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Rea and Neukirchner seek more at revised Monza

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda riders, Jonathan Rea and Max Neukirchner, are preparing for round five of the 2010 World Superbike championship at Monza in Italy this weekend (7-9 May), looking to build on their performances in the last round at Assen.

For Rea, Assen marked a perfect weekend with a full-house of pole position, two race wins and the fastest lap, elevating him to third in the championship standings; but the 23-year-old from Northern Ireland is certainly not resting on his hard-won laurels.

Rea, who enjoyed two top five finishes at Monza in his rookie Superbike season last year, is eager to develop further the new base setting on his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade. He and his crew plan on fine tuning it to suit the high-speed duels that the historic Monza circuit has traditionally thrown up in its first 20 years of World Superbikes.

The revised 5.777km circuit, set in a royal park just north of Milan, holds particular memories for Rea?s team-mate, Max Neukirchner. The 27-year-old German took a win and a second place finish at Monza in 2008, but after qualifying on the front row last year was injured in a pile-up at the first chicane ? the Prima Variante. It is this corner that has now been opened up to prevent a bottleneck on the opening laps.

Neukirchner ultimately missed the remainder of the 2009 season and good results thus far in 2010 have proved hard to find. However, after adapting both his bike and his riding style for the last round, he and his team were buoyed by impressive lap times and a season-best finish in race two at Assen.

Jonathan Rea

It?s been a really busy time since I got back from Assen ? I moved into a new apartment last weekend and then went to watch my motocross team and afterwards saw my brother in the British Superstock championship. I?m really looking forward to Monza, though, and the results last year were not so bad. We know the bike works there because Kiyo (Ryuichi Kiyonari) got on the podium twice, but I can?t wait to see how the new base setting transfers to Monza. It could have been easy to get carried away after the double win at Assen, but we?re not na?ve enough to think that our rivals haven?t been working very hard since then. We certainly have, because we know how tough it is to get to the front and stay there. I?ll aim for another steady start this weekend; building momentum on Friday and Saturday. You need a bit of fight and determination at Monza, as well as a fast bike, and I?m planning on bringing both this weekend.

Max Neukirchner

I?m feeling very positive as we go to Monza because I really feel that we made a big step forward in the second race at Assen. We?ve changed the bike quite a bit and made it stiffer for race two, but the biggest change I&rsq uo;ve made is in my riding style. I need to brake differently into the corners to help me get out faster and, although Monza is known as a very fast circuit, I think we can still make some steps forward there on braking into the chicanes. It?s a very special place, but obviously I have some bad memories from last year. I will just be concentrating on improving the bike and my style and this, I think, will help me to close the book on last season?s problems.

Ronald ten Kate ? team manager

After the perfect weekend in Assen with Jonathan?s clean sweep we have to get our feet firmly back on the ground and get straight back to business at Monza. The Assen races were pretty close, but I believe that this weekend they may be even closer, so the smallest details will make all the difference. Max made a big step forward in race two at Assen and, although his new riding style feels slow to him, it definitely make s him go faster. I?m hoping he?ll make another step up towards the leading group at Monza, where the revised first corner will be new to everyone since no-one has tested there. But in theory, it?ll be better than the bus-stop chicane that was there before.

Ten Kate Supersport riders look to get back on track

Kenan Sofuoglu and his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Michele Pirro, will be seeking improvement at this weekend?s (7-9 May) fifth round World Supersport championship race at Monza in Italy.

Sofuoglu currently lies in second place in the championship standings after finishing on the podium in all four rounds this year, including a win at Portimao in March. However, the 25-year-old 2007 world champion from Turkey was disappointed to miss out on victory at the previous Assen round, after dominating practice and starting from pole position.

Pirro, who took his first World Supersport podium at Portimao, will also be looking for improvement, particularly after crashing out of the last two rounds. The 23-year-old from San Giovanni Rotondo in south-west Italy is particularly keen to perform at the first of three ?home? rounds this season.

As two-time Italian Superstock champion and reigning Italian Supersport champion , Pirro has plenty of Monza experience and placed seventh in last year?s World Supersport race. Sofuoglu, meanwhile, has enjoyed mixed Monza results, winning in his 2007 championship year, but struggling with set-up problems to finish ninth in last season?s race.

The ultra-fast Monza circuit has been revised for the 2010 season, with the Prima Variante chicane at the end of the start-finish straight now opened up slightly to avoid the bottleneck situations of previous years. The circuit length is consequently shortened by 16m to 5.777km.

Kenan Sofuoglu

Although I finished third and got some more points for the championship, I was very disappointed with the result at Assen. I had planned to go back to Turkey after the race but instead I stayed behind with the team to analyse the result and to try to find out what happened. The bike was probably set up too much to do fast lap times and might have been a bit too soft to battle hard with Laverty and Lascorz, who were very strong in the race. The base setting on the bike is very good though, and we will go to Monza to try to improve more and get back on top of the championship by winning again.

Michele Pirro

It was very disappointing for me to crash at Assen, especially after my team worked so hard to give me a good bike that I was able to put on the front row of the grid. They should have had a better reward at their home race. Kenan is showing with his results how good the CBR600RR is now and I know, after Portimao, that I am able to achieve good results with it, too. I am now even more determined to get back on the podium and it would be great to do it in Italy this weekend.

Ronald ten Kate ? team manager

Monza has historically produced good slipstream fighting in Superbikes, but I think we?ll see the same thing in Supersport this weekend with the leading three to five riders battling it out. For the moment, there are three riders who are clearly outstanding but I am quite sure that Michele Pirro wants to start mixing with them as soon as he can this weekend ? especially as this race is in Italy.

 

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Yamaha hungry and hunting for success at Monza

Two good podium finishes by James Toseland at Assen followed by a successful two day test in Misano last week have given the Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team extra motivation for the team's home race. Riders Toseland and Crutchlow head to Monza for round five of the World Championship this weekend, the first of three Italian races this year, intent on capitalising on the steps taken recently in development. These include steps forward in electronics and chassis set-up, making the bike even more competitive and making the British pairing serious contenders for victory at the legendary high speed circuit.

The circuit itself was first constructed in 1922 and has undergone various changes from then to its current set up. Its 5.7km layout is characterised by long high speed straights and chicanes, with three main corners, the Curvone di Biassono, Curva di Lesmo and the Curva Parabolica. For 2010 the first chicane at the end of the start / finish straight has been modified. The current and previous lap records were both taken on Yamaha R1s, the current last year by Ben Spies, the previous in 2007 by Noriyuki Haga.

James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team
"The test last week was encouraging, I think I ended up second and third. I am particularly looking forward to Monza; I've always loved riding there, as we didn't in Moto GP I'm happy to be going back. It's got an ambience in the park, to hear the engines resonating through the trees is really special and you can feel the history. The high speed circuit is also pretty special; to hold it flat out in top gear for 7 or 8 seconds is something you don't do anywhere else. I'm really pleased with the way things are progressing with package and the team and as it's the home race for them it also adds something extra to the weekend."

Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team
"I'm looking forward to putting the Assen weekend behind me and getting back to the front at Monza. We've been working hard as a team to keep improving the bike and it was really useful to spend the two days at Misano working on a set up for me. I'm confident both James and I can be at the front this weekend and fighting for podiums on Sunday. I love the high speed Monza circuit and enjoyed racing there on the Supersport bike last year, I can't wait to tackle it with the R1."

Monza technically speaking according to Frankie Carchedi, James Toseland's Crew Chief
"At Assen we were able to make more steps forward with the electronics and chassis, and more importantly close the gap on the championship lead. Since then we have had a successful test at Misano where we were able to evaluate different links and further improvements to the power delivery. Monza is the fastest track on the calendar and requires good top end speed, strong brakes and good at changing direction as it has three chicanes, also tyre life for the famous Parabolica corner which dictates the speed on to the main straight. We are hopeful that with the further improvements we have made, and the strong Yamaha engine, James can again fight for the win and close the gap for the championship."

Monza technically speaking according to Marcus Eschenbacher, Cal Crutchlow's Crew Chief
"The Misano test was really interesting for us using different approaches to chassis set up. We've improved our mid corner grip and stability and also our straight line traction and drive coming out of the corners. Monza has the highest average speed of any circuit we visit this year, with chicanes in between the high speed sections so we will be setting up for high speed stability as well as working on a bike that can change direction quickly and drive out of the chicanes."

Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager
"For me Monza is something special, it was the same when I was racing here. In the past we have traditionally had good results in all race categories at the track, and after the last two races and the test in Misano we are arriving with good expectations. Unfortunately the weather forecast is bad for this weekend so that is a question mark but hopefully it is wrong!"


Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike team sponsor FIMER will tomorrow (5th May) launch a new division dedicated to renewable energy at the SOLAREXPO in Verona. To mark this occasion the bikes of both James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow will have green FIMER logos on the fairings instead of their usual red colour for the Monza race weekend.

 

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Jonathan Rea out to continue winning ways

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea approaches the fifth round of the Superbike World Championship on a high after winning both races at the previous round at Assen, promoting himself to third in the championship in the process. Rea is now 38 points behind leader Leon Haslam (Suzuki) and 20 points behind Max Biaggi (Aprilia) but with 18 individual points scoring races still to go the series is still wide open for the top riders.

The Monza circuit will be slightly modified compared to the circuit used last year, with the 5.777km track surface now 16 metres shorter than the previous version, thanks to safety improvements on the entry to the first chicane.

Hannspree Ten Kate Superbike rider Max Neukirchner was a blameless victim of a first-corner pile-up at Monza last year, but in his return to Monza he intends to make the most of his machine?s ever-improving package at a circuit he has won at in the past.

ECHO CRS Honda?s Broc Parkes is about to face his second WSB race weekend of the year, having missed the first three rounds due to a right tibia fracture, suffered in winter training. His comeback at Assen was affected by the last remnants of his injury, so he is looking forward to greater fitness and a better technical package when he gets to the super-fast Monza circuit.

Squadra Corse Italia Garvie Image entrant Vittorio Iannuzzo will be back from his own injury problem this weekend. Iannuzzo damaged his hand at the Valencia race last month but now feeling fully fit the former Superstock 1000 champion is more than ready to face his home race and turn his so-far luckless season around.


WSBK Rider Comments

Jonathan Rea, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR:
?I?m really looking forward to Monza and our results there last year were not so bad. We know the bike works there because Kiyo (Ryuichi Kiyonari) got on the podium twice last season, but I can?t wait to see how the new base setting transfers to Monza. It could have been easy to get carried away after the double win at Assen, but we?re not na?ve enough to think that our rivals haven?t been working very hard since then. We certainly have, because we know how tough it is to get to the front and stay there. I?ll aim for another steady start this weekend; building momentum on Friday and Saturday. You need a bit of fight and determination at Monza, as well as a fast bike. I?m planning on bringing both this weekend.?

Max Neukirchner, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR:
?I?m feeling very positive as we go to Monza because I really feel that we made a big step forward in the second race at Assen. We?ve changed the bike quite a bit and made it stiffer for race two, but the biggest change I?ve made is in my riding style. I need to brake differently into the corners to help me get out faster and, although Monza is know as a fast circuit, I think we can still make some steps forward there on braking into the chicanes. It?s a special place but obviously I have some bad memories from last year. I will be concentrating on improving the bike and my style and this, I think, will help me to close the book on last season?s problems.?

Broc Parkes, ECHO CRS Honda CBR1000RR:
?Assen was a little bit early to come back because my leg was still not 100% but I am glad I did because we found a few problems with the set-up, especially with chatter, that I had to give feedback about before the fly aways to South Africa and America. I have been talking a lot with the team and I am going to visit them and the engine tuners in Italy before Monza to try and sort out the direction we are going with the bike.?

Vittorio Iannuzzo, SCI Garvie Image Honda CBR1000RR:
?My injured had is better now, almost perfect. I am ready for Monza, the team is prepared and it will be a home round for us. I went to Monza for the Italian championship races and the new first chicane is faster, maybe 1.5 or 2 seconds per lap faster overall.?

 

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Historic Monza beckons for BMW Motorrad Motorsport

The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team is heading south to the historic Autodromo Nationale di Monza circuit in Italy in an extremely positive frame of mind, having secured the best results so far in its short Superbike World Championship history at the last round at Assen in The Netherlands.

Having qualified on the front row, led both races and finished with two fifth places on the BMW S 1000 RR, Troy Corser has every reason to feel proud of his progression up the leaderboard and also confident of his chances at the fast 5.793-km circuit in Italy?s northern Lombardy region.

?There is no doubt that the bike is improving all the time,? says Troy, who is currently seventh in the championship standings. ?With every test and every session the team and I make steps forward and we are really starting to understand the bike?s characteristics now. I feel like I can push the S 1000 RR and really ride it how I want. Everything feels stable and planted and the BMW is reacting in a predictable manner, which is what I need, as I can run consistent lap times now.

?Going into Monza we know we have a strong engine and good speed, so if I can get the bike really driving out of the corners how I want then I think we can replicate ? or go even better ? than we did in Assen. Everything will come down to tyre life in the end, and who can best manage their tyres in the last few laps of the race, but I am confident for sure.?

Team-mate Ruben Xaus is growing in confidence all the time and his top ten finish in race two at Assen was only 11.486 seconds behind double-race winner Jonathan Rea. The likeable Spaniard finished seventh and ninth at the corresponding Monza round last year and will be hoping for even better results when he returns to the high-speed circuit for the second year on the BMW S 1000 RR.

?We definitely made some improvements with the bike in the second race at Assen, as I got the S 1000 RR really working well coming out of the corners and the drive of the engine was fantastic,? says Ruben. ?I have more feeling on the front end now and I tried a new traction control setting which worked well for me. I really think that we can take that next step in Monza and run consistently over the weekend. I definitely have more feeling and when you have that you have more confidence to push the bike.?

A return to Italy after successful recent tests at the Mugello circuit comes at a good time for BMW. Team Manager Davide Tardozzi will enjoy a return to his home country for the first time in his new role, with everybody talking positively about the progress of the S 1000 RR in this year?s Superbike World Championship. Furthermore, with Team BMW Motorrad Italia?s Ayrton Badovini enjoying three consecutive wins in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup so far, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport-supported team will be looking to make it four out of four at Monza.

As for BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director Berti Hauser, he has witnessed the results of all the hard work that has been going on behind the scenes and will simply be asking his team for ?more of the same? at Monza throughout the weekend of 7-9 May:

?In Assen the whole team performed above my expectations. Again we improved and it was great to see Troy battle so hard at the front of the field ? we could have quite easily been on the podium for sure. We have a package now that can rival the top guys and everyone in the team now knows that we can do it. We will see what happens in Monza but for sure the power of the Bavarian engine will make us a real contender. We shall see but I am confident and really looking forward to it.?

 

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THE DUCATI XEROX TEAM GEARS UP FOR THE FIRST OF THREE ITALIAN SUPERBIKE ROUNDS, THIS WEEKEND AT MONZA

Monza (Italy), Tuesday 4th May: With four of the 2010 World Superbike rounds already completed, Ducati Xerox riders Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio are now mentally and physically preparing for the first of three Italian appointments, to take place this weekend at Monza?s Autodromo Nazionale.

Monza has hosted the Superbikes since 1992 (the only year that didn?t see a Monza round was 1994) and last year provided the setting for Michel?s first ever Superbike win, achieved in Race 1 and consolidated by a second place finish in the second of the day?s races. Noriyuki too had a strong first race and crossed the line second, just two tenths behind team-mate Michel, but was subsequently involved in an unlikely, and extremely unlucky, collision with a pigeon which put a dramatic end to his Race 2.

Just over a week ago the TT Circuit of Assen played host to the Superbikes and at the end of a very difficult weekend, Noriyuki lies in sixth position in the riders classification and Michel in ninth. Ducati is third in the manufacturers standings at this point, four points behind Aprilia and eighteen behind leader Suzuki.

Straight after Assen the factory team carried out two days of testing at Misano and, although Noriyuki was suffering from a high fever, some very useful work was completed by both riders and at the end of the sessions Michel proved to be the fastest rider on track.

Noriyuki Haga (6th in championship, 85 points)

The Japanese rider has celebrated numerous race wins and podiums at this track in recent years and lists it among his favourites.

?It was unfortunate that I was sick after Assen and so couldn?t make the most of last week?s Misano testing session. The work I did do there went well and now we have to see what happens at Monza. This weekend will be tough; I like the Monza track but at the same time I know that my 1198 does not have the top speed of some of the other bikes and with Monza?s long straights, it will be hard for us I think. Nevertheless, I?ll be opening the gas and giving 200%.?

Haga?s Superbike form at Monza:
2009: Race 1 ? 2nd, Race 2 - DNF
2008: Race 1 ? 2nd, Race 2 ? winner
2007: Race 1 ? winner, Race 2 ? winner
2006: Race 1 ? 4th, Race 2 ? 3rd
2005: Race 1 ? 11th, Race 2 ? 9th
2004: Race 1 ? DNF, Race 2 ? DNF
2002: Race 1 ? DNF, Race 2 ? 3rd
2000: Race 1 ? DNF , Race 2 ? 5th

Michel Fabrizio (9th in championship, 53 points)

Michel put on a great performance here last season, winning Race 1 and finishing Race 2 in second. For this reason, Michel too cites Monza as one of his favourite circuits.

