After clinching the World Superbike title last weekend at Imola, Max Biaggi put the icing on the cake at Magny-Cours today by assuring Aprilia the manufacturers’ championship with a fourth place finish in race 1 and then claiming his tenth win of the year in the season finale. Pole-sitter Cal Crutchlow of the Yamaha Sterigarda team cruised to victory in the day’s first race ahead of Alstare Suzuki’s Leon Haslam (now officially signed with the BMW team alongside Troy Corser for next season), while Spaniard Carlos Checa took the final podium spot for the Althea Ducati team.
Crutchlow attempted a repeat performance in race two, but Biaggi edged him out by 0.087 seconds for top spot in the last race of 2010. Michel Fabrizio came third, giving the now defunct factory Ducati team its final podium finish in an illustrious 22-year World Superbike run.
WSBK Magny-Cours Results – Race 1
1. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 38mins 15.586s
2. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +3.779s
3. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +4.261s
4. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +4.416s
5. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 +7.476s
6. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 +11.866s
7. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +16.390s
8. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +21.669s
9. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +22.065s
10. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198 +22.281s
11. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 +26.748s
12. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +35.608s
13. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +39.929s
14. Ian Lowry GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +54.836s
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 07.191s
16. Fabrizio Lai ITA Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR +1min 14.632s
Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 Disqualified
DNF
17. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 20 laps completed
18. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 6 laps completed
19. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 3 laps completed
20. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR 2 laps completed
WSBK Magny-Cours Results – Race 2
1. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 38mins 11.343s
2. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +0.087s
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 +3.715s
4. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +4.004s
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +15.471s
6. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 +18.378s
7. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198 +21.180s
8. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +23.055s
9. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +25.657s
10. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +27.781s
11. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +28.206s
12. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +44.634s
13. Ian Lowry GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +1min 16.181s
14. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 07.191s
DNF
15. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 17 laps completed
16. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 9 laps completed
17. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 4 laps completed
18. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 4 laps completed
19. Fabrizio Lai ITA Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR 4 laps completed
DNS
Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR
Final 2010 WSBK Riders’ Championship Standings
1 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing 451
2 Leon Haslam Suzuki Alstare 376
3 Jonathan Rea Ten Kate Honda 297
4 Carlos Checa Althea Ducati 292
5 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Sterilgarda 284
6 Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox 258
7 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Alstare 197
8 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox 195
9 James Toseland Yamaha Sterilgarda 187
10 Shane Byrne Althea Ducati 169
11 Troy Corser BMW 165
12 Leon Camier Aprilia Racing 164
13 Jakub Smrz B&G Ducati/Aprilia 110
14 Tom Sykes Kawasaki SRT 106
15 Ruben Xaus BMW 96
16 Lorenzo Lanzi DFX Ducati 88
17 Luca Scassa Supersonic Ducati 85
18 Max Neukirchner Ten Kate Honda 54
19 Chris Vermeulen Kawasaki SRT 10
= Roger Lee Hayden Pedercini Kawasaki 10
21 Ian Lowry Kawasaki SRT 9
= Matteo Baiocco Pedercini Kawasaki 9
= Broc Parkes Echo CRS Honda 9
24 Joshua Brookes Echo CRS Honda 6
25 Andrew Pitt Reitwagen BMW 3
= Sheridan Morais EmTek Aprilia 3
= Federico Sandi Gabrielli Aprilia 3
28 Fabrizio Lai Echo CRS Honda 2
FINAL 2010 WSBK MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1 Aprilia 471
2 Ducati 424
3 Suzuki 412
4 Yamaha 362
5 Honda 313
6 BMW 201
7 Kawasaki 113
