Der beliebte Kawasaki-Fahrer Tom Sykes hatte einmal mehr ein perfektes Wochenende: Doppelsieg, seine sechste Superpole in diesem Jahr, schnellste Runde im Qualifying und ein neuer Rundenrekord im ersten Lauf. Insgesamt hat er heuer fünf Siege erzielt, mehr als jeder andere Fahrer. Nach 7 von 15 Rennen führt Sykes nun mit sechs Punkten vor Sylvain Guintoli.

Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) war nach einem Sturz am Samstag in einer schlechten körperlichen Verfassung. Im ersten Lauf erzielte er trotz Schmerzen in der linken Schulter den neunten Platz und auch im zweiten Lauf zeigte er sein Kämpferherz: Baz beendete den zweiten Lauf als Sechster und ist mit 126 Punkten an sechster Stelle in der Gesamtwertung.

Nachfolgend Sykes und Baz im Originalwortlaut:

Tom Sykes: “I have had two perfect weekends out of the last three events and for this I am truly happy. I enjoy this circuit so we have made the most of it. A perfect weekend so it could not have been any better. It is a special weekend for many reasons and also the incident last year with my 2012 team-mate Joan Lascorz. There was not one time on any lap when I have exited turn six and not thought about his accident. We are all thinking of Joan and I hope that this is a small, small tribute to him. Both the ZX-10R and myself have been working well. I have every single individual member of the Kawasaki staff and teams to thank, and our great technical sponsors. Without their help I would not be able to showcase myself so I truly am grateful. Hopefully now this is a beginning of a challenge but we will see how we go.”

Loris Baz: “The main problem for me in race one was the pain in my left shoulder after my big crash in Superpole but to be honest it was sore everywhere so I could not stay with the guys in front. I had great pain in my ankles so I cannot change direction fast and I cannot brake well with the rear brake. In race two it was better and I had some more effective painkillers. From the beginning I tried to stay with them and fight with them really hard behind Leon, then pushed hard in the middle of the race even though it was very tiring."

In der Supersport-Klasse erzielte Kenan Sofuoglu einen tollen Start-Ziel-Sieg nachdem das Rennen wegen einer Ölspur gestoppt, neu gestartet wurde und letztendlich über 14 Runden ging. Mit fast vier Sekunden Vorsprung auf seinen Herausforderer Sam Lowes gewann Sofuoglu sein zweites Rennen in dieser Saison.

Kenan Sofuoglu nach dem Rennen: “We had to have two attempts to win but we did it. I really like this track but normally I have very bad luck here and Friday proved to be very difficult. The team worked very hard to find something for me and we changed a lot of things on the bike, even parts and we had to set them up again each time as they were new. I knew I could have had a strong pace and I was confident. As we saw I was really strong enough to fight and win this race. Everything was normal today and I am very happy to win again.”


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