Savadori wins the STK1000 title after Guarnoni’s race victory
Tamburini is fifth at the flag as Calia and De Rosa complete the podium.??
Jeremy Guarnoni (Team Trasimeno Yamaha) came out on top at the end of an intense 15-lap, FIM Superstock 1000 final race of the season at Magny-Cours. This is the fourth win in the series for the 22-year-old Frenchman, and the third in front of his home crowd. As a four-way fight for honours raged ahead, Roberto Tamburini (MotoxRacing BMW) and Lorenzo Savadori (Nuova M2 Racing) had their own personal battle for the title, with the Aprilia rider claiming the ultimate prize by finishing eighth at the line, but not without some drama.??
Meanwhile Tamburini, who needed to win to have any chance of lifting the Champion’s trophy did all he could to recover as many places as possible, but his sixth-row start did not help the Italian in fulfilling an almost impossible mission.
The 2015 runner-up was fifth at the flag behind local man Mathieu Gines (MRS Yamaha), with Italian riders Kevin Calia (Nuova M2 Racing Aprilia) and Raffaele De Rosa (Althea Racing Ducati) claiming the remaining podium positions in second and third, respectively, while Riccardo Russo (Team G.M. Racing Yamaha) crashed out of the leading group with two laps to go.
Superstock 1000 Magny-Cours – Race
1 – Jeremy Guarnoni Team Trasimeno Yamaha
2 – Kevin Calia Nuova M2 Racing Aprilia +1.019
3 – Raffaele De Rosa Althea Racing Ducati +1.307
Final Standings
1 – Lorenzo Savadori Nuova M2 Racing Aprilia 164
2 – Roberto Tamburini Team MotoxRacing BMW 142 (-22)
3 – Raffaele De Rosa Althea Racing Ducati 121 (-43)
More, from another press release issued by Dorna WSBK Press Office:
Lorenzo Savadori: 2015 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup Winner
Sparkling Cesena rider clinches the title at Magny-Cours.
At the age of 22 years and 6 months, Lorenzo Savadori has achieved the goal of winning the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He becomes the 15th rider to win the Cup and the eighth from Italy. He is the tenth youngest to claim the crown, just several months younger than Leandro Mercado when the Argentinian won last year.
Savadori had one hand on the title in France last year. He highsided out of contention just half a lap away from the chequered flag, depriving himself of the title as Mercado majestically swept through to take the honours.
A flamboyant character on and off the track, Savadori debuted in Superstock 1000 in 2011, with the Lorenzini by Leoni team. He moved to Barni Ducati in 2012 ahead of two campaigns with a Team Pedercini Kawasaki – including the one in which he so nearly clinched the title. During the off-season ahead of 2015, he made the switch to Team Nuova M2 Racing to attempt an assault on the title aboard the RF RSV4.
From the season-opener in Aragon last April, the positive feelings between the Italian rider and the Noale-built, four-cylinder motorcycle were clear. He scored pole position and missed out on victory only when he was overhauled by BMW rival Roberto Tamburini at the final corner. However, from Assen onwards Savadori has picked up four race victories from seven and arrived in France this week with a 25-point advantage over his compatriot. The eighth position he achieved on Sunday marked an end to Savadori’s path to the title, having failed to win the title two weeks ago in Jerez.
His 8 victories put him third overall for Superstock 1000 race wins, behind only former Champions Ayrton Badovini (11) and Sylvain Barrier (10). Furthermore, he has controlled proceedings in 2015, leading a staggering 71 of the 95 laps across the first seven races which equates to almost 75%. He has finished on the podium in every race this season.
Having defeated the ghosts of 2014, the youth and undeniable talent of Lorenzo Savadori can now look to make a mark on an international career in motorcycle racing, complete with the confident smile that has always been his trademark.
