Sofuoglu clinches fourth world supersport title
The Turkish rider just continues to keep on keeping on, showing amazing strength to even keep going after his son passed away earlier this yearTurkey's Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawaski) clinched his fourth world supersport title after finishing second behind American PJ Jacobsen (Honda) in the penultimate round at Magny-Cours, France on October 4.
“We came here to get the title not to win the race,” said Sofuoglu. But I had one goal – to go very fast at the beginning of the race, take second place and get the title. When we had a two-second gap to the rider behind I just thought I had to stay on my bike, not crash and get the title. Our plan worked well. I think everybody did a great job. I have to say a big thanks to the Puccetti Racing team and of course Kawasaki helped us a lot to win this title. In the end we got the championship.”
The podium was completed by local rider Lucas Mahias (MG Competition). Australia's Aiden Wagner (Honda) was 13th.
In world superbike, new world champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) won both races, doing the double for the fifth time this year. His podium tally of 22 puts him equal with Troy Bayliss who achieved the feat in 2002, and is the second highest number of podiums in a season in the all-time list.
The podium places were taken by Tom Sykes (Kawaski) and Sylvain Guintoli (Honda) in a wet race one, and by Chaz Davies (Ducati) and Sykes in race two.
“I am super-happy, especially to win in the wet and the dry. It was a double bonus," said Rea. "It was tough because I came here off the back of being really busy after winning the title in Jerez so I did not get too much down time, and my typical training week was out of the window."
Tags
Please see our Editorial Guidelines & Code of Ethics (including for more information about sponsored content and paid events). The information published on this website is of a general nature only and doesn’t consider your particular circumstances or needs.
