Troy Corser WorldSBK champion 2005 [Spoiler] :)

Bit of an anticlimax to the superbike racing tonight with Vermullen
beating Corser home in Race 1 only to have Race 2 called off by the
riders due to heavy rain and water on the track. According to report on
Crash.net Corser Vermullen and Laconi went out in the pace car to look
at the conditions and it was a decided not to race again. Corser
praised Vermullen for being a part of the decision making which saw him
give away any chance of winning the championship.

9 years between SBK championships for Corser. Does anyone know if there
has ever been a world champion who has won two championships with such a
long wait in between?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Yeap well done Troy, better yet is Ducati stooged HRC's Fireshitbox
last year with Toseland and Corser this year with the GSR Suzuki
[backing it up with the USA-AMA Championship of Matts]

POWER OF DREAMING L O L !![Just loving the humiliation!!!!~}

 

A quiet night at work so I've been able to answer my own questions. It
has been done before. Swiss rider Rolf Biland won the Sidecar world
championship 4 times between 1978 and 1983, then 9 years later in 1992
won the first of another 3 consecutive championships.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Further to earlier post, i actually wanted Verm. to lose the
Championship by 4 points.

In other words the Lanzi/Ducati victory in Germany last race was to
cost him the Championship.

But alas the Ducati trained Corser IS the 05' Champion fair-and-square
[He could have been multiple Champion if he did/nt waste years riding
that Foggy shitbox]

Bullshit anyway,. Race-2 SHOULD have gone ahead, even @ 5km/h.
Nanelli on the 749R managed ok race prior!

 

Bit of an anticlimax to the superbike racing tonight with Vermullen

Was up watchin it, it was like the Island with puddles everywhere, but
they werent small.

They would have been aquaplaning everywhere, someone would have got
hurt, as seen in the 600's, there were some great flying W's...

 

Naah; there's not many whose careers even spanned 9 years at the top
levels!
That German 250/350 champ is my best bet.
[google google] Anton Mang; but he only did 6 years ('82 350 to '87 250).

 

[dofs hat]

 

Yeah, guess Craprilia shouldn't have gotten rid of him

How are Ducati going this year? They seem to be losing

 

So I started wondering what's the longest anyone has gone between drinks
as far as wins, not championships goes, and the winner(?) is (just in
the 500cc/motogp class)... Phil Read, who waited 3200 days between his
first and second 500cc wins... but he won over 30 125cc and 250cc races
in between, so forget him and the honour goes to the next on the list,
Mr A. Barros, who waited 2463 days between his first and second wins...
(and as it happens he's well up on the overall list with 863 days
between his two most recent race wins).

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

But alas the Ducati trained Corser IS the 05' Champion fair-and-square

Umm .. I seem to remember Troy riding an RC30 to an Australian Superbike
Title in 1993.

 

Alex Criville must be up there a bit too.
His first 500 win was about 1990 and he must've waited a few years for the
next.
[google google]
Hmm '92 to '95 (dunno how to do the fancy number-of-days thingo but it'd be
around 1000 so way less than Barros.

 

For interest sake the top 10..

P.READ GBR MV AGUSTA 13/05/1973 3200*
A.BARROS BRA HONDA 24/06/2000 2463
J.HARTLE GBR NORTON 6/08/1960 1456
J.FINDLAY AUS SUZUKI 1/05/1977 1423
L.CAPIROSSI ITA HONDA 28/05/2000 1316
N.ABE JPN YAMAHA 24/10/1999 1281
A.CRIVILLÉ SPA HONDA 8/10/1995 1198
U.MASETTI ITA MV AGUSTA 4/09/1955 1155
L.CAPIROSSI ITA DUCATI 15/06/2003 1113
E.LAWSON USA CAGIVA 12/07/1992 1064

Following his recent Motegi win Loris also made it into 15th position.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

He _IS_ multiple champion.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

~
Thanks Nev,
I'm surprised Capirossi is higher than Criville. (And I didn't know Jack
Findlay ever won a second 500 GP!!)

 

Ahh OK; I was thinking just from FIRST win to next; not biggest gap between
wins.
Capirossi's first win was in 1996 and second was 1998 but his biggest gap
was 2000 to 2003.

 

Alex Criville has a greater gap between world championships

125cc World Champion - 1989
500cc World Champion - 1999

 

Arrghh; how could I miss that one!?!
[takes dunce-cap and sits in corner]

 

What a good bike , 5 years old at this stage

 

Um, no

well, after riding such a piece of shit, it must have been great to get on a
japanese 4-cylinder.

IS the 05' Champion fair-and-square

Or the craprilia

 

well, after riding such a piece of shit, it must have been great to get on a

after all, it was the only way he could get near the front of the
field... Oh thats right, he was the front!