Here’s a beautiful gallery of pics from this weekend’s second round of the World Superbike Championship at the Portimao circuit in Portugal.

An interesting info fact from the SBK website regarding this year’s round: “Race one was 16 seconds faster than it’s equivalent in October and race two was 13 seconds faster this year compared to last.”

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Check out what the rider’s had to say and watch the video highlights from both races after the second round of the World Superbike Championship at Portimao where veteran rider Max Biaggi took his first double victory since he switched to Superbikes in 2007 and the double win is also a first for Aprilia after nine years, when Troy Corser won both races at Valencia in 2001.

Max Biaggi (Race 1- 1st, Race 2 – 1st):

Yesterday I had already said that the bike was working a lot better compared to the Phillip Island race, and and considering last year’s results as well, I was aware of the fact that we would be able to have a good race. In the past few days, we worked very well and I was certain that I would finish in the top three. I must thank my team and all of the Aprilia technicians who work here and at Noale. I’d like to dedicate this victory to my daughter Ines Angelica and to Eleonora. It’s a pleasure to be back on top after the problems we had in Australia, we’ve improved with respect to last year. The pace was a bit slower in Race 2 and we were all quite close. It was really a great battle with a lot of passes and a few mistakes. I’m really very happy for this dual victory because it is truly a great outcome, both for me and my team, as well as Aprilia, which is really doing a great job.”

Leon Haslam ( Race 1 - 2nd, Race 2 - 2nd):

If anybody had told me before the start of the season that I would’ve won one race and taken three podiums in the first four races, I would not have believed them. It’s a great feeling to win a race, take three runner-up spots and be leading the championship and my aim is to try and maintain this kind of consistency as long as I can. Today’s races were very hard and I had a lot of fun battling with Max. His bike is fast and there were a couple of places where he could get on the gas quicker than me, but my bike was good on the brakes. I did pass him quite a few times, but making it stick was a different matter. The grip level was down in race two, but it was the same for everybody, and the lap times were generally down on race one. The first time I jumped on the Suzuki Alstare bike I thought it was a good package and all the good work the team has done has proved how good it is. Of course, there are always some areas to improve and we’ll be going to the next round in Valencia hoping to put one over Max and all the other riders. I’ve had one victory and now I want more!

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