Troy Corser

Troy Corser
File:Troy Corser.jpg
Nationality	Australian
Website	troycorser.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1997 First race 1997 500cc Malaysian Grand Prix Last race 1997 500cc Dutch TT Team(s) Yamaha Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 7 0 0 0 0 11 Superbike World Championship Active years 1992, 1994 - 1996, 1998 - 2001, 2003 - 2011 Manufacturers Ducati, Aprilia, Petronas, Suzuki, Yamaha, BMW 2011 Championship position 15th Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 377 33 130 43 45

Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian former motorcycle road racer, the 1996 and 2005 Superbike World champion.

Having previously won the Australian and AMA Superbike Championship titles, and shone in a handful of wildcard rides in the Superbike World Championship (taking five podiums), he went to the series full-time in 1995. He was classified 11th in WSBK for 1994, hence his riding #11, which he used for many years. Pole for the first round showed his potential, although he only took one podium until his win at round 5 at the Salzburgring (partly due to collisions with Anthony Gobert and Piergorgio Bontempi at Monza). A strong remainder of the season (including a win at Laguna Seca, one of the few tracks on the schedule that he knew) saw him beat Aaron Slight to 2nd overall.

He won this title in 1996, but 1997 was an unsuccessful and fragmented year in the 500cc World Championship, while teamed with Luca Cadalora on Yamaha YZR-500, Power Horse backed, team.

Back in WSBK for 1998, he came close to retaking the title, helped by a double win at Laguna, the second race by a mere 0.005sec. He led the standings before the final round, took pole, but crashing and breaking ribs in a warm-up crash. For 1999 he was teamed with Carl Fogarty on Davide Tardozzi's team, the title going to Foggy with Corser again third. In 2000 and 2001 he was on a factory Aprilia RSV-Mille. He would take the Aprilia to its first WSBK wins in 2000, and opened 2001 with a double victory in South Africa, but a double DNF at Monza scuppered his hopes of a championship challenge.

In 2002 he joined Carl Fogarty's Petronas Superbike team, and spent the year developing the bike before racing it in 2003 and 2004. He finished 9th in the 2004 championship, with a best result of 3rd, but chose to leave the team after this.

In 2005 he raced for the Alstare Suzuki Team on the GSX-R1000 which enabled him to regain his position as Superbike World Champion, winning the championship after a run of early-season victories - later in the season Chris Vermeulen and Noriyuki Haga were usually the men to beat.

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Corser at Donington Park World Superbike races in 2007

Troy won two races early in 2006, however a crash at Phillip Island, and a DNF at Silverstone enabled compatriot Troy Bayliss to gain the upper hand in the early stages of the title chase. A double non-finish at Assen with 4 rounds to go left him 5th in the championship, behind Bayliss, James Toseland, Noriyuki Haga and Andrew Pitt. He ultimately overhauled Pitt to finish 4th, through a double podium at the final round.

For 2007 he left Suzuki to join Yamaha, however he was outpaced by team-mate Noriyuki Haga and finished 5th overall, with eight podiums but no wins. He remained with the team for 2008, pipping Haga to finish as championship runner-up behind Bayliss.

For the 2009 WSBK season Corser signed with BMW to ride alongside Ruben Xaus on BMW's new superbike. His best result in the first half of the season was an 8th place in the opener at Philip Island, although there were several other minor points finishes. Strong results later in the season saw him finish 13th overall.

Corser and Xaus continued with the team for 2010. Corser scored two fifth places at Assen, he took BMW's first ever WSBK podium in race two at Monza, aided by a first-lap collision between Xaus, Jonathan Rea and Toseland. He also took pole at Misano and had scored in every race until being forced to miss Brno following a practice crash.

Troy has been on pole at Philip Island and Valencia four times, equalling a championship record for a single track. Of the eight cases of a rider having 10 or more podium finishes at a particular circuit, Troy has four - 13 at Misano, 11 each at Laguna Seca and Philip Island, and 10 at Donington Park.

World Superbike Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1995	Ducati	10	8	3	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	5	3	1	2	1	2	6	1	8	3	Ret	2	2	1	3					2nd	339
1996	Ducati	2	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	5	4	1	1	2	2	Ret	1	6	5	4	9	4	2	1	1	3	NC					1st	369
1998	Ducati	2	6	2	2	3	4	2	3	7	3	2	2	Ret	7	1	2	7	1	6	5	3	3	Inj	Inj					3rd	328.5
1999	Ducati	2	3	1	1	6	3	7	6	4	4	3	1	2	2	6	2	5	13	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	7	8	14			3rd	361
2000	Aprilia	4	3	Ret	1	9	5	8	Ret	8	6	7	6	1	1	1	5	3	1	6	Ret	4	7	7	Ret	7	3			3rd	310
2001	Aprilia	1	1	3	3	6	C	2	6	Ret	Ret	11	3	5	7	7	9	3	2	8	13	9	11	6	3	2	Ret			4th	284
2003	Petronas	Ret	7	5	8	Ret	12	13	Ret	12	14	16	Ret	7	10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	9	7	7	8	Ret					12th	107
2004	Petronas	Ret	11	13	5	2	7	9	5	4	Ret	7	9	10	Ret	5	Ret	10	7	12	10	Ret	7							9th	146
2005	Suzuki	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	3	13	2	C	5	4					1st	433
2006	Suzuki	4	1	1	Ret	2	2	3	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	6	Ret	Ret	3	14	Ret	9	3	2					4th	254
2007	Yamaha	QAT 9	QAT 3	AUS 5	AUS 5	EUR 2	EUR 3	SPA 4	SPA 9	NED 17	NED 4	ITA 5	ITA 6	GBR 3	GBR C	SMR 2	SMR 5	CZE 7	CZE Ret	GBR 2	GBR 3	GER 3	GER 5	ITA Ret	ITA 4	FRA 3	FRA 4			5th	296
2008	Yamaha	3	7	2	Ret	3	5	5	10	12	8	2	Ret	4	2	2	5	2	4	8	3	Ret	3	3	3	6	3	3	6	2nd	342
2009	BMW	8	22	9	9	Ret	15	10	10	Ret	DNS			15	17	Ret	22	Ret	20	5	10	8	6	11	Ret	9	10	Ret	9	13th	96
2010	BMW	9	7	9	10	4	12	5	5	8	3	12	7	5	5	3	10	DNS	DNS	10	Ret	Ret	12	15	11	Ret	Ret			11th	165
2011	BMW	10	19	9	13	6	Ret	7	5	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	Ret			9	Ret	15	12	12	Ret	9	9	14	16			15th	87

External links

• troycorser.com Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mat Mladin	Australian Superbike Champion 1993	Succeeded by Anthony Gobert
Preceded by Doug Polen	AMA Superbike Champion 1994	Succeeded by Miguel Duhamel
Preceded by Carl Fogarty	World Superbike Champion 1996	Succeeded by John Kocinski
Preceded by James Toseland	World Superbike Champion 2005	Succeeded by Troy Bayliss