[Ducati] Valencia Preview - Mafia References and Flight Delays

[Ronald Betts]

Thats our Troy...At least He sounds in good spirit.



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: Veloce916 at aol.com
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: ducati at ducati.net
>Subject: [Ducati] Valencia Preview -  Mafia References and Flight Delays
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:59:04 EDT
>
>Potentially falls under the category of  "Too much information", lol.
>Vicki
>
> >From Ducati Corse
>
>Thursday Apr 12 2007
>Preview
>
>ALL EYES ON INJURY-HIT BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) AT VALENCIA
>
>
>Valencia (Spain), Thursday 12 April: The World Superbike Championship 
>resumes
>  its championship trail in Valencia, two weeks after the Donington Park 
>round
>  that produced a major setback for the Ducati Xerox Team. Defending 
>champion
>Troy  Bayliss suffered a nasty crash at the British circuit in the first 
>race
>and was  left reeling from injuries to his right hand and his groin.
>Following the immediate amputation of the top two joints of his little 
>finger
>  and an exploratory check in the groin area, Troy has now had ten days' 
>rest
>to  recover for the next round of the championship this weekend. The final
>medical  check was scheduled to take place Thursday afternoon at the 
>Valencia
>circuit for  Troy to be given the all-clear by the Clinica Mobile medical 
>staff
>to face up to  this weekend's Spanish round, but at the time of writing the
>Australian was  stuck in Paris with flight delays and was scheduled to 
>arrive
>late in the  afternoon.
>Troy Bayliss, 6th in championship (64 points)
>Troy has taken four  victories in eight Superbike races at Valencia, both
>double wins in his 2001 and  2006 title years. Two second places and a 
>third,
>together with sensational  MotoGP win at the end of last year, make up an
>incredible record for the  Australian around the Valencia track.
>"I'm feeling OK but the situation is a bit unknown until I get on the bike"
>declared Troy. "I've got to be careful not to hit myself down below 
>obviously
>but the hand feels good. It's certainly going to be different, after all 
>I've
>  only been racing with my little finger for the last twenty years! I've 
>had
>many  worse crashes over the years, this one was just unlucky as far as 
>losing
>a  finger goes. If you looked at me you wouldn't think I'd been in a 
>motorbike
>  accident, you'd think I hadn't paid some bill and the mafia had come and
>chopped  one finger off with a pair of scissors and hit my nuts with a 
>hammer
>because I  haven't got another mark on my body!"
>Lorenzo Lanzi, 5th in championship (66 points)
>In 2006 Lorenzo scored his  best results of the year at Valencia, the 
>Italian
>twice stepping up onto the  podium in third place and he will be looking to
>at least repeat those results  this time round.
>"Last year I scored my best results of the season here, two podiums but the
>conditions were different and this weekend doesn't look" commented Lorenzo. 
>"I
>  am optimistic, I feel quite good in the wet conditions and I'll try and 
>get
>the  best start in qualifying tomorrow. The tests here one month ago went
>well,  unfortunately we've been here four times and we've never found wet
>conditions.  The track is a good one for Ducati, we have shown that in 
>testing and in
>the  previous years' races. I am currently lying in fifth in the 
>championship,
>22  points down on third place, so I'll try and move up this weekend".
>Championship Points (after 3 of 13 rounds): Riders - 1. Toseland (Honda) 
>115;
>  2. Biaggi (Suzuki) 110; 3. Haga (Yamaha) 88; 4. Corser (Yamaha) 81; 5. 
>Lanzi
>  (Ducati Xerox) 66; 6. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 64; etc. Manufacturers - 1.
>Honda  124; 2. Suzuki 110; 3. Yamaha 98; 4. Ducati 94; 5. Kawasaki 40.
>The Circuit
>Name: Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana ‘Ricardo Tormo'
>Length: 4.005  km
>Pole Position: right
>Finish line length: 876 m
>Corners left/right: 9  / 5
>Race distance: 2 x 23 laps / 92.115 km
>Statistics : Best lap: Hodgson (Ducati) 1m34.633s (2003). Lap record: 
>Hodgson
>  (Ducati) 1m35.007s (2003). Superpole: Bayliss (Ducati) 1m34.814s (2002).
>2006 Results : Race 1 - 1. Bayliss (Ducati); 2. Corser (Suzuki); 3. Lanzi
>(Ducati). Race 2 - 1. Bayliss; 2. Corser; 3. Lanzi.
>
>
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