World Superbike News

Noriyuki Haga 2009

Last weekend round 6 of the World Superbike Championship took place at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa with Noriyuki Haga winning the double.

Race One

In race one Noriyuki Haga on the Ducati Xerox took the win ahead of his team-mate Michel Fabrizio in second and Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies.

Haga was the fastest off the line as the lights turned to green alongside the two Ducati Xerox riders Spies and Fabrizio.

Behind the top three were the next group of riders consisting of Carlos Checa on the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda, Sheridan Morais, replacement rider for the injured Kawasaki rider Makoto Tamada and Leon Haslam on the Stiggy Motorsport Honda.

Spanish rider Ruben Xaus on the BMW Motorrod Team Alpha Racing machine crashed out on the second lap as Fabrizio passed his team-mate to take the lead.  He stayed at the front until 13 laps left to run when Haga retook the lead and held on to take the chequered flag.

Jonathan Rea on the second Hanspree Ten Kate Honda was fighting Max Biaggi on the Aprilia RSV4 for that fourth place but Rea held on to take the position.

Carlos Checa then held-up Biaggi, as Leon Haslam went down and was out of the race with 10 laps of the race remaining.

Biaggi finished in fifth place followed by Checa in sixth and Shinya Nakano on the second Aprilia in seventh.  In eighth position was Yukio Kagayama on the Suzuki Alstare ahead of Shane Byrne on the Ducati Sterilgarda and Tom Sykes on the second Yamaha World Superbike to complete the top ten.

Here are the results;

1 4 41 N.HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 24 1′38.622 251,2 1′37.544 247,8 25 225 1
2 2 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 24 0.950 1′38.548 250,7 1′37.289 249,5 20 145 3
3 1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 24 3.391 1′38.674 247,8 1′37.288 247,8 16 162 2
4 5 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate HondHaonda CBR1000RR 24 8.914 1′38.827 250,7 1′37.634 248,9 13 90 7
5 3 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 24 9.019 1′38.875 256,0 1′37.466 252,4 11 92 6
6 7 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate HondHaonda CBR1000RR 24 14.812 1′38.851 249,5 1′37.940 245,5 10 63 11
7 9 56 S. NAKANO JPN Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 24 14.971 1′39.102 250,1 1′37.935 247,2 9 43 15
8 13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24 15.723 1′39.037 253,6 1′38.130 251,2 8 60 12
9 14 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 24 21.529 1′38.983 249,5 1′38.171 248,9 7 48 14
10 8 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 24 21.795 1′39.354 254,2 1′38.241 248,4 6 96 5
11 16 36 G.LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 24 29.872 1′39.262 246,7 1′38.733 242,8 5 5 21
12 12 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 24 34.216 1′39.619 247,2 1′38.081 245,0 4 69 10
13 11 132 S. MORAIS RSA Kawasaki World Superbike RK.aTw. asaki ZX 10R 24 34.275 1′39.176 250,7 1′38.013 246,1 3 3 23
14 6 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 24 38.280 1′39.463 250,7 1′37.677 247,8 2 58 13
15 17 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike RK.aTw. asaki ZX 10R 24 40.885 1′39.998 247,8 1′38.766 245,5 1 18 18
16 21 10 F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24 44.841 1′39.543 241,7 1′39.831 242,2
17 18 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 24 49.075 1′40.142 241,2 1′38.779 239,5 3 26
18 22 31 K. MUGGERIDGE AUS Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24 49.702 1′40.101 244,4 1′39.852 243,9 4 22
19 20 33 T. HILL GBR Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 24 50.065 1′40.708 247,8 1′39.001 246,7 6 20
20 19 25 D.SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 24 50.391 1′40.468 243,3 1′38.880 242,2
21 24 49 S. WHYTE RSA Yamaha France GMT 94 IpoYnaemaha YZF R1 23 1 Lap 1′42.224 243,9 1′41.737 240,1
22 23 17 S. MARTIN AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 22 2 Laps 1′41.715 244,4 1′41.227 241,7

Race Two

Once again it was Haga and Spies dominating race two with Haga claiming his sixth win of the season for the Ducati Xerox team.

Haga led for all but one of the laps in his second race of the day with Fabrizio again on his tail seeing the two swapping places on the final lap a couple of times.

Spies was out of contention by lap 3, after returning to the pits with a gearbox problem leaving Jonathan Rea to take his first podium position of the season for third.

Leon Haslam took the fourth place for the Stiggy Honda team ahead of Max Biaggi on the Aprilia and Carlos Checa in sixth.

In seventh place was Shinya Nakano followed by Yukio Kagayama in eighth, Tom Sykes in ninth and Jakub Smrz in tenth.

Here are the results;

1 4 41 N.HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 24 1′38.577 248,9 1′37.544 247,8 25 25 250 1
2 2 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 24 0.322 1′38.669 248,4 1′37.289 249,5 20 20 165 2
3 5 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate HondHaonda CBR1000RR 24 8.936 1′38.778 248,9 1′37.634 248,9 13 16 106 5
4 10 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 24 10.561 1′38.637 246,7 1′37.988 245,0 13 116 4
5 3 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 24 10.767 1′38.717 254,8 1′37.466 252,4 11 11 103 6
6 7 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate HondHaonda CBR1000RR 24 12.413 1′39.133 249,5 1′37.940 245,5 10 10 73 10
7 9 56 S. NAKANO JPN Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 24 12.616 1′39.055 250,7 1′37.935 247,2 9 9 52 14
8 13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24 14.878 1′39.404 252,4 1′38.130 251,2 8 8 68 12
9 8 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 24 16.225 1′38.957 253,0 1′38.241 248,4 6 7 103 7
10 6 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 24 18.197 1′39.195 251,2 1′37.677 247,8 2 6 64 13
11 11 132 S. MORAIS RSA Kawasaki World Superbike RK.aTw. asaki ZX 10R 24 20.629 1′39.312 251,2 1′38.013 246,1 3 5 8 21
12 16 36 G.LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 24 24.320 1′39.441 245,5 1′38.733 242,8 5 4 9 19
13 12 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 24 24.564 1′39.506 247,8 1′38.081 245,0 4 3 72 11
14 17 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike RK.aTw. asaki ZX 10R 24 38.747 1′39.229 250,7 1′38.766 245,5 1 2 20 18
15 21 10 F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24 50.045 1′39.843 246,7 1′39.831 242,2 1 1 29
16 19 25 D.SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 24 57.999 1′40.799 242,2 1′38.880 242,2
17 20 33 T. HILL GBR Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 24 1′05.973 1′40.017 247,8 1′39.001 246,7 6 22
18 23 17 S. MARTIN AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 24 1′28.685 1′41.986 243,3 1′41.227 241,7
19 24 49 S. WHYTE RSA Yamaha France GMT 94 IpoYnaemaha YZF R1 23 1 Lap 1′41.907 240,6 1′41.737 240,1