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World Superbike 2006 -
Round Four - Monza - Supersport Race May 7th, 2006 - By, Trevor Hedge |
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World Superbike 2006 -
Round Four - Monza - Supersport Race May 7th, 2006 - By, Trevor Hedge |
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| Zaiser, the top qualifier for
Ducati after running 12th quickest yesterday, failed to complete
the warm up lap as his machine expired halfway through that warm
up lap. Charpentier jumped the start. Three riders went down at turn one. Charpentier immediately started to walk away from the field. Kevin Curtain made his way past TIberio and Harms to move into second place on the second lap. Vizziello went down on the next lap but walked away unhurt. Curtain managed to pull a few bike lengths over Tiberio and Harms but on lap four Tiberio closed on Curtain and then made his way past for second place on lap five of the 16 lap encounter. The three then went three-wide down the main straight on lap six as Sebastien Charpentier entered pit-lane for his ride through penalty which of course then turned the battle for second place into a battle for the race lead. Charpentier rejoined the race in 11th place but it was only a matter of a few corners before he was up to eighth and chasing down Broc Parkes and Stuart Easton, the young Scot having replaced Josh Brookes on the SC Caracchi Ducati 749R. Curtain took the race lead on lap nine while Charpentier out-braked himself before the chicane after setting a new lap record and lost one of the positions he had just made up to slip back to tenth. Harms made a couple of mistakes which allowed Curtain and Tiberio to break away. Then on lap 13 Curtain was robbed of a certain podium and probable win when the engine on his R6 went up in a puff of smoke down the main straight. Just when Curtain gets his best chance of clawing back some of the 15 point advantage in the championship to Charpentier his engine fails him. That left 19 year old Frenchman Yoann Tiberio with in the clear lead with a healthy gap over second placed Harms. Charpentier had made short work of the riders that were battling over fifth position to move up to fourth place and then with two laps to run moved past Roccoli for third place. Tiberio then went on to take the win by two seconds over Harms while Charpentier made it an all Honda podium. Roccoli the first Yamaha man home in fourth place ahead of Sofuoglu while young Scot Stuart Easton got the better of Broc Parkes for sixth place.
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