WSBK Magny-Cours: Spies wins Race 1, Haga Race 2, Championship to be decided at Portimao

Race 1Ben Spies recovered one point during Race 1 at Magny–Cours.
In an exciting last lap thriller, Spies almost lost first place to Noriyuki Haga after a small mistake in the final lap and won by 0.
181s.
Third went to Max Biaggi, with an Aprilia RSV4 Factory that has made a big step forward from Imola.

Spies lead the entire race from start to finish, with Noriyuki Haga stuck behind Jonathan Rea and Max Biaggi.

Rea in a pass, went off line and with a technical problen could not get back into the race letting Biaggi in second place and Haga in third.
The Japanese rider took ten laps to get past Biaggi and then began setting his sights on the Yamaha rider, gaining tenths of seconds here and there.
Haga gained on Spies and managed to get past the American, but Spies responded and there was no corners or laps left for Haga to try another attack.

Race 1 Results:1 19 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 37′57.
110 (160,392 kph)2 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 0.
1813 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 5.
0094 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 16.

3475 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 22.
6226 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 24.
9487 71 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 27.
1448 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 27.
5789 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 28.
48610 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 28.
71611 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 52.
68012 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′01.
37213 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′05.
12314 25 Salom D.
(ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′05.
48315 94 Checa D.
(ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′05.
67216 88 Resch R.
(AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′29.
28417 40 Gentile F.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RRRET 22 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 FactoryRET 132 Morais S.
(RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10RRET 10 Nieto F.
(ESP) Ducati 1098RRET 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10RRET 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RRRET 77 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RRRET 9 Kiyonari R.
(JPN) Honda CBR1000RRRET 31 Muggeridge K.
(AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9RET 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 Race 2It was Xerox Ducati’s Noriyuki Haga who took the win in race two at Magny–Cours grabbing back the championship lead from Ben Spies, three hours after Race 1.
Second went to Max Biaggi and third to Jonathan Rea.
Haga now leads the championship with 10 points.
The race saw Haga take off from 5th place in the grid and take the lead from Ben Spies at the end of lap 1 and never look back.
Max Biaggi and Jonathan Rea exchanged paint for most part of the race, until Rea’s tires went off leaving Biaggi in second place with Ben Spies slowly fading and falling back and could finish only fourth, 18.
1 seconds behind Haga.
With Haga’s win, Ducati has taken the 2009 Manufacturer Championship.
Race 2 Results:1 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 38′00.
282 (160,169 kph)2 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1.
4803 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 6.
0244 19 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 18.
1355 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 21.
2366 71 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 23.
6477 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 23.
7018 31 Muggeridge K.
(AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24.
8389 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 31.
45510 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 32.
50711 10 Nieto F.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 37.
59412 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 44.
72713 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 49.
78214 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 50.
34515 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 56.
20916 25 Salom D.
(ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 58.
79617 94 Checa D.
(ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′00.
39118 88 Resch R.
(AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′20.
77719 132 Morais S.
(RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′24.
318RET 22 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 FactoryRET 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10RRET 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098RRET 77 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RRRET 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1