Biaggi Could Clinch Superbike World Championship This Coming Weekend At Imola.SPOILER

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Updated: Biaggi Could Clinch Superbike World Championship This Coming Weekend At Imola News Article // RoadracingWorld.com

Sep 21, 2010, ©Copyright 2010, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.
From a press release issued by Infront Motor Sports:

Max Biaggi (3).


Imola again the decider in 2010’s penultimate WSBK round?

The hectic and always entertaining 2010 HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship enters its final two race weekends of the year this week, with the penultimate round about to take place at the classic Italian venue of Imola, between 24 and 26 September and the final round held one week later at Magny-Cours on 3 October. Imola is a crucial event for all the riders to get into position to achieve their ultimate 2010 season ambitions.

For long-time championship leader Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) Imola could well present his personal goal to him one round early, as he arrives at his third home round of the 2010 season with a handsome lead of 58 points over Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare). Should Biaggi finish race two at Imola with 50 points or more of an advantage over Haslam, the championship will be decided with one round to go. Currently Biaggi has scored nine race wins to Haslam’s three.

In third place in the rankings, Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) cannot catch Biaggi, but he has already overhauled Haslam’s win total, having secured four victories, his most recent in Germany in round ten.

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) is now looking to defend his current fourth place in the championship, after the fabulous recent run put in by double Silverstone race winner, Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda). Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) made a resurgent push to the top step of the podium in Germany earlier this month, and he sits sixth in the overall rankings. Between Checa in fourth and Haga in sixth, there are only 22 points, and behind Haga, James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda) is only 15 points adrift. Toseland is looking for his first win for Yamaha, but has four podiums so far, the last coming at Monza.

Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) has found a rich seam of form recently but a first podium in WSBK racing has eluded him so far. Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia) is currently ninth, having missed the previous round through a wrist injury. He hopes to be declared fit for the final two rounds of the season. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) is tenth and Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) is 11th, but the latter is only a single point behind Fabrizio with four races to go. Shane Byrne (Althea Ducati) sits 12th and is the last rider with over 100 points to his credit, and he lags Corser by 23 points.

Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) is a former Imola winner with lots of motivation to succeed, as he is still looking for his first podium of 2010. He is also trying to hold off the push from privateer Aprilia rider, Jakub Smrz (PATA B&G Aprilia) and the steadily improving factory Kawasaki of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). Once more Sykes will be joined by substitute rider Ian Lowry, standing-in for the injured Chris Vermeulen.

Luca Scassa (Supersonic Team) and Lorenzo Lanzi (DFX Corse Ducati) will be running a home race for themselves and their teams, as Max Neukirchner (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) returns to the scene of a heavy accident he suffered in testing at Imola last year.

Pedercini Kawasaki team-mates Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco are hoping to make a big impression at their team’s final home round, as Fabrizio Lai (ECHO CRS Honda) has his second taste of Superbike power at his home round.

Points (after 11 rounds of 13): 1. Biaggi 397; 2. Haslam 339; 3. Rea 288; 4. Checa 224; 5. Crutchlow 217; 6. Haga 202; 7. Toseland 187; 8. Guintoli 69; 9. Camier 164; 10. Fabrizio 160. Manufacturers: 1. Aprilia 409; 2. Suzuki 360; 3. Ducati 342; 4.Honda 299; 5.Yamaha 285; 6. BMW 190; 7. Kawasaki 77

[R160]

I hope he does, I've always liked max for some reason

[bomoto]

I hope he does, I've always liked max for some reason

Yeah, I have to agree. I think most of the bad publicity Max has copped in the past has been due to one other massive Italian ego

[R160]

Awesome result :-), wish it was on free to air telly :-(

[STUART]

not bad for a 39 yr of age ....top stuff max ... pitty the suzuki when up in a ball of some

[Stoneville]

Top work Biaggi sucks about the engine blow up, wish bloody Suzuki would support them

[Guzziboy]

Maxi Biaggi - conquistatore romano




Oh also, GO APRILIA

[buelllord]

Here is an interesting fact about Max,

When he descided to take up motorbike racing, he had to make a choise between motorbikes or soccer. He was at the time a world class soccer player as well. Clever little shit he is ............


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