Crutchlow takes double victory and claims Silverstone for Yamaha

Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike YZF-R1 rider Cal Crutchlow made it two in a row today at Silverstone, delivering the double win at his home race. The British rider ended a flawless weekend´s riding with a masterful display of race craft. A good start from pole position in race one saw him quickly into second behind Johnny Rea. Crutchlow then played the waiting game, comfortably following the Honda rider just 0.1 seconds behind until mid race before taking the lead. He surrendered briefly to Rea but then re-took quickly and pulled away to build a 1.6 second lead as he crossed the line to claim his maiden win of the championship. Race two saw a repeat of the first with Crutchlow quickly settling in behind Rea, again maintaining a gap of just 0.1 to 0.2 seconds until just three laps from the end when he again pulled out to take the lead. The Yamaha YZF-R1´s incredible pace saw him take the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, building a two second advantage as he crossed the line to deliver the long awaited double victory for Yamaha. Team mate James Toseland made the most of his less than perfect grid position start in both of today´s two superbike races. The first saw him move as high as sixth whilst chasing down the Aprilias of Max Biaggi and Leon Camier before finally settling for eighth at the line. The second race saw an even more determined Toseland pushing on hard. The British rider spent much of the race battling with Leon Haslam for fourth place having carved through the ranks and taken championship leader Biaggi mid race for fifth. The battle between the two Brits went to the chequered flag with Toseland less than four tenths behind Haslam across the line. Cal Crutchlow´s incredible performance means he leaves Silverstone having jumped up from tenth to fifth in the rankings, now sitting on 188 points, 55 points behind Carlos Checa in third. Team mate James Toseland remains in sixth place, now on 179 points as they head to the Nurburgring at the beginning of September after the summer break.

James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (8th, 5th) ?Race one was ok, the set up we used wasn´t perfect but I made the most of it. We made a massive change from race one to race two, we switched to something closer to what Cal was using in the first race, it´s the first time we tried it and it really helped us. Hopefully we´ve found a good direction for the next race. A big thanks to the team for the change between the races, it got me from where I was in the first to not too far off the podium in the second. Leon Haslam rode a great race and really covered his lines, I could have been more aggressive with him but I didn´t want to spoil his championship chances.? Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager ?This kind of feeling has been missing and finally I got it back today. Cal delivered a fantastic weekend, he proved that he was the fastest here in all the practices. He rode two really good races, I have to give my compliments to him, he rode perfectly. These results come thanks to all the efforts the team have put in over the last few months. James also proved he was fast and on the pace, the crash yesterday was unfortunate and mean that he couldn't do the last Superpole heat and so had a less than perfect start. He had some problems in the first with the balance of the bike but was much better in the second. We came here with big expectations and finally we have some good results.?

Circuit Length: 5902 Crowd: 65000

Lap Record: 2'05.259 (Cal Crutchlow, 01/01/2010) Fastest Lap Ever: 2'04.091 (Cal Crutchlow, 27/05/2010)

2010 WSB Europe - Silverstone 01/08/2010

Race 1 - 18 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	GBR	37'47.851
2	Jonathan Rea	Honda	GBR	0'01.621
3	Leon Haslam	Suzuki	GBR	0'11.433
4	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati	ITA	0'15.874
5	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	ITA	0'17.085
6	Leon Camier	Aprilia	GBR	0'17.532
7	Carlos Checa	Ducati	ESP	0'18.250
8	James Toseland	Yamaha	GBR	0'18.938
9	Shane Byrne	Ducati	GBR	0'22.997
10	Troy Corser	BMW	AUS	0'25.830
11	Max Neukirchner	Honda	GER	0'30.972
12	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	FRA	0'31.808
13	Jakub Smrz	Ducati	CZE	0'32.193
14	Noriyuki Haga	Ducati	JPN	0'33.206
15	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati	ITA	0'34.207

Race 2 - 18 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	GBR	37'48.348
2	Jonathan Rea	Honda	GBR	0'02.070
3	Leon Camier	Aprilia	GBR	0'08.834
4	Leon Haslam	Suzuki	GBR	0'13.232
5	James Toseland	Yamaha	GBR	0'13.258
6	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	ITA	0'13.568
7	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	FRA	0'13.963
8	Shane Byrne	Ducati	GBR	0'14.432
9	Jakub Smrz	Ducati	CZE	0'16.399
10	Carlos Checa	Ducati	ESP	0'19.874
11	Ruben Xaus	BMW	ESP	0'26.268
12	Joshua Brookes	Honda	AUS	0'28.003
13	Noriyuki Haga	Ducati	JPN	0'28.550
14	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	GBR	0'30.117
15	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati	ITA	0'30.415

Best Lap

Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	GBR	2'05.259

Rider Standings

01/08/2010

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Points
1.	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	ITA	373
2.	Leon Haslam	Suzuki	GBR	313
3.	Jonathan Rea	Honda	GBR	243
4.	Carlos Checa	Ducati	ESP	204
5.	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	GBR	188
6.	James Toseland	Yamaha	GBR	179
7.	Noriyuki Haga	Ducati	JPN	177
8.	Leon Camier	Aprilia	GBR	164
9.	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati	ITA	160
10.	Troy Corser	BMW	AUS	155
11.	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	FRA	151
12.	Shane Byrne	Ducati	GBR	123
13.	Jakub Smrz	Ducati	CZE	71
14.	Ruben Xaus	BMW	ESP	69
15.	Luca Scassa	Ducati	ITA	53

Manufacturer Standings

01/08/2010

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1.	Aprilia	385
2.	Suzuki	334
3.	Ducati	297
4.	Yamaha	256
5.	Honda	254
6.	BMW	174
7.	Kawasaki	58