Off the line it was Bayliss who got away well with Haga and Corser chasing him, Toseland was also following. Everything changed in just one lap with Toseland going down and Corser taking the lead. Bayliss sat behind him for a number of laps with Haga who was in third place all over him, so he decided to make his move and break Corser which he did on lap ten. By now Toseland was running in seventeenth place.
Josh Brookes was putting in a good show running in sixth place when he crashed his Alto Evolution Honda. His team-mate
Karl Muggeridge crashed out on the first lap so it wasn't a good race for the team.
Lap nineteen saw Haga move up to second and Toseland secure eleventh place. One lap later and
Yukio Kagayama crashed out giving Toseland another boost up the placings. The two Spaniards in the Championship,
Fonsi Nieto and Ruben Xaus also crashed out on consecutive laps, promoting Toseland to eighth place. Xaus was able to restart and pull in some points.
Out of twenty one starters only thirteen riders finished the race and the front three lapped the bulk of the top ten finishers.
WSBK race (1) results – Silverstone:
1.
Troy Bayliss
2.
Noriyuki Haga
3.
Troy Corser
4.
Roberto Rolfo
5.
Regis Laconi
6. Max Biaggi
7.
Lorenzo Lanzi
8.
James Toseland
9.
Ruben Xaus
10. Max Neukirchner
