Max Biaggi may have been wearing gold coloured gloves and boots and broke records yesterday, but today’s gold star in race 1 at Monza went to Eugene Laverty who threw a big wrench into the Roman Emperor’s plans to conquer the Italian circuit.
The Yamaha rookie won his first World Superbike race with an impressive performance, beating most of Biaggi’s all powerful drafting on the straights with some hefty braking passes.
The Aprilia Alitalia rider then ended up making several costly mistakes especially at the Prima and Seconda Variante that set him back and having to battle with Leon Haslam and Marco Melandri and lose precious meters to Laverty.
Biaggi would finish the race in second and 1.
5s adrift from the Yamaha rider.
Third went to Leon Haslam who brought the BMW on the podium after having several run ins with Marco Melandri who took fourth.
Michel Fabrizio rode to fifth on the Alstare Suzuki, while Jonathan Rea grabbed the sixth spot after battling with Troy Corser.
Leon Camier pipped points leader Carlos Checa for the eighth spot on the final turn on the last lap.
Jakub Smrz closed out the top ten.
WSBK Monza Race 1 results:01- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – 18 laps in 31’09.
58402- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
57503- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 3.
07804- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 3.
25505- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 11.
81206- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 12.
37107- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 13.
28008- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 17.
41909- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 17.
56910- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 18.
42011- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 20.
03112- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 20.
40513- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 26.
69314- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 38.
42915- Ruben Xaus – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 40.
16416- Noriyuki Haga – Pata Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 49.
08117- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 57.
93018- Fabrizio Lai – Echo Sport Racing Company – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1’03.
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