?I had a good weekend here last year and am very happy that my first ever Superbike race win came in front of my home crowd, at Monza. We?ve not had an easy run of things recently but testing went well at Misano last week and I?ll be doing everything to put on a great performance this weekend. We need to start to make up lost ground.?

Fabrizio?s Superbike form at Monza:
2009: Race 1 ? winner, Race 2 ? 2nd
2008: Race 1 ? 9th, Race 2 ? 5th
2007: Race 1 ? 8th, Race 2 ? 11th
2006: Race 1 ? DNF, Race 2 ? 14th

CIRCUIT DATA:

Name: Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Country: Italy
Circuit length: 5.777 km
Pole position: Left
Corners left: 5
Corners right: 8
Length of race: 18 laps = 103.986 km


LAP RECORDS: Best lap ? Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1'45.336 (2009). Superpole ? Spies (Yamaha) 1'44.073 (2009).

2009 RESULTS: Race 1 - 1. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 2. Haga (Ducati Xerox); 3. Kiyonari (Honda). Race 2 ? 1. Spies (Yamaha); 2. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox); 3. Kiyonari (Honda)

 

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FABRIZIO (DUCATI XEROX) RESERVES A PROVISIONAL FRONT ROW SPOT ON SUNDAY?S GRID AT MONZA

Monza (Italy), Friday 7th May : a mixed first day at the Autodromo Nazionale of Monza, with meteorological conditions conditioning performances to a certain extent. Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio nonetheless put in a very strong performance and concluded first qualifying in third position, reserving a provisional spot on the front row of Sunday?s grid. Noriyuki Haga, still losing time in the last sections of the track, closed this first day fifteenth.
Earlier today, in the weekend?s first free practice session, the Ducati Xerox riders got straight to work and it was Michel who made an immediate impression, lapping consistently fast and placing in the top five for almost the duration of the hour-long session. Light rain fell intermittently throughout but this didn?t stop Michel from setting a 1'43.8, in the latter stages of the session, which projected him to the top of the timesheets where he remained right up until the final seconds, when Crutchlow managed to shave a tenth of a second off the Italian rider?s best time. Michel thus closed in a solid second position, while team-mate Noriyuki closed the opening session in twelfth place.
Later in the afternoon, after further rainfall, the first qualifying session was declared wet. The track quickly began to dry out however and during the second half of the session times started to tumble. With around twenty minutes to go, both Michel and Noriyuki exchanged their intermediate tyres for slicks and Michel?s lap times in particular continued to drop his until he achieved his final, and best, time of the session in the very last minutes, a 1?45.1, to reserve a provisional third position on Sunday?s grid. Noriyuki meanwhile had a few problems, losing valuable time particularly through the last section of the track and, with more work to do tomorrow, finished in fifteenth position today.
Michel Fabrizio
?At the start of the session I was not wanting to take too many risks as some of the corners were pretty slippery so I stayed calm and then began to push as the track dried out. It?s a shame the conditions were so mixed because there were a few things we wanted to work on today but this wet weather didn?t give us the chance. Anyway, it?s been a positive first day. I think the testing at Misano last week helped us to get back on the right track and I?m feeling confident.?
Noriyuki Haga
?Although the lap times were not so great, I?ve actually got quite a good feeling with my 1198. I?m losing time in the last part of the track, from the Ascari corners to the Parabolica, and I need to concentrate on that section tomorrow. We?ll be making a few changes before tomorrow?s sessions and we?ll see how we go, the weather will surely make the difference too.?
TIMES: 1. Crutchlow (Yamaha) 1?44.5; 2. Rea (Honda) 1?44.7; 3.Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1?45.1; 4. Corser (BMW) 1?45.2; 5. Haslam (Suzuki) 1?45.3; 6. Xaus (BMW) 1?45.5; 7. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1?45.5; 8. Smrz (Ducati) 1?45.6?. 15. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 1?46.4

 

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Crutchlow takes provisional pole at Monza

Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike rider Cal Crutchlow made an impressive start to the Monza race weekend, fastest in both the first free practice session and then the first qualifying session of the weekend that followed. Team mate James Toseland made a slower start, finishing fifth in the free practice and then taking ninth in the first qualifying as he and the team tested a number of set up options.

The afternoon's qualifying was complicated by weather, rain before the session meant the superbike riders had to contend with an initially wet but drying track, gradually changing from intermediate to slick tyres as the session went on. The nature of the Monza circuit with its tree lined track meant some areas including chicanes remained greasy and damp throughout.


Cal Crutchlow

Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (1st, 1'43.758)
"It was nice to top the time sheets in both sessions today. We're still looking for better grip a bit on the bike and also need to improve when pushing going into the corners, I think we can work on that. We tried a couple of things today which is good and I'm looking forward to tomorrow. It's great that it's the team's home race and we'll have lots of fans here and Yamaha guests so it's nice to be on top today for them."


James Toseland

James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (9th, 1'46.019)
"It was one of those sessions today where it starts wet then just dries up continually over the heat. We were trying a few different suspension settings over the session but obviously the track was never fully dry, a couple of corners were still quite damp at the end and really quite greasy. With the trees around here in the park it doesn't dry out too well. All in all we've tried some interesting things, and were pretty quick in the free practice, coming in fifth in the dry. We've got some work to do tonight, some big things to improve on which is encouraging so I'm optimistic that the changes we're going to make later which were too long to do today will bring the next step. Fingers crossed again for the weather tomorrow."

Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager
"A good start for us today. The weather gave us some trouble but in the end we finished the day in good shape. Hopefully tomorrow will be dry to finalise the set up and tyre choice ahead of Superpole and Sunday's races."
Circuit Length: 5792
Weather: Changeable

Lap Record: 1'47.434 (Troy Bayliss, 01/01/2002)
Fastest Lap Ever: 1'44.073 (Ben Spies, 10/05/2009)
Last Years Winner: Ben Spies

2010 WSB Italy - Monza 07/05/2010
Qualifying 1
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 1'44.577
2 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 1'44.789
3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 1'45.134
4 Troy Corser BMW AUS 1'45.234
5 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 1'45.303
6 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 1'45.542
7 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 1'45.592
8 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 1'45.603
9 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 1'46.019
10 Luca Scassa Ducati ITA 1'46.111
11 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 1'46.170
12 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 1'46.216
13 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 1'46.402
14 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 1'46.413
15 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 1'46.451

 

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Rea relaxed at damp Monza

Jonathan Rea was second fastest in today?s opening qualifying session for round five of the 2010 World Superbike championship at Monza in Italy, just two tenths of a second behind provisional pole sitter, Cal Crutchlow.

Despite a dry opening free practice session earlier in the day, the revised 5.777km Monza circuit was damp following afternoon rain as Rea and his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Max Neukirchner, began this afternoon?s hour-long qualifying period.

After his double win at Assen two weeks ago, Rea concentrated on further developing the revised chassis settings on his Honda CBR1000RR while Neukirchner continued to adapt his riding style to suit the bike's handling characteristics.

Jonathan Rea ? P2 1?44.789s

I?m having a lot of fun here, actually! The bike is really good and that?s allowing me to enjoy the circuit. I?m especially pleased with t he long run I did in this morning?s free practice. This afternoon?s session had mixed conditions and we?ve still got some work to do to get the final sector nailed. But luckily the Assen set-up is working well, although there?s still some fine-tuning to be done to get it right for Monza. We?ll study the data later and see what we can do to improve it for tomorrow.

Max Neukirchner ? P13 1?46.402s

Everything?s OK at the moment, but the first sector stayed quite wet during the qualifying session and I was stuck behind Xaus for a while. The other sectors seem to be not too bad and my riding style is still improving. It?s quite good through most of the corners, but in others I?m probably concentrating on the exit a bit too much. The team?s working really well, though, and the bike is pretty good too. I probably need to wake myself up a bit for tomorrow, so maybe I&rsq uo;ll take an extra coffee in the morning!

Ronald ten Kate ? team-manager

The changing conditions made today?s qualifying session very different from a normal Friday and we decided to go out early in the session to see how the intermediate front tyre would behave. Towards the end we should have probably put in a new rear tyre as well, but at least we now have an extra tyre for tomorrow. Both riders are in a position to qualify for Superpole, so we?ll go through everything tonight, improve where we can for tomorrow?s sessions and look forward to the rest of the weekend.

2010 World Superbike championship ? round five
Monza, Italy (5.777km) ? first qualifying results:
1. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha 1?44.577s
2. Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1?44.789s
3. Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati 1?45.134s
4. Troy Corser (AUS) BMW 1? 45.234s
13. Max Neukirchner (GER) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1?46.402s

Sofuoglu and Pirro work on Monza settings

Kenan Sofuoglu and Michele Pirro were fifth and sixth fastest after today?s first qualifying session at Monza in Italy for Sunday?s fifth round World Supersport championship race.

