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It was a three machines with three different types of motors battling it out for the top three spots in World Superbike’s first round of racing this year at Qatar. Continue reading to see the spoilers and race results.
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It was American Ben Spies*who won the first race of the World Superbike’s stop in Qatar on his Yamaha R1. Although the rookie didn’t have a brilliant start from the pole position he obtained yesterday, he was able to overcome the rocketship that was Max Biaggi and leave behind his teammate Haga.*
On lap 5, the Texan slipstreamed both Jakub Smrz and Shinya Nakano and took third place. The following eight laps Spies put in a series of fast laps but never overtaking the two in front of him until on the 13th lap when Haga gave up on a pass on Biaggi and found Spies overtaking him, and when Biaggi who made a small error he then found Spies in front of him.
Spies with a clear field in front of him left Biaggi and Haga battling for 2nd place with Haga getting the best of Biaggi on the second to last lap, when the Roman ran wide. On the final lap Biaggi and Haga exchanged places, but it was Haga who crossed the finish line just in front of the Roman Emperor.
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Results From World Superbike Qatar Race 1:
Pos.No.RiderCountryBikeDiff.119B. SpiesUSAYamaha YZF R1*241N. HagaJPNDucati 1098R1.89333M. BiaggiITAAprilia RSV42.168456S. NakanoJPNAprilia RSV412.06157C. ChecaESPHonda CBR1000RR12.597667S. ByrneGBRDucati 1098R12.971766T. SykesGBRYamaha YZF R113.57089R. KiyonariJPNHonda CBR1000RR19.306911T. CorserAUSBMW S1000 RR19.3881055R. LaconiFRADucati 1098R20.9811191L. HaslamGBRHonda CBR1000RR21.1641265J. ReaGBRHonda CBR1000RR21.99413111R. XausESPBMW S1000 RR22.9171423B. ParkesAUSKawasaki ZX 10R27.2181533T. HillGBRHonda CBR1000RR31.6021631K. MuggeridgeAUSSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K933.9341799L. ScassaITAKawasaki ZX 10R47.4961825D. SalomESPKawasaki ZX 10R47.5051915M. BaioccoITAKawasaki ZX 10R59.2782077V. IannuzzoITAHonda CBR1000RR59.2952124B. RobertsAUSDucati 1098R59.3382271Y. KagayamaJPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91′04.008*96J. SmrzCZEDucati 1098R12 Laps*84M. FabrizioITADucati 1098R11 Laps*86A. BadoviniITAKawasaki ZX 10R8 Laps*76M. NeukirchnerGERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K913 Laps*44R. RolfoITAHonda CBR1000RR15 Laps
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It was a three machines with three different types of motors battling it out for the top three spots in World Superbike’s first round of racing this year at Qatar. Continue reading to see the spoilers and race results.
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It was American Ben Spies*who won the first race of the World Superbike’s stop in Qatar on his Yamaha R1. Although the rookie didn’t have a brilliant start from the pole position he obtained yesterday, he was able to overcome the rocketship that was Max Biaggi and leave behind his teammate Haga.*
On lap 5, the Texan slipstreamed both Jakub Smrz and Shinya Nakano and took third place. The following eight laps Spies put in a series of fast laps but never overtaking the two in front of him until on the 13th lap when Haga gave up on a pass on Biaggi and found Spies overtaking him, and when Biaggi who made a small error he then found Spies in front of him.
Spies with a clear field in front of him left Biaggi and Haga battling for 2nd place with Haga getting the best of Biaggi on the second to last lap, when the Roman ran wide. On the final lap Biaggi and Haga exchanged places, but it was Haga who crossed the finish line just in front of the Roman Emperor.
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Results From World Superbike Qatar Race 1:
Pos.No.RiderCountryBikeDiff.119B. SpiesUSAYamaha YZF R1*241N. HagaJPNDucati 1098R1.89333M. BiaggiITAAprilia RSV42.168456S. NakanoJPNAprilia RSV412.06157C. ChecaESPHonda CBR1000RR12.597667S. ByrneGBRDucati 1098R12.971766T. SykesGBRYamaha YZF R113.57089R. KiyonariJPNHonda CBR1000RR19.306911T. CorserAUSBMW S1000 RR19.3881055R. LaconiFRADucati 1098R20.9811191L. HaslamGBRHonda CBR1000RR21.1641265J. ReaGBRHonda CBR1000RR21.99413111R. XausESPBMW S1000 RR22.9171423B. ParkesAUSKawasaki ZX 10R27.2181533T. HillGBRHonda CBR1000RR31.6021631K. MuggeridgeAUSSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K933.9341799L. ScassaITAKawasaki ZX 10R47.4961825D. SalomESPKawasaki ZX 10R47.5051915M. BaioccoITAKawasaki ZX 10R59.2782077V. IannuzzoITAHonda CBR1000RR59.2952124B. RobertsAUSDucati 1098R59.3382271Y. KagayamaJPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91′04.008*96J. SmrzCZEDucati 1098R12 Laps*84M. FabrizioITADucati 1098R11 Laps*86A. BadoviniITAKawasaki ZX 10R8 Laps*76M. NeukirchnerGERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K913 Laps*44R. RolfoITAHonda CBR1000RR15 Laps
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