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Brands Hatch, Sunday 5th
August 2007
TOSELAND
SETS PERSONAL BESTS AND EDGES AHEAD AGAIN - LOCAL RIDER DOUBLE SENDS 126,000
STRONG CROWD WILD After the
wettest summer ever in the UK, the local British crowd got to worship their
latest local sun god in perfect conditions at Brands Hatch, as James Toseland
(Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) basked in the glow of his first ever World Superbike
double win, scored his first ever wins at Brands Hatch, and took a huge 66 point
lead into the final three rounds, which appear after the traditional summer
break.
Toseland’s wins were
his seventh and eighth of the year, and he has now won three of the last four
races.
RACE
ONE Toseland led from lap
three onwards, but for the pole man Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) disaster awaited
on lap five when he fell at Druids, after being passed by Toseland and Noriyuki
Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia). The Japanese was to run on himself at Surtees and
finish seventh, not his expected second or first, leaving the consistently fast
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) 1.5 seconds down on Toseland at the flag, with
astonishingly effective Brands debutant Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra)
third. Max’s team-mate Yukio Kagayama, who was also on for a podium at one
stage, fell at high speed at Clearways, and was lucky to escape serious
injury.
RACE
TWO Toseland had to wait
for more time to get to the front in race two, pursued by Haga and Corser, but
when he did get into clear air he made the best of it and took a triumphant win,
by 1.6 seconds. Haga scored second for his only podium of the day, Corser
secured his second Brands podium after finishing a close third. In fourth place,
eight seconds down on Toseland, Michel Fabrizio (DFX Corse Honda) was impressive
again, holding off Kagayama. Biaggi made a jump start and was penalised with a
ride-through penalty which saw him restart well down but recover to take eighth
in race two.
XAUS
THE TOP DUCATI RIDER ON A DESPERATE DAY FOR BAYLISS AND LANZI
Ruben Xaus
(Sterilgarda Ducati) was the top scoring twin-cylinder rider in each race at
Brands, running out fourth and sixth, while the highest place for Bayliss was a
disappointing seventh in race two. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) was only
9th and 12th. For Roby Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) a
sixth an 11th place were poor rewards for a strong push, with Max
Neukirchner (Suzuki Germany) tenth on two
occasions.
KAWASAKI
MEN SCORE POINTS Regis
Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) and Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) each scored
points at Brands, with Laconi the more effective, with an eighth and ninth place
finish. Nieto, who had to recover from a crash in qualifying, was only
12th and 13th, at a circuit he is not particularly keen
on.
PRIVATEERS
HAVE A BUSY DAY AT BRANDS For the majority of
the pure private riders, Brands held few rewards, but notable rides came from
Steve Martin (Yamaha YZF) in race one, as he scored 11th in his
comeback event, but he used a different spec machine in race two and took a
16th place. Karl Muggeridge (Alto Evolution Honda) ran out of fuel in
race one and struggled with a poor front tyre option in race two, finishing
14th. Jakub Smrz (Ducati Caracchi) was 14th in race one,
as wild card Brit Marty Nutt (Nuttravel.com) took a point for 15th in
race one.
POS NO.
RIDER BIKE
TIME
1 52
Toseland J. (GBR) Honda
CBR1000RR 36'34.177 (151,847 kph)
2 41
Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1.686
3 11
Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1.760
4 84
Fabrizio M. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 8.456
5 71
Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 8.988
6 111
Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 999 F06 9.470
7 21
Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 999 F07 18.313
8 3
Biaggi M. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 19.116
9 55
Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 20.501
10 76
Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 20.586
Championship
Standings: 1.
Toseland 355 2. Haga 289 3. Biaggi 286 4. Bayliss 258 5. Corser 227 6. Xaus 163
7. Lanzi 161 8. Rolfo 146 9. Neukirchner 123 10. Kagayama
116
WORLD
SUPERSPORT - SOFUOGLU CHAMPION! In finishing second
at Brands Hatch Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) did enough to take his
first ever World Championship crown, putting himself out of reach of his closest
rivals with three races to spare. His remarkable year - still unfinished - has
included six wins, two seconds and one third, and he now has 206 points to
second place rider Fabien Foret’s (GIL Kawasaki) total of 126.
Broc Parkes (Yamaha
World Supersport Team) won his first race of the season, and is now fifth
overall, with Sofuoglu the runner-up today and Massimo Roccoli (Yamaha Lorenzini
by Leoni) third, just ahead of Robbin Harms (Stiggy Motorsports
Honda).
Sebastien Charpentier
(Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) was supposed to start from pole but a late change of
machine put him at the back of the starting grid, and he had to fight through
the entire field to go 15th - later disqualified for not entering
Parc Ferme after the race.
Early leader Craig
Jones (Revè Ekerold Honda) fell on lap five, with the top British finisher being
wild card rider Tommy Hill (Yamaha World SSP racing) in
fifth.
In the championship
Sofuoglu is 80 points up on Fabien Foret (GIL Kawasaki) who was only sixth
today, with Brands non-finisher Katsuaki Fujiwara (Althea Honda) still
third.
SUPERSTOCK
1000 FIM CUP - CANEPA WINS Niccolo Canepa
(Ducati Xerox Junior Team) scored a clear win after an early fight in the
Superstock race, with Xavier Simeon (Alstare Suzuki) scoring second and Claudio
Corti (Yamaha Team Italia) third, after losing his early lead. Championship top
man Matteo Baiocco (Umbria Bike Yamaha) was fourth, and retained his
championship lead. Mark Aitchison (Celani Team Suzuki Italia) had to start from
the back of the grid but still finished eight. He set a new lap record on lap
four, with a 1’29.317.
In the championship
itself, Baiocco has 128 points, Simeon 116, Aitchison 108 and Canepa
105.
SUPERSTOCK
600 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - BERGER BELTS OUT
ANOTHER
In the second
Superstock race of the weekend, Frenchman Maxime Berger (team Trasimeno) put a
significant 26 points between himself and second place championship rider
Michele Magnoni (Bevilacqua Corse) who was fourth in the second Brands Hatch
race. Andrea Antonelli (Team Italia Megabike) was second in race two, and now
sits third overall, 37 points from Berger. The local crowd had something to
cheer about as Greg Black (Capaul Black Racing Yamaha) was third. Domenico
Colucci (Ducati Xerox) broke his right femur in a crash and was whisked to
hospital for restorative surgery.
from WSBK press office
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