Superbike World Championship – Supersport World Championship – Superstock 1000cc FIM Cup – 2007 Permanent Entry Lists Superbike World Championship Provisional list Start Number, Rider, Nationality, Motorcycle, Team 21, Troy Bayliss, AUS, Ducati 999R, Ducati Xerox Team 57, Lorenzo Lanzi, ITA, Ducati 999R, Ducati Xerox Team 41, Noriyuki Haga, JPN, Yamaha YZF-R1, Yamaha Motor Italia 11, Troy Corser, AUS, Yamaha YZF-R1, Yamaha Motor Italia 3, Max Biaggi, ITA, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra 71, Yukio Kagayama, JPN, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra 52, James Toseland, GBR, Honda CBR1000RR, Ten Kate Honda Team 44, Roberto Rolfo, ITA, Honda CBR1000RR, Ten Kate Honda Team 55, Regis Laconi, FRA, Kawasaki ZX-10R, PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 10, Fonsi Nieto, ESP, Kawasaki ZX-10R, PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 84, Michel Fabrizio, ITA, Honda CBR1000RR, D.F.X. Treme 99, Steve Martin, AUS, Honda CBR1000RR, D.F.X. Treme 38, Shinichi Nakatomi, JPN, Yamaha YZF-R1, Yamaha Motor France – IPONE TBA, TBA, TBA, Yamaha YZF-R1, Yamaha Motor France – IPONE 111, Ruben Xaus, ESP, Ducati 999R, GMB Racing 42, Dean Ellison, GBR, Ducati 999R, Team Pedercini TBA, TBA, TBA, Ducati 999R, Team Pedercini 53, Alessandro Polita, ITA, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Celani Team Suzuki Italia 31, Karl Muggeridge, AUS, Honda CBR1000RR, Alto Evolution Honda 75, Joshua Brookes, AUS, Honda CBR1000RR, Alto Evolution Honda 76, Max Neukirchner, GER, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Suzuki Germany 73, Christian Zaiser, AUT, MV Agusta, LBR Racing Team 36, Jiri Drazdak, CZE, Yamaha YZF-R1, Pro SBK CZ Republic Supersport World Championship Provisional list 16, Sebastien Charpentier, FRA, Honda CBR600RR, Ten Kate Honda Team 54, Kenan Sofuoglu, TUR, Honda CBR600RR, Ten Kate Honda Team 11, Kevin Curtain, AUS, Yamaha YZF-R6, Yamaha SSP Racing 23, Broc Parkes, AUS, Yamaha YZF-R6, Yamaha SSP Racing 55, Massimo Roccoli, ITA, Yamaha YZF-R6, Yamaha Team Italia 21, Katsuaki Fujiwara, JPN, Honda CBR600RR, Megabike Honda Team 4, Lorenzo Alfonsi, ITA, Honda CBR600RR, Megabike Honda Team 127, Robbin Harms, DEN, Honda CBR600RR, Stiggy Motorsport Honda 32, Yoann Tiberio, FRA, Honda CBR600RR, Stiggy Motorsport Honda 96, Nikola Milovanovic, SWE, Honda CBR600RR, Benjan Motoren 9, Fabien Foret, FRA, Suzuki GSX-R600, Team Gil Motor Sport 7, Pere Riba, ESP, Kawasaki ZX-6RR, Team Gil Motor Sport 77, Barry Veneman, NED, Suzuki GSX-R600, Team Hoegee Suzuki 31, Vesa Kallio, FIN, Suzuki GSX-R600, Team Hoegee Suzuki 94, David Checa, ESP, Yamaha YZF-R6, Yamaha – GMT 94 49, Sebastien Gimbert, FRA, Yamaha YZF-R6, Yamaha – GMT 94 69, Gianluca Nannelli, ITA, Ducati 749R, Team Caracchi SC 37, William De Angelis, RSM, Honda CBR600RR, Intermoto Czech Klaffi 25, Tatu Lauslehto, FIN, Honda CBR600RR, Intermoto Czech Klaffi 73, Ives Polzer, AUT, Ducati 749R, LBR Ducati Racing 27, Chris Peris, CAN, Yamaha YZF-R6, Yamaha MOTO1 45, Gianluca Vizziello, ITA, Yamaha YZF-R6, RG Team 38, Gregory Leblanc, FRA, Honda CBR600RR, Vazy Racing Team 46, Jesco Gundher, GER, Honda CBR600RR, CRS Grand Prix 17, Miguel Praia, POR, Honda CBR600RR, Team Parkalgar 61, Simone Sanna, ITA, Honda CBR600RR, Team Parkalgar 169, Julien Enjolras, FRA, Yamaha YZF-R6, Tati Team Beaujolais Racing 60, Vladimir Ivanov, RUS, Yamaha YZF-R6, Vector Racing Team 12, Javier Fores, ESP, Honda CBR600RR, HP Racing 121, Arnaud Vincent, FRA, Yamaha YZF-R6, Millet Racing 39, David Forner Garcia, ESP, Yamaha YZF-R6, Promoracing 41, David Salom Fuentes, ESP, Yamaha YZF-R6, Promoracing 34, Davide Giuliano, ITA, Kawasaki ZX-6RR, Lightspeed Kawasaki supported 18, Craig Jones, GBR, Honda CBR600RR, Ekerold Honda Racing 26, Joan Lascorz, ESP, Honda CBR600RR, Glaner Motocard.com 35, Gilles Boccolini, ITA, Kawasaki ZX-6RR, Team PMS Corse Superstock 1000cc FIM Cup Provisional list 71, Claudio Corti, ITA, Yamaha YZF-R1, Team Lorenzini by Leoni 81, Michele Pirro, ITA, Yamaha YZF-R1, Team Lorenzini by Leoni 19, Xavier Simeon, BEL, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra 37, Raffaele Felice, ITA, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Celani Team Suzuki Italia 3, Mark Aitchison, AUS, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Celani Team Suzuki Italia 49, Arne Tode, GER, Honda CBR1000RR, Racing Dirk Van Mol 59, Nicolo Canepa, ITA, Ducati 1098S, Ducati Xerox Junior Team 