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World Supersport Race Results:

1. Karl Muggeridge, Honda CBR600RR, 16 laps, 30:27.772
2. Fabien Foret, Yamaha YZF-R6, 30:33.532
3. Broc Parkes, Honda CBR600RR, 30:36.126
4. Jurgen Vd Goorbergh, Yamaha YZF-R6, 30:40.995
5. Sebastien Charpentier, Honda CBR600RR, 30:50.154
6. Vittorio Iannuzzo, Suzuki GSX-R600, 31:03.316
7. Christian Kellner, Yamaha YZF-R6, 31:03.410 8. Max Neukirchner, Honda CBR600RR, 31:03.458
9. Giovanni Bussei, Ducati 749R, 31:03.967
10. Vittoriano Guareschi, Ducati 749R, 31:04.216
11. Mattieu Lagrive, Suzuki GSX-R600, 31:04.854
12. Jan Hanson, Honda CBR600RR, 31:10.882
13. Massimo Roccoli, Yamaha YZF-R6, 31:12.152
14. Denis Sacchetti, Honda CBR600RR, 31:12.470
15. Diego Giugovaz, Honda CBR600RR, 31:17.852
16. Ron Van Steenbergen, Honda CBR600RR, 31:39.858
17. Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati 749R, 31:58.461
18. Katsuaki Fujiwara, Suzuki GSX-R600, -3 laps, DNF

22. Kevin Curtain, Yamaha YZF-R6, -8 laps, DNF
23. Nicky Wimbauer, Yamaha YZF-R6, -12 laps, DNF

26. Stephane Chambon, Suzuki GSX-R600, -13 laps, DNF

Fastest Lap of Race: Muggeridge, 1:53.396


More, from a press release issued by Belgarda Yamaha:

Date: Sunday, 16th May 2004
Circuit: Monza, 5,793 km
Race: 16 laps
Weather: sunny Temperature: air 27° C, track 45° C
Crowd: 50.000

JURGEN TAKES THIRD AFTER FABIEN IS DISQUALIFIED FROM SECOND PLACE!
Yamaha Racing Italia rider Fabien Foret rode a hard race – full of determination and grit – and crossed the line in second place, but was later excluded from the results when his R6 Yamaha suffered a technical infraction in the post race inspection. His R6 Yamaha’s engine did not cut out within the time limit when it was leant over, so Fabien saw his runner-up spot and trophy vanish from his grasp. Fabien’s loss was his team mate’s gain. Jurgen had finished fourth but, when Fabien was excluded, he was moved up to third. Yamaha Racing Italia had hoped to have both riders on the podium at their home event, but it was not to be.

JURGEN VD GOORBERGH – 3rd
This is not the way I wanted to be third and I feel very sorry for Fabien and also the whole team – especially as this is our home race. This year, I didn’t have such a good feeling on the bike through the chicanes as I did last year and that hindered my progress. The race was very hard and I pushed really hard to sty in touch with the leaders. When I saw Curtain out, I decided to stay clam and take some very important points and maintain my championship lead.

FABIEN FORET – DISQUALIFIED
I am very disappointed, because it was so good to finish second at our team’s home race. My goal today was to win the race and give my team a lot of satisfaction and pleasure, but in the end second place was pretty good – that is until I was disqualified! It seems hard to penalise a rider for a very small technical failure, especially after riding so hard. It seems that my R6 wouldn’t cut out within a second when it was leant over. It did cut out, but it took just a little longer then the rules required and so my joy was dashed. What this has done is to badly affect my position in the points standing and that makes me unhappy.

Results
1 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda), 2 Parkes (Aus-Honda), 3 VD GOORBERGH (NL-YAMAHA RACING ITALIA), 4 Charpentier (F-Honda), 5 Neukirchner (D-Honda), 6 Bussei (I-Ducati), 7 Guareschi (I-Ducati), 8 Lagrive (F-Suzuki), 9 Hanson (S-Honda), 10 Roccoli (I-Yamaha)

Points
1 VD GOORBERGH (YAMAHA RACING ITALIA) 73, 2 Muggeridge 62, 3 Curtain 47, 4 Fujiwara 34, 5 Parkes 33, 6 Lanzi 31, 7 FORET (YAMAHA RACING ITALIA) 30, 8 Chambon 26, 9 Brookes 25, 10 Charpentier 24


More, from a press release issued by Ten Kate Honda:

Muggeridge and Parkes Go First and Second

Karl Muggeridge (Ten Kate HondaCBR600RR) overcame a poor start to blast his way to the race win at Monza, his second successive victory in the Supersport category. His team-mate Broc Parkes (Ten Kate HondaCBR600RR) rode strongly from his second row start to take third place, during an incident packed 16-lap Supersport race which featured revised results. Second place originally went to Yamaha rider Fabien Foret, with championship leader Jurgen van den Goorbergh (Yamaha) fourth. After Foret and Suzuki rider Vittorio Iannuzzo were disqualified, Parkes was promoted to second.

