World Superbike Championships Rd 6: Ducati fights back

Max Neukirchner , Klaffi Honda Race 1: DNF, Race 2: DNF: “In the first race I was behind Frankie and I did not see the red flag right away. So Frankie braked and I hit him, touching my brake lever and then crashing. In the restart the front brake was not right and I had to adjust it four or five times. It was still inconsistent, so I could never work out a real braking point each corner, and I fell again. In the second race I had a problem with the exhaust becoming very noisy, and something slippy going onto the rear tyre, so I had a lot of slides.” Ben Bostrom, Renegade Honda, Race 1: 14th, Race 2: DNF: “I had a big crash this morning, which didn’t help, but race one wasn’t so bad. I just wanted to get more grip for the second race so I changed to the largest section rear tyre. It was a bad choice because we were just ploughing the front. You can only ride the thing like that so much and then you will crash. The lights also went red, then yellow, then red, in the restarted race, so a few of us went, wondering what was going on.”

The seventh rounds of the WSS and SBK championships take place at Brno on 17th July, a venue not used for SBK racing since the 1996 season.

WSB Results:

Race 1: 1 Laconi (I-Ducati), 2 Vermeulen (Aus-Honda), 3 Troy Corser (Aus-Suzuki), 4 Toseland (GB-Ducati), 5 Lanzi (I-Ducati), 6 Haga (J-Yamaha), 7 Chili (I-Honda), 8 Walker (GB-Ducati), 9 Nieto (E-Ducati), 10 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda).

Race 2: 1 Laconi, 2 Vermeulen, 3 Troy Corser (Suzuki), 4 Toseland, 5 Chili, 6 Haga, 7 Muggeridge, 8 Martin (Aus-Petronas), 9 Lanzi, 10 Bussei (I-Kawasaki), 12 Yukio Kagayama (J- Suzuki).

WSB World Points: 1 Corser 254, 2 Vermeulen 181, 3 Laconi 162, 4 Kagayama 148, 5 Toseland 124, 6 Haga 88, 7 Walker 87, 8 Chili 86, 9 Pitt 70, 10 Muggeridge 65.

Charpentier Leads Honda Top Three in World SuperSport At Misano

In the superheated temperatures of an Italian summer Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) took his fourth win of the year, extending his championship advantage to 34 points. The early front-runner was pole position rider Fabien Foret (Team Italia Megabike Honda CBR600RR) but after a close battle for the last half of a delayed 23-lap race, there was a mere 0.496 between the Frenchmen. Foret had led for ten laps, but from then on in, despite some valiant efforts, Charpentier was the leader across the line.”

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