Carlos did not make a strong start in either race and this undoubtedly penalized him; the Spaniard concluded the races seventh and tenth.

Carlos Checa - 7th & 10th

"It’s hard to catch up once you’ve made bad starts. I wasn’t able to catch the group ahead and it was only towards the end that I was able to match the pace of the guys up front, except for Crutchlow and Rea that is, who were on another level. We weren’t totally sorted with the bike and neither I nor my bike demonstrated our full potential."

Results race 1: (Top ten)

 1 35   Crutchlow C.     (GBR)   Yamaha YZF R1            37´47.851
 2 65   Rea J.           (GBR)   Honda CBR1000 RR             1.621
 3 91   Haslam L.        (GBR)   Suzuki GSX-R 1000           11.433
 4 84   Fabrizio M.      (ITA)   Ducati 1198 R               15.874
 5 3    Biaggi M.        (ITA)   Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.        17.085
 6 2    Camier L.        (GBR)   Aprilia RSV4                17.532
 7 7    Checa C.         (ESP)   Ducati 1198 R               18.250
 8 52   Touseland J.     (GBR)   Yamaha YZF R1               18.938
 9 67   Byrne S.         (GBR)   Ducati 1198 R               22.997
10 11   Corser T.        (AUS)   BMW S1000 RR                25.830

Results race 2: (Top ten)

 1 35   Crutchlow C.     (GBR)   Yamaha YZF R1            37´48.348
 2 65   Rea J.           (GBR)   Honda CBR1000 RR             2.070
 3 2    Camier L.        (GBR)   Aprilia RSV4                 8.834
 4 91   Haslam L.        (GBR)   Suzuki GSX-R 1000           13.232
 5 52   Touseland J.     (GBR)   Yamaha YZF R1               13.258
 6 3    Biaggi M.        (ITA)   Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.        13.568
 7 50   Guintoli S.      (FRA)   Suzuki GSX-R 1000           13.963
 8 67   Byrne S.         (GBR)   Ducati 1198 R               14.432
 9 96   Smrz J.          (CZE)   Aprilia RSV4                16.399
10 7    Checa C.         (ESP)   Ducati 1198 R               19.874

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