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30th June 2008 |
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Misano: Neukirchner, Xaus Take Race Wins Bayliss Third Twice, Leads by 49 Points... Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) and Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) picked up the wins in today's eighth round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Misano World Circuit in front of 68,000 spectators. With two third places, Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) increases his lead in the championship to 49 points. Race 1: Neukirchner grabbed the win in the first race to take his second victory of the year. After playing a waiting game in the early laps, the German stepped up the pace in the second part of the race to catch and pass frontrunners Xaus and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), who went on to finish fourth and second respectively. Third place on the podium after an inconsistent run went to points leader Bayliss. Nurburgring winner Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) had a difficult race, finishing tenth after starting from row 4, while Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) was taken out by Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) in a collision on lap 12. Max Neukirchner: "Unbelievable! My team did a really good job this weekend, in the practice we changed a lot, up and down with the bike, and couldn't find the right settings, but in the race it was unbelievable. In the beginning it was not possible to get close to Bayliss and I had to push very hard, but then it was easier to find a good line. The other guys were a little bit slower than me, the two Troys, and I'm just so happy." Race 1 Result: Race 2 : The second race of the day saw a sensational and unexpected 1-2 finish for the private Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati team. The win went to Ruben Xaus, who took his first win of the year, ahead of Max Biaggi, who capitalized on a mistake by Bayliss to grab the second podium slot. Fourth and fifth went to the two Yamahas of Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser, with Nitro-Nori making amends for his disappointing race 1. Ruben Xaus: "It was a nice win but at the beginning it was hard. We had three starts today and the last one was the worst! I think the clutch slipped a bit and I lost a little time. I wanted to recover because I knew that Corser and Bayliss would pull away. For the first 10 laps I had a lot of movement at the rear. Then my team-mate attacked me twice, I closed the door and with ten laps to go I started to do 37s, 37s, 37s. Today my mechanics did an incredible set-up and an incredible job, a big thanks to Team Sterilgarda Go Eleven!" Race2 Result: Championship Points (after 8 of 14 rounds): 
Xaus leads Bayliss and Biaggi
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