Yamaha has won the 2007 WSB Manufacturers Championship with
a 28-point margin following today’s season finale at Magny-Cours.
Both Yamaha Motor Italia riders put in 100% effort today to give
the manufacturer the title with Noriyuki Haga taking the double
win and Troy Corser coming home in third and fourth. Both races
were nail-biting events with Haga and Corser making good use of
team work to gain maximum points.
Nobody could have asked for more from Haga as he led both
races from start to finish, claiming his second double win of
the season; the first being at Monza. Corser also put in a sterling
performance during the day, battling with Neukirchner and Bayliss
in race one and Biaggi and Nieto in race two, to take third and
fourth.
Haga’s double win was bittersweet as the rider ended the day just
two points off the championship title. This is the third time
Noriyuki has finished second in the championship. Corser’s results
today means he finishes the 2007 season in fifth place and today
saw him take the record for the highest number of WSB race
starts ever with 276 – one ahead of Pierfrancesco Chili.
After 16 pole positions, 177 podiums and 44 race wins Yamaha
has claimed the Manufacturers Title for the first time.
Shinichi Nakatomi finishes 2007 in 15th place following an 11th
place finish in race one and a DNF in race two.
Noriyuki Haga (1st and 1st – Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team)
“In race one I couldn’t see what was happening behind but my pit
board was telling me so I built up as much gap as possible to try
and stay out of the battles going on. My heart was definitely
beating faster though! For race two I didn’t change anything on
the bike and I just tried my best. I’m disappointed with second in
the championship, who wouldn’t be with a gap of just two points!
But I’m happy. I’ve enjoyed fighting with all the riders in the
championship this year. The last few races have been really
good, from a results point of view; I’ll just have to try harder next
year. It’s been good working with Troy this year, we get on well
and I’m looking forward..." full story on yamaha-racing.com