671 / 2 / A. BARROS / BRA / Klaffi Honda / 40’21.388 / 2.717 3 / N.HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 40’25.230 / 6.559 4 / C.WALKER / GBR / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 40’25.771 / 7.1 5 / Y. KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 40’25.947 / 7.276 6 / M.FABRIZIO / ITA / D.F.X. Treme / 40’32.587 / 13.916 7 / L. LANZI / ITA / Ducati Xerox / 40’32.819 / 14.148 8 / J. TOSELAND / GBR / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 40’33.736 / 15.065 9 / R. XAUS / ESP / Sterilgarda – Berik / 40’34.105 / 15.434 10 / F. FORET / FRA / Alstare Eng. Corona Extra / 40’39.250 / 20.579 11 / F. NIETO / ESP / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 / 40’40.111 / 21.44 12 / T. BAYLISS / AUS / Ducati Xerox / 40’42.088 / 23.417 13 / N. ABE / JPN / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 40’44.273 / 25.602 14 / K. MUGGERIDGE / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 40’44.759 / 26.088 15 / R. ROLFO / ITA / Ducati SC – Caracchi / 40’45.383 / 26.712 Fastest Lap 2° Andrew Pitt 1’35.123 153,654 Km/h Record Lap Troy Bayliss 1’34.913 153,990Km/h 2002 Riders Championship Standings: 1 BAYLISS 254, 2 HAGA 160, 3 TOSELAND 157, 4 CORSER 149, 5 BARROS 146, 6 PITT 128, 7 LANZI 80, 8 XAUS 70, 9 WALKER 64, 10 NIETO 61, 11 ABE 60, 12 KAGAYAMA 56, 13 LACONI 52, 14 MUGGERIDGE 52, 15 ROLFO 48.