World Super Bike Race 1 Qatar

Posted by Matt Finley Mar 6, 2007

In Race 1, Max Biaggi proved himself to be a force to watch in his World Superbike Championship debut in the first round at Qatar. After an error in the first lap put him back to 4th place, Biaggi remained calm, rode smooth and kept up the challenge as Toseland tried to pull away from the pack early on.

After passing Toseland several times, Biaggi finally made the pass stick and continued to victory in the first race, with Toseland only a couple of seconds behind. The rest of the field fell behind at the rate of almost a second per lap, with 3rd place going to Lorenzo Lanzi almost 14 seconds behind.

In Race 2, Biaggi made similar mistakes in turn 1 as he did in the first race, which gave Toseland the break he needed to pull away by mid race. But Mad Max wasn't done. He battled back, and made an incredible charge in the last couple of laps to try and catch Toseland, knocking the lead down by over a second and a half in the last 2 laps. But it wasn't enough to catch Toseland. Troy Bayliss took the last podium position.