2009 World Superbike Round 9 - Donington

2009 World Superbike Round 9 - Donington, England

2009 World Superbike Championship Round 9 - Donington
Ben Spies. Photo and text sources include Ducati Corse, World Superbike and Yamaha Racing.

Race Results

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.

Race one saw the American rider take an early lead, closely followed by Aprilia rider Max Biaggi. No matter how hard Biaggi tried he was unable to close the final gap to challenge Spies and settled for second at the flag.

Race two saw Spies again take an early lead, repeating the performance of Miller as he gained nearly a second a lap as he pulled away until he had over a 7.4 second advantage. He ran a lonely race at the front to claim his second win of the day, a separate class to the following pack.

After a serious crash ruled Haga out of race two, the day's wins brings Ben Spies up to 294 points in the championship, now just 14 points from the top.

Ben Spies, Yamaha World Superbike Team (1st, 1st)
"It was a picture perfect weekend. It was a tough race, Max was there the whole time but we were able to do quick laps to stay ahead, the last three laps I rode as hard as I could just to make sure of the win.

In the second race I knew Nori had a big crash and I hope he's ok. It's not the way we want to win it but you have to take the points when you can. It was a good second race for us though.

The track was hot and a bit slick so we made some changes to the bike which made it better from race one. It was a good job for Leon, getting on the podium at his home round was great, I know how that feels.

It was tough being out on my own, I had to focus lap to lap to make sure I didn't make any mistakes. I can't thank the Yamaha guys enough we changed a lot of things around and they came and delivered me two really good bikes to win on."

2009 World Superbike - Europe - Donington Park - June 28, 2009

Circuit Length: 4023

Fastest Lap Ever: 1'29.846 (Ben Spies, 28/06/2009)

Last Year's Winner: Ryuichi Kiyonari

Race 1

1 Ben Spies Yamaha USA 34'57.230

2 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'07.156

3 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'10.968

4 Leon Haslam Honda GBR 0'18.843

5 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'19.125

6 Shinya Nakano Aprilia JPN 0'21.286

7 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'23.644

8 John Hopkins Honda USA 0'32.849

9 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'32.904

10 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 0'33.192

11 Carlos Checa Honda ESP 0'34.535

12 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'35.093

13 Leon Camier Yamaha GBR 0'35.441

14 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'39.034

15 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 0'41.067

24 David Checa Yamaha ESP 1'12.255

Race 2

1 Ben Spies Yamaha USA 35'14.788

2 Leon Haslam Honda GBR 0'06.622

3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'06.816

4 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'07.349

5 Tom Sykes Yamaha GBR 0'08.145

6 Leon Camier Yamaha GBR 0'13.463

7 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 0'15.751

8 James Ellison Yamaha GBR 0'16.837

9 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 0'22.891

10 Simon Andrews Kawasaki GBR 0'30.347

11 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'30.622

12 Matthieu Lagrive Honda FRA 0'31.562

13 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 0'32.148

14 Broc Parkes Kawasaki AUS 0'32.607

15 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'32.806

Best Lap

Ben Spies Yamaha USA 1'30.575

Rider Standings as of June 28, 2009

1. Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 308

2. Ben Spies Yamaha USA 294

3. Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 257

4. Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 177

5. Leon Haslam Honda GBR 167

6. Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 155

7. Tom Sykes Yamaha GBR 141

8. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 115

9. Carlos Checa Honda ESP 114

10. Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 113

11. Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 113

12. Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 94

13. Shinya Nakano Aprilia JPN 81

14. Regis Laconi Ducati FRA 77

15. Max Neukirchner Suzuki GER 75

20. Leon Camier Yamaha GBR 13

26. James Ellison Yamaha GBR 8

Manufacturer Standings as of June 28, 2009

1. Ducati 383

2. Yamaha 337

3. Honda 273

4. Aprilia 162

5. Suzuki 131

6. BMW 70

7. Kawasaki 47

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