Noriuki Haga has taken the second world superbike race win at Monza this afternoon by one one-hundredth of a second from race one winner Max Neukirchner who was, in turn, four one-hundredths in front of reigning British Superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari.
Championship leader Troy Bayliss was forced to retire on lap 11. Haga had gone past the Xerox Ducati and gesticulated to the Aussie who then looked down and slowed, returning to the pits on the next lap.

And Haga gave the spectators heart failure as his rear hugger was touching the Yamaha's Pirelli, causing the bike to smoke right through the Parabolica turn, giving the impression the engine had blown.
Kiyonari had taken the lead from Haga with three corners to go but Haga kept pressing into the Parabolica, Kiyo ran wide which allowed Haga to turn tight and go underneath his fellow countryman. Neukirchner was very early on the power, of which there is plenty, and just scraped past the Ten Kate Honda over the line.
Yukio Kagayama made a trip onto the grass and then highsided off his Alstare Suzuki halfway through the race and Max Biaggi was nerfed off by Jackob Smrz through the second chicane with three laps to go.
Results:
1 3 41 N.HAGA JPN Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 18 1'46.363 315,2 1'45.665 314,3 20 25 112 3
2 2 76 M.NEUKIRCHNER GER Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 0.009 1'46.523 317,0 1'45.287 323,7 25 20 111 4
3 8 23 R. KIYONARI JPN Hannspree Ten Kate HondaHonda CBR1000RR 18 0.051 1'46.363 314,3 1'45.975 319,8 10 16 65 9
4 7 10 F. NIETO ESP Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 4.489 1'46.675 310,7 1'45.942 313,4 9 13 107 5
5 13 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098 F08 18 10.272 1'46.474 312,5 1'46.533 318,0 7 11 55 11
6 10 31 K. MUGGERIDGE AUS D.F. Racing Honda CBR1000RR 18 10.376 1'46.485 318,9 1'46.065 322,7 10 35 15
7 6 111 R. XAUS ESP Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 18 10.496 1'47.002 315,2 1'45.795 321,8 9 90 7
8 12 11 T. CORSER AUS Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 18 12.498 1'46.790 310,7 1'46.496 315,2 4 8 101 6
9 18 86 A. BADOVINI ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 19.429 1'46.923 307,1 1'47.301 309,8 7 10 22
10 16 36 G.LAVILLA ESP Ventaxia VK Honda Honda CBR1000RR 18 26.373 1'47.289 304,5 1'47.107 316,1 5 6 59 10
11 23 57 L. LANZI ITA R.G. Team Ducati 1098 RS 08 18 26.544 1'47.505 304,5 1'48.523 309,8 2 5 49 13
12 17 38 S. NAKATOMI JPN YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 18 26.895 1'47.243 308,0 1'46.944 315,2 3 4 16 20
13 22 83 R. HOLLAND AUS D.F. Racing - Bertocchi Honda CBR1000RR 18 27.761 1'47.660 318,0 1'48.390 320,8 3 13 21
14 19 194 S. GIMBERT FRA Yamaha France Ipone GMTY 9a4maha YZF-R1 18 29.661 1'47.646 303,7 1'47.669 302,8 1 2 6 23
15 28 49 M.BECK USA Yamaha France Ipone GMTY 9a4maha YZF-R1 18 1'29.001 1'51.313 292,2 1'50.859 298,6 1 1 25
16 21 88 S. AOYAMA JPN Alto Evolution Honda SuperbHiokenda CBR1000RR 15 3 Laps 1'48.883 306,3 1'48.144 310,7
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RET 14 100 M.TAMADA JPN Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 17 1 Lap 1'47.336 306,3 1'46.549 311,6 28 16
RET 9 3 M.BIAGGI ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 15 3 Laps 1'46.785 309,8 1'46.039 312,5 11 65 8
RET 15 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing by Grifo'sDucati 1098 RS 08 15 3 Laps 1'46.410 317,0 1'46.749 314,3 6 41 14
RET 4 7 C. CHECA ESP Hannspree Ten Kate HondaHonda CBR1000RR 9 9 Laps 1'46.923 312,5 1'45.766 317,0 8 116 2
RET 27 77 L. NAPOLEONE FRA Grillini PBR Team Yamaha YZF-R1 9 9 Laps 1'51.206 299,5 1'50.113 305,4
RET 1 21 T. BAYLISS AUS Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098 F08 8 10 Laps 1'46.619 308,9 1'44.931 316,1 16 194 1
RET 11 55 R. LACONI FRA Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R 6 12 Laps 1'47.233 304,5 1'46.216 308,9 21 18
RET 5 34 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 4 14 Laps 1'47.084 307,1 1'45.777 316,1 13 54 12
RET 20 13 V. IANNUZZO ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 3 15 Laps 1'48.685 299,5 1'48.110 308,0
RET 24 22 L. MORELLI ITA Alto Evolution Honda SuperbHiokenda CBR1000RR 1 17 Laps 1'48.531 305,4