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maggio 16, 2016 - Kawasaki Racing

Wet Track Decides All For Battling Kawasaki Riders

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After heavy rains and high winds caused the delay of the start of the FIM Supersport World Championship race at #sepang until after the Superbike race, #kawasaki Puccetti #racing riders #kenansofuoglu and #randykrummenacher finished sixth and eighth respectively. Local rider and series regular Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Orelac #racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) was second in a thrilling fight for the race win.

The rain that struck the circuit with such force on Sunday meant that the #worldssp race got underway at 17.16, not the scheduled 14.20.
 
Such conditions held back any plans for a race long push for the lead by Sofuoglu, despite running second for a time. He used all his skills to defend his championship position and in finishing sixth he slightly extended his advantage over his own team-mate in the points rankings.
 
Krummenacher pushed as hard as he dared in the wet conditions early on but with some other riders taking their chances earlier in the 14-lap race he was to finish eighth, scoring eight championship points.
 
Local star Khairuddin had the crowd on its feet on many occasions, making a last corner move to try and win the race but losing out by just 0.050 seconds to race winner Ayrton Badovini.
 
Kenan and Randy remain first and second in the championship table, with Sofuoglu on 96 points and Krummenacher on 79 after six rounds. Khairuddin is now tenth overall, with 40 points.
 
In the manufacturers’ standings #kawasaki has a 20 point advantage over the next closest rival.
 
Kenan Sofuoglu: “We had quite a lot of bad luck today. We were in pole position, and the fastest, but just before the race we had rain. It was OK but they delayed the race. The final race was wet but when it rains you know it is really wet on the track. This was somewhere between wet and drying. It was very slippery and you could see on the podium people who were just going for a top three, because this was a chance for them. They took their chances but we have to take care of the championship. This is why I looked who was in front of me and all except PJ Jacobsen were not my championship competition. He made just a few points more, so not a problem.”
 
Randy Krummenacher: “I was very surprised at the speed the others went at early on. This race was a big learning process for me. For sure around halfway through the race I started to trust more and push more and did similar lap times on the front guys. It took too much trust for me to push more. The bike was very, very good but my mind said it was impossible to push so hard.”
 
Christian Gamarino (Team GoEleven Kawasaki) was 11th and well in the points. Ondrej Jezek (Team GoEleven Kawasaki) placed 17th. Lachlan Epis (Response RE Kawasaki) was 19th and Nacho Calero (Orelac #racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) 21st.

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