Haga slams 'unprofessional' Biaggi.

Haga and leader Troy Bayliss had battled for supremacy from the start of race one, but were later caught by home hero Biaggi. Then, just three laps from the end, Biaggi attempted to overtake the Japanese by diving inside during the second part of the Curvone corner.

Nori was totally unaware of the Roman's ambition and, when the Yamaha rider turned in as normal, the pair collided - sending them both cartwheeling off track. Haga, who began the race 23 points behind Toseland, was visibly furious - the Japanese kicking and throwing gravel at Biaggi (lower picture) as they left the circuit.

"Mistakes can happen to anyone; I'm not angry about the incident but I'm very disappointed that there has been no acknowledgement or apology for what happened. That isn't professional in my book," fumed Haga, who took Yukio Kagayama out of the lead at Qatar in 2005 after a mistake of his own.

But whilst Haga claims Biaggi was unwilling to admit his error, the Alstare Suzuki rider did offer an apology of sorts later in the day: "I was challenging for a podium but then Nori and I hit each other and we both crashed. I am sorry for myself and I'm sorry for him," conceded the former MotoGP star.

Haga went on to finish second to Bayliss in race two, while Biaggi also climbed the podium with third position.

"I hurt my right elbow and wrist in the race one incident and so had to have some painkillers for the second race. The race was going well when, about halfway through, I started to feel sick, which was caused by the painkillers. I had to slow down," revealed Haga. "Also, only a few laps into the race my rear brake pedal broke leaving me without any rear brake. All in all I am quite happy with second. But today was an unlucky day for me."

Biaggi was also riding hurt: "I tumbled over and over on the crash and hurt my right leg and left hand and that caused some problems in race two. Because of the pain, I found it difficult to concentrate in the early stages and lost some ground when I ran a bit wide. But gradually I started to get back into the race and began to catch the leaders. I am disappointed by what happened in the first race, but pleased that I took a podium in the second."

Toseland was promoted to fourth in race one after the Haga/Biaggi smash, then took sixth place in race two - reducing the Honda star's championship lead to 21-points over double Misano winner Bayliss. Haga's race one DNF has now dropped him to third in the standings - five points behind Troy - with Biaggi fourth.