Haga does the double at Monza
Noriyuki Haga recorded a well deserved double win at
The Japanese man had a dreadful start finding himself back in sixth, similar to race one. But once Haga had made his way to the front, overtaking leader James Toseland on lap seven along the way, he rode steadily to victory.
The real race was going on behind the leader and Hanspree Ten Kate Honda rider Roberto Rolfo was once again surprising all with his pace as he found himself in second. Rolfo then diced for third with Max Biaggi and Troy Bayliss throughout the 11 laps of the 18 lap race.
The real excitement came on the final lap with Toseland being caught by Biaggi and Bayliss. Biaggi had a huge scare, nearly crashing out altogether, but he managed to keep his Suzuki GSX-R1000 upright to finish fifth.
Bayliss just missed out on second as Toseland ground it out to hold on with the Australian third by just by 0.15sec.
The Yamaha Motor Italia rider, who also set the fastest lap of the race on lap six at 1:46.064, has now moved into second spot in the Championship ahead of Biaggi. Toseland has extended his championship lead to 35 points following his fourth and second places.
Race two results:
1 |
N.HAGA |
JPN |
Yamaha YZF-R1 |
2 |
J. TOSELAND |
GBR |
Honda CBR1000RR |
3 |
T. BAYLISS |
AUS |
Ducati 999 F07 |
4 |
R. ROLFO |
ITA |
Honda CBR1000RR |
5 |
M.BIAGGI |
ITA |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 |
6 |
T. CORSER |
AUS |
Yamaha YZF-R1 |
7 |
Y. KAGAYAMA |
JPN |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 |
8 |
R. LACONI |
FRA |
|
9 |
K. MUGGERIDGE |
AUS |
Honda CBR1000RR |
10 |
J. SMRZ |
CZE |
Ducati 999 F05 |
11 |
M.FABRIZIO |
ITA |
Honda CBR1000RR |
12 |
M.NEUKIRCHNER |
GER |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 |
13 |
R. XAUS |
ESP |
Ducati 999 F06 |
14 |
R. PIETRI |
VEN |
Yamaha YZF-R1 |
15 |
D. ELLISON |
GBR |
Ducati 999RS |
Championship standings after race two:
Toseland 229
Haga 194
Biaggi 191
Bayliss 164
Corser 135
Lanzi 107
Xaus 106
Neukirchner 81
Rolfo 77
Kagayama 60
Fabrizio 51
Laconi 50
Nieto 46
Smrz 44
Brookes 40
Muggeridge 28
Nakatomi 19
Martin 14
Bussei 11
Polita 8
Ellison 5
Borciani 3
Pietri 2
Morelli 2