TROY CORSER
2000 WSB, Misano
Dumped from the Ducati works team at the end of 1999, Troy was desperate to prove the Bologna firm wrong. Switching to Aprilia he'd been mixing it with the Bologna twins all season. Then the WSB circus headed to Ducati's 'home' track of Misano...
"It's got to be on the Aprilia RSV when I won both races at Misano. What made it sweet was the fact that it was Ducati's track, and to do the double the way I did it was something pretty special. I'm not sure, but I've got a feeling that as I went past the Ducati pit crew, who were leaning over the wall, I showed them one finger! It meant that I was the number one, not that I was giving them the finger you understand! Oh, okay, may...
"After all these years I can't remember so well! Thing was, Ducati had sacked me the year before and I think this was the first time that anybody had beaten them and done the double at their track. Right from first practice we were quickest by half-a-second. They caught up, but I got pole, two wins and the lap record - all in the same weekend. Magic! Just to dominate a whole event like that is a very special feeling and it doesn't come along too often, so it felt like something else. It is hard to describe, but I think we had a really good party that night.
At least I think we did, I can't remember it all that well..."