BIOGRAPHY
Date of birth 4 April 1993
Place of birth Cesena, Italy
CAREER
Race starts in STK1000 45
STK1000 pole positions 7
STK1000 wins 8
STK1000 podiums 17
CAREER PATH
2015 Superstock 1000: Nuova M2 Racing, Champion, 164 points (4 wins, 7 podiums, 3 poles, 2 fastest laps)
2014 Superstock 1000: Team Pedercini, 2nd, 109 points (2 wins, 4 podiums, 4 poles, 2 fastest laps)
2013 World Superbike: Team Pedercini, 1 race
Superstock 1000: Team Pedercini, 5th, 98 points (1 win, 3 podiums, 2 fastest laps)
FIM Endurance (Superstock): Team Louit Moto 33, 3 races
2012 Superstock 1000: Barni Racing Team Italia, 5th, 107 points (1 win, 3 podiums)
2011 Superstock 1000: Lorenzini by Leoni, 15th, 31 points
CIV STK: 14th, 28 points
2010 Moto 125: Matteoni Racing, Matteoni CP Racing, 23rd, 5 points
2009 Moto 125: Junior GP Racing Dream, Fontana Racing, 26th, 7 points
2008 Moto 125: I.C. Team, RCGM, 3 races, 29th, 3 points
CIV 125: Champion, 135 points (3 wins, 6 podiums, 5 poles, 4 fastest laps)
CEV 125: RCGM Team, 16th, 24 points
2007 Rookies Cup: 2nd, 102 points (2 wins, 3 podiums, 1 pole, 2 fastest laps)
CIV 125: 10th, 36 points (2 podiums, 1 pole, 1 fastest lap)
CEV 125: RCGM Team, 19th, 11 points
2006 CEV 125: 30th, 1 point
More, from a press release issued by Aprilia:
SUPERSTOCK 1000 FIM CUP
LORENZO SAVADORI AND APRILIA CHAMPIONS IN STOCK 1000 FIM CUP ON RSV4 RF
ROOKIE KEVIN CALIA COMPLETES THE CELEBRATION WITH HIS FIRST PODIUM
ALESSANDRO ANDREOZZI PUSHES HARD AND DEFENDS HIS TEAM MATE
Magny-Cours (France) – The last race of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup gave Aprilia and Lorenzo Savadori a well-deserved championship victory, earned after four first place finishes and three podiums out of the eight rounds of the season. The Team Nuova M2 rider showed a cool head and great control on the track, avoiding pointless risks on a treacherous track to be crowned champion with a 22 point advantage over his nearest rival.
Thanks in part to Kevin Calia’s second place finish today, Aprilia also dominated the brands, earning the Manufacturer title with 176 points: 34 ahead of BMW, 39 over Ducati, 64 in front of Yamaha and 118 more than Kawasaki.
Lorenzo Savadori: “Today I was focused exclusively on the goal. My race strategy was to try and start well to go fast in the first few laps and try to break ranks with the group. At mid-race we had decided that I would be able to settle for a more comfortable position, far from the battle for the win. I didn’t care about winning the race even if my pace would have allowed me to battle for the win. I am truly excited that I was able to bring home this result that repays the team, Aprilia Racing, my entire staff, my sponsors and the mobile clinic for all of their great efforts. I want to sincerely thank them all. I am truly thankful to all those people who have been close to me in this very important season.”
Kevin Calia: “This was a really fun race, especially when I overtook Raffaele on the last turn. I even went up on the kerb. It was fun and also a bit risky but it was my last chance and I wanted to have a go no matter what the cost. I am very happy with the last part of the season which got better and better in terms of results. Next year I hope to be able to stay here with Aprilia and Nuova M2 Racing so I can try to reap the results of what we have sown this season. I would like to thank Nuova M2 Racing team, Aprilia Racing, my sponsors and all my friends who follow me from home.”
Alessandro Andreozzi put in an excellent performance. With his pace he was able to stop Tamburini’s comeback for a few laps, helping team mate Savadori.
Alessandro Andreozzi: “I didn’t get off to a fantastic start but fortunately I was able to set a good race pace. In the race finale I had a bit of a problem with my arm and I wasn’t able to stay ahead of Massei and Tamburini even though I managed to keep them at bay for a long time. The team really did a great job. Next week we’ll be making a play for the Italian Superbike championship title. I’m lying second behind Pirro and I won’t be giving in without a fight. I want to thank my team, Aprilia Racing and my sponsors who help me.”
