07-13 Italy – Misano – Statements by World Supersport drivers in Misano –

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Statements by World Supersport riders in Misano

07-13 Italy - Misano - Statements by World Supersport drivers in Misano -

The seventh round of the World SSP 2017 took place this weekend in Misano, Italy. To complete our almost live report, here are the statements of the Supersport drivers at the end of the Italian race !

Site readers – who, as everyone knows, are a little more fortunate than the others – have already been able to follow Saturday and Sunday, almost live, the progress of the Mondial Superbike and Supersport races on the Misano circuit (for latecomers, read, then).

Find below the statements of the drivers who distinguished themselves on Sunday during the Supersport race. Honor to the winner !

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki n ° 1), 1st:

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"I’m very happy to have won another race because Puccetti has organized a lot of things for this weekend and Kawasaki has worked a lot with us. So I’m very happy to give them this gift. My team has warned me that Mahias was "Out", but that wasn’t the most important thing for me: I just wanted to win the race. I wanted to see what Cluzel was capable of, and I understood that I had a faster pace, that I was could pull a gap. That‘s what I tried to do and it paid off. Today I can’t say I was very fast but my experience won the race. ".

Jules Cluzel (Honda n ° 16), 2nd:

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"I can say I’m happy to finish 2nd because it was a tough race. Of course I want to win … but sometimes we have to be smarter. I didn’t make any mistakes this weekend so I’m happy. It was a delicate event, with a strange feeling in the front and a lot of falls: it was good to be in front and not to fall. I saw Mahias fall and I fell. said I had to finish the race, because he’s the guy who leads the championship, by a lot of points. It was the opportunity to get closer, so that despite my feeling I was able to pass Caricasulo and get back up on Kenan. I passed him and I constantly turned in 1 ‘39.6. I felt bad with the front landing gear, that’s why I couldn’t come back afterwards and to be faster. Kenan attacked hard at the end, we came back to fast lap times. I tried, the proof with my big black mark on my leather, I almost fell and following this there, I knew that the 2nd place was the maximum "

Federico Caricasulo (Yamaha n ° 64), 3rd:

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“It’s a really good feeling to be back on the podium! I wanted to try to win this race because I had come so close last year, before Kenan passed me on the last lap. The podium remains a good one. thing, I’m happy after a few tough races and my injury. It’s very important, and Yamaha and my team have done a great job. I’m happy because we are making really big progress and I think we will be very competitive in the next races ".

Patrick Jacobsen (MV Agusta n ° 99), 4th:

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"The fourth place taken today is not what I wanted. The team and I will be working very hard during the summer holidays to come back stronger".

Kyle Smith (Honda # 111), 5th:

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"Fifth in the race: this is the positive conclusion of a very difficult weekend marked by many falls and the feeling of not being on my plate because of a fever …".

Lucas Mahias (Yamaha n ° 144), fall:

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“The race was not that bad. I fell of course, but I followed our strategy. The plan was to attack hard, because if it is a good thing to have finished each race in good positions , it’s important to win races. I don’t like to finish second or third. I’m a driver who likes to fight. It was a very small crash. Actually, I’m a little angry because during the whole weekend I never had a single problem in this corner but this afternoon I fell. It’s racing. It’s my first season in this championship, my first as an official driver Yamaha – with a new team and a new bike -, and this is my first mistake of the whole season. Okay, that has consequences for the championship, but I don’t feel the pressure right now. still the five point championship. I like to look at the good sides, and then the Championship is not over, we still have a lot of races. I can’t wait to compete in the second half of the season, and I like the tracks that remain on the program ".

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