WSB Rd. 12, Magny Cours, France, Sunday 8th October, 2006
Weather: R1 14°C, R2 19°C
Track: , R1 22°C, R2 30°C
Spectators: (61’000 overall 3 days)

Race 1:
Winston Ten Kate Honda’s Karl Muggeridge moved up in to second place on lap one after an average start, however the race got red flagged because of oil on the track before the lap was even completed.

The second time around Muggas start was a fair bit better but and he was running in 4th position for a while until he got passed into the hairpin a couple of times and the pushed too hard to catch back up and lost the front into the second corner, a place where he expected it the least.

Muggas comments: “I got a pretty good start but then the race got red flagged so we had to restart again. The second time around wasn’t that flash but I was still running in 4th until I got some hard passes put on and got gapped a bit. I tried really hard to catch them back, probably a bit too hard and lost the front. I’m very disappointed about the way that ended”

Race 2:
In the second race here at Magny Cours and the final one of the 2006 World Superbike Championship Winston Ten Kate Honda’s Karl Muggeridge finished in 6th place after another good start of the race.

Muggas was holding 4th for a good while till he lost his breath after a hard pass and couldn’t keep up with the leader group. He was pretty angry at that moment as it’s been looking good for the Australian to hang in there and finally get his first World Superbike Podium, however it wasn’t ment to be.

Karl Muggeridge comments: “I had a pretty good start again and was happy and comfortable to run with the front group, then Bayliss barged his way through and I tried to pass him back the next corner but he closed in on me and fully chopped the front of my bike off, so I hit the tank really hard with the family jewels and lost the breath. I lost too much time and it was impossible to catch back up to the guys so after what happened in race one I decided to be happy with fifth but then Andrew Pitt got passed me, which wouldn’t have been a problem he didn’t get away and I could have easy passed him back if the CBR1000 didn’t start running out of fuel the last couple of laps and so I didn’t have enough power lap.”

World Champion Troy Bayliss took the victory in front of fellow Aussie Troy Corser and Winston’s James Toseland who took second place in the Championship.