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John Hopkins says he has not suffered any serious injuries, despite being involved in a vicious looking accident at the start of the opening World Superbike race of the day at the Nurburgring.

Leon Haslam and John Hopkins leave the tenth round of the World Superbike Championship at Brno feeling unsatisfied after a troublesome day concluded what has been a difficult weekend as a whole for the Stiggy Honda team.

John Hopkins has been diagnosed with a dislocated hip after crashing heavily in the opening free practice session of the weekend at Assen.

Leon Haslam expects this year's World Superbike Championship fight to come down to a head-to-head between Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga, the Stiggy rider branding the American rookie a 'class act'.

Cheered on by his home crowd, Anthony West provided arguably one of the biggest stories of the day during the opening round of the World Supersport Championship with a run to third position on the Stiggy Honda.

Full race results from the first World Supersport Championship round of the season at Phillip Island, Australia.

Crash.net recently offered you the chance to get your questions to HM Plant Honda's newest recruit, Joshua Brookes, ahead of his debut in the British Superbike Championship.

Having made the decision to move up to the World Superbike Championship, the Stiggy Honda team has revealed that it has signed a deal to work alongside Oral Engineering in 2009.

There wasn't much in it in the end for the ex-Superbike racer - and previous winner at Phillip Island - Josh Brookes, but the Aussie was happy enough with second place to Andrew Pitt and now leads the World Supersport championship for Hannspree Stiggy Motorsport.