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Leon Haslam - Race One Winner at Phillip Island, Australia 2010

Last weekend saw the first round of the World Superbike Championship of 2010 take place at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia.

Leon Haslam claimed his first ever win in race one at the opening round after crossing the line in a photo finish alongside Italian rider Michel Fabrizio.  Noriyuki Haga followed the pair to take third place followed by Jonathan Rea, Max Biaggi and Sylvain Guintoli in sixth.

Leon Camier, the 2009 British Superbike Champion, finished his debut World Superbike race in eleventh place in his first race after qualifying down in sixteenth place following a fall in the Superpole session.  The British rider fought his way through to seventh place during the race until a mistake as he tussled for fourth place on lap 15 saw him take to the  escape road to avoid a collision.

Leon Camier - Phillip Island, Australia 2010

In an exciting second race of the opening round, Carlos Checa denied Leon Haslam his second win of the day, taking the victory on the final lap.  Checa got off to a poor start but had moved into fifth place by lap eight before picking off the race leaders with only Haslam ahead of him until the last lap of the race.  The Spaniard forced his Althea Racing machine up the inside of the British rider before the last left-hander and holding the lead to cross the line.

Haslam finished in second place followed by Fabrizio in third and Guintoli fourth.  Chris Vermeulen crashed out during the race and was seen following his bike hard into the tyre wall at the entry to Lukey Heights and was taken to the track-side medical centre where he was diagnosed with a badly bruised right leg and a damaged finger.

Carlos Checa - Race Two Winner - Phillip Island, Australia 2010

Here are the results;

Race One

1. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 34mins 16.428secs 22 laps
2. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +0.307s
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 +0.434s
4. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +0.837s
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +3.453s
6. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +11.530s
7. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +12.068s
8. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +13.782s
9. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +14.401s
10. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +14.707s
11. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +14.743s
12. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +14.851s
13. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 +15.143s
14. Joshua Brookes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR +30.947s
15. Andrew Pitt AUS Reitwagen BMW S1000RR +41.866s

16. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +48.844s
17. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR +1min 06.888s
18. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 07.761s

Not Classified

19. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 17 laps completed
20. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 13 laps completed
21. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 7 laps completed
22. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Ducati 1198 6 laps completed

Did Not Start

Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR
Roland Resch AUT Reitwagen BMW S1000RR