Bayliss enjoyed his race with Haga saying, “I still enjoy it and it is good to have a good race, I love racing for the win as that is what I'm here to do. In the first race I chose too soft a rear and I struggled on the rear. I'm happy to take it on the chin and move on. A fan from Germany has given me some Weissbier and I wasn't going to drink it unless I got a win. I got a win so I'm going to drink it all!”
Once again it was Bayliss who got off the line first with Biaggi and
Ruben Xaus following in his wake. Haga didn't get off the line well and was in fifth place but he wasted no time in passing
James Toseland and Ruben Xaus to put himself into third. One lap later and he was into second having dispensed with Biaggi, the fight was now well and truly one with Bayliss.
Further down the field
Troy Corser and Xaus were leaning on one another to decide on who was going to be fifth, as it turned out Corser got the better of the hard riding Spaniard.
Lap seven saw Haga set a new lap record with a time of 1min 38.622secs. He maintained his fast pace and on lap thirteen Bayliss made a mistake, he had a big moment which unsettled him and allowed Haga to swoop. He took the lead for the next five laps but couldn't shake Bayliss. On lap nineteen Bayliss pounced taking the lead until the chequered flag.
James Toseland had a better run in race two but the podium still eluded him as he finished in fourth place. The same specification of tyre which the team had tested in morning just didn't hook up when it came to the race, so they had to risk the same type of tyre again in race two but thankfully it worked better for them.
Haga's team-mate, Troy Corser didn't get the win he had hoped for instead he finished in fifth place behind Toseland. Ruben Xaus on the Sterilgarda Ducati was in sixth place ahead of the second Ten Kate Honda bike of
Roberto Rolfo.
