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• Max Biaggi scored his fifth career double, he hadn't recorded one in two years, since Misano 2010: in the last three years Max won here four times and was second twice;

• Chaz Davies in race one made a great comeback, finishing sixth from 21st in grid. Since 2000 on the Misano track only another rider was able to start outside the top-20 and finish in the top-6: that was Noriyuki Haga, from 21st to 6th in both 2005 races;

• 28th career podium in race two for Leon Haslam, equalling Regis Laconi at the 21st all-time spot: this year Leon has climbed on the podium five times, his best season result after the fourteen scored in 2010, when he was second in the championship behind Biaggi;

• Ayrton Badovini scored in race two his second best career result, a fifth: last year he was fourth here. These are his two career best placements;

• An unlucky spell for Lorenzo Zanetti, with his fourth straight retirement: between Miller and Misano he has only been able to run 24 laps. David Salom is on his fifth straight retirement;

• Maiden podium for Alex Baldolini in Supersport: Triumph weren't able to climb on the podium since the 2010 Magny-Cours races (Chaz Davies, third);

• The Misano race was the 110th straight with at least one Honda bike on the front row of the Supersport starting grid;

• For the first time in history, BMW was able to lock out the podium in Superstock 1000 with Sylvain Barrier, Lorenzo Baroni and Michele Magnoni. This record puts an end to Ducati's best string of podium finishes, thirteen straight, the best one for the Italian manufacturer: the absolute record belongs to Yamaha, with 17 straight podiums from Valencia 2004 to Lausitz 2005;

• Maiden Superstock 600 podium for Christian Gamarino;

QUALIFYING

• Seventh career pole for Tom Sykes, who now stands fourteenth overall together with Regis Laconi and Noriyuki Haga. Once more Tom wasn't able to win from pole:

• Maiden front row start for Ayrton Badovini, third in grid;

• Davide Giugliano was able to repeat his best career showing, obtained in Miller, fourth;

• For the first time since the 2011 Monza races, Carlos Checa wasn't able to reach a top-10 grid spot;

• In the last two races, Eugene Laverty has obtained his two best season performances; eighth in Miller and seventh in Misano;

• Wild card Matteo Baiocco obtained his best career placement: ninth. From 2009 to 2011 he hadn't been able to record a top-10 start;

• Maiden Superstock 600 pole for Franco Morbidelli;