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september 29, 2019 - Kawasaki Racing
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing - Mahias wins the WorldSSP race at Magny Cours!
Sunny skies and a dry track at the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit in France for the tenth race of the Supersport world championship. In yesterday's Superpole, the two Kawasaki Puccetti #racing riders, Frenchman Lucas Mahias and Japanese #hikariokubo, scored fifth and seventh place respectively, meaning that Mahias lined up on the second row of the grid and Okubo from the third.
Both gota way well when the lights went out, but an incident at the first turn saw the race brought to a halt with the red flag. The race was soon restarted but shortened from 19 to 12 laps.
Mahias made a fairly good start and held fifth position, part of the leading group. From lap four, he began to move up through the field and on lap seven he took the lead. Once up front, Lucas picked up the pace and only Vinales was able to keep up. On the penultimate lap, the Spaniard moved into the lead but Mahias was able to get back past him through the final corners to cross the line first. A great result for the Frenchman, who relished in the applause of his home crowd!
This is Lucas' first win aboard a Kawasaki and the first win of the season for the Akashi manufacturer.
Okubo also ran a great race. Sixth by the end of lap one, the Japanese rider remained close to the leading group for the duration of the race, eventually crossing the line in fifth place.
In the championship standings, Mahias lies fourth with 123 points, followed by Okubo, fifth with 93.
The next round of the Supersport world championship will take place over the weekend of 11-13 October at the San Juan Villicum circuit in Argentina.
Nevers Magny-Cours circuit – France – Supersport world championship
Race: 1) Mahias (Kawasaki) – 2) Vinales (Yamaha) – 3) Badovini (Kawasaki) – 4) De Rosa (MV Agusta) – 5) Okubo (Kawasaki) – 6) Cluzel (Yamaha) – 7) Perolari (Yamaha)
Lucas Mahias: "There were a lot of questions for us at the beginning of the year but I worked a lot to understand the bike and finally I have come back to the first position. It is very nice to win in front of the #people from my own country and it was especially good because this is my first time to win a race in France. It has been a perfect weekend for me, and the team."
Hikari Okubo: "Today was a better day because I pushed hard and tried to get to the podium. I didn't this round because I got a new small problem, and my riding style is limited to the top five, not the podium. I need another step from myself and need to do more thinking on my bike and have more control. There were two Kawasakis on the podium today so I need more training, sure, and more thinking. I will try to get a podium in the final two rounds."
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