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Miss Yamaha 2009 Kicks Off in Style at Donington
Yesterday
The Donington World Superbike round was a special event for two lucky girls who became the first successful winners to be picked for the 2009 Miss Yamaha competition.
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Surgery a Success, Haga Will Return to Italy Tomorrow
6 Days ago
At 5pm this afternoon Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga underwent successful surgery at the Derby City Hospital. Having fractured the ulna in his right arm in yesterday's crash at Donington Park, Noriyuki today had a plate and screws inserted to set the bone. The surgical team deemed the surgery a success and there were no unforeseen complications.
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Update: Haga’s Condition is Less Serious Than Expected
6 Days ago
Noriyuki Haga, Ducati Xerox Team rider and current leader of the World Superbike Championship, was transported to the Emergency department of Derby City Hospital by helicopter at about 5pm yesterday afternoon, after having been victim of a massive high-side during Race 2 at Donington Park.
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Haga Takes 100th WSB Podium in Race 1, Bad Accident in Race 2
7 Days ago
With the third place finish achieved in Race 1 at Donington Park today, Noriyuki Haga becomes the third rider in Superbike history to have obtained 100 podiums.
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Points for Parkes at Doni - Lascorz 2nd in the Race and 4th in the Points
7 Days ago
Kawasaki World Superbike Team rider Broc Parkes recorded 14th in race two at Donington as a difficult race weekend finally delivered a couple of points for the team’s great efforts - During a warm and eventually sunny raceday at Donington, Joan Lascorz rode to a hard-fought and well-deserved second place in the 22-lap Supersport race.
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Spies Triumphs at Donington - Home Run as Crutchlow Cleans up at Donington
7 Days ago
Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies made it a clean sweep at Donington today, blowing away the competition to take both races with decisive and well earned wins - Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow made sure the British fans got what they came for today as he aced the World Supersport race, leading from the fourth lap till the chequered flag.
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Little Reward for a Lot of Effort - From 22nd To 2nd - Super Claudio!
7 Days ago
The ninth round of this year’s Superbike World Championship will not be remembered fondly by team Suzuki Alstare Brux riders Yukio Kagayama and Blake Young. - Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Claudio Corti made a mockery of his lowly grid position and finished a superb second in today’s fifth round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup at Donington.
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Haslam’s Podium a High Point for Honda Riders at Donington
28 June 2009
A second place finish in the second race of the day for Leon Haslam (Stiggy Racing Honda CBR1000RR) was the single best Honda rider performance at Donington, in a day when the championship fight became a closer contest at the top and in the middle of the championship table.
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Rea Scratches for Points at Home Round - Kiyonari Fights into Donington Top Ten
28 June 2009
Just a week after his debut World Superbike championship victory at Misano in Italy, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea finished seventh and 15th in today’s two ninth-round races at Donington Park in the UK.
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A Wild Weekend for Airwaves Yamaha
28 June 2009
Leon Camier and James Ellison had a tough outing at Donington Park today as Wild Card entries for the World Superbike Championship. Leon followed a 13th place finish in Race One with a fantastic ride from 20th to 6th in Race Two. James recovered from a DNF in Race One to finish 8th in Race Two.
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Airwaves Down but Not Out at Donington
27 June 2009
Wild Card's James Ellison and Leon Camier will line up on the fourth and fifth rows of the grid for tomorrow's two World Superbike races at Donington Park.
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Troy and Ruben Together on Row Four
27 June 2009
Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus finished Superpole with the 15th and 16th fastest laps and will start alongside each other on the fourth row of the grid at Donington tomorrow.
The team had some new parts from Munich to evaluate, so most of the day was used working with these instead of chasing lap times.
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Parkes and Hacking Still Working Hard - Highly Positive Qualifying for the Ninja ZX-6R
27 June 2009
A tough weekend of work and effort for the Kawasaki World Superbike Team could not put Broc Parkes and stand-in rider Jamie Hacking into Superpole after final qualifying today. - Despite encountering a variety of track surface conditions this weekend Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara set strong qualifying times in the single qualifying session today.
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Tough Qualifying for Alstare Brux
27 June 2009
Final qualifying and Superpole at the ninth-round British World Superbike round at Donington Park ended in disappointment for Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Yukio Kagayama. - Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Claudio Corti suffered a tyre choice mistake and will start from the sixth row of the grid in tomorrow's fifth round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup race at Donington Park.
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Fabrizio And Haga to Start on the Second Row at Donington Park
27 June 2009
Today was once again conditioned by the British weather and unfortunately the Ducati Xerox riders Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio had to complete the final phase of today’s Superpole under a light rain.
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Checa Seventh Fastest for Sixth Time - Kiyonari Seeks Inspiration at Donington
27 June 2009
Carlos Checa will start from the second row of the grid for tomorrow’s two ninth-round World Superbike championship races at Donington Park after setting the seventh fastest time in this afternoon’s final Superpole shoot-out.
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Camier and Ellison's Taste of World Superbike
27 June 2009
British Superbike leaders Airwaves Yamaha made a promising start to the World Superbike race weekend at Donington Park today. After going 2nd fastest in Free Practice, Leon Camier finished Qualifying Practice 6th with James Ellison 12th. Both riders put themselves in a good position to make it through to Superpole tomorrow afternoon.
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Fabrizio Takes Another Provisional Pole, this Time at Doni
27 June 2009
Just as he did a week ago at Misano, Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio was once again the fastest rider in first qualifying, this time at Donington Park.
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Checa and Rea Continue Suspension Transition
27 June 2009
Carlos Checa and Jonathan Rea continued their familiarisation with new Ohlins suspension at Donington Park today as they prepared for Sunday’s two ninth-round World Superbike championship races.
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Yamaha Get Straight onto the Pace in Donington
27 June 2009
Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies got straight down to business at Donington today, with some rain falling in the second session. His track knowledge gained at last year’s MotoGP clearly paid off as he ended the first free practice session of the day at the top of the time sheets ahead of British Superbike wildcard Leon Camier on the Airwaves Yamaha.
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