World Superbike Championships: Suzuki Dominates again

World Superbike Results:

Race 1: Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / T. CORSER / AUS / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 37'31.052 / 2 / C. VERMEULEN / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 37'40.168 / 9.116 3 / Y. KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 37'43.840 / 12.788 4 / C.WALKER / GBR / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 37'47.919 / 16.867 5 / N.HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 37'48.934 / 17.882 6 / S. GIMBERT / FRA / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 37'57.547 / 26.495 7 / P. CHILI / ITA / Klaffi Honda / 37'59.836 / 28.784 8 / J. TOSELAND / GBR / Ducati Xerox / 38'07.656 / 36.604 9 / S. FUERTES / ESP / Reynolds Motorrad / 38'10.576 / 39.524 10 / D. CHECA / ESP / Yamaha GMT 94 / 38'10.827 / 39.775 11 / I. CLEMENTI / ITA / Kawasaki Bertocchi / 38'11.099 / 40.047 12 / B. BOSTROM / USA / Renegade Koji / 38'13.993 / 42.941 13 / G.BUSSEI / ITA / Kawasaki Bertocchi / 38'18.557 / 47.505 14 / L. ALFONSI / ITA / D.F.X. Treme / 38'18.637 / 47.585 15 / I. SILVA / ESP / LaGlisse / 38'20.045 / 48.993 Fastest Lap 2° Troy Corser 1'36.721 149,068 Km/h

Race 2 : Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time / 1 / T. CORSER / AUS / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 37'52.057 / 2 / C. VERMEULEN / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 37'57.418 / 5.361 3 / C.WALKER / GBR / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 37'59.241 / 7.184 4 / N.HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 38'02.657 / 10.600 5 / N. ABE / JPN / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 38'03.960 / 11.903 6 / B. BOSTROM / USA / Renegade Koji / 38'11.257 / 19.200 7 / Y. KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 38'11.402 / 19.345 8 / A. PITT / AUS / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 38'15.303 / 23.246 9 / D. CHECA / ESP / Yamaha GMT 94 / 38'16.844 / 24.787 10 / P. CHILI / ITA / Klaffi Honda / 38'17.356 / 25.299 11 / S. GIMBERT / FRA / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 38'17.552 / 25.495 12 / M.NEUKIRCHNER / GER / Klaffi Honda / 38'19.890 / 27.833 13 / I. CLEMENTI / ITA / Kawasaki Bertocchi / 38'23.396 / 31.339 14 / G.VIZZIELLO / ITA / Italia Lorenzini by Leoni / 38'25.070 / 33.013 15 / L. ALFONSI / ITA / D.F.X. Treme / 38'26.081 / 34.024 Fastest Lap 2 Troy Corser 1'37.756 147.490 Km/h

World Superbike Points (after 3 rounds): 1 Troy Corser 141, 2 Yukio Kagayama 110, 3 Vermeulen 90, 4 Laconi 54, 5 Abe 44, 6 Neukirchner 41, 7 Haga 40, 8 Pitt 39, 9 Walker 38, 10 Toseland 30.

Supersport: Charpentier And Fujiwara Fight Hard For The Valencia Win

Honda’s CBR600RR continued to dominate the SuperSport class, with the Dutch Ten Kate Honda team again leaving the field to fight over the last place on the podium.

Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) took his second win of the year, but only after a hard last lap with his team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara, who eventually scored second place. On the 23rd of 23 laps Fujiwara’s attempt to pass Charpentier up the inside of turn two was rebuffed firmly by Charpentier, with the riders seemingly leaning on each other at the approach to the next left. Fujiwara’s machine shuddered as he tried to pass inside Charpentier and he lost enough ground for the Frenchman to take the win by 0.844 seconds.

Charpentier had taken his third straight pole position of the season on Saturday, with his team-mate Fujiwara once more just behind. Team Italia Megabike Honda CBR600RR rider Fabien Foret was third in qualifying but could not replicate this race conditions, going fifth after a lonely 23-laps in the 24°C air temperatures - significantly hotter than those in morning warm-up.

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