FIM Superbike World Championship Silverstone, England May 28 Race Two Results: 1. Troy BAYLISS (Duc 999F06), 28 laps, 40’42.003 2. Noriyuki HAGA (Yamaha YZF-R1) -1.585 seconds 3. James TOSELAND (Hon CBR1000RR), -12.058 seconds 4. Andrew PITT (Yam YZF-R1), -14.561 seconds 5. Alex BARROS (Hon CBR1000RR), -16.826 seconds 6. Troy CORSER (Suz GSX-R1000), -21.230 seconds 7. Ruben XAUS (Duc 999F05), -22.056 seconds 8. Chris WALKER (Kaw ZX-10R), -22.549 seconds 9. Karl MUGGERIDGE (Hon CBR1000RR), -22.708 seconds 10. Fonsi NIETO (Kaw ZX-10R), -34.025 seconds 11. Norick ABE (Yam YZF-R1), -34.739 seconds 12. Tommy HILL (Yam YZF-R1) -35.112 seconds 13. Yukio KAGAYAMA (Suz GSX-R1000), -35.518 seconds 14. Regis LACONI (Kaw ZX-10R), -36.322 seconds 15. Michel FABRIZIO (Hon CBR1000RR), -47.850 seconds 16. Lorenzo LANZI (Duc 999F06), -50.101 seconds 17. Gianluca NANNELLI (Hon CBR1000RR), -51.089 seconds 18. J. BROOKES (Kaw ZX10R) -52.191 seconds 19. Roberto ROLFO (Duc 999F05), -52.255 seconds 20. Ivan CLEMENTI (Duc 999RS), -2 laps, DNF, mechanical 21. Sebastien GIMBERT (Yam YZF-R1) -11 laps, DNF, mechanical 22. Fabien FORET (Suz GSX-R1000), -13 laps, DNF, mechanical 23. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Duc 999RS), -14 laps, DNF, mechanical 24. Steve MARTIN (Foggy Petronas FP1), -18 laps, DNF, mechanical 25. Vittorio IANNUZZO (Suz GSX-R1000), -22 laps, DNF, crash 26. Craig JONES (Foggy Petronas FP1), DNS FIM Superbike World Championship Point Standings (after 10 of 26 races): 1. Bayliss, 225 points 2. Corser, 149 points 3. Haga, 133 points 4. Toseland, 129 points 5. Barros, 113 points 6. Pitt, 103 points 7. Lanzi, 62 points 8. Xaus, 56 points 9. Abe, 51 points 10. Walker, 51 points 11. Nieto, 48 points 12. Rolfo, 46 points 13. Muggeridge, 45 points 14. Laconi, 42 points 15. Fabrizio, 37 points 16. Kagayama, 29 points 17. Nakatomi, 18 points 18. TIE, Chili/Foret, 10 points 19. TIE, Borciani/Neukirchner, 9 points 20. Hill, 8 points 21. Gimbert, 7 points 22. Martin, 4 points 23. Alfonsi/ De Gea, 2 points 24. Nannelli/ Clementi, 1 point More, from a press release issued by Team Klaffi Honda: Superbike I A breath taking race day at Silverstone! Only a few seconds after the start of the first race Troy Corser had a high sider and caused a chain reaction for Foret, Nieto and Alex Barros. These riders crashed too. Alex was catapulted on the gravel. And immediately when he was to his feet again he had to realise that his own bike was also sliding on the gravel. Alex checked the dangerous threat and with an immense effort he jumped over his own burning bike. A lot of good luck for Alex but the Klaffi Honda Fireblade was so damaged that he had to continue with his other bike. Half an hour later the race was restarted. Alex was 6th in the grid but he didn’t do a perfect start. In the first lap he was riding on position 17. He did an excellent race, achieved speeds as the leading riders in front and finished 9th in the first heat. Bayliss took the win in front of Haga and Toseland. Superbike II In the second heat things worked out much better for Alex. Form 11th position in the first lap he had to fight again but Alex did it. He chased Xaus and Muggeridge, passed Corser and gave a lot of pressure on Chris Walker. In lap 19 Alex Barros was 5th just behind Andrew Pitt. But though he was some times nearly as fast as the leading roy Bayliss Alex finished 5th in the second race. Bayliss was winner in front of Haga, Toseland and Pitt. Alex Barros: “When I crashed I felt there was something behind me and when I was to my feet again my bike was coming. I jumped and nothing else.I had absolutely no time for thinking but I’m very happy that I had this reflex. – After the first race we changed a little bit the rear suspension. And things went better than in the first head. I was on 11th position first and finished 5th not so bad at all. Here it was rather difficult for me because everything was new and I only had one hour for testing under dry conditions. Next round is Misano where we already tested and I’m sure things will be much better there for me.” More, from a press release issued by Winston Ten Kate Honda: TOSELAND TAKES SENSATIONAL DOUBLE PODIUM WITH MUGGERIDGE IN THE TOP TEN James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) made up for the disappointment of qualifying on the fourth row of the Silverstone grid with a sensational pair of race finishes, scoring third in each of the 28-lap Silverstone races. Karl Muggeridge (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) raced hard to secure eighth and ninth place finishes, with both riders suffering from a relative lack of dry pre-race practice. Fighting to seventh place on the first lap of each race Toseland chased home and identical pairing of Troy Bayliss and Noriyuki Haga in each outing, putting James fourth in the championship, behind Bayliss, Corser