Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Kiyonari wins, Tom Sykes retires

Hannspree Ten Kate rider Ryuichi Kiyonari has won his first World Superbike race after an epic battle with Troy Bayliss, at Brands Hatch.

• Video: Kiyo wins first race at Brands Hatch World Superbikes

On lap one, Kiyonari was way back in seventh place, but pushed through the grid and was up to second place, chasing championship leader Troy Bayliss by lap seven.

Kiyonari was gifted a place when Factory Yamaha rider Noriyuki Haga crashed on lap seven at Surtees.

BSB wildcard Tom Sykes was chasing the leaders during the early stages of the race and by lap nine was up to third place, chasing Bayliss and Kiyonari.

But it was not to be as he retired a lap later with a technical problem which transpired to be a holed radiator. 

Sykes’s bad luck moved Biaggi up to the final step of the podium, where he put in continuous fast laps to catch the leaders.

Biaggi pushed Bayliss, to try and take second place during the final lap but he was unable to make it passed the championship leader.

1 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 36’18.607 (152,933 kph)
2 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 0.137
3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 0.180
4 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 5.733
5 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 6.499
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 6.984
7 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 8.300
8 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 10.732
9 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 16.547
10 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 16.569
11 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 18.366
12 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 22.308
13 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 26.788
14 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 26.856
15 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 32.877
16 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 38.329
17 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 46.868
18 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 48.417
19 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 58.986
20 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’06.028
21 22 Morelli L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1’09.376
22 43 Pridmore J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1’09.475
23 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1 1’22.214
RET 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R
RET 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000
RET 17 Palmer T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF-R1
RET 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR