by 1.942 seconds. The extent of his final victory did not do justice to the second combative race of the day, with the top six or seven riders frequently riding and fighting as one. Haslam overcame his race one troubles to go second. Third was James

JONATHAN Rea was the only man to lap Phillip Island in under 1m32s in the opening qualifying session, closely followed by three Ducatis.Rea's time of 1'31.959 put him in front of Jakub Smrz, followed by Althea Racing's Superstock 1000 winner Davide

leads the first of the Brits, Leon Camier. In a returning ride James Toseland finished the session in fourth ahead of series leader Carlos Checa. The Spaniard's rivals for the 2011 title finished way down the timesheets, with Marco Melandri taking 14th

in the dry and been riding well. We are still working very well as a team and been consistently in the top five all weekend, which is very positive.Marco Melandri - 8th and 6thIn race one I felt a strong vibrating sensation on the rear of the machine

BRUX) completed the top ten runners. Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare BRUX) eased himself back into the WSB scene with an encouraging 14th position, but there was little joy today for Aprilia Racing, as Shinya Nakano and Max Biaggi could only take

to take it easy for a couple of laps and let the race come in, you can’t push on every corner. I had a couple of laps where I wasn’t riding well at all then I got myself together and caught up to Simoncelli and Biaggi. They bumped and Biaggi ran off

to the FIM Superbike World Championship after a new contract was signed between Pirelli and Infront Motor Sports. The agreement secures Pirelli its current role in the World Championship as unique racing tyre supplier for the four racing classes through

(providing they are ready for the restarted race).TECHNICAL CONTROLSTeams may present for Technical Control one (1) motorcycle per rider for the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes, which will be specially identified by the Technical Controllers