Haga takes his first win at Monza

Pole man Noriyuki Haga has won the first World Superbikes race of the day at Monza in dramatic fashion.

 

The Yamaha man put in an unbelievable ride to win the race at the home of his team, Yamaha Motor Italia, just ahead of Australia’s Troy Bayliss.

 

Italian Max Biaggi, who has had a mixed season since his return to World Superbikes struggled with front lock throughout the race, but he held on to take the final podium spot at his home race.

 

Lorenzo Lanzi almost took out half the field on the first corner as he failed to make the new chicane which has been added to the circuit.

 

Many of the riders were suffering from the tough conditions at the Italian circuit which took its toll physically on both the riders and the bikes with tyre blistering the main problem.

 

One of those to suffer was Britain’s James Toseland. Fastest man on track in warm up, the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider was vying for the lead for a good part of the race, but was nursing his tyres to the chequered flag seeing him finish in fourth.

 

His team-mate, Roberto Rolfo, looked set to be the surprise of the day as he led for the first time in his WSB career then battled for second place with Tosleand. He looked set to get a podium spot in third until his destroyed tyres caused him to retire on the final lap.

 

Bayliss admitted after the race he had also struggled with is tyre at the end, despite his Ducati Xerox team choosing the hardest compound tyre.

 

 

 

Race one results:

 

 

1	N.HAGA	JPN	Yamaha YZF-R1
2	T. BAYLISS	AUS	Ducati 999 F07
3	M.BIAGGI	ITA	ExtraSuzuki GSX-R1000
4	J. TOSELAND	GBR	HondaHonda CBR1000RR
5	T. CORSER	AUS	Yamaha YZF-R1
6	Y. KAGAYAMA	JPN	ExtraSuzuki GSX-R1000
7	L. LANZI	ITA	Ducati 999 F07
8	M.FABRIZIO	ITA	Honda CBR1000RR
9	K. MUGGERIDGE	AUS	Honda CBR1000RR
10	M.NEUKIRCHNER	GER	Suzuki GSX-R1000
11	J. BROOKES	AUS	Honda CBR1000RR
12	R. XAUS	ESP	Ducati 999 F06
13	M.BORCIANI	ITA	Ducati 999 F06
14	A. POLITA	ITA	Suzuki GSX-R1000
15	J. SMRZ	CZE	Ducati 999 F05
16	S. MARTIN	AUS	Honda CBR1000RR
17	M.SANCHINI	ITA	Kawasaki ZX-10R