2006 World Superbike Photo Gallery

Valencia Test

Yamaha's Andrew Pitt - Losail

Winston Ten Kate James Toseland - Losail

Shiek Salaam Al... Oh wait it's Troy Corser - Losail

Troy Corser - Losail

Alex Barros - Losail

Troy Bayliss - Losail

Karl Muggeridge - Losail

Chili - Losail

Lorenzo Lanzi - Losail

Troy Bayliss - Losail

Bayliss leaves Losail without a victory but leading in the championship points - Losail

The difference between third and fourth in Race 2 - Losail

Karl Muggeridge was one-upped by his Winston Ten Kate teammate Toseland - Losail

Michel Fabrizio had a impressive WSB debut leaving Round 1 tied for fifth in the points - Losail

Chili did alright in Race 1 but crashed hard in Race 2 - Losail

Steve Martin logged two 18th-place finishes but still did better than his teammate Chris Jones who tallied two DNFs - Losail

Kagayama's two DNFs are so heartbreaking because the Japanese rider was running near or at the top - Losail

Haga walks over to Kagayama after he took out the Suzuki rider and himself on the final lap as they fought for the lead - Losail

Andrew Pitt managed a podium in Race 1. The Australian was in the pack of six who were at the front in both races - Losail

Haga is popular and very, very fast. Had he managed to stay on two wheels for 1 lap longer, he would be the points leader - Losail

Corser was dominating throughout most of Race 2. When Bayliss challenged on the final lap, Corser answered - Losail

Perhaps overlooked in the preseason prognostications, Toseland was strong and during post race interviews seems very keen on proving his worth - Losail

The WSB Trojan War has begun, Losail the first of 13 rounds - Losail

Troy Bayliss snatched his first victory of the season and maintains a 1-point lead in the championship - Phillip Island

Troy Corser (1) leads double-podium finisher Alex Barros (4) - Phillip Island

Yamaha Motor Italia's Nori Haga (41) didn't podium, but had a pair of strong 4th-place finishes - Phillip Island

Karl Muggeridge's rotten season continued at Round 2 where the Australian garnered a pair of DNFs - Phillip Island

Yamaha Motor Italia's Andrew Pitt has been one of the riders running with the front pack in a thoroughly stacked WSB field - Phillip Island

James Toseland is riding hard for the championship and grabbed a 2nd and 3rd - Phillip Island

Klaffi Honda's Alex Barros snagged two podium finishes in a strong round for Honda - Phillip Island

Xerox Ducati - Troy Bayliss - Phillip Island

Foggy Petronas Racing - Craig Jones - Phillip Island

Honda - Frankie Chili - Phillip Island

Corser was able to claim a Race 1 victory, but faltered in Race 2 with a DNF - Phillip Island

Bayliss was fastest yet again - Misano Test

Tory Corser - Valencia

Steve Martin - Valencia

Bayliss and Lanzi are ready to go - Valencia

Bayliss and Lanzi celebrate their double-podium performances after Race 2 - Valencia

Norick Abe claimed his best result of the year with a pair of fourth-place finishes - Valencia

Alex Barros tanked at Valencia with a 11-14 result - Valencia

Troy Bayliss jumped to a commanding championship lead with a double-victory performance - Valencia

Corser came up short to the wrong person, claiming two second-place finishes but losing ground to Bayliss - Valencia

Haga missed the podium again with a pair of fifth-placed finishes - Valencia

Kagayama crashed hard in qualifying and then again in Race 2 - Valencia

Lorenzo Lanzi had a breakout weekend with a double-podium performance - Valencia

James Toseland took a huge hit in the points with a disappointing 9-11 result - Valencia

Noriyuki Haga - Monza

Corser takes the Superpole at Monza

Bayliss takes another pair of wins at Monza

Ruben Xaus at Monza

Troy Corser and something on his head - Silverstone

Corser crashed out of Race 1 at Silverstone

No one can seem to beat Bayliss, with the Aussi riding on a seven-race winning streak - Silverstone

Haga was the closest challenger to Bayliss, leading for much of Race 1 - Silverstone

Surprise Superpole winner Tommy Hill finished 12th in both races - Silverstone

Bayliss seems to have the championship in hand, if he can stay healthy - Silverstone

