Reigning World Champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki MAHI Racing Team India) took an impressive win at today’s WSS race in Silverstone after a spectacular battle with championship leader Sam Lowes (Yamaha Yakhnich Motorsport).
The pair quickly got away from the rest of the guys and spent most of the race studying each other, until they finally unleashed their fury in the last couple of laps.
Half way through the last lap, Lowes seemed to have found the right move to finish off the battle, but Sofuoglu tried his luck again at a very slow corner, finding the space and touching Lowes.
The Brit fell down, but thanks to the low speed he managed to keep the clutch pulled and then was super quick to jump back on his Yamaha YZF-R6 and get back on the track, actually a very cool move that eventually earned him a much valued second place, which basically means 20 points in the bag instead of an otherwise pretty disappointing ‘zero’.
Frenchman Fabien Foret (MAHI Racing Team India) managed to clinch the last spot on the podium winning the sprint against Kev Coghlan (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) and ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse’s pair Christian Iddon and Roberto Rolfo.
Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto), Florian Marino (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres), Michael Vd Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) and Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport) completed today’s Top 10.
see the whole race classification after the jump.
Silverstone – FIM Supersport World Championship – Race 1.
Kenan Sofuoglu (MAHI Racing Team India) Kawasaki ZX-6R 34′25.
6602.
Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 34′35.
1613.
Fabien Foret (MAHI Racing Team India) Kawasaki ZX-6R 34′37.
8254.
Kev Coghlan (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) Kawasaki ZX-6R 34′37.
9195.
Christian Iddon (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse) MV Agusta F3 675 34′38.
1516.
Roberto Rolfo (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse) MV Agusta F3 675 34′38.
2507.
Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto) Honda CBR600RR 34′39.
2858.
Florian Marino (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 34′40.
6699.
Michael Vd Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) Honda CBR600RR 34′47.
05910.
Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 34′47.
48111.
Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport) Honda CBR600RR 34′49.
12412.
Roberto Tamburini (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 34′53.
23413.
Luca Scassa (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 34′53.
30014.
Alex Baldolini (Suriano Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R600 34′53.
43315.
David Salom (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 34′53.
89816.
Mathew Scholtz (Suriano Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R600 34′54.
69617.
Glen Richards (Smiths Triumph) Triumph Daytona 675 34′54.
86818.
Ronan Quarmby (Prorace) Honda CBR600RR 34′59.
79219.
Sheridan Morais (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 35′08.
84620.
Luca Marconi (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 35′09.
04021.
Imre Toth (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 35′17.
93222.
Billy McConnell (Smiths Triumph) Triumph Daytona 675 35′24.
37823.
David Linortner (Team Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 35′25.
84224.
Fabio Menghi (VFT Racing) Yamaha YZF R6 35′28.
57425.
Matt Davies (Team Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 35′42.
03926.
Ivan Clementi (Team Goeleven) Kawasaki ZX-6R 35′42.
30727.
Nacho Calero Perez (Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 35′42.
40728.
Yves Polzer (Team MRC Austria) Honda CBR600RR 36′04.
21829.
Alexey Ivanov (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) Kawasaki ZX-6R 36′04.
62230.
Mitchell Carr (AARK Racing) Honda CBR600RR 36′04.
71831.
Eduard Blokhin (Rivamoto) Honda CBR600RR 36′13.
187RT.
Massimo Roccoli (Team Pata by Martini) Yamaha YZF R6 31′08.
877RT.
Riccardo Russo (Puccetti Racing Kawasaki) Kawasaki ZX-6R 22′42.
771RT.
Raffaele De Rosa (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 17′21.
695RT.
Balazs Nemeth (Complus SMS Racing) Honda CBR600RR 11′40.
852RT.
Alex Schacht (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR