Bayliss stunning double win in motorcycle racing series
The Staff of Clutch and Chrome
April 28th 2008
A double win
at the World Superbike Championship in Assen took Troy
Bayliss and Ducati Motorcycles to the top of both individual
and manufacturer standings.
The Australian started from pole and claimed the first race
after taking the lead with two thirds left to go when Yukio
Kagayama made a mistake. After an early four-way battle for
the lead, Bayliss held off Japan's Nori Haga to also win the
second race.
He now leads the title race by 70 points from Carlos Checa.
1 Troy Bayliss (Aus) Ducati 36mins 50.907secs
2 Carlos Checa (Spa) Honda 36:53.039
3 Max Neukirchner (Ger) Suzuki 36:53.086
4 Yukio Kagayama (Jpn) Suzuki 37:01.826
5 Troy Corser (Aus) Yamaha 37:01.958
6 Jakub Smrz (Cze) Ducati 37:02.886
7 Ryuichi Kiyonari (Jpn) Honda 37:06.091
8 Makoto Tamada (Jpn) Kawasaki 37:09.302
9 Gregorio Lavilla (Spa) Honda 37:09.541
10 Max Biaggi (Ita) Ducati 37:11.606
Race two results:
1 Troy Bayliss (Aus) Ducati 36mins 46.238secs
2 Noriyuki Haga (Jpn) Yamaha 36:46.320
3 Carlos Checa (Spa) Honda 36:52.574
4 Ruben Xaus (Spa) Ducati 36:53.813
5 Max Neukirchner (Ger) Suzuki 36:54.249
6 Yukio Kagayama (Jpn) Suzuki 37:00.237
7 Gregorio Lavilla (Spa) Honda 37:01.453
8 Jakub Smrz (Cze) Ducati 37:02.614
9 Makoto Tamada (Jpn) Kawasaki 37:03.507
10 Troy Corser (Aus) Yamaha 37:04.618
World Superbikes driver standings:
1 Troy Bayliss (Aus) Ducati 178pts
2 Carlos Checa (Spa) Honda 108
3 Troy Corser (Aus) Yamaha 89
4 Fonsi Nieto (Spa) Suzuki 85
5 Ruben Xaus (Spa) Ducati 81
6 Noriyuki Haga (Jpn) Yamaha 67
7 Max Neukirchner (Ger) Suzuki 66
8 Max Biaggi (Ita) Ducati 54
9 Gregorio Lavilla (Spa) Honda 48
10 Lorenzo Lanzi (Ita) Ducati 42
Manufacturers's championship standings:
1 Ducati 190pts
2 Yamaha 126
3 Suzuki 113
4 Honda 109
5 Kawasaki 37 |
