Donington Park (UK), Sunday 7th September 2008: Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and his Ducati F08 today achieved a fantastic victory at Donington Park, one of the only international tracks at which he had until now failed to take a Superbike win.
Race 1 became complicated as a track that was drying out caused more than several riders to fall in the initial laps, which in turn left an excess of oil on the track leading to a red flag after just nine laps. The race was restarted, with the remaining riders lining up on the grid again, in the order in which they had completed those first laps, meaning that Bayliss restarted in second. Troy battled it out at the front against wild-card Suzuki rider Sykes and ultimately reigned supreme, despite a gutsy performance from Sykes.

Race 2 was declared wet just minutes from the start, with heavy rain falling in the opening laps that then eased off as the race progressed. Bayliss was once more up front from the start, this time up against Kiyo and wild-card Crutchlow, but in thinking he could push harder, the Australian legend lost the rear and came off in lap 11, unable to continue the race due to damage to his F08.
Bayliss has increased his championship lead by a significant number of points and leaves round 11 of the Superbike championship with 359 points and an 101 point advantage over second-placed rider Corser.
Ducati continues to lead the manufacturers championship, holding 439 points ahead of second-placed Yamaha (366 points).

Troy Bayliss (Race 1 - 1st, Race 2 - DNF)
"I'm really happy to have finally taken a win at Donington today (in Race 1) after all the years that I've been coming here! Then in Race 2 I was feeling equally good at the start, even though the rain was so heavy I almost thought they might cancel it a couple of laps in. But conditions improved and I felt comfortable so at a certain point, when it looked like Kiyo might have been starting to have a bit of trouble, I thought I could push bit harder and try to catch him. Unfortunately though I lost the back at a certain point and came off at a pretty fast speed, though luckily I haven't hurt myself. We've improved on our points lead overall and we leave here with an advantage of 101 points over Corser and 105 over Neukirchner which was our aim for this round so we're all very happy with that."

RESULTS: Race 1 - 1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox); 2. Tom Sykes (Suzuki); 3. Biaggi (Ducati); Race 2 - 1. Kiyonari (Honda); 2. Crutchlow (Honda); 3. Corser (Yamaha)

CLASSIFICATION: Riders - 1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 359; 2. Corser (Yamaha) 258; 3. Neukirchner (Suzuki) 254; 4. Checa (Honda) 240; 5. Haga (Yamaha) 230; 6. Nieto (Suzuki) 192.... 9. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 172; 26.Canepa (Ducati Xerox) 3. Constructors - Ducati 439; Yamaha 366; Honda 335; Suzuki 329; Kawasaki 69