VOL. 55 ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 27, 2018 P75
4. Xavi Flores (Duc)
5. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
6. Alex Lowes (Yam)
7. Leon Camier (Hon)
8. Eugene Laverty (Apr)
9. Michael Van Der Mark (Yam)
10. Leandro Mercado (Kaw)
RACE TWO
1. Marco Melandri (Duc)
2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
3. Xavi Fores (Duc)
4. Tom Sykes (Kaw)
5. Alex Lowes (Yam)
6. Leon Camier (Hon)
7. Michael van der Mark (Yam)
8. Jordi Torres (MV)
9. Loris Baz (BMW)
10. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kaw)
The top four were only 1.556
seconds apart, but Sofuoglu
was nowhere near when the flag
dropped, having felt a vibration
from his rear tire, and being
worried it may go on him like it
did the day before. He was 13th,
finally.
Changes to the three-cylinder
Triumphs of the Profile Racing
Team allowed Luke Stapleford to
show himself as top triple rider,
comfortably ahead of the MV of
Raffaele De Rosa.
Yamaha may be the current
best bike to have, however, with
the top four all on R6 models. CN
RACE ONE
1. Marco Melandri (Duc)
2. Tom Sykes (Kaw)
3. Chaz Davies (Duc)
tough year in WorldSBK was
strong.
Mahias, pole man as well as
the race winner, said, "This is
the best way to start the new
season. The difference from last
year is that I am not stressing the
bike; I play with the bike. With
the new rules we do not use the
throttle blipper, and I return to
the old style of downshifting and
I am playing with the bike."
For Krummenacher, a Kawa-
saki race winner at PI in his debut
season in 2016, second was okay
in a sprint race. A great first outing
for Sandro Cortese (Kallio Yama-
ha) despite his demotion on the
starting grid, saw him third overall,
winning a last lap battle with
Caricasulo that had the crowds
gasping at the photo-finish.
Despite his
results, American
Jake Gagne
was generally
happy with his
performance in
Australia.
