World Superbike Championships - Corser and Suzuki take the title

“In the end, it was the safest thing to do, cancelling the race,” said the second Ten Kate Aussie. “But I think we should have tried at least a couple of laps, instead of turning it into a battle. It’s a shame for Chris that he didn’t get to run the race and maybe take the championship to the final round, but the decision obviously suited Troy. The track is really slippery when it’s wet but there was a lot of water laying on it which had built up between the sighting lap and the warm-up lap.

The 12-Round championship, in both Supersport and Superbike classes, concludes at Magny Cours on 7-9 October.

SUPERBIKE Race 1

Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / VERMEULEN / AUS / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 39'35.789 / 2 / CORSER / AUS / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 39'36.086 / 0.297 3 / HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 39'44.102 / 8.313 4 / TOSELAND / GBR / Ducati Xerox / 39'51.128 / 15.339 5 / MARTIN / AUS / Foggy Petronas Racing / 40'25.427 / 49.638 6 / WALKER / GBR / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 40'25.861 / 50.072 7 / NEUKIRCHNER / GER / Klaffi Honda / 40'27.964 / 52.175 8 / GIMBERT / FRA / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 40'28.170 / 52.381 9 / LACONI / FRA / Ducati Xerox / 40'33.623 / 57.834 10 / VIZZIELLO / ITA / Italia Lorenzini by Leoni / 40'41.516 / 1'05.727 11 / BUSSEI / ITA / Kawasaki Bertocchi / 40'44.121 / 1'08.332 12 / SANCHINI / ITA / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 40'46.078 / 1'10.289 13 / BOSTROM / USA / Renegade Koji / 40'46.575 / 1'10.786 14 / BORCIANI / ITA / DFXtreme Sterilgarda / 41'03.694 / 1'27.905 15 / KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 41'09.229 / 1'33.440 Fastest Lap 20° Troy Corser 1'50.632 160,521 Km/h

Riders Championship Standings: 1 CORSER 409, 2 VERMEULEN 354, 3 HAGA 255, 4 TOSELAND 228, 5 LACONI 221, 6 KAGAYAMA 212, 7 WALKER 140, 8 PITT 137, 9 CHILI 125, 10 LANZI 118, 11 MUGGERIDGE 111, 12 ABE 110, 13 NEUKIRCHNER 107, 14 BUSSEI 61, 15 BOSTROM 49.