British Superbikes – Thruxton 2010 Results, Race 1

Tommy Hill made a last grasp to take the win from Australian Josh Brookes in a thrilling race at Thruxton.

It was an amazing start as Easton rocketed into the lead off the line ahead of Hill and Kagayama. Hill was straight up behind Easton though putting pressure on him within the first lap.

Brookes was down in fifth but barged Michael Rutter out of the way to move fourth on the eight lap. Up at the front Kagayama took Easton to take the lead in the British Superbike for the first time in over six years.

Lap eleven and Brookes shot past Hill to take third and then passed Easton a little later to move up to second. Hill also took advantage to move into third pushing Easton back to fourth.

Kagayama lead for a few laps but wasn’t able to hold on once the charging Brookes made a move and passed to take the lead. Kagayama and Hill in second and third then swapped places continuously behind Brookes but never let him get too far away.

Hill slotted past Brookes on the penultimate lap to take first place and held on to the end to win the race. Brookes finished in second for his first podium this season and Kagayama held on to third for his first top three finish since 2004.

Hill said: “That race was non-stop every lap and it was a real fight out there and towards the end everyone was all over the place. I was comfortable in the middle of the race but then Josh came past and I have to say I wasn’t expecting it as I thought I had braked late! It is good for everyone and I want to thank the Worx Crescent Suzuki team; lets see if we can make it the double in race two.”

1. Tommy Hill (33) – Worx Crescent Suzuki – 25:27:870
2. Josh Brookes (4) – HM Plant Honda +0.818
3. Yukio Kagayama – (71) – Worx Crescent Suzuki +1.185
4. Stuart Easton (3) – Swan Honda +1.510
5. Michael Rutter (6) – Riders Motorcycles.com Ducati +5.670
6. Martin Jessopp (40) – Riders Motorcycles.com Ducati +7.490
7. John Laverty (10) – Buildbase Kawasaki +9.154
8. Gary Mason (101) – MSS Colchester Kawasaki +9.300
9. Ryuichi Kiyonari (8) – HM Plant Honda +9.493
10. Michael Laverty (7) – Relentless Suzuki by TAS +17.014
11. Peter Hickman (60) – Ultimate Racing +18.413
12. Alstair Seeley (34) – Relentless Suzuki by TAS +25.819
13. David Anthony (25) – Mist Suzuki Racing – EVO +37.459
14. Gary Johnson (69) – Aim Suzuki – EVO +37.571
15. Craig Fitzpatrick (75) – Close Print Finance Honda – EVO +37.754
16. Steve Brogan (19) – Jentin Racing BMW +38.459
17. Christian Iddon (5) – Sorrymate.com SMT Honda +38.839
18. David Johnson (20) – MAgic Bullet Two Wheel Racing – EVO +41.501
19. Chris Burns (35) – Splitlath Motorsport Aprilia – EVO +56.507
20. Pauu Pekkanen (77) – 777RR Motosport Suzuki – EVO +56.698
21. Aaron Zanotti (64) – Red Viper Spike Suzuki – EVO +57.078
22. Dave Wood (88) – Redline KTM – EVO +1:04:326
23. Peter Ward (32) – Astro-Chase SST Racing – EVO +1:14:745
24. Hudson Kennaugh (56) – MAR Kawasaki – EVO +1 lap
25. Michael O’Brien (72) – Motormob O’Brien HiFi Yamaha – EVO +1 lap

Live Text of the Race:

