Troy Corser

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.

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] He also took pole at Misano and had scored in every race until being forced to miss Brno following a practice crash.^[4]

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
Year	Make	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	Pos	Pts
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

References

↑ Miller, David (2008-09-25). "Corser signs two-year WSB deal with BMW". BikeSport News. WebExpectations. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
↑ "BMW Motorrad's WSBK dream team". Troy Corser. View Point. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
↑ "Corser hails landmark first BMW podium". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-05-10. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
↑ "Corser forced to withdraw from Brno". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-11.

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

Superbike World Champions

1988 – F. Merkel
1989 – F. Merkel

1990 – R. Roche
1991 – D. Polen
1992 – D. Polen
1993 – S. Russell
1994 – C. Fogarty
1995 – C. Fogarty
1996 – T. Corser
1997 – J. Kocinski
1998 – C. Fogarty
1999 – C. Fogarty

2000 – C. Edwards
2001 – T. Bayliss
2002 – C. Edwards
2003 – N. Hodgson
2004 – J. Toseland
2005 – T. Corser
2006 – T. Bayliss
2007 – J. Toseland
2008 – T. Bayliss
2009 – B. Spies

2010 – M. Biaggi
2011 – C. Checa
2012 – M. Biaggi
2013 – T. Sykes
2014 – S. Guintoli
2015 – J. Rea
2016 – J. Rea

AMA Superbike Champions

1976, 1977, 1978: Reg Pridmore
1979, 1980: Wes Cooley
1981, 1982: Eddie Lawson
1983: Wayne Rainey
1984, 1985, 1986: Fred Merkel
1987: Wayne Rainey
1988: Bubba Shobert
1989: Jamie James
1990: Doug Chandler
1991: Thomas Stevens
1992: Scott Russell
1993: Doug Polen
1994: Troy Corser
1995: Miguel Duhamel
1996, 1997: Doug Chandler
1998: Ben Bostrom
1999, 2000, 2001: Mat Mladin
2002: Nicky Hayden
2003, 2004, 2005: Mat Mladin
2006, 2007, 2008: Ben Spies
2009: Mat Mladin
2010, 2011, 2012: Josh Hayes
2013: Josh Herrin
2014: Josh Hayes
2015: Cameron Beaubier

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