Italy’s Michel Fabrizio and British rider Leon Haslam shared the wins at round six of the world superbikes championship in South Africa at the weekend.

But Australian BMW rider Troy Corser was unable to repeat his last-round heroics, finishing 12th and seventh in the two races at the Kyalami circuit.

Fabrizio dominated race one, starting from pole and never being headed as he finished ahead of fellow Ducati rider Carlos Checa and Suzuki pilot Haslam.

Fabrizio slipped all the way to eighth in race two after suffering an inexplicable loss of grip.

The honours went to Honda duo Haslam and Jonathan Rea.

Championship leader Haslam has 222 points after six rounds, 15 clear of Italy’s Max Biaggi, with Rea and Checa tied for third on 141.

Corser, who secured a historic third place for BMW last weekend in race two at Monza, is seventh overall on 105 points.

“In the first race I really had zero grip after only five laps,” said Corser.

“I had no confidence to attack any more, and I literally just rolled around the track till the end of the race.

“We changed the bike’s set-up a little bit between the races … and the consistency of the tyre was much better than in the first race.

“In the second race I was able to ride the bike.”

Corser again fought a lone Australian hand in South Africa, with Chris Vermeulen (Kawasaki) still not up to the rigours of jousting with the championship elite as he continues to make a slow recovery from his Phillip Island knee injury.

Vermeulen went 18-16 at Kyalami, while Newcastle’s Broc Parkes (Honda) was 18th in race two after failing to finish the opener.

RESULTS:

Race one:

1. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 24 laps

2. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +1.098s

3. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +5.049s

4. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +6.974s

5. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +13.710s

6. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +13.848s

7. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +16.064s

8. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +16.231s

9. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Ducati 1198 +16.580s

10. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +23.100s

11. Luca Scassa ITA Team Supersonic Ducati 1198 +24.561s

12. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +25.504s

13. Sheridan Morais RSA EmTek Aprilia RSV-4 +27.073s

14. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +27.273s

15. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +30.692s

16. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +34.008s

17. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +35.948s

18. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +44.030s

19. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +48.382s

Not Classified

20. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 13 laps completed

21. Broc Parkes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR 11 laps completed

22. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 6 laps completed

Race two:

1. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 39mins 52.870s

2. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +0.522s

3. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 +0.601s

4. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +0.991s

5. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 +1.479s

6. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 +13.324s

7. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR +13.740s

8. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1198 +14.250s

9. Jakub Smrz CZE PATA B&G Racing Ducati 1198 +15.190s

10. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1198 +16.790s

11. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad S1000RR +21.101s

12. Luca Scassa ITA Team Supersonic Ducati 1198 +22.670s

13. Shane Byrne GBR Althea Ducati 1198 +24.506s

14. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +31.301s

15. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +31.836s

16. Chris Vermeulen AUS Kawasaki SRT ZX-10R +33.710s

17. Max Neukirchner GER Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR +35.203s

18. Broc Parkes AUS Echo-CRS Honda CBR1000RR +55.929s

19. Roger Lee Hayden USA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +56.074s

20. Matteo Baiocco ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +1min 08.481s

Not Classified

21. Leon Camier GBR Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 17 laps completed

22. Sheridan Morais RSA EmTek Aprilia RSV-4 10 laps completed

Leading standings after six of 13 rounds:

1       Leon Haslam 222 points;

2       Max Biaggi 207

3       Carlos Checa 141

=      Jonathan Rea 141

5       James Toseland 125

6       Noriyuki Haga 106

7       Troy Corser 105

8       Michel Fabrizio 95

9       Cal Crutchlow 86

10     Leon Camier 82

11     Sylvain Guintoli 77

12     Shane Byrne 62

13     Jakub Smrz         61

14     Ruben Xaus 42

15     Tom Sykes 37

16     Lorenzo Lanzi 26

17     Luca Scassa 25

18     Max Neukirchner 23

19     Chris Vermeulen 5

20     Andrew Pitt 3