Ducati narrowly leads Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha in World Superbike title chase

SUPERBIKE Race 1: (Laps 22 = 97,790 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / T. CORSER / AUS / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 34'33.545 / 2 / A. BARROS / BRA / Klaffi Honda / 34'33.995 / 0.45 3 / J. TOSELAND / GBR / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 34'41.519 / 7.974 4 / N.HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 34'48.666 / 15.121 5 / R. ROLFO / ITA / Ducati SC - Caracchi / 34'49.837 / 16.292 6 / T. BAYLISS / AUS / Ducati Xerox / 34'50.665 / 17.12 7 / R. XAUS / ESP / Sterilgarda - Berik / 34'50.737 / 17.192 8 / F. NIETO / ESP / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 / 34'56.002 / 22.457 9 / A. PITT / AUS / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 34'56.035 / 22.49 10 / C.WALKER / GBR / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 34'56.721 / 23.176 11 / L. LANZI / ITA / Ducati Xerox / 35'01.892 / 28.347 12 / Y. KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 35'01.958 / 28.413 13 / R. LACONI / FRA / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 35'02.378 / 28.833 14 / S. MARTIN / AUS / Foggy Petronas Racing / 35'02.522 / 28.977 15 / M.FABRIZIO / ITA / D.F.X. Treme / 35'02.667 / 29.122 Fastest Lap 2° Troy Bayliss 1'32.402 173,178 Km/h

Race 2 : (Laps 18 = 96,840 Km) 1 / T. BAYLISS / AUS / Ducati Xerox / 34'33.803 / 2 / J. TOSELAND / GBR / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 34'39.331 / 5.528 3 / A. BARROS / BRA / Klaffi Honda / 34'48.115 / 14.312 4 / N.HAGA / JPN / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 34'50.011 / 16.208 5 / A. PITT / AUS / Yamaha Motor Italia WSB / 34'51.459 / 17.656 6 / Y. KAGAYAMA / JPN / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 34'54.635 / 20.832 7 / R. ROLFO / ITA / Ducati SC - Caracchi / 34'54.933 / 21.13 8 / R. XAUS / ESP / Sterilgarda - Berik / 34'59.027 / 25.224 9 / F. NIETO / ESP / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 / 34'59.441 / 25.638 10 / C.WALKER / GBR / PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse / 34'59.810 / 26.007 11 / M.FABRIZIO / ITA / D.F.X. Treme / 35'06.670 / 32.867 12 / N. ABE / JPN / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 35'06.974 / 33.171 13 / M.NEUKIRCHNER / GER / Team Pedercini / 35'07.014 / 33.211 14 / P. CHILI / ITA / D.F.X. Treme / 35'08.117 / 34.314 15 / S. MARTIN / AUS / Foggy Petronas Racing / 35'08.270 / 34.467 Fastest Lap 3° Troy Bayliss 1'32.983 172,096 Km/h Record Lap T. Bayliss 1'32.402 173,180 Km/h 2006

Riders Championship Standings: 1 BAYLISS 75, 2 TOSELAND 74, 3 CORSER 63, 4 BARROS 55, 5 PITT 45, 6 HAGA 42, 7 ROLFO 32, 8 FABRIZIO 25, 9 XAUS 24, 10 NIETO 19, 11 LANZI 15, 12 KAGAYAMA 14, 13 ABE 14, 14 WALKER 12, 15 MUGGERIDGE 11.

Supersport race – Honda Report

Reigning Champion Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) continued his perfect run of results with his second win of the season, scoring the Phillip Island victory after 21-laps under a warm Australian sun. Once more he took a win after scoring pole position, and once more he had to beat off a strong attack from his race-long companion, Kevin Curtain (Yamaha). Upping the pace in the final few laps, Charpentier took an eventual 1.361 second margin of victory, and now leads Curtain by ten points, 50 to 40.

Eighth in qualifying, Yoann Tiberio (Team Megabike Honda CBR600RR) got his championship campaign off to a brilliant start, with a brave and rapid fourth, reversing a pass from another fast Honda rider, Robbin Harms (Stiggy Motorsports CBR600RR). His fourth place puts him 11th overall, on 13 points.

Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) crashed out at half race distance, having qualified well in sixth place, on a track that was new to him. He now sits sixth in the table, thanks to his 16 points from Qatar.

Charpentier was once more peerless when it really counted, but had to work hard throughout, being pushed by the pace of determined hometown runner, Kevin Curtain.

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