WINS FOR LANZI (DUCATI) AND HAGA (YAMAHA) IN SUPERBIKE ROUND
3 AT VALENCIA
 Lorenzo
Lanzi (RG Ducati) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB)
took the wins in a spectacular day of action at Valencia in
front of 60,000 spectators, a record attendance for World
Superbikes at the Spanish circuit.
Race 1: Carlos Checa (HANNspree Ten Kate
Honda) and Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare) were the protagonists
of the first race. Neukirchner led every lap from pole position
until the final corner, when Checa dived inside, but the Spaniard
crashed and took his German rival down with him. Neukirchner
suffered a broken left collarbone in the incident and failed
to take part in race 2, while Checa remounted to finish fifth.
The win went to Lorenzo Lanzi, the third in his career, after
he passed Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) with one lap to go.
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki
Alstare) were third and fourth, while Haga crashed out on
lap 4 and Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) finished
out of the points in sixteenth place.
“For me it’s a fantastic result” declared
Lanzi. “We worked very well throughout the weekend to
get this result. The team is a new one in World Superbikes
this year and it’s difficult for us. It was a hard-fought
race today, Troy is a world champion and is very fast but
you need a bit of good luck in racing and I certainly had
it today.”
Results
1. Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 37'01.894 (149,248 kph)
2. Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 2.987
3. Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 7.287
4. Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 11.992
5. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 12.824
6. Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 13.125
7. Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 13.191
8. Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 13.906
9. Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 17.254
10. Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 18.606
Race 2: Bayliss led for seven laps but was
passed by Checa. The Honda man then had a electrical problem
on lap 12 and both he and Troy were passed by Haga on lap
12. The Japanese rider was able to hold off Bayliss until
the end to take his first win of the year. Bayliss’s
two second places increased his championship lead to 48 points
over Nieto, who could only manage fourth and tenth today.
Kiyonari (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) took his best result of
the season in fourth, ahead of Corser, Kagayama, Xaus and
Biaggi, who rode a heroic race to finish eighth.
“Of course I am very happy for this result” declared
Haga.”It was a fast race and unlike the first I actually
had a good feeling with the bike. I lost the front and crashed
with my first bike in race 1 and had to use my second bike
for this one. Honestly today I was quite surprised for the
win, but we know which is our problem and the team improvised
and found the solutions to let me take the win.
Results
1. Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 37'03.759 (149,123 kph)
2. Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1.551
3. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 2.903
4. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 7.277
5. Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 8.051
6. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 9.223
7. Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 10.164
8. Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 10.614
9. Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 17.234
10. Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 18.100
Rider points: 1. Bayliss 128; 2. Nieto 80;
3. Corser & Checa 72; 5. Xaus 68; 6. Haga 47; 7. Biaggi
44; 8. Lanzi 42; etc.
Manufacturer points: 1. Ducati 140; 2. Yamaha
95; 3. Suzuki 86; 4. Honda 73; 5. Kawasaki 22.
World Supersport
Joan Lascorz (Glaner Motocard.com Honda) scored a lights-to-flag
win in front of his home crowd, his first victory in the championship.
The 23-year-old from Barcelona now has a 16 point lead over
Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport), who finished fourth.
After poleman Andrew Pitt (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) had crashed
out on lap 5, the battle for the runner-up slot was between
Fabien Foret (Yamaha World Supersport) and Craig Jones (Parkalgar
Racing Honda), with the Frenchman getting the edge. Gianluca
Nannelli (HANNspree Honda Althea) rode to fifth place with
an injured shoulder, while points leader Joshua Brookes (HANNspree
Stiggy Motorsport) had to retire with a tyre problem.
Superstock 1000
Brendan Roberts (Ducati Xerox Junior Team) proved to have
a superior pace to the rest of the field as he powered to
the win in the Superstock race. Davide Giugliano (Cruciani
Moto Suzuki Italia) was right behind him until the very end,
while Xavier Simeon from Belgium (Alstare Suzuki) took the
final podium slot after a last-lap battle with Alessandro
Polita and Claudio Corti. Simeon was then hit from behind
by an over-enthusiastic Chris Seaton on the cool-down lap
and limped up to the podium, while the Australian was taken
to the Clinica Mobile with concussion.
Superstock 600 - Baz Takes First 600 Win
The European Superstock season got underway in dramatic fashion
on Saturday with the 11 lap-race eventually decided on aggregate,
after a machine went on fire on the track in the first running.
The restart was led by the first leg top rider, Loris Baz
(Yamaha YZF Junior Team), who went on to score the 25 points
ahead of warring factions Daniel Arcas (Honda Merson), Danilo
Petrucci (Team Trasimeno) and Dan Linfoot (Beowulf Yamaha).
Arcas was disqualified for a technical irregularity.
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