Ben Spies put one hand firmly on the title when Noriyuki Haga crashed out on the seventh lap while he was in sixth place in Race 1 at Portimao. Spies won the race and gained 25 points, fifteen more that Haga and needs just a 6th place in Race 2 to win the championship title

Spies won the race from pole position after getting the better of Jonathan Rea and Max Biaggi crossing the finish line with a 1.697 margin over Rea, second, who took advantage of an error by Biaggi. Shane Byrne took for fourth.

Fifth place went to Michel Fabrizio behind Bryne’s private Ducati. BSB champion Leon Camier took sixth on the Aprilia after climbing from 13th on the grid. Seventh went to Carlos Checa with Ruben Xaus on the BMW took eighth and Lagrive was ninth and Matteo Baiocco closed the top ten.

Portimao Race 1 Results:

1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 38′15.390 (158,442 kph)
2 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1.697
3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2.113
4 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 2.757
5 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 14.753
6 22 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 20.044
7 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 25.634
8 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 31.104
9 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 36.689
10 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 39.331
11 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 41.827
12 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 41.882
13 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 54.967
14 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′38.533
15 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R

DNF’s:
88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR
91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR
96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R
50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR
41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R
10 Nieto F. (ESP) Ducati 1098R
71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9

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Tom Sykes

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