Suzuki Untouchable - Second Place Still Up For Grabs - Only Three Teams Score at Every Round So Far...

Suzuki Castrol have won the 2005 FIM World Championship with one race left to run. With 109 points they have an unbeatable 45 point advantage over second placed Kawasaki Bolliger; only 25 points are available to the winner of the Vallelunga 200 final round of the championship in September.

The battle for second place in the championship is still alive. Bolliger's sister squad Kawasaki Diablo are in third place on 48 points and Yamaha Austria are fourth with 46 points; a win at Vallelunga for either of these teams could give them second place overall.

Only two points separate the Shell Endurance Academy (38 points), Yamaha Phase One Endurance (37 points) and Suzuki No Limits & RT Racing Team (36 points). The battle for honour between Yamaha Phase One and their junior team the Shell Endurance Academy is likely to be very intense, but Italian No Limits will be on home ground at Vallelunga.

Good results at Suzuka and Oschersleben have lifted Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team to 12th place, just behind Suzuki Bridgestone Bikers Profi and only two points ahead of Suzuki Austria Team 76. The biggest losers after Oschersleben are Yamaha Austria and Yamaha Phase One; they slipped from second and third in the championship to fourth and sixth respectively.

38 teams have scored championship points so far this year, but only Suzuki Castrol, Shell Endurance Academy and Suzuki No Limits have scored points at every round.

Full Championship Standings here...

17th August 2005