Yamaha Team Italia rider Claudio Corti brought his YZF-R1 SP home fifth in a dramatic fourth round of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup at Misano. Starting from the front row, the 18-year-old Italian led briefly in the opening stages before slipping back as he struggled with set-up problems. After crashing in the morning warm-up, the current European Superstock 600 Champion was forced to race with his spare bike and was unable to exactly replicate the settings of his preferred machine.
Corti spent most of the race battling for third with Luca Scassa (MV Agusta), Brendan Roberts (Suzuki) and Riccardo Chiarello (Kawasaki) but looked set for sixth until picking up a position on the final lap, when Chiarello slid off. The Yamaha rider took to the grass but stayed upright to gain 11 championship points. Corti now lies fourth in the championship, on 50 points.
The championship top three was reflected in today's race. Alessandro Polita (Suzuki) was the runaway winner and now leads the championship by 27 points from today's second placed rider, Ayrton Badovini (MV Agusta). Scassa eventually claimed the third spot on the Misano rostrum to move one point ahead of Corti in the championship standings, in third.
Claudio Corti (Yamaha Team Italia)"I had a big crash in the morning practice and although I was ok the bike was very badly damaged. We didn't have enough time to repair the bike, so we had to use a spare. We didn't have enough time to set it up properly and I didn't have the same speed I had the rest of the weekend. Fifth is not so bad in the circumstances but I had wanted to do better at this circuit."
Round: 4 - Misano
Circuit: Misano
Circuit Length: 4060
Lap Record: 1' 37.526 (Alessandro Polita, 2006)
Fastest Lap Ever: 1' 37.526 (Alessandro Polita, 2006)
Crowd: 61000
Temp: 28ºC
Weather: Sunny
Race: 15 Laps 1 A. Polita Suzuki ITA 24' 48.301
2 A. Badovini MV Agusta ITA +6.602
3 L. Scassa MV Agusta ITA +9.519
4 R. Roberts Suzuki AUS +10.777
5 C. Corti Yamaha ITA +18.127
6 E. Rocamora Yamaha ESP +19.192
7 S. Saltarelli Kawasaki ITA +31.703
8 M. Smrz Honda CZE +31.965
9 R. Cooper Honda GBR +32.011
10 R. Chiarello Kawasaki ITA +33.028
11 A. Martinez Mas Kawasaki ESP +34.306
12 M. Baiocco Yamaha ITA +35.749
13 C. Tangre Suzuki FRA +36.451
14 M. Jerman Suzuki SVK +37.936
15 D. Dell'omo Suzuki ITA +43.021
Fastest Race Lap: 1 A. Polita Suzuki ITA 1' 37.526
Championship standings FIM Superstock 1000 Cup:1 Alessandro Polita Suzuki ITA 95
2 Ayrton Badovini MV Agusta ITA 68
3 Luca Scassa MV Agusta ITA 51
4 Claudio Corti Yamaha ITA 50
5 Enrique Rocamora Yamaha ESP 39
6 Riccardo Chiarello Kawasaki ITA 33
7 Alex Martinez Mas Kawasaki ESP 29
8 Denis Sacchetti Kawasaki ITA 27
9 Matteo Baiocco Yamaha ITA 23
10 Ivan Silva Kawasaki ESP 20
11 Ilario Dionisi Yamaha ITA 19
12 Simone Saltarelli Kawasaki ITA 18
13 Sheridan Morais Suzuki RSA 18
14 Richard Cooper Honda GBR 14
15 Danilo Dell'omo Suzuki ITA 14
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