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More action from Qatar on Saturday (Sunday for us in the US), as World Superbike completes Race 2 at Losail. The second race at Qatar for the year shows that we are in for quite the season, with riders old and new making waves. Continue reading for the races spoilers and results.*
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American Ben Spies can walk away from Qatar knowing that he has silenced all criticism. Earlier in the week Spies won the WSBK Superpole with a record setting lap of 1?59.041, breaking Fonsi Nieto's previous best. Furthermore,earlier today Spies took Race 1 in a dominating fashion, walking away from Haga and Biaggi. Now, the rookie Texan can add Race 2 to his list of victories, as well as the record for the fastest race lap at Qatar for superbikes.
Commenting about his performance in Qatar Spies played down his dominating performance this week by citing Noriyuki Haga’s consistent second place finishes:
Next round in Valencia is the first round in Europe.* Will the top three riders be a constant in this years World Superbike racing.* We will see in the next round.
2009 Qatar World Superbike Round, Race 2 Results:*
Pos.No.RiderCountryBikeDiff.119B. SpiesUSAYamaha YZF R1*241N. HagaJPNDucati 1098R1.27433M. BiaggiITAAprilia RSV41.62249R. KiyonariJPNHonda CBR1000RR1.845566T. SykesGBRYamaha YZF R15.117676M. NeukirchnerGERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K99.512756S. NakanoJPNAprilia RSV49.514865J. ReaGBRHonda CBR1000RR12.621911T. CorserAUSBMW S1000 RR13.84210111R. XausESPBMW S1000 RR13.8841191L. HaslamGBRHonda CBR1000RR13.8881267S. ByrneGBRDucati 1098R14.913137C. ChecaESPHonda CBR1000RR15.7621455R. LaconiFRADucati 1098R15.9201571Y. KagayamaJPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K919.5651623B. ParkesAUSKawasaki ZX 10R21.7591796J. SmrzCZEDucati 1098R28.5231831K. MuggeridgeAUSSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K940.4991924B. RobertsAUSDucati 1098R43.7612099L. ScassaITAKawasaki ZX 10R44.6692177V. IannuzzoITAHonda CBR1000RR48.9552215M. BaioccoITAKawasaki ZX 10R3 Laps044R. RolfoITAHonda CBR1000RR1 Lap033T. HillGBRHonda CBR1000RR12 Laps084M. FabrizioITADucati 1098R5 Laps086A. BadoviniITAKawasaki ZX 10R17 Laps025D. SalomESPKawasaki ZX 10R10 Laps
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More action from Qatar on Saturday (Sunday for us in the US), as World Superbike completes Race 2 at Losail. The second race at Qatar for the year shows that we are in for quite the season, with riders old and new making waves. Continue reading for the races spoilers and results.*
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American Ben Spies can walk away from Qatar knowing that he has silenced all criticism. Earlier in the week Spies won the WSBK Superpole with a record setting lap of 1?59.041, breaking Fonsi Nieto's previous best. Furthermore,earlier today Spies took Race 1 in a dominating fashion, walking away from Haga and Biaggi. Now, the rookie Texan can add Race 2 to his list of victories, as well as the record for the fastest race lap at Qatar for superbikes.
Commenting about his performance in Qatar Spies played down his dominating performance this week by citing Noriyuki Haga’s consistent second place finishes:
"Nori set a really good pace the first few laps. We were lacking just a little in acceleration and it was hard to race with him, but I put my head down and closed up, kept the same rhythm and passed him. It was a better race for me than the first one because I could concentrate on my lines, but it's going to be hard making up points on him if he keeps finishing second. It was a perfect weekend, they're not always going to be like that but we'll take them when we can."
In Race 2, Noriyuki Haga jumped right from the start to pass Max Biaggi on the end of the first lap, and take the lead. *Spies wasn’t able to get into his groove until lap 6, where he took the lead until the checkered flag. Haga finished second, and Biaggi finished third, the same order as race one.
Next round in Valencia is the first round in Europe.* Will the top three riders be a constant in this years World Superbike racing.* We will see in the next round.
2009 Qatar World Superbike Round, Race 2 Results:*
Pos.No.RiderCountryBikeDiff.119B. SpiesUSAYamaha YZF R1*241N. HagaJPNDucati 1098R1.27433M. BiaggiITAAprilia RSV41.62249R. KiyonariJPNHonda CBR1000RR1.845566T. SykesGBRYamaha YZF R15.117676M. NeukirchnerGERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K99.512756S. NakanoJPNAprilia RSV49.514865J. ReaGBRHonda CBR1000RR12.621911T. CorserAUSBMW S1000 RR13.84210111R. XausESPBMW S1000 RR13.8841191L. HaslamGBRHonda CBR1000RR13.8881267S. ByrneGBRDucati 1098R14.913137C. ChecaESPHonda CBR1000RR15.7621455R. LaconiFRADucati 1098R15.9201571Y. KagayamaJPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K919.5651623B. ParkesAUSKawasaki ZX 10R21.7591796J. SmrzCZEDucati 1098R28.5231831K. MuggeridgeAUSSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K940.4991924B. RobertsAUSDucati 1098R43.7612099L. ScassaITAKawasaki ZX 10R44.6692177V. IannuzzoITAHonda CBR1000RR48.9552215M. BaioccoITAKawasaki ZX 10R3 Laps044R. RolfoITAHonda CBR1000RR1 Lap033T. HillGBRHonda CBR1000RR12 Laps084M. FabrizioITADucati 1098R5 Laps086A. BadoviniITAKawasaki ZX 10R17 Laps025D. SalomESPKawasaki ZX 10R10 Laps
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