ROAD RACE
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 24-26, 2017
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT/ PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
P72
WorldSBK
Race 1:
1. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
2. Chaz Davies (Duc)
3. Tom Sykes (Kaw)
4. Alex Lowes (Yam)
5. Leon Camier (MV)
Race 2:
1. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
2. Chaz Davies (Duc)
3. Marco Melandri (Duc)
4. Alex Lowes (Yam)
5. Xavi Fores (Duc)
WorldSSP:
1. Robert Rolfo (MV)
2. Lucas Mahias (Yam)
3. Anthony West (Yam)
4. Kyle Ryde (Kaw)
5. Niki Tuuli (Yam)
did not really put a lot of pressure
on myself. In the race I was letting
it kind of come to me and then I
went for it a little bit on Kyle Ryde,
and I just could not stop myself
going down the hill. I ran off the
track and tried to get myself back
on again as fast as I could. I am
just a bit bummed about race dis-
tance, how it got cut short. That is
not really right." CN
card Anthony West (West Racing
Yamaha), running a stock Ya-
maha engine he had borrowed
from a stranger who offered it
to him and his makeshift team,
third, for his second podium in
as many years at PI.
His bike was way slower than
the rest, but his determination
and experience saw him third,
at least after a massive crash for
Jules Cluzel (CIA Landlord Insur-
ance Honda) when Federico
Caricasulo (GRT Yamaha) lost
the front at the bottom of MG
and send Cluzel flying.
Pole man PJ Jacobsen (MV
Agusta Reparto Corse) had a
difficult day, eventually finish-
ing sixth despite running off the
track in the short 10-lap event.
A red flag had cut the race to
10 laps, from a planned 15, with
that already less than the envis-
aged 18.
"It was a big twist that whole
race," Jacobsen said. "Being P1
all week, I felt really confident. I
(Left) Cluzel was sent flying by an
out-of-control Caricasulo with just
two corners remaining. (Below)
PJ Jacobsen couldn't convert his
qualifying pace to a race victory on
the MV Agusta.
