Xerox Ducati Double as Toseland Wins Race Two

Xerox Ducati Double as Toseland Wins Race Two

After some impressive showings in qualifying the factory Ducati Xerox team showed it still had teeth and claws in race conditions at Silverstone, registering its first race wins of the year after two epic Superbike contests. Regis Laconi won the first of the 28-lap fights, held in front of a weekend crowd of 70,000, before the locals went wild celebrating a battling victory for reigning World Champion James Toseland in the second leg.

RACE ONE: A great start from Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) put him in contention for the win for most of the race, but a technical problem with his fuel pump ruled him out late in event, leaving three riders to battle it out. Regis Laconi (Ducati Xerox 999) held off Troy Corser (Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki) to record his first win of the year. Local hero James Toseland (Ducati Xerox) scored third place; a taste of things to come. Such was the pace of the leading three, that fourth placed rider Chris Vermeulen (Winston Ten Kate Honda) was 11 seconds down on the leaders, and Laconi took the new circuit lap record of 1’27.130.

RACE TWO: With long time leader Corser once more fighting with Haga, and Laconi out after a lap two crash, James Toseland hit the lead after 17 laps, running hard at the front but unable to shake off Corser and the very slowly fading Haga. Toseland’s final efforts were enough to give him the race win, his first of the year, and bring him closer to the overall championship battle – as well as make the British bank Holiday weekend a party for all his massed countrymen. Corser’s second place nonetheless increased his championship lead, to 78 points, from his team-mate Yukio Kagayama, who fell in race one, and was only seventh in the second 28-lap contest.

A strong second race performance for Chris Vermeulen gave him another fourth place, keeping him third in the championship, only three points from second place. Pierfrancesco Chili (Klaffi Honda) fought off cramp and some close attentions from other riders to record a pair of fifth places, while his injured team-mate Max Neukirchner was an impressive seventh, then a crash affected 18th, pushed off the circuit for a time by a fallen machine.

Chris Walker (PSG-1 Kawasaki ZX-10R) rode his heart out for his home crowd at Silverstone, finishing almost within touching distance of Chili in both races – and swelling his points score enough to go sixth overall in the title race. A good meeting in parts for Kawasaki riders of note put Giovanni Bussei (Bertocchi Kawasaki) an aggressive eighth in the opener, after a brilliant ride through the field.

Andrew Pitt (Yamaha Motor Italia) was forced to take a ride through penalty after crashing in the morning warm up, after which his machine’s engine failed to cut out. He finished race one 13th, despite this handicap. A battling ride around a circuit layout he was not keen on saw him ninth in race two. Norick Abe suffered a clutch failure on his Yamaha Motor France Ipone machine, but recovered to beat Pitt over the line for eighth – in his first Silverstone visit. Ben Bostrom (Renegade Honda Koji CBR1000RR) had the sub frame on his machine break in race one and then finish 14th in race two, fighting a lack of front-end grip after changes in set-up between races. Karl Muggeridge (Winston Ten Kate Honda) was tenth in both races.

Garry McCoy broke an unwelcome season-long duck to secure his first points on his Petronas triple, taking 13th place in race two. His team-mate Steve Martin had one DNF in race one and a 20th place in the second outing.

WSB Silverstone Race 1 Result

1 – Laconi Régis – Ducati Xerox – Ducati 999F05 – 40’58.899
2 – Corser Troy – Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra – Suzuki GSXR1000 K5 – 40’58.995
3 – Toseland James – Ducati Xerox – Ducati 999F05 – 41’00.035
4 – Vermeulen Chris – Winston Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’10.184
5 – Chili Pierfrancesco – Klaffi Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’13.548
6 – Walker Chris – PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse – Kawasaki ZX10 – 41’15.360
7 – Neukirchner Max – Klaffi Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’39.364
8 – Bussei Giovanni – Kawasaki Bertocchi – Kawasaki ZX10 – 41’42.164
9 – Cardoso Josè Luis – D.F.X. Treme – Yamaha YZF R1 – 41’45.310
10 – Muggeridge Karl – Winston Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’48.110
11 – Kagayama Yukio – Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra – Suzuki GSXR1000 K5 – 41’50.605
12 – Sanchini Mauro – PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse – Kawasaki ZX10 – 41’55.273
13 – Pitt Andrew – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – Yamaha YZF R1 – 42’10.501
14 – Velini Alessio – Team Pedercini – Ducati 999RS – 42’24.085
15 – Praia Miguel – DFXtreme Sterilgarda – Yamaha YZF R1 – 42’24.873
16 – Nickmans Michel – Zone Rouge – Yamaha YZF R1 – 42’25.673

