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World Supersport Miller Park: Sofuoglu Wins As Honda Go 1-2

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03 giugno 2009

World Supersport Miller Park: Sofuoglu Wins As Honda Go 1-2

Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) secured his second WSS race win of the 2009 season with a last lap attack on eventual second place man Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) and championship leader Cal Crutchlow. Sofuoglu went from third to first in the space of a few corners and moved to within 27 points of the lead, with seven rounds gone.

Sofuoglu set the lap record of 1’52.285 on the 15th lap of 18, as he used radically new machine set-up in this race to get himself back up the points table after some disappointing recent results.

Laverty had led the race from the start, but on the third corner from the flag Sofuoglu dived inside and held his line to push Laverty to second in the race, just ahead of Crutchlow. The top three were covered by 0.521 seconds. Laverty had been second in qualifying, Sofuoglu sixth.

Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) overcame a heavy crash on Saturday to take seventh, an incredible achievement because of his start from the last row of the grid. He had fallen in the single qualifying session before recording a lap time, but was allowed to race because of his previous fast times in early unofficial sessions.

Matthieu Lagrive (Honda Althea CBR600RR) was ninth, just one place ahead of Anthony West (Stiggy Racing Honda CBR600RR), making it five Honda riders in the top ten places. West had been only 22nd in qualifying making his top ten finish hard, but ultimately rewarding, work.

Miguel Praia (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) was another heavy crasher in practice, but he recovered well enough to go from 14th on the grid to 12th in the race. The last point, for 15th place, went to Gianluca Vizziello (Stiggy Racing Honda CBR600RR), as Mark Aitchison (Honda Althea CBR600RR) fell in the race, after starting from 9th on the grid.

In the overall standings, Crutchlow has 135, Laverty the best Honda rider with 126 in second place, Sofuoglu third on 128, Pitt fourth on 73, tied with Joan Lascorz. West is sixth, with 66 points.