WSBK : Phillip Island Results

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Race classification WSB

Round: 2 - Australia
Circuit: Phillip Island
Circuit Length: 4448
Lap Record: 1' 32.402 (Troy Bayliss, 2006)
Fastest Lap Ever: 1' 32.081 (Troy Bayliss, 2006)

Race: 22 Laps
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 T. Corser Suzuki AUS 34' 33.545
2 A. Barros Honda BRA +0.450
3 J. Toseland Honda GBR +7.974
4 N. Haga Yamaha JPN +15.121
5 R. Rolfo Ducati ITA +16.292
6 T. Bayliss Ducati AUS +17.120
7 R. Xaus Ducati ESP +17.192
8 F. Nieto Kawasaki ESP +22.457
9 A. Pitt Yamaha AUS +22.490
10 C. Walker Kawasaki GBR +23.176
11 L. Lanzi Ducati ITA +28.347
12 Y. Kagayama Suzuki JPN +28.413
13 R. Laconi Kawasaki FRA +28.833
14 S. Martin Petronas AUS +28.977
15 M. Fabrizio Honda ITA +29.122
17 N. Abe Yamaha JPN +30.955

Race 2: 22 Laps
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 T. Bayliss Ducati AUS 34' 33.803
2 J. Toseland Honda GBR +5.528
3 A. Barros Honda BRA +14.312
4 N. Haga Yamaha JPN +16.208
5 A. Pitt Yamaha AUS +17.656
6 Y. Kagayama Suzuki JPN +20.832
7 R. Rolfo Ducati ITA +21.130
8 R. Xaus Ducati ESP +25.224
9 F. Nieto Kawasaki ESP +25.638
10 C. Walker Kawasaki GBR +26.007
11 M. Fabrizio Honda ITA +32.867
12 N. Abe Yamaha JPN +33.171
13 M. Neukirchner Ducati GER +33.211
14 P. Chili Honda ITA +34.314
15 S. Martin Petronas AUS +34.467
17 S. Gimbert Yamaha FRA +49.214
19 S. Nakatomi Yamaha JPN +49.120

Fastest Race Lap:
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 T. Bayliss Ducati AUS 1' 32.402

Championship standings WSB

Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Points
1 Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 75
2 James Toseland Honda GBR 74
3 Troy Corser Suzuki AUS 63
4 Alex Barros Honda BRA 55
5 Andrew Pitt Yamaha AUS 45
6 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 42
7 Roberto Rolfo Ducati ITA 32
8 Michel Fabrizio Honda ITA 25
9 Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 24
10 Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki ESP 19
11 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 15
12 Norick Abe Yamaha JPN 14
13 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 14
14 Chris Walker Kawasaki GBR 12
15 Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS 11
21 Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA 3

Manufacturers standings WSB

Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Honda 78
2 Ducati 76
3 Suzuki 73
4 Yamaha 58
5 Kawasaki 22
6 Petronas 3

WSS : Double podium for Yamaha Motor Germany
Round: 2 - Australia
Circuit: Phillip Island
Date: 5 March 2006
Crowd: 55000
Temp: 24ºC
Weather: Sunny

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Race 2 : Bayliss wins while Corser crashes out

Troy Bayliss won race two at Phillip Island for the second round of the Corona Extra World Superbike Championship. James Toseland took second and Alex Barros third.

Troy Corser crashed out of the race on lap four when he high sided at MG corner, he landed right in the middle of the track and unfortunately was clipped by Barros who only had a split second to avoid the prone rider, thankfully Corser is just bruised from the crash.

It looked like James Toseland and his new Winston Ten Kate Honda were going to take the top spot as he put an aggressive move on Haga early on to take the lead, which he held until lap fifteen. It was on this lap that Bayliss got past and started to pull a lead over the Brit. By the end of the race Bayliss was 5.528sec clear of Toseland with Barros 14.312secs from the leader.

Barros has had no testing pre season testing and has literally been thrown in the deep end, "Thanks to my team they are a good help to me," he said, "This is a fast track and I know it well. With the dry weather we have had a chance for some good set up time. I missed out a bit at the start and then with the incident with Troy…I was worried he was hurt." At the moment the engine that Barros is running is fairly standard as he went on to say "It is hard to over take but is a production engine so I make safe move. We had not testing just straight to racing."

Second place rider Toseland explained what happened when he lost his lead "Bayliss out braked me into Honda and then pulled away. In a way he got his just deserts in that after what happened in race one. When he came past he was consistently fast, we are trying to push him hard. There is only one point between us. The Honda is a fantastic machine and I'm happy to be on the podium," he concluded.

"It's been a great weekend, I was disappointed after the first race but the second went well," said Bayliss "I just wanted to show James a wheel here and there, and see if he made a mistake which he didn't." After fading in race one Bayliss went for a harder tyre compound "The tyres worked good and with three laps to go I was nearly in the same place as I was in race one, so I was as delicate as I could be."