Series leader Troy Bayliss got back to winning ways in style as he clinched both races in today’s World Superbikes round at Brno. Bayliss had not had a win since April and had never triumphed at the Czech circuit, but the Ducati rider broke his duck with his 47th career victory in race one and then cemented his place at the top of the World Superbike standings by doing the same in race two. Bayliss beat fellow Australian Troy Corser by 1.5 seconds in the first race of the day and enjoyed victory by even less of a margin in the second as Michel Fabrizio rode across the line less than a second behind him.
Nella prima manche del GP della Repubblica Ceca l’australiano della Ducati trionfa davanti a Corser e Fabrizio. In gara 2 Bayliss si ripete, ipotecando il terzo mondiale. Ora sale a +79 su Neukirchner.
Troy Bayliss secured a double race win in Holland to stretch his World Superbike Championship lead to 70 points.
The Australian had put his Xerox Ducati on pole position and also took both race wins at Assen as he continued to dominate his final series before retirement.
Bayliss took his points total to 178 as Spaniard Carlos Checa moved up to second in the standings after two podium finishes at Assen on the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda.
Bayliss was delighted with his perfect weekend which saw him add his second double race win of the season to pole position. Race 1:
Australian riders took the honours in the second round of the HANNspree Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island in front of a 65,400 crowd.
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) dominated both Superbike races, while Andrew Pitt clinched the Supersport win. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) took the other two podium positions in the first Superbike encounter, while Spaniards Carlos Checa (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) and Fonsi Nieto (Alstare Suzuki) were second and third in race 2.
It was a disastrous weekend for Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Ducati), who started from 16th on the grid and then had two crashes in two races, the second of which left him nursing a broken wrist.
Una doppia caduta vanifica le strepitose rimonte di Max Biaggi nella Superbike in Australia. Nel secondo incidente il pilota romano si è fratturato il radio del braccio sinistro. Il trionfo dello scatenato Troy Bayliss lancia la Ducati in fuga nel Mondiale mentre Biaggi scivola in settima posizione a -52 punti dalla vetta dopo appena due GP dei quindici previsti. “A rovinare tutto è stata la posizione di partenza in quarta fila, quando parti così dietro non sai mai quello che può succedere” ha spiegato un Biaggi affranto nel dopo corsa. Race 1:
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) stormed to victory on board the Ducati 1098 F08 in the opening race of the 2008 World Superbike Championship yesterday, a spectacular result for the team and a significant maiden win for the new F08 machine.
Bayliss then narrowly missed out on a podium place in race 2, finishing fourth just ahead of team-mate Fabrizio.
Young Michel Fabrizio made a determined start to his year and leaves Qatar with 18 championship points, accumulated from his tenth (race 1) and fifth (race 2) place finishes.
Bayliss, with 38 points, leads the World Superbike championship after round 1 here in Qatar.
Strepitosa partenza del Mondiale Superbike. Max Biaggi accarezza il sogno della prima vittoria ma non riesce a resistere allo scatenato Troy Bayliss vincitore all’ultima curva. Dominio della Ducati 1098 che era al debutto in campionato. Nella seconda manche però la Suzuki si è presa la rivincita con lo spagnolo Fonsi Nieto al primo successo in carriera. Biaggi ha concluso la giornata con il terzo posto. Bayliss, in crisi di gomme, è finito quarto mantenendo comunque il primo posto nel Mondiale con due punti su Biaggi e quattro su Nieto. Race 1:
