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WSBK Warm-up
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Live text commentary will begin
here when the action kicks off at Brands Hatch
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Riders on the grid now
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Engines being started
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Off on their warm up lap now
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Forming up on the grid, getting
ready for the race start
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Hodgson got the best run off the
line and leads them through the first turns
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Bayliss 2nd, Edwards 3rd
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Edwards and Bayliss rubbing
fairings, Edwards up to 2nds
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Hodgson, Edwards, Bayliss, Rutter,
Toseland, Borja, Walker, Bostrom the race order early on lap 2
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Edwards has pulled a few bike
lengths on Bayliss and is right on the case of Hodgson, pushing really
hard
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Hodgson, Edwards and Bayliss have
already pulled quite a gap over their pursuers
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Edwards takes the lead on lap 3
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Toseland up into 4th, Xaus in 5th
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Still Edwards out in front, Hodgson
right behind, Bayliss holding back a little in 3rd
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Xaus up into 4th after taking
Toseland, the battle for that 4th place is a long way behind the
leading trio though
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Edwards is pushing really hard top
try and shake Hodgson, big slides on the way in and on the way out
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Haga up in to 5th past Toseland,
Rutter also through on Toseland
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Lap 7 of 25, still Edwards from
Hodgson and Bayliss, but a few bike lengths between each rider now
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Ben Bostrom through on Toseland for
7th, Walker and Chili followed him through
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Edwards now 7-tenths in front of
Hodgson, Bayliss nearly the same distance again behind Hodgson
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Haga through on Xaus for 4th
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Bayliss closing on Hodgson now,
Edwards has escaped a little out in front
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Haga still in 4th but coming under
attack from Xaus, Rutter and Bostrom right there also
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Edwards now has 1.2 seconds over
Hodgson who in turn has half a second on Bayliss
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10 laps remaining, still Edwards
with a 1 second margin over Hodgson, Bayliss 3rd
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Xaus has got the better of Haga for
4th
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Edwards now has 1.5 seconds over
Hodgson, Bayliss only a couple of bike lengths behind Hodgson
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Rutter slides out
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Haga back through on Xaus for 4th
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Bayliss seems to have given up on
trying to take Hodgson, drifting back behind them a few seconds,
playing it safe for third as he is carrying that injury from yesterday
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Hodgson has put the bit between his
teeth and trying to catch Edwards now with only a few laps left, but
he has a second to catch up
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Bayliss miles behind Hodgson and
Edwards now, but still over ten seconds in front of Haga and Xaus who
are battling for 4th
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Hodgson has got the gap to Edwards
down to 8-tenths now
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Edwards has it, Hodgson tried but
couldn't catch the American, Edwards takes the win, Hodgson 2nd,
Bayliss 3rd
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Haga and Xaus touched on the run to
the line, nearly was a huge one, Xaus got the 4th then pulled
over, unsure of the problem though
