World Superbike Brands Hatch: Corser 1 & 2 and extends lead, Haga & Yamaha 2 & 1

“The second race was especially hard because the lap times were very fast in this race,” stated the young German flier. “Our lap times were not bad, and very constant but I am not in the top ten in this race. But with the problems we had in practice all of Friday and Saturday, we did not have great grid positions.”

Chili, looking for better at one of his favourite circuits of the year, knew his set-up was way off, as he too also missed out on Superpole qualification, and started from the fifth row.

“In the second race we modified the bike completely because things just did not work out in race one,” said Chili. “Any time I gave the throttle a turn in race one the bike was jumping across the track. We made a big change but it didn't give me a solution to go fast. I was riding very badly and I am not happy about any of it. Now we go home and we relax in readiness for Assen."

The championship now makes a four week break before the Dutch round takes place at Assen, where Haga is scheduled to make his 150th world superbike appearance, and his 100th for Yamaha.

Superbike Race 1: (Laps 25 = 104,925 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time /Gap 1 / T. Corser / Aus / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 36'45.074 / 2 / N.Haga / Jpn / Yamaha Motor Italia Wsb / 36'45.260 / 0.186 3 / R. Laconi / Fra / Ducati Xerox / 36'47.050 / 1.976 4 / C. Vermeulen / Aus / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 36'49.664 / 4.590 5 / C.Walker / Gbr / Psg-1 Kawasaki Corse / 36'50.820 / 5.746 6 / K. Muggeridge / Aus / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 36'53.502 / 8.428 7 / A. Pitt / Aus / Yamaha Motor Italia Wsb / 36'53.672 / 8.598 8 / L. Lanzi / Ita / Ducati Sc Caracchi / 37'00.702 / 15.628 9 / Y. Kagayama / Jpn / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 37'00.745 / 15.671 10 / M.Neukirchner / Ger / Klaffi Honda / 37'13.324 / 28.250 11 / N. Abe / Jpn / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 37'17.544 / 32.470 12 / B. Bostrom / Usa / Renegade Koji / 37'17.574 / 32.500 13 / D.Hobbs / Gbr / Team Nvidia / 37'17.757 / 32.683 14 / P. Riba / Esp / Psg-1 Kawasaki Corse / 37'17.959 / 32.885 15 / S. Martin / Aus / Foggy Petronas Racing / 37'20.245 / 35.171 Fastest Lap 2° Noriyuki Haga 1'27.489 172,698 Km/H

Race 2 : (Laps 25 = 104,925 Km) Pos /Rider /Nat. /Team / Time / 1 / N.Haga / Jpn / Yamaha Motor Italia Wsb / 36'39.815 / 2 / T. Corser / Aus / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 36'42.501 / 2.686 3 / C. Vermeulen / Aus / Winston Ten Kate Honda / 36'47.877 / 8.062 4 / C.Walker / Gbr / Psg-1 Kawasaki Corse / 36'51.868 / 12.053 5 / R. Laconi / Fra / Ducati Xerox / 36'52.859 / 13.044 6 / A. Pitt / Aus / Yamaha Motor Italia Wsb / 36'52.999 / 13.184 7 / J. Toseland / Gbr / Ducati Xerox / 36'54.030 / 14.215 8 / L. Lanzi / Ita / Ducati Sc Caracchi / 37'00.841 / 21.026 9 / Y. Kagayama / Jpn / Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra / 37'00.990 / 21.175 10 / B. Bostrom / Usa / Renegade Koji / 37'01.072 / 21.257 11 / M.Neukirchner / Ger / Klaffi Honda / 37'09.130 / 29.315 12 / P. Riba / Esp / Psg-1 Kawasaki Corse / 37'10.406 / 30.591 13 / P. Chili / Ita / Klaffi Honda / 37'14.434 / 34.619 14 / S. Gimbert / Fra / Yamaha Motor France-Ipone / 37'19.547 / 39.732 15 / D.Hobbs / Gbr / Team Nvidia / 37'19.694 / 39.879 Fastest Lap 3° Noriyuki Haga 1'27.272 173,128 Km/H

Race 1: 1 Corser (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 2 Haga (J-Yamaha), 3 Laconi (F-Ducati), 4 Vermeulen (Aus-Honda), 5 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 6 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda), 7 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 8 Lanzi (I-Ducati), 9 Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 10 Neukirchner (D-Honda).

Race 2: 1 Haga, 2 Corser (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 3 Vermeulen, 4 Walker, 5 Laconi, 6 Pitt, 7 Toseland (GB-Ducati), 8 Lanzi, 9 Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 10 Bostrom (USA-Honda).

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