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Finishing positions
Race 2
POS RIDER NAT BIKE TIME
1 A LOWES GBR YAM 36m23.516s
2 M VAN DER MARK NED YAM +2.167s
3 C DAVIES GBR DUC +7.649s
4 E LAVERTY IRL APR +9.422s
5 L SAVADORI ITA APR +9.716s
6 M RINALDI ITA DUC +12.967s
7 L CAMIER GBR HON +17.341s
8 X FORES ESP DUC +20.293s
9 T RAZGATLIOGLU TUR KAW +23.613s
10 R RAMOS ESP KAW +24.670s
11 L BAZ FRA BMW +25.106s
12 J GAGNE USA HON +25.212s
13 P JACOBSEN USA HON +28.172s
14 Y HERNANDEZ COL KAW +31.659s
15 M MELANDRI ITA DUC +32.407s
16 T SYKES GBR KAW +36.305s
17 L MERCADO ARG KAW +39.367s
18 O JEZEK CZE YAM +44.976s
DNF J TORRES (ESP, MV), J REA (GBR, KAW)
POLE POSITION
T SYKES 1m57.687s
FASTEST LAP
R1 J REA 1m59.535s
R2 M MELANDRI 2m.176s
RIDER STANDINGS AFTER 7 OF 13 ROUNDS
1 J REA 270, 2 C DAVIES 205, 3 M VAN DER MARK 196,
4 T SYKES 179, 5 M MELANDRI 157, 6 A LOWES 154,
7 X FORES 134, 8 T RAZGATLIOGLU 91, 9 L SAVADORI 73,
10 L CAMIER 72①
WSBK
Automotodrom Brno,
Czech RepublicTrack AttackCircuit length
5.403km
Race distance
WSBK R1 86.448km
WSBK R2 97.254km
WSS 86.448km
2017 winners
The WorldSBK series last
attended Automotodrom Brno
during the 2012 seasonRound 7
Finishing positions
Race 1
POS RIDER NAT BIKE TIME
1 J REA GBR KAW 32m08.759s
2 M MELANDRI ITA DUC +5.381s
3 T SYKES GBR KAW +7.336s
4 M VAN DER MARK NED YAM +11.893s
5 A LOWES GBR YAM +13.145s
6 E LAVERTY IRL APR +14.210s
7 L SAVADORI ITA APR +17.051s
8 C DAVIES GBR DUC +17.743s
9 L CAMIER GBR HON +18.104s
10 T RAZGATLIOGLU TUR KAW +21.783s
11 Y HERNANDEZ COL KAW +30.614s
12 L MERCADO ARG KAW +31.111s
13 R RAMOS ESP KAW +31.188s
14 X FORES ESP DUC +31.864s
15 M RINALDI ITA DUC +33.079s
16 P JACOBSEN USA HON +33.685s
17 O JEZEK CZE YAM +53.662s
18 L BAZ FRA BMW +1m44.844s
DNF J TORRES (SPA, MVA), J GAGNE (USA, HON)②
③
Main. Rea celebrates being the series’ most winningest rider 1. The factory Kawasaki teammates aren’t mates at
the best of times, but fireworks erupted between the pair at Brno 2. Two weeks after his teammate took Yamaha’s
first win since its 2012 WSBK return, Alex Lowes nabs his first-ever SBK win 3. According to Mumma Lowes, this
is the face you pull when one of your sons wins his maiden Superbike race 4. A Yamaha one-two in Race 2 proved
last round’s double Yamaha win wasn’t a one-off 5. What, no cape? Rea appropriates Sykes’ ‘Superpoleman’
celebrations with his own, somewhat lame ‘Recordman’ shirt.④⑤
Aussie,Aussie, Aussie!
Anthony West
WorldSSP
EAB antwest Racing
Grid 8th, Race 7th, 8th
“Looking at my lap times, we had the pace to
finish further up the field, but after colliding
with another rider on lap one, I just put my
head down and tried to catch as many people
as I could. I had a big moment on lap six in
turn three. I thought we missed the mark on
setup, but then two turns later I saw Morais
crash after losing the front in turn five. I just
tried to settle down and let the tyres recover
after abusing them when I was coming
through the field. After the tires cooled down,
I was able to attack again. I felt like I was
on the limit because our bike is still lacking
acceleration. I can’t even draft pass anyone, I
have to dive bomb people on the brakes. We
need to find more power.”Tom Edwards
WorldSSP300
Nutec Benjan Kawasaki
Grid 21st, Race DNF, 27th.
Tommy Edwards improved as
the Brno weekend progressed,
the 16-year-old Aussie
finished 10th in opening
warm-up session, but lost
out in the short 15 minute
qualifying session which
mean he started from 21st on
the grid. “Tommy has shown
to be an excellent starter and
he shot away was fighting for
the eighth,” a team statement
read. “Unfortunately, this
ended in the a crash,” his team
said. “We, as a team, are keen
on revenge at Misano.”Tom Toparis
WorldSSP300
Motoport Kawasaki
Grid 25th, Race 19th, No Score Yet.
“I’m really grateful for the
opportunity to race in Europe
for the first time. It was a
challenge to learn the new
bike and track in only 60
minutes of track time before
the race, but I’m happy
to have finished and I’m
content with 19th place. A
massive thank you to Ben
Henry and everyone who
made this possible, and also
to the awesome Motoport
Kawasaki Team. What
an experience the Czech
Republic has been.”ubli12345
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