Retired

RT – Martin Steve – Foggy Petronas Racing – Petronas FP1 – 40’50.226
RT – Haga Noriyuki – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – Yamaha YZF R1 – 36’50.840
RT – Bostrom Ben – Renegade Koji – Honda CBR 1000RR – 34’34.981
RT – Abe Norick – Yamaha Motor France-Ipone – Yamaha YZF R1 – 33’27.382
RT – Roccoli Massimo – Italia Lorenzini by Leoni – Yamaha YZF R1 – 16’38.597
RT – McCoy Garry – Foggy Petronas Racing – Petronas FP1 – 13’12.274
RT – Lanzi Lorenzo – Ducati SC Caracchi – Ducati 999RS – 1’36.654
RT – Alfonsi Lorenzo – D.F.X. Treme – Yamaha YZF R1
RT – Nieto Fonsi – Ducati SC Caracchi – Ducati 999RS
RT – Gimbert Sebastien – Yamaha Motor France-Ipone – Yamaha YZF R1
RT – Clementi Ivan – Team Pedercini – Ducati 999RS

WSB Silver Race 2 Result

1 – Toseland James – Ducati Xerox – Ducati 999F05 – 40’55.190
2 – Corser Troy – Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra – Suzuki GSXR1000 K5 – 40’55.663
3 – Haga Noriyuki – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – Yamaha YZF R1 – 40’58.377
4 – Vermeulen Chris – Winston Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’01.881
5 – Chili Pierfrancesco – Klaffi Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’12.113
6 – Walker Chris – PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse – Kawasaki ZX10 – 41’12.247
7 – Kagayama Yukio – Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra – Suzuki GSXR1000 K5 – 41’23.438
8 – Abe Norick – Yamaha Motor France-Ipone – Yamaha YZF R1 – 41’26.950
9 – Pitt Andrew – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB – Yamaha YZF R1 – 41’27.274
10 – Muggeridge Karl – Winston Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’31.682
11 – Lanzi Lorenzo – Ducati SC Caracchi – Ducati 999RS – 41’34.660
12 – Clementi Ivan – Team Pedercini – Ducati 999RS – 41’35.372
13 – McCoy Garry – Foggy Petronas Racing – Petronas FP1 – 41’36.515
14 – Bostrom Ben – Renegade Koji – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’41.286
15 – Roccoli Massimo – Italia Lorenzini by Leoni – Yamaha YZF R1 – 41’51.441
16 – Bussei Giovanni – Kawasaki Bertocchi – Kawasaki ZX10 – 41’51.923
17 – Sanchini Mauro – PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse – Kawasaki ZX10 – 41’54.092
18 – Neukirchner Max – Klaffi Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 41’59.857
19 – Velini Alessio – Team Pedercini – Ducati 999RS – 42’08.751
20 – Martin Steve – Foggy Petronas Racing – Petronas FP1 – 42’12.859
21 – Nickmans Michel – Zone Rouge – Yamaha YZF R1 – 42’20.529

Retired

RT – Nieto Fonsi – Ducati SC Caracchi – Ducati 999RS – 30’32.802
RT – Praia Miguel – DFXtreme Sterilgarda – Yamaha YZF R1 – 18’10.947
RT – Laconi Régis – Ducati Xerox – Ducati 999F05 – 1’31.177
RT – Cardoso Josè Luis – D.F.X. Treme – Yamaha YZF R1 – 1’32.580

Championship Points After Silverstone Race Two

1 – T. Corser – 222
2 – Y. Kagayama – 144
3 – C. Vermeulen – 141
4 – R. Laconi – 112
5 – J. Toseland – 98
6 – C. Walker – 74
7 – A. Pitt – 70
8 – N. Haga – 68
9 – P. Chili – 66
10 – N. Abe – 62
11 – M. Neukirchner – 50
12 – K. Muggeridge – 50
13 – G. Bussei – 39
14 – S. Gimbert – 26
15 – B. Bostrom – 21
16 – M. Sanchini – 20
17 – F. Nieto – 17
18 – I. Clementi – 17
19 – G. Nannelli – 13
20 – D. Checa Carrera – 13

Manufacturers Points After Silverstone

1 – Suzuki – 231
2 – Honda – 154
3 – Ducati – 150
4 – Yamaha – 109
5 – Kawasaki – 86
6 – Petronas – 4

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