On
Sunday 30th May 2004, during the technical verifications
after the Supersport race, the machines of riders: nr 8 (Alessio
Corradi), nr 16 (Sebastien Charpentier), nr 18 (Denis
Sacchetti), nr 23 (Broc Parkes), nr 31 (Karl Muggeridge)
and nr 76 (Max Neukirchner) were found to be not in
conformity with Art. 2.5.6.5 of the Road Racing World
Championship
Regulations for Superbike & Supersport
(rear wheel axle weight and dimension not corresponding to
the homologated values). Therefore the Race Direction
disqualified these riders from the race. The FIM Stewards'
Panel confirmed in appeal the decision taken by the Race
Direction. On Tuesday 1st June, the FIM was informed by
the Honda factory that the figures of weight and dimension
of the rear axle on the homologation documents provided by
the factory itself did not correspond to the real weight
and dimension of the axle mounted on the production
motorcycle (the real weight is 560 grams, instead of 600).
The Honda factory informed the FIM that an error was made
when filling in the homologation documents. In order to
verify this new fact, the FIM Technical Inspector checked
the weight and dimension of the rear wheel axle of CBR
600RR (2003 and 2004 models) in various motorcycle
dealerships in Switzerland, Italy and France. It is now
clear that the axle that was considered not in conformity
with the homologation documents in Oschersleben is in fact
the model of axle commercialised on the CBR 600 2003 and
2004 models on the market. Following these new elements,
the FIM Stewards in place at the Oschersleben event
decided to revoke their decision taken at the end of that
event, and to re-include the six riders who were
disqualified in the results of the event, and the fee paid
for the appeal must be returned. On its side, the Race
Direction also decided to sanction the Honda factory with
a fine of CHF 35'000 and the withdrawal of points in the
Manufacturers World Championship Supersport at the
Oschersleben event. The corrected homologation value is
thus 560 grams. Revised riders' classification, see below.
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