WSB America Picture Exclusive Haga survives monster crash

Championship leader Noriyuki Haga survived a huge crash in the final minutes of second qualifying at Miller Motorsports Park. The Japanese rider lost control of his Xerox Ducati exiting Toole turn and was thrown high into the air before landing heavily. Haga remained on the ground and after initially not moving eventually got up and walked to the ambulance where he was taken to the medical centre.

The latest news from the team is that Haga was badly winded and bruised, but has now returned to his pit garage and is expected to take part in this afternoons free practice and Superpole session. Haga was still able to set the seventh fastest time of the session.

Haga’s team-mate Michel Fabrizio had a much better session and moved to provisional pole position ahead of fellow Ducati rider Jacob Smrz and American Ben Spies. Yesterday’s pole man Max Biaggi failed to improve his lap time, but held on to fourth place and a provisional front row start.

Brits Jonathan Rea jumped up from tenth to seventh and Leon Haslam improved dramatically to secure 13th spot. On the flip side Shane Byrne was unable to improve his lap time and dropped to 14th and it was even worse for factory Yamaha man Tom Sykes who hasn’t qualified for Superpole down in 22nd place. Sykes was in good company though and was joined by both factory BMW men Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus outside the top twenty. Tommy Hill ended the session in 25th.

1 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1’50.457 1’49.204 1’49.204
2 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1’50.282 1’49.329 1’49.329
3 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1’49.901 1’49.773 1’49.773
4 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.820 1’50.214 1’49.820
5 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1’50.701 1’49.845 1’49.845
6 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1’50.144 1’50.033 1’50.033
7 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1’50.740 1’50.086 1’50.086
8 41 N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1’50.755 1’50.094 1’50.094
9 10 F. NIETO ESP Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1’52.037 1’50.347 1’50.347
10 31 K. MUGGERIDGE AUS Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1’50.757 1’50.391 1’50.391
11 2 J. HACKING USA Kawasaki World Superbike R.T.Kawasaki ZX 10R 1’50.466 1’50.427 1’50.427
12 56 S. NAKANO JPN Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’51.228 1’50.458 1’50.458
13 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1’51.389 1’50.505 1’50.505
14 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1’50.512 1’50.580 1’50.512
15 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike R.T.Kawasaki ZX 10R 1’50.961 1’50.532 1’50.532
16 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1’50.556 1’50.661 1’50.556
17 36 G. LAVILLA ESP Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1’51.046 1’50.598 1’50.598
18 57 L. LANZI ITA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1’51.596 1’50.617 1’50.617
19 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1’51.430 1’50.676 1’50.676
20 25 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1’51.577 1’50.773 1’50.773
21 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1’51.002 1’50.793 1’50.793
22 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1’51.387 1’50.807 1’50.807
23 98 J. ZEMKE USA Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1’51.072 1’51.415 1’51.072
24 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1’51.216 1’51.166 1’51.166
25 33 T. HILL GBR Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1’51.821 1’51.451 1’51.451
26 64 E. NIGON FRA Yamaha France GMT 94 IponeYamaha YZF R1 1’52.932 1’52.137 1’52.137