World Superbike Championship spoils were shared on Sunday as Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) each got back to winning ways this weekend in front of a 45,000 crowd at the Nurburgring.

It was Rea’s fourth and Haga’s second win of the 2010 championship campaign.

But it was a frustrating weekend for the two top riders at this 11th round of 13 in the championship.

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) had his championship lead over Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) cut, despite Haslam suffering a dislocated thumb and knee injuries.

Biaggi now leads the series by a slightly trimmed 58 points, with two full rounds to go.

Rea’s win and then a second place, combined with a luckless race two for Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) sees the Honda man in third overall, 64 points ahead of the Spanish rider.

Rea also took a new lap record, 1min55.392sec, in race one.

Yamaha Sterilgarda’s MotoGP-bound Cal Crutchlow is only seven points behind Checa, in fifth place, having scored a third and a fourth place in Germany.

Haga’s win sees him sixth, 15 points clear of James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda) who fell in race one and was only eighth in race two.

Strong rides from Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) put him eighth overall, ahead of injured rider Leon Camier and Michel Fabrizio.

In race one, Rea took an early lead in the re-started first race, and rode at full pace to head Checa home.

Third place went to Crutchlow, ten seconds back on Rea. Championship leader Biaggi was fourth, and Kawasaki Racing Team rider Tom Sykes was a more than creditable fifth.

Haslam, one of the riders involved in the crash that caused the race to be stopped and then completely re-run, was sixth. Ruben Xaus was first BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider home in Germany, seventh.

Haga, a race one faller, was an impressive winner of race two, the Japanese rider shining strongly in the German sunshine, finishing more than 3sec ahead of Rea.

Haslam rode through the pain barrier to go third, with Crutchlow fourth.

Biaggi managed to keep Guintoli behind him at the flag for fifth.

RESULTS:

Race one:

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 20 Laps

2. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +1.126s

3. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +10.006s

4. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +10.716s

5. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +17.391s

6. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +19.301s

7. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +19.613s

8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +19.880s

9. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +21.176s

10. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198 +29.752s

11. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 +30.156s

12. Ian Lowry GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +53.622s

13. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +58.820s

14. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 25.906s

Not classified

15. Fabrizio Lai ITA Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR 19 laps completed

16. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 12 laps completed

17. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 8 laps completed

18. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 6 laps completed

19. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 6 laps completed

20. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 6 laps completed

21. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 1 lap completed

Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 DNS

Race two:

1. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 20 Laps

2. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +3.061s

3. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +8.060s

4. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +8.457s

5. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +9.392s

6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +9.556s

7. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +16.819s

8. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +20.564s

9. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +21.040s

10. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +21.168s

11. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Aprilia RSV-4 +21.734s

12. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +22.746s

13. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 +24.526s

14. Luca Scassa ITA Supersonic Ducati 1198 +28.218s

15. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +38.406s

16. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 08.039s

17. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 21.294s

18. Fabrizio Lai ITA Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR +1min 21.362s

19. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 +1min 38.427s

Not classified

20. Ian Lowry GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R 11 laps completed

21. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 9 laps completed

Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 DNS

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

1       Max Biaggi          397.0

2       Leon Haslam       339.0

3       Jonathan Rea      288.0

4       Carlos Checa       224.0

5       Cal Crutchlow      217.0

6       Noriyuki Haga     202.0

7       James Toseland   187.0

8       Sylvain Guintoli   169.0

9       Leon Camier        164.0

10     Michel Fabrizio    160.0

11     Troy Corser          159.0

12     Shane Byrne       136.0

13     Ruben Xaus          85.0

14     Jakub Smrz            76.0

15     Tom Sykes            70.0

16     Luca Scassa        61.0

17     Lorenzo Lanzi      54.0

18     Max Neukirchner 41.0

19     Chris Vermeulen  10.0

20     Roger Lee Hayden 10.0