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Noriyuki Haga - Vallelunga

At the twelfth round of the World Superbike Championship at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome, Noriyuki Haga claimed the chequered flag in both races on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB.

Race One

Haga battled with Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati and team-mate Troy Corser to claim his fifth victory of the season.

Biaggi finished in second place in front of his home crowd with Corser in third followed by Max Neukirchner in fourth on the Alstare Suzuki after a terrible start.

Carlos Checa on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda finished in fifth place ahead of Championship leader Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati in sixth, after taking the lead at the start but struggled with a bad choice of tyre.

In seventh place in front of his home crowd was Michel Fabrizio on the second Xerox Ducati followed by Roberto Rolfo on the Hanspree Honda Althea, who stalled on the grid but managed to make up the places.

Karl Muggeridge slid off the track on his Honda taking the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda rider Sofuoglu with him while his team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari crashed out at the same spot.

Here are the results;

1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 39′25.030 (150,148 kph)
2 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 0.129
3 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 0.535
4 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 5.188
5 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 6.693
6 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 7.993
7 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 16.976
8 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 18.359
9 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 19.214
10 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 19.386
11 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 21.230
12 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 24.956
13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 25.186
14 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 31.799
15 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 33.949
16 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 34.050
17 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 34.665
18 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 52.420
19 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′02.555
20 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′06.475
21 122 Smrz M. (CZE) Honda CBR1000RR 1′16.985
22 50 Lynn M. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08
RET 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR

Race Two

Haga again had a battle on his hands as Bayliss stayed on his tail until he crashed out on the final lap at the hairpin.

Fabrizio claimed an impressive second snatched from Corser on the ultimate lap with Neukirchner and Checa again finishing in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Fonsi Nieto for Suzuki was in sixth followed by Yukio Kagayama on the Suzuki in seventh place, Shinichi Nakatomi on the Yamaha in eighth and Regis Laconi in ninth.

Biaggi crashed with Kenan Sofuoglu at the beginning of the race, Biaggi was unhurt while Sofuoglu suffered a bruised pelvis.

Here are the results;

1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 39′10.265 (151,091 kph)
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1.507
3 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 2.268
4 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 11.813
5 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 17.922
6 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 18.281
7 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 19.368
8 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 19.717
9 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 23.868
10 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 24.198
11 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 25.426
12 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 28.384
13 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 30.436
14 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 36.490
15 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 42.903
16 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 43.758
17 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 44.993
18 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 48.469
19 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 58.868
20 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1′18.547
21 122 Smrz M. (CZE) Honda CBR1000RR 1′42.272
22 50 Lynn M. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08