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Race One

1. Troy Corser AUS Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 K5 37min 10.394 secs
2. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 K5 37min 13.459 secs
3. Regis Laconi FRA Ducati Xerox 999F05 37min 13.89 secs
4. Andrew Pitt AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 37min 25.108 secs
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 37min 30.694 secs
6. James Toseland GBR Ducati Xerox 999F05 37min 30.956 secs
7. Ivan Silva SPA La Glisse Yamaha YZF R1 37min 32.425 secs
8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR 37min 32.582 secs
9. Karl Muggeridge AUS Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR 37min 37.323 secs
10. Norick Abe JPN Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 37min 37.625 secs
11. Giovanni Bussei ITA Kawasaki Bertocchi ZX10 37min 49.389 secs
12. Marco Borciani ITA DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF R1 37min 52.602 secs
13. Fonsi Nieto SPA Ducati SC Caracchi 999RS 37min 53.888 secs
14. Chris Walker GBR PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10 37min 55.288 secs
15. Steve Martin AUS Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 38min 0.067 secs
16. Ben Bostrom USA Renegade Koji Honda CBR 1000RR 38min 4.278 secs
17. Garry McCoy AUS Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 38min 11.952 secs
18. Mauro Sanchini ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10 38min 14.422 secs
19. Gianluca Vizziello ITA Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF R1 38min 16.279 secs
20. Miguel Praia POR DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF R1 38min 38.136 secs

DNF:
Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 27min 16.947 secs
Lorenzo Lanzi ITA Ducati SC Caracchi 999RS 27min 28.898 secs
Max Neukirchner GER Klaffi Honda CBR 1000RR 27min 32.822 secs
Alessio Velini ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 17min 24.394 secs
Ivan Clementi ITA Kawasaki Bertocchi ZX10 12min 55.799 secs
Lucio Pedercini ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 6min 53.932 secs
Talal Al Nauami QAR La Glisse Yamaha YZF R1 4min 48.802 secs
Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Klaffi Honda CBR 1000RR 0min 0 secs
Jose Luis Cardoso SPA DFXtreme Yamaha YZF R1 0min 0 secs

Race 2

1. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 K5 37min 0.062 secs
2. Regis Laconi FRA Ducati Xerox 999F05 37min 2.516 secs
3. Troy Corser AUS Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra GSXR1000 K5 37min 6.021 secs
4. Chris Vermeulen AUS Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR 37min 7.307 secs
5. Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Klaffi Honda CBR 1000RR 37min 8.662 secs
6. James Toseland GBR Ducati Xerox 999F05 37min 8.663 secs
7. Norick Abe JPN Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 37min 7.793 secs
8. Max Neukirchner GER Klaffi Honda CBR 1000RR 37min 11.563 secs
9. Andrew Pitt AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 37min 11.852 secs
10. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha Motor France-Ipone YZF R1 37min 11.87 secs
11. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF R1 37min 21.426 secs
12. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA Ducati SC Caracchi 999RS 37min 25.937 secs
13. Fonsi Nieto SPA Ducati SC Caracchi 999RS 37min 34.146 secs
14. Giovanni Bussei ITA Kawasaki Bertocchi ZX10 37min 34.181 secs
15. Mauro Sanchini ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10 37min 47.508 secs
16. Garry McCoy AUS Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 37min 48.709 secs
17. Gianluca Vizziello ITA Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF R1 38min 4.057 secs
18. Miguel Praia POR DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF R1 38min 5.284 secs


DNF:
Steve Martin AUS Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 33min 29.715 secs
Marco Borciani ITA DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF R1 25min 7.119 secs
Talal Al Nauami QAR La Glisse Yamaha YZF R1 22min 52.154 secs
Karl Muggeridge AUS Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR 1000RR 18min 51.212 secs
Chris Walker GBR PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX10 18min 51.046 secs
Ivan Silva SPA La Glisse Yamaha YZF R1 13min 8.813 secs
Ivan Clementi ITA Kawasaki Bertocchi ZX10 10min 39.426 secs
Alessio Velini ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 6min 30.299 secs
Lucio Pedercini ITA Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS 4min 21.91 secs

[SALEEN S7R]

Good day for Suzuki and Kagayama. Bring on Phillip island!

[Hazza]

So it begins!

Heres to a long and happy season of WSBK! With lots of good wildcards (Not too good mind you, thank you Mr Byrne).

And he's to the Stauffer brothers wildcarding and kicking some serious butt at the Island!

[asha]

Fonsi Neito got 13th in both races, wtf? Nice to see his season has started with a good omen!

[chunder]

Nieto was actually there or thereabouts in the first race but second race was nowhere.
Actually a lot of riders were quick early on such as Chris Walker, Nieto, Lanzi. But they did seem to fall back very easily.
THe only guys in my book able to keep the pace were Yukio, Corser, the two Ducatis and Chili with maybe Pitt and Abe aswell, Haga was hopeless in the second race!

[BootsOntheSide]

Great display from Suzuki - any initial disadvantage from a lack of tyre testing was nicely cancelled out by starting the season on a new track. They look pretty strong right now. I was imrpessed by Vermeulen's efforts this weekend, considering his current illness and qualifying crash he did well to get those results out of the weekend. Neunkircher, Silva and Pitt were all hugely impressive as well. Bostrom will jsut have to forget about this weekend and hope for better ocne the bike is properly sorted - much as I#m not his biggest fan I don't really blame him for the lack of results.

[chunder]

agreed boots, is just one of those things. think toseland will be the same, he will go better on tracks he has a setup for.
Ben really is a talent and like you i am not a huge fan, think Griffiths could've gone fo someone younger like Ellison or Smart but maybe Hondae eased the way!

[asha]

I think the truth is that Ben is one of those moody racers like Biaggi who when they are in a good mood watch out, but when they arent feeling it might as well park it.

p.s. I do realise that ben didn't have his bike till late (he doesnt even have one in the wsb 'school' photo) but i still think what i said holds