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World Superbike 2006 -
Round Five - Silverstone - Corser Report May 28th, 2006 |
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World Superbike 2006 -
Round Five - Silverstone - Corser Report May 28th, 2006 |
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Troy will not look back on today
with much affection after failing to score any points in the
first race and finishing just sixth in the second. Today dawned
fine and the past two days of rain gave way to a mixture of sun
and cloud. Disaster struck in the opening lap of race one, when
Troy was struck from behind in the very first corner! Luckily
the race was red-flagged and Troy was able to get back to the
pits and jump onto his spare bike and line up for the restart.
But Troy then crashed in the final chicane after just one lap,
because of a tyre that was too hard. He remounted and began to
chase the field, who were long gone, but after a few laps, and
many slides, he had no choice but to retire. In race two he
struggled with throttle response problems, but kept going and
ended up sixth. Series leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati) won both
races, with Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) finishing runner-up both
times. Briton James Toseland (Honda) kept the podiums
symmetrical by taking third on both occasions.
TROY - Race 1: DNF, Race 2: 6th
- "Well that was a bit of an off-day for us, wasn’t it? In the
first race, I got taken out by another rider and crashed. Lucky
for me I wasn’t injured and lucky also because the red-flag
meant that I could run back to the pits and get my spare bike
for the restart. The bike didn’t feel the same as my number one
bike, though we’d set it up the same way. After one lap, I found
out that the tyre was too hard and down I went in the chicane
just before the start straight. I managed to get back on and
carry on, but by then the pack had long gone. I kept going for a
while, but I was having a lot of slides and problems with tyre
spin, so I had to pull in. |
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