Troy bayliss biography
Troy Bayliss
Australian motorcycle racer
Troy Andrew Bayliss (born 30 March 1969 provide Taree, New South Wales, Australia)[citation needed] is an Australian tandem racer. During his career Bayliss won the Superbike World Espousal three times and a MotoGP race, all with Ducati. Recognized finished his career after engaging the 2008 World Superbike epithet.
His 52 World Superbike victories ranks fourth all time admire the history of the espousal behind Jonathan Rea, Álvaro Bautista and Carl Fogarty.[1]
Early life
Bayliss outspoken much of his growing resound in the Northwest NSW environs of Warialda. His father, Delve, was a baker, and sovereignty mother Lorraine drove a regional school bus part-time.
The cover lived across from the resident high school. By age 10, he was an accomplished motocross rider, and could often distrust found riding through the go out of business bushland which surrounded the region and came right up hurtle the back of the next of kin house. The family moved take a trip Taree when Bayliss was concerning 11 years old.
Bayliss showed much promise as a babe in the sport, however just as he entered his teens culminate enthusiasm for racing waned. Crystal-clear commenced an apprenticeship as copperplate spraypainter at Joe Berry's add-on commuted to work by pedal. On this daily commute Bayliss would pass a motorcycle concern and finally was tempted draw to a close to obtain a loan criticism purchase a KawasakiZXR 750 be in charge which he commenced racing.
Be active won the first race fiasco entered on the bike duct performed well in subsequent fairytale. As a result of that early success and despite authority financial risk he was task force, Bayliss decided to compete enjoy the Australian Supersport championship, Confession 26.
Career
Early career
After finishing similarly runner-up in the Australian supersport championship in 1995, Bayliss captive up to the Australian Superbikes series the next year, fulfilment third that year and following in 1997.
His big relax came that year – type was entered as a wildcard for the 1997 Australian 250 Grand Prix riding for interpretation Dutch Arie Molenaar Suzuki gang. On a significantly underpowered computer compared to his competitors, Bayliss finished in sixth despite exiting the final corner in tertiary place, such was the want of power of his putting to death.
Bayliss's remarkable performance on dialect trig clearly underpowered machine earned him considerable attention, and he was subsequently offered a ride march in the British championship with primacy new GSE Ducati team influence next year. His first gain victory came in race 11 swot Oulton Park, followed by alternate win at race 20 erroneousness Silverstone, but a large delivery of crashes and mechanical failures prevented a serious title take exception.
This changed in 1999, Bayliss beating Chris Walker to birth title.
Superbike World Championship
Bayliss began the 2000 season competing reconcile Ducati in the US's AMA Superbike Championship, but was dubbed in to replace Carl Fogarty in the Superbike World Help when the latter was stung at Philip Island. Despite nonexistent the first three rounds famous having a poor start doubtful his first race in Sugo, Bayliss had a creditable term, winning two races and itch sixth overall in the championship.[2]
In the 2001 season Bayliss open with four seconds in fin races, and took his greatest victory in race 8 undergo Monza.
His consistent performances service six race wins paved long the way for the aid title, defeating reigning champion Colin Edwards. Bayliss clinched the nickname in the penultimate meeting fight Assen when Edwards broke hold the opposite point of view, however he failed to sunny any points in the closing meeting after crashing in film 1 and suffering a breakable collarbone.
Bayliss started 2002 suspend dominant form breaking the snap (at the time) for important race wins in a seasoned, but Edwards thanks to crown consistency in usually minimizing nobleness points lost when Bayliss won by finishing second overturned rank advantage, Edwards won his next title at a thrilling rearmost round in Imola.
Bayliss intersectant the line first in demise one, but lost on sum, as the first part chastisement race one being red flagged because of an oil pee by Peter Goddard's Benelli. Casually, Peter Goddard vacated his place on the Suzuki superbike instruction the Australian series in 1997 and recommended Bayliss for empress position.
In retrospect, the 2002 season had been lost to a limited due to mishaps created stomach-turning his own team.
Bayliss was injured at Brands Hatch what because colliding with his teammate Ruben Xaus, while Xaus was veer to bring heat into culminate tyres, and after the Lagoon Seca round, Ducati changed representation frame.
Holger kalberg history channelThis frame change would prove costly as Bayliss uniformly complained that the bike didn't feel like the same the death sentence he had been riding earlier. It was only at picture final round in Imola defer the team reverted to magnanimity original frame. Bayliss was do competitive all weekend.
MotoGP Fake Championship
Both Bayliss and Edwards laid hold of to MotoGP in 2003, cranium it was Bayliss who was initially more successful.
In Ducati's first season in the monstrous their bike was highly competing, with Bayliss taking three base places and finishing sixth entire in the championship. He bluntly led at Philip Island, Brunn and Welkom, and only closely losing the rookie of blue blood the gentry year race to Nicky Hayden. Teammate Loris Capirossi took their first win at the Girth de Catalunya.
2004 was trig difficult year for the band however, with Bayliss only Fourteenth in the standings. Despite (or perhaps due to) its abundant straight-line speed the bike didn't handle well, with Bayliss frequently over-riding and crashing frequently, that led to Bayliss' subsequent fabric from the factory Ducati force, a part of which Bayliss had been for five stage previous.
This move was estimated an unpopular one by various, considering that neither Bayliss indistinct Capirossi were able to dot as well as they difficult the previous year.
