Kagayama takes race 1

Yukio Kagayama has ridden to his second ever World Superbike win at the Brno round of the championship.

The Japanese Suzuki rider stormed through the pack to take the lead and win comfortably.

The first race saw James Toseland lead the first half of the race comfortably but Kagayama caught him and managed to pass him on lap 14 immediately managing to get a gap and keep it to the flag.

Nearly all the field seemed to be struggling with grip in the first race with Lorenzo Lanzi forced to pit to change the rear, Alex Barros pulling out with now front end grip and Andrew Pitt calling it a day two laps from the end after dropping down from third place.

Toseland’s second place was even more impressive considering his collision with a back marker in the morning warmup session. The other rider was coasting on the exit to the corner and was in just the wrong place as Toseland came through at full pace clipping the side of the bike and putting footpeg of the other bike through Toseland’s clutch cover spilling oil all over the tyre and throwing him off.

But it was Michel Fabrizio that impressed the most storming through the field from 12th on lap one to take his first ever WSB podium in third.

Troy Bayliss suffered a blow to his championship lead by being knocked out with Regis Laconi on the first corner when Andrew Pitt sat his bike up mid corner inside the pair.
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Official times:

KAGAYAMA

TOSELAND 3.9

FABRIZIO 6.255

HAGA 6.432

CORSER 7.463

NIETO 21.967

WALKER 21.989

NAKATOMI 26.882

ABE 27.174

CHILI 27.441

MUGGERIDGE 28.299

ROLFO 32.112

GIMBERT 36.427

IANNUZZO 44.249

CLEMENTI 1’00.978

BORCIANI 1’05.300

JONES 1’05.914

BROOKES 1’07.582

SZKOPEK 1’31.323

DRAZDAK 1’31.485

CAMLEK 1 Lap

DNF

PITT

LANZI

BARROS

XAUS

FORET

MARTIN

MRKYVKA

CIHAK

LACONI

BAYLISS