Max Biaggi took his Aprilia RSV4 to their first victory of the season during Race 1 at Brno.
Biaggi took an easy win when Xerox Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio on lap four of the race tried to pass Ben Spies, overbraked and lost his front and went down taking Spies with him.
Spies naturally was not happy and vented his anger on Fabrizio because this DNF caused by the Italian stopped him from closing in on points leader Noriyuki Haga.
Haga riding injured and loaded with painkillers, rode defensively and finished eighth and increased his lead in the standings by another eight points.
Carlos Checa was second but never was able to contest Biaggi and third place on the podium went to other Ten Kate rider Jonathan Rea.
Shane Byrne took fourth, while Troy Corser took his BMW to fifth and the best ever result this year for the German team and Corser even led the way in the first few laps of the race.
Sixth place went to Jakub Smrz, seventh was Leon Haslam, ninth went to French rider Mathieu Lagrive and Makoto Tamada finished tenth.
Brno Race 1 Results:1.
Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 40’18.
3062.
Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +3.
631s3.
Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000 +9.
948s4.
Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +12.
952s5.
Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +14.
599s6.
Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +19.
359s7.
Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR +19.
680s8.
Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198R +20.
731s9.
Matthieu Lagrive FRA HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR +21.
923s10.
Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +27.
807s11.
Fonsi Nieto ESP DFX Corse Ducati 1098R +35.
263s12.
Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R +36.
535s13.
Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +38.
586s14.
Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +40.
061s15.
Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR +40.
280s16.
Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +40.
641s17.
David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 10.
529s18.
David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1 +1min 14.
874s19.
Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1min 42.
979s20.
Milos Cihak CZE ProRace Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +1min 43.
111sDNF:Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1Polita A.
(ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9Hopkins J.
(USA) Honda CBR1000RRNakano S.
(JPN) Aprilia RSV4 FactorySpies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098RLanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098RXaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR