Poleman Marco Melandri clinched the victory in the first Superbike race in Aragon. In an exciting and tactically clever race, the Italian prevailed over his compatriot Max Biaggi. Thus it was not a victory for the Romans again this year. His team-mate Leon Camier came in a low-key race on the third rank.
Marco Melandri took the Holeshot and bent a first in the first corner. Behind him is equal to Biaggi filed, which a few turns later also conceded it and put at the top. In the first rounds, the Romans could submit also a higher tempo and to issue. When he had then about one second, Melandri was at the right grip and brought up gradually.
Towards the end of the race, Biaggi got more and more problems with the tires, but Melandri was not over. He remained in terms of top speed on the straight approximately seven to ten miles per hour in the peak of the Aprilia. Five laps from the end made the Romans a typical to mistake under pressure and had to go far in the hairpin after the long straight. Melandri was at the top and went directly to and from. At the latest as it became clear that he had bluffed on the straight, because at one time he could sail without wind shade to the 318 km / H. Peak values, which was previously only Biaggi.
Leon Camier brought on two dramatically in the last few laps on his team-mates ranked. However, the distance of about two seconds was too big to close him in three rounds. Thus, the stage looked like the grid for the race.
A battle group of Eugene Laverty, Tom Sykes, Noriyuki Haga and Joan Lascorz gathered behind the top three. The position changed several times in each round, but at the end of the second factory Yamaha narrowly defeated the Kawasaki by Tom Sykes continued. Haga was sixth before Lascorz.
Ayrton Badovini was again best BMW pilot before his factory colleagues Leon Haslam and Troy Corser, who completed the top ten with the eighth place.
Carlos Checa was the most prominent victims of the crash in this first race. When you try to fight, to drive to third place, possibly, further forward, he slipped away over the front wheel. He already had several rounds before intercept violent ride. His lead in the Championship is still very comfortable.
Jakub SMRZ and Michel Fabrizio had also to the ground. Ruben Xaus had a short stay in the box, continued the race but then in the hope on points. However, no one resigned before him so that he had to be content with a rank of 16.
