Max Biaggi raced to second place in today's final event of the
2007 World Superbike season at Magny Cours in France and lifted
third place in the series.
The Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider, second before the
event, 29 points behind series leader and newly-crowned
champion James Toseland, was pipped to the second step on the
championship rostrum by Nori Haga, who won both races today
and finished just two points behind Toseland.
In race one, Biaggi fought his way up to sixth place after ending
the first lap 15th after luckily avoiding a first corner incident
involving Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) and James Toseland (Honda).
And in race two, he took runner-up spot after a tremendous battle
with Troy Corser (Yamaha).
Max Neukirchner, deputising for the injured Yukio Kagayama, was
on course for a podium in race one until he was forced wide after
tangling with Troy Bayliss (Ducati). He recovered to take fourth
position. In race two, he was beginning his charge up the field,
but crashed out on the sixth lap. 
Max Biaggi
“It has been a bit of a strange day all round. In race one I was
lucky not to get caught up in Lanzi's crash, but I lost a lot of
places avoiding the mess and was only 15th at the end of the first
lap. I fought as hard as I could, but it was impossible to catch the
leaders. I was very disappointed with my sixth place because I
knew it should have been much better. Race two was a hard race
but at least I was fighting with the leaders. Troy Corser and I had
a great fight and touched a couple of times, but that is normal
Superbike racing. I have liked my Superbike experience and it
has been good to race against many strong riders. “
Max Neukirchner
“My debut with this team has generally been very good indeed. I
have enjoyed riding this bike and today - well the first race
anyway - was great fun. If Bayliss had not forced me wide it's
possible that I could've made a podium. But racing is like that
sometimes. I was pushing hard in race two but lost the front at
one of the left-handers and crashed. It was a disappointing end to
what has been a great weekend for me.” suzukiracing.com