WSBK Phillip Island Supersport Course: Andrea Locatelli leaves the crumbs of the cake

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SUPERSPORTS AT THE START
13:13. The first round of the 2020 World Supersport Championship will begin soon. The race takes place over a distance of 16 laps, with a mandatory pit stop before the 10th lap to change the rear tire. On pole, Andrea Locatelli, with his Yamaha Evan Bros. Duel in sight with Randy Krummenacher, reigning world champion and now on MV Agusta.

 

 

KRUMMENACHER FALLS AT THE FIRST TURN
First round: immediately a fall, Randy Krummenacher falls in the first round. Driver OK but MV Agusta's hopes only rest on the shoulders of Raffaele De Rosa. In the meantime, Andrea Locatelli has already taken the lead.

 

 

 

DE ROSA SECOND BEHIND LOCATELLI
4rd round: Locatelli half a second ahead of a Raffaele De Rosa very determined: the Italian got rid of Jules cluzel (Yamaha) and now he is trying not to let himself be detached by the fugitive. The WSSP300 world champion, Manuel Gonzalez, is 11th, ahead Soots on the third MV Agusta.

ÖTTL TOO FALLS
Lap 7: We are approaching pit stop time for the mandatory rear tire change with Locatelli in control with 2″5 margin on De Rosa, Mahias and Cluzel. No driver has stopped yet, the stop must be made no later than the tenth lap. Meanwhile, Kawasaki rider Puccetti, Phillip Öttl, dropped.

 

 

 

LOCATELLI REMAINS 1st AFTER THE PIT STOP
Lap 11: After the rear wheel changes, Andrea Locatelli is still leading the race, even if the margin of advantage has been reduced from 5″5 to 3″5 against De Rosa. The Race Direction communicates a series of penalties to the drivers who have violated the compulsory stop rule, by returning to the track before the time (0.080s for Cluzel).

 

 

 

LOCATELLI WITH THE WIND IN THEIR RIGHTS
Fourteenth round: Andrea Locatelli now has victory in his hands. With three laps to go, he is again almost 5″ ahead of From Rosa et Cluzel who cross swords.

 

 

 

LOCATELLI WON
Andrea Locatelli baptized his debut in World Supersport with a superlative success. The former Moto2 rider left nothing to his rivals, leading the race from the first to the last lap. An impressive display of talent: has the cadet series already found its master? Locatelli races with Yamaha Evan Bros, the Ravenna-based team that won the 2019 world championship with the Swiss rider Randy Krummenacher. Good start also for Raffaele De Rosa, 2nd with the MV Agusta. Podium completed by the Frenchman Jules Cluzel (Yamaha GMT94) in front of a Corentin Perolari very incisive, managed to get the best of the former world champion Lucas Mahias.

 

 

 

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