Corser was once again deprived of the win that he wants, “I got a great start and the plan was to get in front and win, and let this lot battle it out for the championship. Haga was determined to get to the front, I tried some moves but I didn't want to risk anything. When Troy caught me my front tyre was shagged. There was nothing I could do to keep with him,” he declared.
When the lights went out Lanzi got a superb start form the second row of the grid, only for it to go horribly wrong on the run into turn one. The Xerox rider suffered a nasty high side which had a big impact on both him and the race.
Toseland ran across the gravel with his race bike's rear wheel spinning and snaking in the uneven terrain. He did an amazing job of holding onto his bucking machine to rejoin the race.
Back at the sharp end it was Corser from Haga with youngster Max Neukirchner giving chase and Bayliss slotting into fourth place. Neukirchner tried for second place but Haga wasn't having it and the determined Japanese rider soon took the lead from his team-mate.
Biaggi who also got tangled up in the turn one crash had rejoined the action in 13th whilst Toseland was running 17th. Biaggi ran wide in his efforts to get further up the standings and when he came back onto the racing line he was very lucky not to get taken out by
Karl Muggeridge.
On lap four Neukirchner set a new lap record of 1min 39.844secs while
Michel Fabrizio was hit with a ride through penalty for a jump start. By lap five Biaggi was tenth and Toseland eleventh. Haga had a bit of a moment but managed to hold it. Just three laps later and both Biaggi and Toseland were into the top ten.
Neukirchner was all over the back of Corser and was lining him up to try and take second place. He put a hard move on the tough Aussie forcing him to sit up mid corner. Corser wasn't letting him away with it and took his position back, while these two were dicing Bayliss was gradually closing down on them.
