ROAD RACE
MOTUL FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7 / JUNE 8-10, 2018
BRNO CIRCUIT/ OSTROVAICE, CZECH REPUBLIC
P70
a good setup with the bike."
In the championship, Rea has
270 points, Davies 205, van der
Mark 196, Sykes 179, Melandri
157 and Lowes a closing-fast
154.
WorldSSP
Jules Cluzel (NRT Yamaha) blast-
ed to his third win of the year,
running out front for the whole
16-laps of a warm and sunny
race and holding off the close
and sometimes tactile attentions
of championship leader, Sandro
Cortese (Kallio Racing Yamaha).
He and Cortese collided on
the final lap, but it put Cortese off
more than Cluzel.
PJ Jacobsen went slightly bet-
ter than Gagne on his privateer
Honda taking 16th in race one
and 13th in race two.
"We got some points today
and it was an OK race, but 13th
is still not where I want to be,"
Jacobsen said. "We had some
quite different temperatures here
at Brno from when we tested,
and the race today was extremely
hot. It seemed nobody had
much grip. We just have to keep
improving everything, and each
time we go out we find some-
thing. It is my home race next. I
have not been to Laguna Seca in
a long time, since 2011, I think. I
will try my hardest there try to get
who went on to win his epic 60th
race.
Jake Gagne had another tough
weekend on the factory Red Bull
Honda, finishing with a DNF in
race one but improving for 12th in
race two.
"The biggest challenge in race
two was being so far back on the
grid and it took a couple of laps to
get my rhythm, but in the middle
of the race I was quite strong,"
Gagne said. "I've been working
on my riding and the team on the
bike throughout the weekend so
today it all came together. It was a
positive end to the weekend and
next up is Laguna Seca which will
be awesome."
Leon Camier holds off Xavi Fores,
Loris Baz, Toprak Razgatlioglu and
Yonny Hernandez in race two.
