REA UP AND DOWN AS HASLAM IS FORCED OUT OF HOME RACE

2013-05-26 16:39
Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team)
scored a fourth place in the first of two FIM
Superbike World Championship races at Donington
Park but after experiencing some issues in race
two he dropped to 11th place, after running straight on more than once.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) won both races at Donington
but Rea was only six seconds behind him in the
first 23-lap race, having qualified fourth in
Superpole on Saturday. Rea’s pace was so fast in
the opening race that he set a new lap record at
one stage, although Sykes would later beat it in race two.

Jonathan is seventh in the overall rankings after
his home round experiences, with 89 points on the
board after five rounds and ten races.

Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) had
to withdraw from the Donington races after
consultation with his team, despite having
qualified 13th after Superpole and having completed morning-warm-up.

Still recovering from a serious leg break
suffered at the Assen round of the championship a
month ago, Haslam was forced to bow to the
inevitable as he realized he could not complete
two full race distances in his effort to race at
his home round. He is planning to return to
action at the next round, at Portimao, Portugal,
in two weeks time, and fit enough to move on from
his current 15th place in the championship points table.


ZANETTI THE TOP HONDA IN FOURTH PLACE AT DONINGTON

Italian rider Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World
Supersport Team) was the first Honda man home in
the 22-lap FIM Supersport World Championship race
at Donington and in doing so pushed his way to
fourth in the overall standings. The race itself
was won by Sam Lowes (Yamaha), from Kenan
Sofuoglu (Kawasaki) and Roberto Rolfo (MV
Agusta), with Zanetti heading up a three rider
group on the final lap to take fourth place.
Lorenzo had been fifth in qualifying as he
continues to make positive progress through his rookie year in this category.

Michael van Der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport
Team) rode through the pain of a broken left foot
after his crash at the previous Monza round,
qualifying for the race in 20th place. Unfamiliar
with the circuit he was to fall in the race but
remount to finish 20th, and out of the points. He
is now fifth in the rankings, four points behind his team-mate Zanetti.

Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto Honda) rode to sixth in
qualifying at Donington with the Irish rider
showing early race pace at the closest round he
has to his native Ireland. He scored his best
finish of his rookie year so far with sixth place
at a circuit he knows well from his time in
British Championship racing, he is now 9th in the points standings.

Sheridan Morais (PTR Honda) was another Honda
runner riding with an old injury and it was only
fatigue in his right shoulder muscles that
prevented the South African from going for an
even higher race finish than seventh. He is 14th overall after five rounds.

For Gabor Talmacsi (PRORACE Honda) Donington was
a success in terms of getting on the points
scoreboard for the first time this season but he
was disappointed to finish 12th, despite only
qualifying 18th. Raffaele De Rosa (Team Lorini
Honda) was one place behind Talmacsi, and was the
last Honda rider in the points.

Luca Marconi (PTR Honda) went 18th while David
Linortner fell while in a points scoring
position, rejoined shortly afterwards, but was later forced to retire.
Matt Davies (Team Honda PTR) was another no-scorer as he was forced to retire.

HONDA RIDER COMMENTS:

Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team)
Race result: 4th / 11th Championship position: 7th
“We were going well until the middle part of the
first race and then the electronics were cutting
in too aggressively. It was a little bit
frustrating because I felt like a sitting duck. I
even struggled to compete with Laverty and
Guintoli as they came past. When I was behind Tom
Sykes early in the race I wanted to go forward
but he was doing absolutely nothing wrong. I was
happy to know I could follow him at that pace for
a time. Race two was a complete disaster.
Already, on the sighting lap, I told the guys
that we had a sensor problem on the traction
control. They said there wasn’t enough time to
fix it so I went out on a bike that I was really
unsure of. In reality it was cutting way, way too
much power and I even tried to turn the traction
control off, but it wouldn’t turn completely off.
I’m really frustrated after all the work we’ve
done. We struggled for dry time at the start of
the weekend but made some inroads during warm-up
this morning and I felt good in race one. I feel
like we should have been on the podium twice today.”

Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team)
Race result: DNS / DNS Championship position: 15th
“As a rider it is frustrating, I do not think I
would have taken that decision to not ride, even
though in the long run it may be the right
decision. Right now I just wanted to ride. I know
any result would not have been great, or where we
should have finished if I was fit, but riding
around Donington in front of my home crowd is
always a special event. Watching is sometimes harder than anything else.”

Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport Team)
Race result: 4th Championship position: 4th
“I lost a little bit in the first three or four
laps fighting with Marino and then Kenan came
past and took me for second. I had the same
rhythm as him, and I was keeping up so I hoped to
get a podium. Then Rolfo arrived with an
incredible pace. I am happy enough with fourth
place because every time we are improving, moving
forward. I think for the rest of the season it is
possible to fight for a top five now. That is
positive. We are continuing on our way and it is working well.”

Michael van Der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport Team)
Race result: 20th Championship position: 5th
“My foot injury was OK but I had not done a long
stint on the bike like I did in the race. It is a
bit sore now and the race was quite difficult in
the end. My start was not too bad and I made
progress, in 13th place, then I lost the front. I
restarted the bike but I could not score any
points. It is a little bit disappointing because
my lap times are not too bad and I think if I was
in a big group I could follow more easily, so I
will have to do that next time.”

Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto Honda)
Race result: 6th Championship Position: 9th
“A tough race but I am happy with my best result
ever. I would have liked to go away with an even
better result but we put on a good show for the
British fans anyway. I think it will be onwards
and upwards from here. I could not put on more
pressure on the last laps because I was suffering
from arm pump, hanging in for dear life, but I am
happy to bring home some good points after a no-score at Monza.”

Sheridan Morais (PRT Honda)
Race result: 7th, Championship position: 14th
"My bike was awesome in the race. In the
beginning I did not get the best of starts and
touched with another rider, but all race long
Zanetti was holding me up but we were fighting
for the podium. My bike was faultless but at the
end I could not hang on anymore. This track is
very physical and the last three laps it was a
disaster as I could not use my strength. I have
to thank the team because we have made a step now
and once my shoulder has recovered properly we
can be up there fighting for the podiums.”

Gabor Talmacsi (PRORACE Honda)
Race result: 12th, Championship position: 23rd
"My first championship points this year but I am
not that happy because we expected a little bit
more. Maybe this has started something and it is
a base. We tried a lot of different
configurations this weekend and especially in the
wet on Friday we were very competitive. In the
dry I was fast but I did not feel good so we
returned to the previous qualifying set-up and
finished 12th, from 18th on the grid.”

Matt Davies (Honda PTR)
Race result: DNF, Championship position: N/A
“I got an OK start and the race was good until
the bike developed a problem in the first half of
the race which meant I couldn’t continue. We have
worked hard again this weekend and I am looking
forward to the next race in Portimao.”


RESULTS

SUPERSPORT
RACE : (Laps 22 = 88,506 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / GAP
1 / S. LOWES / GBR / Yakhnich Motorsport / Yamaha YZF R6 / 33'37.767
2 / K. SOFUOGLU / TUR / MAHI Racing Team India / Kawasaki ZX-6R / 11.105
3 / R. ROLFO / ITA / ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse / MV Agusta F3 675 / 14.528
4 / L. ZANETTI / ITA / Pata Honda World Supersport / Honda CBR600RR / 19.999
5 / L. SCASSA / ITA / Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres / Kawasaki ZX-6R / 20.12
6 / J. KENNEDY / IRL / Rivamoto / Honda CBR600RR / 20.385
7 / S. MORAIS / RSA / PTR Honda / Honda CBR600RR / 24.324
8 / A. ANTONELLI / ITA / Team Goeleven / Kawasaki ZX-6R / 27.395
9 / F. FORET / FRA / MAHI Racing Team India / Kawasaki ZX-6R / 28.153
10 / G. RICHARDS / AUS / Smiths Triumph / Triumph Daytona 675 / 28.264
11 / V. IVANOV / RUS / Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team / Kawasaki ZX-6R / 28.487
12 / G. TALMACSI / HUN / Prorace / Honda CBR600RR / 29.041
13 / R. DE ROSA / ITA / Team Lorini / Honda CBR600RR / 29.648
14 / R. RUSSO / ITA / Puccetti Racing Kawasaki / Kawasaki ZX-6R / 32.602
15 / A. BALDOLINI / ITA / Suriano Racing Team / Suzuki GSX-R600 / 38.965

Fastest Lap: 4° Sam Lowes 1'30.927 159,279 Km/h
Lap Record: 2011 S. Lowes 1'31.094 158,990 Km/h
Best Lap: 2013 S. Lowes 1'30.276 160,430 Km/h

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 LOWES 95, 2 SOFUOGLU 65, 3 FORET 61, 4 ZANETTI 53, 5 VD MARK 49,
6 SCASSA 45, 7 ROLFO 38, 8 ANTONELLI 37, 9 KENNEDY 34, 10 MARINO 31,
11 RUSSO 28, 12 COGHLAN 22, 13 LEONOV 21, 14 MORAIS 19, 15 IVANOV 18.


