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Loris Baz and Sylvain Guintoli lead the way at action packed Silverstone WSBK Round

Max Biaggi has a day to forget

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Loris Baz and Sylvain Guintoli have taken the spoils in an action packed and dramatic round of racing at round 10 of the World Superbike Championships held at Silverstone overnight.

Kawasaki Racing team rider Loris Baz won his first WSBK race after weather conditions played an ever-changing role in the first 18-lap race of the day.

The first attempt to run the opening race was halted after two separate crashes, with the restart being declared a wet race.

With a mostly dry track surface visible over the length of the circuit the majority of riders chose to run slick tyres which would help to provide one of the most entertaining races of the season when light rain started to full late in the race.

As the rain started to full the lead changed a bewildering number of times, but with a few laps to go the rain got even heavier and riders movements forward and back got even more frenzied.
Top Image: Loris Baz raced to his first WSBK Win at Silverstone - Credit: Kawasaki Racing
Over the line for the last time, Baz won by 0.383 seconds, with BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet duo Michel Fabrizio and Ayrton Badovini second and third respectively and Jonathan Rea in fourth.

‰ÛÏIt is really special to win and to win in England because I raced here in BSB last year for a while." said Baz. "I would also like to thank Kawasaki for believing in me."

"We made no mistakes in race one and finished up front. I think in the dry we are also really fast and we can fight for the first five or seven places." said the French rider.

"I chose the slick tyre because it was the best choice in race one. The conditions in race one were crazy for a while and early on I was missing some grip, when I saw the rains coming I pushed hard even though it was quite wet but I stayed on the bike and I am really happy, as you can imagine, for this victory." he added.

"As for race two it was amazing to be here inside the top three again. The start of race two was not so wet so I just tried to keep my tyres, and then it started to move back up to Kuba and Sylvain, passed them both and them before falling.

"I think it was the right decision to take the race results back to lap eight because there was a lot of fuel on the track for two laps, and a lot of water." Baz continued.

"I am really happy and thanks to all my crew and Kawasaki again.‰Û
Biaggi did not have the day he was after in Silverstone and leaves the British round with his points lead halved - Credit: Aprilia.com
Race two was just as frantic as the openig race with Sylvain Guintoli declared the winner after the race was red flagged after eight laps when three riders feel on the same part of the track caused by heavy rain.

Half points were awarded to the top 15 riders. Loris Baz had been in the lead on the lap that the flag was shown but he had fallen shortly before, so on the count back he was credited with second.

Third went to long time second place rider Jakub Smrz with Aprilia Racing rider Eugene Laverty, who was 16 seconds behind rain master Guintoli when the flag went out, fourth.

Maxime Berger was fifth, Chaz Davies was eventually classified seventh, one place behind late crasher Carlos Checa. Marco Melandri was eighth.

Max Biaggi had a day he would rather forget following up his DNF in the first race with a 11th place finish in the scone race and having his championship lead cut down to a mere 10.5 points to second placed rider in the standings Melandri.

‰ÛÏIn Race 1 I brushed onto the white line and the bike got away from me, a passable mistake." explained Biaggi, "It was a shame though, because the sixth place I was defending was a good position, considering the conditions."

"In my opinion stopping Race 2 was the right decision, you could see oil or petrol on some of the turns and it was too dangerous." he sated.

"My lead has been cut in half ‰ÛÒ that‰Ûªs the outcome of the weekend, so now we'll focus on Moscow where we're starting from scratch on a track that is new to everyone‰Û
Race one podium - Credit: Kawasaki Racing
Event results - Round 10 - Race 1
1 Loris Baz 40m46.128s FRA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Michel Fabrizio 0.383 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET
3 Ayrton Badovini 0.459 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET
4 Jonathan Rea 0.539 GBR HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
5 Carlos Checa 1.012 SPA DUCATI Althea Racing
6 Leon Haslam 2.619 GBR BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
7 Marco Melandri 6.123 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
8 Tom Sykes 9.170 GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
9 Davide Giugliano 19.022 ITA DUCATI Althea Racing
10 Eugene Laverty 19.087 IR APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
11 Maxime Berger 29.840 ITA DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
12 Lorenzo Zanetti 30.158 ITA DUCATI PATA Racing Team
13 Hiroshi Aoyama 44.222 JPN HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
14 Chaz Davies 1'20.387 GBR APRILIA ParkinGO MTC Racing
15 David Salom 1'42.698 SPA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
16 Sylvain Guintoli 1 Lap FRA DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
17 Jakub Smrz 1 Lap CZE DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
18 Max Biaggi DNF ITA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
19 Leon Camier DNF GBR SUZUKI Crescent Fixi Suzuki
20 Niccolo Canepa DNF ITA DUCATI Red Devils Roma
21 John Hopkins DNF USA SUZUKI Crescent Fixi Suzuki
22 Norino Brignola DNF ITA BMW Grillini Progrea Superbike Team
23 David Johnson DNF AUS BMW Rossair AEP Racing
Race 2 Podium - Credit: Kawasaki Racing
Event results - Round 10 - Race 2
1 Sylvain Guintoli 19'42.051 FRA DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
2 Loris Baz 0.881 FRA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
3 Jakub Smrz 1.671 CZE DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
4 Eugene Laverty 19.045 IR APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
5 Maxime Berger 22.116 ITA DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
6 Carlos Checa 23.736 SPA DUCATI Althea Racing
7 Chaz Davies 24.690 GBR APRILIA ParkinGO MTC Racing
8 Marco Melandri 26.197 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
9 Jonathan Rea 26.861 GBR HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
10 John Hopkins 27.194 USA SUZUKI Crescent Fixi Suzuki
11 Max Biaggi 29.243 ITA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
12 Tom Sykes 30.328 GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
13 Michel Fabrizio 32.746 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET
14 Hiroshi Aoyama 34.905 JPN HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
15 Niccolo Canepa 35.849 ITA DUCATI Red Devils Roma
16 Lorenzo Zanetti 40.091 ITA DUCATI PATA Racing Team
17 Leon Haslam 58.530 GBR BMW BMW Motorrad Motosport
18 Ayrton Badovini DNF ITA BMW BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET
19 Davide Giugliano DNF ITA DUCATI Althea Racing
20 Leon Camier DNF GBR SUZUKI Crescent Fixi Suzuki
21 David Salom DNF SPA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini

Championship standings
1 Max Biaggi 276.5 pts
2 Marco Melandri 267.5 pts
3 Carlos Checa 235.5 pts
4 Tom Sykes 224.5 pts
5 Jonathan Rea 207 pts
6 Leon Haslam 170 pts
7 Eugene Laverty 167 pts
8 Sylvain Guintoli 135 pts
9 Michel Fabrizio 110 pts
10 Davide Giugliano 106 pts
11 Jakub Smrz 100.5 pts
12 Chaz Davies 94 pts
13 Loris Baz 88 pts
14 Ayrton Badovini 73 pts
15 Maxime Berger 72.5 pts
16 Leon Camier 65.5 pts
17 Hiroshi Aoyama 42.5 pts
18 Niccolo Canepa 34 pts
19 Lorenzo Zanetti 34 pts
20 John Hopkins 20 pts

Top Image: Loris Baz and Sylvain Guintoli took the race wins at SIlverstone
Credit: Tim Keeton

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