Nitro Noriyuki Haga crossed the finish line first today to give himself his first World Superbike win of the season and his 42nd in his career.
The victory came after a huge crash on lap three that caused the red flags to come down. Simon Andrews and Vittorio Iannuzzo collided on the straight away, sending both riders hurdling to the ground. The race was halted, as both riders sought medical attention. Andrews suffered the worst of it with minor injuries to his left ankle and foot.
The two part aggregated race began again, with Carlos Checa ahead on the timesheets. As the racers crossed the finish line, Haga had a comfortable lead in front of Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa. But as the times from the first part of the aggregated race were added up, Haga’s lead was cut down to just .025 seconds.
Checa moved up in front of Biaggi, putting two Ducati’s at the top of the podium, and Biaggi ended up in third, just two tenths behind the leader. 
There was a ten second gap between the top three riders and the fourth place finisher, Leon Haslam. Haslam still holds onto first place on the leader board with 123 points. Biaggi and Checa continue to close the gap with 105 and 80 point totals, and Haga is just one point behind with 79.
Jonathan Rea, who was in second place when the red flags were waved, dropped down to fifth place behind Haslam.
Haga’s race two win continues a tradition of race victories at Valencia, as the veteran rider now has 8 wins total on the Ricardo Tormo track. He won the double last year, and puts himself back into contention with today’s win. Haga’s teammate, Michel Fabrizio, had a disastrous day in Spain.
After a strong start to the WSBK season, Fabrizio has fallen in the rankings. A crash in race one, and mechanical problems in race two, made the Ducati rider retire in both races, dropping him down to 8th in the overall standings.
1 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 36'51.500 (149,95 kph)
2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 0.025
3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 0.299
4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 10.100
5 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 12.811
6 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 13.459
7 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 14.845
8 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 14.861
9 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 15.202
10 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 18.071
11 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 25.179
12 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 26.116
13 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 30.189
14 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 30.387
15 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 35.741
16 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 43.244
17 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 43.540
18 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 47.145
19 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 48.502
20 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 51.838
RET 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R
RET 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
RET 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R
RET 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR
