Runner Ducati
05/03/2006, 08:40
Sunday Mar 5 2006
Race - Phillip Island
BAYLISS RETURNS TO WINNING WAYS AT PHILLIP ISLAND AFTER A FOUR-YEAR BREAK
Troy Bayliss put a first race disappointment behind him to take the Ducati Xerox Team’s first win of the season and the Australian’s 23rd World Superbike career victory at Phillip Island. It was the former world champion’s first win since Laguna Seca in 2002 and helps to maintain a slim one-point lead in this year’s championship. Bayliss set a storming pace in the first race, but excessive tyre wear in the final stages dropped him down to sixth behind eventual winner Troy Corser (Suzuki). Troy made amends in the second race when he fitted a harder rear tyre compound on his Ducati 999 and rode a more defensive race. He out-braked Toseland (Honda) into Honda corner on lap 16 to take the chequered flag in front of an ecstatic home crowd. Earlier winner Corser crashed out on lap 4.
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RACE 1: 1. Corser (Suzuki); 2. Barros (Honda); 3. Toseland (Honda); 4. Haga (Yamaha); 5. Rolfo (Ducati); 6. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox); 7. Xaus (Ducati); 8. Nieto (Kawasaki) …. 11. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox).
RACE 2: 1. Bayliss; 2. Toseland; 3. Barros; 4. Haga; 5. Pitt (Yamaha); 6. Kagayama (Suzuki); 7. Rolfo; 8. Xaus (Ducati).
POINTS (Riders): 1. Bayliss 75; 2. Toseland 74; 3. Corser 63; 4. Barros 55; 5. Pitt 45; 6. Haga 42 …. 11. Lanzi 15.
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Race - Phillip Island
BAYLISS RETURNS TO WINNING WAYS AT PHILLIP ISLAND AFTER A FOUR-YEAR BREAK
Troy Bayliss put a first race disappointment behind him to take the Ducati Xerox Team’s first win of the season and the Australian’s 23rd World Superbike career victory at Phillip Island. It was the former world champion’s first win since Laguna Seca in 2002 and helps to maintain a slim one-point lead in this year’s championship. Bayliss set a storming pace in the first race, but excessive tyre wear in the final stages dropped him down to sixth behind eventual winner Troy Corser (Suzuki). Troy made amends in the second race when he fitted a harder rear tyre compound on his Ducati 999 and rode a more defensive race. He out-braked Toseland (Honda) into Honda corner on lap 16 to take the chequered flag in front of an ecstatic home crowd. Earlier winner Corser crashed out on lap 4.
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RACE 1: 1. Corser (Suzuki); 2. Barros (Honda); 3. Toseland (Honda); 4. Haga (Yamaha); 5. Rolfo (Ducati); 6. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox); 7. Xaus (Ducati); 8. Nieto (Kawasaki) …. 11. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox).
RACE 2: 1. Bayliss; 2. Toseland; 3. Barros; 4. Haga; 5. Pitt (Yamaha); 6. Kagayama (Suzuki); 7. Rolfo; 8. Xaus (Ducati).
POINTS (Riders): 1. Bayliss 75; 2. Toseland 74; 3. Corser 63; 4. Barros 55; 5. Pitt 45; 6. Haga 42 …. 11. Lanzi 15.
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