Muggeridge, aware of having clutch glitches in previous starts at Monza, had a poor launch off the line and had to fight his way through from11th on lap one, hitting the front on lap four; Parkes was seventh after the first circuit, but equipped with their rapid Ten Kate tuned Honda 600s, each rider was able to pull through the pack.

For Muggeridge the win was hard taken, even if his margin of victory of 5.760 seconds was an impressive gap over his pursuers. It now leaves him second in the championship. “I’m happy with that. I had the worst start in motorcycle history. I lust flaked it off the line. The last couple of times I had clutch problems so this time I wasn’t going there at all. I wasn’t too concerned as long as I could get through the first chicane cleanly. We had a pretty good pace and that would help me work my way through. It was an excellent result for our championship.”

Parkes, who jumped to fifth in the championship thanks to his latest race result, stated, “It was awesome to get on the podium. After the disappointment of Misano I trained a lot to make sure I could run with all the boys. My bike was pretty fast and that helped. Now we go to Oschersleben, which is one of my favorite circuits.”

For Team Boss Gerrit Ten Kate the result was almost perfect. “I am very happy with this result, getting both riders on the podium. The times were a bit slower than last year but that may be due to the temperature on the track. I think Broc just wanted to finish the race at the end and not try any crazy things. For Karl it was even better because he is only eight points behind in the championship now.”


More, from a press release issued by Honda Racing Information:

MUGGERIDGE WINS AT MONZA WITH PARKES SECOND

WSS Report
For the second Supersport race weekend in succession Karl Muggeridge (Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) outpaced the opposition, recording a clear 5.760 second margin of victory. The 16-lap Supersport race started badly for him as he went too easy on his clutch and he dropped to 11th place at the end of lap one. It took him only four laps to get to the lead and once there he rode almost unopposed by anything but the hot and cloying Monza air.

In third place in the original classification, Muggeridge’s team-mate Broc Parkes had his first podium finish of the year, again after a less than sparkling start from the second row. His fight the top deck of the results had moments of incident, and the points he earned made big changes for him in the championship table.

The early leader, Sebastien Charpentier (Klaffi Honda CBR600RR) was black flagged for a jump-start and had to enter the pits to receive his time penalty. Restarting in eighth, he fought hard to finish fifth overall, desperately disappointed at yet more misfortune after an excellent qualifying performance in second.

In a race with much legislative input, original second place finisher Fabien Foret (Yamaha) was excluded from the results for a technical infraction, promoting Parkes from third to second for a Ten Kate 1-2. Vittorio Iannuzzo (Suzuki) was also excluded from his original sixth place.

Max Neukirchner (Klaffi Honda CBR600RR) originally equalled his rookie season best of eighth, after a multi-rider slipstreaming war throughout the latter parts of the race. The young German gave his best and he was further rewarded with a sixth place finish after the exclusion of Foret and Iannuzzo.

The Team Italia Megabike Honda riders experienced different results in their home race. A clash with Parkes ended Alessio Corradi’s race on the third lap, while Denis Sacchetti scored four points for his 12th.”

Muggeridge, aware of some bad luck at Monza before, explained his startline drama. “I’m happy with that. I had the worst start in motorcycle racing history. I lust flaked it off the line. The last couple of times I had clutch problems so this time I wasn’t going there at all. I wasn’t too concerned as long as I could get through the first chicane cleanly. We had a pretty good pace and I knew that would help me work my way through. It was an excellent result for our championship hopes.”

Parkes was delighted to finish third after some cruel luck this year. “It was awesome to get on the podium. After the disappointment of Misano I trained a lot to make sure I could run with all the boys. My bike was pretty fast and that helped. Now we go to Oschersleben, which is one of my favourite circuits.”

A bitter sweet race for Charpentier ended with the Frenchman almost speechless at his continuing misfortune, even if he did eventually finish fourth, earning invaluable championship points. “I just cannot believe or luck this year. I felt really good riding at the front so it is a very big disappointment to me to get black flagged.”

