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WSB Round Eleven - Nurburgring Race Day
5 September 2010
9th and 10th place finishes for Shakey in
Germany
The Althea Ducati Racing Team worked hard in the eleventh round of
the World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring and came away
with yet another podium under their belt. Express Insurance
sponsored Shane 'Shakey' Byrne battled hard to take two top ten
finishes while his team-mate Carlos Checa finished second in race
one.
Shakey finished both of his races well within the points. After
sustaining an accident in the Superpole yesterday, Shane was left
starting on the grid from the fifth row. In both the Superpole and
the practice sessions, he proved he had the pace to battle with the
frontrunners. From the start of the first race, he got away well
and managed to keep up with the riders around him, finishing both
races inside the top ten.
After the weekend's races, Shakey said: "I showed that I had
pace right from the first practice session and hoped for two great
races. Unfortunately yesterday's crash compromised my weekend and I
didn't achieve what I had hoped to. It is difficult to make passes
here and the fact that I started from the back didn't help of
course but I gave 100% and in the end I managed to close in the top
ten which wasn't bad. I want to thank the boys for their great
work."
It was however a satisfying weekend for Shakeys Althea Ducati
Race Team. The highlight of the day came in the first race where
team mate Carlos Checa quickly broke away from the pack, along with
Haga and Rea, eventually crossing the line behind Rea, taking
another second place finish.
General Manager of the Althea Ducati Race Team Genesio
Bevilacqua said: "The only thing we were missing this weekend
was luck. The second race was tight, with very close times and it
was easy for one of the protagonists to make a mistake. This
happened to Carlos, that's the way it goes. I'm nevertheless happy
that Haga and his Ducati won and I compliment him and his team.
Despite the mistake, in both the last and first race, at the end of
which we got onto the podium, we showed the potential of our bikes.
Carlos is in great shape and now we'll look to Imola and
Magny-Cours where we hope to make up ground we have lost in the
standings. Shakey? It was difficult for him to reach the front from
the fifth row but, even if he wasn't able to do as well as he had
in practice, he nevertheless scored
strong results. Of course, I had hoped for more after the results
we had seen in practice."
The next round of the World Superbike Championship will be held
at the Imola track on the 26th September, the penultimate race of
the season.
Race 1 Results
1. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
2. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF
R1
4. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
RSV-4
5. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R
6. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000
7. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR
8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki
GSX-R1000
9. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198
10. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198
Race 2 Results
1. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda
CBR1000RR
3. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF
R1
5. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
RSV-4
6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki
GSX-R1000
7. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R
8. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF
R1
9. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR
10. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198
World Superbike Championship Riders Standings:
1. Max Biaggi Aprilia Alitalia
397
2. Leon Haslam Suzuki Alstare
339
3. Jonathan Rea Ten Kate Honda
288
4. Carlos Checa Althea Ducati
224
5. Cal Crutchlow Yamaha
Sterilgarda 217
6. Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox
202
7. James Toseland Yamaha
Sterilgarda 187
8. Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki
Alstare 169
9. Leon Camier Aprilia Alitalia
164
12. Shane Byrne Althea Ducati
136
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