Chili's return from a nasty crash at the earlier Misano test, which left him with a broken pelvis, may not have been earthshattering, but it shows you can't keep a good man down - Misano

'No, please, it was nothing.' No rider was more deserving of a podium celebration this season than the long-suffering Kagayama - Misano

Andrew Pitt's first-ever WSB victory was a beauty. The key is getting Troy Bayliss to fall back to 12th - Misano

There was a strong Yamaha presence on the Race 2 podium - Misano

Kagayama's year has been one to forget, but not Race 1 at Misano - Misano

Toseland was able to better Haga in Race 1, but in the second contest he finished a lackluster eighth - Misano

Andrew Pitt's Race 2 victory wasn't just his best WSB result of the year, it was his first-ever win in the series - Misano

With Corser's two DNFs, Yukio Kagayama stepped up to snare a podium and another Top-5 finish for the Corona Suzuki squad - Misano

Haga's 5-3 result wasn't the greatest ever, but thanks to Corser's misfortune, Nitro Nori rocketed up to second-place in the championship - Misano

Barros tries to track down the elusive Bayliss - Misano

Barros snagged another podium in Race 2 - Misano

Troy Corser has a miserable outing, ending the day with two DNFs to his credit and dropping to fourth in the championship - Misano

Troy Bayliss is in total control of the WSB championship with a 94-point lead to his credit - Misano

Kagayama can look back on at least one triumphant round in 2006 with his double at Brno.

Haga got a 4-3 result at Brno, but failed to take full advantage of Bayliss's mistakes - Brno

Shinichi Nakatomi snagged a top-10 result in Race 1 - Brno

Haga retains second-place in the championship, but Bayliss is 73 points ahead - Brno

The two ducs did not have a great day, with points-leader Bayliss grabbing a DNF and eighth-place finish - Brno

Toseland snagged a decent 2-5 result at Brno, but with Bayliss down and out he missed a golden opportunity to make up lost ground - Brno.

Will Kagayama begin a late season charge? - Brno.

Honda rookie Michel Fabrizio came out of nowhere to lodge a double-podium performance - Brno.

His main rival out of the picture, Corser was unable to podium with a 5-4 result - Brno.

Working his way back from injury, Chili was able to snare a 10th-place finish in Race 1 - Brno.

Barros had a rotten weekend, earning a DNF and 11th-place finish - Brno

Ducati's Troy Bayliss rides like a man of steel - Brands Hatch

Winston Ten Kate Honda's James Toseland leads Troy Corser - Brands hatch

Barros earned a 8-9 result, not bad considering he didn't make the Superpole by qualifying in 18th - Brands Hatch

Toseland and company - Brands Hatch

The Bayliss win pushed Ducati up over the 250 mark - Brands Hatch

Yes the cape made it up to the podium... Yeesh - Brands Hatch

Muggeridge crashed out twice, making a bad season even worse - Brands Hatch

Corser's stock has plummeted in 2006 to mere mortal status - Brands Hatch

Yamaha Motor France-Ipone's Norrick Abe - Brands Hatch

Toseland was second in Race 1, but couldn't find the podium in the second contest, finishing fifth - Brands Hatch

Wild card entry Tommy Hill didn't create as big a stir this time as his Silverstone Superpole did - Brands Hatch

Kagayama leads PSG-1 Kawasaki rider Chris Walker - Brands Hatch

Andrew Pitt leads Troy Corser through the turn - Brands Hatch

Haga managed to take a win, but still fell further behind Bayliss - Brands Hatch

Xerox Ducati's Troy Bayliss - Assen

Winston Ten Kate Honda's Karl Muggeridge - Assen

Xerox Ducati's Lorenzo Lanzi - Assen

Winston Ten Kate Honda's James Toseland - Assen

PSG-1 Kawasaki's Chris Walker won his first World Superbike race at Assen.

Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss celebrates his race 2 win at Assen.

Winston Ten Kate Honda's Karl Muggeridge (31) leads teammate James Toseland (52) in race one Assen.

Nori Haga would like to forget his 2006 Assen experience.

Yamaha Italia's Andrew Pitt had a near perfect trip to Assen with a pair of second place finishes.