and Haga. Muggeridge is 13th overall, having now scored points in the last four races. In the first race Toseland rode his heart out to take an astonishing result of third and with another lap or two could well have made an even better result. Having started from 14th on the grid his recovery was an immense effort of will, as much as a display of riding and passing prowess. Muggeridge took a strong eighth place ride, half a second behind the rider in front. In the second race Toseland celebrated his double podium by throwing his riding gear into his home crowd, having held off the late challenge of Andrew Pitt. Muggeridge’s ninth in race two saw him finish within a second of the two other riders he was closing in on, Chris Walker and Ruben Xaus, after making set-up changes between races. Ronald Ten Kate Team Manager “With two podiums I almost feel relieved. My depression of yesterday has gone so much that this almost feels like winning, because we had to come from so far back with James. In the first race we could see him catching the leaders and at the end he was the quickest man on track. In race two he got stuck inside a group, and took longer to overtake. But big compliments to him for all his riding on the weekend and the best way to get a bad qualifying result out of the way is to have good race results. So I am happy with that. I am happy for Karl, especially in the second race, where we made some adjustments to his bike, from the first race, and he almost caught the group in front, which was battling for sixth. Even though he finished only ninth, it was a very good race, because it was the first time he has kept his lap times constant over a full race distance. He was also catching up so I think we are in good shape. I am even happier now because we are going testing now in Brno, and also with some new electronic systems on the machine, so we will see if we can carry them onwards to the next race at Misano. It went well for us there last year so we could be in good shape there again.” James Toseland Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider (Race 1: 3rd Race 2: 3rd Championship Position: 4th with 129 points) “I was really disappointed with myself yesterday and I knew I had made it difficult for myself today. It was just a shame that Troy and Haga got into their rhythm so quickly, because it took me a bit of time to get through the field, and other riders were riding very well, which made it even harder. When Corser and Walker were battling it was the hardest part. From 14th to two podium places, I have to be happy. I wasn’t aware of the crowd on race one but in race two I knew I had earned a good podium place and good points, so thanks to everyone for the support. It was just a shame about the weather this weekend.” Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider (Race 1: 8th Race 2: 9th: Championship Position: 13th with 45 points) “I actually had a good ride but the settings were not so good in race one. I couldn’t hold the line in the faster corners, so we changed the bike between races and improved it. We gained about half a second a lap but we needed the next step up. We needed just another few tenths to let us run up there, certainly to run closer to my team-mate. I almost caught up with the riders in front in race two, I really thought I would get them, but I just ran out of laps.” More, from a press release issued by Ducati Xerox: TROY BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) MAKES IT SEVEN WINS ON THE RUN IN SILVERSTONE WORLD SUPERBIKE Silverstone (UK), Sunday 28 May: Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) made it seven wins on the run in the European Round of the World Superbike Championship at Silverstone with his third successive double victory this season. With his closest rival Troy Corser (Suzuki) picking up a DNF and a sixth place, the 37 year-old Australian now has a lead of 76 points in the championship with seven rounds still remaining. Japan’s Noriyuki Haga and Britain’s James Toseland both offered stiff opposition to today and the Yamaha and the Honda rider twice finished behind the Australian to make up identical podiums. “In 2002 I was lucky enough to win six in a row and I was thinking about that before this weekend but on Friday and Saturday I was throwing myself down the road getting sorer and sorer and I thought it was maybe a good time just to get some points, but racing changes your view of things,” commented Troy. “I saw Corser crash in the first race and so I decided to make the most of the situation and not give in to Nori today. I really fought hard for the wins and that makes a good difference in the points for me against Corser. After the first race we tried a softer tyre and changed the suspension a bit, my main man Ernesto Marinelli did a great job and I could ride the bike half-a-second faster in the