FIM Superbike World Championship Magny-Cours, France October 3, 2010 Race One Results (all on Pirelli tires): 1. Cal CRUTCHLOW, Great Britain (Yamaha YZF-R1), 23 laps, 38:15.586 2. Leon HASLAM, Great Britain (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -3.779 seconds 3. Carlos CHECA, Spain (Ducati 1098R), -4.261 4. Max BIAGGI, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -4.416 5. Jakub SMRZ, Czech Republic (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -7.476 6. Michel FABRIZIO, Italy (Ducati 1098F10), -11.866 7. Noriyuki HAGA, Japan (Ducati 1098F10), -16.390 8. Tom SYKES, Great Britain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -21.669 9. Shane BYRNE, Great Britain (Ducati 1098R), -22.065 10. Luca SCASSA, Italy (Ducati 1098R), -22.281 11. Lorenzo LANZI, Italy (Ducati 1098R), -26.748 12. Jonathan REA, Great Britain (Honda CBR1000RR), -35.608 13. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Germany (Honda CBR1000RR), -39.929 14. Ian LOWRY, Great Britain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -54.836 15. Matteo BAIOCCO, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -67.191 16. Fabrizio LAI, Italy (Honda CBR1000RR), -74.632 17. Roger HAYDEN, USA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -3 laps, DNF, retired 18. Troy CORSER, Australia (BMW S1000RR), -16 laps, DNF, retired 19. James TOSELAND, Great Britain (Yamaha YZF-R1), -20 laps, DNF, crash 20. Ruben XAUS, Spain (BMW S1000RR), -21 laps, DNF, crash 21. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Suzuki GSX-R1000), DQ More, from a press release issued by Aprilia: APRILIA WORLD SUPERBIKE 2010 MANUFACTURER CHAMPION. THIS TITLE IS ADDED THE RIDER CHAMPIONSHIP WON AT IMOLA BY MAX BIAGGI. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY FOR THE MOST VICTORIOUS EUROPEAN NAME IN MOTO GP AND TAKES THEIR NUMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIP WINS TO 45. Magny Cours, 3 October 2010 Thanks to the 13 points earned today by Max Biaggi in the last round of World Superbike, Aprilia is the World Manufacturer Champion in the highest championship for factory motorcycles. The final standings show: Aprilia 446, Ducati 408, Suzuki 399, Yamaha 332, Honda 309, Bmw 201 e Kawasaki 108. Aprilia’s 2010 WSBK season – with race 2 at Magny Cours still left to close out the championship – boasts incredible spoils: 9 wins, 7 podiums and two world titles. The success on the French track is a new and extraordinary result which comes just eight days after the world rider title won by Max Biaggi on the Imola circuit. An absolutely exceptional double achievement because this sweep by Aprilia comes in just the second year that they 1000 four cylinder V RSV4 has taken the track, establishing Aprilia’s sport and technical dominance in World SBK. And so Aprilia strengthens its enviable collection which now holds 45 world titles (36 in Moto GP, 2 in Superbike, 2 in trial, 5 in Supermotard) and makes it, with 277 GP titles won, the most victorious Italian and European name in the history of World Motorcycle racing. Maurizio Roman, Managing Director of product development and strategy for the Piaggio Group comments: “This is a result that bears witness to the our absolute state-of-the-art technology and products. The fact that this comes just 48 hours from the grand opening of our Cologne motorcycle showroom, whose queen will be precisely the most advanced road technology of our magnificent RSV4 which has dominated this world championship, fills me with joy. This is a bike which combines all of the electronic innovations utilised on the track to make the greatest technology applied to the sport bike available to enthusiasts everywhere”. “Aprilia Racing confirms itself today as a point of excellence with few equals in the world states Leo Francesco Mercanti, Director of product development for the Piaggio Group and Managing Director of Aprilia Racing We are only in our second year of racing with a completely innovative project like the RSV4, and it is only thanks to the extraordinary skills at work every day in Piaggio Group that we were able to achieve high enough levels of competitiveness and reliability to win this match against well known brands which have years of experience in this difficult championship”. Gigi Dall’Igna, technical and sport manager of Aprilia Racing, has been a key player on the road to this victory: “Even just one of the championships already seemed like a mirage two years ago when we began with the completely new and totally different bike from anything that we had made before. Celebrating a “world sweep” like this one today makes me happy and confirms for me that the Aprilia Alitalia team is made up of exceptional technicians and personnel. A team to whom I want to give full credit today for having made possible in only 27 races what seemed like a silly dream until just a few months ago”.