motorcycle news - Monday 16th June 2008
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Haga seals double Nurburgring win
Noriyuki Haga closed the gap on World Superbike championship leader Troy Corser after claiming a double victory at the Nurburgring.
A thrilling battle in the rain between the two team-mates was brought to a premature end by the red flags. Corser was leading the second race but with the count-back rule the race was deemed finished after lap 15, where Haga was ahead of the Australian.
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The win was significant after Haga broke his collarbone two weeks ago. The double win takes Haga's championship points tally to 172 and leaves him 55 shy of leader Troy Bayliss who came second in race one and fourth in the second outing after making mistakes in both legs.
Bayliss was leading the first race but he ran wide into turn one less than two laps from the end to hand victory to Haga. In race two he made two mistakes on the fifth lap, dropping from the lead down to fifth before recovering to fourth.
The ever-improving German rider Max Neukirchner, who impressed the home fans by taking superpole in qualifying on Saturday, continued to shine with a pair of third place finishes for Suzuki. With the top four a good five seconds ahead, Spaniard Carlos Checa led the chasing pack in fifth with the Ducati trio of Michel Fabrizio, Max Biaggi and Ruben Xaus in sixth, seventh and eighth.
Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laconi completed the top 10.
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Race one results:
1 Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 39 minutes, 19.427 seconds
2 Troy Bayliss, Australia, Ducati, 2.025 seconds back
3 Max Neukirchner, Germany, Suzuki, 2.792
4 Troy Corser, Australia, Yamaha, 5.458
5 Carlos Checa, Spain, Honda, 10.225
6 Ruben Xaus, Spain, Ducati, 10.462
7 Michel Fabrizio, Italy, Ducati, 17.018
8 Fonsi Nieto, Spain, Suzuki, 20.520
9 Makoto Tamada, Japan, Kawasaki, 21.162
10 Karl Muggeridge, Australia, Honda, 22.650
Race two results:
1 Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 27:26.594
2 Troy Corser, Australia, Yamaha, 0.150
3 Max Neukirchner, Germany, Suzuki, 5.316
4 Troy Bayliss, Australia, Ducati, 7.651
5 Carlos Checa, Spain, Honda, 7.951
6 Michel Fabrizio, Italy, Ducati, 9.027
7 Max Biaggi, Italy, Ducati, 9.420
8 Ruben Xaus, Spain, Ducati, 9.916
9 Fonsi Nieto, Spain, Suzuki, 12.862
10 Regis Laconi, France, Kawasaki, 13.559
Rider standings (after 7 of 14 rounds):
1 Troy Bayliss, Australia, Ducati, 227 points
2 Carlos Checa, Spain, Honda, 188
3 Max Neukirchner, Germany, Suzuki, 176
4 Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 172
5 Troy Corser, Australia, Yamaha, 154
6 Fonsi Nieto, Spain, Suzuki, 141
7 Ruben Xaus, Spain, Ducati, 110
8 Michel Fabrizio, Italy, Ducati, 106
9 Max Biaggi, Italy, Ducati, 97
10 Ryuichi Kiyonari, Japan, Honda, 89
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