World Superbike enters final stages with German round at Eurospeedway -ozzy go- ducati.com

World Superbike takes up again after the summer break
with the eleventh round of 13 at the ultra-modern and
impressive Eurospeedway circuit in the eastern part of
Germany. Following the previous round at Brands Hatch,
Troy Bayliss’s hopes of winning a third WSBK title are all
but over as current leader James Toseland (Honda) now has
a 97 point advantage over the Australian with just three
rounds remaining. Both third and second place are within
striking distance however and Troy will be aiming to get
ahead of Max Biaggi (Suzuki) and Noriyuki Haga
(Yamaha) before the season’s end.

Troy Bayliss, 4th in championship (258 points)
This year’s event will be the fourth time the 38-year-old
Australian has competed at Lausitz. He won three of the
four races there in 2001 and 2002 but failed to take the top
spot in his title-winning season in 2006.

“I've always done OK at Lausitz, I enjoy riding there and
I've had some good races, even though last year was not
good. I crashed out on lap 5 of race 1 while leading,
recovering from 23rd to finish seventh, and then finished
third in race 2” he remembers. “Ducati don't really have any
advantage at Lausitz, it's one of the harder circuits for us.
Even though I've won races there, we do tend to struggle a
bit, probably because of the short, smaller corners. Lausitz
could go either way, good or bad, but the weather being
cooler than Brands could work in our favour now that the
summer is over. Brands Hatch was a big disappointment for
us and the title is out of reach now so I'm just going to try
and win races and finish runner-up in the championship”.
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