ROAD RACING
MOTUL FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 22-24, 2019
PHILLIP ISLAND / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
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from Krummenacher, and that was about how
much he lost by his mishap.
Others fell foul of more draconian sporting
regs that punish anybody who exits pit lane too
early compared the standardized minimum pit
lane intervention time—so if you are a second
too early, you are punished by four seconds.
Lucas Mahias could have been a top-six
guy, however unhappy he is on his Kawasaki
in 2019, after so many years on Yamahas. But
he was out of the pit lane way too early and got
nearly 20 seconds of a penalty. He ended up
12th as a result.
Jules Cluzel's Yamaha was punished the
same way, but he was only 1.365 seconds
worse off, and still a firm second.
Hector Barbera did not enjoy his short-term
WorldSSP Kawasaki ride much in 2018, but in
2019 has already seen him fourth for the Team
Toth by Willirace Yamaha squad.
In the championship, Krummenacher's win
sees him on a perfect 25 from Cluzel (20),
Caricasulo (16), Barbera (13) and Gradinger
(11). CN
WorldSBK
Race One
1. Alvaro Bautista (Duc)
2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
3. Marco Melandri (Yam)
4. Alex Lowes (Yam)
5. Michael van der Mark (Yam)
Race Two
1. Alvaro Bautista (Duc)
2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
3. Leon Haslam (Kaw)
4. Michael van der Mark (Yam)
5. Alex Lowes (Yam)
WorldSSP
1. Randy Krummenacher (Yam)
2. Jules Cluzel (Yam)
3. Federico Caricasulo (Yam)
4. Hector Barbera (Yam)
5. Thomas Gradinger (Yam)
Marco Melandri (at rear)
finally got the hang
of the Yamaha for a
podium in race one.
