Troy Corser Takes A Pair Of Fifth Places In Salt Lake City World Superbikes
04/06/2010 21:33:04

Despite taking a pair of fifth places at the Miller Motorsports Park, Troy didn’t leave the Utah circuit in a happy frame of mind. He made good starts from the fourth row of the grid in both races and was even second in race two at the first turn. But once again small problems appeared and he was forced to ease the pace and so lose out on a podium.

Max Biaggi (Aprilia) won both 21-lap races today, but was lucky to do so. Carlos Checa (Ducati) comfortably led the two races, but was forced to retire in both, leaving Biaggi easy runs to the flags. Biaggi’s double today moved him into the championship lead, fifteen points ahead of Leon Haslam (Suzuki) who finished second in race one, but DNF’d in race two. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) took third spot in the first race and race two’s podium saw Leon Camier (Aprilia) take second, ahead of Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha).

Troy - Race 1: 5th, Race 2: 5th

In any other circumstances a pair of fifths might have been a good result, but I’m not happy because it could’ve been so much better today. I made good starts from the fourth row of the grid in both races, though race two was much the better for sure, as I was second going into turn one! I was pretty comfortable in second and thought to myself that I could stick there without a problem. Then, at about half race distance, I started to get a bit of chatter. It was controllable, but only if I eased the pace. If I ran at 1:50 or so, everything was OK, but if I tried to go faster my lap times got worse! I had a couple of real front-enders at the hairpins, but managed to stay onboard both times, but I could’ve easily crashed. Today was very frustrating and that’s why I am a bit disappointed. Today the tyres were consistent, but our bike lacked top speed, especially compared to the Aprilias and Ducatis - especially the Aprilias!

I still think that our problem at the moment is a chassis problem (mechanical) and that’s something we will have to sort out back at the workshops. Don’t forget that after Monza the bikes went straight to South Africa and then straight on here, so there’s been no time to make any big changes. There’s not going to be an awful lot of time before our next outing, because we have some tests before and after the Misano race, so once again, it’s going to be hard to get the bikes back quickly and get the work done in time. Hopefully, the team will be able to sort out this problem and then I will be able to push hard throughout the whole race. That’s what I am looking forward to.

See ya,

Troy

Results and points

Race 1: 1 Biaggi (ITA-Aprilia), 2 Haslam (GBR-Suzuki), 3 Haga (JPN-Ducati), 4 Camier (GBR-Aprilia), 5 TROY CORSER (AUS-BMW Motorrad Motorsport), 6 Byrne (GBR-Ducati)...

Race 2: 1 Biaggi, 2 Camier, 3 Crutchlow (GBR-Yamaha), 4 Haga, 5 TROY CORSER (AUS-BMW Motorrad Motorsport), 6 Guintoli (FRA-Suzuki)....

Points: 1 Biaggi 242, 2 Haslam 232, 3 Rea 143, 4 Checa 141, 5 Toseland 132, 6 Haga 122, 7 TROY CORSER (AUS-BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 116