A Podium Finish for Triumph BE1 Racing at Donington!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

WSS'09 Round 9 | Donington Park   

Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing scores a great result in Triumph's home round with as Garry McCoy puts on great performance tot take the first podium of the brand in modern era. It is a historic result for the English manufacturer in their second World Supersport season. The Australian rider got a good start and took fourth place, a position he maintained until halfway into the race when he managed to overtake Sofuoglu. He then buit a substantial advantage and finished on the podium. Nannelli did well too as he finished eighth although he jumped to twentieth place after the first lap. He did however pull off a great recovery and after six laps he was already eleventh. He then engaged in a duel with Veneman, Pitt, Vizziello e Dell’Omo for the sixth place. The tyres eventually worn off in the final part of the race and the Italian passed the chequered flag in eighth place thus improving the Misano result. After today's results, McCoy is ninth in the riders' standings while Nannelli remains fifteenth.

GARRY McCOY | Triumph Daytona 675 | 3rd : "It feels great to be the first rider to score a podium result with a Triumph. I've been collaborating with the English manufacturer for two seasons now, but with Giuliano Rovelli's team only since the last round. We didn't start the season on the right foot but now we're score great results. I knew that sooner or later I would ride a great race. I have to thank the entire team for a good job done on the machine which is getting better and better. Now we broke the ice but there is still a long way to go in the championship".

GIULIANO ROVELLI - TEAM MANAGER: "We scored a great result after setting up a great team who worked hard on this project. Garry did the rest today but everybody did a great job. This is the first podium for Triumph but it's a first for me as well and it's really an indescribable feeling. I asked Garry to finish the race before the others because I had a plane to catch and he almost made it...".

 

Race Standings:

1 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 34'15.876 (154,981 kph)

2 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 5.391

3 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 14.918

4 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 22.248

5 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 37.054

6 77 Veneman B. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 39.079

7 105 Vizziello G. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 39.978

8 69 Nannelli G. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 42.733

9 9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 43.030

10 1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 47.422

11 4 Westmorland J. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 50.207

12 7 Vostárek P. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 50.474

13 101 Coghlan K. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 50.763

14 6 Kennaugh H. (RSA) Yamaha YZF R6 58.147

15 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 59.756

 

Riders Standings:

1 C. Crutchlow GBR 185

2 E. Laverty IRL 157

3 K. Sofuoglu TUR 121

4 J. Lascorz ESP 106

5 A. Pitt AUS 79

6 A. West AUS 75

7 F. Foret FRA 63

8 M. Aitchison AUS 61

9 G. McCoy AUS 55

10 M. Pirro ITA 49

11 M. Roccoli ITA 40

12 B. Veneman NED 40

13 K. Fujiwara JPN 39

14 M. Lagrive FRA 38

15 G. Nannelli ITA 31