Provisional pole position was taken by Ireland?s CBR600RR-mounted Eugene Laverty as the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda duo worked on race settings for Sunday?s 20-lapper around the revised 5.777km Monza circuit.

Wet conditions in this morning?s free practice session prevented much meaningful progress, although a less than optimistic forecast for the rest of the weekend may indicate a requirement for an optimum wet weather set up on Sunday.

Kenan Sofuoglu ? P5 1?48.938s

It hasn?t been a very good day today ? at least regarding the qualifying position. It was wet this morning, which meant that I couldn?t push as hard as I wanted. After the mistake that I made at Assen, we ha ve been wanting to work very hard on making sure that the CBR600RR is set up for the race and not one fast lap, but the weather has made it hard to make progress. I want to check a few things with my team and make some changes to the bike for tomorrow?s practice session so that we are all ready to put in a good qualifying time and a much better race on Sunday.

Michele Pirro ? P6 1?49.448s

Well, I am not happy with the position I?m in but we are definitely improving the feeling that I?m getting with the bike. We?ve got a plan to improve things for the morning but we?ve also been taking it quite easy because of the conditions today. I didn?t want to crash by pushing too hard too early ? that can come tomorrow as the bike improves.

Ronald ten Kate ? team-manager

Well, fifth and sixth is not the biggest disaster ever, but it& rsquo;s obvious that we still have some work ahead of us. With all the set-up problems we?ve had, we?re not so far off, though, so I?m sure we can fix the issues that face us and move to the front row with both riders tomorrow. So we?re not worried. Yet!

2010 World Supersport championship ? round five
Monza, Italy (5.777kmkm) ? first qualifying results:
1. Eugene Laverty (IRL) Honda 1?48.303s
2. David Salom (ESP) Triumph 1?48.523s
3. Joan Lascorz (ESP) Kawasaki 1?48.663s
4. Fabien Foret (FRA) Kawasaki 1?48.743s
5. Kenan Sofuoglu (TUR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1?48.938s
6. Michele Pirro (ITA) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1?49.448s

 

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FABRIZIO (DUCATI XEROX) SECURES FRONT ROW START FOR TOMORROW?S RACES AT MONZA

Monza (Italy), Saturday 8th May: Michel Fabrizio and his team worked hard today and were rewarded with a front row place on tomorrow?s grid at the Autodromo Nazionale of Monza; Michel will line up in third position, the spot that he had already provisionally secured yesterday.

This morning?s second qualifying proved to be an extremely successful session for Michel Fabrizio, on board his 1198. Despite an initially damp track, with conditions very similar to yesterday, times began to drop later in the session and, after substituting used slicks with new ones, the Italian rider was able to push hard, recording an impressive 1?43.737 on his penultimate lap to take overall first position at the end of qualifying, three tenths of a second faster than Rea (Honda) in second. By the close of the session, Noriyuki had also made progress, improving on yesterdays qualifying time by almost a second and a half, to qualify in overall twelfth position for the afternoon?s Superpole.

In the early afternoon?s final free practice session, times improved once again and Michel impressed once more, ducking under the 1?43 barrier to make two very fast laps right at the end of the session, recording the fastest overall time of this practice session at the very last minute (1?42.6). Noriyuki continued to lose valuable tenths, particularly through the first sector of track, and closed in fourteenth.

Superpole 1 ? both Fabrizio and Haga made two exits during the fourteen-minute session. Michel chose not to use a qualifier in this first phase and closed in a solid eighth place, assuring himself of passage to the next phase. Noriyuki ,on the other hand, made his second exit with the qualifier and, like Michel, finished inside the top sixteen, in fourteenth position.

Superpole 2 ? Noriyuki?s technicians provided him with a new qualifier for this session but unfortunately the Japanese rider did not find the grip necessary to make a fast lap and thus concluded today?s Superpole in sixteenth position, equating to the fourth row of tomorrow?s grid. Michel, also on a ?Q?, had more success and recorded a 1?42.7, enough to finish in second place, and progressing comfortably to the final phase.

Superpole 3 ? Michel made two fast laps, the second of which temporarily propelled him into pole position, but was subsequently beaten by Biaggi and Crutchlow in the final minute of this last phase, meaning an eventual third place finish for the Ducati Xerox rider. He will therefore line up on the front row of the grid in tomorrow?s races, in the position that he had provisionally secured already yesterday.

Michel Fabrizio
?Today?s result is the best response to the gossip that was circulating in the paddock yesterday. Within the team we are working well together, are united, and together will be protagonists once more. I?m of course very happy with today?s results. We needed to get back on track with a result like this, after three rounds in which I?ve not really been present, at least not at the front where I think the factory riders should be! I?m also pleased that, after successful tests at Misano last week, we are doing well ? so far ? in front of the Italian crowd. It?s the first of the ?home? races and so of course Ducati and myself would love to take two great race results here.?

Noriyuki Haga
?This morning conditions were pretty much the same as yesterday and I was finding it difficult, especially through the first part of the track.Then in the Superpole I found that I had better grip on the race tyre than with the qualifier. I was lacking grip at the rear and, though I pushed as hard as I can, it was impossible to make a very fast lap. I?m fairly happy with the race set-up but it?s going to be another tough race day.?

TIMES (Superpole): 1. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1?42.1; 2. Crutchlow (Yamaha) 1?42.1; 3. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1?42.4; 4. Rea (Honda) 1?42.5; 5. Haslam (Suzuki) 1?42.6; Xaus (BMW) 1?42.7; 7. Toseland (Yamaha) 1?42.7; 8. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1?43.1?. 16. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 1?43.9

 

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Front row for Jonathan Rea in Italy

Jonathan Rea will start tomorrow?s two fifth round World Superbike championship races from the front row of the grid after setting the fourth fastest time in today?s Superpole qualifying sessions at Monza in Italy.

After being near the top of the timing sheets in both yesterday?s and today?s practice and qualifying, the 23-year-old from Northern Ireland was unable to repeat his Assen pole position, the honour going instead to local rider Max Biaggi.

Rea?s Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Max Neukirchner, meanwhile continues to adapt to his CBR1000RR and improve its set-up for the historic 5.777km Monza circuit, setting the ninth fastest time today for a third row start.

This afternoon?s Superpole sessions were held in dry conditions after a wet start to the day at Monza. Further rain showers are forecast for tomorrow, when the first of the day?s two Superbike races goes at 12.00 local time, the second at 15.30.

Jonathan Rea ? P4 1?42.566s
I guess it was quite good and I?m happy with the front row because I?m not really much of a qualifier ? Assen must have been a one-lap wonder! As long as I get off the line well tomorrow, I?ve got some good race pace, the bike?s working good and I?m quite confident, so we?ll have to see. I?m really excited about the races and I intend to dig deep; there?ll be a load of slipstreaming going on. It?s going to be fun and games tomorrow for sure, and to be honest I wouldn?t mind being the grandstands watching!

Max Neukirchner ? P9 1?43.410s
So, ninth is not so bad, but I made a little mistake on my quick lap and got in the wrong gear at the chicane, otherwise I might have been on the second row, which would have been better. But I?m really happy that we?ve been able to make more progress with the bike here this weekend. I am able to brake deeper into the corner, pick the bike up more quickly and accelerate out better. We?ve got one or two other ideas to try in warm-up tomorrow; we might go a little softer at the front and then I just need a good start. I?ve practised quite a lot this weekend already.