race. I feel sure that if we had gone with the same tyre it would have been much harder so a big thanks to him and all the guys in the team. Now we go on to Misano, where my 999’s gone pretty well in testing, so I’m confident for that race as well.” Lorenzo Lanzi had a difficult weekend from Friday onwards and the young Italian was unable to do better than a thirteenth and a sixteenth place in the two races. “For race 2 we fitted a slightly softer rear tyre like Troy but I didn’t like it very much and I went slower than in race 1,” declared Lorenzo. “However unfortunately everything about my race performance was due to the start and the bumping and barging at the first corner. I even passed the line on lap 1 next to last. You can’t pretend to win races that way. In the first race I was lucky because I managed to stay upright after the incident at the first corner. At Misano Adriatico for sure we will work hard to start further up the grid because if you want to get good results you have to start up at the front. The most important thing is to try and get the first two rows in Superpole, which at least gives you the chance of getting good results.” RACE 1: 1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox); 2. Haga (Yamaha); 3. Toseland (Honda); 4. Xaus (Ducati); 5. Pitt (Yamaha); 6. Walker (Kawasaki); 7. Laconi (Kawasaki); 8. Muggeridge (Honda). RACE 2: 1. Bayliss; 2. Haga; 3. Toseland; 4. Pitt; 5. Barros (Honda); 6. Corser (Suzuki); 7. Xaus; 8. Walker. POINTS (after 5 of 12 rounds): Riders – 1. Bayliss 225; 2. Corser 149; 3. Haga 133; 4. Toseland 129; 5. Barros 113; 6. Pitt 103; 7. Lanzi 62; 8. Xaus 56; etc. Manufacturers – 1. Ducati 226; 2. Suzuki 161; 3. Honda 156; 4. Yamaha 153; 5. Kawasaki 75; 6. Petronas 4. More, from a press release issued by FGSport: BAYLISS TAKES SILVERSTONE DOUBLE TO EXTEND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD – BAYLISS AND HAGA FIGHT FOR SILVERSTONE SPOILS Two man-to-man battles from eventual double winner Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) provided huge entertainment for a 71,000-strong SBK crowd at Silverstone, and with James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda) third in each race; the British crowd enjoyed its first taste of World Superbike 2006-style. Bayliss also set a new lap record, and the absolute best in SBK, with a 1’26.299, in race two. RACE ONE A dramatic start to race one saw four riders fall at the first corner, after a highside from Fabien Foret (Alstare Engineering Suzuki). Another crash later in the same lap, which put Craig Jones (Petronas) out of the race, caused the red flag to come out, and all but Jones made the re-start. A front-running ride from Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) was overturned after 19 laps by eventual winner Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox). James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda) who started from row four, rode a Superhuman race to score third place, and with one more lap may have even improved on that. Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Berik Ducati) was fourth, his best race finish of the year so far. RACE TWO Chris Walker (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) rode at the front of the second race for two determined laps, but was swamped by Bayliss, Haga, Toseland and co, finally finishing eighth. Andrew Pitt (Yamaha Motor Italia) scored fourth, with the slow-starting Alex Barros (Klaffi Honda) fifth. BAYLISS PUSHES AWAY AFTER CORSER’S BAD LUCK In the championship fight, Bayliss extended his lead over Troy Corser (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) to 76 points, 225 to 149, after Corser had one DNF and a sixth. Haga is now third on 133, with Toseland fourth on 129. PHYSICAL TRACK MAKES RACES HARD WORK Chris Walker’s sixth and eighth place finishes were the highlight of the day for the PSG-1 Kawasaki squad, with Regis Laconi seventh and 14th in race two, and Fonsi Nieto 11th and tenth. Barros had finished race one, on his replacement machine after the turn one crash, in ninth place. Norick Abe (Yamaha Motor France Ipone) scored tenth and 11th place finishes, having just overtaken Superpole winner Tommy Hill (Virgin Mobile Yamaha) in race two. Hill was 12th in the opener, finding the world level tough, especially in the pressurised first few laps. Shinichi Nakatomi (Yamaha Motor France) failed to start after breaking his right radius. