Biaggi celebrates the 100-race mark at Silverstone

Max Biaggi will be aiming to celebrate his 100th World Superbike race in the best possible way this weekend at the revamped Silverstone circuit. This season the ‘Pirate' is playing the role of Hannibal the Cannibal, by strengthening his leadership in the points standings with a swathe of victories. For the Italian the British Round also has particular significance as he reaches the 100-race mark in World Superbike.

"To arrive at this point of the season with a 68-point lead over my closest rivals is an amazing result in itself," declared Biaggi, " especially considering that we are only in our second year of world championship competition with a new bike. Now we are in the lead we certainly do not want to let this occasion slip away from our grasp, we fully deserve every single result given the great job both me and my team have done. Silverstone is a new track for everyone, I think that already in first practice we'll have some sort of idea about the way things are going to go.

"We are a bit concerned about the rough track surface, seeing as the RSV4 doesn't seem to like this very much, but we also know where to intervene. The races at Misano and race 2 at Brno showed that hard work pays off and minor problems are for sure not insurmountable obstacles. My aim for this race is to finish in the top 4."