Ronald ten Kate ? Hannspree Ten Kate Team-manager
Being on the front row was always the aim for Jonathan. He?s been quick in all sessions and in all conditions, so we are prepared for any weather tomorrow, although we all hope for sun and a dry track. Max has definitely continued his move forward and the second row would have been a good reward for all the hard work that he and his crew have put in recently. At least he can see the start lights now, which have been out of sight in previous races! We?ll make a few small changes tomorrow morning and then I would advise everyone watching to hold on to their seats!!
Pole position : 1m42.121s (203.653km/h) Max Biaggi (Aprilia, 2010)
Circuit Best Lap : 1m42.121s (203.653km/h) Max Biaggi (Aprilia, 2010)
Qualifying position
1 Max Biaggi 1m42.121s (SP3) ITA APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
2 Cal Crutchlow +0.033s GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
3 Michel Fabrizio +0.378s ITA DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
4 Jonathan Rea +0.445s GBR HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
5 Leon Haslam +0.512s GBR SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
6 Ruben Xaus +0.604s ESP BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
7 James Toseland +0.668s GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
8 Tom Sykes +0.990s GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
9 Max Neukirchner 1m43.410s (SP2) GER HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
10 Luca Scassa +0.021s ITA DUCATI Supersonic Racing Team
11 Carlos Checa +0.096s SPA DUCATI Althea Racing
12 Troy Corser +0.098s AUS BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
13 Leon Camier +0.120s GBR APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
14 Sylvain Guintoli +0.281s FRA SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
15 Shane Byrne +0.403s GBR DUCATI Althea Racing
16 Noriyuki Haga +0.547s JPN DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
17 Jakub Smrz 1m44.291s (SP1) CZE DUCATI PATA B&G Racing team
18 Chris Vermeulen +0.511s AUS KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
19 Lorenzo Lanzi +0.587s ITA DUCATI DFX Corse
20 Matteo Baiocco +1.889s ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
21 Daisaku Sakai -- JPN SUZUKI Yoshimura Suzuki Team
22 Roger Lee Hayden -- USA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
23 Vittorio Iannuzzi -- ITA HONDA Squadra Corse Italia Honda Garvie Image
24 Broc Parkes -- AUS HONDA ECHO CRS Grand prix

 

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Maximum performance puts Biaggi on pole for first time

Max BiaggiRemarkable as it sounds, six time Superbike World Championship race winner Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) scored his first career pole today at Monza, holding off a field packed with potential pole men at his home race. His best Superpole lap was a new track best 1'42.121, putting him on pole for the first time in his four year Superbike World Championship career. His average lap speed for his new record lap was 203.653 km/h. Biaggi also set the fastest top speed in WSB history today, hitting a recorded 330.2 km/h.


Max, cheered on by a vocal local support, was followed by Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) on a 1'42.154, only 0.033 from topping the pre-race rankings. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) and Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) finished off the first row, with the second row headed by championship leader Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare). Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad), who fell late in the session, James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) completed the top eight riders. Sykes gave Kawasaki its best qualifying performance for some time and with slipstreaming ruling the races at Monza, the Englishman is keen to get to grips with tomorrow's races. Crutchlow had set a new best mark in Superpole 2 with a 1'42.255, until Biaggi improved it still further in Superpole 3.


Daisaku Sakai (Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team) was 21st in qualifying at a track that is new to him and his entire team. A fall in practice hurt his right shoulder, which also held him back when it came to final qualifying.


Max Biaggi: "It's been a great Saturday for us but it's not Sunday! So far it's the best qualifying we did ever, there are no points for Superpole but it's the emotion that counts! I want to dedicate it to all the team, because they are working very hard. This is a big step forward for us because at the last race we started on the third row. We are running a good pace compared to Yamaha and Honda and we're looking forward to tomorrow. A good tyre at the end of 18 laps is going to make all the difference, especially at the Parabolica."


Cal Crutchlow: "All credit to Max, he did a good lap. We seemed to do a very good lap in Superpole 2 - a 1'42.2 on a seven lap old race tyre, then we put two qualifiers in the last session and never had any grip so I think the race tyre is better than the qualifier around here. It was a good lap and the races are going to be close and tough tomorrow."


Michel Fabrizio: "It went very well and we are happy with this improvement, we really needed a result like this today. After three races in which we had been ?missing' it was vitally important to be up there. I've got a good chance of winning tomorrow's races because my race pace is good, I feel like I'm down a few horsepower on the straight, I'll have to find a rope and tie it to the closest four-cylinder bike to pull me along!"


Jonathan Rea: "I am happy because my bike is working pretty good and I am excited for the races tomorrow and it looks like we can be in a position to fight for the front. In the qualifying the other guys did a very good job and I could not match their pace but there will be some exciting races and for anyone sitting in the grandstands watching it should be cool tomorrow."

 

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Super Xaus sixth fastest at Monza on BMW S 1000 RR
2010 Superbike World Championship, round five Superpole qualifying report, Monza

BMW Motorrad Motorsport?s Ruben Xaus qualified sixth fastest at Monza today ? his best ever qualifying position for the team on the BMW S 1000 RR ? and will start tomorrow?s two World Superbike races from the second row of the grid, with team-mate Troy Corser just one row further back.

Mixed weather conditions over the past two days meant that today?s Superpole session was the first time the riders really got to try out the revised Monza track in perfect conditions. With plenty of slower riders getting a ?tow? behind the faster riders, this made for an unpredictable first session, but Troy and Ruben both made it safely through Superpole 1, in 7th (1:43.261) and 10th place (1:43.591) respectively.

The remaining 16 riders prepared to do battle in the brutal second Superpole session where only eight would go through to SP3. An increasingly confident Ruben Xaus was the first of the BMW riders to dip under 1:43 barrier, halfway through the session.

With less than five minutes remaining, Corser put a new tyre in and headed out in search of an even faster lap time. Although Troy feels he has a decent race set-up, he was unable to get the grip he needed from the qualifying tyres, so he didn?t make it through to SP3 and will start from the third row of the grid tomorrow.

This time, it was Ruben Xaus who went through to SP3. In fact, Ruben had actually set the fastest time just before his engine casing clipped a kerb in a slow corner, bringing about a low-speed crash. Unhurt, he returned to the team garage, but without sufficient time to go back out on track. Despite this, his time of 1:42.725 was still quick enough to qualify sixth on the grid for tomorrow?s two races.

Ruben Xaus: ?I am really happy! Following the progress we made at Assen in Race 2 we came here to Monza really confident. I have so much more feeling with the bike now and I can understand and predict the way it is going to react. The team have been doing a great job so far this weekend and I feel really confident going into tomorrow. I would like to say big thank you to the team and let?s look forward to the races tomorrow.?

Troy Corser: ?Today I felt really comfortable on race tyres. Unfortunately we encountered some grip issues when I went out on the qualifying tyres which led to me just missing out on Superpole 3. We know we can run good times in the races, but it?s a shame we are starting from the third row. However, I have had good starts so far this year so let?s hope for that tomorrow. It?s going to be tight in the early laps but I think we have the pace to run with the leaders.?

Davide Tardozzi ? Team Manager ? BMW Motorrad Motorsport: ?I am really happy for Ruben, he has done a fantastic job. The crash was unfortunate because Ruben was set for a good time but he is still in a good position for tomorrow. In regards to Troy we encountered some small issues with the set-up which prevented him from progressing to Superpole 3, but I still think both Troy and Ruben have a great chance tomorrow and a podium place is a real possibility.?

 

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Crutchlow secures second on the grid for Monza race day

Yamaha riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland put in an impressive performance in Superpole today, with Crutchlow just missing out on pole to start from the second position on the grid for tomorrow?s two World Superbike races. The young British rider passed through each heat comfortably, fastest in the second session with an impressive 1?42.255 lap on a used race tyre. The final heat saw him miss out on pole to Max Biaggi by less than a tenth of a second.

Team mate James Toseland was also on form, clearing Superpole one in fifth and Superpole two in fourth, only three tenths off Crutchlow. The final heat saw him heading for a front row start until a small mistake dropped a few tenths off his time, meaning he will start from seventh on the second row tomorrow.

The earlier qualifying session saw the riders work through and finalise their set ups. Toseland?s heat was disrupted with a small technical problem, forcing him to return to the pits and head out on his second bike. Crutchlow finished in tenth, Toseland in 13th.



Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team, (2nd, 1?42.154)
?It was a shame to miss out on pole by less than a tenth of a second but all credit to Max for a good lap. We seemed to do a very good lap in Superpole two on a seven lap old race tyre with a 42.2, then put two qualifiers in during the last session and I didn?t feel like I had the same level of grip from them. It?s going to be tough racing tomorrow, I?m looking forward to it and I think it?ll be close. Being part of an Italian team and having our workshop literally a stone?s throw from the Lesmo corner it?s been good to deliver good results so far this weekend. They?ve put in a good effort, James has ridden to two fantastic podiums recently at Assen.?



James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team, (7th, 1?42.789)
?We used both our qualifiers in the second Superpole heat and unfortunately didn?t have one for the last session, however I would have done a mid 42 but I made a mistake at Lesmo on my first lap, and being a race tyre I really needed to get it in on that lap so I lost a few tenths there. That would have put me on the front row, and to say you can get there on a race tyre is encouraging. We had a problem with an engine this morning in qualifying and a different gearbox in the other bike which meant we couldn?t run with the best gearing in Superpole. If it can stay dry tonight then we can try a few things in tomorrow?s warm up and I?m quietly confident we can do well in the races.?

Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager
?To start our home race from the first and second row of the grid is a good result. For sure tomorrow we will enjoy two really good races here, there is a lot of fun to be had for the riders on the long straights. I?m confident that the set up is good for both riders so I?m looking forward to seeing what they can do tomorrow.?

 

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No SBK joy at Monza for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea crashed out of both of today?s fifth round World Superbike championship races at Monza in Italy, ending the weekend without a single point but still retaining third place in the 2010 championship standings.

