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Bayliss Takes Healthy Points Margin to Monza
08 May 2008
Following his double victory at Assen, Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) will come to Monza for the IDS Italian Round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship this weekend with a healthy 70 point lead in the table over his closest rivals as the series reaches third distance. In eight races so far on his Ducati 1098 F08, the 39-year-old from Taree has taken the chequered flag on five occasions, finished second twice and has only been off the podium once, in race 2 at Losail. This sort of steamrolling form will guarantee Bayliss an ample cushion from his 178 points in the next few races should a challenge be mounted by the chasing four-cylinder contenders.
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Interview With Charpentier WSS Champion
09 October 2006
Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) won both the Magny-Cours race and the 2006 World Supersport Championship after a stunningly dramatic afternoon of action in his home country of France. The 22-lap race was delayed because of the late finish to SBK Race One, and as Charpentier and Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) led the running order in the early laps, the championship leader, Kevin Curtain, fell on lap eight. Curtain needed to finish only eighth in the race to win the series, but Charpentier was now clear to win both race and title - and did so in some style, from second placed Sofuoglu and Broc Parkes, Curtain's team-mate. In taking his second title in as many years, Charpentier made history by becoming the first rider to score back-to-back WSS title wins.
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Charpentier The Champion And The History Man
09 October 2006
Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) won both the Magny-Cours race and the 2006 World Supersport Championship after a stunningly dramatic afternoon of action in his home country of France. The 22-lap race was delayed because of the late finish to SBK Race One, and as Charpentier and Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) led the running order in the early laps, the championship leader, Kevin Curtain, fell on lap eight. Curtain needed to finish only eighth in the race to win the series, but Charpentier was now clear to win both race and title - and did so in some style, from second placed Sofuoglu and Broc Parkes, Curtain's team-mate. In taking his second title in as many years, Charpentier made history by becoming the first rider to score back-to-back WSS title wins.
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Pole For Charpentier With Sofuoglu Second
07 October 2006
Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) lowered the best Supersport lap time at Magny-Cours once more to set pole for Sunday's 22-lap race, despite far from ideal conditions underfoot. It was his eighth pole of the 2006 season. Once again the track and weather conditions conspired to make it a difficult day for the Supersport entrants, and shortly after a very short spell of light rain appeared, Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) fell at a fast section of the 4.411km circuit, but he escaped without further injury to the leg he injured yesterday. Championship leader Kevin Curtain was only fifth on the grid, good news for Charpentier, who is still in with a chance to retain his championship crown.
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Charpentier Ready For Last Great Challenge
05 October 2006
Sebastien Charpentier and the Winston Ten Kate Honda team now look to Magny Cours, the last round of the Supersport World Championship, for their latest great challenge - to secure the Supersport world title for the fifth time in a row. Charpentier is some way behind Curtain, the championship leader at this moment, but with the Charpentier everyone saw in Imola, nothing is impossible. That performance was also possible thanks to the Honda CBR600RR and Charpentier’s team-mate, Kenan Sofuoglu, who will once more be trying to help the title fight by scoring another podium.
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Charpentier And Sofuoglu Peerless At Imola
01 October 2006
A superb display of formation flying from Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) gave them the best result possible, with Charpentier's win keeping his championship hopes very much alive and Sofuoglu's second moving him up to third in the overall classification. Sofuoglu was the long-term leader, until Charpentier passed with seven laps to go, and other than a short excursion across the Variante Alta for Sofuoglu with just a handful of laps left, the race continued to a conclusion without major incident.
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Charpentier And Sofuloflu Dominate Final Qualifying
01 October 2006
Both Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) improved on their Friday best time to secure a 1-2 start for their Dutch-based team, giving them the best possible preparation for Sunday's 21-lap race. The last few minutes of qualifying were an exciting time in the Winston Ten Kate Honda pit, as the crews working with each rider had their own battle for supremacy on the track. It was a successful campaign for both, as the nearest challenger ended up some 1.2 seconds behind Charpentier and 0.9 seconds behind Sofuoglu.
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Charpentier And Sofuloflu Go 1-2 On Opening Day
30 September 2006
Despite suffering a crash in the middle of the first qualifying session of the Imola weekend Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) took a stunning provisional pole time of 1’52.842, almost a second faster than his championship rival Kevin Curtain, and only close to being matched by Charpentier’s on-form team-mate, Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda), who finished his first day of Imola Supersport action second quickest.
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Charpentier Set For A Comeback, Podium The Aim For Sofuoglu
27 September 2006
In the last two races of the season the World Supersport Championship will be decided, and the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team is ready to give maximum support to Sebastien Charpentier to enable him to mount a successful comeback. Because of an injury suffered by the French rider mid-season, the 2005 World Champion is now 27 points behind the leader in the standings, Kevin Curtain, But with 50 points up for grabs the Frenchmen is ready to give it all in the last two races of the season. His morale is back at a high level after the great performances he achieved in recent Magny-Cours tests and now Seb wants to win both races, starting with Imola. Assistance will be offered by his team-mate Kenan Sofuoglu, who has been in great form during this part of the season. Kenan has won the last two races and will surely be able to fight for the podium in the final two, primed as he is to help his team-mate reach his championship goal.
