RACE REPORT - 29/04/2007 Assen * SPOILER *

Mixed fortunes for Yamaha in World Superbike at Assen Both Haga and Corser suffered a day of ups and downs in today's round of the World Superbike Championship at Assen. Haga took second place in race one but suffered a technical failure in race two and was forced to retire. Corser suffered a mechanical fault in race one causing him to crash at high speed but rode through pain in race two to take fourth slot. Race one started so well for Haga, who had qualified in 15th following a mistake during his Superpole lap yesterday cost him valuable seconds. By the end of the first lap he had already pushed through the field to take seventh and he then carried on through to first place but settled back in fourth with team mate Corser just behind in fifth. On lap 15 Haga made another charge for the front of the pack and overtook Bayliss for second place with only two laps to go. He also contended for first place but had to settle for second. Corser put in a strong performance and was in a comfortable fifth place for much of the race, moving up to third on the penultimate lap when he overtook Bayliss and Xaus. Both riders were on track for podium finishes but Corser suffered a broken radiator hose clip causing fluid to spray over his rear tyre and making him high-side at a fast part of the circuit. Both riders got a good start in race two with Corser moving up to fourth and Haga taking fifth slot on lap one. Haga went through to challenge Lanzi and then Bayliss using his usual wild sliding riding style. Haga then focused on closing the gap between him and front man Toseland and he took the lead on lap nine. The two riders were battling for first place when Haga had to pull off the track on lap 11 with an electrical-based engine problem. Corser spent the main part of the race in a battle for fifth place with Lanzi but took fourth when Lanzi crashed out. The Australian fought the pain of his injuries received in race one to bring his bike home in fourth. The weekend finished on a good note for Team Yamaha YZF rider Shinichi Nakatomi with him finishing in the points in both races. Settings alterations made throughout the weekend gave the team one of their best results so far this season with the Japanese rider taking seven points away from Assen. The weekend's results means that Haga goes to Monza third in the championship, 20 points behind Biaggi who is in second. Corser lies in fifth in the championship. Noriyuki Haga (2nd and DNF - Yamaha Motor Italia) "In race one I got a good result considering where I started. From the fourth row to the podium isn't bad for one race! The bike was feeling good and the suspension modifications we made worked well. In race two I made a good start but then a problem forced me to retire which is unlucky as I was on target to get a good result again. This has been a bit of a mixed day but I am sure Monza will be better." Troy Corser (DNF and 4th - Yamaha Motor Italia) "The incident in race one was so unlucky. I can't believe that such a small part can do that - it shouldn't have happened. That just put me out of serious contention for race two. I have a very sore left hip which has been X-rayed and they say nothing is broken. I am going to get further checks tomorrow as I can't believe how sore it is. Everything else feels okay at the moment, we will see." Massimo Meregalli (Team Coordinator, Yamaha Motor Italia) "Race one was going very well until a really minor problem on Troy's bike cost him a podium position and caused him some injuries. In the same race Haga got a really good start from fifteenth to finish second. It was a very mixed result for the team. In race two Haga was making similar progress as he had done in the first race but a different problem to Troy's forced him to retire and lose valuable points. Corser did a good job under the circumstances in race two. After his race one crash he had to have painkillers and was still in pain during the second race. He has definitely shown his determination today." Shinichi Nakatomi (13th and 12th - Team Yamaha YZF) "In race one I got a good start, gaining a couple of positions until I nearly had a high-side on the back part of the circuit. For race two we changed the front tyre compound and it was better. I am confident the next race will be better as we are working on some modifications which are sure will help." Martial Garcia (Team Manager, Tam Yamaha YZF) "Race one was satisfying, we are starting to bear the fruits of our hard work. We had the second top speed of the race even though we made a wrong choice for the front tyre. The bike is working well and Nakatomi's confidence is much improved. For race two we made some small modifications which helped further. Shinichi has better confidence with the frame and the engine now." Race 1 - 22 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, James Toseland, Honda, GBR, 37'2.097 2, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 0'0.663 3, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, 0'3.698 4, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 0'7.134 5, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 0'9.312 6, Max Biaggi, Suzuki, ITA, 0'9.534 7, Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki, JPN, 0'18.286 8, Fonsi Nieto, Kawasaki, ESP, 0'18.403 9, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 0'19.873 10, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 0'22.914 11, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 0'29.602 12, Michel Fabrizio, Honda, ITA, 0'40.961 13, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 0'41.008 14, Dean Ellison, Ducati, GBR, 1'12.714 15, Marek Svoboda, Yamaha, CZE, -2 Laps 16, Regis Laconi, Kawasaki, FRA, -2 Laps Race 2 - 22 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 36'54.133 2, James Toseland, Honda, GBR, 0'0.009 3, Max Biaggi, Suzuki, ITA, 0'7.439 4, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 0'12.379 5, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 0'23.052 6, Michel Fabrizio, Honda, ITA, 0'23.158 7, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 0'23.311 8, Fonsi Nieto, Kawasaki, ESP, 0'24.147 9, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 0'29.660 10, Regis Laconi, Kawasaki, FRA, 0'32.301 11, Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki, JPN, 0'32.389 12, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 0'39.091 13, Joshua Brookes, Honda, AUS, 0'39.128 14, Luca Morelli, Ducati, ITA, -1 Laps 15, Marek Svoboda, Yamaha, CZE, -1 Laps 16, Dean Ellison, Ducati, GBR, -3 Laps Best Lap Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 1'39.906 Rider Standings 29/04/2007 Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Points 1, James Toseland, Honda, GBR, 196 2, Max Biaggi, Suzuki, ITA, 164 3, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 144 4, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 128 5, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 114 6, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, 99 7, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 98 8, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 70 9, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 64 10, Michel Fabrizio, Honda, ITA, 47 11, Fonsi Nieto, Kawasaki, ESP, 46 12, Regis Laconi, Kawasaki, FRA, 43 13, Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki, JPN, 41 14, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 37 15, Joshua Brookes, Honda, AUS, 35 16, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 19 Manufacturer Standings 29/04/2007 Pos., Manufacturer, Points 1, Honda, 205 2, Ducati, 173 3, Yamaha, 167 4, Suzuki, 164 5, Kawasaki, 69