Neukirchner, after another assured qualifying, said of his fall, “I was very happy to finish eighth because when I spoke before the race I said I would be happy to have a top 15 in my first race here. It was a very big fight all through the race! This equals my best previous result of eighth and I didn’t really expect that. Then when the other riders were excluded, it made me sixth.”

Corradi, bitterly disappointed at the circumstances surrounding a crash in his home race, said. “When I went into the Roggia section I cut the chicane. I looked back to make sure I did not pass Foret, because the rules forbid it. When he passed me I was hit by Parkes. I am not really injured but I’m very disappointed.”

Sacchetti, who worked hard in the heat, said “I came here hoping to get into the top 15 so I am satisfied with finishing 14th over the line.” he continued, “It was a hard weekend for me and we made a big improvement from qualifying. I managed to get away with a group and that was important, so that I could work my way forward.”

In the Championship itself, van den Goorbergh still leads on 73 points, but Muggeridge jumped to second with 62. Parkes sits fifth overall, with 29 points.


More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki:

ALSTARE UPBEAT DESPITE NO SCORE
Team Alstare Suzuki newcomer Vittorio Iannuzzo was excluded from today’s World Supersport sixth round on a technicality after racing through from 24th to sixth as team mates Katsuaki Fujiwara and Stephane Chambon failed to finish.

But the Corona Extra team is positive with the developments made to improve the all-new, faster GSX-R600 race machine – and their riding today.

Iannuzzo was an innocent victim of the technical regulations when his bike failed to cut out when it was leant over in the post race inspection and was excluded from the results – a similar fate suffered by second-placed Fabien Foret (Yamaha).

Fujiwara was 11th and mounting a challenge for second place when his bike suffered a mystery engine problem just three laps from the end; a similar glitch hitting Chambon’s bike after just three laps.

Aussie Karl Muggeridge (Honda) won the race; Broc Parkes inherited second from the excluded Foret and third went to Jurgen van den Goorbergh (Yamaha).

VITTORIO IANNUZZO – EXCLUDED:

“I am not so happy to be excluded of course, especially after fighting my way up to sixth place from 24th! I worked really hard today and sixth would’ve been great for the team, but it didn’t work out in our favour. Although our team didn’t get the luck or the results today, we feel very positive about the future. ‘Kats’ showed that he could compete with the fastest bikes out there today and so that’s very, very positive. After the start to season we have had, it’s good to know that we can improve and we are all looking forward to that in the next round.”


KATSUAKI FUJIWARA – DNF:

“I am very happy because today I could catch and pass the Hondas and the Yamahas! It’s the first time this season that I could do this and so now I am very optimistic about the rest of the season. My bike also felt more stable under braking, so I think we have managed to find some solutions to some of our problems and maybe now we can be much more competitive. I was only 11th at the end of the first lap but I stayed calm and gradually worked my way up the field, It was not so hard and I was enjoying myself a lot. Maybe I could’ve taken second place today because I was catching Foret, but then we suffered a problem and I was forced to stop. But, I am happy and looking forward to the next race.”

STEPHANE CHAMBON – DNF:

“My race only lasted three laps, so it’s a bit hard to tell how the bike was today. I think there is an improvement and I hope to find out more in the next round. I know that I probably have to adapt my riding style also, but I am happy to try and do that if the bike needs it. The most important thing is that we are improving and that gives us all a lot of hope.”

Results:

1 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda), 2 Parkes (Aus-Honda), 3 VD Goorbergh (NL-Yamaha), 4 Charpentier (F-Honda), 5 Neukirchner (D-Honda), 6 Bussei (I-Ducati), 7 Guareschi (I-Ducati), 8 Lagrive (F-Suzuki), 9 Hanson (S-Honda), 10 Roccoli (I-Yamaha), FUJIWARA – DNF, CHAMBON – DNF, IANNUZZO – Excluded

Championship Points (after 4 rounds): 1 VD Goorbergh (Yamaha) 73, 2 Muggeridge 62, 3 Curtain 47, 4 FUJIWARA (J-ALSTARE SUZUKI CORONA EXTRA) 34, 5 Parkes 33, 6 Lanzi 31, 7 Foret (Yamaha) 30, 8 CHAMBON (F-ALSTARE SUZUKI CORONA EXTRA) 26, 9 Brookes 25, 10 Charpentier 24, 13 IANNUZZO (I-ALSTARE SUZUKI CORONA EXTRA) 20,