155, Brendan Roberts, AUS, Ducati 1098S, Ducati Xerox Junior Team 77, Barry Burrel, GBR, Honda CBR1000RR, MS Akuna Racing Team 96, Matej Smrz, CZE, Honda CBR1000RR, MS Akuna Racing Team 5, Bram Appelo, NED, Honda CBR1000RR, EAB Ten Kate Racing Team 11, Dennis Sacchetti, ITA, MV Agusta, Gimotorsport 99, Danilo Dell’Omo, ITA, MV Agusta, Gimotorsport 24, Marko Jerman, SLO, Suzuki GSX-R1000, DBR Racing Team 39, David Perret, FRA, Suzuki GSX-R1000, DBR Racing Team 56, Daniel Sutter, SUI, Yamaha YZF-R1, Peko Racing 18, Matt Bond, GBR, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Mist Suzuki 21, Wim Van Den Broeck, BEL, Yamaha YZF-R1, Team Zone Rouge 55, Olivier Depoorter, BEL, Yamaha YZF-R1, Team Zone Rouge 86, Ayrton Badovini, ITA, MV Agusta, Biassono Racing Team 12, Franck Millet, ITA, MV Agusta, Biassono Racing Team 33, Marko Rohtlaan, EST, Honda CBR1000RR, Azione Corse 57, Ilario Dionisi, ITA, Suzuki GSX-R1000, TCM Team Cruciani Moto 29, Niccolo Rosso, ITA, Ducati 1098S, GMB Racing 14, Lorenzo Baroni, ITA, Ducati 1098S, GMB Racing 16, Raymond Schouten, NED, Yamaha YZF-R1, Some Racing 31, Lennard Houwelingen, NED, Yamaha YZF-R1, Some Racing 4, Napoleone Loic, FRA, MV Agusta, EVR Corse 83, Didier Van Keymeulen, BEL, Yamaha YZF-R1, TTSL-MGM Racing 88, Timo Giesele, GER, Yamaha YZF-R1, MGM Racing-performance 32, Sheridan Morais, RSA, Ducati 1098S, Team Pedercini 27, TBA, USA, Ducati 1098S, Team Pedercini 13, Viktor Kispataki, HUN, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Full-Gas Racing Team 34, Nemeth Balazs, HUN, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Full-Gas Racing Team 26, Javier Francisco Olive, ESP, Yamaha YZF-R1, Alapont Competicion 15, Matteo Baiocco, ITA, Yamaha YZF-R1, Umbria Bkie 42, Leonardo Biliotti Leuthe, GER, MV Agusta, Billi”¦ssimi Race 75, Luka Nedog, SLO, Ducati 1098S, Team Ducati SC Caracchi

BAYLISS ONTO THE 1’30s ON FINAL DAY OF AUSSIE TESTING Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) continued his run of extreme performance on his 999F07 machine to record the fastest time of the tests with a 1’30.7 lap, set in the morning of the final day. Such was his pace on track, and the pace at which he tested the new generation of Pirelli tyres, that Bayliss was finished his programme by lunchtime, leaving the track to his main 2007 championship rivals – none of whom could match his remarkable single lap best. Once again his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) came closest to the reigning champion, scoring a best lap of 1’31.2. TOSELAND THIRD AND HAPPY WITH RACE PACE James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) secured third spot for himself on the last day, and set a fast series of race simulations to boot. His best single lap was a 1’31.7. It was a draw for fourth fastest time of the test, with Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) both on 1’32.2, although Corser had to count on his second day time. KAGAYAMA AND NIETO SHARE BEST TIME Another dead heat on the stopwatch saw Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) use his day two time of 1’32.3 to match Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) and his final day push on the second Kawasaki. Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) finished his test in an unexpectedly low position after setting a 1’32.4, but his fast race simulations were an important boost to his pre-season confidence. The top ten was rounded out by Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia), who had to rely on his second day time of 1’32.8 to finish ninth overall and Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) who closed up on the leaders somewhat with a 1’33.2. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Once more the new batch of Pirelli test tyres carved into the WSS records at PI, with Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Supersport Racing) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) evenly matched, on a remarkable 1’33.9. On his own in third place came the Caracchi Ducati of Gianluca Nannelli, with a 1’34.3 while three time faller over the three day test, Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) went fourth fastest, on 1’34.4. Broc Parkes (Yamaha Supersport Racing) could not improve his best time from yesterday and thus went fifth fastest overall, on a 1’34.8. The improving Hoegee Suzuki rider Barry Veneman scored a final best of sixth, with a 1’35.6, as Fabien Foret (Gil Kawasaki) posted a 1’35.7, just a tenth behind. Pere Riba (Gil Kawasaki) was eighth, on a 1’36 flat, with Vesa Kallio, ninth on a 1’37.0. SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’30″7; 2. