GODDARD BRUISES HAND IN CRASH AT BRANDS HATCH

Australia's Peter Goddard today suffered a bruised right hand when he crashed in the 10th round of the World Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch in Great Britain.

The 38-year-old from Wollongong fell from his works three-cylinder Benelli Tornado 900 on the opening lap of the second of the two 25-lap races after contact with the DFX Ducati of Italian Alessandro Antonello.

However, Goddard said he expected to be fit for scheduled test sessions with Benelli at the Misano circuit in Italy on August 2 and 22, and for the next championship round at Oschersleben in Germany on September 1.

In the first race at Brands Hatch, Goddard finished 18th, three positions outside championship points. He clocked a best lap time of 1-min 29.455-secs in the race. Goddard has scored championship points six times from 12 starts in this year's series.

American Colin Edwards won both races at Brands Hatch on a Castrol Honda. Australia's Troy Bayliss retained the championship lead with 441 points on an Infostrada Ducati, and is followed by Edwards on 402.

PETER GODDARD QUOTES: "I was 'snotted' in the first turn of race two when outside Antonello. He just stood it up and took my brake lever and handlebar with him, slamming me into the ground. I have badly bruised my right hand, but am lucky to have such little damage as the fantastic Alpinestars glove took the main impact – it was destroyed, but that is exactly its job. Hopefully my hand will be good for the August 2 test at Misano. We have two tests planned for engine updates that should improve both performance and reliability. This weekend was tough. For some reason our engines were 5-10km/h slower through the (speed) trap than last year. At Laguna (Seca) we had our strongest engines all year so it's difficult to understand."

RESULTS - RACE 1 (25 laps):
POS	RIDER	MOTORCYCLE	RACE TIME
1.	Colin Edwards (U.S.)	Castrol Honda	36:27.555
2.	Neil Hodgson (GB)	HM Plant Ducati	36:28.728
3.	Troy Bayliss (Australia)	Infostrada Ducati	36:37.882
4.	Noriyuki Haga (Japan)	Playstation 2 Aprilia	36:49.798
5.	Ruben Xaus (Spain)	Infostrada Ducati	36:50.038
6.	Chris Walker (GB)	Fuchs Kawasaki	36:54.051
7.	Ben Bostrom (U.S.)	L&M Ducati	36:54.090
8.	Pierfrancesco Chili (Italy)	NCR Ducati	36:54.343
9.	James Toseland (GB)	HM Planet Ducati	36:59.877
10.	Shane Byrne (GB)	Renegade Ducati	37:00.189
OTHER:
18.	Peter Goddard (Australia)	Benelli Sport Tornado	37:35.784
FASTEST LAP:Bayliss 1-min 26.690-secs

RESULTS - RACE 2 (25 laps):
POS	RIDER	MOTORCYCLE	RACE TIME
1.	Colin Edwards (U.S.)	Castrol Honda	36:27.655
2.	Troy Bayliss (Australia)	Infostrada Ducati	36:29.981
3.	Neil Hodgson (GB)	HM Planet Ducati	36:30.403
4.	Ben Bostrom (U.S.)	L&M Ducati	36:40.785
5.	Noriyuki Haga (Japan)	Playstation 2 Aprilia	36:40.927
6.	Ruben Xaus (Spain)	Infostrada Ducati	36:40.948
7.	Pierfrancesco Chili (Italy)	NCR Ducati	36:42.619
8.	Chris Walker (GB)	Fuchs Kawasaki	36:49.579
9.	Michael Rutter (GB)	Renegade Ducati	36:52.363
10.	Shane Byrne (GB)	Renegade Ducati	36:57.485
OTHER:
DNF	Peter Goddard (Australia)	Benelli Sport Tornado	0 laps
FASTEST LAP:Edwards 1-min 26.711-secs

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS (after round 10): Bayliss 441, Edwards 402, Hodgson 257, Bostrom 206, Haga 206, Xaus 193, Toseland 131, Walker 126, Chili 107, Lavilla 89. Other: Goddard 10

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