WSB - Bayliss On A MIssion For Valencia After POsitive Test - April 20th 2006
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After dominating the recent FGSport
official tests at Valencia and Misano Adriatico, championship leader Troy
Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) will return to the Ricardo Tormo circuit this weekend
as a man on a mission. The 37-year-old Australian unofficially broke both
long-standing lap records at the Spanish and the Italian tracks and his aim
is now to increase his slender one-point lead over James Toseland (Honda) at
the top of the table.
"I've been saying for some time now that ever since I hopped on the bike,
it's been going really good" declared Troy. "The only thing that seems a bit
strange though is that at every test we've ended up fastest and everything
looks so good, but when it comes down to racing we've only had one win,
although we've always been up at the front. Here we're quietly confident of
doing well but maybe we expected a little bit more at this point of the
season. But after the last two tests we're in a good situation and looking
forward to this weekend at Valencia. I've done plenty of laps round here in
Superbike and MotoGP and know the circuit so well so if we look at
everything on paper, it should all go well but you never know with racing!".
Lorenzo Lanzi is still suffering from an incident in training shortly before
the recent test at Misano, when he tore a muscle in his ribs. "I feel OK,
the problem is when I get on the bike" declared Lorenzo. "I always try and
train as much as possible, sometimes these things happen in training.
However the last two tests went really well, we are close to the
frontrunners, so tomorrow we'll try and start off on the right foot and do a
good job in view of the race. For me Valencia is OK as a track, maybe the
first part of the circuit is where I have a bit of difficulty. Both Troy and
I are counting on doing a good race here, but as we saw in the tests the
Suzukis and the Yamahas are both very competitive".
Ducati Xerox 2-Seater: The first European round of the season will also mark
the first appearance of the Ducati Xerox 2-Seater, in collaboration with the
team's title sponsor, Xerox. The bike is an exact replica of the 999F06 used
by Troy Bayliss and Lorenzo Lanzi, and it will be present at every round of
the season to provide a sensational experience for a selected group of
clients, sponsors, media and VIPs. The rides will be provided by expert
Italian racer Dario Marchetti, chief instructor at Ducati's DRE (Ducati
Riding Experience) riding school and the first pillion passenger on the
two-seater at Valencia will be the SBK producer for Spain's World Superbike
host broadcaster Telecinco.
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