Following a drought of 49 races that stretches back to his Suzuki days, Max Biaggi can call himself a wꦰinner once again after claiming a superb maiden World Superbike victory as an Aprilia rider at Brno.

The Italian, who is only the fifth different race winner this season, made the most of an accident ⛎involving Michel Fabrizio and Ben Spies to cruise to victory abo😼ard the RSV-4.

The💧 win brings about several milestones for both rider and team in that the victory marks Biaggi'🌃s first since Vallelunga 2007, while has also been eight years since Regis Laconi last won for Aprilia at Imola in 2001.

Furthermore, it is also the first Biaggi-Aprilia victory🔯 combinatio🦋n since 1996 when they competed together at 250cc level.

Lauding the progress the bike and team have made since the beginning of the season, Biaggi refused to believe🍒 his victory had been made any less deserving by demise of Fabrizio or Spies.

"It's great! What can I say! When I crossed the start-finish I was so happy to be winning this race and I had🌌 so many flashbacks of Brno, I can feel that it is one of my favourite circuits.

"Of course I don't want to take anything away from Spies and Fabrizio, they were both very fast, but I remember Barry Sheene used to say 'To finish first, first you have to finish' and this is a part of the deal. I put my head down and did not make any mistake, so a big thanks to all my crew, Aprilia and in particular Gigi Dall'Igna, the 'papa' of o﷽ur bike!."

Indeed, while Biaggi's victory in race one could have been described as fortuitous, his ride to second in race two would suggest otherwise🏅.

Despite a few problems dispatching Fabrizio for second, Biaggi's harassment of Spies very nearly saw him come away with the double, further proof that he is capable to challenging his rivals in a straight fight.

"I'm quite pleased [with race two]. It's not a victory but we prov🌜ed that we have a lot of muscle and could fight with Fabrizio and Spies all the time. I stopped behind Fabrizio for quite a time, while Spies managed to pull away.

"In the end I passed him and went to catch Spies. I tried to brake very late, but I didn't want to take him out like it was in the first race. We got a good 💦result and it was a very good weekend here for Aprilia."