2014 Jerez World Supersport Race Results: Potential Title Fight

Submitted by Jared Earle on Sun, 2014-09-07 10:45

The World Supersport race was a fight for a potential title over nineteen laps with the fastest non-contender relegated to a pit lane start.

The three contenders for the title, Michael Van Der Mark, Jules Cluzel and Florian Marino lined up in first, third and tenth on the grid, but this didn't matter as the start put Van Der Mark in seventh after a few corners while Marino led with Cluzel spearing through to fourth.

While Kenan Sofuoglu was setting fastest laps at the back of the field, Florian Marino was joined by Jules Cluzel and Michael van der Mark by the seventh lap, wasting no time in turning the race at the front a fight to keep the championship alive. PJ Jacobsen and Jack Kennedy were right behind the front three, keeping the fight alive.

At the midway point, the fight between the top three resembled a last lap scrap and it didn't let off until the penultimate lap.

After an uncountable number of overtakes, from the sensible to the three-wide sublime, Jules Cluzel pushed past Michael van der Mark for second place, but saw an opportunity to pass Florian Marino as well, but it was an impossible corner and he lost front grip, forcing Marino to avoid him as van der Mark met no resistance and finally had a gap to manage. PJ Jacobsen followed van der Mark through and kept Florian Marino behind him.

Michael van der Mark won the race and the title, succeeding Sam Lowes as 2014 World Superbike champion.

PJ Jacobsen took his second podium of the season and Florian Marino passed Jules Cluzel for second place in the championship. Jack Kennedy finished a convincing fourth.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Gap	Best Lap	Speed
1	60	M. VD MARK	Honda CBR600RR		1'45.156	245,7
2	99	P. JACOBSEN	Kawasaki ZX-6R	0.363	1'45.225	245,7
3	21	F. MARINO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	0.508	1'45.338	245,1
4	4	J. KENNEDY	Honda CBR600RR	0.960	1'45.303	245,1
5	88	K. COGHLAN	Yamaha YZF R6	2.951	1'45.388	247,3
6	26	L. ZANETTI	Honda CBR600RR	4.639	1'45.169	247,9
7	44	R. ROLFO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	5.860	1'45.517	244,0
8	14	R. WILAIROT	Honda CBR600RR	6.460	1'45.106	243,5
9	10	A. NOCCO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	10.477	1'45.271	245,7
10	5	R. TAMBURINI	Kawasaki ZX-6R	10.875	1'45.250	245,7
11	6	D. SCHMITTER	Yamaha YZF R6	16.916	1'45.732	246,2
12	65	V. LEONOV	Honda CBR600RR	18.066	1'45.478	242,9
13	54	K. SOFUOGLU	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19.253	1'44.849	242,9
14	53	V. DEBISE	Honda CBR600RR	20.916	1'45.952	244,0
15	11	C. GAMARINO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23.624	1'45.818	245,1
16	57	F. CASAS	Yamaha YZF R6	28.001	1'46.448	240,3
17	61	F. MENGHI	Yamaha YZF R6	28.392	1'45.982	243,5
18	9	T. COVEÑA	Kawasaki ZX-6R	44.443	1'46.940	242,9
19	24	M. BUSSOLOTTI	Honda CBR600RR	47.116	1'46.900	240,3
20	64	M. DAVIES	Honda CBR600RR	1'05.177	1'48.469	239,7
21	161	A. IVANOV	Yamaha YZF R6	1'05.265	1'48.178	242,9
22	7	N. CALERO	Honda CBR600RR	1'05.737	1'48.298	241,9
RET	87	L. MARCONI	Honda CBR600RR	1 Lap	1'45.818	245,1
RET	16	J. CLUZEL	MV Agusta F3 675	2 Laps	1'44.958	246,8
RET	155	M. ROCCOLI	MV Agusta F3 675	4 Laps	1'45.924	239,7
RET	35	R. DE ROSA	Honda CBR600RR	9 Laps	1'45.502	244,0