RACE REPORT - 29/04/2007 Yamaha put up a spirited fight but are unlucky Everything was looking positive today for the Yamaha World Supersport Team when on the penultimate lap Parkes crashed out while in second, dashing the teams hopes of a podium finish. Up until that point the young Australian had been having a great race and was looking very strong. With Parkes crashed out it was left up to Steve Martin to grab six points for the team's championship cause. Broc got a good start from third and found himself in a race-long battle at the front between Sofuoglu, Pitt, Foret and Charpentier. A fierce fight with Charpentier on lap eight saw Parkes challenging for third position with the riders swapping places every turn but he was unable to maintain the pace and moved back to fifth place when Foret overtook. He settled in fifth for the middle part of the race waiting for the last few laps before making a charge on lap 17. It was on lap 20 that Parkes lost the front going into the left-hand bend of Strubben corner and crashed out. Martin had an unlucky start off the line from sixth place and went down to 14th. He then spent the remainder of the race trying to make up places and succeeded in overtaking to tenth place. This was a good achievement considering the rider had only had three hours on the bike since being taken on as a replacement rider for Kevin Curtain last week. After Parkes' crash Sofuoglu went on to win the race with Pitt behind in second and Foret in third. Roccoli had a disappointing result today after a very good weekend of practice and qualifying. Having qualified fifth the rider then struggled in the race due to a wrong tyre choice and had to settle for the points rather than the race win. He finished in 14th. Having come to Assen fifth in the championship Parkes goes into the sixth round in two weeks in ninth place with 27 points and everything to work for. Yamaha also had a very good result today in the FIM Superstock 600 Cup with eight R6-shod riders finishing in the top ten. Steve Martin (10th - Yamaha World Supersport Team) "I got a very bad start and just couldn't come back from there. I got stuck in a group and didn't feel I had enough rear grip to really push it or brake hard. I wanted to be more aggressive but there wasn't much I could do. If I had to do that race again I would try and get more rear grip - that was the only problem on an otherwise good bike and set up. The team has been really good to work with all weekend, I'm sorry I couldn't re-pay their efforts with a higher end result." Broc Parkes (DNF - Yamaha World Supersport Team) "I got away okay at the start and found myself in a big battle with the front runners. Some of the Honda guys in that group were very committed and I was just trying to avoid being taken out. I did my best to conserve my tyres and then make a late charge at the end. The problem was I wasn't confident in the front brakes and I lost the front as I started to push harder. I'm gutted to crash out of second place." Massimo Roccoli (14th - Yamaha Team Italia) "I decided to try a medium rear tyre in the race which was a gamble and didn't work because the tarmac temperature was lower today than yesterday. I was very fast at the beginning of the race but after the first three laps the rear tyre was finished. The second half of the race was very difficult and I focused on just finishing in order to provide the team some more data to work from." Race 1 - 21 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 36'4.418 2, Andrew Pitt, Honda, AUS, 0'4.043 3, Fabien Foret, Kawasaki, FRA, 0'5.479 4, Barry Veneman, Suzuki, NED, 0'8.140 5, David Salom, Yamaha, ESP, 0'8.900 6, Sebastien Charpentier, Honda, FRA, 0'11.090 7, David Checa, Yamaha, ESP, 0'14.847 8, Vesa Kallio, Suzuki, FIN, 0'19.545 9, Davide Giugliano, Kawasaki, ITA, 0'19.880 10, Steve Martin, Yamaha, AUS, 0'20.084 11, Lorenzo Alfonsi, Honda, ITA, 0'21.940 12, Pere Riba, Kawasaki, ESP, 0'26.792 13, Simone Sanna, Honda, ITA, 0'36.477 14, Massimo Roccoli, Yamaha, ITA, 0'37.156 15, Arie Vos, Honda, NED, 0'39.459 16, Chris Peris, Yamaha, CAN, 0'39.985 17, Vladimir Ivanov, Yamaha, RUS, 0'40.163 18, Gianluca Vizziello, Yamaha, ITA, 0'41.140 24, Julien Enjolras, Yamaha, FRA, 1'5.004 27, David Forner, Yamaha, ESP, 1'30.432 Best Lap Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 1'42.096 Rider Standings 29/04/2007 Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Points 1, Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 120 2, Fabien Foret, Kawasaki, FRA, 67 3, Katsuaki Fujiwara, Honda, JPN, 43 4, Andrew Pitt, Honda, AUS, 40 5, Robbin Harms, Honda, DNK, 39 6, Barry Veneman, Suzuki, NED, 30 7, Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati, ITA, 30 8, Massimo Roccoli, Yamaha, ITA, 28 9, Broc Parkes, Yamaha, AUS, 27 10, Pere Riba, Kawasaki, ESP, 