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First Qualifying is in:

1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.806 secs
2. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.932 secs
3. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.042 secs
4. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 35.060 secs
5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 35.080 secs
6. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 35.085 secs
7. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 35.262 secs
8. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 35.278 secs
9. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 35.424 secs
10. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 35.548 secs
11. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.550 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 35.598 secs
13. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 35.634 secs
14. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 35.756 secs
15. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 35.766 secs
16. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 35.766 secs
17. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 35.892 secs
18. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.939 secs
19. David Checa SPA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 36.066 secs
20. Carmelo Morales SPA L'Oréal Men Expert Laglisse YZF-R1 1min 36.070 secs
21. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 36.088 secs
22. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR 1min 36.150 secs
23. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 36.268 secs
24. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 36.305 secs
25. Sergio Fuertes SPA Team Suzuki Motorrad GSX-R1000 1min 36.711 secs
26. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 36.749 secs
27. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 37.288 secs
28. Diego Lozano Ortiz SPA Honda Joe Darcey CBR1000RR 1min 37.381 secs
29. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.660 secs
30. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.958 secs

Fonsi Nieto off the pace of his teammates at his home track. Unsurprisingly there was a good early showing from Carlos Checa. Otherwise I can imagine pretty glum faces at the Biaggi and Yamaha Italia garages.

This is the grid for todays race:

1. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 33.805 secs
2. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 33.928 secs
3. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 33.976 secs
4. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 34.332 secs
5. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 1min 34.370 secs
6. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.370 secs
7. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.492 secs
8. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 34.613 secs
9. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 34.658 secs
10. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 34.770 secs
11. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 1min 34.799 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 34.930 secs
13. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.959 secs
14. David Checa SPA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 35.089 secs
15. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R 1min 35.232 secs
16. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 1min 35.980 secs


Non-Superpole times:

17. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.381 secs
18. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR 1min 35.521 secs
19. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR 1min 35.597 secs
20. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR 1min 35.692 secs
21. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 35.703 secs
22. Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 1min 35.766 secs
23. Sergio Fuertes SPA Team Suzuki Motorrad GSX-R1000 1min 35.862 secs
24. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 35.911 secs
25. Carmelo Morales SPA L'Oréal Men Expert Laglisse YZF-R1 1min 36.070 secs
26. Diego Lozano Ortiz SPA Honda Joe Darcey CBR1000RR 1min 36.453 secs
27. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R 1min 36.596 secs
28. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 36.618 secs
29. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR 1min 37.283 secs
30. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 1min 37.288 secs

The Suzuki's have the edge over 1 lap at least. Checa and Nieto got the jitters which ruined their laps.

Very strong showing from BSB champion Kiyonari.

Race 1:

1. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 23 laps
2. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +2.987
3. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +7.287
4. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +11.992
5. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +12.824
6. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR +13.125
7. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +13.191
8. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +13.906
9. Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +17.254
10. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +18.606
11. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +19.858
12. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +23.350
13. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR +23.577
14. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 +24.082
15. David Checa SPA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +26.611
16. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +41.168
17. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R +44.405
18. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +57.045
19. Diego Lozano Ortiz SPA Honda Joe Darcey CBR1000RR +65.173
20. Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 +5 laps

DNF:
Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1 lap
Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +13 laps
Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +14 laps
Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +19 laps
Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +20 laps
Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +20 laps
Carmelo Morales SPA L'Oréal Men Expert Laglisse YZF-R1 +20 laps
Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +22 laps
Sergio Fuertes SPA Team Suzuki Motorrad GSX-R1000 +22 laps
Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +22 laps


A highly controversial race, Max Neukirchner cruised away into a fairly comfortable lead. Carlos Checa managed to fight his way up the field and closed down a 4 second lead to catch Max on the last lap.

Checa tried an extremly stupid move into the last corner and took them both out, leaving Max trapped under his bike. He missed race 2. This left a stunned and delighted Lorenzo Lanzi as the winner after he mugged Troy Bayliss on the last lap.



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Race 2:

1. Noriyuki Haga JPN Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 23 laps
2. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +1.551
3. Carlos Checa SPA Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +2.903
4. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +7.277
5. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +8.051
6. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +9.223
7. Ruben Xaus SPA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +10.164
8. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 +10.614
9. Regis Laconi ITA PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +17.234
10. Fonsi Nieto SPA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +18.100
11. Gregorio Lavilla SPA Ventaxia VK Honda CBR1000RR +18.288
12. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA RG Racing 1098 RS08 +18.826
13. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098 F08 +21.770
14. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo's 1098 RS08 +22.872
15. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +25.224
16. Shinichi Nakatomi JPN YZF Yamaha YZF-R1 +25.301
17. Roberto Rolfo ITA Hannspree Honda Althea CBR1000RR +25.509
18. David Checa SPA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1 +25.615
19. Russell Holland AUS DF Racing CBR1000RR +26.503
20. Karl Muggeridge AUS D.F. Racing CBR1000RR +35.171
21. Ayrton Badovini GBR Team Pedercini ZX-10R +53.624
22. Diego Lozano Ortiz SPA Honda Joe Darcey CBR1000RR +54.672
23. Luca Morelli ITA Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +60.537
24. Shuhei Aoyama JPN Alto Evolution Honda CBR1000RR +84.952
25. Carmelo Morales SPA L'Oréal Men Expert Laglisse YZF-R1 +1 lap

DNF:
Makoto Tamada JPN PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse ZX-10R +16 laps
Loic Napoleone FRA Grillini PBR Team YZF-R1 +17 laps

DNS:
Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000
Sebastien Gimbert FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 YZF-R1
Sergio Fuertes SPA Team Suzuki Motorrad GSX-R1000


Nori Haga finally woke up this year to take a pretty convincing win. It looked like Checa was going to take it in the early stages when he was hit by electronic glitches, perhaps some instant Karma for Race 1.

Bayliss closed up but was unable to pass Haga. Kiyonari put in a storming performance to finish 4th.

Points

1 Bayliss AUS 128
2 Nieto ESP 80
3 Corser AUS 72
4 Checa ESP 72
5 Xaus ESP 68

A great weekend for Bayliss then, he extended his points lead despite not being very competitive, and it looks like Ducati have avoided triggering their success ballast.

after first diagnosis and x-ray german motorsport aktuell speaks of a broken clavicle in case of Neukirchner

That's a real shame. Neukirchner lost a healthly lead, but he didn't deserve to be punted off. Checa was 110% to blame.

Is there any possibility of Checa being punished for the incident?

No word of it yet. It's possible. Alstare are very protective of their riders and their boss Francis Bata is bound to have something to say on the subject.

That was an incredibly desperate and stupid move that Checa made <doh>
Considering that poor Neukirchner not only ended up with a DNF, but more so, has a broken collar bone and may miss a few more races, I'd be very very surprised if Checa gets away unpunished.

Suzuki have had something to say :)

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His team boss defended him here:

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The fact that you closed up a massive gap don't give you the right to punt someone off.