Motorsport

SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Monza, Italy)

Fifth round, first race.-

Troy Bayliss (Australia) Ducati, 32m 55.293s, 1; Colin Edwards (US) Honda, 32m 55.359s, 2; Akira Yanagawa (Japan) Kawasaki, 33m 11.852s, 3; Gregorio Lavilla (Spain) Kawasaki, 33m 11.916s, 4; Regis Laconi (France) Aprilia, 33m 12.093s, 5; Stephane Chambon (France) Suzuki, 33m 29.163s, 6; Lucio Pedercini (Italy) Ducati, 33m 40.959s, 7; Giovanni Bussei (Italy) Ducati, 33m 44.484s, 8; Mauro Sanchini (Italy) Ducati, 33m 44.545s, 9; Marco Borciani (Italy) Ducati, 33m 47.497s, 10.

Second race.-

Bayliss 32m 57.108s, 1; Edwards 33m 00.418s, 2; Yanagawa 33m 05.482s, 3; Tady Okada (Japan) Honda, 33m 05.705s, 4; Pier-Francesco Chili (Italy) Suzuki, 33m 06.294s, 5; Ruben Xaus (Spain) Ducati, 33m 15.430s, 6; Neil Hodgson (Britain) Ducati, 33m 16.698s, 7; Laconi 33m 17.439s, 8; Chambon 33m 31.623s, 9; Alex Gramigni (Italy) Yamaha 33m 40.497s, 10.

Standings: Bayliss 150pts, 1; Troy Corser (Australia) Aprilia, 122pts, 2; Edwards 120pts, 3; Yanagawa 79pts, 4; Ben Bostrom (US) Ducati, 74pts, 5; Chili 74pts, 6; Lavilla 68pts, 7; Hodgson 58pts, 8; Laconi 54pts, 9; Makoto Tamada (Japan) Honda, and Chambon 50pts, 10 equal.

Manufacturers standings: Ducati 173pts, 1; Honda 164pts, 2; Aprilia 141pts, 3; Kawasaki 128pts, 4; Suzuki 86pts, 5; Yamaha 20pts, 6.

Next round of championship: Donington Park, Britain, May 27.


AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
(Spielberg)

71 laps.-

David Coulthard (Britain) McLaren, 1hr 27m 45.927s (average speed 209.977km/h) 1; Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari, 1hr 27m 48.118s, 2; Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari, 1hr 27m 48.455s, 3; Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Sauber, 1hr 28m 27.521s, 4; Olivier Panis (France) BAR, 1hr 28m 39.703s, 5; Jos Verstappen (Netherlands) Arrows, +1 lap, 6; Eddie Irvine (Britain) Jaguar, +1 lap, 7; Jacques Villeneuve (Canada) BAR, +1 lap, 8; Nick Heidfeld (Germany) Sauber, +2 laps, 9; Jean Alesi (France) Prost, +2 laps, 10; Luciano Burti (Brazil) Prost, +2 laps, 11.

Not classified: Jenson Button (Britain) Benetton, 60 laps completed; Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) Jaguar, 48 laps; Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) Williams, 41 laps; Fernando Alonso (Spain) Minardi, 38 laps; Tarso Marques (Brazil) Minardi, 25 laps; Enrique Bernoldi (Brazil) Arrows, 17 laps; Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Williams, 10 laps; Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Benetton, three laps; Mika Hakkinen (Finland) McLaren, one lap; Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Germany) Jordan, 0 laps.

Disqualified: Jarno Trulli (Italy) Jordan, 14 laps (black-flagged).

Fastest lap: Coulthard 1m 10.843s.

Championship standings.-

Drivers.-

Michael Schumacher 42pts, 1; Coulthard 38pts, 2; Barrichello 18pts, 3; Ralf Schumacher 12pts, 4; Heidfeld 8pts, 5; Trulli 7pts, 6; Montoya 6pts, 7; Frentzen 6pts, 8; Panis 5pts, 9; Villeneuve, Raikkonen and Hakkinen 4pts, 10 equal; Verstappen and Fisichella 1pt, 13 equal.

Constructors.-

Ferrari 60pts, 1; McLaren 42pts, 2; Williams 18pts, 3; Jordan 13pts, 4; Sauber 12pts, 5; BAR 9pts, 6; Arrows and Benetton 1pt, 7 equal.