Race one halted by red flag
Sun 10 May, 11:20 AM from:http://eurosport.yahoo.com
An accident at the first corner of the opening World Superbike Championship race at Monza has brought a halt to proceedings after it eliminated five riders.
Two separate accidents occurred in the funnel into the right-left chicane, after Makoto Tamada appeared to clip the back of Brendan Roberts’ Ducati. With Tamada down, Roberts ran off the circuit and slid off, his errant bike sliding into the path of the pack and swiping out Max Neukirchner, who had entered the corner in the lead.
Eliminating the three riders immediately, just behind Tommy Hill and Troy Corser were two more to fall at the opening bend, giving race directors no choice but to bring out the red flags.
Race One:
The opening race started with a terrible crash that saw five riders lying on the asphalt. Makoto Tamada and Brenden Roberts initiated it all when they wound up in the grass after contact that caused both riders to crash. From there, things got worse as Roberts' Guandalini Ducati skittered across the track, the bike pegging Alstare Suzuki's Max Neukirchner. The German rider went down in a heap and suffered a broken right femur. Tommy Hill and BMW's Troy Corser also crashed and a fire broke out. At that point the red flag was shown resulting in a lengthy delay.
When the race restarted, Nori Haga took off with the lead before being passed by Ducati Xerox teammate Michel Fabrizio. Back in third was Ben Spies who was leading Alstare Suzuki's Yukio Kagayama and Aprilia's Max Biaggi.
On lap five Ben Spies found himself in the lead, shadowed by Haga and a slowing Fabrizio. However, Fabrizio found his rhythm, soon passing Haga and motoring up behind Spies. The two riders touched on lap 16, but the American held sway. Spies looked to be headed to victory, but then, inexplicably, ran out of fuel that took the soul out of his R1. He’d finish 15th while Fabrizio raced by to claim the first win of his career. Haga second and the Aprilia of Biaggi was third
(Note: Biaggi, the Roman, was later penalized 20 seconds for cutting one of the chicanes, dropped Biaggi down to 11th and Ten Kate Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari was placed upon the podium.
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Full race results (1) from the fifth round of the World Superbike Championship at Monza, Italy
1. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R 18 laps
2. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R +0.239s
3. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +8.175s
4. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +11.001s
5. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +12.447s
6. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 +13.693s
7. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +19.172s
8. Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R +24.989s
9. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +26.930s
10. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R +27.418s
11. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +27.752s *
12. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +29.545s
13. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +30.952secs
14. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +31.414s
15. Ben Spies USA Yamaha WSB YZF R1 +36.998s
16. Karl Muggeridge AUS Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000 +42.732s
17. Matteo Baiocco ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki ZX-10R +48.835s
18. Jake Zemke USA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR +48.888s
19. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +50.612s
20. Tommy Hill GBR HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR +51.706s
21. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR +55.510secs
22. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT R1 +56.214s
23. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 01.130secs
24. Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1min 16.850s
Not Classified
25. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 12 laps completed
26. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 0 laps completed
Did Not Start
Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9
Brendan Roberts AUS Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R
(http://eurosport.yahoo.com/)Race Two
The second race at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza started with Fabrizio grabbing the holeshot, but his lead would not last long as Spies shot right to the front and would out-and-out disappear to win the 18-lap race by 2.665 seconds.Spies’ primary championship rival had a terrible second race, the Japanese rider suffered a poor jump off starting the line and completed lap one in 15th place, and soon after, Nori crashed diving into the Parabolica right, his Ducati F09 tangled in the catch fence.
With Haga out of the picture, Fabrizio and Ten Kate Honda Racing's Ryuichi Kiyonari fought over second. Fabrizio led up to lap seven, but was passed by Kiyonari.
The Italian fought back, racing back into second on lap 12 and holding second to the finish line stripe with a 0.145 second gap.
Five seconds later and in fourth came Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea and Aprilia's Max Biaggi. Spies' teammate Tom Sykes placed sixth. Following him home was Stiggy Racing Honda’s Leon Haslam. On the second Stiggy Racing Honda CBR1000RR and in 20th was American WSB rookie Jake Zemke.
Between Spies’ triumph and Haga’s misfortune, the Texan was able to kick a small dent in championship leader Haga’s World Championship point lead. Haga leads the way over Spies with 200 points, while Michel Fabrizio slots in at third with 125 marks.
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Full race results (2) from the fifth round of the World Superbike Championship at Monza, Italy
1. Ben Spies USA Yamaha WSB YZF R1 18 laps
2. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R +2.665s
3. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +2.810s
4. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +7.706s
5. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +7.863s
6. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha WSB YZF R1 +10.383s
7. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR +11.586s
8. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +21.112s
9. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +22.112s
10. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +22.261s
11. Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R +23.453s
12. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4 +32.956secs
13. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R +37.166s
14. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +43.085secs
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki ZX-10R +43.088s
16. Tommy Hill GBR HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR +43.825s
17. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +53.211s
18. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +1min 00.917s
19. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT R1 +1min 17.916s
20. Jake Zemke USA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR +1min 28.545s
21. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 29.016s
Not Classified
22. Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000 16 laps completed
23. Karl Muggeridge AUS Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000 3 laps completed
24. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R 2 laps completed
Disqualified
Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR
Did Not Start
Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR
Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9
Brendan Roberts AUS Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R
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