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Toseland sets personal bests and edges ahead again - local rider double
dends 126,000 strong crowd wild

After the wettest summer ever in the UK, the local British crowd got to worship their
latest local sun god in perfect conditions at Brands Hatch, as James Toseland (Hannspree
Ten Kate Honda) basked in the glow of his first ever World Superbike double win, scored
his first ever wins at Brands Hatch, and took a huge 66 point lead into the final three
rounds, which appear after the traditional summer break.

Toseland’s wins were his seventh and eighth of the year, and he has now won three of
the last four races.

Brands Hatch' Suberbike Race 1
Toseland led from lap three onwards, but for the pole man Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox)
disaster awaited on lap five when he fell at Druids, after being passed by Toseland and
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia). The Japanese was to run on himself at Surtees and
finish seventh, not his expected second or first, leaving the consistently fast Troy Corser
(Yamaha Motor Italia) 1.5 seconds down on Toseland at the flag, with astonishingly
effective Brands debutant Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) third. Max’s
teammate Yukio Kagayama, who was also on for a podium at one stage, fell at high
speed at Clearways, and was lucky to escape serious injury.

Brands Hatch' Suberbike Race 2
Toseland had to wait for more time to get to the front in race two, pursued by Haga and
Corser, but when he did get into clear air he made the best of it and took a triumphant
win, by 1.6 seconds. Haga scored second for his only podium of the day, Corser secured
his second Brands podium after finishing a close third. In fourth place, eight seconds
down on Toseland, Michel Fabrizio (DFX Corse Honda) was impressive again, holding off
Kagayama. Biaggi made a jump start and was penalized with a ride-through penalty
which saw him restart well down but recover to take eighth in race two.
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