26 11, Craig Jones, Honda, GBR, 25 12, Kevin Curtain, Yamaha, AUS, 25 13, David Salom, Yamaha, ESP, 24 14, Sebastien Charpentier, Honda, FRA, 23 15, Vesa Kallio, Suzuki, FIN, 21 17, David Checa, Yamaha, ESP, 18 21, Gianluca Vizziello, Yamaha, ITA, 10 22, Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha, FRA, 9 Manufacturer Standings 29/04/2007 Pos., Manufacturer, Points 1, Honda, 120 2, Kawasaki, 77 3, Yamaha, 66 4, Suzuki, 37 5, Ducati, 30 RACE REPORT - 29/04/2007 Yamaha 1, 2 and 3 in Superstock 1000 at Assen Yamaha dominated the podium in today's third round of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup with the rookie rider Pirro taking his first win on the R1. Team mate Corti finished second and TTSL-MGM rider van Keymeulen took third to round up an excellent day for the three diapason manufacturer. The three Yamaha riders, all using the new 2007 R1, had already taken the top three qualifying slots in yesterday's qualifying session with Corti in pole, van Keymeulen second and Pirro third. Belgian rider van Keymeulen got a good race start to take the lead but was quickly overtaken by Pirro by lap three. Corti rounded up the front group. New to the Yamaha Team Italia squad this season, Pirro came to Assen keen to show that his second place at Valencia was no fluke and he proved this by setting the fastest lap twice by lap five before van Keymeulen responded to knock over two seconds off the lap record. By lap 11 the three Yamaha-shod riders had left the rest of the pack nine seconds behind and on lap 12 Corti took the opportunity to pass van Keymeulen before sizing up and passing his team mate for the race lead on the penultimate corner of the last lap. Corti took the race win but was subsequently penalized 0.3 seconds for overtaking van Keymeulen under a waved yellow flag. This penalty pushed Corti back into second, providing Pirro with his first win for Yamaha Team Italia in his first season on the YZF-R1. Matteo Baiocco, riding an R1 for the Umbria Bike Team, had an excellent weekend finishing in fifth. Pirro's win today means he leaps from sixth in the championship to second with 45 points where he is just six points behind Canepa. Corti lies in third, also on 45 points with Baiocco in fifth and van Keymeulen in seventh. Van Keymeulen's finish is a good result considering the rider came to Assen with injuries sustained at the Le Mans 24hr race last week. Yamaha now leads the championship with 65 points to Ducati who are on 51 points. The next round of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup is in two weeks at Monza, Italy. Michele Pirro (1st - Yamaha Team Italia) "I am very happy. I think that my victory is my rightfully mine because I stayed in front for virtually the whole race. I lost the lead on the last lap because the back marker Corti and I were overtaking didn't respect the signals. I am sorry for Claudio for the penalty but those are the rules." Claudio Corti (2nd - Yamaha Team Italia) "I didn't see the yellow flag. I am very angry because to win was very important for me. The positive things are that I am now very near the top of the leader board and I am now in a position to challenge for the title." Didier van Keymeulen (3rd - TTSL-MGM Racing) "At Le Mans I burnt my foot badly because the exhaust made contact with the foot peg which got hot and burnt through my boot. I also have very sore arms because of the length of time I was riding for. I had five injections for the pain in my arms today which helped. In the race I was able to keep up well with the other riders but I started to lose control of the front from lap six onwards. I had to back off, which is when Pirro and Corti passed me. I know I can compete with both these riders but I felt it was wiser to finish on the podium today than to risk not finishing at all." Race 1 - 13 Laps Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time 1, Michele Pirro, Yamaha, ITA, 22'27.536 2, Claudio Corti, Yamaha, ITA, 0'0.920 3, Didier Van Keymeulen, Yamaha, BEL, 0'0.513 4, Ilario Dionisi, Suzuki, ITA, 0'9.257 5, Matteo Baiocco, Yamaha, ITA, 0'13.319 6, Nicolo Canepa, Ducati, ITA, 0'14.996 7, Brendan Roberts, Ducati, AUS, 0'15.569 8, Xavier Simeon, Suzuki, BEL, 0'15.796 9, Matej Smrz, Honda, CZE, 0'19.816 10, Danilo Dell'omo, MV Agusta, ITA, 0'20.396 11, Raymond Schouten, Yamaha, NED, 0'27.508 12, Ronald ter Braake, Kawasaki, NED, 0'28.404 13, Rene Mahr, Yamaha, GER, 0'30.659 14, Cederic Tangre, Yamaha, FRA, 0'30.863 15, Marko Rohtlaan, Honda, EST, 0'35.346 16, Dario Giuseppetti, Yamaha, GER, 0'37.439 17, Daniel Sutter, Yamaha, CHE, 0'39.270 21, Timo Giesele, Yamaha, GER, 0'41.734 29, Wim Van Den Broeck, Yamaha, BEL, 1'4.244 30, Robert Gianfardoni, Yamaha, ITA, 1'27.106 Best Lap Rider, Manu., Nat., Total Time Didier Van Keymeulen, Yamaha, BEL, 1'42.548

