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                   APRILIA NEWS - SBK

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SBK - Sugo (JPN) - Sunday

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Troy Corser is leading WSBK Championship again

The Australian rider of Aprilia had two good races in the land of

raising sun; he was aggressive in the first race and tactical during the

second one. With the second and sixth place reached today, he scored 22

points ahead Bayliss, his closest competitor. It means back to Europe

after a long period ready to play the important Italian race held on

Monza circuit. Finishing both races at 14th place Regis Laconi that he

could not find the best set-up of his RSV Mille and his partial

experience on this technical track. Frenchman is ready to rise again in

Europe. Double victory for the Japanese Wild Card Tamada: today really

unbeatable.

Temperatures. Race 1: 22° air/41° ground - Race 2: 22°/41° - Clear sky.

"Without a small mistake into the chicane I think that I could make it

difficult for Tamada to pass me", said Troy Corser immediately after

Race1. "During the Warm up I tried a different bike set-up but it was

not the right solution. The squad got a very big job and we could set on

the previous package solution just in time for the race. No matter with

Izutsu, who tried for a long time to attach my second position. I was

really concentrated on the lap timing and I set the pace. I knew very

well the efficiency of the tyres that I choose for the race, so I was

tranquil and safe. " During Race 2" said Corser, "I had a strong

chattering on the tyre and rim into right hander turns, so I lost time

and track and It was impossible to attack, that's way I preferred to

continue the race tactically."

"A mistake into the chicane at the fifth lap, while I was in eight

position, suggested me to cut off the variant" said Regis Laconi after

the first race, "A rider just come back on the track hit me and after he

was down, I'm sorry for him. I continued to ride with a damaged bike

trying to score some points. In the Race 2, I attacked Edwuards but all

the times I was closed to him, turning on the throttle I was loosing the

rear grip. I had difficulties on the bike set-up, and if you have not a

good racing package is very hard to get something".

Race 1: Tamada (Honda) 37'45.090 - 2° Corser (Aprilia Axo) +4.090 - 3°

Izutsu (Kawasaki) +7.668 - 4° Ito (Honda) +12.117 - 5° Ryo (Suzuki)

+12.431 - 6° Lavilla (Kawasaki) +18.679 - 7° Hodgson (Ducati) +19.091 -

8° Chili (Suzuki) 19.091 - 9° Bostrom (Ducati) +25.008 - 10° Yoshikawa

(Yamaha) +25.307- 11° Toseland (Ducati) +36.006 - 12° Edwards (Honda) +

38.281 -13° Bayliss (Ducati) +39.485 - 14° Laconi (Aprilia Axo) +40.355.

Race 2: 1° Tamada - 2° Izutsu - 3° Serizawa - 4° Bostrom - 5° Hodgson -

6° Corser - 7° Ryo - 8° Chili - 9° Ito - 10° Kagayama - 14° Laconi.

Riders point after 4 rounds: 1° Corser 122 - 2° Bayliss 100 - 3° Edwards

80 - 4° Bostrom 74 - 5° Chili 61 - 6° Lavilla 55 - 7° Tamada 50 - 8°

Hodgson 49 - 9° Yanagawa 47 - 10° Izutsu 43 - 11° Laconi 35.

Manufacturers: 1° Honda 124 - 2° Ducati 123 - 3° Aprilia 122 - 4°

Kawasaki 96 - 5° Suzuki 65 - 6° Yamaha 10