FIM Superbike World Championship
Autodrom Most
WorldSBK - Czech Republic
LOWES SCORES SUPERPOLE RACE PODIUM
Alex Lowes took his official Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR to third place in Sunday’s ten-lap Tissot-Superpole Race at Autodrom Most, equalling his Superpole qualifying performance on Saturday morning. Axel Bassani (KRT) had a best Sunday race result of 13th, also in the ten-lap ‘sprint’.
WSBK Results
Alex Lowes
"I would have been fourth in that Superpole race but for Alvaro’s fall. It is hard to pass at this circuit but in some parts of this track the bike is working so well, I can be so fast. A tough race but I can be very happy to be on the podium again. I will take that after Saturday’s no-score. To be back on the podium here at Most, I honestly didn’t expect it, and the pace was really strong. I was not comfortable at the start of the second race and I was not sure if the bike was in first gear or not. We have been trying lots of different things with the clutch for the starts, as it is so important now. Qualifying well and starting well can really change your race in WorldSBK. I went to move the clutch just to see if the gear had engaged, and the bike jumped forward. I was not trying to anticipate the start, I was just trying to feel if it was in gear. That was a first for me, a jump start like that, and I got a double long-lap penalty. The race was tough from there. But, my pace was good, very similar to podium rider Andrea Locatelli and also Remy Gardner. This was a positive in these hot conditions. Most was a difficult track for us so if we can be as competitive as we were in Superpole, the Superpole Race, both main races and in the mix with the Ducatis, I think we can look forward to the next few rounds."
Loris Veneman
“I got my first pole position ever then directly turned it into a victory and then a double victory. I am really happy because I didn’t expect to win the first race in the end. Most of the time the guy who is first out of the last corner gets overtaken, so I expected somebody to pass me. It was very close but luckily I got the victory. In Race Two there were people who crashed into each other in T1. I saw it out of the corner of my eye, so I just picked the bike up and everybody came past me. I had to close two seconds on Inigo and I closed it pretty well. In the end on the last straight I think he touched my clutch and therefore he got the penalty.”
Axel Bassani
"Every practice and race session we are trying to improve the bike. We continue to push. Today was better, even though I was lucky in the Superpole race as there were a lot of crashes in front of me, so I was able to recover a lot of positions. Because of this I started from P6 for Race two - on the second row - and that always makes it easier to do the first few laps. During the second race I tried to manage it and understand how to be consistent until the end. In this race I understood a lot of things and I am happy about that. Also for my finishing position.”
FIM Superbike World Championship
Italy
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
Lucas Mahias
“In this round our goal was to continue to adapt to the ZX-6R and to try to enter the top ten consistently. I think the balance is positive because today I finished ninth and I felt more comfortable on the bike. I hope that Öncü will be able to race again at Donington, but if that were not the case, I would be happy to remain a part of this team. I thank them for the excellent work done here at Misano.”
WorldSBK Class Race 1 Results
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1
2
3
9
RIDER
Michael Rinaldi
Danilo Petrucci
Jonathan Rea
Alex Lowes
MOTORCYCLE
Yamaha
Ducati
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
WorldSBK Class Superpole Race Results
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1
2
3
7
RIDER
Alvaro Bautista
Jonathan Rea
Toprak Razgatlioglu
Alex Lowes
MOTORCYCLE
Ducati
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
Yamaha
WorldSBK Class Race 2 Results
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1
2
3
4
14
RIDER
Alvaro Bautista
Toprak Razgatlioglu
Michael Rinaldi
Jonathan Rea
Alex Lowes
MOTORCYCLE
Ducati
Yamaha
Ducati
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
WorldSBK Class Points Standings (Round 10 of 12)
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1
2
3
9
RIDER
Alvaro Bautista
Toprak Razgatlioglu
Jonathan Rea
Alex Lowes
POINTS
504
457
328
129
MOTORCYCLE
Ducati
Yamaha
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-10RR
WorldSSP Class Race 1 Results
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1
2
3
5
13
14
RIDER
Nicolo Bulega
Stefano Manzi
Bahattian Sofuoglu
Adrian Huertas
Thomas Booth-Amos
Lucas Mahias
MOTORCYCLE
Ducati
Yamaha
MV Augusta
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
WorldSSP Class Race 2 Results
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1
2
3
13
15
RET
RIDER
Tarran Mackenzie
Marcel Schroetter
Bahattian Sofuoglu
Thomas Booth-Amos
Adrian Huertas
Lucas Mahias
MOTORCYCLE
Honda
MV Augusta
MV Augusta
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
WorldSSP Class Points Standings (Round 8 of 12)
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1
2
3
11
14
15
RIDER
Nicolo Bulega
Stefano Manzi
Marcel Schroetter
Adrian Huertas
Can Öncü
Thomas Booth-Amos
POINTS
308
262
214
89
63
47
MOTORCYCLE
Ducati
Yamaha
MV Agusta
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R
WorldSSP300 Class Race 1 Results
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1
2
3
4
6
7
10
RIDER
Loris Venneman
Jeffery Buis
Daniel Mogeda
Jose Luis Perez Gonzalez
Jose Manuel Osuna Saez
Julio Garcia
Fenton Seabright
MOTORCYCLE
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
WorldSSP300 Class Race 2 Results
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1
2
3
6
7
9
10
RIDER
Jeffrey Buis
Dirk Geiger
Marco Gaggi
Loris Veneman
Daniel Mogeda
Jose Perez Gonzalez
Fenton Seabright
MOTORCYCLE
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
KTM
Yamaha
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
WorldSSP300 Class Points Standings (Round 7 of 8)
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1
2
3
6
8
9
RIDER
Jeffrey Buis
Jose Luis Perez Gonzalez
Dirk Geiger
Petr Svoboda
Loris Veneman
Daniel Mogeda
POINTS
194
164
147
121
91
88
MOTORCYCLE
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Yamaha
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400
Kawasaki Ninja® 400