Sporting Digest: Motorcycling

WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP First round (Donington Park) Race 1 (25 laps, 62.5 miles): 1 C Fogarty (GB) Ducati 40min 16.42sec (93.15mph); 2 A Slight (NZ) Honda +1.33 secs; 3 F Pirovano (It) Ducati +2.01; 4 S Russell (US) Kawasaki +2.52; 5 G Falappa (It) Ducati +21.48; 6 S Crafar (NZ) Honda +23.93. Race 2: 1 S Russell (US) Kawasaki 40:05.37 (93.58mph); 2 Slight +3.72; 3 Fogarty +9.39; 4 Corser +14.99; 5 Falappa +32.75; 6 Crafar +36.05. World Sidecar Championship First round (25 laps): 1 D Brindley and P Hutchinson (GB) LCR Honda 41min 31.89sec (90.28mph); 2 M Boesiger and J Egli (Swit) LCR- ADM +9.71sec; 3 S Webster (GB) and A Hanni (Swit) LCR-Krauser +22.04. FIM European Supersport 600 Championship First round (25 laps): 1 Y Briguet (Swit) Honda 42min 50.10sec (87.58mph); 2 M Edwards (GB) Yamaha +0.27sec; 3 I Simpson (GB) Honda +18.38. International Supermono Trophy (15 laps, 37.5 miles): 1 A Carter (GB) Ducati 25min 49.25sec (87.13mph); 2 N Hopkins (GB) Over +9.56sec; 3 A Cathcart (GB) Ducati +23.94.