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 1’31″2; 3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’31″7; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’32″2; 5. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’32″2; 6. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1’32″3; 7. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’32″3; 8. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’32″4; 9. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 1’32″8; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1’33″2. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Sofuoglu (Tur-Honda) 1’33″9; 2. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 1’33″9; 3. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 1’34″3; 4. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’34″4; 5. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34″8; 6. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1’35″6; 7. Foret (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’35″7; 8. Riba (Spa-id) 1’36″0; 9. Kallio (Fin-Suzuki) 1’37″0. More, from a press release issued by Pirelli: The three days test session run on the racetrack of Phillip Island has just finished providing good news for Pirelli and the SBK teams. This was the third step of a development programme started in Spain (Valencia) and then carried on in Qatar (Doha) by the WSBK and WSS development teams. Pirelli technicians faced this appointment with many different solutions to test, result of the endless work of the whole season and partially tested in the previous venues. Interesting news coming from both the SBK and SS categories, with very good laptimes and most of all good performances in terms of long runs and race simulations. In the SBK class the fastest rider was Troy Bayliss, who managed to set the incredible laptime of 1’30″7: two seconds faster than the previous record! The new tyre specifications developed by Pirelli technicians have found a perfect ground and have scored a similar great result also in the SS category. The new DIABLO Supercorsa, the 17″ tyre DOT, street homologated tyre – presented this year and available on the market for all the racetrack enthusiasts is still providing great results to the WSS riders. After having improved basically all the race records during the season after his appearance in Misano, Diablo Supercorsa has allowed the riders once again to set the new reference times. Kenan Sofuoglu and Kevin Curtain have set the new lap record with the same amazing time of 1’33.9. Good news for Pirelli technicians, with two different bikes (Honda and Yamaha) able to exploit the benefits of this new solutions proving its real potential and characteristics of adaptability: Nannelli third with the two cylinders Ducati is more than a confirmation. The start of the season is getting closer and closer, and looking at the results of this winter test sessions it seems we will have again a breathtaking season, and again the huge work performed by Pirelli technicians will bring to great races and thus benefits will go to the SBK enthusiasts and to the end users. Test laptimes: SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Pirelli Diablo SBK – 16,5″ slick tyres 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’30″7; 2. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 1’31″2; 3. Toseland (UK-Honda) 1’31″7; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’32″2; 5. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’32″2; 6. Kagayama (Jap-Suzuki) 1’32″3; 7. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’32″3; 8. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’32″4; 9. Haga (Jap-Yamaha) 1’32″8; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1’33″2. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Pirelli DIABLO SUPERCORSA – 17″ DOT tyres 1. Sofuoglu (Tur-Honda) 1’33″9; 2. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 1’33″9; 3. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 1’34″3; 4. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’34″4; 5. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34″8; 6. Veneman (Hol-Suzuki) 1’35″6; 7. Foret (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’35″7; 8. Riba (Spa-id) 1’36″0; 9. Kallio (Fin-Suzuki) 1’37″0. More, from a press release issued by Corona Extra Alstare Suzuki: YUKIO AND MAX POSITIVE AFTER PHILLIP ISLAND. Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Yukio Kagayama and Max Biaggi carried on the development programme of the new 2007 GSX-R1000K7 at Phillip Island and left the Australian circuit with a lot of data for the team to evaluate. The team had two different engine specifications to try out and each had different characteristics, so a lot of analytical work had to be carried out so that progress can be made next time out. Max had a very low speed tip-off at MG corner on day two, but apart from that there were no other falls. At the end of the three-day test, according to the Pirelli time-keeping, Yukio finished sixth quickest overall, with Max eighth. Reigning champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati) surprised everybody by posting a lap of 1:30.67, smashing the lap record in the process, on the new Pirelli development tyres. YUKIO, 97 laps, best lap1’32”3 “In the three days here, I didn’t crash so I am very happy about that! This test has been a lot of hard work and we have had many things to try on the new 2007 bike. But we have done a lot of very useful work, even if the lap times were not as good as maybe we were expecting. I cannot stress how much work we have all done during these three days and we have gathered a lot of very useful information. We will analyse this back in the workshop and then work on the next stage at the next test. Phillip Island is always a good track for testing because of the variety and I hope the next test will move us forward some more and we can be ready for the first race in Qatar. MAX, 108 laps, best lap 1’32”4 Phillip Island has been very interesting and we have had to do a lot of work here to understand this new bike. We did a couple of long runs, but the results were not so good because the bike was vibrating a bit and that affected the overall times. Also the track was quite a bit hotter on the final day and when that happens normally we don’t go so quick. I tried two different engine specifications and got on better with the Japanese spec one. For me it just felt more comfortable to ride and it was a good engine package. The team now has a lot of information and data to work with and the results of this we’ll try at our next test. Hopefully, the good work we have done in Australia will pay dividends next time out. Overall (Pirelli) best times (3-day): 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’30”7, 2 Lanzi (I-Ducati) 1:31″2, 3 Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’31”7, 4 Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’32″2, 5 Laconi (F-Kawasaki) 1’32”2, 6 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1’32”3, 7 Nieto (E-Kawasaki) 1’32”3, 8 MAX BIAGGI (I-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1’32”4. 9 Haga (J-Yamaha) 1’32”8,10 Rolfo (I-Honda) 1’33”7 Best 2006 Race lap time: Bayliss 1’32”402 More, from a press release issued by Xerox Ducati: BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) SETS RECORD PACE IN PHILLIP ISLAND TESTS Bologna (Italy), 15th January: Troy Bayliss continued his brilliant pre-season form for the Ducati Xerox team as he set a record-breaking pace in three days of testing at Phillip Island. Riding the latest-spec 999F07, Troy fired in a 1m30.7s lap on the final morning in the cooler conditions, the fastest time ever recorded by a Superbike machine around the Phillip Island circuit, before wrapping up his testing schedule at the lunch break. Bayliss’s team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi was a perfect back-up, the Italian finishing the Pirelli development tests second overall with a time of 1m31.2s. “It’s been a good three-day test” declared the 2006 world champion, Bayliss. “We tried some new settings and electronics and the latest Pirelli tyres and were able to set some fast lap times although over the race distance things were a bit different. Even though today’s long-run didn’t go as well as we had hoped, yesterday’s simulation was good and we learnt a lot of things that will benefit us for the race here in March. I’m very happy with the way the bike is working and we went faster than the race pace of last year so everything is going really well”. “Everything went well in these three intense days of testing” commented Lorenzo. “We tried out a lot of things and the results are plain to see. We were always amongst the quickest, except for the first day when I didn’t go for a fast time. With the race tyre we did a great job and we sorted out a lot of things to improve the set-up of the bike. Last year I was one and a half seconds off Troy’s pace on race tyres on this track, this year the gap is only four tenths of a second so this for me is an excellent performance”. TIMES (provided by Pirelli): 1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m30.7s; 2. