Troy Bayliss

November 17, 2004

INDEX OF 2001 SBK SEASON

Team launch and race reports from the 2001 season.

February 12, 2001
	OFFICIAL DUCATI FACTORY TEAMS LAUNCH VIDEO The incredible launch of the Official Ducati Factory Team took place at the capacity filled Teatro Smeraldo in Milan today in a style truly fitting the champion manufacturer.
March 8, 2001
	TEAM DUCATI INFOSTRADA-BAYLISS # 21–XAUS # 11 The first World Superbike season of the new millennium kicks off this weekend at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia with the factory Ducati Corse riders amongst the favourites for victory.
March 11, 2001
	VALENCIA - SPAIN The first round of the 2001 World Superbike Championship got underway at Valencia with a hard-fought battle for victory between the Italian twin-cylinder bikes.
April 1, 2001
	KYALAMI - SOUTH AFRICA Troy Bayliss finished 2nd in Race 1 after making a fantastic start and leading the field away for the opening laps of the race.
April 22, 2001
	PHILLIP ISLAND - AUSTRALIA Troy took the lead in the World Championship by 6 points when he settled for a safe 3rd place in treacherous condition.
April 29, 2001
	SUGO - JAPAN Troy Bayliss had a disappointing weekend, finishing 13th and 15th in the two races, but he has already put the Japanese circuit out of his mind and is fully focussed on round 5 at Monza.
May 13, 2001
	MONZA - ITALY Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) took the first double World Superbike win of his career at Monza today after getting the better of Honda’s Colin Edwards in both 18-lap races.
May 27, 2001
	DONINGTON - ENGLAND Championship leader Troy Bayliss struggled to 13th in the first race after a wrong tyre choice; in race 2 Bayliss could only finish ninth, despite opting for full slicks.
June 10, 2001
	LAUSITZRING - GERMANY Superb win for Bayliss in the wet at Lausitzring after runner-up slot in Race 1; Bayliss’s 5th WSBK win stretches his championship lead to 23 points.
June 24, 2001
	MISANO - SAN MARINO Troy Bayliss and Ben Bostrom completed a triumphant day for Ducati Corse in the San Marino WSBK championship round as they took a win and a second place apiece in front of 66,000 spectators at Misano.
July 8, 2001
	LAGUNA SECA - UNITED STATES Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) increased his championship lead by six points over Edwards with two hard-fought fourth places as the 32-year-old Australian finished ahead of the Texan in both races.
July 29, 2001
	BRANDS HATCH - GREAT BRITAIN Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) showed championship form by riding two brilliant races in difficult circumstances to maintain his lead over Edwards intact at 53 points.
September 2, 2001
	OSCHERSLEBEN - GERMANY Troy Bayliss's (Ducati Infostrada) championship lead over Edwards was cut by half when he posted his first DNF of the year with a clutch problem on lap 21 of the first race, but the 32-year-old Australian battled back after the break to take a podium finish in third.
September 9, 2001
	ASSEN - NETHERLANDS Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) clinched the 2001 World Superbike Championship with a brilliant double-win at Assen in the Netherlands today.
September 30, 2001
	IMOLA - ITALY Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada), who clinched the 2001 championship three weeks ago at Assen, wanted to end the season on a high note but the Australian crashed out of the first race together with Laconi and fractured his right collarbone.

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