WSB Round Nine – Brno Qualifying Race Day
11 July 2010
Shakey takes respectable 12th and 9th finishes in WSB
round 9
Today saw the ninth round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship
at the Czech track of Brno contested over 2 races. Shane Shakey
Byrne played a part in the action today securing 12th and 9th place
finishes respectively depite starting 16th on the grid, and nursing
injuries to his left hand.
At the beginning of the day's races, Shakey had the initial
objective of finishing in the top ten after finding the cut to his
left hand was causing more of a problem that anticipated. The first
of the days races, Shakey crossed the line in twelfth position, but
made a vast improvement on this initial race to close the second
race in ninth place.
After the races, Shakey declared: "In race 1 we didn't have much
grip and this conditioned my result. In the second race, on the
other hand, I was able to improve quite a lot, lapping more than
half a second faster than I did in race 1, in a race in which I
think everyone had trouble making fast lap times. Now I'm banking
on getting fully fit so I can be totally prepared for Silverstone.
No-one has ridden on the new track yet and this could be an
interesting factor as far as the races are concerned."
The Althea Ducati Racing team general manager Genesio Bevilacqua
commented: "Shane rode well to take points in the first race
and improve on that performance in race 2. To ride with one hand in
these conditions is not easy and took a lot of guts. From tomorrow
we will begin to work towards Silverstone where, in cooler
conditions, we hope to be able to respond with two significantly
stronger results."
Round Ten of World Superbike Championship is scheduled for the 1st
August, with teams heading to the new track at Silverstone.
Race 1 Results
1. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda
CBR1000RR
2. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
RSV-4
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF
R1
4. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki
GSX-R1000
5. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR
6. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198
7. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF
R1
8. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000
9. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198
10. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198
11. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R
12. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198
Race 2 Results
1. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing
RSV-4
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda
CBR1000RR
3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198
4. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF
R1
5. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198
6. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198
7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki
GSX-R1000
8. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing
RSV-4
9. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198
10. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000
World Superbike Championship Riders
Standings:
1. Max Biaggi Aprilia Alitalia
352 points
2. Leon Haslam Suzuki Alstare
284
3. Jonathan Rea Ten Kate Honda
203
4. Carlos Checa Althea Ducati
189
5. Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox
172
6. James Toseland Yamaha
Sterilgarda 160
7. Troy Corser BMW Motorrad
149
8. Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox
147
9. Leon Camier Aprilia Alitalia
138
10. Cal Crutchlow Yamaha
Sterilgarda 138
11. Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki
Alstare 138
12. Shane Byrne Althea Ducati
108