Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Melandri wins his first in WSBK



Marco MelandriNew rider to WSBK racing Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike) took only three races to record his first WSBK win, finally overhauling long time leader Jakub Smrz (Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati) to win by 2.455 seconds.
The last podium place went to Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati), after he passed local hero Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) with two corners to go.


Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) scored fifth place and Noriyuki Haga (Pata Racing Aprilia) was sixth, one place up on the factory bike of Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia).





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