Smrz was the next to crash out, possibly touching a Kawasaki on his way down. Further back, Melandri was sliding backwards as Rea, Haslam, and Haga all made their way through on the Italian. Coming out of the final turn, Rea lost the front and slid out of the race, with attrition coming heavily in the first five laps. Laverty and Checa were running away at the front, two and a half seconds ahead of Camier. Meanwhile, Sykes gave up two positions to Haga and Melandri by running wide, then taking a turn straight on.
At the front, Laverty had only bike lengths on Checa, though they both had a comfortable three seconds on Camier. Checa had a taste of the lead underneath Laverty?s waving leg, but Laverty retook the position. At the next opportunity, Checa was in the lead just before L10 ended. Camier, Guintoli, Haslam, Haga, Melandri, Sykes, Corser, and Fabrizio completed the top ten, though Haslam was quickly up the inside of Guintoli. Just two laps after the pass for the lead, Checa had over a second and a half on Laverty. Into the Adelaide hairpin, Haslam took the final podium position from Camier.
A bit later, Melandri moved back up a position to fifth around Guintoli in the middle of the pack essentially fighting for third. Haslam led that group, with Camier and Melandri close behind. Camier took third from Haslam but couldn?t hold it. In the shuffle, Melandri was later able to take fourth from Camier. Meanwhile, Fabrizio crashed after running into the rear wheel of Sykes with six laps to go. The Italian managed to continue on, though.
Checa?s lead was up to over three seconds on Laverty with five laps remaining, as Haslam, Melandri, Camier, Guintoli, Haga, Lascorz, Corser, and Sykes completed the top ten. Meanwhile, the pack had caught Laverty. Haslam looked to take Laveryt, but ran wide and allowed Melandri through to take the final podium position. Next up on the Italian?s list was Laverty, whom he passed neatly to take second. As the final lap began, Checa had three seconds of clear track behind him to Melandri, then Haslam and Camier as Laverty?s tires continued to wear. Checa took the checkered flag to win the race and the 2011 WSBK championship, ahead of the current second-place points finisher Melandri.
World Superbike Race Results from Race 1 at Magny-Cours:
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Diff. |
1 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Althea Racing Ducati | - |
2 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Yamaha WSBK Team | 2.201 |
3 | 91 | Leon Haslam | BMW Motorrad | 3.218 |
4 | 2 | Leon Camier | Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team | 3.796 |
5 | 58 | Eugene Laverty | Yamaha WSBK Team | 5.602 |
6 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Team Effenbert-Liberty Ducati | 9.634 |
7 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | PATA Racing Team Aprilia | 9.814 |
8 | 17 | Joan Lascorz | Paul Bird Racing Kawasaki | 11.387 |
9 | 11 | Troy Corser | BMW Motorrad | 17.143 |
10 | 66 | Tom Sykes | Paul Bird Racing Kawasaki | 24.523 |
11 | 112 | Javier Fores | BMW Motorrad Italia | 34.532 |
12 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Team Suzuki Alstare | 1:19.724 |
13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team Pedericini Kawaski | 1 Lap |
Not Classified | ||||
121 | Maxime Berger | Supersonic Racing Ducati | 13 Laps | |
4 | Jonathan Rea | Castrol Honda | 19 Laps | |
86 | Ayrton Badovini | BMW Motorrad Italia | 19 Laps | |
96 | Jakub Smrz | Team Effenbert-Liberty Ducati | 21 Laps | |
8 | Mark Aitchison | Team Pedericini Kawaski |
Source: WSBK; Photo: Pirelli (Facebook)
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