His team-mate Max Neukirchner did not enjoy a trouble-free raceday either, struggling with chatter in race one and then having to fight back from last place in race two after being forced off the circuit on the opening lap.

Starting from the front row of the grid, Rea got away slowly in the first of today?s 18-lap encounters at the 5.777km Monza circuit, ending lap one in 11th place. The 23-year-old calmly fought his way up to fourth before falling unhurt at the fast entry to the Parabolica turn on lap eight.

In race two, the Northern Irishman was caught in a first-corner mel?e after getting clipped by another rider. Rea was transferred back to the medical centre but n othing more than a sore left ankle was diagnosed.

After making a step forward at the final round in Holland, Max Neukirchner was unable to consolidate on improvements to his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR. The German qualified ninth but suffered chatter problems in race one which relegated him to a 12th place finish.

Small changes to the bike produced a better package for race two, but Neukirchner was forced into the gravel at Monza?s famous Ascari chicane on the first lap, rejoining the race in last place but fighting back for another 12th place finish.

Max Neukirchner ? 12th and 12th

The chatter was really bad in race one but the changes we made improved the bike a lot for race two. Unfortunately, as we went into the Ascari chicane on the first lap, Chris Vermeulen was on the inside and made a mistake which forced me right across the gravel. When I got back on the track I was in last place, b ut the changes to the bike allowed me to brake deeper into the corners, with better grip levels and I could get on the throttle faster on the exit. It was an improvement and we?ve learned some more this weekend but the results were still not good. We need to work on braking even deeper and getting the bike upright earlier, and we?ll try to do that next weekend in South Africa.

Jonathan Rea ? DNF and DNF

Well it?s been a bad weekend for our assault on the championship. I made a small mistake at the end of the back straight in the first race when I was trying to avoid Leon [Haslam] and Cal [Crutchlow]. Then race two ended before it had begun when I got skittled off going in the first corner. But I?m not down in the dumps about it. It?s times like these that you can really tell the strength of a team and I know that this team is really very strong. They gave me a good bike this weekend but we co uldn?t really make the most of it. I?m actually really excited at the challenge ahead, because we were able to make up quite a lot of points in the middle and end of last season. We?ll all pull together now and I fully intend to get back to winning ways at Kyalami next weekend.

Ronald ten Kate ? team-manager

After the perfect weekend in Assen last time out, we knew that our little Hannspree Ten Kate world would not always enjoy days like that. But we certainly hit the other side of perfect today. We still remain confident, however, because the speed shown by Jonathan this weekend will surely bring him back to the front of the field at the next round. But it wasn?t just Jonathan who had difficulties today. Max had chatter problems in race one and was pushed off the track early in race two. Even so, after the step forward he enjoyed at Assen, we weren?t able to repeat it here in Monza, so there is plenty more work to do.

2010 World Superbike championship ? round five
Monza, Italy (5.777km ? 18 laps) ? results, race one:
1. Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia 31?07.044s
2. James Toseland (GBR) Yamaha +0.247s
3. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha +0.297s
4. Leon Haslam (GBR) Suzuki +0.958s
12. Max Neukirchner (GER) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +22.231s
DNF Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
Race two:
1. Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia 31?07.122s
2. Leon Haslam (GBR) Suzuki +4.547s
3. Troy Corser (AUS) +5.469s
4. Leon Camier (GBR) Aprilia +10.267s
12. Max Neukirchner (GER) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +29.315s
DNF Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

Championship points after five of 13 rounds: 1 Haslam 181, 2 Biaggi 178, 3 Rea 110, 4 Checa 110, 5 Toseland 106, 6 Noriyuki Haga (JPN) Ducati 100

Next round: Kyalami, South Africa ? 14-16 May

 

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THE DUCATI XEROX TEAM BATTLE HARD FOR PRECIOUS POINTS AT THE MONZA CIRCUIT; SIXTH AND SEVENTH FOR HAGA AND FABRIZIO

Monza (Italy), Sunday 9th May: the Ducati Xerox team faced two challenging races today at the Monza circuit and at the end of the day riders Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio were satisfied to come away with more valuable points, their best results today being a hard-fought sixth place in Race 2 for Haga and a seventh place finish in Race 1 for his team-mate Fabrizio.

Race 1. Michel started from third on the grid but lost a few positions in the first laps, as the two Yamahas and Rea?s Honda got past him. When Rea crashed out mid-race, Fabrizio moved temporarily back up into fifth position but was soon passed by Camier, at an evident advantage on the Aprilia when it comes to top speed. The Ducati Xerox rider subsequently held sixth position until the very last corner of the final lap when Xaus on the BMW sneaked past, with Michel crossing the line in seventh position. Team-mate Noriyuki meanwhile spent the best part of the race battling with Ducati privateer Scassa and then, in the second half of the race, with Guintoli on the Suzuki. From sixteenth on the grid, the Japanese rider immediately made up three positions before moving up to eleventh place when Rea fell. Noriyuki held eleventh position for the remainder of the race; although managing to pass Guintoli on two occasions, the Frenchman quickly regained the advantage to take tenth position ahead of Noriyuki.

Race 2 got off to a dramatic start when Toseland, Rea and Xaus crashed out at the first chicane. Michel?s bike, knocked in the ensuing confusion, ran off track, causing Michel to lose a few positions; after this collision Michel suffered from a malfunction with the electronic gear shifter. Fabrizio tried to ride around the gearing problem but found himself in difficulty and at the start of the second lap he slipped, losing the rear of his 1198, and unable to rejoin the race. Noriyuki meanwhile gained, immediately progressing from sixteenth to seventh position, with Michel just behind him in eighth. Noriyuki battled for sixth position against Sykes on the Kawasaki for the remainder of the race, unfortunately losing out to the Englishman in the final stages, although a crash for Crutchlow up ahead of them meant that Haga eventually concluded the race in sixth place.

Noriyuki still lies in sixth position in the overall standings with 100 points; Michel is eleventh with 62 points. Ducati remains in third position in the manufacturers classification (149 points) behind Suzuki (181) and Aprilia with 184.

Michel Fabrizio (Race 1 ? 7th, Race 2 - DNF)
?Race 1 was going quite well; it?s only a shame that we don?t have the top speed to be able to stick with the guys on the straight, with more engine power I could have done a lot better. In Race 2 I ran off when those guys crashed at the first chicane of the first lap and I tried to keep riding but I couldn?t get the bike into gear, and then I slipped. It was tough out there today but at least we take home some valuable points and hope that things go better at Kyalami.?

Noriyuki Haga (Race 1 ? 11th, Race 2 ? 6th)
?In both races I was having a lot of difficulty turning the bike and didn?t have enough grip at the rear. In Race 1 I was having to put it right down on its side to get it to turn as I wanted and this of course meant that I couldn?t keep pace with those ahead of me. We changed a few things before Race 2 and improved the situation a little. Grip was good in the first five laps or so but from mid-race it was really hard, as the bike was drifting wide and was hard to control. In the end I?m quite satisfied with sixth position, as it was tough here this weekend.?

Filippo Preziosi - General Director, Ducati Corse
?I?m sorry for Michel because in Race 1 he did really well considering the disadvantage we have here in terms of power and top speed; he was making up in his riding what was lost in top speed, at a track that penalizes us. I?m happy for Nori because in Race 2, in a difficult situation, both technically and personally, he fought tooth and nail and proved what a champion he is.?

RESULTS: Race 1 ? 1. Biaggi (Aprilia); 2. Toseland (Yamaha); 3. Crutchlow (Yamaha). Race 2 ? 1. Biaggi (Aprilia); 2. Haslam (Suzuki); Corser (BMW)

CLASSIFICATION: Riders ? 1. Haslam (Suzuki) 181; 2. Biaggi (Aprilia) 178; 3. Rea (Honda) 110; 4., Checa (Ducati) 110; 5. Toseland (Yamaha) 106; 6. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 100; 7. Corser (BMW) 92; 8. Camier (Aprilia) 72?. 11. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 62. Manufacturers ? Aprilia 184; Suzuki 181; Ducati 149; Honda 119; Yamaha 113; BMW 95; Kawasaki 37

 

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Highs and lows for Yamaha at Monza

With just four hundredths of a second between them, James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow shot out of the legendary Parabolica curve on the final lap of race one today in second and third respectively to deliver Yamaha Sterilgarda's first double podium of the year. Crutchlow, having qualified second, had initially got off the line in fifth with Toseland two places behind in seventh. They worked their way up as a pair, passing Fabrizio and Corser to take third and fourth by lap three. Toseland then passed his team mate for third on lap four at the end of the high speed start-finish straight, then closed down on Haslam and Biaggi at the front. A brief fight with Haslam with some heart stopping passes saw Toseland take second where he stayed tucked up behind race leader Biaggi. Team mate Crutchlow took second from him briefly on lap 14 having caught up again after a missed chicane dropped him to fourth. Toseland was quick to recover position however and got as far as a look up the inside of Biaggi coming out of Parabolica before settling for second less than three tenths from the front at the chequered flag.

