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Written by Larry Tate on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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Cal Crutchlow owns the track at Britain's Silverstone.

Briton Cal Crutchlow took his Sterilgarda Yamaha to a double victory at Silverstone, marking the 2009 World Supersport champ's first WSB wins. Amazingly, they were also the first wins for Yamaha in 2010 after Ben Spies' dominating performance last year.

˝We´ve been trying so hard all year to achieve a win, I'm ecstatic that it has happened at my home race," said Crutchlow.

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's Jonathon Rea was second in both races after leading the most laps in both. In both races Crutchlow shadowed the Irishman then made a decisive pass and moved away to a slight lead; Rea briefly fought back in the first race but was unable to retaliate in the second. "Cal quite simply had a little more pace than me in the race, a couple of tenths a lap on average," said the Ulsterman.

Crutchlow's perfect weekend was capped by his also taking Superpole and setting the fastest lap of the race for a new lap record.

The podium was all Brits in both races in their home event at the recently refurbished Silverstone track. In race one Leon Haslam, second in the championship, got third on his Alstare Suzuki, while Leon Camier, 2009 British Superbike champion, took the spot on his Alitalia Aprilia in the second go-around.

Camier continues to impress; he was comfortably faster than team-mate and series leader Max Biaggi all weekend. He was sixth behind Biaggi in the first race but obviously was just holding station; in the second he passed Biaggi and then got past Leon Haslam to take a few points away from him. Coming from a bad qualifying performance that left him 16th on the grid made his rides even more impressive.

Biaggi had an unusual off weekend, saying that he just couldn't find a comfortable setting for his RSV4 on the bumpy circuit. He still has a huge lead in the championship with only six races at three events left in the season.

World Championship Standings (after 20 of 26 races)

1. Max Biaggi, Italy, Alitalia Aprilia, 373 points; 2. Leon Haslam, U.K., Alstare Suzuki, 313; 3. Jonathon Rea, U.K., Hannspree Ten Kate Honda, 243; 4. Carlos Checa, Spain, Althea Ducati, 204; 5. Cal Crutchlow, U.K., Sterilgarda Yamaha, 188;

6. James Toseland, U.K., Sterilgarda Yamaha, 179; 7. Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Xerox Ducati, 177; 8. Leon Camier, U.K., Alitalia Aprilia, 164; 9. Michel Fabrizio, Italy, Xerox Ducati, 160; 10. Troy Corser, Australia, BMW Motorrad, 155.

Next race September 5 at the Nurburgring in Germany.



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