When you less expected... it happens. Just a few days ago at
Imola, Chaz Davies missed his first ever victory a few hundred
metres from the finish line. Today, the tough Brit amazed everybody
when he took his fourth podium of the season at the end of an
excellent race, during which he did a series of overtakes which
allowed him to cross the chequered flag in third place.
Moreover, Chaz finished fourth in the overall standings.
David Salom had a positive season as well and finished seventh
today despite having a fractured rib.
On the other hand, Vittorio Iannuzzo retired after a few laps,
as did Julien Enjolras due to a crash.
CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 3rd : "It
was the best podium of the season, because I wasn't expecting it to
end this way. I never even dreamed I would do so well, I just
wanted to give it my all, after two tough qualifying days. I passed
a few riders at the start, then I got more and more confident and
things started to come easily. I was behind the group made up of
Fujiwara, Roccoli and Harms and decided to go for it with three
laps left. I passed them and even built a gap to finish the race.
This podium result washed away the bitterness of last week, which
was actually the only disappointment of this great season, during
which I achieved some strong results. I'm going on vacation now,
but I will be back for next season to terminate my rivals and win
the title".
DAVID SALOM | Triumph Daytona 675 | 7th: "I did
my best, but I had to go wide at the start to avoid hitting another
bike, so I dropped to sixteenth place. I gave it my all because I
really wanted to keep my fifth place in the overall standings but I
was beaten by a point".
JULIEN ENJOLRAS | Triumph Daytona 675 | retired
: "Too bad it ended like this. I was hoping to ride a a
good race, but I lost control and crashed".
VITTORIO IANNUZZO | Triumph Daytona 675 | retired
: "I wasn't able to get a good feeling with the bike and
decided to return to the pit box as I wasn't very effective".
Race Results:
1 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 37'46.575 (154,132 kph)
2 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 4.769
3 7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 17.658
4 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 20.412
5 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 20.559
6 37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 21.200
7 25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 25.051
8 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 25.174
9 44 Tamburini R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 32.256
10 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 59.797
RET 69 Enjolras J. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675
RET 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675
Riders Standings:
1 K. Sofuoglu TUR 263
2 E. Laverty IRL 252
3 J. Lascorz ESP 168
4 C. Davies GBR 153
5 M. Pirro ITA 99
6 D. Salom ESP 99
7 R. Harms DEN 98
8 M. Roccoli ITA 84
9 G. Rea GBR 83
10 K. Fujiwara JPN 81
11 M. Lagrive FRA 70
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18 V.Iannuzzo ITA 15