for," Gerloff said. "In race two,
we were battling for a top 10,
and unfortunately, I had a crash
in the last corner of the last lap,
while fighting for ninth place. I
am trying, the team is trying, and
I feel really bad for them. I apolo
-
gized to them for the crash, and I
think we learned
some things to
help us have a better weekend in
Assen."
Recent new full-time WorldS
-
BK addition, ex-BSB Champion
Tommy
Bridewell (Superbike Ad-
vocates Ducati) scored his first
points
for 13th after his race-one
19th place.
In the championship points,
the expected Bulega dominance
is alive and in full effect. He has
a maximum-possible 124 points
compared to second-placed
Lecuona's 68.
Axel Bassani (bimota by
Kawasaki Racing Team) copied
the top five riders in each race
by posting three eighth places,
all of which see him third in the
overall points now with 60.
The next round, at the classic
Assen venue in the Netherlands,
will be held April 17-19.
WorldSSP
Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten
Kate Racing) was six-tenths
of a second ahead of the next
best rider in Superpole, Valentin
Debise (ZXMoto Factory Evan
Bros Racing), but it would not
be the Turkish rider's weekend
when the flags dropped.
The first two wins for the all-
new ZXMoto 820RR were simply
dazzling, and delivered by a
rider who is improving with each
passing season, it seems.
Debise was 3.685 seconds
clear of Jaume Masia (Orelac
Racing Verdnatura) and then a
scrapping, warring trio of Yama
-
has, which finished in the order of
Lucas
Mahias, Roberto Garcia and
then Albert Arenas. They lit up an
already sunny Saturday afternoon
brighter than a distress flare.
We had something of a replica
second race, but it was much
more of a fight for Debise this
time. A late charge for Masia
again put him second, but by
just 0.720 of a second this time
around. The same three race-one
Yamaha riot squad outriders fin
-
ished Arenas, Mahias and Garcia
this time.
Oncu
had fallen at the front
of race one, with many people's
preseason favorite ending up only
25th. He had slightly circumspect
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Valentin Debise gave
ZXMoto their first wins in
WorldSSP with a double.
