Round 2 of WSBK was a great weekend. Plenty of drama on and off the track with the big winners being
Marco Melandri Race 1 winner


& Carlos Checa Race 2 winner


And the biggest loser being Biaggi who had a horrible weekend in every way possible.

BTW, Marco's girlfriend is

Manuela Raffaetà | Sito ufficiale Making him a BIG winner in my eyes

 

Great racing!! Biaggi got fined $3000 for his Shenanigan's with Marco and eventually got slapped around the track like a little school girl! It's great to see Marco and Yamaha have a great weekend! I think it could have been two had he been on the first or second row.

 

The slap heard around the paddock:
YouTube - WSBK 2011 Donington Park: Max BIAGGI vs Marco MELANDRI

 

What's the back story on this? I was just beginning to think maybe Biaggi had finally been humbled after having his ass handed to him by Rossi for so many years.

 

Its a long story, Biaggi had a long weekend to say the least:
1)He clipped Fabrizio in a high speed bend causing 30,000$ worth of damage to the suzuki, but in his defense he apologized to Fabrizio and his team (in front of the race directors i think)
2)During super pole on saturday he blocked a number of riders(Haga, Melandri, and others) during their hotlaps which ended with Melandri showing his displeasure and Biaggi holding up Melandri even more to the point where Melandri missed SP3
3)After superpole is when Biaggi went over to the Yamaha garage to give Marco a piece of his mind like he was the one who missed the final super pole because of the blocking.

And his racing that weekend wasn't any better

 

33 looked killer in both races. So late on the brakes and deadly fast. The Yam looks much more sorted this season.

It was good to see some real racing and not a walk-away win.