Lavilla claims race one at Oulton Park

Gregorio Lavilla was back to winning ways in race one at Oulton Park this afternoon (Monday, May 7, 2007).

The Spaniard, who won the first four races of the season, diced with teammate Leon Haslam during the later stages of the race but claimed the victory. And there were more reasons to celebrate with an Airwaves Ducati one-two with Lavilla finishing just two 10ths of a second ahead of Haslam.

Rounding off the podium was double Silverstone winner, Ryuichi Kiyonari, who also finished within the same second of the top two.

Kiyonari took an early lead, but Lavilla had other ideas and retook his starting position by lap five.

The surprise rider of the weekend has been Tom Sykes who backed up his impressive front row start with a fifth.

Despite the weather clearing up for a dry race both Chris Martin and Tom Tunstall were fallers on laps eight and 15 respectively.

 

Race one results:

1. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Ducati 27:29.245 
2. Leon Haslam GBR Ducati 27:29.464
3. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Honda 27:29.749
4. Jonathan Rea GBR Honda 27.31.088
5. Tom Sykes GBR Honda 27:31.358
6. Shane Byrne GBR Honda 27:31.750
7. Cal Crutchlow GBR Suzuki 27.38.555
8. Leon Camier GBR Honda 27:40.769
9. Karl Harris GBR Honda 27:48.337
10. Tommy Hill GBR Yamaha 27:55.421
11. Scott Smart GBR Kawasaki 28:01.654
12. Simon Andrews GBR Yamaha 28:02.741
13. Ollie Bridewell GBR Suzuki 28:05. 390
14. Tommy Bridewell GBR Suzuki 28:08.280
15. Michael Rutter GBR Kawasaki 28:08.714
16. Hudson Kennaugh GBR Yamaha 28:17.378
17. James Buckingham GBR Honda 28:49.193
18. Tristan Palmer GBR Honda 28:49.229
19. Aaron Zanotti GBR Yamaha 28:58.656
20. Malcolm Ashley GBR Kawasaki 28:59.141
21. Sean Emmett GBR Honda 29:02.635
22. Paul Barron IRL Yamaha 27:45.035