Race two was brought short for both riders. Another rider collided with Toseland going into the first chicane on the opening lap, causing a big crash leaving him with light concussion. He was awake following the incident but taken to hospital for a check up to assess if there was further injury. Team mate Crutchlow made a good start and was chasing Biaggi in second place just 0.1 seconds behind the leader. On lap 11 stones from Biaggi's rear wheel were flicked up, peppering Crutchlow's helmet, with one piercing his oil cooler. This caused him to low side going into the first chicane on lap 12. He was uninjured in the fall but unable to continue.

After the Monza round Toseland remains in fifth position in the championship on 106 points, now just four points away from Rea in third. Crutchlow remains in tenth position on 65 points, just seven behind Sylvain Guintoli in eighth.



James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team, (2nd, DNF)
" The first race was a good strong race, I just want to congratulate the team, it's their home race and to get two of us on the podium is great. Max Biaggi rode a great race, he had a strong bike here and we expected him to go well, he didn't put a foot wrong. I was hoping on the last lap he was going to make a slight mistake, just enough for me to get alongside but he didn't so fair play to him. We're getting better with each race, moving in the right direction and it's getting frustrating finishing in second and third now!"



Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team, (3rd, DNF)
"I felt like I put together a really solid first race, we didn't get the best of starts but made up for it and got stuck in. All credit to Yamaha, they've done a good job to give James and I a competitive package so it was great for us both to deliver them the podiums here for their home round. It was a strong result and we rode well so I was looking forward to the second race. I started really well and didn't take long to get tucked in behind Max, I knew exactly what I was doing and had my strategy sorted to pass him on the last lap. Incredibly some stones flew up off his back wheel, I was so close behind I felt some hit my helmet and unfortunately a big one made a hole in my oil cooler. I made it through another lap, but coming into the first chicane it must have reached my back tyre and I went straight down."

Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager
"This has been a really mixed race weekend for us. From Valencia we have been stronger and stronger, it's clear by the podiums the riders have been delivering and the pace of both of them, especially this weekend and in Assen that we have a very competitive, strong bike. The first race was fantastic for us; to take two hard fought podiums at our home round is very special. The second race was incredibly frustrating; to have both riders out for reasons that were completely out of our control is disappointing when we have been the strongest team here. Following James's crash and concussion he was taken to hospital for scans as he complained of a pain in his neck. The first scan revealed no injuries, we are waiting for a second for confirmation. We expect to head to South Africa to fight for more podiums."

Circuit Length: 5777
Temp: 20
Weather: Sunny
Lap Record: 1'42.937 (Cal Crutchlow

, 01/01/2010)
Fastest Lap Ever: 1'42.121 (Max Biaggi

, 09/05/2010)
Last Years Winner: Ben Spies

2010 WSB Italy - Monza 09/05/2010
Race 1 - 18 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 31'07.044
2 James Toseland

Yamaha

GBR 0'00.247
3 Cal Crutchlow

Yamaha

GBR 0'00.297
4 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'00.958
5 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 0'04.493
6 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 0'07.343
7 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'07.369
8 Troy Corser BMW AUS 0'09.344
9 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 0'15.338
10 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'16.761
11 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'16.921
12 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 0'22.231
13 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'22.602
14 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 0'22.742
15 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'26.266


Race 2 - 18 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 31'07.122
2 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'04.547
3 Troy Corser BMW AUS 0'05.469
4 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 0'10.267
5 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 0'15.561
6 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'15.816
7 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'15.861
8 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'20.977
9 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'21.920
10 Luca Scassa Ducati ITA 0'21.974
11 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 0'27.152
12 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 0'29.315
13 Chris Vermeulen Kawasaki AUS 0'30.858
14 Roger Lee Hayden Kawasaki USA 0'47.160
15 Broc Parkes Kawasaki AUS 0'48.824


Best Lap
Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 1'43.031

Rider Standings 09/05/2010
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1. Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 181
2. Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 178
3. Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 110
4. Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 110
5. James Toseland

Yamaha

GBR 106
6. Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 100
7. Troy Corser BMW AUS 92
8. Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 72
9. Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 70
10. Cal Crutchlow

Yamaha

GBR 65
11. Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 62
12. Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 58
13. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 47
14. Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 35
15. Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 35

Manufacturer Standings 09/05/2010
Pos. Manufacturer Points
1. Aprilia 184
2. Suzuki 181
3. Ducati 149
4. Honda 119
5. Yamaha

113
6. BMW 95
7. Kawasaki 37

 

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First ever WSBK podium for BMW Motorrad Motorsport!

The thousands of passionate BMW fans that gathered at the historic Monza circuit and were watching around the world were in for a treat today. Not only did Troy Corser achieve the team?s first ever World Superbike podium, but Ruben Xaus posted his best ever result for the team, with a sixth place in race one. Furthermore, BMW Motorrad Italia?s Ayrton Badovini won his fourth consecutive Superstock 1000 Cup race of 2010 at his ?home? round, with a total of four BMW S 1000 RRs finishing in the top six.

For the first time in 2010, Ruben Xaus had out-qualified his team-mate, and while Troy Corser made a fantastic start to race one and was up into third place from 12th on the grid, the Australian struggled with grip during the latter stages and finished in eighth place. Ruben hadn?t made the best start but concentrated on chasing down the leading ?freight train? of riders all slip-streaming each other and reaching impressive speeds of up to 328 km/h. From 10th place in the early stages, Ruben battled his way up to sixth by the end of 18 laps of the 5.793 km Italian circuit.

In race two, a first corner pile-up took out several riders, with Xaus caught up in the action and forced off the track. This left Corser as the remaining BMW rider, and he soon became involved in a four-way, high-speed battle at the front between himself, Biaggi, Haslam and Crutchlow. When Crutchlow crashed out of contention with just five laps remaining, Corser sensed a rostrum finish. He didn?t disappoint and secured his 129th WSBK podium ? but importantly ? the first ever for the S 1000 RR and BMW Motorrad Motorsport.

Troy Corser: ?I?m so happy for the team, who have put so much work in, not just this year but last year too. The bike?s been progressively getting better and better but we were struggling a bit with braking this weekend. We made a change after race one, which made it easier for me to get the bike to stop. We had the speed ? the S 1000 RR was as fast as anything out there ? but it took me a few laps to get used to the brakes. I dedicate this result to all the team ? this podium has been a long time coming but it?s definitely not going to be the last one!?

Ruben Xaus: ?I felt so good in race one, everything was working so well and I achieved my best ever position aboard the BMW. I knew I had a good chance to go even better in race two but I was hit from behind on the first lap and I crashed. I am so disappointed with the way I went out of the race because I never even got chance to get going ? there was nothing I could do. However I would like to congratulate Troy and the team for their first podium and I hope we take this form to South Africa.?

Berthold Hauser ? BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director: ?I am absolutely lost for words ? what can I say? Someone needs to wake me up because this feels like a dream. Our aim this year was to get on the podium and we have achieved that, which really is unbelievable at this stage. We can now go on from here and hopefully get more. I need to thank the team for all their hard work as they have put everything into this project. All that hard work is now clear for everyone to see!?

Race one: 1 Biaggi (ITA ? Aprilia), 2 Toseland (GB ? Yamaha) 3 Crutchlow (GB ? Yamaha), 6 Ruben Xaus (ESP ? BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 8 Troy Corser (AUS ? BMW Motorrad Motorsport)

Race two: 1 Biaggi (ITA ? Aprilia), 2 Haslam (GB ? Suzuki) 3 Troy Corser (AUS ? BMW Motorrad Motorsport), DNF Ruben Xaus (ESP ? BMW Motorrad Motorsport)

Points: 1. Haslam 181, 2 Biaggi 178, 3 Rea 110, 7 Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 92, 15 Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 35

 

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Weather : Race 1 - Dry, largely overcast / Race 2 - Dry, largely overcast
Temperature : Race 1 - Air 18?, Track 20? / Race 2 - Air 21?, Track 30?
Humidity : Race 1 - 61% / Race 2 - 46%
Crowd : 115,000 all weekend

Neukirchner the top Honda scorer as Rea falls twice

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea kept hold of third place in the Superbike World Championship this weekend despite suffering two falls in the 18-lap races at the high-speed Monza circuit.

Rea?s misfortune meant that the top scoring Honda rider in Italy was his team-mate Max Neukirchner, who went 12th in each race, having qualified ninth. Each Monza race was won by Superpole winner Max Biaggi (Aprilia), the first from James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow (both Yamaha) and the second from Leon Haslam (Suzuki) and Troy Corser (BMW).