Bayliss was lucky to finish Race 1 after a crash and cutting a corner across the grass, but he earned a seventh-place result - Lausitzring

Troy Bayliss got the front spot via his Superpole success, but he was unable to translate that into wins on Sunday - Lausitzring

Yukio Kagayama had an excellent Sunday at Lausitzring, taking the checkers in Race 1 and just missing the podium in Race 2 with a fourth-place performance - Lausitzring

Bayliss was leading Race 1, then came the crash and the grass - Lausitzring

Nitro Nori made up some ground, but it could have been more if those 2s would have been 1s - Lausitzring

Andrew Pitt has an excellent Race 1 but botched the second contest - Lausitzring

Disappointment in Race 1 was replaced by dominance in Race 2 for James Toseland - Lausitzring

Tosleand gets his podium champagne form back at Race 2 - Lausitzring

Kagayama had a pretty good weekend at Germany, but Corser had a positive Race 1 podium then had troubles in Race 2 - Lausitzring

Toseland had some trouble getting around teammate, Muggeridge, in Race 1 but was able to get in done in Race 2 - Lausitzring

Steve Martin has been fighting the good fight on the FP1 for the Foggy Petronas squad, but next year the Australian vet will run on the DFX Treme Honda team in 2007.

If you already have the title, why not win the next race just for kicks? - Imola

What might have been... If not for the Catalunya episode, Ducati could be celebrating championships in WSB and MotoGP - Imola

Bayliss was pleased with his season and title - Imola

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new WSB champion, Troy Bayliss - Imola

The Alstare Suzukis had mixed fortunes, with Kagayama getting a third-place podium in Race 2 alonside Corser's 9th, but both DNF'd the first race - Imola

Chili's final WSB season is coming to an end - Imola

Alex Barros rode strong and snatched his first-ever win in WSB - Imola

Michel Fabrizio has had some memorable moments from his rookie season in WSB and his double-DNF at Imola was not one of the good ones - Imola

Is Karl Muggeridge going to hold on to his Winston Ten Kate ride after this season? He did his best to justify it with a pair of 8th-place finishes - Imola

Max Neukirchner had a pair of crashout DNFs - Imola

Barros, Bayliss, and Kagayama made up the Race 2 podium - Imola

Andrew Pitt snagged another podium in Race 1 - Imola

James Toseland was able to overtake Haga for second in the points with his 2-5 result - Imola

A lot of the top riders got podiums at Imola, but Haga was not among them with a 4-6 line - Imola

Alex Barros has seen the podium many times throughout his long racing career, including several this season in WSB, but Race 1 at Imola was his first win in the WSB series - Imola

DFXtreme Honda's Frankie Chili - Imola

PSG-1 Kawasaki's Regis Laconi - Imola

Yamaha Motor Germany's Kevin Curtain is leading the championship chase heading into the final round at Magny-Cours - World Supersport

Winston Ten Kate Honda's Sebastien Charpentier will need some Dukes of Hazzard-style good fortune to claim the title in the final round at Magny-Cours - World Supersport

Winston Ten Kate Honda's Sebastien Charpentier celebrates his unlikely come from behind World Supersport championship victory with a win at Magny-Cours.

Fonsi Nieto had a poor closing round, with a pair of DNFs to his credit - Magny-Cours

Regis Laconi earned ninth in Race1 but then doubled the number in Race 2 at 18th - Magny-Cours

Muggers had another rough go, earning a DNF in Race 1, although he did manage a sixth-place result in Race 2 - Magny-Cours

Chris Walker tallied a solid 6-8 line on his PSG-1 Kawasaki - Magny-Cours

Lanzi's future remains uncertain - Magny-Cours

Corser was battling hard on Sunday - Magny-Cours

It was a bittersweet day for Chili, being the final race of his long career - Magny-Cours

Alex Barros dropped off from his impressive Imola round to finish 7-10 at Magny-Cours.

Toseland and Haga battled all weekend, but Toseland was able to best his Japanese rival - Magny-Cours

Kagayama managed one top-five finish - Magny-Cours

Corser was a strong contender during the final round, something he has struggle to be at times in '06 - Magny-Cours

While Corser smokes, Bayliss motors away with the 2007 WSB championship - Magny-Cours

2006 World Superbike Photo Gallery

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