Ki-yip-pee-yi! Race 2 also goes to Spies

In Race 2 in the second round of the WSBK in Losail, Ben Spies showed the WSBK world that he may be a rookie, but he is going to be the force to be rekoned with this year, when he completed the first lap in third place, jumped to second in the fourth lap and took the lead in lap 6, leaving Noriyuki Haga and Massimiliano Biaggi to battle for second place with Honda’s Ten Kate Ryuichi Kiyonari and Spies teammate Tom Sykes trying to catch the leading group.

Spies took off, lapping faster than any other rider also posting a lap record of 1′59.
041 breaking Fonsi Nieto’s previous best .
The race finished with exactly the same podium positions as Race 1.
Race 2 Results:1 19 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 36′02.
126 (161,241 kph)2 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1.
2743 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1.
6224 9 Kiyonari R.

(JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1.
8455 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 5.
1176 76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 9.
5127 56 Nakano S.
(JPN) Aprilia RSV4 9.
5148 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 12.
6219 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 13.
84210 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 13.

88411 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 13.
88812 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 14.
91313 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 15.
76214 55 Laconi R.
(FRA) Ducati 1098R 15.
92015 71 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 19.
56516 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 21.
75917 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 28.
52318 31 Muggeridge K.
(AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 40.
49919 24 Roberts B.
(AUS) Ducati 1098R 43.
76120 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 44.
66921 77 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 48.
95522 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10RRET 44 Rolfo R.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RRRET 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098RRET 25 Salom D.
(ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10RRET 33 Hill T.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RRRET 86 Badovini A.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R