SUPERBIKE
RACE1: (Laps 23 = 92,529 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / GAP
1 / T. SYKES / GBR / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki ZX-10R / 34'10.881
2 / M. MELANDRI / ITA / BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK / BMW S1000 RR / 2.379
3 / S. GUINTOLI / FRA / Aprilia Racing Team / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 3.808
4 / J. REA / GBR / Pata Honda World Superbike / Honda CBR1000RR / 6.76
5 / L. BAZ / FRA / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki ZX-10R / 13.649
6 / D. GIUGLIANO / ITA / Althea Racing / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 15.551
7 / E. LAVERTY / IRL / Aprilia Racing Team / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 17.453
8 / C. DAVIES / GBR / BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK / BMW S1000 RR / 19.138
9 / J. CLUZEL / FRA / Fixi Crescent Suzuki / Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 27.738
10 / M. FABRIZIO / ITA / Red Devils Roma / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 30.817
11 / A. BADOVINI / ITA / Team Ducati Alstare / Ducati 1199 Panigale R / 31.611
12 / C. CHECA / ESP / Team Ducati Alstare / Ducati 1199 Panigale R / 31.816
13 / N. CANEPA / ITA / Team Ducati Alstare / Ducati 1199 Panigale R / 31.93
14 / M. NEUKIRCHNER / GER / MR-Racing / Ducati 1199 Panigale R / 43.025
15 / V. IANNUZZO / ITA / Grillini Dentalmatic SBK / BMW S1000 RR / 4 Laps

Fastest Lap: 3° Jonathan Rea 1'28.469 163,705 Km/h
Lap Record: 2011 C. Checa 1'28.988 162,750 Km/h
Best Lap: 2013 T. Sykes 1'27.378 165,750 Km/h

RACE2: (Laps 23 = 92,529 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / GAP
1 / T. SYKES / GBR / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki ZX-10R / 34'06.921
2 / S. GUINTOLI / FRA / Aprilia Racing Team / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 8.035
3 / E. LAVERTY / IRL / Aprilia Racing Team / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 10.738
4 / D. GIUGLIANO / ITA / Althea Racing / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 12.257
5 / M. MELANDRI / ITA / BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK / BMW S1000 RR / 15.976
6 / C. DAVIES / GBR / BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK / BMW S1000 RR / 16.475
7 / L. BAZ / FRA / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki ZX-10R / 27.524
8 / N. CANEPA / ITA / Team Ducati Alstare / Ducati 1199 Panigale R / 30.186
9 / J. CLUZEL / FRA / Fixi Crescent Suzuki / Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 30.501
10 / M. FABRIZIO / ITA / Red Devils Roma / Aprilia RSV4 Factory / 30.885
11 / J. REA / GBR / Pata Honda World Superbike / Honda CBR1000RR / 31.529
12 / M. NEUKIRCHNER / GER / MR-Racing / Ducati 1199 Panigale R / 46.782
13 / L. CAMIER / GBR / Fixi Crescent Suzuki / Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 54.509
14 / F. SANDI / ITA / Team Pedercini / Kawasaki ZX-10R / 1'05.789
15 / A. LUNDH / SWE / Team Pedercini / Kawasaki ZX-10R / 1'20.431

Fastest Lap: 4° Tom Sykes 1'28.074 164,439 Km/h
Lap Record: 2013 J. Rea 1'28.469 163,700 Km/h
Best Lap: 2013 T. Sykes 1'27.378 165,750 Km/h

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 GUINTOLI 173, 2 SYKES 169, 3 LAVERTY 149, 4 MELANDRI 127, 5 DAVIES 112,
6 BAZ 95, 7 REA 89, 8 FABRIZIO 86, 9 GIUGLIANO 72, 10 CLUZEL 55, 11 CAMIER 49,
12 NEUKIRCHNER 45, 13 BADOVINI 37, 14 CHECA 33, 15 HASLAM 29.



NEXT EVENT: ROUND06, JUNE 09, PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL

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