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- 1357 - Charpentier the
winner, Curtain takes second and Parkes some 7 seconds
adrift in third place ahead of Tiberio who had to fight to
the line with Harms over 4th position. Brookes takes
6th, Stigefelt 7th, Thomas 8th, Zaiser 9th, Roccoli 10th.
- 1355 - The gap now
6-tenths now to the Frenchman and from here Kev might take
the safe option for 20 points or hope for the Ten Kate man
to make a mistake as he won't have the pace to bridge that
gap again if the previous laps are anything to go by... He
can match the pace but can't improve on it...
- 1353 - Kev nearly ran into
Charpentier at MG Hairpin that time and lost some time
getting out of it which gave the Frenchman the advantage he
might need to make this race his for sure...
- 1351 - Curtain has a look
up the inside at turn one but thinks better of it... Brookes
still keeping his nose in front over that battle for 6th
place...
- 1349 - Curtain still right
on Charpentier's hammer... Looking like it will come down to
a last lap gasp at MG Hairpin if the status quo remains over
the next few laps...
- 1347 - Parkes losing more
ground to Curtain and Charpentier now.. He set a new lap
record on lap three of the race but his tyres must be
torched now as he is lapping half a second slower than the
leading duo but his third place still looks very safe...
- 1346 - Brookes is leading
a heady battle for sixth that is being waged by a whole
gaggle of riders including Stigefelt, Veneman, Zaiser,
Thomas, Roccoli and Sanchini
- 1345 - Curtain staying on
the tail of Charpentier but Parkes a second behind them
now... Brookesy up to 7th... Now up to 6th...
- 1342 - Charpentier back
into the lead... Curtain staying with him....
Parkes maybe losing touch a little unless he can pick up the
pace. Gobert has entered pitlane with some sort of
problem... They suffered some engine damage earlier in the
weekend and may have suffered the same fate again perhaps...
- 1341 - Sofuoglu just went
down at turn four but remounted to rejoin the race outside
the top 15...
- 1340 - Curtain pulled
3-tenths out of Charpentier on that lap but the Frenchman
closes up again early on the next lap... Parkes still right
there also...
- 1339 - Curtain hits the
front again as they commence the second half of this race...
Gobert and Brookes are about to commence battle over 9th
position...
- 1337 - Still Charpentier,
Curtain and Parkes up front and Broc looking for a way past
his team-mate by the look of it now as he reckons it his
turn to have a crack at Charpentier...
- 1336 - Only 4-tenths of a
second cover the leading trio still...
- 1334 - Charpentier closes
again on that lap and pulls out of the slipstream to take
the lead as they start lap eight.. Veneman has pushed
Gobert back to eighth, Brookes is ninth and his machines was
8kph quicker than Goey's on that last run through the traps.
Stigefelt is next best in tenth and his machine hit 283kph
through the trap that time compared to Brookes (268) and
Goey (260)
- 1333 - Curtain has
4-tenths on Charpentier now... Brookesy up to ninth...
- 1331 - Curtain is getting
away from Charpentier... Charpentier has his hands full with
Parkes...
- 1330 - Curtain takes the
lead at MG Hairpin... Good run through 11 and 12... Will the
Ten Kate blast past...? No Kev keeps the lead into
turn one and Parkes is all over Charpentier also and we
could see Yamaha go 1-2 here shortly... Sofuoglu up to 4th
now
- 1329 - Tiberio still
running 4th from Harms and Sofuoglu has pushed Goey back to
7th now. 263 down the straight for Gobert to be the
second slowest machine in the field that time around...
- 1328 - Only 2-tenths
covers the leading trio now... The Yamaha Germany men look
to have the pace to challenge Charpentier here at Phillip
Island.
- 1327 - Parkes closing to
Curtain and Charpentier.. It looks as the battle for the win
will unfold with these three riders only... Parkes quickest
on that lap with a 1m36.3...
- 1325 - Curtain matching
pace with Charpentier... Parkes still third.... Tiberio up
to 4th, Harms 5th, Gobert 6th with half a second over Ten
Kate man Sofuoglu... Goey that time 268 down the
straight in the slipstream while the man ahead of him hit
280kph...
- 1323 - Curtain trying to
go with Charpentier, Parkes third and as they come onto the
main straight Goey is challenging for fourth but he is the
slowest bike in the field through the speed trap...
Goey maintaining in fifth... Thomas 8th.... Brookes 11th..
- 1322 - Charpentier leads
them through turn one from Harms but Curtain quickly up to
second and Parkes then up to third... Goey sixth at the
first split... Brookes 9th... Andersen off in the
gravel..
- 1321 - Coming around to
form up on the grid now... When Curtain pulled up to the
line earlier before the warm up he said he had a vibration
in the front brake on the formation lap so the team was
checking things over on the grid to make sure all was
okay... I guess we'll see shortly...
- 1319 - World Supersport
riders on their warm up lap now
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