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 1m31.2s; 3. Toseland (Honda) 1m31.7s; 4. Corser (Yamaha) 1m32.2s; 5. Laconi (Kawasaki) 1m32.2s; 6. Kagayama (Suzuki) 1m32.3s; 7. Nieto (Kawasaki) 1m32.3s; 8. Biaggi (Suzuki) 1m32.4s; 9. Haga (Yamaha) 1m32.8s; 10. Rolfo (Honda) 1m33.2s. More, from a press release issued by Yamaha Racing: Yamaha makes steady progress with the new YZF-R1 The all-new YZF-R1 was given its first 2007 testing shakedown by Yamaha Motor Italia riders Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga, at the final official Pirelli tests of the close season. Corser took the equal fourth best time of the three days, with a lap of 1’32.2, set on day two – some 0.2 seconds under the current race lap record pace. Haga also had to rely on a day two best to set his fastest mark of the sessions, a 1’32.8, in what was another largely closely contested outing for the five Superbike teams in attendance. For this second outing with the new R1, the team had limited preparation time. Meaning that not all of the usual adjustments in chassis/ swingarm combination were available to the riders, and thus the ultimate best times were limited. Corser, despite this temporary handicap, was still a force on his home circuit while Haga found a good race set-up on the final day. Both riders managed to gather important information for the final test in Qatar next February. Fastest rider at the test was Troy Bayliss, who scored a new Superbike track best of 1’30.7, with his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi half a second behind. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) “The top speed and the engine feel is not bad, but we are struggling a bit with rear grip coming out of corners. We are a bit too sideways. So the lap times are not coming for us at the moment. I’m pretty happy with the bike and the team is working well, but we just need a bit more testing, and this is only the third day of riding a Yamaha at Phillip Island. We need to adjust the swingarm angle. We could use a hard tyre and get the same grip and push as a qualifier. But it’s not that disheartening because despite having some troubles we are not that far away on lap time. I know where I’m losing time and how much time I’m losing, and I’m confident we can fix it.” Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) “Finally I found a good setting and good acceleration, but I still had problems with a few things, same as Troy. Today I made 20 laps in a long run, which went very good, but after eight laps the rear problem started and the tyre started grooving. We need more testing with the new parts.” Massimo Meregalli (Team Coordinator – Yamaha Motor Italia) ” We did not experience a rear grip problem in Qatar during the last test, so this was an important test. Now we can make the necessary changes to the specs to become fully competitive with our new R1. In discussion with the riders and chief mechanics, we know what the solution is for the set-up and we will test the parts here during race weekend. It is not a big thing, but we simply did not have time to bring these parts here now. Noriyuki made a good race simulation today.” OFFICIAL WSB TESTS: AUSTRALIA Circuit: Phillip Island Circuit Length: 4.445km Race Lap Record: 1’32.402 (Troy Bayliss, 2006) Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 30.7 (Troy Bayliss, 2007, at this test) Temp: 25ºC World Superbike 1. Bayliss Ducati Xerox 1’30.7 2. Lanzi Ducati Xerox 1’31.2 3. Toseland Honda Ten Kate 1’31.7 4. Corser Yamaha Motor Italia 1’32.2 5. Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 1’32.2 6. Kagayama Suzuki Alstare 1’32.3 7. Nieto Kawasaki PSG-1 1’32.3 8. Biaggi Suzuki Alstare 1’32.4 9. Haga Yamaha Motor Italia 1’32.8 10. Rolfo Honda Ten Kate 1’33.2 Pirelli Test Session: Australia Circuit: Phillip Island Date: 13 – 15 January 2007 Temp: 25ºC Weather: Sunny, cooler in mornings Curtain equal fastest and at record pace Yamaha World Supersport Team riders Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes completed their latest schedule of long haul testing in an ultimately successful fashion, with Curtain setting the joint fastest lap of the test and Parkes carrying out a satisfactory long run to simulate a real race. Curtain tied for the new circuit Supersport best ever lap with Honda rider Kenan Sofuoglu, each setting a remarkable 1’33.9 – more in 2006 Superbike territory than Supersport. The new selection of rear tyres the team tested proved able in terms of permitting a few fast lap times, but the rears operated best in the lower track temperatures of the morning sessions. The main competitors had quite some difficulties countering the lap times of Curtain, resulting in many crashes. Parkes suffered a crash on the second day and a trivial problem with his repaired bike on the morning of the final day stopped him improving his still impressive best of 1’34.8 even more. Nonetheless, the team tested all their new equipment and the new tyre solutions, in readiness for the start of the season on February 24th, at Losail, in Qatar. This test was the first outing under direct ownership of Yamaha Motor Europe. Although the team still operates from their Yamaha Motor Germany workshop, the overall management and ownership of the team is transferred to the European headquarter of Yamaha in the Netherlands. This enables the team to benefit from Yamaha Motor Europe’s experience and resources. Kevin Curtain (Yamaha World Supersport Team) “I did a 1’33.9, and I was really impressed! Pretty good for a 600. Today was obviously good in terms of the outright lap times but we have quite a big rear endurance problem on the tyres that give the best lap time, and I think most people have the same. We always have a known quantity tyre that we can fall back on for the race and in general my test has been really good right from the start. The front has been good here, and we know what works and doesn’t work. We basically used the setting from the recent Qatar tests as a base point.” Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport Team) “A pretty good test but yesterday I crashed one of my bikes and we didn’t use it again that day, and then we put a new gearbox in the other bike. Due to my crash, I suffered a problem with chattering and that cost us a lot of time in the morning, when the conditions where best, so I couldn’t improve my time. In the afternoon we did a race simulation and that was really good. We used a tyre from last year on the back for that and of course the individual times were not as good. Track temperature has been a big question here.” Terrell Thien (Team Manager – Yamaha World Supersport Team) “We could only set our very best times when the track temperature is around 20 degrees, and above 30 everything goes slower. So for long runs in these conditions we have to use an older spec tyre, without the same outright grip, but with the endurance. For our work, everything was on schedule, if not a little ahead. That allowed us to work on some electronics, and if we use all the electronics we have, it saves the rear tyre a lot. This may be the way for the future.” OFFICIAL SBK TESTS: AUSTRALIA Circuit: Phillip Island Circuit Length: 4.445km Race Lap Record: 1’36.399 (Broc Parkes, 2006) Fastest Lap Ever: 1′ 33.9 (Curtain and Kenan Sofuoglu, 2007, at this test) Temp: 25ºC World Supersport 1. Curtain Yamaha World Supersport Team 1’33.9 2. Sofuoglu Hannspree Honda 1’33.9 3. Nannelli Ducati SC Caracchi 1’34.3 4. Charpentier Hannspree Honda 1’34.4 5. Parkes Yamaha World Supersport Team 1’34.8 6. Veneman Hoegee Suzuki 1’35.6 7. Foret Kawasaki Gil Motorsport 1’35.7 8. Riba Kawasaki Gil Motorsport 1’36.0 9. Kallio Hoegee Suzuki 1’37.0

CMRA racer Chase Vivion was injured on Saturday night when his pickup truck was involved in a roll-over accident during heavy rain and a GSX-R600 engine in the cab of the truck landed on him. Vivion put the 2007 engine in the cab because he had just picked it up from an engine builder and did not want it to get wet. According to friends and family, Vivion suffered a non-displaced fracture of the C5 vertebrae and has been fitted with a neck brace. He also suffered a ruptured artery in the neck, head trauma and injuries from flying glass. Vivion is currently hospitalized at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. More information will be posted when it becomes available.

