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World Superbike 2008 - Round Nine - Brno (Czech Republic) Superbike Race Two Troy Bayliss looked eager to make it a double with a clear holeshot off the line pitching him into turn one ahead of race one combatant Troy Corser while Max Biaggi did his best to stay on terms with the Australian duo. Corser took the lead a couple of laps into the race as a group of five began to break away from the pack. Corser, Bayliss, Xaus, Fabrizio and Neukirchner the leading lights with 3.5 seconds separating them and Ryuichi Kiyonari in sixth place after only four laps. Bayliss reasserted his place at the front of the pack as the race progressed and Neukirchner declared his challenge by moving past Fabrizio and Xaus to take third place close astern of Corser. Kiyonari steadily worked his way into contention and by half race distance had swelled the leading group to six. Carlos Checa’s strong tilt at the 2008 title took another dent with a technical problem forcing his retirement from the race. A very costly problem for the Ten Kate squad as the Czech disaster has effectively cost their man his chance at the #1 plate. Ducati also not safe from mechanical gremlins however with Xaus’ 1098R also expiring. No such problems for the Xerox machine underneath Bayliss however as that combination went from strength to strength as the race wore on. The pace proved too much for the opposition and with three laps to run both Corser and Biaggi had been left in his wake and left to fight over the minor placings on the podium. And it was some fight. Michel Fabrizio saved his best for last however and joined in on that battle for second place with a new lap record with only two laps to run putting him right in contention for a podium result. Fabrizio took third place from Corser early on the final lap and then piled the pressure on Biaggi. Fabrizio made second place his shortly afterwards to make it a Xerox Ducati 1-2 and Biaggi made it an all Ducati podium. Corser a strong fourth place. |
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1, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 40'16.436 2, Michel Fabrizio, Ducati, ITA, 0'0.928 3, Max Biaggi, Ducati, ITA, 0'1.259 4, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 0'1.785 5, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 0'3.942 6, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Honda, JPN, 0'7.910 7, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 0'11.297 8, Fonsi Nieto, Suzuki, ESP, 0'11.375 9, Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki, JPN, 0'13.103 10, Kenan Sofuoglu, Honda, TUR, 0'18.978 11, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 0'19.106 12, Roberto Rolfo, Honda, ITA, 0'20.556 13, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 0'21.775 14, Gregorio Lavilla, Honda, ESP, 0'26.372 15, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 0'26.922 16, David Checa, Yamaha, ESP, 0'27.109 17, Makoto Tamada, Kawasaki, JPN, 0'39.711 18, Shuhei Aoyama, Honda, JPN, 0'39.953 19, Jason Pridmore, Honda, USA, 0'56.812 20, Christian Zaiser, Yamaha, AUT, 1'44.073 21, Milos Cihak, Suzuki, CZE, 1'46.620 |
1, Troy Bayliss, Ducati, AUS, 309 2, Max Neukirchner, Suzuki, GER, 230 3, Troy Corser, Yamaha, AUS, 218 4, Carlos Checa, Honda, ESP, 215 5, Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha, JPN, 210 6, Fonsi Nieto, Suzuki, ESP, 161 7, Ruben Xaus, Ducati, ESP, 148 8, Michel Fabrizio, Ducati, ITA, 147 9, Max Biaggi, Ducati, ITA, 146 10, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Honda, JPN, 115 11, Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki, JPN, 96 12, Lorenzo Lanzi, Ducati, ITA, 83 13, Gregorio Lavilla, Honda, ESP, 78 14, Jakub Smrz, Ducati, CZE, 77 15, Karl Muggeridge, Honda, AUS, 64 19, Shinichi Nakatomi, Yamaha, JPN, 29 23, David Checa, Yamaha, ESP, 7 24, Sebastien Gimbert, Yamaha, FRA, 7 Manufacturer Standings 1, Ducati, 373 2, Yamaha, 317 3, Suzuki, 277 4, Honda, 247 5, Kawasaki, 64 |
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World Superbike 2008 - Round Nine - Brno (Czech Republic) |