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Monday, 1st October 2007

The 2007 World Superbike championship will be decided by a three-way final round showdown at Magny Cours on Sunday, after James Toseland fell in race two at Vallelunga.

"Obviously, this wasn't the result we were hoping for today," added team manager Ronald ten Kate. "All the practices went really well and we'd done some good race distances. You can never be sure of a win, but we were confident that we could get two podiums today. After warm-up we decided to go with the newly-built number one machine, which we reconstructed overnight after the Superpole crash. There was a problem in race one when we found an issue with the traction control on the bike and it didn't improve for race two. We have lost some points today but we are still going into the final round with a decent advantage and we have to be happy with that."

With only 50 points still to be won, Toseland can wrap up his second world title if he beats both Biaggi and Haga in race one at Magny Cours, although it looks more likely that the 2007 crown will now go down to the very final race of the season.

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