Superbike – Race 1 Magny Cours – Victory for Cal Crutchlow

Cal Crutchlow, in his last weekend in Superbike before moving to MotoGP with the Yamaha Tech 3 team, took the victory in Race 1 at Magny Cours, dominating the race which ended with a 3 seconds lead over Leon Haslam who was second at the finish line. The British rider, reigning Supersport world champion, soon overtook Max Biaggi from pole position to take first place, flying towards his third victory of the season and of his career in Superbikes.

Behind the unapproachable Crutchlow, vice-world champion Leon Haslam finished second with the Suzuki of the Alstare team, who overtook Max Biaggi on the last lap with the "Corsaro" also forced to widen the trajectory, opening the doors to the third place went to Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea Racing).

Another RSV2010 driven by Jakub Smrz of the private Pata B&G team finished behind the 4 world champion, with Aprilia thus celebrating the conquest of the manufacturers' title with one heat to spare against Ducati and Suzuki.

Michel Fabrizio follows in the standings, sixth ahead of teammate Noriyuki Haga, the official Kawasaki of Tom Sykes, Shane Byrne and the Italians Luca Scassa and Lorenzo Lanzi with the private Ducatis of the Supersonic and DFX teams. Matteo Baiocco also scored in the points, 15th, while Sylvain Guintoli, fighting for the podium, was disqualified for having cut a variant without having respected the ride through imposed by the stewards.

Superbike – Race 1 Magny Cours – Order of Finish

01. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda Team) 38'15.586
02. Leon Haslam (Team Suzuki Alstare) 38'19.365
03. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 38'19.847
04. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing) 38'20.002
05. Jakub Smrz (Team PATA B&G Racing) 38'23.062
06. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox Team) 38'27.452
07. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox Team) 38'31.976
08. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) 38'37.255
09. Shane Byrne (Althea Racing) 38'37.651
10. Luca Scassa (Supersonic Racing Team) 38'37.867
11. Lorenzo Lanzi (DFX Corse) 38'42.334
12. Jonathan Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 38'51.194
13. Max Neukirchner (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 38'55.515
14. Ian Lowry (Kawasaki Racing Team) 39'10.422
15. Matteo Baiocco (Team Pedercini) 39'22.777
16. Fabrizio Lai (ECHO CRS Honda) 39'30.218
RT. Roger Lee Hayden (Team Pedercini) 34'33.029
RT. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 24'00.303
RT. James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda Team) 5'02.942
RT. Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 3'24.299
FORMER. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Suzuki Alstare) 38'20.211