Sporting Digest: Motor Cycling

WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Tokyo, Japan): 1st race: 1 S Russell (US) Kawasaki 38min 49.703sec; 2 F Pirovano (It) Ducati 38:53.128; 3 Y Nagai (Japan) Yamaha 38:53.405; 4 C Fogarty (GB) Ducati 38:53.503; 5 W Yoshikawa (Japan) Yamaha 38:53.669; 6 A Slight (NZ) Honda 39:02.609; 7 T Aoki (Japan) Honda 39:10.019; 8 A Gobert (GB) Honda 39:10.387; 9 A Meklau (Aut) Ducati 39:22.469; 10 D Polen (US) Honda 39:24.409. 2nd race: 1 Russell 38:38.123; 2 Fogarty 38:38.791; 3 K Kitagawa (Japan) Kawasaki 38:39.381; 4 Yoshikawa 38:51.003; 5 Nagai 38:55.318; 6 Gobert 38:55.887; 7 Slight 38:55.964; 8 Aoki 39:00.619; 9 T Rymer (GB) Kawasaki 39:02.349; 10 J Whitham (GB) Ducati 39:03.122. World championship standings (after eight of 12 rounds): 1 Slight 192pts; 2 Russell 186; 3 Fogarty 176; 4 Polen 124; 5 A Meklau (Aut) Ducati 110.