ROAD RACING
FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 27-28, 2016
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT / PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
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this year."
In the championship, after
the first two rounds and the new
format of Saturday and Sunday
races, Rea has a perfect 50, van
der Mark is second on 36, Giug-
liano has 29, Davies 26, Guintoli
and Sykes tied on 21.
Krummenacher
Gets His First
Randy Krummenacher, of the
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Team,
secured his first-ever World Su-
persport race win in his first-ever
WSS race, thanks to a late fall
after a tire problems suffered by
seemingly certain race winner,
Kenan Sofuoglu.
lot of guys in testing so I need a
stiffer, stronger bike in the front.
It is one thing riding by myself,
riding not bad but when you get
into race mode and start braking
and stuff I was too low and soft
in the front. The racing was really
fun and I know Phillip Island al-
ways produces good racing, the
bike, as Michael showed, it is
very competitive so I am looking
forward to Thailand.
"I can go there and under-
stand what more the reality for
this season is going to be. It is
a more stop-and-go circuit, so I
am very curious to get there and
see what our level can be and
find out what I am really in for
tion in the remarkably long-lived
nine rider phalanx out front in
race one.
"Johnny was very fast but
I feel we could improve a little
bit," said Hayden after his first
WorldSBK experience. "Maybe
not as much as we did from
yesterday to today but we made
a big step today. After ten laps
yesterday the setup was not right
for me and the tires, so today for
me was much better.
"Acceleration out of the
slower corners is where I need
to improve, electronics, trac-
tion and I am not sure what, but
that is the area I want to improve
more. I did not really ride with a
PJ Jacobsen
finished fifth and
didn't look very
pleased about it
in the pits.
