Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea and championship leader Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) traded wins yesterday during round 9 of the 2010 World Superbike Championship at Brno in the Czech Republic.
After dispensing with Biaggi and polesitter Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) on the first lap of race one, Rea opened up a 2.5 second gap and held it until the checkered flag for his third win of the season. Biaggi managed to pass Crutchlow in the closing laps to take second.
Attempting a repeat performance in race two, Rae held the lead for the opening six laps as he, Biaggi and BMW factory rider Ruben Xaus pulled away from the rest of the pack. But Biaggi hit the front on lap seven and Rea, finding no answer, settled comfortably for second place. Xerox Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio took third, after a crash on lap 15 of 20 denied Xaus his first podium finish of the season.
With his 45 point haul this weekend Biaggi stretches his lead in the overall standings to 68 points ahead of second placed Leon Haslam (Alstare Suzuki) who only managed eighth and tenth place finishes at Brno. Rea now moves back into third place, 81 points shy of Haslam at 203.
2010 WSBK Brno – Race 1 Results
1. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 20 Laps
2. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +2.518s
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +4.071
4. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +7.160s
5. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +8.602s
6. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +11.379s
7. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +11.513s
8. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +16.487s
9. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +20.829s
10. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 +25.164s
11. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +32.602s
12. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +36.748s
13. Broc Parkes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR +39.183s
14. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +59.889s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 05.329s
Not Classified
16. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 12 laps completed
17. Luca Scassa ITA Team Supersonic Ducati 1198 4 laps completed
18. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 4 laps completed
19. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 0 laps completed
20. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 0 laps completed
21. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 0 laps completed
Withdrawn
Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR
2010 WSBK Brno – Race 2 Results
1. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 20 Laps
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +4.627s
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 +13.600s
4. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +16.372s
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +17.530s
6. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +21.704s
7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +23.769s
8. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +25.875s
9. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +30.374s
10. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +34.002s
11. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 +34.691s
12. Broc Parkes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR +49.270s
13. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 03.258s
14. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +1 lap
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1 lap
Not Classified
16. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 15 laps completed
17. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 14 laps completed
18. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 2 laps completed
19. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 0 laps completed
20. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 0 laps completed
DNS Luca Scassa ITA Team Supersonic Ducati 1198
Withdrawn
Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR
2010 WSBK Standings
(Previous round standings position in brackets)
1. (1) Max Biaggi Aprilia Alitalia 352 points
2. (2) Leon Haslam Suzuki Alstare 284
3. (4) Jonathan Rea Ten Kate Honda 203
4. (3) Carlos Checa Althea Ducati 189
5. (5) Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox 172
6. (7) James Toseland Yamaha Sterilgarda 160
7. (6) Troy Corser BMW Motorrad 149
8. (8) Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox 147
9. (9) Leon Camier Aprilia Alitalia 138
10. (10) Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Sterilgarda 138
11. (11) Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Alstare 138
12. (12) Shane Byrne Althea Ducati 108
13. (14) Ruben Xaus BMW Motorrad 64
14. (13) Jakub Smrz PATA B&G Ducati/Aprilia 61
15. (15) Luca Scassa Supersonic Ducati 53
16. (16) Tom Sykes Kawasaki SRT 48
17. (18) Lorenzo Lanzi DFX Ducati 44
18. (17) Max Neukirchner Ten Kate Honda 35
19. (19) Chris Vermeulen Kawasaki SRT 10
20. (24) Broc Parkes Echo CRS Honda 9
21. (23) Roger Lee Hayden Pedercini Kawasaki 7
22. (20) Sheridan Morais EmTek Aprilia 3
23. (25) Matteo Baiocco Pedercini Kawasaki 3
24. (21) Andrew Pitt Reitwagen BMW 3
25. (22) Joshua Brookes Echo CRS Honda
