Interesting Facts After the Australian Round of the SBK!

The previous record of 1'32"193 belonged to Troy Corser and was made in 1999 with a Ducati 996 RS.

During the weekend Bayliss managed to record two more laps better than the lap record, but they were recorded in free practice and in the warm-up: 1'32"081 and 1'31"908. The Ducati rider stormed to Phillip Island being the fastest in all the free sessions, qualifying sessions, Superpole and warm-up.

In race 1 Bayliss managed to break the fastest race lap record as well with 1'32"402, the existing one was made in 1999 (1'33"019, Corser race 2). In race 1, Barros also managed to break the previous limit with 1'32"583. The race time record is unbeaten with 34'24"328 made by Corser in 1999 (race 2).

BARROS ON THE PODIUM - First two podiums for the Brazilian rider reached in only 3 races.
In the history of the World Superbike Championship, twelve riders managed to climb the podium at their first race and ten at the second one. Barros is amongst the four riders that managed to climb the podium at the third appearance; he is together with Stephane Mertens, Terry Rymer and Chris Vermeulen. It's interesting to note that among the riders that climbed the podium at their first appearance, only John Kocinski managed to become World Champion.
The first podium for Barros comes at 35 years, 4 months and 15 days of age and is the third one in terms of age. In front of him: Joey Dunlop, that in Donington 1988 (race 1) aged 36 years, 1 month and 9 days, and the record holder, Steve Hislop, that in Donington 2001 (race 1) climbed his first podium at 38 years, 4 months and 16 days.

END OF STREAK - With his fall in race 2, Corser ends at 27 his streak of consecutive points races; he was in the points since race 2 in France 2004. Corser equals Mauro Sanchini at the sixth place all-time and stops only 6 races short of John Kocinski's record of 33, from Sentul 1996 race 1 to Sentul 1997 race 1.
Now the most consistent rider is Tose-land, scoring points since Brands Hatch 2005 race 2, for a sequence of 12 races.

BAYLISS, THE "OLD" ONE - With a win at 36 years, 11 months and 3 days Troy Bayliss is the second one in the rank of the oldest winners. The record belongs to Chili, that in race 2 in Misano 2004 won at 39 years, 9 months and 29 days. Troy scored in Australia his 23rd win, going level with Raymond Roche at the fifth place all-time.

100 FOR AUSTRALIA - As predicted, thanks to Corser and Bayliss, Australia goes over 100 wins in the history of the Superbike World Championship, reaching 101 wins, only 3 races away from the absolute record of wins per country that belongs to U.S.A.

The Phillip Island tradition, that sees Australian riders frequently on the highest step of the podium, is confirmed now the Australian riders have won 21 races out of 31 in Phillip Island.

100 FOR WALKER - Chris Walker enters the club of 19 riders that in the history of WSBK have completed at least 100 races. At the top of the chart is Aaron Slight, with 209 race finishes.

PEDERCINI'S PRESENCES - Lucio Pedercini reached 176 race starts in Phillip Island, overtaking sixth place Colin Edwards (175).

IT'S ALWAYS CHARPENTIER - Second pole in a row for the french rider that enables Honda to extend its streak to 27 poles. Sebastien obtains his 13th pole and now only 2 poles separate him from the absolute record that belongs to Muggeridge. In race 1 he obtained his ninth win, going level with Foret at the third place all-time, only two wins short of the absolute record of Casoli and Muggeridge.

WSS RECORDS - Vermeulen's qualifying record remains unchallenged (1'35"291, 2003) while the race distance record was beaten by Charpentier (34'01"822 versus 34'03"675 made by Vermeulen in 2003) and the fastest lap record was beaten as well: 1'36"399 made by Parkes versus 1'36"642 made by Fujiwara in 2003.