Photo show to the Superbike World Championship opener in Phillip Iceland/Australia.
Motorsport-Magazin.com - Iceland Phillip was the kick-off weekend of WSBK entirely in the hands of Carlos Checa. The Spaniards decided not only the training for themselves, but also the 22-round Chase on the Australian line. With clear distance, the Ducati rider came over the finish line ahead of Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri. The two Italians dueled to almost the entire race. At the end, the reigning world champion but retained the upper hand.
The starting line for the second race of the season at Phillip Iceland won Leon Haslam. Max Biaggi put out a bad start and slipped off ranked seven. For Carlos Checa on the second position remained and Eugene Laverty started well as at the first race and was third in the first corner. Right from the first round began hard duels: Marco Melandri expressed by right in the Honda corner with Eugene Laverty. In the hairpin, then made Checa Ernst and sat down at the top. From then on, Checa put down as in the first run.
Max Biaggi ground on the leading group tried to make up from behind and fought with Joan Lascorz to the sixth position. After the successful overtaking Biaggi went right off the bat half a second faster than Checa at the top. By the battle of Troy Corser and Leon Haslam went to the second position Marco Melandri and Biaggi followed behind the third position.
The two former MotoGP riders often changed the positions, as is but Biaggi could hold good, on the second position, although he made ground on Checa Melandri could not shed but. In the seventh round of the BMW rider Troy Corser missed the braking point and slipped back to 11th place. Only a round later had to Eugene Laverty through the meadow. He found himself on the 19th position.
In the meantime be cheated Noriyuki Haga secretly, silently and softly to the fourth position, could the BMW of Haslam and the Suzuki by Michel Fabrizio not withstand but and again slipped back to sixth. After this overtaking the field attracted far apart.
Only Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi dueled two and three are in the squares. If Melandri in the infield to Biaggi could pass, the reigning world champion on the line where the Aprilia fender seemed to be the strongest bike of WSBK countered.
Biaggi also tried his luck in the run two laps to go, really succeed it not to him but. Melandri tried everything before the start and finish line pass through it, but to not make that. This is pressed Jonathan Rea, who still suffered from pain in the hand, to Leon Haslam over and won the fourth position.
Thus, Marco Melandri took his first podium finish in his second World Superbike race. Rea was four ahead of Haslam and Leon Camier, which is discreetly stole at the sixth position. Haga fell off to the seventh position, left behind but Michel Fabrizio, Tom Sykes and Ruben Xaus.
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