More, from a press release issued by Pirelli:
Championship titles awarded in the Supersport and Superstock 1000 categories at Magny-Cours, textbook performance for Pirelli wet tires in Race 1
Kenan Sofuoglu is crowned FIM Supersport World Champion for the fourth time, Lorenzo Savadori is European Superstock 1000 FIM Cup Champion, double win for World Champion Jonathan Rea in the Superbike races
Jonathan Rea wins “Pirelli Best Lap Winner: Fastest Rider of the Year” award with 11 race fast laps achieved this year and one race still left in the Championship season
Magny-Cours (France), 5 October 2015 – This weekend in France Turkish rider Kenan Sofuoglu on the team Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki was crowned FIM Supersport World Champion for the fourth time and Italian Lorenzo Savadori, astride the Nuova M2 Racing team Aprilia, became the new Superstock 1000 FIM Cup European Champion. In the Superbike races World Champion Jonathan Rea confirmed the superiority that earned him the title, winning both races.
The round that decided the championship titles in the eni FIM World Superbike Championship Supersport and Superstock 1000 categories was heavily influenced by weather conditions. These were the last two championships that were still open after Jonathan Rea’s success in World Superbike, Toprak Razgatlioglu’s in the European FIM Superstock 600 Championship and Javier Orellana’s in the European Junior Cup.
In fact, during the day on Saturday and throughout the night between Saturday and Sunday, the rain fell heavily on the French Magny-Cours circuit and during the day on Sunday the track took a long time to dry out, which made tire choice in Superbike Race 1 and in the Supersport race that followed more difficult.
In Race 1, given the fact that the track was still very wet even though there was no rain falling, all the riders on the grid chose to put rain tires on both the front and rear. This choice was a gamble, because without rainfall the wet tires run the risk of overheating and wearing sooner, but it paid off for the riders and demonstrated the excellent performance of the Pirelli DIABLO™ Rain range which, not only provided excellent performance for the entire race, but also allowed Jonathan Rea to improve to the point of achieving the race fast lap in the sixteenth lap, just as the track was drying out little by little. For the first three quarters of the race it was Tom Sykes who set the pace, followed by team mate Rea and then Guintoli, VD Mark, Baiocco, Davies and Camier. During the seventeenth lap the World Champion capitalized on a moment of hesitation by his team mate and overtook him. In the end it was Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) who crossed the wire first with a 4.7 advantage ahead of his team mate, Tom Sykes and more than 14 seconds ahead of the third place finisher, Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli (PATA Honda World Superbike Team).
In the FIM Supersport World Championship the French circuit set the stage for awarding the championship title to Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing). The Turkish rider was crowned World Champion of the category for the fourth time after his 2007, 2010 and 2012 championship wreaths.
In the race Sofuoglu, relying on intermediate DIABLO™ Wet tires both on the front and rear, got off the line well straight away. Lucas Mahias (MG Competition) made the same selection, starting from the third spot on the grid, whereas pole man Patrick Jacobsen (CORE” Motorsport Thailand) opted for DIABLO™ Supercorsa dry tires.
While Sofuoglu was leading the race, followed by Jacobsen and Kevin Wahr (SMS Racing), during the third lap the red flag came out due to engine problems for Kevin Manfredi’s Honda and the race was stopped. The race was reduced to 11 laps with Sofuoglu on the grid ahead of Jacobsen and Wahr at the restart.
During the first lap Jacobsen overtook the Kawasaki Turkish rider, while Mahias took back his third place spot he originally had on the starting grid. From the third lap on it was a battle between Sofuoglu and Jacobsen for the lead. In the end the American crossed the wire first but the second place finish was enough for Sofuoglu to be crowned World Champion.
With the track much drier it was slicks for everyone in Superbike Race 2. The World Champion repeated his race performance, taking the top step of the podium to make it his fourteenth win of the year out of a total of twenty-five races where the Northern Irish rider was on the podium for all except Jerez. Finishing the race behind him were Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team) and Rea’s team mate, Tom Sykes.
In the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, Lorenzo Savadori (Nuova M2 Racing) and Aprilia were crowned World Champion thanks to his eighth place finish.
For the record, the race was won by Jeremy Guarnoni (Team Trasimeno), ahead of Kevin Calia (Nuova M2 Racing) and Raffaele De Rosa (Althea Racing).
This was the final Superstock 1000 race of the season. Bringing up the standings behind the European Champion were Roberto Tamburini (Team MotoxRacing) in second and Raffaele De Rosa (Althea Racing) in third.
On Saturday the last race of the FIM Superstock 600 European Championship season was held. In this category, at the Misano round in June Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu, on his team Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R, has already been crowned European Champion in his first season in the championship.
