Well, it was going to take a lot to stop Troy Bayliss getting on the podium at Phillip Island and, sure enough, the tough Aussie scored a famous double win at his home WSB round.

in what is to be his last ever Superbike race day at Phillip Island. Despite the elbow injury he sustained in a high-side on Saturday morning, Bayliss rode the two races perfectly, leading the field from the start in Race 1 (restart) and leading for most of Race 2 after rival Corser crashed out in the early stages.

Race one's restart was caused when Michel Fabrizio's Ducati stalled on the line and was struck first by the unsighted David Checa (Yamaha GMT94 Team) and then more powerfully by privateer Vittorio Iannuzzo, who was injured in the impact, breaking his left wrist. As Iannuzzo lay trackside the race was red-flagged, and a complete 22-lap restart called.


Troy Bayliss
"It's something you dream of, to have a double win and I knew this year it would be difficult to achieve but I have a great team behind me who all worked really hard. overnight They had to build a new bike for me from scratch after my crash yesterday. I had a few ups and downs this weekend. After Race 1 I was struggling with the last 6 laps but in the end I managed to take the win. In the second race the tyres were a little slower but I felt better on the bike which was more consistent and a pleasure to ride. After race 1 I was so tired but after the second one I felt great. I had to concentrate hard today as in the second race, even though I was ahead I was aware I had to keep it together and put in some consistently good laps. It's been incredible, great weather and some good racing. I know there will be fighting to come later this season so two wins like that was just fantastic."

Troy Corser (2nd and DNF - Yamaha Italy WSB Team)
"There were a few tough passes in that first race, but I never panicked even when I got run wide a couple of times. The bike wasn't perfect and we were moving around a bit too much. We were going as fast as we could sideways! We made changes for race two and it was a lot better. Overall a podium in race one was not too bad. They definitely held the start too long in race two. It was like the starting light was on, on and then on some more, then it went off. It was way too long to wait. I knew I had moved, but I had stopped again. Anyway I felt much more confident on the bike and in control in race two but it seemed to me that there was a small line of oil on the corner and that's what it felt like - tucking the front on oil. I thought there would be bikes coming into the gravel trap after me. We learned many things this weekend and I think we could have finished second in race two at least, maybe even challenged Troy Bayliss."

Carlos Checa (Ten Kate Honda) Sixth and second
“We are still new to this, a new rider on a new bike but at one stage of race two
I thought I could win. Then I realised that Bayliss, like in race one, had a bit in reserve.
Second is a good result for this stage of the season. My pace was enough to pull away from Xaus and Nieto, but there are still areas of the bike to improve. I didn't have a lot of time to get back from the medical centre after the crash in race one, but we just made it for the restart. I didn't feel ready to race right then and considering this we did OK in sixth.”

Ryuichi Kiyonari (Ten Kate Honda) ninth and sixth
“I am too slow at the start of the race but every time I go out our settings get better and I am more and more comfortable. I am very happy with my result, but not happy with the beginning of the race. I will have to improve my qualifying in order to get a better position at the start. But I will continue to work hard. The feeling with the bike is getting better, the machine feels good and the set up was fine, I just need to go faster.”


RESULTS
Race 1

Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time

1, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 34'22.933
2, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 0'4.221
3, Michel Fabrizio, Ducati, ITA, 0'4.738
4, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, 0'5.171
5, Fonsi Nieto, Suzuki, ESP, 0'5.543
6, Carlos Checa, Honda, ESP, 0'5.895
7, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 0'5.964
8, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 0'14.826
9, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Honda, JPN, 0'18.899
10, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 0'20.633
11, Gregorio Lavilla, Honda, ESP, 0'21.601
12, Karl Muggeridge, Honda, AUS, 0'29.281
13, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 0'29.500
14, Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 0'30.030
15, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 0'30.223
16, Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha, FRA, 0'30.800
17, Russel Holland, Honda, AUS, 0'50.107
18, Shuhei Aoyama, Honda, JPN, 1'7.385

Race 2

Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time

1, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 34'35.284
2, Carlos Checa, Honda, ESP, 0'1.127
3, Fonsi Nieto, Suzuki, ESP, 0'4.395
4, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, 0'6.621
5, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 0'11.550
6, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Honda, JPN, 0'11.620
7, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 0'12.049
8, Gregorio Lavilla, Honda, ESP, 0'12.134
9, Russel Holland, Honda, AUS, 0'13.462
10, Karl Muggeridge, Honda, AUS, 0'15.519
11, Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 0'16.225
12, David Checa, Yamaha, ESP, 0'21.959
13, Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha, FRA, 0'21.989
14, Makoto Tamada, Kawasaki, JPN, 0'29.106
15, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 0'29.219
16, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 0'32.994
17, Regis Laconi, Kawasaki, FRA, 0'34.380
18, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 0'42.537
19, Michel Fabrizio, Ducati, ITA, 0'46.623
20, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 0'47.030
21, Ayrton Badovini, Kawasaki, ITA, 1'8.601


SUPERSPORT

HANNspree-supported riders dominated the second World Supersport race of the season at Phillip Island in Australia today. Ten Kate Honda's Andrew Pitt secured the race win, while Stiggy Motorsport Honda's Josh Brookes and Robbin Harms finished in second and third positions respectively. Yamaha's Broc Parkes crashed out and failed to finish.


1, Andrew Pitt, Honda, AUS, 33'51.257
2, Joshua Brookes, Honda, AUS, 0'0.062
3, Robbin Harms, Honda, DNK, 0'0.597
4, Fabien Foret, Yamaha, FRA, 0'0.780
5, Jonathan Rea, Honda, GBR, 0'0.976
6, Garry McCoy, Triumph, AUS, 0'1.228
7, Joan Lascorz, Honda, ESP, 0'6.590
8, Gianluca Vizziello, Honda, ITA, 0'10.266
9, Massimo Roccoli, Yamaha, ITA, 0'10.594
10, Gianluca Nannelli, Honda, ITA, 0'10.991
11, Ivan Clementi, Triumph, ITA, 0'16.068
12, Mark Aitchinson, Triumph, AUS, 0'16.245
13, Graeme Gowland, Honda, GBR, 0'16.355
14, Chris Walker, Kawasaki, GBR, 0'16.526
15, Vesa Kallio, Honda, FIN, 0'17.270
16, Craig Jones, Honda, GBR, 0'17.480
17, Matthieu Lagrive, Honda, FRA, 0'20.948
18, David Salom, Yamaha, ESP, 0'36.396
19, Lorenzo Alfonsi, Kawasaki, ITA, 0'45.078
20, Barry Veneman, Suzuki, NED, 0'46.640
21, Miguel Praia, Honda, POR, 0'52.165
22, Arnaud Vincent, Kawasaki, FRA, 0'57.732
23, Danilo Dell'omo, Honda, ITA, 0'57.879