Beanie posted on May 11, 2009 10:02

The first start to race one saw the first corner claim five bikes and riders and the race stopped. Makato Tamada, Tommy Hill, Troy Corser, Max Neukirchner and Brendan Roberts all went down in two crashes. Neukirchner and Roberts both sustained serious injuries, Neukirchner suffered a broken right Femur and a dislocated left foot, whilst Roberts has a break high on his left Femur and also sustained a heavy blow to his throat. Tamada suffered a broken left wrist, whilst Corser and Hill both walked away and were able to join the restart.

After a lengthy delay race one was restarted and the battle at the front was between Ben Spies, Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga. This three way battle carried on for all 18 laps with the leaf swapping several times a lap, Spies looked to have broke Fabrizio and Haga, until with metres to go Spies Yamaha R1 ran out of fuel at the Parabolica. Speis misfortune allowed Fabrizio to take his maiden wins in World Superbike. Spies coasted home to get the final point in 15th. Jonathan Rea brought his Ten Kate Honda home in fifth, Tome Sykes claimed sixth on the second Yamaha R1, to make up for a slightly disappointing qualifying having been constantly on the pace in practice. Shane Bryne came home in 14th on the Sterilgarda Ducati, Tommy Hill brought his Althea Honda home in 20th place after getting tangled at the first corner during the first start. Lean Haslam ended the race disappointed when hi Stiggy Honda ran out of fuel.

Race two went a bit more as planned for Ben Spies as he managed to break away early and make his fuel last until the end to take victory in race two. Michel Fabrizio came in second with Ryuichi Kiyonari third, Jonathan Rea managed to claim fourth with Tom Syke sixth again and Lean Haslam getting seventh. Further back Saw Tommy Hil in 17th and Shane Byrne in 18th.

The standings at the top remain unchanged with Bot Noriyuki and Ben dropping point to each other maintaining a status quo, Michel leapfrogged Lean for third and Tom did the same To Max to move up to fifth.

Standings

1 Noriyuki Haga Ducati 200
2 Ben Spies Yamaha 146
3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati 125
4 Leon Haslam Honda 103
5 Tom Sykes Yamaha 90

8 Jonathan Rea Honda 77
14 Shane Byrne Ducati 41
20 Tommy Hill Honda 6


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Beanie posted on May 11, 2009 10:01

Cal Crutchlow extended his lead in the World Supersport championship to 18 points by winning a thrilling race on Sunday. Not getting the best start Cal had to fight his way back through the pack to fight for the lead, and fight he did. First Cal had to get past Kenan Sofuoglu, which he did with a hard but fair pass, then it was pretty much a three bike battle for the lead all the way until four laps from the end. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha World Supersport), Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) and Fabien Foret (Yamaha World Supersport) swapped the lead constantly sometimes several times in one lap. With four laps to Go Cal broke away from the group and the battle for second. third and forth was now on with Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Provec) going the battle. The hard battle for the final podium positions allowed cal to get away and seal the win. The Battle for the podium came down to the line and finally ended Joan Lascorz, Fabien Foret, Eugene Laverty.


Standings

Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 99
Eugene Laverty Honda 81
Kenan Sofuoglu Honda 72
Andrew Pitt Honda 54
Anthony West Honda 52


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