Crutchlow podiums at the Nurburgring

RACE REPORT 05/09/2010 Crutchlow podiums at the Nurburgring Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow kept his head down and got straight to business in today's two World Superbike races at the legendary Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Despite a challenging grid start position of tenth Crutchlow fought through in both races, taking a well earned podium with third in race one and finishing just off it in fourth in race two, a mere four tenths of a second behind third placed rider Leon Haslam. The first race started with some drama and a red flag, a big crash by other riders forcing both Crutchlow and Toseland off the track to avoid further incident. Crutchlow's team mate James Toseland initially started well from his relegated eighth position on the grid following yesterday's Superpole penalty where he jumped the session start by several seconds. Unfortunately following the restart in race one the British rider crashed out whilst attempting to catch the leaders. Race two saw Toseland battling for grip and also suffering from a small brake issue. Despite this he held off the advances of Ruben Xaus to hold onto eighth position at the line. The Yamaha Sterilgarda team leaves Germany and heads towards Imola in three weeks for the penultimate round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship with Crutchlow still in fifth having closed down the gap to Carlos Checa in fourth to just seven points from the previous gap of 16. Team mate James Toseland drops a place to seventh, fifteen points behind Noriyuki Haga in sixth. Cal Crutchlow Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team, (3rd, 4th) "Race one was really good, I was happy to be on the podium again, especially starting from tenth and considering we spent a lot of the weekend working through some different set up issues; it was a credible finish. I was also happy with the second race, I was disappointed not to be on the podium but I think if we had a better tyre we could have challenged for it, I did the best job I could. It was still good for the championship, we are pulling up on Checa a little bit so hopefully we can go to Imola and build on this." James Toseland James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (DNF, 8th) "When race one restarted I got a decent get away and was coming up behind Tom Sykes and accidentally lost the front. Not being on the front row makes it really difficult here, after the first few corners it gets really spread out and it's difficult to catch up. It was very frustrating to be relegated to the second row, I don't really think the punishment matched the crime in this instance. I seemed to struggle with braking power in the start of the second race and also struggled with the rear grip from the softer rear tyre. We will regroup and go to Imola and give it 100% as always." Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager "It's been an ok weekend for us in Germany. Cal proved that he can always stay in the top five and showed great intelligence in his racing to bring home points. James again had a difficult weekend. I think the crash in the first race compromised his results in the second. After yesterday afternoon the expectation was higher for today but we have to accept today's results; that is racing. The next race will be Imola, we go there with good motivation as we were fastest there on both of the test days in the summer." Circuit Length: 4556 Weather: Sunny Fastest Lap Ever: 1'54.595 (Max Biaggi, 05/09/2010) Last Years Winner: Jonathan Rea 2010 WSB Germany - Nürburgring 05/09/2010 Race 1 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 38'42.640 2 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 0'01.126 3 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 0'10.006 4 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'10.716 5 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 0'17.391 6 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'19.301 7 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 0'19.613 8 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'19.880 9 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'21.176 10 Luca Scassa Ducati ITA 0'29.752 11 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'30.156 12 Ian Lowry Kawasaki GBR 0'53.622 13 Roger Lee Hayden Kawasaki USA 0'58.820 14 Matteo Baiocco Kawasaki ITA 1'25.906 Race 2 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 38'43.565 2 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 0'03.061 3 Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 0'08.060 4 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 0'08.457 5 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 0'09.392 6 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 0'09.556 7 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 0'16.819 8 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 0'20.564 9 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 0'21.040 10 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 0'21.168 11 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 0'21.734 12 Troy Corser BMW AUS 0'22.746 13 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 0'24.526 14 Luca Scassa Ducati ITA 0'28.218 15 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 0'38.406 Best Lap Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 1'55.392 Rider Standings 05/09/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 397 2. Leon Haslam Suzuki GBR 339 3. Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 288 4. Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 224 5. Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 217 6. Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 202 7. James Toseland Yamaha GBR 187 8. Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 169 9. Leon Camier Aprilia GBR 164 10. Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 160 11. Troy Corser BMW AUS 159 12. Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 136 13. Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 85 14. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 76 15. Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 70 Manufacturer Standings 05/09/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. Aprilia 409 2. Suzuki 360 3. Ducati 342 4. Honda 299 5. Yamaha 285 6. BMW 190 7. Kawasaki 78 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