Rider Standings 29/04/2007 Pos., Rider, Manu., Nat., Points 1, Nicolo Canepa, Ducati, ITA, 51 2, Michele Pirro, Yamaha, ITA, 45 3, Claudio Corti, Yamaha, ITA, 45 4, Mark Aitchison, Suzuki, AUS, 38 5, Matteo Baiocco, Yamaha, ITA, 35 6, Ilario Dionisi, Suzuki, ITA, 34 7, Didier Van Keymeulen, Yamaha, BEL, 32 8, Xavier Simeon, Suzuki, BEL, 27 9, Rene Mahr, Yamaha, GER, 18 10, Matej Smrz, Honda, CZE, 15 11, Cederic Tangre, Yamaha, FRA, 11 12, Marko Jerman, Suzuki, SVK, 11 13, Sheridan Morais, Ducati, RSA, 10 14, Arne Tode, Honda, GER, 9 15, Brendan Roberts, Ducati, AUS, 9 Manufacturer Standings 29/04/2007 Pos., Manufacturer, Points 1, Yamaha, 65 2, Suzuki, 51 3, Ducati, 51 4, Honda, 23 5, MV Agusta, 10 6, Kawasaki, 4 Yamaha Racing Communications

JT was awesome, really unlucky not to do the double. jeez i've eaten to many burgers & drunk to much stella:drunk: c'mon JT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