• 2:09 PM: Stay On The Black we’ll see you in two and a half hours for race 2 live from Thruxton. Bookmark this URL and we’ll see you here then.
• 2:08 PM: Stay On The Black Hill “fantastic win to get. non-stop race. i felt comfortable half way through then Brookes took me. got my aggression back and passed him. great win.”
• 2:07 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes “i was feeling confident, you could see the bike was fast. some tough passes. thought i could win it. BSB is really competitive this year. had to take 2nd didn’t have anything else to give.”
• 2:06 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama “enjoyed the racing. happy to be on the podium. say hello to british fans”
• 2:04 PM: Stay On The Black as things stand at the moment
  Hill – 70
  Ellison – 41
  Easton – 34
  Seeley – 33
• 1:56 PM: Stay On The Black Martin Jessop starts on Pole in race 2
• 1:56 PM: Stay On The Black Hill is overjoyed. good comeback after his accident yesterday
• 1:55 PM: Stay On The Black So Suzuki wins BSB and EVO
• 1:55 PM: Stay On The Black David Anthony wins the Evo class
• 1:55 PM: Stay On The Black Easton in 4th
• 1:55 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama in 3rd
• 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes in 2nd
• 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Hill wins
• 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Hill has this barring errors
• 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Hill, Brookes, Kaga, Easton
• 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Hill has gone now, 3 bike lengths lead
• 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Rutter, Jessopp, J Laverty, Mason, Kiyo
• 1:53 PM: Stay On The Black Hill, Brookes, Kaga, Easton
• 1:53 PM: Stay On The Black Hill crosses the line for the final lap in first
• 1:53 PM: Stay On The Black he’s into first
• 1:53 PM: Stay On The Black Hill through!
• 1:53 PM: Stay On The Black Hill right behind Brookes now coming up to last lap
• 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes, Hill, Kaga, Easton
• 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black and he’s into 3rd
• 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga fighting back though
• 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black Easton through into 3rd from Kaga
• 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black Hill pushes Kaga wide and goes second
• 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black Martin Jessop in sixth has the fastest lap so he’ll be on pole for race 2
• 1:51 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes in the lead by 3 bike lengths
• 1:51 PM: Stay On The Black lap 17 of 20
• 1:51 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga back in front of Hill
• 1:50 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes has a slight lead now
• 1:50 PM: Stay On The Black nudging him as he goes past
• 1:50 PM: Stay On The Black Hill dives down the side of Kaga
• 1:49 PM: Stay On The Black They’re coming up to back markers, could make things interesting
• 1:49 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes, Kaga, Hill, Easton, Rutter
• 1:49 PM: Stay On The Black Lap 16 of 20
• 1:49 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes is now trying to stick the hammer down
• 1:49 PM: Stay On The Black Easton in fourth with Rutter in 5th there but not quite with the leading group
• 1:48 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga and Hill now 2,3 ganging up on the Honda in first
• 1:48 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes past Kaga into the lead
• 1:47 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga, Brookes, Hill, Easton who’s now dropped back a bit
• 1:47 PM: Stay On The Black Hill now up the inside of Brookes – doesn’t make it
• 1:47 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama pushing hard, bike shaking everywhere
• 1:47 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes now all over Kagayama
• 1:47 PM: Stay On The Black lap 14 of 20
• 1:46 PM: Stay On The Black An Ozzi who races AMA usually
• 1:46 PM: Stay On The Black David Anothony is now the leading EVO racer
• 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama, Brookes, Hill now through past Easton
• 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga has the hammer down trying to gap the group
• 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black and Easton is going backwards from leading for 10 laps
• 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes round the outside to take Easton
• 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black then there’s a gap back to Seeley
• 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Rutter now coming to join the group
• 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes nearly ran Hill’s foot over as he was hanging out Rossi style
• 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga, Easton, Brookes, Hill
• 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes up ths inside and shoves Hill outside
• 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama pushing hard
• 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes still chasing from 4th
• 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama, Easton, Hill
• 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black up the inside
• 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black Kaga through
• 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black Easton, Kaga, Hill, Brookes – you could chuck a blanket over them
• 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black 3 abreast at 200mph!
• 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black halfway through
• 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black Kiyo still in 10th
• 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black Gap back to 5th of Rutter and then seeley then j laverty
• 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black Easton Kaga Hill and Brookes right with them in 4th
• 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes now with the top 3
• 1:40 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayama shaking his bike like he’s ringing it’s neck
• 1:40 PM: Stay On The Black Martin Jessop fastest lap 1:15:738 on the Ducati
• 1:40 PM: Stay On The Black lap 9 or 20
• 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black Brookes through in 4th, highest place honda
• 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black Easton still leads, Kagayama running with him, Hill has re-grouped and is on the back of Kaga
• 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black kennaugh in 14th is the highest EVO bike
• 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black he’s been knocked back to seventh
• 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black not sure what’s happened to seeley
• 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black Rutter up to 4th, laverty then brookes
• 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black some kind of mechanical issue
• 1:37 PM: Stay On The Black Chris Walker is out! gutted the bike looks ill
• 1:37 PM: Stay On The Black Seeley now in 4th, Laverty then Brookes
• 1:36 PM: Stay On The Black Easton and Kagayama starting to pull away from Hill surprisingly
• 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black he’s walking round, looks ok
• 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black Linfoot is down
• 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black Easton doing well to hold onto the lead.
• 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black lap 6 of 20 Easton has a 0.202 lead over Kagayama
• 1:34 PM: Stay On The Black J Laverty in 4th
• 1:34 PM: Stay On The Black Easton still leads, Kagayama in 2nd, Hill in 3rd
• 1:33 PM: Stay On The Black Rutter in 5th
• 1:33 PM: Stay On The Black Kiyo in 10th
• 1:33 PM: Stay On The Black Walker up to 8th
• 1:33 PM: Stay On The Black Kagayam into 2nd
• 1:32 PM: Stay On The Black Rutter’s birthday to – 38
• 1:32 PM: Stay On The Black They’re backing up behind Easton now
• 1:32 PM: Stay On The Black (that’s John Laverty)
• 1:32 PM: Stay On The Black there’s a gap back to Laverty
• 1:31 PM: Stay On The Black So Easton still leads, Hill right behind, Kagayama right behind him
• 1:31 PM: Stay On The Black Laverty, Seeley, Rutter your 3,4,5
• 1:31 PM: Stay On The Black Easton fights back straight away on the brakes though to stay in 1st
• 1:30 PM: Stay On The Black Hill past Easton
• 1:30 PM: Stay On The Black Tommy Hill in 2nd, Kagayama in 3rd
• 1:30 PM: Stay On The Black They’re all round the first few corners
• 1:29 PM: Stay On The Black Easton blasted away he’s already in the lead by a bike length
• 1:29 PM: Stay On The Black and we’re off
• 1:29 PM: Stay On The Black By the way, seeing the George White hot air balloon is amazing! it’s huge! in the shape of a motorcycle, check it out on our site if you haven’t seen it
• 1:28 PM: snitzer Come on Walker the stalker!
• 1:27 PM: Stay On The Black we’re off on the warm up lap
• 1:27 PM: Stay On The Black says the rumours around him quitting are wrong. doctors reckon he’ll be back in 8 weeks, he says 4!
• 1:26 PM: Stay On The Black Simon Andrews showing off his snapped heal. broken into 3 pieces
• 1:25 PM: Stay On The Black No James Ellison as he’s broken his Femur (leg basically)
• 1:25 PM: Stay On The Black Chris Walker starts in tenth today, Ryuichi Kiyonari in 13th!
• 1:23 PM: Stay On The Black Reminder of the grid for you:
  Tommy Hill, Michael Rutter, Stuart Easton, Yukio Kagayama, John Laverty, Dan Linfoot
• 1:22 PM: Stay On The Black morning all, it’s a glorious day at Thruxton for Race 1 of the BSB