At Magny-Cours it was Spaniard Augusto Fernandez who triumphed on his PATA-Honda Junior Team Honda CBR600, crossing the wire ahead of Axel Bassani (Berclaz Racing Team) and the newly crowned 2015 European Champion. The final standings of the championship were rounded out by two Italian riders with Michael Ruben Rinaldi (San Carlo Team Italia) in second place and Federico Caricasulo (Pata-Honda Junior Team) in third.
Comment from Giorgio Barbier, Pirelli Moto Racing Director:
“The weekend ended on a positive note and we can consider ourselves satisfied, especially with the performance our DIABLO™ Rain tires provided in Race 1 and in Supersport. In fact, it is well known that rain tires are designed for optimum performance when it’s raining and certainly not on a track that is drying out. Here at Magny-Cours it had rained during the day on Saturday but on Sunday morning the track was still very wet. This is definitely not an ideal situation and it made it very difficult to choose which tires to use. The riders decided unanimously to put on wet tires and in the end, not only did no one have any significant problems, but performance was so good that just as the track was drying out Jonathan Rea put in several very fast laps, even putting the race fast lap on the sheets in the sixteenth lap. For us this is definitely a very positive sign and we are truly pleased with this result. I must congratulate the protagonists of the day, Kenan Sofuoglu and Lorenzo Savadori, first and foremost, for earning their titles, and Jonathan Rea in Superbike, who showed that he won the championship title with full honors.”
The Pirelli solutions chosen by the riders:
Several solutions were used in the Superbike category throughout the weekend. In Race 1 all the riders chose DIABLO™ Rain tires because the track was very damp despite the rain having stopped a few hours earlier.
In Race 2, on the other hand, with decidedly drier asphalt, the choice naturally fell to slicks. The solutions used in this case varied, although on the front the 1699 SC1 development solution proved once again to be the favorite, whereas on the rear rider preference was split more or less equally between the standard SC0 and the SC0 T0611 development solution.
In the Supersport category race which was held at 11:30 am the riders had no choice and were forced to opt primarily for rain tires, although in this case not only were DIABLO™ Rain tires used, but also the intermediate DIABLO™ Wet tires and some, considering the increasingly drier track, also opted for dry solutions or for a combined dry rear and intermediate front solution.
Pirelli Best Lap Awards:
The Pirelli Best Lap Awards are given to the riders who put in the fastest lap in the Superbike and Supersport races. They were presented at the Paddock Show during the press conference which follows the podium at the end of Superbike race 1 and race 2 and the Supersport race.
The Superbike and Supersport rider who has earned the most “Pirelli Best Lap Awards” will be elected “Best Lap Winner: fastest rider of the year” and will be awarded during the ceremony at the end of the year. Jonathan Rea at Magny-Cours has won the award since he already won 11 Best Laps during the season, Jules Cluzel is leading the Supersport with 5 Best Laps.
These are the riders who won the Pirelli Best Lap Awards at Magny-Cours:
WSB Race 1 – Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), 1’53.247 (16th lap)
WSB Race 2 – Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), 1’38.500 (15th lap)
WSS – Patrick Jacobsen (CORE” Motorsport Thailand), 1’43.569 (10th lap)
The overall standings after twelwe rounds are as follows:
WSB: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team): 11; Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team): 6; Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team): 5; Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils): 1; Davide Giugliano (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team): 1
WSS: Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse): 5; Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Team): 3; Patrick Jacobsen (CORE” Motorsport Thailand): 3
The 2015 Pirelli statistics for the Magny-Cours round:
• Total number of tires Pirelli brought: 4508
• Number of solutions (dry, intermediate and wet) for the Superbike class: 5 front and 7 rear
• Number of tires available for each Superbike rider: 35 front and 37 rear
• Number of solutions for the Supersport class (dry, intermediate and wet): 5 front and 4 rear
• Number of tires available for each Supersport rider: 27 front and 23 rear
• Temperature in Race 1: air 11° C, asphalt 15° C
• Temperature in Race 2: air 14° C, asphalt 19° C
• Maximum race speed reached by Pirelli DIABLO™ Superbike tires: 289.5 kms/h, in Race 2 by Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team) at 8th lap
• Maximum race speed reached by Pirelli DIABLO™ Supercorsa tires in Supersport: 259.6 kms/h, Kyle Smith (PATA Honda World Supersport Team) at 10th lap.