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) who had not qualified for Superpole, scored 13th and 16th finishes. WORLD SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) fended off the early close attentions of his main championship rival Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Motor Germany) and then eventual second placed finisher Broc Parkes (Yamaha Motor Germany) to score his fourth victory of the year, and extend his championship lead. Curtain would finish third, with British based Spanish wild card rider, Pere Riba (MSS Kawasaki) a fine fourth. A fantastic fight behind the leading quartet gave fifth place to Stiggy Honda rider Robbin Harms, from Massimo Roccoli (Yamaha Team Italia) sixth. Charpentier’s latest start to finish win puts him on 116 points, with Curtain second on 76 and Harms third on 63. Parkes’ 20 points for his Silverstone second put him fourth, on 58. SUPERSTOCK 1000 FIM CUP Claudio Corti (Yamaha Italia) scored his first win of the season – of his Superstock 1000 career, in fact – as he eventually overhauled early leader Alessio Polita (Celani Suzuki). Involved in a few desperate battles with Polita at mid-race distance, once he had made the break he cleared off to a record safe win by 1.251 seconds, with Polita second and Ayrton Badovini (Biassono Unionbike MV Agusta) third. In the championship, Polita still leads, on 70 points, from Badovini on 48 and Corti on 39. SUPERSTOCK 600 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Niccolo Canepa (Ducati Xerox Junior) scored the win in an aggregate race at Silverstone, to go third in the standings. Winner of both previous 2006 races, Xavier Simeon (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) scored second at Silverstone, ahead of Davide Giugliano (Lightspeed Kawasaki). In the championship, Simeon is on 70 points, with Giugliano on 46 and Canepa only one point behind. MISANO NEXT UP Misano is the venue for the next round of all SBK series, from June 23 to 25. More, from a press release issued by Team Yamaha Motor France – Ipone: Unlucky weekend With the weather changing very often and many crashes, the British event was not very positive for the Team Yamaha Motor France – Ipone. Norick Abe finished 10th and 11th. Sebastien Gimbert retired in both races. Shinichi Nakatomi, injured during the warm up, could not race. The day started badly with a crash for Shinichi Nakatomi during the first lap of the warm up session, when an other rider unexpectedly switched off his throttle and crossed his racing line, resulting in Nakatomi hitting his rear wheel. He broke his radius and could not race. During the first lap of race 1, the event was stopped with the red flag because of crashes for Corser, Barros, Foret, Jones and Iannuzzo. After the restart, Abe was 12th and Gimbert 15th. At half distance, Haga (Yamaha) was leading, while Abe was 9th and Gimbert 15th. Troy Corser had to retire after a small crash. Finally, Troy Bayliss won in front of Noriyuki Haga, and Norick Abe finished 10th. Sebastien Gimbert had to retire 8 laps before the end with an electrical loom trouble. Both riders started well the second race, Abe being 13th and Gimbert 14th. Then suddenly Sebastien was 25th on the 2nd lap when an other rider touched him. At half-distance, Haga was leading the race, with Abe 13th and Gimbert 21st. Then Gimbert had to retire with an electrical problem. Abe finished the race 11th. Norick Abe: “I finish 10th and 11th. I have done my best. In the first race, the feeling was not so bad. Then we changed the settings for the second race and my times were better. The results are not good, but I did my best.” Sebastien Gimbert: “Six races not finished, this is too much. I give my best at 100%, as you can see with my position on the third row during the Superpole. I was” Martial Garcia (team-manger): ” Abe did a good first race, especially with the first crash (race red flagged). Gimbert started well but had to retire because of some trouble following his accident yesterday. The electrical loom was damaged without us seen it. The air temperature is colder now, so we will change the settings for the second race. In race 2, Abe saved the face of the team. He fought with a local rider who was braking very late, so he could not stay with the guys in front. There were very few practices sessions on the dry, so the set up of his bike was not good enough. For Gimbert, we pay the consequences of the 3 crashes. The automatic switch off system in case of crash was damaged and the engine could not work well.” More, from a press release issued by Honda Racing: TOSELAND TAKES STRONG DOUBLE PODIUM AT HIS HOME RACE After a disappointing wet Superpole session, in which he finished only 14th, James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) rode to a brace of third places at his home circuit of Silverstone, in the dry conditions, which remained throughout raceday. Despite the lack of dry practice time, Toseland made up many places in the early laps, and finished within touching distance of the leaders in race one, but was held back for too long in the midfield in race two. Alex Barros (Klaffi Honda CBR1000RR) made bad starts in both races, and after being involved in a horrific-looking first lap pile up, shortly before a second crash finally