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Unedited Live Text Notes as broadcast from Phillip Island
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Supersport Race

  • 1356 - Kawasaki are going to do it.... It has been a long time between drinks for both Kawasaki and Foret but they have broke the drought!  Foret wins by 0.7secs, Parkes takes third, Charpentier fourth then further back it was Fujiwara, Riba, Harms, Veneman, Alfonsi, Tiberio, and Curtain a disappointing 11th
  • 1355 - Last lap now and the gaps across the stripe are Foret - 0.907secs to Sofuoglu - 1.382secs to Parkes - 3.998secs to Charpentier, the French Ten Kate man now out of the fight
  • 1354 - Sofuoglu under Parkes in turn four to take second place... This is the penultimate lap... It's not over yet!
  • 1353 - Things are tightening up at the top... Charpentier not out of the picture either and could yet spring a surprise although he will have to do something very special to do it. But we know special is his specialty!
  • 1353 - Sofuoglu has chased them down also... This could be a three way affair to the line yet!
  • 1352 - Foret into the lead now, a terrible lap to Broc on that one.. The Kawasaki now in the lead! 
  • 1351 - Foret now only 0.965 of a second behind Parkes now... Only a few laps to run...
  • 1350 - Fujiwara on Curtain now, Curtain must have some serious problems as he dropped 3 seconds on that last lap, his rear tyre completely shagged by the look of it
  • 1348 - The gap down to 1.297 seconds now... Foret has pulled away from Charpentier who now has his hands full with Sofuoglu. Curtain is six seconds behind that battle for third place...
  • 1347 - Foret looking very dangerous now.. The gap down to 1.458 seconds and he is lapping four tenths a lap quicker than Parkes... If Broc has anything left in the bag now is the time to bring it out...
  • 1345 - Foret is past Charpentier now.. Can he chase down Broc and take a win for Kawasaki... The gap shrinks to 1.900 seconds so he has the pace... He is not doing it easy though as the Kawasaki is sliding around a fair bit... Can Broc respond...?
  • 1344 - 13 laps down and the gap now... 2.292 seconds.. Foret setting up to challenge Charpentier... Sofuoglu has pushed Curtain back to fifth now. Wildcard Seaton in 20th, Greedy 25th
  • 1342 - Curtain looks to be struggling for rear grip now, Foret right on his tail but the Kawasaki also looks to be struggling for drive, however the Kawasaki looks to get out of the tight turns better but the Yamaha better out of the quicker corners... Foret through and pulling away now.... Charpentier is not catching!  He is not catching Broc... Broc now has 2.192 seconds on the Frenchman... And the Frenchman might have his hands full with a Kawasaki mounted countryman very shortly...
  • 1341 - Foret up to fourth on the Kawasaki after slotting past Sofuoglu at MG Hairpin.. The gap this time.... Back out to 1.807 so Broc opens his advantage out a little again... Peris goes down but is up and fine
  • 1340 - Sofuoglu up the inside of Curtain at turn four but the Yamaha men gets him back, the Turk looks to try again at Siberia but Kev has him covered..
  • 1339 - Charpentier pulling away from Curtain... Quicker than Parkes on that lap also... The gap shrinks to 1.595 seconds as they reach the halfway point of the 21 lap race
  • 1337 - Charpentier back up to second place now, but Parkes edges out a little more, the pace slowing a little with nobody in the 35s that time around but Broc still improves his advantage to 1.766 seconds
  • 1335 - Parkes pulls out more ground on that one... Charpentier slows to a 36.2 while Parkes maintained his 35s form with a 35.844, the gap 1.600 seconds...  Curtain through on the Frenchman now, a tight group tussling over that second place now, Charpentier, Curtain, Sofuoglu and Foret the protagonists... This could play in to Broc's hands...
  • 1333 - This time around the gap is 1.194 so Charpentier catching up slowly by slowly... His 34.976 from lap two faster than anyone managed in qualifying here this weekend...  Also faster than any of the Aussie Production Superbikes!!! Gobsmacked!
  • 1332 - Nothing between them laptime wise that time around, the gap 1.356 seconds... Charpentier is going to have to start pulling out some crackers to chase down the Yamaha.  The Frenchman's best on lap two was a stunning 34.976 so he has the pace to do it...
  • 1331 - Charpentier with the hammer down to try and run down Parkes but Parkes looks really strong...
  • 1330 - The front runner all under lap record pace, Parkes getting away from them... The middle NSW Coast man on fire here today... Charpentier back up to second place now pushing Curtain back to third... Parkes now leads by 1.385 seconds.... a 35.5 to Parkes...
  • 1329 - Yamaha 1-2 now... Parkes broke away from Charpentier and Curtain caught and passed the the Frenchman to take second place, Charpentier was 1.3 seconds slower on that lap than the one before so may have made some sort of mistake or had a problem...
  • 1328 - The top four tightening up a little now, Curtain and Sofuoglu starting to figure a little more strongly
  • 1327 - Parkes all over the back of Charpentier and this pair edging away from Curtain now... Parkes to the lead into turn one again but this time he holds off Charpentier into turn two...
  • 1326 - Parkes gets Charpentier into turn one but the Frenchman gets him right back, the new Honda not yet up to full speed at this early stage in its development and the Yamaha looks to have a power advantage... A 34.976 to Charpentier on lap two nonetheless...
  • 1325 - Charpentier to the lead now, Parkes second, Curtain third, Sofuoglu fourth, Foret fifth, Fujiwara sixth. Wildcard Seaton 21st, Greedy 22nd
  • 1324 - Parkes still leading the way, Sofuoglu made a challenge at MG that cost him a lot of time and he was shuffled back to fourth while Charpentier and Curtain chase Parkes
  • 1323 - They are away now after being held on the line for some time... Parkes to the lead, two down at Southern Loop... Might bring out the flag, no maybe not, the riders look fine, one is Kallio the other Fores
  • 1321 - Supersport men on their warm up lap now..
  • 1315 - Five minutes now before World Supersport proceedings get underway...

 

Supersport Race Results

  1. Foret
  2. Sofuoglu 0.70secs
  3. Parkes 2.24secs
  4. Charpentier 6.41secs
  5. Fujiwara 15.0secs
  6. Riba 15.19secs
  7. Harms 22.8secs
  8. Veneman 24.50secs
  9. Alfonsi 26.14secs
  10. Tiberio 29.41secs
  11. Curtain 29.70secs
  12. Leblanc 29.75secs
  13. Gimbert 35.3secs
  14. Jones 43.1secs
  15. Salom 43.4secs
  16. Ivanov 49.5secs
  17. Lauslehto 55.7secs
  18. Checa 56.2secs
  19. Seaton 56.4secs
  20. Boccolini 63.4secs
  21. Sanna 63.4secs
  22. Greedy 69.2secs
  23. Polzer 74.5secs
  24. Praia 75.2secs
  25. Gunther
  26. Roccoli
  27. Forner
  28. Talmacsi
  29. Milovanovic

Supersport Championship Points

  1. Sofuoglu 45
  2. Foret 38
  3. Fujiwara 27
  4. Curtain 25
  5. Riba 21
  6. Harms 19
  7. Parkes 16
  8. Veneman 15
  9. Charpentier 13
  10. Alfonsi 10
  11. Roccoli 9
  12. Nannelli 8

 

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