SBK Corona Extra World SuperBike Championship Rd 10, Eurospeedway Lausitz, Germany, 10th September Race Report

  TITLE GOES TO LAST ROUNDS AS KAGAYAMA AND TOSELAND TRIUMPH IN GERMANY

Red hot favourite Bayliss thwarted in the German sunshine after setting pole position and running into an early lead in race one at the Eurospeedway Lausitz, Troy Bayliss ( Ducati Xerox ) looked like he was well onto scoring the championship win itself with two rounds of the series to go. But after he fell from race one, restarting to finish seventh, the chase was on again. After the second dramatic sunday afternoon of SBK racing in succession, this time in glorious sunshine in eastern germany, Yukio Kagayama ( Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra ) and James Toseland ( Winston Ten Kate Honda ) secured the race wins. The upshot is that Bayliss will have to wait at least until round one at Imola, on October 1st, to wrap up his second world title. He sits on 357 points, with double second place finisher Nori Haga ( Yamaha Motor Italia ) on 270 points and James Toseland on 264 points.

Race One. A brilliant three way fight for the race win in the latter stages saw Kagayama take a win by 1.2 seconds from Haga, and Troy Corser ( Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra ). Bayliss had led the 24 - lap race before falling out of contention, remounting, and then running of track once more, finally finishing seventh. Kagayama paced his attack perfectly, making clear track on the final lap as soon as he saw the opportunity to get clear. Haga's 20 points brought him closer to Bayliss, with James Toseland ( Winston Ten Kate Honda ) a disappointed ninth, after he too ran off track and losing places, having chosen the wrong rear tyre.

Race Two. In race two holeshot man Haga was reeled in by Toseland, who led every one of the 24 - laps, with Haga his perpetual shadow. Bayliss had to push to try to win but had to drop the pace at the end of the contest, finishing three seconds back on an overjoyed Toseland, who took his second win of the season.

WORLD SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP

Kenan Sofuoglu ( Winston Ten Kate Honda ) played a waiting game with long time race leader Kevin Curtain ( Yamaha Motor Germany ) to take the win at Lausitzring, after another disastrous day for his team-mate Sebastien Charpentier ( Winston Ten Kate Honda ). 2005 champion Charpentier looked to have trouble in braking and ran on early in the race, misjudging the width of an escape lane tyre barrier, and breaking a bone in his left hand after his machine hit it abruptly. He is hoping to be fit for Imola, but his biggest championship rival, Kevin Curtain, is now 27 points ahead, with only 50 points up for grabs. Third in the Lausitz race was stand-in rider for the Yamaha Motor Germany squad, Fabien Foret, who replaced injured rider Broc Parkes. Sofuoglu is now only two points from Parkes, still third despite missing the race.