Superbike: Guintoli wins Race 1 and gets closer to the title
Controversy at Kawasaki with Loris Baz not leaving second position to Tom Sykes, third.
This time the dark faces are in Kawasaki: Sylvain Guintoli wins Race 1 at the Losail International Circuit and reduces the deficit on Sykes to just three points.
The gap could have been wider if Lori Baz had followed the team's orders to let her teammate pass in the final laps.
Under the podium, Baz responded piquedly to the horn players' questions, effectively aligning himself with the thoughts of Melandri from Magny Cours: he wants to help the team if necessary but Tom Sykes is capable of winning alone.
The good news for Kawasaki in this race comes practically only from the EVO class, in which David Salom became the first champion in history, finishing ahead of Niccolò Canepa.
The big obstacle, which all the drivers on the track had to deal with, was the deterioration of the tyres: Guintoli managed to lead the race with authority until the end also by virtue of the fact that his tires held up better than those of the opponents, Baz especially.
Overall, the race was fairly free of twists and turns, except for a lively one at the end when Guintoli managed to overtake Loris Baz with four laps to go, while Tom Sykes was the author of two great overtakings on Marco Melandri and Jonathan Rea to the lowest step of the podium.
We'll see what happens in what promises to be a heart-pounding Race 2: appointment at 20pm Italian time.
Below is the order of arrival for Race 1:
1. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 17 laps
2. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +2.650s
3. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +3.955s
4. Jonathan Rea GBR PATA Honda CBR1000RR +4.805s
5. Davide Giugliano ITA Ducati SBK 1199 Panigale R +7.861s
6. Toni Elias ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +8.192s
7. Chaz Davies GBR Ducati SBK 1199 Panigale R +8.991s
8. Marco Melandri ITA Aprilia Racing RSV4 +10.512s
9. Eugene Laverty IRL Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +15.978s
10. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +21.456s
11. Leon Haslam GBR PATA Honda CBR1000RR +25.977s
12. Niccolo Canepa ITA Althea Ducati 1199 Panigale R +29.085s (E)
13. David Salom ESP Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +29.096s (E)
14. Sylvain Barrier FRA BMW Italia S1000RR +39.270s (E)
15. Bryan Staring AUS IRON BRAIN Kawasaki ZX-10R +43.360s (E)
16. Jeremy Guarnoni FRA MRS Kawasaki ZX-10R +46.206s (E)
17. Geoff May USA Team Hero EBR 1190RX +1m 16.323s
18. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +1 lap (E)
Not Classified
19. Alessandro Andreozzi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 7 laps completed (E)
20. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 6 laps completed (E)
21. Alex Cudlin AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 3 laps completed (E)
22. Aaron Yates USA Team Hero EBR 1190RX 3 laps completed
23. Claudio Corti ITA MV Agusta RC F4RR 2 laps completed
Did Not Start
Sheridan Morais RSA IRON BRAIN Kawasaki ZX-10R (E)
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