WSS'09 Round 12 | Imola, race day

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Team ParkinGo Triumph BE1 Racing reached their goal as both riders rode a spectacular race and finished just one tenth of a second from each other in aggregate. Chaz Davies took fourth place at his debut in WSS, while a sore but stoic Garry McCoy finished fifth. The race started with Mark Aitchison's crash which made McCoy lose precious seconds and contact with the front runners. The Aussie ended lap one in ninth place, 3,6 seconds behind the leader. He later recovered a few positions thanks to a very good pace climbing up to sixth place just before the red flag was displayed and the race was interrupted due to oil leak from Lascorz' Kawasaki. Chaz Davies did not get a good start either as he ended lap one in seventh place before the red flag. In that same lap, McCoy slipped and sustained an index injury and a nail lift-off. He was rushed to the mobile clinic but decided to race anyway in the second heat. Despite the sore finger and multiple bruises, he managed to grab an extraordinary fifth place. Rookie Chaz Davies finished just in front of him after improving the forecarriage setup. The Welshman already established himself as one of the best as he managed to battle with the top riders through the entire race GARRY McCOY | Triumph Daytona 675 | 5th: "It was a very difficult race and I really had to give 110%. In the first section, everything went well and I was battling with Foret for the podium. Unfortunately, I crashed on the oil leak from Lascorz' bike just before the red flag was displayed. I injured myself very badly and it hurt a lot but fortunately I was rushed to the mobile clinic where they assisted me in no time. It was an ordeal when I had to brake but I grit my teeth and scored an important result result which allowed me to climb to eighth place in the standings". CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 4th: "I'm very happy with the result. I improved a lot this weekend and I wish to thank the entire team for a great job done. However, my goal is to do even better but for this to happen, I'll have to do well in practice and at the start too. After two years in the U.S., it's really hard to wait for the light to get green but it's nice too. I can't wait to get back on the track at Magny-Cours in four-days time". GIULIANO ROVELLI - TEAM MANAGER: "It was the best round of the season for the team, both riders were great. However, if it wasn't for the injury, Garry could've scored another podium for us. Chaz, on the other hand, showed his skills in just three days and I'm delighted to have signed him. He's a great addition to the team who is now stronger than ever". Race Standings: 1 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 35'51.342 (156,936 kph) 2 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 5.372 3 99 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 6.450 4 23 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 15.847 5 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 15.944 6 1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 16.001 7 21 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 27.097 8 13 West A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 27.835 9 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 32.846 10 9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 33.315 11 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 33.576 12 33 Migliorati C. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 44.958 13 199 Four O. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 59.645 14 77 Veneman B. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 1'06.270 15 40 Gentile F. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'14.735 Riders Standings: 1 C. Crutchlow GBR 210 2 E. Laverty IRL 208 3 K. Sofuoglu TUR 153 4 J. Lascorz ESP 138 5 F. Foret FRA 115 6 A. West AUS 104 7 A. Pitt AUS 104 8 G. McCoy AUS 82 9 M. Aitchison AUS 71 10 M. Roccoli ITA 62 11 K. Fujiwara JPN 61 12 M. Pirro ITA 54 13 B. Veneman NED 51 14 M. Lagrive FRA 38 15 G. Nannelli ITA 31 ... 20 C. Davies GBR 13