Superbike Silverstone: good seventh for Loris Baz!

Loris Baz wins his first Superbike race after just six racing weekends!

The very young French rider from Kawasaki managed to outwit all his opponents during the last meters of the track of a race characterized by the follies of the weather.

Race 1 was in fact interrupted after just two laps due to rain.

We started again with slick tires but a wet race (with the exception of Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli who dared to use rain tyres): after the first daring and hard-fought laps, characterized by fairing duels between Leon Haslam, Leon Camier, Tom Sykes, Loris Baz and Carlos Checa, the Spaniard attempted to attack.

After a few laps in clear flight, the reigning world champion was forced to slow down due to the rain that began to fall again on some sections of the circuit.

From behind came the astonishing comeback of Michel Fabrizio, Ayrton Badovini and Jonathan Rea: the three drivers caught up with the escapees and fought for the victory with Baz until the last thousandth of the race.

In the end Michel Fabrizio and Ayrton Badovini placed behind the Frenchman; bad contact after the finish line between the Biella native, who slipped on the white line, and Jonathan Rea.

Fourth place for Carlos Checa, fifth for Leon Haslam, sixth for Marco Melandri, seventh for Tom Sykes.

To report Leon Camier's excellent race, who crashed a couple of laps from the end but fought for the victory for the rest of the match.

Max Biaggi also slipped in the final meters: the Roman was fighting for fifth place with Melandri and Haslam.

1 9 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
2 15 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR
3 18 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR
4 10 65 J. REA GBR Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR
5 7 7 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R
6 4 91 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
7 6 33 M. MELANDRI ITA BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
8 8 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
9 5 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Althea Racing Ducati 1098R
10 14 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory
11 13 121 M. BERGER FRA Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R
12 19 87 L. ZANETTI ITA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R
13 20 4 H. AOYAMA JPN Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR
14 16 19 C. DAVIES GBR ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory
15 21 44 ​​D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R
16 3 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R
17 1 96 J. SMRZ CZE Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R
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RET 11 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory
RET 2 2 L. CAMIER GBR FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
RET 17 59 N. CANEPA ITA Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R
RET 12 21 J. HOPKINS USA FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-
NS 23 64 N. BRIGNOLA ITA Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR
NS 22 20 D. JOHNSON AUS Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R