Ireland’s Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) won both races of the WSBK championship 4th round at Assen in the Netherlands today. Both races saw an all UK podium; James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda)and Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia) joined Rae in one, while points leader Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) beat Toseland for second in race two.
BMW rider Troy Corser, who qualified 3rd (a best ever Superpole for BMW) and lead for a time in each race, finished fifth in both.
Aprilia Alitalia’s Max Biaggi placed 6th in race one and fourth in number two, putting him 20 points behind Haslam who leads with 148, while Rae, after his double this weekend, has moved into 3rd spot overall with 110 points.
So far this year Suzuki, Ducati, Aprilia and now Honda machines have all won races in WSBK.
The next round takes place May 9th at Monza, Italy.
2010 WSBK Assen – Race 1 Results
1 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 35’38.483 (168,216 kph)
2 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1.106
3 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1.249
4 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1.548
5 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 2.738
6 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 2.813
7 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 6.296
8 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 12.022
9 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 12.146
10 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 19.753
11 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 22.204
12 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 22.282
13 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 22.780
14 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 23.364
15 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 37.097
16 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 39.467
17 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 46.468
18 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 57.170
19 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1’01.634
20 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1’04.295
RET 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR
RET 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR
Race 2 Results
1 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 35’43.137 (167,85 kph)
2 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1.942
3 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 3.928
4 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 4.067
5 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 4.176
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 4.525
7 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 4.682
8 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 7.698
9 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 9.903
10 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 11.465
11 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 15.489
12 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 23.604
13 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 29.085
14 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 35.401
15 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 44.330
16 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 50.830
17 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 58.819
RET 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
RET 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1
RET 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R
RET 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R
RET 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R
2010 Standings Riders – FIM Superbike World Championship
1 LEON HASLAM SUZUKI 148
2 MAX BIAGGI APRILIA 128
3 JONATHAN REA HONDA 110
4 CARLOS CHECA DUCATI 103
5 JAMES TOSELAND YAMAHA 86
6 NORIYUKI HAGA DUCATI 85
7 TROY CORSER BMW 68
8 SYLVAIN GUINTOLI SUZUKI 55
9 MICHEL FABRIZIO DUCATI 53
10 CAL CRUTCHLOW YAMAHA 49
11 LEON CAMIER APRILIA 48
12 SHANE BYRNE DUCATI 48
13 JAKUB SMRZ DUCATI 38
14 LORENZO LANZI DUCATI 26
15 RUBEN XAUS BMW 25
16 TOM SYKES KAWASAKI17
17 MAX NEUKIRCHNER HONDA 15
18 LUCA SCASSA DUCATI 10
19 ANDREW PITT BMW 3
20 CHRIS VERMEULEN KAWASAKI2
21 JOSHUA BROOKES HONDA 2
22 MATTEO BAIOCCO KAWASAKI1
