2014 Misano World Supersport Race Results: Cool Runnings

Submitted by Jared Earle on Sun, 2014-06-22 10:34

Nineteen laps of World Supersport racing under a cooler 26º sun.

Jules Cluzel, from pole position, led the race into the first turn with Kenan Sofuoglu, Michael van der Mark and Raffaele De Rosa behind him. PJ Jacobsen carved through the pack to shuffle into fourth place.

Kenan Sofuoglu faced a challenge from Michael van der Mark but a mistake let PJ Jacobsen through to fight the Turk in his place. Jacobsen and Sofuoglu duelled for a few laps before the New Yorker took second place, 1.3 seconds behind Jules Cluzel six laps in.

Om the next lap, Van der Mark recovered and took a lap to set up a pass on Sofuoglu and it took him another four laps to catch and pass Jacobsen.

Jules Cluzel predicted after qualifying that he had the pace to run from the lead, and while he was unable to run away and build a huge gap, he did maintain a solid pace ahead of the battles behind him. Michael van der Mark reduced the lead to Cluzel by a couple of tenths of a second a lap, but with three laps left and the gap at under a second, Cluzel got his head down and widened the gap lap after lap until he crossed the finish line a second and a half from Van der Mark and over three seconds from PJ Jacobsen who was able to maintain his gap over Kenan Sofuoglu for his first podium in World Supersport.

Jules Cluzel closed the gap to Michael van der Mark in the championship, but only by five points while Kenan Sofuoglu's championship chase seems like it's over.

Result:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Gap	Best Lap	Speed
1	16	J. CLUZEL	MV Agusta F3 675		1'39.564	234,3
2	60	M. VD MARK	Honda CBR600RR	1.537	1'39.495	238,9
3	99	P. JACOBSEN	Kawasaki ZX-6R	3.400	1'39.436	237,9
4	54	K. SOFUOGLU	Kawasaki ZX-6R	5.638	1'39.564	236,3
5	5	R. TAMBURINI	Kawasaki ZX-6R	9.923	1'39.736	237,4
6	26	L. ZANETTI	Honda CBR600RR	11.018	1'39.666	237,9
7	21	F. MARINO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	14.714	1'40.198	233,8
8	88	K. COGHLAN	Yamaha YZF R6	17.365	1'40.063	238,9
9	14	R. WILAIROT	Honda CBR600RR	21.337	1'39.950	233,3
10	44	R. ROLFO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22.215	1'40.323	236,9
11	10	A. NOCCO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22.407	1'40.312	232,8
12	4	J. KENNEDY	Honda CBR600RR	22.641	1'40.668	232,8
13	19	K. WAHR	Yamaha YZF R6	28.443	1'40.583	232,8
14	155	M. ROCCOLI	MV Agusta F3 675	30.202	1'40.001	236,3
15	11	C. GAMARINO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	33.760	1'40.608	235,8
16	53	V. DEBISE	Honda CBR600RR	40.917	1'40.794	236,9
17	61	F. MENGHI	Yamaha YZF R6	40.926	1'40.800	235,3
18	9	T. COVEÑA	Kawasaki ZX-6R	41.457	1'40.924	233,8
19	25	A. BALDOLINI	MV Agusta F3 675	45.086	1'41.365	230,8
20	35	R. DE ROSA	Honda CBR600RR	50.237	1'39.662	233,8
21	87	L. MARCONI	Honda CBR600RR	53.122	1'41.753	232,3
22	28	F. LAMBORGHINI	Honda CBR600RR	53.129	1'41.603	233,3
23	7	N. CALERO	Honda CBR600RR	1'22.010	1'43.549	228,4
RET	24	M. BUSSOLOTTI	Honda CBR600RR	8 Laps	1'40.793	234,3
RET	161	A. IVANOV	Yamaha YZF R6	17 Laps	2'31.051	233,8