Crutchlow takes double victory and claims Silverstone for Yamaha

RACE REPORT 01/08/2010 Crutchlow takes double victory and claims Silverstone for Yamaha Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike YZF-R1 rider Cal Crutchlow made it two in a row today at Silverstone, delivering the double win at his home race. The British rider ended a flawless weekend´s riding with a masterful display of race craft. A good start from pole position in race one saw him quickly into second behind Johnny Rea. Crutchlow then played the waiting game, comfortably following the Honda rider just 0.1 seconds behind until mid race before taking the lead. He surrendered briefly to Rea but then re-took quickly and pulled away to build a 1.6 second lead as he crossed the line to claim his maiden win of the championship. Race two saw a repeat of the first with Crutchlow quickly settling in behind Rea, again maintaining a gap of just 0.1 to 0.2 seconds until just three laps from the end when he again pulled out to take the lead. The Yamaha YZF-R1´s incredible pace saw him take the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, building a two second advantage as he crossed the line to deliver the long awaited double victory for Yamaha. Team mate James Toseland made the most of his less than perfect grid position start in both of today´s two superbike races. The first saw him move as high as sixth whilst chasing down the Aprilias of Max Biaggi and Leon Camier before finally settling for eighth at the line. The second race saw an even more determined Toseland pushing on hard. The British rider spent much of the race battling with Leon Haslam for fourth place having carved through the ranks and taken championship leader Biaggi mid race for fifth. The battle between the two Brits went to the chequered flag with Toseland less than four tenths behind Haslam across the line. Cal Crutchlow´s incredible performance means he leaves Silverstone having jumped up from tenth to fifth in the rankings, now sitting on 188 points, 55 points behind Carlos Checa in third. Team mate James Toseland remains in sixth place, now on 179 points as they head to the Nurburgring at the beginning of September after the summer break. Cal Crutchlow Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team, (1st, 1st) ˝We´ve been trying so hard all year to achieve a win, I´m ecstatic that it has happened at my home race. It´s been a tough weekend with all the Brits trying hard but we knew we had the pace. We were worried about tyre wear but it wasn´t too bad. It was a little bit cooler in the first race which helped our bike as well. We now need to carry on and fight for the rest of the season. It´s been a dream come true today, three Brits on the podium for both races is brilliant. The British fans have been fantastic, they came out today and gave us tremendous support all round the circuit, a brilliant day for me, a brilliant day for Yamaha, Sterilgarda and all our other sponsors. All credit to Johnny Rea he rode really well in both races but I was able to pick him off with a couple of laps to go.˝ James Toseland James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (8th, 5th) ˝Race one was ok, the set up we used wasn´t perfect but I made the most of it. We made a massive change from race one to race two, we switched to something closer to what Cal was using in the first race, it´s the first time we tried it and it really helped us. Hopefully we´ve found a good direction for the next race. A big thanks to the team for the change between the races, it got me from where I was in the first to not too far off the podium in the second. Leon Haslam rode a great race and really covered his lines, I could have been more aggressive with him but I didn´t want to spoil his championship chances.˝ Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager ˝This kind of feeling has been missing and finally I got it back today. Cal delivered a fantastic weekend, he proved that he was the fastest here in all the practices. He rode two really good races, I have to give my compliments to him, he rode perfectly. These results come thanks to all the efforts the team have put in over the last few months. James also proved he was fast and on the pace, the crash yesterday was unfortunate and mean that he couldn't do the last Superpole heat and so had a less than perfect start. He had some problems in the first with the balance of the bike but was much better in the second. We came here with big expectations and finally we have some good results.˝ Circuit Length: 5902 Crowd: 65000 Lap Record: 2'05.259 (Cal Crutchlow, 01/01/2010) Fastest Lap Ever: 2'04.091 (Cal Crutchlow, 27/05/2010) 2010 WSB Europe - Silverstone 01/08/2010 Race 1 - 18 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 37'47.851 2 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'01.621 3 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'11.433 4 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 0'15.874 5 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'17.085 6 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 0'17.532 7 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 0'18.250 8 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 0'18.938 9 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'22.997 10 Troy Corser BMW AUS 0'25.830 11 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 0'30.972 12 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'31.808 13 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'32.193 14 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'33.206 15 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'34.207 Race 2 - 18 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 37'48.348 2 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'02.070 3 Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 0'08.834 4 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'13.232 5 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 0'13.258 6 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'13.568 7 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'13.963 8 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'14.432 9 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'16.399 10 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 0'19.874 11 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 0'26.268 12 Joshua Brookes Honda AUS 0'28.003 13 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 0'28.550 14 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 0'30.117 15 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'30.415 Best Lap Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 2'05.259 Rider Standings 01/08/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 373 2. Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 313 3. Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 243 4. Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 204 5. Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 188 6. James Toseland Yamaha GBR 179 7. Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 177 8. Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 164 9. Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 160 10. Troy Corser BMW AUS 155 11. Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 151 12. Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 123 13. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 71 14. Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 69 15. Luca Scassa Ducati ITA 53 Manufacturer Standings 01/08/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. Aprilia 385 2. Suzuki 334 3. Ducati 297 4. Yamaha 256 5. Honda 254 6. BMW 174 7. Kawasaki 58 Yamaha Racing Communications Barentszplein 4B / 1013 NJ Amsterdam / The Netherlands T. +31 (0) 20 625 6539 E. office@yrc.nl W. www.yamaha-racing.com © Copyright Yamaha 2010 | Unsubscribe