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Sam Lowes Strikes In Phillip Island With Yamaha
Sam Lowes made an impressive start to his World Supersport season aboard the Yakhnich Yamaha YZF-R6 in Phillip Island today, taking second on the podium in the shortened 15lap race. The young British rider started from the front having taken a blistering pole position yesterday in qualifying, over half a second clear of 2012 world Champion Kenan Sofuoglu with a 1’32.545. Sofuoglu led into turn one, but Lowes was quick to come back, passing in the second lap to regain the lead. The two went on to battle it out with countless passes over the fifteen laps, Sofuoglu finally getting the upper hand and winning by less than two seconds from Lowes.
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Yakhnich Yamaha teammate Vladimir Leonov had an unfortunate start to his season, the Russian lucky to escape with only an elbow injury after coming off in the high-speed final corner, turn 12, on the third lap of the race when a rival fell in front of him. The race had been reduced to 15laps after safety concerns on tyre life.
The Championship will move next to the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain for round two on the 14th April.
Sam Lowes, 2nd - +1.899secs -
“Sofuoglu restrained me during the whole race, forcing me to cover the gas. He knew that if I could overtake him he couldn’t win. It's a great start to the season, the bike is great and the team are working really well so I believe we can fight for the win!”
Vladimir Leonov, DNF
“I had no luck in Phillip Island. During the morning warm up my bike was very fast but from the beginning of the race I was in traffic. De Rosa fell in front of me in a fast turn and I had no room to move so there was no chance to avoid a collision. We will go to Aragon and continue our work.”
Claudio Corsetti, General Manager, Yakhnich Yamaha Motorsport -
“We have two fast riders, Sam is very hard and goal-seeking. He dominated the whole weekend and tried to win from the start. Sofuoglu has admitted he has only one rival, Sam Lowes! I am upset for Vladimir as he could have been in the top five, but we go to Aragon knowing we can fight for the Championship title.”
Race Results -
1. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Mahi India Kawasaki ZX-6R 23m 32.480s
2. Sam Lowes GBR Yakhnich Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.899s
3. Michael van der Mark NED Pata Honda CBR600RR +6.771s
4. Fabien Foret FRA Mahi India Kawasaki ZX-6R +11.095s
5. David Salom ESP Intermoto PonyExpres Kawasaki ZX-6R +12.076s
6. Luca Scassa ITA Intermoto PonyExpres Kawasaki ZX-6R +12.943s
7. Andrea Antonelli ITA Go Eleven Kawasaki ZX-6R +23.968s
8. Lorenzo Zanetti ITA Pata Honda CBR600RR +24.536s
9. Massimo Roccoli ITA Pata by Martini Yamaha YZF-R6 +24.782s
10. Jack Kennedy IRL RivaMoto Honda CBR600RR +24.809s
11. Vladimir Ivanov RUS DMC Lorenzini Kawasaki ZX-6R +32.825s
12. Luca Marconi ITA PTR Honda CBR600RR +33.028s
13. Roberto Tamburini ITA Suriano Suzuki GSX-R600 +33.065s
14. Mathew Scholtz RSA Suriano Suzuki GSX-R600 +34.067s
15. Alex Baldolini ITA Lorini Honda CBR600RR +34.993s
16. Mitchell Carr AUS AARK Triumph Daytona 675 +38.271s
17. Josh Hook AUS Team Honda CBR600RR +43.352s
18. Kev Coghlan RUS DMC Lorenzini Kawasaki ZX-6R +45.430s
19. Nacho Calero Perez ESP PTR Honda CBR600RR +48.398s
20. Matt Davies AUS PTR Honda CBR600RR +51.343s
21. Christian Iddon GBR ParkinGO MV Agusta F3 +52.541s
22. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Honda CBR600RR +53.273s
23. Eduard Blokhin RUS RivaMoto Honda CBR600RR +1m 30.957s
24. Sherian Morais RSA PTR Honda CBR600RR +4 laps
Not Classified
25. Roberto Rolfo ITA ParkinGO MV Agusta F3 13 laps completed
26. Dino Lombardi ITA Pata by Martini Yamaha YZF-R6 12 laps completed
27. Kevin Curtain AUS Yamaha Racing YZF-R6 4 laps completed
28. David Linortner AUT PTR Honda CBR600RR 3 laps completed
29. Raffaele de Rosa ITA Lorini Honda CBR600RR 2 laps completed
30. Vladimir Leonov RUS Yakhnich Yamaha YZF-R6 2 laps completed
31. Fabio Menghi ITA VFT Yamaha YZF-R6 2 laps completed
32. Luca Salvadori ITA Pata by Martini Yamaha YZF-R6 1 lap completed
33. Alex Schacht DEN Team Toth Honda CBR600RR 1 lap completed
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