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A hot
and sunny day at Siverstone for a change. Frankie Chili
had the best times thoughout practice and qualifying
but was cursed with a tyre breakup during hi superpole
leaving him 16th on the grid.
Race 1
This was a stonker of a race with Haga and Vermeulen
battling it out for the lead for the whole of the race.
Both incredibly determined and brilliant viewing. Vermeulen
looked to be getting the better of it, then Haga stuffed
underneath him on the penultimate corner and took the
win.
Frankie Chili scraped his was gradually up from his
16th grid poistion to get an admirable 3rd place on
the podium in front of the many admiring British fans.
James Toseland and Regis Laconi made poor tyre choices
and both crashed out meaning that both factory Ducatis
were out of the running! Tough old Chris Walker, already
suffering 3 broken ribs, also crashed out on the Foggy
Petronis.
Leon Haslam got a fifth position.
Race 2
This time Frankie Chili crashed out pushing it too hard
to catch the front boys.
It was another race long battle between Vermeulen and
Haga, this time accompanied by Laconi who was hoping
to pick up the pieces. This time Vermeulen won giving
Honda their first race win in World Superbikes with
Honda’s first win in the category since the introduction
of the CBR1000RR and the first 1000cc four-cylinder
race win of all time in SBK. It was also the first win
the for the Ten Kate team in this category of racing.
Leon Haslam made fourth and Chris Walker battled to
get 12th position.
Camping
On an alternative note, the facilities at Silverstone
are apparantly even worse than at Donington! "How
can that be?" I hear you cry... A quote from Dave:
"If I even think about going there again,
you all have my permission to kick me in the gonads
til I change my mind...."
Results:
Race 1 -
1. Haga
2. Vermeulen
3. Chili
4. McCoy
5. Haslam
6. Martin
7. Corser
8. Borciani
9. Bomtempi
10. Clementi
Race 2 -
1. Vermeulen
2. Haga
3. Laconi
4. Haslam
5 . Toseland
6 . Martin
7. Ellison
8. McCoy
9. Corser
10. Clementi
Championship Standings:
1. Laconi 171
2. Toseland 168
3. Haga 139
4. Vermeullen 137
5. Chili 129
6 . McCoy 128
7. Haslam 113
8. Corser 95
9. Martin 93
10. Walker 82
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