am i the only person on here who's seen the races:dunno

am i the only person on here who's seen the races:dunno Yes, the races here weren't broadcast until today :mad:, I finally downloaded the torrents and watched them last night :rock JT :cool: I think he has Bayliss's number this year.......as much as I like Bayliss, Toseland seems un-shakeable.

jt was awesome but i bet he wont be doing celebratory wheelies until he crosses the line next time!!!

are there any links to see pics or anything thanks

am i the only person on here who's seen the races:dunno I wont see them until tonight.:cryin

I wont see them until tonight.:cryin Yeah, Speed won't air them until 3 and 4AM. I was working when they aired at 1 to 3PM today. Why can't they air them during prime time? :hammer:

Yes, the races here weren't broadcast until today :mad:, I finally downloaded the torrents and watched them last night :rock JT :cool: I think he has Bayliss's number this year.......as much as I like Bayliss, Toseland seems un-shakeable. You got a link to those torrents? :sneaky

You got a link to those torrents? :sneaky :fact http://www.racing-underground.com/index.ru?cls=2&cid=4&pid=view_cat Brought to by someone from the General discussion ( I wish I could remember who ) :riding

:fact http://www.racing-underground.com/index.ru?cls=2&cid=4&pid=view_cat Brought to by someone from the General discussion ( I wish I could remember who ) :riding Thanx :rock

Talk about blowing it!!!!! Looked like Toseland was trying to pop a wheele in the last 40 yards to the finish line allowing Bayliss to take the win in race 2. Anybody else see that?

jt was awesome but i bet he wont be doing celebratory wheelies until he crosses the line next time!!! when his wheel came up I about passed out, what was he thinking. Great job by JT, Bayliss, Haga, Spiderman, T.C., and the Roman Emperor.

when his wheel came up I about passed out, what was he thinking. Great job by JT, Bayliss, Haga, Spiderman, T.C., and the Roman Emperor. Talk about the bonehead play of the week!!!

jt was awesome but i bet he wont be doing celebratory wheelies until he crosses the line next time!!! that wasn't deliberate, if you watch he ran wide in the 2nd part of the chicane had to momentarily back off then he cracked the throttle it popped up a bit, his words not mine, awesome result all the same, hopefully he'll stuff 'em this year, then on to an rcv next year with ten kate:drunk: