VOL. 50 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 22, 2013
Sylvain Guintoli came
up short in his bid
to take this year's
World Superbike
Championship, the
Frenchman finishing
fourth and third in the
two races at Jerez.
the race-two podium, Guintoli
remained third in the championship, 45 points behind Sykes
and 22 behind Laverty.
Elias was fourth on his Red
Devils Aprilia, Davies fifth.
Sykes, sporting a proper
beard until race day as a bet
with his team and a dare from his
pregnant wife Amy, but then appearing at the traditional end of
season champion interview almost clean shaven, was a worthy
champion. After so many career
setbacks and underestimations,
few think he does not truly deserve it.
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Race One
1. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia)
2. Marco Melandri (BMW)
3. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki)
4. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia)
5. Toni Elias (Aprilia)
6. Davide Guigliano (Aprilia)
7. Chaz Davies (BMW)
8. Leon Camier (Suzuki)
9. Xavi Fores (Ducati)
10. Mark Aitchison (Kawasaki)
bit more."
Toni Elias was fifth in race one,
Davide Giugliano sixth, Chaz
Davies seventh and the walking
wounded case, Leon Camier
eighth, despite breaking seven
bones in his foot a few weeks
ago in Turkey.
He would take sixth in race
two, just behind Davies again.
Joining Laverty and Sykes on
Race Two
1. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia)
2. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki)
3. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia)
4. Toni Elias (Aprilia)
5. Chaz Davies (BMW)
6. Leon Camier (Suzuki)
7. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati)
8. Jules Cluzel (Suzuki)
9. Mark Aitchison (Kawasaki)
10. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia)
P87
Briefly...
Loris Baz made all the medical parameters required to ride at Jerez
except the final one, being passed fit
by the circuit's own medical officer.
His fractured D4 vertebra had healed
since his crash in Germany on September 1. There was no replacement
for Baz and no fine for his team for
not providing a rider, as all elements
had approved his return until the final
rejection.
With Gigi Dall'Igna, the new boss
of Ducati Corse, about to arrive in
Ducati to call the shots, it must be a
strange situation for long-time Ducati
man Ernesto Marinelli to deal with.
He understood that having his old adversary arriving has a bizarre aspect
to it, given how many times they have
had to argue opposite opinions over
the years. But some things about
the arrival of Dall'Igna are inevitable.
"Gigi is one of the most experienced
people in the paddock. He has a
very long racing history and I think
we will bring to Ducati good things,"
said Marinelli. "If everything will turn
out better we will see it in the next
month; I think he will fit the role very
well. We have to push hard on both
MotoGP and Superbike, because
we need to bring back the racing as
we used to. We used to win and it is
a sweet. To be on the back is pretty
disappointing. We want to be back
there as soon as possible and everybody is working hard to be there and
the management wants it. It is only
a matter of time to make things the
best they can be. We need to make
sure we get the best out of what we
have and then move on from there."