brought out the red flags. He had to race the first 28-lapper on his spare machine, finishing eighth. In race two he had his machine set-up more like his number one bike, and he scored a battling fifth, having been 11th on lap one. Karl Muggeridge (Winston Honda Ten Kate CBR1000RR) suffered more than most from the lack of dry set-up time, but nonetheless took eighth and ninth place finishes. The DFX Honda squad had tough outings at the tight and twisty short Silverstone circuit, with Michel Fabrizio (DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR) retiring from race one and battling hard for a single point in the second leg, while Gianluca Nannelli (DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR) scored his first point of the year in race one, but none for 17th place in race two. Both podiums were identical, with Troy Bayliss twice the winner and Noriyuki Haga twice runner up, ahead of Toseland. Bayliss now sits on 225 points, with Troy Corser on 149, Haga on 133 and Toseland 129. Barros is fifth, with 113, Muggeridge 13th on 45 and Fabrizio 15th, with 37. Toseland was understandably happy to have scored what looked like two unlikely podiums at the beginning of each race, and earned good championship points. “I was really disappointed with myself yesterday and I knew I had made it difficult for myself today,” said Toseland. “It was just a shame that Troy and Haga got into their rhythm so quickly, because it took me a bit of time to get through the field, and other riders were riding very well, which made it even harder. When Corser and Walker were battling, it was the hardest part. From 14th to two podium places, I have to be happy. I wasn’t aware of the crowd on race one but in race two I knew I had earned a good podium place and good points, so thanks to everyone for the support. It was just a shame about the weather this weekend.” Barros was made to pay for the race one crash, in which he was an innocent victim, but had a better outing in race two. “The first race was a disaster,” stated Barros, who had to leap over his own burning machine after the opening race multiple rider fall. “I had to use my second bike and the clutch is different on that bike. So my start was not so good. Between race one and two we changed the clutch and suspension settings and it was better, but not perfect. I lost positions because of my start. I thought I could catch Pitt in race two but it was not possible. We only had one hour of dry testing here so this was a difficult weekend for me.” Muggeridge made changes for the better between races and knows that he notched up points after missing several races this year through injury. “I actually had a good ride but the settings were not so good in race one,” said Muggeridge. “I couldn’t hold the line in the faster corners, so we changed the bike between races and improved it. We gained about half a second a lap but we needed the next step up. We needed just another few tenths to let us run up there, certainly to run closer to my team-mate. I almost caught up with the riders in front in race two, I really thought I would get them, but I just ran out of laps.” Fabrizio had great difficulties with chatter at Silverstone, and felt lucky to finish at all in race two. “The chatter was really incredible in the first race,” said Fabrizio. “It got so bad I pulled out of the race. In the second running we changed the rear spring and all that happened was the chatter went from the rear, to both front and rear. I just gritted my teeth and got a point.” Nannelli had two bad starts, and had to use up his tyre too much to be in contention for a top ten finish. “I had a bad start in the first and used up my tyre a lot to get back into appoints scoring position,” said Nannelli. “In race two my start was even worse and that finished my day off.” Misano is the venue for the sixth rounds of the WSS and SBK championships, and takes place between 23 and 25 June. More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Team Suzuki Press Office May 28, 2006. Reigning World Superbike World Champion Troy Corser and the Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra team suffered a disappointing day at the Silverstone fifth round today as the Australian was knocked off in race one then took sixth in race two. Corser was hit from behind at the first turn on the opening lap of race one and crashed, but fortunately the race was red-flagged and he was able to take part in the restart. He crashed in the final chicane on the second lap, but remounted and got going again in last place, then, after a series of lurid slides, he was forced to retire. His team mate Yukio Kagayama was riding in severe discomfort after crashing heavily yesterday, but grittily kept going to finish 14th in race one and 13th in race two. Team Alstare Engineering Corona Extra rider Fabien Foret also had a