With Spies uncharacteristically crashing out in Race one, Haga romped to a 3 1/2 second win over Fabrizio and Neukirchner, followed by Laconi and Haslam. Believe it or not, this was Spies' first Superbike crash ... ever, WSB or AMA. Haga rarely crashes either, so Ben has to stay on the bike to have any hope of catching him in the points race. Race two was similar with Haga taking the lead on lap 5, finishing with a 5 second lead over Spies, with Fabrizio third, Laconi 4th and Haslam in 5th again. Biaggi finished 8th in both races.
Haga's points lead has now ballooned from 10 to 40 points over Spies ... watch out Ben, Nitro Nori might be ruining your brilliant debut. From a 60:40 chance of winning the championship, I'd say Ben Spies' chances of beating Haga have dropped to 50:50. Fabrizio and Laconi did as well as expected, with a good solid performance by Leon Haslam.
Next stop: Assen, a more technical track than Valencia since changes were made a couple of years ago to the early part of the circuit.
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