Smith takes CBR to fourth place at Jerez
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:39 pm
Smith takes #CBR to fourth place at #Jerez
Kyle Smith rode his Honda CBR600RR to fourth place in today’s tenth round World Supersport championship race at Jerez in Spain.
The race was won by Kenan Sofuoglu as Smith’s fellow Honda CBR rider Patrick ‘PJ’ Jacobsen took second, with Lorenzo Zanetti securing the final podium position, denying Smith by 1.5s at the flag.
Pata Honda’s Smith, 23, had qualified in fifth place for today’s 19-lap race at the 4.423km Jerez circuit. He struggled to make an impact in the early stages but, as his fuel load and grip levels decreased, he found he was able to make inroads and match the lap times of the leading riders.
However, Smith ran out of laps, crossing the line 3.5 seconds behind Sofuoglu to retain sixth place in the overall championship standings with two rounds remaining.
Kyle Smith - 4th
I struggled a bit at the beginning of the race like I have for most of the season. I’m not sure whether it’s bike set-up or the full tank of fuel but I just can’t seem to hold the pace at the beginning of races. But halfway in the pace was really really strong and I managed to claw my way back to fourth. I really felt like I had the pace to run with the front two but I just couldn’t make up the gap because of the amount that I’d lost at the beginning of the race. It’s something to work on for the next round, even though we’ve had the same problem all season. But we’ll see if we can come up with something!
Pieter Breddels - technical co-ordinator
Kyle went into the first turn in fifth and the front runners gapped him a little bit. It took him a while to get in the groove but when he got going he was really doing some good lap times and making up the gap to the front runners. In the end he got up to fourth but it seems the race was just a little bit too short for him to reach the podium. He had a really positive weekend with the team though and we’ll take that to Magny-Cours with the aim to go one or two places better.
Weather
Sunny
Air
25°C
Track
29°C
Humidity
65%
Race Results
1 Kenan Sofuoglu 33m17.651s TUR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
2 Patrick Jacobson +1.037s USA HONDA CORE Motorsport Thailand
3 Lorenzo Zanetti +2.020s ITA MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
4 Kyle Smith +3.561s GBR HONDA Pata Honda World Supersport Team
5 Nicolas Terol +7.777s ESP MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
6 Marco Faccani +11.391s ITA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
7 Alex Baldolini +16.822s ITA MV Race Department ATK#25
8 Christian Gamarino +28.339s ITA KAWASAKI Team GO Eleven
9 Kevin Wahr +29.997s GER HONDA SMS Racing
10 Roberto Rolfo +31.822s ITA HONDA Team Lorini
Championship Standings
1 Kenan Sofuoglu pts TUR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
2 Patrick Jacobson pts USA HONDA CORE Motorsport Thailand
3 Jules Cluzel pts FRA MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
4 Lorenzo Zanetti pts ITA MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
5 Gino Rea pts GBR HONDA CIA Landlords Insurance Honda
6 Kyle Smith pts GBR HONDA Pata Honda World Supersport Team
7 Gino Rea pts GBR HONDA CIA Landlords Insurance Honda
8 Roberto Rolfo pts ITA HONDA Team Lorini
9 Alex Baldolini pts ITA MV Race Department ATK#25
10 Christian Gamarino pts ITA KAWASAKI Team GO Eleven
11 Marco Faccani pts ITA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
Kyle Smith rode his Honda CBR600RR to fourth place in today’s tenth round World Supersport championship race at Jerez in Spain.
The race was won by Kenan Sofuoglu as Smith’s fellow Honda CBR rider Patrick ‘PJ’ Jacobsen took second, with Lorenzo Zanetti securing the final podium position, denying Smith by 1.5s at the flag.
Pata Honda’s Smith, 23, had qualified in fifth place for today’s 19-lap race at the 4.423km Jerez circuit. He struggled to make an impact in the early stages but, as his fuel load and grip levels decreased, he found he was able to make inroads and match the lap times of the leading riders.
However, Smith ran out of laps, crossing the line 3.5 seconds behind Sofuoglu to retain sixth place in the overall championship standings with two rounds remaining.
Kyle Smith - 4th
I struggled a bit at the beginning of the race like I have for most of the season. I’m not sure whether it’s bike set-up or the full tank of fuel but I just can’t seem to hold the pace at the beginning of races. But halfway in the pace was really really strong and I managed to claw my way back to fourth. I really felt like I had the pace to run with the front two but I just couldn’t make up the gap because of the amount that I’d lost at the beginning of the race. It’s something to work on for the next round, even though we’ve had the same problem all season. But we’ll see if we can come up with something!
Pieter Breddels - technical co-ordinator
Kyle went into the first turn in fifth and the front runners gapped him a little bit. It took him a while to get in the groove but when he got going he was really doing some good lap times and making up the gap to the front runners. In the end he got up to fourth but it seems the race was just a little bit too short for him to reach the podium. He had a really positive weekend with the team though and we’ll take that to Magny-Cours with the aim to go one or two places better.
Weather
Sunny
Air
25°C
Track
29°C
Humidity
65%
Race Results
1 Kenan Sofuoglu 33m17.651s TUR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
2 Patrick Jacobson +1.037s USA HONDA CORE Motorsport Thailand
3 Lorenzo Zanetti +2.020s ITA MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
4 Kyle Smith +3.561s GBR HONDA Pata Honda World Supersport Team
5 Nicolas Terol +7.777s ESP MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
6 Marco Faccani +11.391s ITA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
7 Alex Baldolini +16.822s ITA MV Race Department ATK#25
8 Christian Gamarino +28.339s ITA KAWASAKI Team GO Eleven
9 Kevin Wahr +29.997s GER HONDA SMS Racing
10 Roberto Rolfo +31.822s ITA HONDA Team Lorini
Championship Standings
1 Kenan Sofuoglu pts TUR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
2 Patrick Jacobson pts USA HONDA CORE Motorsport Thailand
3 Jules Cluzel pts FRA MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
4 Lorenzo Zanetti pts ITA MV MV Agusta Reparto Corse
5 Gino Rea pts GBR HONDA CIA Landlords Insurance Honda
6 Kyle Smith pts GBR HONDA Pata Honda World Supersport Team
7 Gino Rea pts GBR HONDA CIA Landlords Insurance Honda
8 Roberto Rolfo pts ITA HONDA Team Lorini
9 Alex Baldolini pts ITA MV Race Department ATK#25
10 Christian Gamarino pts ITA KAWASAKI Team GO Eleven
11 Marco Faccani pts ITA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing