Bayliss Double Down Under
Australian riders took the honours in the second round of the HANNspree Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island in front of a 65,400 crowd.

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Australian riders took the honours in the second round of the HANNspree Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island in front of a 65,400 crowd. Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) dominated both Superbike races, while Andrew Pitt clinched the Supersport win. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) took the other two podium positions in the first Superbike encounter, while Spaniards Carlos Checa (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) and Fonsi Nieto (Alstare Suzuki) were second and third in race 2. It was a disastrous weekend for Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Ducati), who started from 16th on the grid and then had two crashes in two races, the second of which left him nursing a broken wrist. "It's something you dream of, to have a double win on your last time here" declared Bayliss. "I knew this weekend was going to be very difficult, everybody's riding well and there's a lot of good bikes out there. I have a great team behind me and I'm happy with the result. After the first race I was struggling the last few laps and was worried it was going to be a duel with Max, but he managed to crash and then he did so again in the second race. The times were a little bit slower in race 2 but I felt better on the bike, it was more consistent throughout and a pleasure to ride". Race 1 Bayliss led from start to finish to dominate from Corser and Fabrizio. Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Ducati) took fourth from Nieto in fifth, Checa and Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki), while Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) had tyre problems and could only finish eighth. Biaggi was catching leader Bayliss but the Italian crashed out from second place on lap 16 at the slow right-hander. The race had two starts after Fabrizio stalled on the grid and was hit by Iannuzzo (Pedercini Kawasaki). The factory Ducati rider managed to finish third with muscular contusions to his right leg, while Iannuzzo was taken to hospital with a wrist fracture. Race 2 Corser led the first four laps of the second race before crashing out, leaving Bayliss with a commanding lead. Behind the leader an all-Spanish battle raged between Nieto, Xaus and Checa for second, and the runner-up slot eventually went to the Honda rider, who is making his WSBK debut this year. Nieto took the final podium place, ahead of Xaus, Neukirchner and Kiyonari, another WSBK rookie. Biaggi had a nasty high-speed crash at Turn 1 on lap 7 while battling for second, suffering a broken wrist in the process, but he should be back for the next round at Valencia in one month's time. World Superbikes – Phillip Island – Race One Result Pos – Rider – Team - Time 1 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'22.933 2 - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 34'27.154 3 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'27.671 4 - Ruben Xaus - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 34'28.104 5 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 34'28.476 6 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'28.828 7 - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 34'28.897 8 - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 34'37.759 9 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'41.832 10 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 34'43.566 11 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 34'44.534 12 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 34'52.214 13 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 34'52.433 14 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 34'52.963 15 - Shinichi Nakatomi - YZF Yamaha - 34'53.156 16 - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 34'53.733 17 - Russell Holland - D.F. Racing - 35'13.040 18 - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 35'30.318 Not Classified RT - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 23'23.166 RT - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 19'18.332 RT - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 14'33.221 RT - Loic Napoleone - Grillini PBR Team - 16'31.980 RT - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 9'28.708 RT - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing by Grifo's - 3'14.504 RT - Luca Morelli - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike RT - Vittorio Iannuzzo - Team Pedercini RT - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 Fastest Lap: - Troy Bayliss - 1'32.516 World Superbikes – Phillip Island – Race Two Result Pos – Rider – Team - Time 1 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'35.284 2 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'36.411 3 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 34'39.679 4 - Ruben Xaus - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 34'41.905 5 - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 34'46.834 6 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'46.904 7 - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 34'47.333 8 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 34'47.418 9 - Russell Holland - D.F. Racing - 34'48.746 10 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 34'50.803 11 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 34'51.509 12 - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 34'57.243 13 - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 34'57.273 14 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 35'04.390 15 - Shinichi Nakatomi - YZF Yamaha - 35'04.503 16 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 35'08.278 17 - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 35'09.664 18 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing by Grifo's - 35'17.821 19 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 35'21.907 20 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 35'22.314 21 - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 35'43.885 Not Classified RT - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 9'30.716 RT - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 6'21.501 RT - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 5'01.084 RT - Loic Napoleone - Grillini PBR Team - 5'01.635 Fastest Lap: Biaggi Max 1'33.477 Championship Points after race two 1 - T. Bayliss - 88 2 - F. Nieto - 61 3 - R. Xaus - 59 4 - T. Corser - 45 5 - C. Checa - 45 6 - M. Neukirchner - 39 7 - M. Biaggi - 36 8 - M. Fabrizio - 34 9 - N. Haga - 22 10 - G. Lavilla - 18 11 - R. Kiyonari - 17 12 - K. Sofuoglu - 17 13 - L . Lanzi - 13 14 - J. Smrz - 13 15 - R. Rolfo - 12 16 - K. Muggeridge - 10 17 - Y. Kagayama - 8 18 - R. Holland - 7 19 - M. Tamada - 6 20 - D. Checa - 4 Manufacturers points after race two 1 - Ducati - 95 2 - Suzuki - 63 3 - Yamaha - 54 4 - Honda - 46 5 - Kawasaki - 7
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