Haga and Spies Share Victory on The Phillip Island

Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) took his 1098R to the victory on the opening round of the Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island, Australia.

Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) : "One thing that I have is great experience because in 2005 I was in 16th and won a race, so now everybody knows it doesn’t matter where the start position is, we don’t need qualifying! I’m very happy for the win, I have just switched to Ducati, I already had four crashes with the bike, but our team did a great job. In the last two laps it started to rain a bit then on the last lap Max passed me but I put big pressure on him thinking where to pass him. He made a mistake and I won."

*World Superbike Phillip Island Race One Result:

1 - Noriyuki Haga - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'22.631
2 - Max Neukirchner - Suzuki Alstare BRUX - 34'22.663
3 - Yukio Kagayama - Suzuki Alstare BRUX - 34'27.978
4 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'29.218
5 - Jonathan Rea - HANNspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'31.122
6 - Leon Haslam - Stiggy Racing Honda - 34'31.154
7 - Régis Laconi - DFX Corse - 34'31.397
8 - Troy Corser - BMW Motorrad Motorsport - 34'34.220
9 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing - 34'34.352
10 - Tom Sykes - Yamaha WSB - 34'34.392
11 - Max Biaggi - Aprilia Racing - 34'35.240
12 - Carlos Checa - HANNspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'41.727
13 - Roberto Rolfo - Stiggy Racing Honda - 34'46.780
14 - Tommy Hill - HANNspree Honda Althea - 34'50.047
15 - Shinya Nakano - Aprilia Racing - 34'50.804
16 - Ben Spies - Yamaha WSB - 34'50.866
17 - Brendan Roberts - Guandalini Racing - 34'59.979
18 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. - 35'00.032
19 - Ruben Xaus - BMW Motorrad Motorsport - 35'05.245
20 - Luca Scassa - Team Pedercini - 35'26.425
21 - David Salom - Team Pedercini - 35'14.916

Not Classified
Matteo Baiocco - PSG1-1 Corse - 30'47.579
Broc Parkes - Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. - 12'45.945
Vittorio Iannuzzo - Squadra Corse Italia - 13'00.439
Shane Byrne - Sterilgarda - 11'07.673
Karl Muggeridge - Celani Race - 6'26.501
Ryuichi Kiyonari - Ten Kate Honda Racing

*World Superbike Phillip Island Race Two Result

1 - Ben Spies - Yamaha WSB - 34'20.457
2 - Noriyuki Haga - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'21.743
3 - Leon Haslam - Stiggy Racing Honda - 34'24.670
4 - Régis Laconi - DFX Corse - 34'24.947
5 - Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox Team - 34'26.502
6 - Max Neukirchner - Suzuki Alstare BRUX - 34'30.404
7 - Jakub Smrz - Guandalini Racing - 34'30.631
8 - Yukio Kagayama - Suzuki Alstare BRUX - 34'32.557
9 - Jonathan Rea - HANNspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'33.199
10 - Tom Sykes - Yamaha WSB - 34'40.518
11 - Ruben Xaus - BMW Motorrad Motorsport - 34'45.311
12 - Shinya Nakano - Aprilia Racing - 34'45.649
13 - Carlos Checa - HANNspree Ten Kate Honda - 34'47.619
14 - Tommy Hill - HANNspree Honda Althea - 34'50.194
15 - Max Biaggi - Aprilia Racing - 34'50.493
16 - Roberto Rolfo - Stiggy Racing Honda - 34'58.915
17 - Makoto Tamada - Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. - 35'04.910
18 - Broc Parkes - Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. - 35'05.943
19 - Brendan Roberts - Guandalini Racing - 35'06.655
20 - Luca Scassa - Team Pedercini - 35'18.378
21 - Karl Muggeridge - Celani Race - 35'18.446
22 - Troy Corser - BMW Motorrad Motorsport - 35'20.550
23 - Ryuichi Kiyonari - Ten Kate Honda Racing - 35'28.277
24 - Matteo Baiocco - PSG1-1 Corse - 35'41.681
25 - David Salom - Team Pedercini - 35'41.733

Not Classified

Shane Byrne - Sterilgarda - 17'18.797
Vittorio Iannuzzo - Squadra Corse Italia - 11'26.707

Championship Points after Race Two

1 - N. Haga - 45
2 - M. Neukirchner - 30
3 - L. Haslam - 26
4 - B. Spies - 25
5 - Y. Kagayama - 24
6 - M. Fabrizio - 24
7 - R. Laconi - 22
8 - J. Rea - 18
9 - J. Smrz - 16
10 - T. Sykes - 12
11 - T. Corser - 8
12 - C. Checa - 7
13 - M. Biaggi - 6
14 - R. Xaus - 5
15 - S. Nakano - 5
16 - T. Hill - 4
17 - R. Rolfo - 3