Bayliss and Kiyonari share WSB wins

From worldsbk.com

Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) powered to the two wins in the 11th round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship, which was held in front of 45,000 spectators at Donington Park on Sunday.

In difficult track and weather conditions, the Australian won the first race, but then crashed out in the second, leaving his Japanese rival to take his third win of the year.

Bayliss's chief rivals for the title were all eliminated in race one and the Australian went on to break his jinx at the Leicestershire track.

The race was interrupted for the first time when Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) deposited oil on the track, while Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki), Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Kiyonari crashed out.

The second podium slot went to British wild-card Tom Sykes (Rizla Suzuki) ahead of Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati), who moved onto the podium after teammate Ruben Xaus had crashed after the red flags had been brought out for rain.

Gregorio Lavilla (VentAxia Honda) had a good run to finish fourth ahead of Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki Alstare) and Jakub Smrz (Guandalini Ducati), while Roberto Rolfo (Althea Honda) missed a chance for a good result when he crashed out of fourth overall and Troy Corser notched up his sixth crash of the weekend.

"I've been coming to Donington since 1998 and so am pretty happy with that race win," Bayliss said. "All weekend everything has been going great, we've had mixed conditions but we've been strong in both dry and wet. I was basically racing my lapboard the whole time because of the aggregate time and could have settled for second but I haven't won here before and so really wanted the win."

Kiyonari was back at the front in the second race after his crash in race 1. The Honda rider took his third win of the season, holding off a late surge from Cal Crutchlow (HM Plant Honda). The final podium slot went to a battered and bruised Corser, who finished his difficult weekend with a gutsy third place.

James Ellison (Hydrex Bike Animal Honda) was fourth, ahead of Italians Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) and Biaggi.

The race was held in the pouring rain, and the tricky conditions caught out Bayliss (Ducati), who crashed while in second place.

Race two was again disappointing for Neukirchner and Checa, while Haga was black-flagged for not coming in for a ride-through penalty.

"It was very difficult for me, the race was hard and I made a few mistakes because I pushed very hard," Kiyonari said. "At the start of the race it was just too wet, which made things even more difficult, but I had a good setting and a good machine. The last 10 laps were even tougher because Cal was getting closer and closer all the time."

Joshua Brookes (Hannspree Stiggy Motorsport Honda) scored his first World Supersport win of the season, when he got the better of his fellow Australian Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) with a terrific battle in the final stages.

Thanks to this win, Brookes moves into second place, 32 points behind Pitt.

A Honda 1-2-3 was completed by Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate), who held off Barry Veneman (RES Software Suzuki) for fourth. South African Hudson Kennaugh (Raceways Yamaha) scored a good result in fifth, while Team Stiggy wrapped up a good day with sixth place for Robbin Harms, the Dane coming home ahead of Joan Lascorz (Glaner Motocard.com Honda) and Didier Van Keymeulen (RES Software Suzuki).

Before the race a tribute was held on the grid to Craig Jones, the British rider who lost his life in a crash at Brands Hatch.

A dominant win in the Superstock 1000 race went to Belgium's Xavier Simeon (Suzuki Alstare), who took control at the end of lap six and powered to the chequered flag. Simeon's second victory of the year moves him into second place, two points behind leader Brendan Roberts (Ducati Xerox Junior Team), who finished fourth.

Points leader Maxime Berger (Hannspree IDS Ten Kate Honda) could only finish sixth.

The next round of the Superstock 1000 championship, the penultimate one of the season, will be at Magny-Cours at the start of October.

After dominating two days of qualifying, Marco Bussolotti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team) completed the job with the European 600 Superstock race win. This was the first victory of the season for the Italian, who consolidates his third place in the standings behind leader Loris Baz (YZF Yamaha Junior Team), who could only finish 12th, and Patrick Vostarek (Intermoto Czech Honda), who came home fifth.

The Superstock 600 championship will also resume on Oct. 5 at Magny-Cours.

Superbike Race One Results
1. Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 29:55.384 (153,267 km/h)
2. Sykes T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1.266
3. Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 +28.636
4. Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR +33.566
5. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 +35.966
6. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 +36.034
7. Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 +36.442
8. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR +41.633
9. Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR +42.075
10. Ellison J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR +43.476
11. Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 +1:12.578
12. Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R +1:13.147
13. Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 +1:34.664
14. Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR +1:56.726

Superbike Race Two Results
1. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 40:26.508 (137.277 km/h)
2. Crutchlow C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR +2.261
3. Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 +9.727
4. Ellison J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR +20.227
5. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 +27.475
6. Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 +28.051
7. Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR +30.922
8. Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 +38.353
9. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR +50.196
10. Sykes T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 +57.346
11. Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 +1:03.093
12. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 +1:06.697
13. Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR +1:08.057
14. Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1:15.276
15. Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R +1:38.848
16. Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R

World Superbike Points (after 11 of 14 rounds)
1. Bayliss (Ducati) 359
2. Corser (Yamaha) 258
3. Neukirchner (Suzuki) 254
4. Checa (Honda) 240
5. Haga (Yamaha) 230
6. Nieto (Suzuki) 192
7. Biaggi (Ducati) 192
8. Kiyonari (Honda) 190
9. Fabrizio (Ducati) 172
10. Xaus (Ducati) 156