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ROUND 9/AUGUST 4, 2013 SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT/SILVERSTONE, ENGLAND WORLD SUPERBIKE P106 WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP Fixi Crescent Suzuki's Jules Cluzel (16) finished second in race two. ed up being thrilling and exciting sometimes simply because of the intervention of drizzle and rain. To a World Superbike world that was looking at Aprilia, Kawasaki and BMW riders lording it over their peers all year, Suzuki scored not one but two podiums, one for Leon Camier with third in race one, then a rookie season first podium of second place for Jules Cluzel in race two – even though his late crash was one of the reasons they called the race to a halt. Cluzel benefitted from the racing being scored a lap earlier, but was still good value for his podium. All of the top 12 BATTLE OF THE BIG BEASTS For two riders who were spectacularly nice to each other off tack, even after a last-lap clash that caused one of them to win unopposed and the other to eat dirt and clamber back on for second place, Silverstone winner Kenan Sofuoglu and second place man Sam Lowes were not shy in putting in passes on each other. Lowes was at pains to assuage the anger of the British crowd when a slow hairpin collision between himself and Sofuoglu gave the Turk the win as Lowes fell, but he was not so gracious when faced with the media away from the crowds in the Kenan Sofuoglu (54) and secondplace man Sam Lowes (11) battled to the end with Lowes crashing and still finishing second. paddock show. "I understood he wanted to win too much and I wanted to win too much," Sofuoglu said later. "When It was a double podium day for the factory Suzuki team with Leon Camier (2) finishing third in race one. riders have now been on at least one podium in 2013, a statistic that many motorsports would relish replicating. So far in 2013 there have been seven different race winners, but none of the main championship challengers going into this race had good days, except Aprilia's Sam passed me on the last lap we both ran away from the track, and neither of us had an ideal line. Both of us entered the next corner on a very tight line and I touched him. He crashed and I am sad for that but that, but I am happy that he is a person that does not complain and for sure I am not going to complain if we touch and I crash. He is a nice person and the nicest person in the paddock. I also told to the press conference and if he is going to take the title this year I would not be upset because he will deserve it. I will still have to be lucky to win the title because of the points gap, but I hope I can win more races." Sofuoglu felt he could go faster through the race but his rear tire