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Giorgio Barbier, Racing Director Pirelli Moto, sums up the sixth round of the 2011 Superbike World Championship from the point of view of the championship's one-make tyre supplier.

"A truly fantastic weekend of racing considering that the forecasted rain on race day never arrived. In a Superpole getting wetter by the second, however, Pirelli demonstrated the performances of its soft Diablo Rain rear and harder rain front, helping Sykes (Kawasaki) to earn the second pole of his WSBK career. Pirelli brought over 5000 tyres to supply the four classes of racing and over 130 riders, including those of the STK600 Coppa dei Due Paesi organized by Yakhnich Motorsport between national riders from Russian and Italian national riders with a second round to be held in Russia as a preview to 2012 WSBK action.

"For Race 1, most SBK riders chose the new SC1 rear tyre, matched with mixed A (SC1) and B (SC2) front tyres. Checa (Ducati) remained the only rider with the more conservative and harder (C) rear tyre, but still managed a victory 1 second in front of Biaggi (Aprilia), followed by Melandri (Yamaha), Sykes (Kawasaki) and Laverty (Yamaha) for a perfectly balanced race finish.

"A 45°C asphalt temperature at the start of Race 2 prompted Smrz and Guintoli (Ducati) to change to the A (SC0) rear tyre and Checa (Ducati) to change to the B rear. With a red flag going up after two incidents in the same corner and suspected oil on the track, the restarted 14-lap race urged Badovini (BMW) and Haga (Aprilia) to mount the softer A (SC0) solution, helping them to record their best performances of the season in 3rd and 4th. In part one of the interrupted Race 2, Biaggi (Aprilia) registered a track record of 1'36.34 which was then followed by a Pirelli Best Lap by Checa (Ducati) of 1'36.52 in the restarted race.

"Excellent results also for Parkes (Kawasaki) in the Supersport race who like many of the riders chose the new SC0 compound rear for his and the team's first win of the season. Congratulations also to Davide Giugliano (Ducati) for his win and a lap record in the STK1000 race."

Pirelli BEST LAP Awards:
SBK Race 1 - Carlos Checa (Althea Racing), 1'36.520 (Lap 5)
SBK Race 2 - Carlos Checa (Althea Racing), 1'36.344 (Lap 3)
Total BEST LAP (SBK): Checa C. (Althea Racing): 5, Biaggi M. (Aprilia Alitalia Racing): 3, Haga N. (PATA Racing Team Aprilia): 1, Sykes T. (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike): 1, Camier L. (Aprilia Alitalia Racing): 1, Fabrizio M. (Team Suzuki Alstare): 1

WSS - Fabien Foret (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda), 1'40.054 (Lap 7)
Total BEST LAP (WSS): Foret F. (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda): 2, Lowes S. (Parkalgar Honda): 1, Scassa L. (Yamaha ParkinGO Team): 1, Davies C. (Yamaha ParkinGO Team): 1

STK1000 - Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing), 1'38.825 (Lap 4)
STK600 - Nicola Jr. Morrentin (Elle2Ciatt), 2'01.497 (Lap 12)