The first race was one to forget for Rea, as a promising run through to the leading pack from 11th after a bad start ended when he lost the front entering the Parabolica on lap nine, his machine ending up on the trackside tyre barriers. Rea was therefore unable to remount and continue racing.

Max Neukirchner was looking for a top ten finish in race one but took 12th after running on through one of Monza?s many chicanes, and neither of the other Honda riders in the race finished in the points.

In the second race, Rea was involved in a collision that saw two other riders also fall, Toseland and Ruben Xaus (BMW), and Jonathan hurt his left ankle, without suffering any fractures. Neukirchner was 12th again despite being forced into the gravel at one point, and he scored points twice on raceday for the first time in 2010.

ECHO CRS Honda?s Broc Parkes once more found issues with chatter in both practice and the races and despite making progress with his overall setup in only his second full race weekend of the year, he was only able to score points in race two.

Squadra Corse Italia Garvie Image entrant Vittorio Iannuzzo had no reason to celebrate at his home race, finishing neither race due to technical issues.

In the overall championship standings, Haslam has 181 points, Biaggi 178, and Rea is level with Checa on an unchanged 110 points - but ranked above the Spanish rider as Jonathan has two race wins so far and Checa only one.

The next race is scheduled for Kyalami, South Africa, next weekend, with raceday on May 16.

WSBK Rider Comments

Jonathan Rea, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: DNF and DNF - 3rd overall.
?Well it?s been a bad weekend for our assault on the championship. I made a small mistake at the end of the back straight in the first race when I was trying to avoid Leon [Haslam] and Cal [Crutchlow]. Then race two ended before it had begun when I got skittled off going in the first corner. But I?m not down in the dumps about it. It?s times like these that you can really tell the strength of a team and I know that this team is really very strong. They gave me a good bike this weekend but we couldn?t really make the most of it. I?m actually really excited at the challenge ahead, because we were able to make up quite a lot of points in the middle and end of last season. We?ll all pull together now and I fully intend to get back to winning ways at Kyalami next weekend.?

Max Neukirchner, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: 12th and 12th - 17th overall.
?In race one I had a lot of chatter going into corners with the rear tyre. The chatter was really bad but the changes we made improved the bike a lot for race two. Unfortunately, as we went into the Ascari chicane on the first lap, Chris Vermeulen was on the inside and made a mistake, which forced me right across the gravel. When I got back on the track I was in last place, but the changes to the bike allowed me to brake deeper into the corners, with better grip levels, and I could get on the throttle faster on the exit.?

Broc Parkes, ECHO CRS Honda: 20th and 15th - 23rd overall.
?We were still struggling with lots of chatter. We improved the bike a little bit for the races but in race one we ran through the chicane twice and had to take a ride through penalty. But I stayed out there. We got a point in race two, which was something.?

Vittorio Iannuzzo, SCI Garvie Image Honda: DNF and DNF - No ranking overall.
?In race one my clutch was slipping from the start and then we changed the bike for race two. In second I had a problem with the handlebar and I could not ride properly, so I had to pull in.?

Pole position : 1m42.121s (203.653km/h) Max Biaggi, Aprilia
Fastest lap : Race 2 - Lap 3 - 1m42.937s (202.038Km/h) Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha
Circuit record lap : 1m42.937s (202.038Km/h) Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha, 2010)
Circuit Best Lap : 1m42.121s (203.653km/h) Max Biaggi (Aprilia, 2010)
Event results - Round 5 - Race 1
1 Max Biaggi 31m07.044s ITA APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
2 James Toseland +0.247s GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
3 Cal Crutchlow +0.297s GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
4 Leon Haslam +0.958s GBR SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
5 Leon Camier +4.493s GBR APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
6 Ruben Xaus +7.343s ESP BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
7 Michel Fabrizio +7.369s ITA DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
8 Troy Corser +9.344s AUS BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
9 Tom Sykes +15.338s GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
10 Sylvain Guintoli +16.761s FRA SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
11 Noriyuki Haga +16.921s JPN DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
12 Max Neukirchner +22.231s GER HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
13 Shane Byrne +22.602s GBR DUCATI Althea Racing
14 Carlos Checa +22.742s SPA DUCATI Althea Racing
15 Jakub Smrz +26.266s CZE DUCATI PATA B&G Racing team
16 Luca Scassa +26.415s ITA DUCATI Supersonic Racing Team
17 Lorenzo Lanzi +26.968s ITA DUCATI DFX Corse
18 Chris Vermeulen +36.964s AUS KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
19 Roger Lee Hayden +51.646s USA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
20 Broc Parkes +1 Lap AUS HONDA ECHO CRS Grand prix
21 Daisaku Sakai NC - 9 Laps JPN SUZUKI Yoshimura Suzuki Team
22 Jonathan Rea NC - 10 Laps GBR HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
23 Vittorio Iannuzzi NC - 17 Laps ITA HONDA Squadra Corse Italia Honda Garvie Image
24 Matteo Baiocco DSQ - 10 Laps ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
Event results - Round 5 - Race 2
1 Max Biaggi 31m07.122s ITA APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
2 Leon Haslam +4.547s GBR SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
3 Troy Corser +5.469s AUS BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
4 Leon Camier +10.267s GBR APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
5 Tom Sykes +15.561s GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
6 Noriyuki Haga +15.816s JPN DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
7 Sylvain Guintoli +15.861s FRA SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
8 Jakub Smrz +20.977s CZE DUCATI PATA B&G Racing team
9 Shane Byrne +21.920s GBR DUCATI Althea Racing
10 Luca Scassa +21.974s ITA DUCATI Supersonic Racing Team
11 Carlos Checa +27.152s SPA DUCATI Althea Racing
12 Max Neukirchner +29.315s GER HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
13 Chris Vermeulen +30.858s AUS KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
14 Roger Lee Hayden +47.160s USA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
15 Broc Parkes +48.824s AUS HONDA ECHO CRS Grand prix
16 Chris Vermeulen NC - 6 Laps AUS KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
17 Matteo Baiocco NC - 8 Laps ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
18 Lorenzo Lanzi NC - 9 Laps ITA DUCATI DFX Corse
19 Vittorio Iannuzzi NC - 12 Laps ITA HONDA Squadra Corse Italia Honda Garvie Image
20 Michel Fabrizio NC - 17 Laps ITA DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
21 James Toseland NC - DNF Lap 1 GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
22 Ruben Xaus NC - DNF Lap 1 ESP BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
23 Jonathan Rea NC - DNF Lap 1 GBR HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
Championship standings
1 Leon Haslam 168 pts GBR SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
2 Max Biaggi 162 pts ITA APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
3 Jonathan Rea 99 pts GBR HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
4 James Toseland 97 pts GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
5 Carlos Checa 90 pts SPA DUCATI Althea Racing
6 Troy Corser 88 pts AUS BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
7 Noriyuki Haga 75 pts JPN DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
8 Leon Camier 72 pts GBR APRILIA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
9 Michel Fabrizio 62 pts ITA DUCATI Ducati Xerox Team
10 Sylvain Guintoli 60 pts FRA SUZUKI Suzuki Alstare
11 Cal Crutchlow 58 pts GBR YAMAHA Yamaha Sterilgarda Team
12 Shane Byrne 50 pts GBR DUCATI Althea Racing
13 Jakub Smrz 41 pts CZE DUCATI PATA B&G Racing team
14 Tom Sykes 34 pts GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
15 Ruben Xaus 30 pts ESP BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
16 Max Neukirchner 23 pts GER HONDA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
17 Lorenzo Lanzi 23 pts ITA DUCATI DFX Corse
18 Luca Scassa 14 pts ITA DUCATI Supersonic Racing Team
19 Chris Vermeulen 5 pts AUS KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
20 Andrew Pitt 3 pts AUS BMW Team Reitwagen BMW
21 Roger Lee Hayden 2 pts USA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
22 Josh Brookes 2 pts AUS HONDA ECHO CRS Grand prix
23 Matteo Baiocco 1 pts ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
24 Broc Parkes 1 pts AUS HONDA ECHO CRS Grand prix
25 Vittorio Iannuzzi 0 pts ITA HONDA Squadra Corse Italia Honda Garvie Image
26 Sheridan Morais 0 pts ZAF HONDA ECHO CRS Grand prix
27 S. Andrews 0 pts GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
28 Roland Resch 0 pts AUT BMW Team Reitwagen BMW
29 Makoto Tamada 0 pts JPN BMW Team Reitwagen BMW
30 Daisaku Sakai 0 pts JPN SUZUKI Yoshimura Suzuki Team