Troy Corser se retira

[el_chorvo]

- Corser draws curtain on career at Portimao World Superbike finale

Troy Corser’s long and extremely successful innings in the Superbike World Championship has concluded, with the Australian bowing out in Portugal overnight wearing a special crocodile skin livery on his factory BMW.

“I have been racing for a long time and the day had to come, and although it is a sad day for a lot of people it had to come at some stage,” said Corser. “I think it is time to do it right now. We have brought the bike on well, and I think Leon (Haslam) and Marco (Melandri) will do a fantastic job with the bike in 2012.

“For me it is an honour to stay on with BMW as an ambassador, and there are lots of different areas where I will still be involved with the development, PR and so on. So I am not disappearing, I will still be around at the tracks.”

Although Wollongong’s Corser was determined to put on one last show at Portimao, he just couldn’t turn back the clock as he laboured to 14-16 finishes.

“I am a little disappointed with the results. That was not really how I wanted to finish my racing career,” said the 39-year-old. “We struggled the whole weekend. We were able to improve the bike by changing some settings, but we still did not have enough grip.

“I just rode as hard as I could with what I had and gave my best. It was a shame because we have made very good steps throughout the year and I was hoping to transfer that here to a good result.

“So it was just a matter of bringing it home without a crash. All in all I have to say that I enjoyed every bit of my time with BMW so far. It was frustrating at times, but there have been a lot of great moments as well.”

Corser has carved out a brilliant WSBK career, and at his absolute best was a ruthless practitioner. He could not only produce one-lap flyers in qualifying, but also could seize the initiative in races with his innate ability to lead from the front.

It’s that rare talent which has him retiring with a WSBK record 43 pole positions, and 130 podiums in 377 races. Of those visits to the dais, 33 have been for victories, 47 seconds and 50 thirds.

He made his WSBK debut way back in 1992, riding as a wildcard at Phillip Island on a Yamaha.

At Portimao, new world champion Carlos Checa (Ducati) rounded up long-time leader Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) late in the piece to clinch race one, and in the final outing for 2011 it was a quinella for the Yamaha factory pairing of Melandri and Eugene Laverty.

Honda’s Jonathan Rea was third both times.

Laverty and Max Biaggi (Aprilia) finished the championship level on 303pts, but the latter was awarded third overall on a countback.

Checa finished on 505pts, with Melandri second on 395.

There were three other Australians in the WSBK field at Portimao -- Karl Muggeridge (Honda), Josh Waters (Suzuki) and Mark Aitchison (Kawasaki) -- but they all finished out of the points.

WORLD SUPERSPORT
Chaz Davies (Yamaha) scored his sixth win of the year, from the closing David Salom (Kawasaki) and James Ellison (Honda).

Australia’s Broc Parkes (Kawasaki) didn’t finish after a collision with Honda’s Gino Rea.

TROY CORSER KEYSTATISTICS
2005–World Superbike Champion - Suzuki
1996- World Superbike Champion – Ducati
1994- American Superbike Champion (AMA) – Ducati
1993 -Australian Superbike Champion–Honda
1990– Australian 250cc Production Bike Champion - Suzuki

- In World Superbike
Number of races - 377
Pole Positions - 43 (world superbike record)
Podium finishes - 130 podiums from 377 races
Victory - 33 victories
2nd Places - 47
3rd Places - 50

Buena suerte cocodrilo   

[JRT]

Good luck!

[Tormo4ever]

Leyenda!

[Daiyiro]

Un grande entre los grandes del Mundial de SuperBike:

1993 Campeón de Australia de SBK - Honda RC30


1994 Campeón AMA SBK - Ducati 888


1995 Subcampeón del Mundo de SBK - Ducati 916 (4 victorias)


1996 Campeón del Mundo de SBK - Ducati 916 (7 victorias)


1997 23º Campeonato del Mundo de 500cc - Yamaha YZR 500 (Sólo disputó 7 carreras)


1998 3º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Ducati 916 (2 victorias)


1999 3º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Ducati 996 (3 victorias)


2000 3º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Aprilia RSV 1000 (5 victorias)


2001 4º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Aprilia RSV 1000 (2 victorias)


2003 12º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Foggy Petronas


2004 9º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Foggy Petronas


2005 Campeón del Mundo de SBK - Suzuki GSX-R 1000 (8 victorias)


2006 4º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Suzuki GSX-R 1000 (2 victorias)


2007 5º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - Yamaha R1


2008 Subcampeón del Mundo de SBK - Yamaha R1


2009 13º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - BMW S1000RR


2010 11º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - BMW S1000RR


2011 15º Campeonato del Mundo de SBK - BMW S1000RR

[chusinawer]

Se va uno de los grandes, lastima que las ultimas temporadas con BMW no haya podido estar delante. Son 39 tacos y casi 20 años en la alta competicion, que acaban pesando.

Que le vaya bonito 

[JJ]

Pues eso, que le vaya bonito, y que ojala siga ligado al paddock. Hombre pole por excelencia, su palmarés en el WSBK es envidiable; 377 carreras, 33 victorias, 47 veces 2º y 50 tercero, 130 podiums, 45 vueltas rápidas, 43 poles, aparte de los 2 titulos mundiales ya mencionados.

[Hix]

Un grande, si señor, siempre tendremos el recuerdo de un gran piloto, esperemos que le valla bien. Suerte!!! 

[CHRSTNNNNN]

Para mí, junto con Bayliss, de lo mejor que ha pasado por WSBK!

Gracias, cocodrilo! Mucha suerte!

[tetsuya13]

cuando yo empezé a seguir superbikes era uno de los mejores y así siguió siendo mucho tiempo, si señor, un crack. que le vaya bien haga lo haga a partir de ahora!

[Blackmore]

esas epocas con Bayliss, Edwards, Corser...

[cesitarcbd]

y Haga con la YZF y la R7, las 916, Crafar y Gobert con las ZXR, los wild cards en Japon y USA que te ganaban mangas tranquilamente...

[xuso 666]

WSBK 1999 Phillip Island - Race 2 - Last Lap

[mikemetal29]

Gran piloto, menudos recuerdos  Como decís por ahí, que le vaya muy bien 



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[angeluxo87]

¿Lleva desde el 2006 sin ganar una carrera?
Mucho tiempo para un mito de las WSBK como Corser.
Le deseo mucha suerte en su nueva vida, y si puede seguir involucrado en las motos, ojala sea asi

[Tormo4ever]

de momento, queda de embajador de BMW ...
campeón de ama y del mundo con Ducati, campeón del mundo con Suzuki, embajador de BMW - una carrera excelente desde cualquier punto de vista. y un señor!