DUCATI XEROX DOUBLE-TEAM AT SILVERSTONE AS LACONI AND TOSELAND SHARE
THE WINS

Silverstone (UK), Sunday 29 May: Règis Laconi and James Toseland took a win
apiece for the Ducati Xerox Team in the fifth round of the World Superbike
championship in front of a 70,000 strong crowd at the Silverstone circuit.

Frenchman Laconi scored his ninth career triumph and Ducati's first win of the
year when he took the chequered flag in race 1, but it was Toseland who really
set the home fans alight with a controlled but aggressive display of riding in
race 2 to seal the reigning champion's first win of the year.

"Its always nice to win especially with the tough start to this season, but as I
said after the first race, I never give up" declared James. "The team has worked
fantastically well, thanks to Davide Tardozzi and Paolo Ciabatti for all the
work they've done with me. We made a slight change from first race to second
race and it was worth half a second a lap faster, the difference between
finishing third and first, but it was a long race and seeing L18 after about 45
minutes is really tough!

"I did it the hard way again, letting them get away at the start and having to
chip away but once I'd got on the tail, it was difficult with Nori and Troy and
it took me quite a few laps to get by. I've never won before at Silverstone and
that was one of my goals in life. It feels as good as I thought it would!".

Laconi won the first race from Corser but retired from the second on lap 2 when
he lost the rear of his Ducati 999 and crashed out.

"I have wanted to win since the beginning of the season" said Régis. "I almost
did it in Monza, but I was a bit disappointed about losing out on the final lap.
Now I am very happy to win this one because it is the first victory this year.
It's good because it means that Ducati are doing a great job together to get
back to the front and with James on the podium it was a good result for all of
us. In the last few laps I knew Troy was behind me so I tried my best not to
make any mistake in all the corners. I think that if I am very clean in all the
corners it becomes hard for Troy to pass. During the race I had to pass three
guys to take the lead, so I rode hard and aggressive, but I am a very happy man
today because we did a good job and won one more time for Ducati".

"In race 2 I was right behind Haga and Corser when I went into the last chicane
and lost control of the rear of the bike and there was nothing more that I could
do. It was a real pity but I will try and make up for it in front of the Italian
fans at Misano".

RACE 1 :

 1. Laconi (Ducati Xerox)
 2. Corser (Suzuki)
 3. Toseland (Ducati Xerox)
 4. Vermeulen (Honda)
 5. Chili (Honda)
 6. Walker (Kawasaki)

RACE 2 :

 1. Toseland
 2. Corser
 3. Haga (Yamaha)
 4. Vermeulen
 5. Chili
 6. Walker

POINTS (after 5 of 12 rounds):

Riders
 1. Corser     222
 2. Kagayama   144
 3. Vermeulen  141
 4. Laconi     112
 5. Toseland    98
 6. Walker      74

Manufacturers
 1. Suzuki     231
 2. Honda      154
 3. Ducati     150
 4. Yamaha     109
 5. Kawasaki    86
 6. Petronas     4