Yamaha Italia's
Noriyuki Haga took a last minute race win from Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki's Max Biaggi during race two at Donington Park.
Biaggi had been leading for the final eight laps but he ran a touch wide on the final corner on the last lap, Haga wasn't going to miss an opportunity for a race win, so he shoved his Yamaha under Biaggi and out dragged him to the line.
Biaggi's team manger Francis Batta had predicted a race win for his rider and he was almost right. The Italian was pipped over the line by just 0.111secs.
Third place went to Haga's team-mate
Troy Corser giving Yamaha an impressive double podium on their new bike.
James Toseland was bitterly disappointed to suffer a mechanical failure whilst leading race two. “To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. That double win has eluded me once again. I felt confident about winning the second race, but unfortunately as I was shifting down through the gears into Redgate I felt a problem with the engine, which caused it to cease. I don't know what the problem was but it was definitely mechanical and it meant that I was unable to continue,” said the frustrated Brit, “This is as disappointing for the fans as it is for me and I'm sorry that I was unable to give then a better result.”
Despite not finishing race two Toseland is still leading the championship by five points over Biaggi.
Speaking after the race Corser said, “I'm pretty happy with the R1, we made a change to the rear shock for race two and we got away a lot better. I almost took James Toseland out when he had that problem. I was getting oil on my visor from James' bike, I was wondering where it was coming from.” The new R1 is working well and Corser is pleased with how things are progressing, “I'm happy with two podiums the R1 worked well and we have got up to speed. I'm having a great time with Yamaha and it is good to be back at
Donington.”
