Troy Bayliss

November 17, 2004

INDEX OF 2004 MOTOGP SEASON

Ducati MotoGP Team launch launch and race reports from the 2004 season.

February 4, 2004
	2004 DUCATI MOTOGP TEAM LAUNCH INDEX The Ducati MotoGP Launch Index tracks all the news stories of the event from Bologna, Italy.
April 18, 2004
	WELKOM - SOUTH AFRICA Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss finished today’s season-opening South African GP in 6th and 14th places, putting the team in positive mood as they move back to Europe where most of the 16-race campaign will be contested.
May 2, 2004
	JEREZ - SPAIN Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi endured the toughest of times at Jerez this weekend, Capirossi the team’s only finisher in a rain-lashed race.
May 16, 2004
	LE MANS - FRANCE Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss finished this afternoon’s sun-soaked French Grand Prix at Le Mans in eighth and tenth positions.
June 6, 2004
	MUGELLO - ITALY Loris Capirossi finished his team’s home GP in a fighting second place; team-mate Troy Bayliss had a more difficult time in the torrid 35-degree heat – the Australian was pushing through the pack when he crashed out at half-distance.
June 13, 2004
	CATALUNYA - SPAIN Loris Capirossi scored a historic first victory for the Ducati MotoGP Team at searing-hot Catalunya today; team-mate Troy Bayliss had a torrid race, running eighth before he ran off the track to cross the line in tenth.
June 26, 2004
	ASSEN - HOLLAND Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi came close to scoring a double top ten finish at Assen today in their first race with the squad’s new twin-pulse Desmosedici engine.
July 4, 2004
	JACAREPAGUA - BRAZIL Loris Capirossi scored his best result of the season so far today; team-mate Troy Bayliss was less fortunate, sliding off during the early stages of a torrid race that also claimed world title rivals Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau.
July 18, 2004
	SACHSENRING - GERMANY Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss had high hopes for today’s German GP at the Sachsenring but both men were out of luck, tumbling out of a crash-strewn race.
July 25, 2004
	DONINGTON - GREAT BRITAIN Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi scored one of their best results of the year at Donington Park this afternoon, coming home in fifth and seventh positions.
August 22, 2004
	BRNO - CZECH REPUBLIC Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss this afternoon completed a difficult Czech Grand Prix weekend with a fifth place and a DNF.
September 5, 2004
	ESTORIL - PORTUGAL Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss enjoyed inspired rides in today’s Portuguese Grand Prix, both charging through the field to finish seventh and eighth after difficult starts from the fourth and fifth rows of the grid.
September 19, 2004
	MOTEGI - JAPAN The Grand Prix of Japan proved to be a disappointing race for the Ducati MotoGP Team as both riders were involved in crashes and failed to finish.
October 2, 2004
	LOSAIL - QATAR Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi endured a disappointing Qatar Grand Prix at Losail today, neither rider finishing the incident-packed GP.
October 10, 2004
	SEPANG - MALAYSIA Loris Capirossi rode a storming race to sixth place at Sepang this afternoon; Troy Bayliss finished in tenth spot, having started in 14th position.
October 17, 2004
	PHILLIP ISLAND - AUSTRALIA Loris Capirossi stormed to a third-place finish in a thrilling Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island this afternoon; Troy Bayliss also enjoyed a great race with the group fighting for fifth place, finally finishing ninth.
October 31, 2004
	VALENCIA - SPAIN Troy Bayliss gave the Ducati MotoGP Team the best possible leaving present this afternoon, scoring a storming podium finish in the season-ending MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix.

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