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Sofuoglu Two For Two After Charpentier Retires For An Injury
10 September 2006
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) once more showed his true talent and class by winning the German round of the championship, being content to sit behind long term leader Kevin Curtain until the 19th lap of 23, then pouncing to score his second win in as many weekends. His team-mate Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR), who is chasing the overall title, was in some difficulty in the early laps and ran off the circuit on the seventh lap. He went down the escape road at turn one, but took a wrong turn in the tyre barrier area, hit the tyres as he attempted to pass between them, and restarted well down on the leaders. He pulled in to retire from the race on lap nine dropping valuable championship points. Sofuoglu also scored the new track lap record, on lap four, with a 1’42.090.
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Sofuoglu And Charpentier On Front Row At Lausitz
10 September 2006
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) and Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) will start the 23-lap World Supersport contest at Eurospeedway Lausitz from the front row, after Kenan scored the second fastest lap time in combined qualifying, with Sebastien fourth. An exciting race is assured, as Kevin Curtain, Charpentier’s main championship challenger, went pole and thus lines up on the front row alongside the Winston Ten Kate Honda pairing, and the Ducati of Christian Zaiser.
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Sofuoglu Second Quickest With Charpentier Fourth
08 September 2006
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) kicked off his Lausitz weekend in fine style with the second fastest qualifying time of the official afternoon session, while his team-mate Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) went fourth quickest, some 0.709 behind. Fastest rider was Charpentier’s principle championship rival, Kevin Curtain, on 1’41.167.
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Charpentier Looking To Step Back In Front Of Curtain
07 September 2006
The objectives of the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team at Lausitz, for the tenth round of the SS World Championship, could not be clearer. To recover at least seven points in the championship for one rider, and confirm the Assen victory for another. The principal attentions are of course concentrated on Sebastien Charpentier, who will try his best to recover this leadership in the World standings, helped by his physical condition, which is now back to normal like at the beginning of the season. In his assault on Curtain’s lead, the French rider will surely be able to count on Kenan Sofuoglu, who is putting together a great final part of the season, mostly thanks to his victory in Assen. The Eurospeedway track is also one of Kenan’s favourites, and he is determinate to achieve the same result he gathered in Assen.
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Sofuoglu Takes A Superb Win As Charpentier Battles To Fourth
04 September 2006
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) scored his first ever World Supersport race victory on the home track of his team, after a two-part aggregate race, held in atrocious conditions. Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) crossed the line first in the second leg of the 21-lap combined race, but was only fourth overall.
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Charpentier On Pole For Crucial Assen Race
02 September 2006
Despite not making any improvement to his single best lap time from the first qualifying session on Friday, Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) will start Sunday’s 21-lap Assen Supersport race from an important pole position. Tied on points with second place Assen qualifier Kevin Curtain, Charpentier has earned an advantage off the line, which may prove important on Sunday. His team-mate Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) pushed hard in the final two laps of the day and improved from 12th on Friday to ninth today, and thus starts from the head of the third row.
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Charpentier Leads The Pack On Day One At Assen
01 September 2006
Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) kicked off the Winston Ten Kate Honda team’s home weekend with a superb performance in the first qualifying session, taking the fastest lap of the new 4.555km circuit at the first time of asking. Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) did not enjoy such immediate good fortune at the modified Assen circuit, but was still 12th fastest of out of 38 prospective qualifiers.
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Charpentier Back To Normal As Sofuoglu Seeks Improvement
31 August 2006
Sebastien Charpentier is now close to peak condition after recent injury, and his team-mate Kenan Sofuoglu is full of energy after his last two podium performances. With these strong credentials the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team is ready to compete in the ninth round of the Supersport World Championship, at the Assen circuit in Holland. Charpentier, the current World Champion, has now largely left behind the injury he suffered during Brno testing earlier this summer and is ready for this latest new challenge, partly because last year he missed victory at Assen and also because he wants to stand alone at the top of the standings, not share the lead as he does currently. For Turkish rider Kenan, the last two races have delivered great performances, each of which demonstrated his real value. Starting from Assen, these results may prove to be even more valuable as time goes on.
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Sofuoglu Third And Honda’s Best
07 August 2006
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) scored his third podium of the season after a tough 23-lap race around the classic Brands Hatch circuit, finishing just over two seconds from the race winner. Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) looked set for a podium until his physical condition forced him to slow at half race distance, and he eventually had to settle for sixth place, not fourth, after being overtaken by two riders on the final lap.
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Front Row Starts For Charpentier And Sofuoglu
07 August 2006
A promising first day of qualifying hardened into a successful final qualifying performance for both Winston Ten Kate Honda riders at Brands Hatch. Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) rode to second overall in the final qualifying standings, while his team-mate Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) will join him on the first row of the grid, with his first day qualifying time good enough to put him fourth.
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Sofuoglu And Charpentier Strong In First Qualifying
04 August 2006
Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) continued his recent run of sparkling form to post the fastest time in the opening qualifying session at Brands Hatch, with World Championship leader Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) proving he is back to near full fitness, by setting the third fastest lap of the first day.
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