Ben Spies completely dominated race 2 and officially re-opened the WSBK Championship. Spies is now just 14 points behind point leader Noriyuki Haga who suffered a massive highside and ended up underneath his Xerox Ducati.

We saw Haga walking away from the crash on his own legs, accompanied by medical personnel and track marshals but according to the Italian media Haga has fractured a neck vertebrae and has been tranferred to Nottingham Hospital to undergo emergency surgery. Dr. Corbascio from the Clinica Mobile has said that Haga’s mobility is not at risk and surgery is necessary to avoid that any spinal liquid leakage. Haga also has a fractured ulna and a wrist bone. Dr. Corbascio has also reported that Haga will need at least two to three months to recover.

The Texan didn’t get the holeshot, but Max Biaggi did, but it didn’t last long, with an inside pass that took the Italian by surprise, Spies took the lead. Following Biaggi was team mate Shinya Nakano. The Japanese highsided on lap 2, going down heavily on his back. Haga was now in third, when Max Biaggi on lap three lost the front of his Aprilia. He was able to remount but when he rejoined the race ended up the path Celani’s Suzuki rider Alessandro Polita. Both riders managed to stay upright and Biaggi would finish his race in 21st place and last while Polita had to retire later in the race.

Biaggi picked up hairline fracture in his right foot after hitting Polita and has been fined $ 2000 by the Race Direction for re-entering the track without looking and endangering the Celani rider.

Other crashers included Jonathan Rea who was able to restart and finished 15th. Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking also binned his bike as did Carlos Checa and Jakub Smrz.

Michel Fabrizio battled with Leon Haslam and Shane Byrne, but it was Haslam who won the second spot on the podium, while Fabrizio had to settle for third and Byrne, with another strong show finished fourth.

Tom Sykes was fifth after his DNF in race 1 and wildcard Leon Camier took sixth after starting 17th. Ryuichi Kiyonari was seventh. James Ellison who crashed in the first race finished eighth, and BMW’s Ruben Xaus was ninth. Another Brit wild-card, Simon Andrews took tenth.

Yuki Kagayama crossed the line in 13th position and Blake Young finished 17th and John Hopkins chose not take part in race 2 due to severe pain in his hip after finishing an excellent eighth in race 1.

WSBK Donington Race 2 Results:

1 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
2 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR
3 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R
4 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R
5 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1
6 22 L. CAMIER GBR Airwaves Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1
7 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR
8 27 J. ELLISON GBR Airwaves Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1
9 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
10 117 S. ANDREWS GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX 10R
11 57 L. LANZI ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R
12 14 M.LAGRIVE FRA Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR
13 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
14 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike RK.aTw. asaki ZX 10R
15 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate HondHaonda CBR1000RR
16 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
17 79 B. YOUNG USA Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
18 36 G.LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
19 25 D.SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
20 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
21 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory

DNF

22. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR
23. Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000
24. Alessandro Polita ITA Celani Suzuki GSX-R1000
25. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
26. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1
27. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198R
28. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
29. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4
30. Jamie Hacking USA Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R

DNS

John Hopkins USA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR

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