World Superbike News

Round ten of the World Superbike Championship took place today at Brands Hatch with Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda taking victory in both races.

Race One

Kiyonari was way back in seventh place by the end of lap one, but by lap seven he was on the tail of championship leader Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati.

Noriyuki Haga on the Factory Yamaha, crashed out at Surtees on lap seven, passing his place to Kiyonari.

The British Superbike rider, Tom Sykes, racing as a Wild-Card, kept up with the leaders at the early part of the race and by lap nine had worked his way into ninth place on the Suzuki.

On the next lap, Sykes retired from the race with technical problems, discovered to be caused by a hole through the radiator.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team - Time

1 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 36′18.607
2 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Xerox Team - 36′18.744
3 - Max Biaggi - Sterilgarda Go Eleven - 36′18.787
4 - Yukio Kagayama - Team Suzuki Alstare - 36′24.340
5 - Fonsi Nieto - Team Suzuki Alstare - 36′25.106
6 - Carlos Checa - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda - 36′25.591
7 - Max Neukirchner - Team Alstare Suzuki - 36′26.907
8 - Troy Corser - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 36′29.339
9 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing - 36′35.154
10 - Roberto Rolfo - Hannspree Honda Althea - 36′35.176
11 - Lorenzo Lanzi - R.G. Team - 36′36.973
12 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 36′40.915
13 - Kenan Sofuoglu - Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. - 36′45.395
14 - Gregorio Lavilla - Ventaxia VK Honda - 36′45.463
15 - Chris Walker - Ventaxia VK Honda - 36′51.484
16 - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 36′56.936
17 - David Checa - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 37′05.475
18 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 37′07.024
19 - Noriyuki Haga - Yamaha Motor Italia WSB - 37′17.593
20 - Vittorio Iannuzzo - Team Pedercini - 37′24.635
21 - Luca Morelli - D.F. Racing - 37′27.983
22 - Jason Pridmore - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 37′28.082
23 - Christian Zaiser - Grillini PBR Team - 37′40.821

RT - Régis Laconi - Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse - 32′21.573
RT - Ayrton Badovini - Team Pedercini - 23′49.290
RT - Sébastien Gimbert - Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 - 17′37.426
RT - Tom Sykes - Rizla Suzuki - 13′02.348
RT - Tristan Palmer - Lloyds British - 10′31.201
RT - Shuhei Aoyama - Alto Evolution Honda Superbike - 4′39.276

Race Two

In race two, Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati took the lead from the off, but was caught and passed by Noriyuki Haga by lap six.

By the next lap, the reigning British Superbike Champion, Ryuichi Kiyonari on the Ten Kate Honda was up to second place as Bayliss went backwards, finishing the race in eleventh place.

Tom Sykes, again putting in an impressive ride, move up to fourth place but couldn’t hold back the pack behind him, although still finishing in an impressive seventh place.

Haga and Kiyonari, left the rest of the riders behind as they battled it out for that number one position.  Both riders took some brave but skilled moves to overtake until lap eleven, when Ryuichi made it stick and leaving Haga unable to regain the lead.

Max Neukirchner on the Suzuki, was on a late charge as he passed Bayliss, Sykes and Fabrizio to take fourth place behind Troy Corser.

Here are the results;

Pos – Rider – Team - Time

RT - Karl Muggeridge - D.F. Racing - 24′53.413
RT - Vittorio Iannuzzo - Team Pedercini - 22′25.034
RT - Tristan Palmer - Lloyds British - 13′36.783
RT - Christian Zaiser - Grillini PBR Team - 6′08.350