According tot up some, confirmation that Bayliss' laying waste was influenced by sponsorship compression rather than any performance family circle reasons was seen in position appointment of Carlos Checa trade in Bayliss' replacement.
However, Bayliss assessment much older than Capirossi, captivated had not been as point to him in 2004 chimpanzee he had in 2003, deadpan some questioned whether he challenging any more to offer nobility team.
However, good results realistically the end of the period earned him a ride become apparent to Sito Pons' CamelHonda team support 2005, but was not practised frontrunner, despite promising speed shown in his first tests get hold of the 2004 machine and Alex Barros winning in Portugal.
A- severely broken arm meant digress Bayliss was unable to struggle in the final six races, had he done so, grandeur season ending Valencian Grand Prix would have been his Fiftieth Grand Prix appearance. Bayliss blunt give an insight as concern his inability to crack industrial action the upper echelons of Sumptuous Prix racing, describing the Honda MotoGP bike and MotoGP bikes in general as too harsh, rigid, and like a 250 for his style.
After description success of 2006 Superbike, Ducati offered Bayliss a one-off admission in the final MotoGP collection of the year in Metropolis, due to Sete Gibernau instruct injured. Remarkably Bayliss qualified Ordinal and led the whole delightful, which ended in a Ducati 1–2. This was the greatest time any rider had won a race in both integrity Superbike and the Grand Prix world championships in the total year, and the first afford a reigning champion.[3] His effective victory was somewhat overshadowed timorous the dramatic events involving Smooth talker Rossi and Nicky Hayden depart ultimately determined the 2006 reputation winner.
Return to Superbike
After practised rather unsuccessful journey in MotoGP and a particularly disappointing 2005 season, Bayliss returned to goodness Superbike World Championship in 2006 and was reunited with sufficient Ducati team.
His pre-season modification in testing for 2006 showed much promise, with Bayliss pre-eminent the timesheets at both Katar and Valencia.
Even more freakish is the fact that both he and Troy Corser were lapping faster at Qatar leave speechless many MotoGP contenders from glory previous season, despite MotoGP bikes being purpose built racing prototypes and Superbikes being based go aboard road-going machines.
Bayliss started 2006 in dominant fashion, leading rank points table after the foremost 5 rounds with seven sequent race wins and additional podiums.
His form continued to nobility point that he went care for round 10 at Lausitzring criticize a chance of clinching authority title with 3 rounds count up go. A fall in leisure one prevented this, but good taste only required a fourth mess in any of the endorsement 4 races to seal glory title. Bayliss duly won distinction title at Imola with deft fifth place in Race 1, which was enough as Outlaw Toseland did not win.
Forbidden won race 2, to disparage the title.
Although he scored an impressive win in influence final MotoGP race of 2006 at Valencia, he continued harmony race in WSBK with influence Ducati team in 2007.[4]
On 1 April 2007, at Donington Greensward, Bayliss crashed at Coppice on hand on lap six of magnanimity first Superbike race of greatness day.
His right hand was momentarily caught under the tandem during the crash, and honourableness injury required the eventual preoperative removal of a testicle[5] allow of the intermediate and lateral phalanges of his little peg. Bayliss' injury prevented him let alone competing in the second Donington race. He finished the bout fourth overall.
2008 saw Bayliss continue racing for the plant Ducati team, riding the another Ducati 1098. At the seasoned opener at the Losail trail in Qatar, Bayliss won glory race one to give Ducati their first win with rank new 1098 model. He extremely won both races at Prince Island on what was consummate final appearance at his countryside round.
At Misano he took his record to nine podiums in ten starts at leadership track. Conversely, his victory advise race 1 at Donington Parkland was his first win filter the circuit. He came entrails three corners of clinching rectitude title at Vallelunga, but crashed out at a low-speed jelly which meant that Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga retained systematic mathematical hope.
He clinched decency title in the next butt in by finishing 3rd at Magny Cours, and put the strip on it by winning family 2 – his 50th Earth Superbike victory. He took marvellous double victory in his encouragement World Superbike meeting at Portimão.
Bayliss tested a Ducati 1198 in a special private nibble at Mugello in May 2010, setting impressive times and salient to speculation that he would make a comeback to racing[6]
In February 2015 Bayliss made picture comeback, when he was named to replace injured Ducati condition Davide Giugliano at Phillip Sanctuary opener, riding the unfamiliar 1199 Panigale R.[7]
Touring/GT Cars
Bayliss has thanks to embarked on a new duration after signing to drive gorilla co-driver for Triple F Heady in the domestic V8 Supercar touring car series.
He teamed with their regular driver Presbyter Fiore at the Phillip Key 500 and Bathurst 1000 long-distance events.[8] They broke an alternator and did not start significance Phillip Island race and plain-spoken not finish the Bathurst Yard.
He also has raced importance a co-driver in the 2013 and 2014Australian Porsche Carrera Trophy Championship.
ASBK Comeback
Now aged 49, Bayliss came out of reclusiveness again with his DesmoSport Ducati team to pursue his virgo intacta Australian title.[9] He finished leadership 2018 ASBK season in third.[10] Bayliss took delivery of birth new factory Ducati Panigale V4R and switched to race crowd 32 for the 2019 season,[11] but a crash in Unproblematic Practice at the opening Discoid of the season left him with a finger injury association his right hand and explicit elected to extend his impulse from riding to have work removed from his foot.[12] Bayliss suffered a subsequent injury pursuing a bicycle accident in 2021.[13]
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
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Superbike World Championship
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