FIM Superbike World Championship Misano, San Marino June 27, 2010 Race One Results (all on Pirelli tires): 1. Max BIAGGI, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 24 laps, 38:59.319 2. Carlos CHECA, Spain (Ducati 1098R), -0.387 second 3. Troy CORSER, Australia (BMW S1000RR), -0.822 second 4. Michel FABRIZIO, Italy (Ducati 1098F10), -4.911 seconds 5. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -5.916 6. Leon CAMIER, Great Britain (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -8.658 7. Noriyuki HAGA, Japan (Ducati 1098F10), -11.872 8. Leon HASLAM, Great Britain (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -11.907 9. Shane BYRNE, Great Britain (Ducati 1098R), -16.490 10. James TOSELAND, Great Britain (Yamaha YZF-R1), -18.458 11. Luca SCASSA, Italy (Ducati 1098R), -18.646 12. Lorenzo LANZI, Italy (Ducati 1098R), -19.315 13. Jonathan REA (Honda CBR1000RR), -25.405 14. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Germany (Honda CBR1000RR), -31.671 15. Tom SYKES, Great Britain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -39.658 16. Chris VERMEULEN, Australia (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -48.137 17. Roger HAYDEN, USA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -56.316 18. Federico SANDI, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -56.667 19. Matteo BAIOCCO, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -57.218 20. Ruben XAUS, Spain (BMW S1000RR), -16 laps, DNF, mechanical 21. Cal CRUTCHLOW, Great Britain (Yamaha YZF-R1), -20 laps, DNF, crash 22. Jakub SMRZ, Czech Republic (Ducati 1098R), -23 laps, DNF, mechanical 23. Broc PARKES, Australia (Honda CBR1000RR), -14 laps, DQ, jump start, did not serve ride-through penalty More, from a press release issued by Alitalia Aprilia: MAX BIAGGI WINS RACE 1 AT MISANO. THIRD CONSECUTIVE VICTORY FOR THE APRILIA ALITALIA RACING COLOURS BEARER. HOLD ON FIRST PLACE IN THE WORLD STANDINGS STRENGTHENED. Misano Adriatico, 27 June 2010 – Max Biaggi asserts himself in race 1 of the eighth World SBK round. On the Misano track the four time world champion and current leader in the world rankings led Carlos Checa (Ducati) and Troy Corser (BMW) to the end of an extremely close race with minimum gaps between the leaders. After a long period trailing Corser who jumped to the lead at the start, Biaggi unleashed the decisive attack seven laps from the end to stay in the lead, denying the final attacks from Checa, who in the meantime had moved into second place. With this victory, the third consecutive win following the dominating double win in the USA race, Biaggi strengthens his hold on first place in the world rankings earning seventeen points over his immediate pursuer, Leon Haslam on Suzuki, who came in eighth today. Now Biaggi leads the world championship with 32 points over the Englishman and 121 over Spaniard Carlos Checa. With the RSV4 victory on the Misano track Aprilia strengthens its hold on first place in the manufacturer rankings (288 points) ahead of Suzuki (263) and Ducati (234). A nice race for Leon Camier as well; the team Aprilia Englishman rode his RSV4 to sixth place. “I’m obviously happy with this victory” stated Max Biaggi straight off “Especially because I didn’t expect it and because doing so well in Italy, in front of our supporters has a very special flavour for us. The conditions are difficult because of the lack of grip. Already after five or six laps I started to “drift”. After overtaking Troy I tried to push as hard as possible because I saw that the times were still high, but I couldn’t shake him or Checa because the risk for mistakes was too high. I must congratulate the team and Aprilia because we are really working well”.