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VOL. 50 ISSUE 40 OCTOBER 8, 2013 all year. Haslam went from 15th to seventh in the second race, but then first his and then Fabrizio's bikes broke - with Haslam's locking up its rear wheel. It was a strange meeting in France, but a really feel good one despite the weather. Not all races have been like this in 2013, as even the bizarre weather put out no competitive fires. In the points with one round and two races to go Sykes has 411, Laverty 374 and Guintoli 373. The next race is at Jerez, with Sykes already in pole position despite being hundreds of miles away. CN Race One 1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 2. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) finished every race first or second so I can hold my head up high and the team can hold their heads up high," said Lowes. "We have proved a lot of people wrong this year and hopefully people will look at me in a different light, and the team in a different light. It is very impressive what they have achieved in such a short space of time." Sofuoglu is sticking in World Supersport having not enjoyed his taste of Moto2 medicine. He was pole man and race winner at Magny-Cours as he had been at the previous round in his native Turkey, so he went down with a very typical fighting spirit. "This weekend was really good because yesterday we did a very fast qualifying time but then I had a big crash and I was scared that I might have damaged the bike too much," said Sofuoglu. "We changed a lot of new parts on the bike and I was able to race and stay with Sam Lowes and Christian Iddon in the early laps. 3. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) 4. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia) 5. Marco Melandri (BMW) 6. Michele Pirro (Ducati) 7. Michel Fabrizio (Honda) 8. Leon Haslam (Honda) 9. Ayrton Badovini (Ducati) 10. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) Race Two 1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 2. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) 3. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) 4. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia) 5. Chaz Davies (BMW) 6. Vincent Philippe (Suzuki) 7. Marco Melandri (BMW) 8. Toni Elias (Aprilia) 9. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) 10. Ayrton Badovini (Ducati) Step-by-step I found more confidence and I am quite happy to fight and then to win the race. I knew we could not really keep the world title today, but I knew we could still win the race. I have signed to ride with Kawasaki in World Supersport in 2014 but I am not sure in which team yet." Before any of that, there is the matter of a final World Supersport race in 2013. Tied on five wins apiece, the action should still be great because the new king and the old have one last mutual passive-aggressive match left in them. And do not discount Iddon, van Der mark or even Fabien Foret, who performed major heart-string surgery on his home crowds as he went from 18th on the grid to fourth. He may have won his world championship in 2002, but once a top rider, always a top rider. In 2013, World Supersport produced a new one of those - Sam Lowes. P77 Briefly... be done. Tests can be done outside the season, as long as they respect the testing ban from December 1 to 15 January. The Superbike commission has now passed one of the first things that Dorna said needed to happen in World Superbike, way back at the first round in Australia. There will be no overseas tests for the World Superbike and World Supersport class to prevent teams from spending too much on private tests in Australia, shortly before the official Dorna tests take place at Phillip Island. Dates are to be announced for those. The dates and venues of the three official Dorna post race day tests to replace private testing in 2014 have yet to be worked out as there is still no firm calendar. A delighted Sam Lowes celebrates his World Supersport Championship.