Iker Lecuona of Mackenzie’ s bike whilst lining him up for an overtake which put him on the deck and out of the race. Sixth place in the championship feels about right based on his performances to-date. Bassani on the other Bimota had a shocker, finishing out of the points in race one and the Sprint, he then retired early in race two because of warped front brake rotors. That’ s not something you hear often. He has admitted that staying motivated is challenging when the bike isn’ t able to keep pace with the front runners, citing performance under brakes at corner entry as being a significant factor. And that would be with brake rotors that weren’ t warped. GoEleven Ducati’ s Lorenzo Baldassarri didn’ t capitalise on his second-place spot on the grid as he quickly found himself down in tenth position in race one and then suffered the sort of high-speed crash that makes you cringe. Apparently, he didn’ t sleep much on Saturday night but whatever waking nightmares he’ d been having, he cleared his head for Sunday and put in very mature performances. A podium in the Sprint race and fourth in race two were very good results after his torrid Saturday. Eighth place in the series and within shouting distance of fourth is a great result for rookie Balda’.
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