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2004 WORLD SUPERBIKE: OSCHERSLEBEN  

• Oschersleben Motopark Germany
• 3.667 km; twisty and tight track ; two 28 lap races
• first WSBK race in 2001
• 2003 winner: R1 Hodgson, Ducati, R2 Toseland, Ducati
• 2003 pole: Hogdson, Ducati 999R 1m 26.907s
• 2002 winner: R1 Edwards, Honda, R2 Edwards, Honda
• 2001 winner: R1 Edwards, Honda, R2 Xaus, Ducati
• lap record: 1m 27.988, Edwards, Honda 2001

RACE

TOSELAND (DUCATI) new championship leader; 2nd in both races: "... I'm happy that I'm consistently fast now. We had a few problems in qualifying but got them sorted and I'm really happy with the way the bike's working ... Seconds are doing my head in at the moment, I need a first! ... I really want to win the championship and for the moment consistency is paying off but I'm not winning races!"

LACONI (DUCATI) winner Race 2: ".... Eight laps from the end of the second race I thought about letting Haga go, but then I thought again and went after him. I almost caught him and then he had this problem (Haga retired) . Everyone did a great job this weekend so a big thanks to the mechanics, engineers, the team, Fila, Shell Advance, and all our other sponsors for their support".

RACE 2, SUN, MAY 30, 2004

1 Regis Laconi , Ducati 999F04
2 James Toseland, Ducati 999F04 +21s
3 Leon Haslam, Ducati 999RS
4 McCoy
5 Nannelli
6 Sanchini
7 Walker 8 Vermeulen 9 Clementi 10 Meklau
DNF: Haga, Corser, Martin

RACE 1, SUN, MAY 30, 2004

1 Noriyuki Haga , Ducati
2 James Toseland, Ducati
3 Pierfrancesco Chili , Ducati
4 Troy Corser , Foggy Petronas
5 Steve Martin , Ducati
6 Regis Laconi , Ducati
7 Haslam 8 Oelschlager 9 McCoy 10 Sanchini

SUPERSPORT RACE, MAY 30, 2004

1 Karl Muggeridge, Honda CBR600RR
2 Broc Parkes, Honda CBR600RR
3 Sebastien Charpentier, Honda CBR600RR
4 Chambon
5 Neukirchner
6 Fujiwara
7 Vd Goorbergh 8 Kellner 9 Corradi 10 Lanzi

QUALIFYING

GRID, SUPERPOLE, SAT, MAY 29, 2004

1 Troy Corser , Foggy Petronas 1m 27.6s
2 Noriyuki Haga , Ducati
3 Regis Laconi , Ducati
4 Pierfrancesco Chili , Ducati
5 Chris Vermeulen , Honda
6 Steve Martin , Ducati
7 Walker
8 Toseland
9 Schulten
10 McCoy 11 Oelschlager 12 Haslam 13 Sanchini 14 Nannelli 15 Pedercini 16 Bontempi

WORLD SUPERSPORT: GRID, MAY 29, 2004

1 Karl Muggeridge, Honda CBR600RR 1m 29.2
2 Sebastien Charpentier, Honda CBR600RR
3 Kevin Curtain , Yamaha R6
4 Foret
5 Stamm
6 Parkes
7 Kellner 8 Neukirchner 9 MacPherson 10 Fujiwara

FRI, MAY 28, 2004

LACONI (DUCATI) championship leader, 5th: he crashed during his session
"... I just lost the rear under braking and it was a very fast crash at the entry to the very fast triple but I'm OK. When I saw the rear of the bike go, I just let go and the bike went straight into the tyre wall. I was on for a quicker time when I crashed but we still have to work hard to find something more for tomorrow because the bike is still not turning well in the corners."

CORSER (FOGGY) 4TH: "... This afternoon I started off by trying to do a full race distance and straightaway I was into the 1:29s without a problem. That was on race rubber, so I felt pretty happy. I was going to try some fresh tyres later on, but when I did, there was a lot of oil on the track and the session was red flagged, so I lost my chance of making any significant improvements. This track feels a bit like Misano and that means that our bike gets on with it quite well. I sort of felt that before we started today and now I am looking forward to the rest of the weekend. We'll put in a fresh engine tonight and see how much we can improve tomorrow. I believe that we can improve the bike tomorrow - especially on braking - and that should mean quicker lap times."

1 Pierfrancesco Chili , 1m 28.74s
2 Steve Martin , 1m 28.87
3 Noriyuki Haga , 1m 29.02
4 Troy Corser , Petronas
5 Regis Laconi , Ducati
6 Michael Schulten , Honda
7 Mauro Sanchini , Kawasaki
8 Chris Vermeulen , Honda
9 James Toseland , Ducati
10 Leon Haslam , Ducati
11 Oelschlager 12 Meklau 13 Clementi 14 Walker 15 Nannelli

WORLD SUPERSPORT: FRI QUALIFYING, MAY 28, 2004

• 1 Sebastien Charpentier, Honda CBR600RR 1m 29.6
• 2 Muggeridge 1m 29.9
• 3 Parkes 1m0.4
• 4 Curtain
• 5 Fujiwara
• 6 Foret
• 7 Neukirchner 8 Chambon 9 Daemen 10 Kellner

PRE RACE QUOTES

• LACONI (DUCATI) championship leader: "... Oschersleben is a small circuit but unlike many other riders I actually like it. It's a bit like Valencia with lots of right and left corners but no really long straight and I think my riding style is good for it. The only difficult part is just before the back straight, where many riders cut the chicane ... For this race the bike needs to be set up so that it is easy for the changes in direction. As we already have a good base set-up, we will not change the bike from Monza very much"
• TOSELAND (DUCATI) 2003 winner: "... Last year I earned myself a piano for my win at Oschersleben" declared the 23 year-old from Sheffield, England. "I don't think I'll be getting anything like that if I win again, but it'll be great to race again on the circuit where I took my first World Superbike victory .... It's a different kettle of fish this year, what with the new bike and the new tyres, but I'm a lot happier now that we found something at Monza with the help of the Öhlins technicians. I've got more feel at the front, we just need to find more rear grip, but other than that the bike is really good ... Oschersleben is tight and twisty and not very heavy on the braking, unlike Monza .. it's got lots of horseshoe corners, which makes for some interesting racing. It was close last year, so there's no reason why it shouldn't be this time around."
• MARTIN (DUCATI): "... I have always done well here and I am happy with my form at the moment so I am going to go for it and give it my best .I have a good team of guys behind me now and the more we work together the faster we seem to get ...I have to say I feel sorry for Peter (Goddard) to have been thrown in at the deep end in the middle of the season and then me injuring myself after having worked together for a handful of laps. The good news is that already I feel I can concentrate more only on riding rather than all the other pit related stuff"