Toseland back on top of the points.
Ducati Fila rider James Toseland moved back to the top of the World Superbike championship points table with a brace of second places at Oschersleben today.
Noriyuki Haga and Toseland's Ducati Fila team-mate Regis Laconi were the two race winners, the Frenchman taking the flag in race 2 after Haga retired with a mechanical problem.
Ducati Fila rider James Toseland moved back to the top of the World Superbike championship points table with a brace of second places at Oschersleben today.
Noriyuki Haga and Toseland's Ducati Fila team-mate Regis Laconi were the two race winners, the Frenchman taking the flag in race 2 after Haga retired with a mechanical problem.
Toseland rode a determined race 1 to finish second behind Haga and was elevated to second in race 2 when the Japanese rider retired.
"It's a strange championship so far," commented Toseland, "but I'm happy that I'm consistently fast now. We had a few problems in qualifying but got them sorted and I'm really happy with the way the bike's working. I just lost the lead to Haga trying to get past the other guys but I pushed hard and by the time I got into a rhythm I was struggling like everyone else."
"Seconds are doing my head in at the moment, I need a first!" he added on the podium of race 2. "I really want to win the championship and for the moment consistency is paying off but I'm not winning races!"
In race 1 Laconi entered the pit-lane on lap 6 for his 'ride-through' penalty, which dropped him to 15th, but the Frenchman recovered to finish sixth overall. In the second race he was poised to make a final attack on Haga when the Japanese rider pulled off on lap 23.
"When I started I was third and when I came into the pit-lane I was happy to see the situation at the front," declared Laconi. "I was faster than Chili and I could have been up there with Haga. The team did a great job in getting me to control the speed in the pits, I could only go at 80 km/h, no more and it was perfect. After that I tried my best on the track but sixth was OK."
"Eight laps from the end of the second race I thought about letting Haga go, but then I thought again and went after him. I almost caught him and then he had this problem. Everyone did a great job this weekend so a big thanks to the mechanics, engineers, the team, Fila, Shell Advance, and all our other sponsors for their support," he added.
