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Whitham excluded from Supersport result

By Glenn Le Santo

Jamie Whitham was excluded from the result of the final World Supersport race in Imola today. His Yamaha YZF-R6 once more failed to start after the race; ­all Supersport machines must start using the electric starter after each race to conform to the rules.

His exclusion lifted the new World Champion Fabien Foret up into fourth in the race, increasing his Final Championship points from 184 to 186.


World Supersport race result (revised)

1. Katsuaki Fujiwara, Japan (Suzuki), 40:15.186

2. Stephane Chambon, France (Suzuki), 40:18.847

3. Chris Vermeulen, Australia (Honda), 40:19.746

4. Fabien Foret, France (Honda), 40:24.336

5. Jorg Teuchert, Germany (Yamaha), 40:26.036

6. Antonio Carlacci, Italy (Yamaha), 40:33.051

7. Iain MacPherson, GB (Honda), 40:40.547

James Whitham, GB (Yamaha), 40:23.246, (finished fourth but excluded due to technical infringement)

Final world championship points:
1 Foret 184
2 Fujiwara 181
3 Chambon 162
4 Paolo Casoli, Italy (Yamaha) 162
5 Andrew Pitt, Australia (Kawasaki) 126
6 Christian Kellner, Germany
(Yamaha) 94
7 Whitham 93
8 Vermeulen 90
9 Teuchert 89
10 MacPherson 82



Manufacturers points:
1 Suzuki 229
2 Honda 209
3 Yamaha 194
4 Kawasaki 133
5 Ducati 61