ROAD RACE
FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 10 / SEPTEMBER 14-16, 2018
AUTODROMO INTERNACIONAL ADO ALGARVE / ALGARVE, PORTUGAL
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Jacobsen said. "Today we had a
really good rhythm in the warm-
up session but the race was
totally different. We did not have
the grip that we had over the rest
of the weekend. No changes or
anything but maybe we just did
not have the grip."
Rea leads the championship
by a staggering 116 points from
Davies. Six wins in a row have
had a lot to do with that. Rea
can do the championship deed
at Magny Cours, if the cards fall
correctly.
The customary winner's
pose from Rea and the team.
They're good at this.
WorldSSP
Lucas Mahias (GRT Yamaha Offi-
cial WorldSSP Team) was eventually
disqualified from a 16-lap shortened
WorldSSP race at Portimao and his
teammate Federico Caricasulo (GRT
Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team)
inherited another win, after race leader
Mahias suffered a rear tire failure with
just a short distance to go.
He stopped trackside, distraught.
Shortly after that, European Supers-
port (part-time riders only) points lead-
er Rob Hartog (Kaw) ran into wildcard
rider Borja Quero Martinez (Yam) and
both fell off at Turn 11, causing Hartog
to be eventually excluded. A red flag
was thrown to stop the event.
Mahias had five minutes to get
back to pit lane to be classified as
Lucas Mahias'
misfortune was
Caricasulo's gain,
and the Italian is
now right back in the
championship hunt.
