The World Superbike Championship is about to face the final acts of its latest exciting season, with a championship standing that may feature a substantial advantage for leader Bayliss, but is also promises a fantastically open contest behind Troy B. At the Lausitz track the battle will be to keep the Championship open, to postpone the victory party for Ducati and Bayliss that now seems almost sure.
But more than this: Toseland and Haga are fighting closely for second position in the Championship, and with them there will also be Pitt, looking for a prestigious result to convince Yamaha he’s still a rider who deserves the investment of another season. There are also the two Suzuki Alstare riders and Lorenzo Lanzi, who became a star here last season, winning a race and convincing the team Ducati Xerox outfit to offer him an official bike in 2006.
With them in the upper echelons are the green Kawasakis, which can now score important results, as they proved last round at Assen, where they took a win (Walker) and a third place (Nieto). Alex Barros, with his Klaffi Honda, is also expected to figure strongly - especially after a solid test here earlier in the year.
Easy then to predict another two exciting races for this round, on a racetrack which has proved to be technical and quite tortuous in previous visits.
For the SBK class Pirelli has brought the 'Diablo Superbike' in three different front solutions (of which the “A” and “C” are those that everyday riders are used to buying under the name of “SC1” and “SC2”) and four different rear solutions - plus as usual the qualifying tyre. This is the choice, if we have a dry race, otherwise riders will move from the slick tyres to grooved products - “Intermediate”, “Rain” and “Full Rain” tyres.
Aside from the SBK class, the Supersport category will be the most closely conteseted, as Australian rider Curtain proved when he leapfrogged 2005 World Champion Charpentier to take the series lead at Assen. The single rider maximum of 75 points to be assigned from now on in offer us the prospect of a grandstand season finish.
Also for the Supersport class, Pirelli has brought more solutions: 2 front and 2 rears, but the rules do not allow the use of a qualifier. SS is raced with 'Diablo Supercorsa tyres', the new 17” DOT tyre presented by Pirelli for the first time at the Misano round.
Adding the wet weather tyres, the two Superstock 1000 (Pirelli Dragon Supercorsa PRO SC2) choices and Superstock 600 (Pirelli Diablo Corsa III- Three zone compound) materials, we reach the total of almost 6,000 tyres in Lausitz, brought by Pirelli to provide a weekend of ultimate emotions and adrenaline overload.
SBK: Race1:- 24 laps 1, Vermeulen - Honda CBR 1000 RR - Winston Ten Kate Honda 33’36.341
2, Haga - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia +0.269
3, Corser - Suzuki GSX1000RK5 - Suzuki Alstare +2.299
SBK: Race21, Lanzi - Ducati 999F05 - Ducati Xerox 40’20.947
2, Vermeulen - Honda CBR 1000 RR - Winston Ten Kate Honda+0.840
3, Haga - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Italia+4.598
WSS: - 23 laps1, Curtain - Yamaha YZF R6 - Yamaha Germany 39’39.394
2, Parkes - Yamaha YZF R6 - Yamaha Germany +2.578
3, Foret - Honda CBR 600RR - Team Megabike +12.033
FIM Superstock 1000: - 14 laps1, Van Keymeulen - Yamaha YZF R1 - Yamaha Motor Germany21’11.899
2, Scassa - Yamaha YZF R1 - Ormeni Racing +9.153
3, ChiarelloSuzuki - GSXR1000 - Suzuki Alstare +16.200
European Superstock 600: - 12 laps1, Berger - Honda CBR 600 RR - MBE 21’50.636
2, Tiberio - Honda CBR 600 RR - Junior Team Megabike +5.537
3, Simeon - Suzuki GSX600R - Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra +9.170
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