day to forget: A DNF after a heavy fall in race one when he hit his head hard detuned him for race two and, because he could not keep his concentration, he retired after 15 laps. After five rounds, Corser holds second place in the series with Kagayama 16th and Foret 19th. Troy Corser – Race 1: DNF, Race 2: 6th: “By our standards, that was a day to forget. It didn’t start well when I was hit from behind in the first turn on the opening lap of the first race! I was lucky because the race was red-flagged and I was able to get back to my garage and jump onto the spare bike for the restart. But we had only done about four laps in the dry on it and, although it should’ve been the same, it felt very different. The front tyre was too hard and I lost control in the final chicane after one lap. I got back on and tried to carry on but it was no use. “In race two I had problems with the throttle response and that made the bike very difficult to ride. I just could not get the power on when I wanted and every time I tried to do what I do normally, I nearly crashed. We had a similar problem last season, so now we’ll have to sit down and work out how to solve it. I suppose the only good news is that in my two falls today I never hurt myself.” Yukio Kagayama -Race 1: 14th, Race 2: 13th: “I am not so happy today, but my problems began when I crashed yesterday. This morning my back and right hand didn’t feel so good. In both races I found it hard moving around on the bike and because my right hand was injured I could not push hard exiting the fast turns. In race one, I lost touch with the group in front of me and once that happened I couldn’t catch them again. The second race was a little better, but not that much and I would honestly prefer to forget this weekend completely.” Fabien Foret – Race 1: DNF, Race 2: DNF: “It has been a very bad day – no, it has been a bad weekend. We didn’t have enough time to get a good dry set-up for the bike and we suffered as a result. Then I had a heavy crash in the first race and hurt my head and body. I wasn’t feeling too good and maybe I should not have started the second race, but I wanted to try. I just couldn’t concentrate and I didn’t want to do anything silly or cause a crash, so I pulled into the pits and stopped.” Race 1: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Haga (J-Yamaha), 3 Toseland (GB-Honda), 4 Xaus (E-Ducati), 5 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 6 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 7 Laconi (F-Kawasaki), 8 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda), 9 Barros (Bra-Honda), 10 Abe (J-Yamaha). 14 Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra). Troy Corser (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF. Fabien Foret (F-Alstare Engineering Corona Extra) DNF. Race 2: 1 Bayliss, 2 Haga, 3 Toseland, 4 Pitt, 5 Barros, 6 Troy Corser (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 7 Xaus, 8 Walker, 9 Muggeridge, 10 Nieto (E-Kawasaki). 13 Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra). Fabien Foret (F-Alstare Engineering Corona Extra) DNF. Championship Points: 1 Bayliss 200, 2 Troy Corser 139, 3 Toseland 113, 4 Haga 113, 5 Barros 102, 6 Pitt 90, 7 Lanzi 62, 8 Xaus 47, 9 Abe 46, 10 Rolfo 46. 16 Yukio Kagayama 26. 19 Fabien Foret 10. EUROPEAN SUPERSTOCK 600: Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Xavier Simeon lost out on victory of the Silverstone Superstock 600 European Championship by a whisker after the race was restarted. Italian Nicola Canepa (Ducati) won after the race was red-flagged after seven laps due to an accident and an oil spillage. Canepa had crossed the line in first place ahead of series leader Simeon and Davide Giugliano (Kawasaki). In the second part, it was Simeon who crossed the line first after breaking the lap record on the last lap, but when the times from the two races were aggregated, Canepa was the winner by 48,000ths of a second! Xavier Simeon – 2nd: “What a way to lose a race! I tried so hard in the second part and rode as hard as I could. I couldn’t believe it when I saw that I hadn’t won! In the first race, I took it a bit steadily in the early stages and was well-placed when the race was red-flagged. We changed a tyre for the second part and then charged for victory. On the last lap, I really opened the gas and went for it, so I was a bit disappointed not to win, but at least my lead in the championship is a healthy one. I’ll be going to the next round at Misano determined to extend my lead and put the pressure on my rivals.” Superstock 600 Results: 1 Canepa, 2 Xavier Simeon (B-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 3 Giugliano, 4 Colucci, 5 Antonelli, 6 Costantini. Championship Points: 1 Simeon (B-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 70, 2 Giugliano 46, 3 Canepa 45, 4 Colucci 28, 5 Savary 23, 6 Costantini 21.