ROUND 8/JULY 21, 2013
MOSCOW RACEWAY/MOSCOW, RUSSIA
WORLD SUPERBIKE
P98
WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Most came in
for rain tires
when the
conditions
changed.
With one bike per rider and
flag-to-flag rules in place, the riders lapped gingerly with leader
Davies doing a 1:43 on lap nine.
The first riders in to pit for wet
tires, and use up their 53-second
GIUGLIANO
GETS THE
SATURDAY
GLORY
pit allocation, were Leon Camier
and Michel Fabrizio.
Laverty and Pata Honda's Leon
Haslam were to crash out, at turn
nine on lap 16, as they rain had
suddenly shifted its previously
static placement on only one half
of the track.
A flurry of riders came in for wets
as the rain started to spread out,
including the two leading BMW riders - Davies and Melandri.
"This is a great result for me
and the team, who made this
success possible by setting-up
a very competitive bike," he
said. "We can stand a chance
with the official teams and also
A new name joined the serbe up front, as we are today. I
ried and varied ranks of the
hope to do the same tomorrow,
World Superbike Superpole
even though we are aware that
winners' club, as privateer
the races will be hard."
Althea Racing Aprilia rider
Sykes was annoyed not
Davide Giugliano took the
to have set a new record
Davide Giugliano earned his first World
pole prize at Moscow Raceway.
of straight Superpole wins at
Superbike pole position in Moscow.
The 23-year old Roman rider
seven, but knew he had just
has been a quick addition to the
made a mistake on full lean and
series for two years, but his aggression around this
paid the price with a ninth place.
circuit was as much of a factor as the shock news that
On the front row with Giugliano were the BMW
fancied Superpole man Tom Sykes crashed as he
Motorrad Motorsport rider Chaz Davies and Aprilia
went for a fast lap, just as rain had started to appear
Racing's Eugene Laverty.
on his visor, on the long turn three.
Davies had made three significant changes to his
You have to finish it to win it, and Giugliano was
bike's geometry during practice and was back to his
stoked for himself and his team to win a tangible
easy riding best. Laverty found a breakthrough in the
award against the best of the factory bikes, even over
recent Imola post race test with his bike's rear suspenone lap.
sion set-up and used it well in Superpole.
