At the end of the last round of the World Superbike Championship in Silverstone, there were happy faces and there sad faces. Among the happy people there were winners of the two races, Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Pata) and Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), both of whom clinched their first victory of the season, poleman Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing), who scored the first WSBK Superpole of his career and, on Sunday, ended up on the podium tweice, and Fixi Crescent Suzuki’s duo, Leon Camier and Jules Cluzel, who couls jump on the podium for the first time in 2013 (with the English rider also celebrated his birthday).
Despite his shoulder injury, championship leader Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing) saw his lead in the standings increasing from 4 to 13 points over his closest rival, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), who lost the Superpole because od a mild shower on Saturday and was unable to be really competitive on the slippery asphalt on Sunday. Sykes was arguably the most disappointed rider of the weekend, followed by Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK), who finished ninth on both races, and his teammate Chaz Davies, who suffered an engine failure in Race-2 when he was clarly fighting for the win. The Ducati boys surely did not enjoy that much of the Silverston races either, though Carlos Cehca managed to get an encouraging second place in qualifying.
As usual, the lovely paddock girls had some work to do to cheer up these guys and their fans, but we are pretty sure that these alluring smiles did help to alleviate all the disappointment. The ‘English Roses’ did not fail to enchant, we’ll see if the girls of the Nurbugring will do the same in the next round, scheduled on September, the 1st.
via TWOWHEELSBLOG
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