Another positive weekend for the Serenese rider in Spain
LOS ARCOS (SPAIN)
Another positive weekend ends for Axel Bassani in the Superbike World Championship.
The young rider from Belluno, after finishing eighth on Saturday in race 1, finished 12th in yesterday morning’s Superpole Race and tenth in race 2 on the indefinite Spanish circuit of Navarra. Good feelings for Bassani, driving his Ducati Panigale V4 R on behalf of the Motosport Racing team. The Belluno rider in his first year in Superbike confirms himself around the top 10 and proves to be the strongest rider of the non-professional teams competing in the championship. Sunday opened at 11 with the Superpole Race.
In the sprint race of just 10 laps Bassani finished 12th in a spectacular mini competition, especially in the top positions, where Scott Redding finds his tenth position in Superbike suffering, third in a row. Rea is in second place ahead of Razgatlioglu and Locatelli.
In the afternoon at the start of race 2 which still gave different emotions.
Axel manages to improve the result of the morning and to finish in tenth position, albeit very detached from the top 9.
In the lead the fight continues, where this time Razgatlioglu prevails, followed by Redding and Rea.
With this victory, the Turkish reaches Rea at the command of the general classification, Bassani retains the 12th absolute position just a few points behind Davies, currently tenth.
In the manufacturers, Ducati remains in the lead, closely followed by Yamaha and Kawasaki. The next round of the World Championship is scheduled for the weekend from 3 to 5 September on the French circuit of Magny-Cours.
Drivers classification. 1. Razgatlioglu 311 points, 2. Rea 311, 3. Redding 273, 4. Lowes 169, 5. Locatelli 151, 6. Rinaldi 150, 7. Sykes 146, 8. Gerloff 135, 9. Van Der Mark 131, 10. Davies 92, 11. Bautista 92, 12. Bassani 87, 13. Haslam 71, 14. Mahias 38, 15. Rabat 35, 16. Nozane 30, 17. Vinales 19, 18. Folger 14, 19. Laverty 14, 20. Ponsson 11, 21. Mercado 8, 22. Fritz 6, 23. Cresson 3, 24. Mantovani 2, 25. Mossey 2. Constructors standings. 1. Ducati 334 points, 2. Yamaha 331, 3. Kawasaki 325, 4. Bmw 177, 5. Honda 120.
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