Max Biaggi took his Aprilia RSV4 to their first victory of the season during Race 1 at Brno.

Biaggi took an easy win when Xerox Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio on lap four of the race tried to pass Ben Spies, overbraked and lost his front and went down taking Spies with him. Spies naturally was not happy and vented his anger on Fabrizio because this DNF caused by the Italian stopped him from closing in on points leader Noriyuki Haga.

Haga riding injured and loaded with painkillers, rode defensively and finished eighth and increased his lead in the standings by another eight points.

Carlos Checa was second but never was able to contest Biaggi and third place on the podium went to other Ten Kate rider Jonathan Rea.

Shane Byrne took fourth, while Troy Corser took his BMW to fifth and the best ever result this year for the German team and Corser even led the way in the first few laps of the race.

Sixth place went to Jakub Smrz, seventh was Leon Haslam, ninth went to French rider Mathieu Lagrive and Makoto Tamada finished tenth.

Brno Race 1 Results:

1. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 40’18.306
2. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +3.631s
3. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000 +9.948s
4. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R +12.952s
5. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +14.599s
6. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R +19.359s
7. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR +19.680s
8. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198R +20.731s
9. Matthieu Lagrive FRA HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR +21.923s
10. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +27.807s
11. Fonsi Nieto ESP DFX Corse Ducati 1098R +35.263s
12. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-0R +36.535s
13. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +38.586s
14. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +40.061s
15. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA SCI Honda CBR1000RR +40.280s
16. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +40.641s
17. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 10.529s
18. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 YZF R1 +1min 14.874s
19. Roland Resch AUT TKR Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R1000 +1min 42.979s
20. Milos Cihak CZE ProRace Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 +1min 43.111s

DNF:
Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1
Polita A. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR
Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory
Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1
Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R
Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R
Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR

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