Outstanding guests for the closing round of the first ParkinGO
Series season: the quadruple World Endurance champion Matthieu
Lagrive and former 250 GP European champion Ivan Clementi will race
on the Street Triple 675 in the seventh round of the Triumph
challenge, held at the French track of Magny-Cours. The two riders
will battle with Fabrizio Perotti, who has already won the title in
the previous round.
Their presence increases the level of the competition, which has
been very interesting from the very first qualifying session. The
provisional pole position went, surprisingly, to Ivan Clementi, who
two years ago was a ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing rider in World
Supersport. The experienced Italian proved he still has a very good
clean riding style, which allowed him to beat Matthieu Lagrive, who
took part in the WSS until the previous round for the ParkinGo team
and was prevented from racing due to regulations as he is
participating in World Endurance on the same track. Fabrizio
Perotti finished just a few tenths behind them. The young Italian
will try to take the lead back tomorrow morning, but his main goal
is to prepare the race.
Another Frenchman, David Dumain, finished in front row, followed
by Giuliano Rovelli, who returned after his Nurburgring injury, and
Toni Salom. Eddy Bouvier and Samuela de Nardi also qualified in the
second row.
Ivan Clementi - 1st: "I'm pleased I got invited
for the last round of the Triumph ParkinGO European Series. I was
surprised at the features of this naked bike, I posted some really
interesting times. I'll probably battle with Lagrive and Perotti
for the pole, but I think I can still slightly improve my
time".
Matthieu Lagrive - 2nd: "I wanted to end my
season at Triumph with a win, I thought it would be easier, but
both Clementi and Perotti were very fast and I think they will be
the same in the next two days. It will be a tough battle".
Qualifying 1st Session:
1 18 Clementi I. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'49.276
2 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'49.804
3 43 Perotti F. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'50.119
4 91 Dumain D. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'51.771
5 23 Rovelli G. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'51.836
6 25 Salom T. (ESP) Street Triple R 1'52.063
7 69 Bouvier E. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'53.183
8 84 De Nardi S. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'54.426
9 93 Mariage F. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'59.101
10 73 Rovelli P. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.104
11 19 Nicastro C. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.327
12 7 Blumetti P. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.820
13 9 Annoni E. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.839
14 72 Ghedini G. (ITA) Street Triple R 2'08.352
15 1 Anaclerio R. (ITA) Street Triple R 2'09.280