it was Raffaele De Rosa (MV
Agusta Reparto Corse) who
passed Cluzel late and scored a
fine second place after showing
strong finishing pace in the 15-
lap contest.
With Cluzel third, Lucas
Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti
Racing) was a frustrated fourth.
His team-mate Philipp Oettl was
recovering from a 100-mph get
off in Superpole but he did so
well on a Kawasaki that like his
teammate's bike, is not quite as
fast on top as the more modern
Yamahas or 675cc MVs triples.
He was fifth.
With new lap record holder
and track best setter Locatelli not
in the lead early on, Cluzel was
doing some strong front running,
until lap four when an ambitious
pass from De Rosa inside the
Frenchman into turn one failed
and the MV hit the rear and left
quarter of Cluzel's Yamaha.
The impact, or maybe the sub-
sequent fall, broke Cluzel's left
tibia for sure and possibly also
his fibula.
The sheer pace of the leading
Yamaha this year took Locatelli
to his absolute record ninth
WorldSSP race win in a single
season. These wins have come
consecutively, and in his rookie
season.
"We just kept pushing
throughout race two and took an-
other fastest lap," Locatelli said.
"We continued to focus and did
a really good job to take the win.
I'm still not thinking about the
championship yet; I just want to
continue this momentum and
take it race-by-race."
Mahias was second for his
third podium of 2020 but his
teammate Oettl was pipped at
the line after his potential po-
dium run was halted by local
rider Isaac Vinales (Kallio Rac-
ing Yamaha) the final third place
finisher.
Gordon Ritchie
WorldSBK
Race One
1. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc)
2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
3. Chaz Davies (Duc)
4. Michael van der Mark (Yam)
5. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam)
Superpole Race
1. Scott Redding (Duc)
2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
3. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc)
4. Alvaro Bautista (Hon)
5. Chaz Davies (Hon)
Race Two
1. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
2. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc)
3. Scott Redding (Duc)
4. Leon Haslam (Hon)
5. Alex Lowes (Kaw)
IN
THE
WIND
P40
Andrea Locatelli
(55) again came
out on top in
WorldSSP. At this
point, it'd be a
surprise if he didn't.
