Sterilgarda Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow took his first win of the season in Race 1 at Silverstone.
Crutchlow battled it out in a entertaining one on one duel with Jonathan Rea, but Crutchlow at the beginning of the twelfth lap of eighteen decided to take command and putting in strong pass and then starting pouring on the gas and out pacing the Ten Kate Honda man and even took the track record with a amazing best lap of 2’05’’259.
Jonathan Rea took a very honourable second place, while Leon Haslam despite a poor start was able to take the third spot under the chequered flag and making it an all British podium, the second since the Assen round in April.
Michel Fabrizio took a distant fourth and was two seconds ahead of a struggling Max Biaggi who managed to finish ahead of his Aprilia team-mate Leon Camier, who would grab the sixth spot from from his 16th on the starting grid.
Carlos Checa took seventh after passing James Toseland, who could only manage an eighth position.
Shane Byrne’s ninth spot made it six Brits inside the top ten and the Althea Ducati rider finished ahead of 10th place Troy Corser who ran as high as fourth before his BMW started to fade.
Roger Lee Hayden and Broc Parkes crashed at the beginning of the race, while the other Pedercini Kawasaki rider, Matteo Baiocco had to retire after technical difficulties.
WSBK Silverstone Race 1 Results:01- Cal Crutchlow – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – 18 laps in 37′47.
85102- Jonathan Rea – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
62103- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 11.
43304- Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 15.
87405- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 17.
08506- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 17.
53207- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 18.
25008- James Toseland – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 18.
93809- Shane Byrne – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 22.
99710- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 25.
83011- Max Neukirchner – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 30.
97212- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 31.
80813- Jakub Smrz – Team Pata B&G Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 32.
19314- Noriyuki Haga – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 33.
20615- Lorenzo Lanzi – DFX Corse – Ducati 1198 – + 34.
20716- Joshua Brookes – HM Plant Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 35.
93917- Ruben Xaus – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 38.
28218- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 39.
92319- Akira Yanagawa – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 1′21.
62020- Tommy Bridewell – TYCO Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1′21.
67821- Ryuichi Kiyonari – HM Plant Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1′21.
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