Aprila bosses and Max Biaggi himself have said they are disappointed with the decision to penalise the Italian for cutting the Prima Variante chicane in the second World Superbike race at Monza this afternoon.

The decision dropped Biaggi from a five-second lead to leaving pit-lane in 12th place. He fought his way back to eighth but he, and sporting director Gigi Dall'Igna, view it as harsh.

"At the moment I am feeling only great disappointment, for me and for the entire team. We prepared to the best of our ability and I think we showed that on the track. I have to accept this severe decision, blaming myself for not having been shrewd enough not to have touched that line. Now we have to regroup and focus on the next races. There is still a long season ahead," said Biaggi.

"The judging officials are there to take decisions. It's our job to respect them and so we must accept the penalty which the judges enforced. However, we cannot keep quiet about the fact that, from a strictly sporting point of view, Max drew no time advantage from cutting the turn," said Dall'Igna

"A problem which forced Max to avoid crashing and return to the track at 330 km/h: a very difficult condition also in trying to avoid a stripe painted on the track. Our disappointment is made even more bitter in consideration of the work that the entire team did in order to perform as best as possible for this round. Now we'll continue to work hard as we have always done, in order to keep this championship open until the end."