Despite the disappointment of losing out on the race win Biaggi was still smiling as he enjoyed the race, “Nice race pace compared to race one as it was faster. I was running high 31s for many laps. The sunshine today helped the tyres but it was very windy at turn one. I try to push but Nori was on my back, I make a mistake on the last corner, it shouldn't happen but it did.” Since making the move away from
MotoGP the Roman Emperor is much more relaxed as he went on to explain, “I think here the pressure of the race is the same, put on helmet and there is pressure to race. The things that surround racing here are more human. I don't want to say anything bad about MotoGP as I was there for a long time but there if you move one finger it was in the papers. I like racing and I was out for one year, but I did motocross and supermoto, I was happy but not that much. I want to enjoy racing.”
As part of his victory celebrations Haga donned a multi coloured curly wig and sparkly bow tie. “All work very well. I have disappointment for the first race, my rear tyre no work well. Second race was fun result. Today is my Papa's Birthday and before second race I think winning. Now for me everything is perfect,” he said.
Off the line it was Haga who got away first but Toseland wanted the lead and took it off Haga on lap one. Corser was following his team-mate closely in third place with Laconi in fourth and Biaggi in fifth.
Biaggi wasted no time in passing Laconi and started chasing down the leaders. It was on lap three that Toseland's bike failed and he had to abruptly pull off the track, with a couple of other riders narrowly missing him. This handed the lead to Haga, who two laps later was relegated to second place by his team-mate. Biaggi started battling with Haga at the Melbourne loop but ran wide and couldn't make his move stick.
