German WSBK: Vermeulen wins, Corser falters, Lanzi stars

Norick Abe, Yamaha Motor France: “My first race at Lausitz was race one and my second was race two! We changed some parts between races and there was a lot less chatter at the beginning of race two. I felt good for that, but as the rear tyre grip came down the chatter returned so then I could not go faster. I made a good battle with Neukirchner, which I lost, because we were passing each other a lot, but it was still a fun race.”

Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha Motor France: “Not such a good race for me. In the first race I had a problem that stopped the bike steering properly and in the second race I felt like I had no power and no grip from the rear. This is my first time in Lausitz and I do like the track, just not the results. Now I must focus on the important Bol d’or 24 hour race next weekend.”

Massimo Meregalli, Team Coordinator – Yamaha Motor Italia: “I think we have had a good race day, especially after practice, when we had some trouble finding a good set-up. We did a good job, - Nori on the podium both times and Andrew in sixth twice. So not too bad really, especially as Haga is now in third place overall and Andrew seventh.”

Martial Garcia, Team Manager - Yamaha Motor France: “Not so bad for Norick, just the last lap for Neukirchner catching him was a negative point. But the result is not so bad. For Gimbert we lost the first race because and air duct was broken and he could not turn. In the second race he took two points but it was not fantastic for him.”

SUPERBIKE Race 1: (Laps 20 = 85,300 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / VERMEULEN / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 33'36.341 / 2 / HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 33'36.610 / 0.269 3 / CORSER / AUS / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 33'38.640 / 2.299 4 / TOSELAND / GBR / Ducati Xerox / 33'43.399 / 7.058 5 / KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 33'49.049 / 12.708 6 / PITT / AUS / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 33'50.394 / 14.053 7 / NEUKIRCHNER / GER / Klaffi Honda / 33'52.957 / 16.616 8 / LANZI / ITA / Ducati Xerox / 33'55.364 / 19.023 9 / ABE / JPN / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 34'00.992 / 24.651 10 / BOSTROM / USA / Renegade Koji / 34'10.695 / 34.354 11 / MCCOY / AUS / Foggy Petronas Racing / 34'20.726 / 44.385 12 / BUSSEI / ITA / Kawasaki Bertocchi / 34'21.361 / 45.020 13 / CARDOSO / ESP / D.F.X. Treme / 34'28.152 / 51.811 14 / BRIGNOLA / ITA / Ducati SC Caracchi / 34'28.284 / 51.943 15 / CRUCIANI / ITA / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 34'40.452 / 1'04.111 Fastest Lap 7° Noriyuki Haga 1'39.828 153,805 Km/h

Race 2 : (Laps 24 = 102,360 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time / 1 / LANZI / ITA / Ducati Xerox / 40'20.947 / 2 / VERMEULEN / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 40'21.787 / 0.840 3 / HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 40'25.545 / 4.598 4 / KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 40'26.238 / 5.291 5 / MUGGERIDGE / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 40'37.183 / 16.236 6 / PITT / AUS / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 40'39.309 / 18.362 7 / NEUKIRCHNER / GER / Klaffi Honda / 40'47.307 / 26.360 8 / ABE / JPN / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 40'47.400 / 26.453 9 / MARTIN / AUS / Foggy Petronas Racing / 40'48.023 / 27.076 10 / CHILI / ITA / Klaffi Honda / 40'58.250 / 37.303 11 / TOSELAND / GBR / Ducati Xerox / 41'01.944 / 40.997 12 / BUSSEI / ITA / Kawasaki Bertocchi / 41'05.256 / 44.309 13 / CORSER / AUS / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 41'05.432 / 44.485 14 / GIMBERT / FRA / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 41'09.406 / 48.459 15 / BOSTROM / USA / Renegade Koji / 41'14.211 / 53.264 Fastest Lap 7° Noriyuki Haga 1'39.790 153,863 Km/h Lap Record: Ruben Xaus 1'39.679 154,030Km/h 2002

Championship Points: 1 Troy Corser 389, 2 Vermeulen 329, 3 Haga 239, 4 Toseland 215, 5 Laconi 214, 6 Yukio Kagayama 211, 7 Pitt 137, 8 Walker 130, 9 Chili 125, 10 Lanzi 118.