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Monza races, May 10 2010, Warm weather conditions and dry track surface today in Monza for both the Superbike and the Superstock 1000 races. Due to yesterday’s qualifying results, fifth and sixth row respectively for Matteo Baiocco and Roger Lee Hayden in today’s Superbike starting grid.
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May 10 2010 - Monza races
Warm weather conditions and dry track surface today in Monza for both the Superbike and the Superstock 1000 races. Due to yesterday’s qualifying results, fifth and sixth row respectively for Matteo Baiocco and Roger Lee Hayden in today’s Superbike starting grid. In race one, after a good start, Baiocco battled in a group of three riders close to the point’s zone. Halfway through the race, the pilot was given the ride through signal because he cut a chicane. Unfortunately, Matteo didn’t see the signal and so his race ended with a black flag. Hayden started quite well and was able to recover some positions obtaining the nineteenth position at the end of the race. In race two, after ten laps Baiocco was forced to re-enter the box because of a technical problem. Roger Hayden made a flying start from the seventh row reaching the fifteenth position and battling it out for the point’s zone. Due to a very good race pace, Roger was able to obtain an excellent fourteenth final position and the first two points of the season for his championship standing.
Superbike race 1 : 1) Biaggi (Aprilia) – 2) Toseland(Yamaha) – 3) Crutchlow (Yamaha) – 4) Haslam (Suzuki) – 5) Camier (Aprilia) ……….. 19) Hayden (Kawasaki) – DIS. Baiocco (Kawasaki)
Superbike race 2 : 1) Biaggi (Aprilia) – 2)Haslam (Suzuki) – 3) Corser (BMW) – 4) Camier (Aprilia) – 5) Sykes (Kawasaki) ……14) Hayden (Kawasaki)….. RET Baiocco (Kawasaki)
Roger Lee Hayden :“Race one went very well. The race started off positively and right afterwards I was able to find a good rhythm, thanks to my mechanics that solved some of the sliding problems we suffered during the qualifying sessions. Race two proved to be the best race so far in the season for me. I started very fast and my bike was working a lot better. I collected the first Superbike points and I’m extremely happy with the results achieved today. A big thank you to all of the technicians for their great help during this weekend in Monza”.
Matteo Baiocco : “This was a really difficult weekend for me and for my team. I was not able to find the right feeling with my Kawasaki and we never found the right bike set-up adaptable for this very fast circuit. In the first race, I was disqualified because I cut a chicane and the race organization decided for a ride trough. Unfortunately, I never saw their signal so my race ended with a black flag. In race two, my start was not so bad but near the middle of the race I broke the steering shock absorber and was impossible to continue riding. I’m disappointed with today’s results and I really hope we’ll be able to quickly solve the problems we encountered here in Monza”.
Superstock 1000 race started on a dry track. Not a quick start for Petrucci who ended the first lap in ninth position while Leeson was twenty-second. As the race proceeded Petrucci was able to recuperate several positions and near the middle of the race he reached sixth place. Moreover, Leeson recovered some positions and in afew laps he was up to eighteenth place. Unfortunately, he was unable to improve and finished the race in eighteenth position while Petrucci reached an excellent fifth position, collecting some good points for the Superstock 1000 championship standing.
Superstock 1000 race: 1) Badovini (BMW) – 2) Magnoni (Honda) - 3) Beretta (BMW) - 4) Lussiana (BMW) - 5) Petrucci (Kawasaki) ….... 18) Leeson (Kawasaki).
Chris Lesson: “My start was not so good and I finished the first lap in twenty-second position. A few laps later, one rider crashed in front of me and I lost some time trying to avoid his bike. Around the middle of the race I found a very fast race pace and I was able to recuperate a lot of positions ending up in eighteenth place. That’s a great result if we consider all the problems encountered during the weekend. I want to thank my technical staff for their dedication and help here in Monza”.
Danilo Petrucci: “Because of my bad start I lost some positions so I pushed very hard starting from the first few laps. It started to rain after the first five laps in some parts of the circuit and I saw some riders’ crash in front of me so I preferred to reduce my race pace and end my race in fifth position. This is the best result that I’ve obtained so far in this year’s championship so I’m extremely pleased with today’s results. With the help of my team I’m convinced to reach even better results in the future, starting from the next race in June at Misano”.
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