SBK CORONA EXTRA SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP® PIRELLI TEST PHILLIP ISLAND 13rd, 14th and 15th JANUARY SECOND DAY Phillip Island, Sunday 14th January 2007 BAYLISS DESTROYS CIRCUIT BEST LAP ON DAY TWO On the second day of Pirelli tyre tests at Phillip Island Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) took a whole second off the previous best qualifying time, while running a 2007 spec rear and a prototype race front. His time of 1’31.0 was set in the cooler conditions of the morning, and no other rider got within a second of his time, despite a great improvement in general lap times through the ten rider SBK attendance. Next closest to Bayliss was his team-mate, Lorenzo Lanzi, who scored a 1’32.1. CORSER AND TOSELAND SHARE THIRD BEST TIME James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) shared the time of 1’32.2 with Toseland pleased at his general pace on race tyres but Corser somewhat concerned that in the warmer conditions of the afternoon sessions he could not maintain the pace he could in the mornings. A marked improvement on day two from Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) pushed him to fifth place, on a 1’32.3. Despite a fall in the afternoon session, at the slow right-hander of MG corner, Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) was equal sixth fastest, matching Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) on 1’32.6. Laconi also fell, at Hayshed, at some 240kmph. He was unhurt in his crash and continued to set a pace close to the leaders from then on. Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) went eighth fastest with his 1’32.7, while Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) demonstrated that it was a close day of testing by setting a 1’32.8 for ninth place – only 0.7 seconds from Lanzi in second place. Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) set a best of 1’33.9, 1.5 seconds faster than day one. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Several riders in the Supersport class went on the rampage against the stopwatches, with Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Supersport Racing) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) setting joint fastest time, 1’34.7. Broc Parkes (Yamaha Supersport Racing) was only one tenth of a second behind the leading duo, as each of the top riders decimated the previous track best. Gianluca Nannelli (SC Caracchi Ducati) equalled the best qualifying time in a race weekend with his 1’35.2, but after another fall from his new machine, Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) did not improve as much as he may have expected, and made a 1’36 flat, to go fifth fastest on the day. Fabien Foret (Gil Kawasaki) scored a 1’36.3, to edge out both his team-mate, Pere Riba, and Hoegee Suzuki rider Barry Veneman by only one tenth. Veneman’s team-mate, Vesa Kallio, went ninth, on 1’37.7. SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’31″0; 2. Lanzi (Ita-id) 1’32″1; 3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’32″2; 4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’32″2; 5. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1’32″3; 6. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’32″6; 7. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’32″6; 8. Nieto (Spa-id) 1’32″7; 9. Haga (id-Yamaha) 1’32″8; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1’33″9. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34″7; 2. Sofuoglu (Tur-Honda) 1’34″7; 3. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34″8; 4. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 1’35″2; 5. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’36″0; 6. Foret (id- Kawasaki) 1’36″3; 7. Riba (Spa-id) 1’36″4; 8. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1’36″4; 9. Kallio (Fin-id) 1’37″7.

FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: I bet Trackdaz instructor Steven Sturm (of Pasadena, California) that Valentino Rossi would lose the MotoGP World Championship. I collected on the bet. Some background from my POV – ~http://trackdaz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=655#p655~ From the loser’s POV (hysterically funny) – ~http://trackdaz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=832#p832~ ~http://marcdanziger.exposuremanager.com/g/steveyracer~ ~http://youtube.com/watch?v=L7TmWjQpO2g~ Marc Danziger Torrance, California

SBK CORONA EXTRA SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP® PIRELLI TEST PHILLIP ISLAND 13rd, 14th and 15th JANUARY FIRST DAY Phillip Island, Saturday 13 January 2007 DAY ONE OF AUSSIE TESTING GOES TO LOCAL BOY BAYLISS The first sessions of the latest round of World Superbike development tests, being held at Phillip Island between 13 and 15 January saw a fast pace from the off, with the best time finally being set by Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) with a highly impressive 1’32.8. In second place on the time sheets, new SBK inductee Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) was once more on the pace on a 1’33.2 on the new 2007 GSX-R. Third fastest slot was shared by James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) each on 1’33.3. KAWASAKI DUO MOVING ON EARLY Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) scored fifth best time, just in front of Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse), how own team-mate, with Laconi on 1’33.5 and Nieto just behind by one tenth, on the same time as Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia). Eighth quickest was Bayliss’ team-mate, Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) less than a second down on Bayliss. Another tough first day of testing for Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) put him ninth, with new Honda rider Roby Rolfo easing himself into his new role at this fast circuit, with a 1’35.4. Two more days remain for all riders to make a bigger impression and work through the 2007 development tyres. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Of the nine Supersport riders on display only eight recorded times, after Gianluca Nannelli’s SC Caracchi Ducati machine experienced technical difficulties. With both main Honda riders, Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) falling early on, the leading pace was set in fine style by Yamaha riders Broc Parkes (Yamaha Supersport Racing) and his team-mate Kevin Curtain. Parkes was fastest of all, with a 1’35.2, with Curtain only two tenths behind. Charpentier and Sofuoglu were equal third fastest. Quickest Kawasaki rider was Pere Riba (Gil Kawasaki) on 1’36.6, while 2002 World Champion Fabien Foret, set a 1’36.9. Barry Veneman (Hoegee Suzuki) was the fastest of the GSX-R riders (on a 1’37.6) with his team-mate Vesa Kallio, eighth. RESULTS (NOT OFFICIAL): SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1’32″8; 2. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1’33″2; 3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1’33″4; 4. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 1’33″4; 5. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’33″5; 6. Nieto (Spa-id) 1’33″6; 7. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1’33″6; 8. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 1’33″7; 9. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1’34″1; 10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1’35″4. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’35″2; 2. Curtain (id) 1’35″4; 3. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’36″3; 4. Sofuoglu (Tur-id) 1’36″3; 5. Riba (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’36″6; 6. Foret (Fra-id) 1’36″9; 7. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1’37″6; 8. Kallio (Fin-id) 1’38″9; 9. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) n.a.

Jason DiSalvo turned the fastest lap times during a two-day factory team test, running on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Classic Course including the south extension. The test ended at 2:00 p.m. today with light snow flurries falling. Honda’s Miguel Duhamel and Jake Zemke, Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking and Roger Lee Hayden, and Yamaha’s Ben and Eric Bostrom, DiSalvo and Josh Herrin rode in the test, which was marked by 40-degree ambient temperatures and winds yesterday and which started at 32 degrees ambient temperature this morning, peaked in the 40s and dropped back to 30 degrees F in the early afternoon, when everyone called it a day. Only DiSalvo had been on the course before, and he was consistently fastest aboard his Yamaha Superbike. Random lap times taken by an observer at the test follow: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha Superbike, 1:24.49 2. Jamie Hacking, Kawasaki Superbike, 1:26.61 3. Eric Bostrom, Yamaha Superbike, 1:26.66 4. Jake Zemke, Honda Superbike, 1:27.67 5. Ben Bostrom, Yamaha Superstock, 1:27.81 6. Miguel Duhamel, Honda Superbike, 1:27.95 7. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki Superbike, 1:28.00 8. Josh Herrin, Yamaha Supersport, 1:30.76

Millennium/KWS Suzuki Launches New Website Charleston, SC January 2007 — Millennium/KWS Suzuki is proud to announce the launch of www.kwsracing.com. This completely new website will be the ultimate source for pictures, press releases, sponsor specials and other information related to the Millennium/KWS Suzuki race team. Please check back often for news on Millennium/KWS Suzuki’s plans for the up coming 2007 AMA Pro Racing Season. ~http://www.kwsracing.com~