Davies charges from 11th to take Magny-Cours R2 win

WorldSSP300 – Garcia storms to victory in France

With just two rounds remaining of the FIM Supersport World 300 Championship, Marc Garcia (Halcourier Racing) has made a big step towards his title fight, as he took a stunning victory in the closing laps in France.

Mika Perez (WILSport Racedays) took the lead in the opening laps, as the fight for the victory in the 12 lap thriller developed, there were nine riders in with a chance of finishing in the top three positions. With the title fight fresh on the mind of the WorldSSP300 youngsters, no one was giving up and one second covered the top four.

Alfonso Coppola (SK Racing), who could have taken the title this weekend was up and the front for the majority of the race however the chasing pack wouldn’t let the Italian break away, and the battle boiled down to the final lap. With the final corners pivotal for the WorldSSP300 riders, it was anyone’s chance to take the lead but ultimately Garcia shot through on the final laps.

Robert Schotman (GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP300 Team) secured his debut podium in the series, as the Dutch rider was an early race leader but was able to secure a solid podium finish, behind Coppola. Despite being unable to secure the championship, Coppola was crowned the bLU cRU champion following a strong lead on the YZF-R3. Despite the world championship crown not being decided in France, the Halcourier Racing team were crowned the team champions, whilst Yamaha took the manufacturers crown.

Marc Garcia (Halcourier Racing) – P1

“I pushed every lap and I’m really happy for the victory. My objective is to go to Jerez in first position in the championship to fight for the title, and I did it so I’m really happy for that”

WSSP300 Podium - Magny-Cours — WSSP300 Podium – Magny-Cours

FrenchWorldSBK – WorldSSP300 Race

Marc Garcia (ESP) Yamaha
Alfonso Coppola (ITA) Yamaha +0.273
Robert Schotman (NED) Yamaha +0.646

WorldSSP300 Championship Standings Pirelli French Round

Marc Garcia 126 Yamaha
Alfonso Coppola 122 Yamaha
Mika Perez 96 Honda
Scott Deroue 91 Kawasaki
Borja Sánchez 78 Yamaha
Daniel Valle 74 Yamaha
Robert Schotman 68 Yamaha
Dorren Loureiro 58 Yamaha
Ana Carrasco 57 Kawasaki
Armando Pontone 41 Yamaha
Mykyta Kalinin 40 Yamaha
Paolo Grassia 39 Honda
Alex Murley 26 Yamaha
Giuseppe De Gruttola 25 Yamaha
Glenn Van Straalen 20 Honda
Jacopo Facco 20 Yamaha
Angelo Licciardi 19 Yamaha
Paolo Giacomini 17 Yamaha
Ali Adriansyah Rusmiputro 16 Yamaha
Harun Cabuk 15 Kawasaki

STK1000 – Last lap glory for Guarnoni in front of home fans

In the Superstock 1000 European Championship race at the Pirelli French Round a great last lap battle between two home riders, Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) and Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team), saw Guarnoni take a tight victory over his compatriot Marino. Italian rider Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) took third place to complete the podium.

Guarnoni got the better of Marino in the final stages of the race, outpacing his fellow Frenchman on the last lap to ultimately cross the finish line by a 0.414s winning margin for another Magny-Cours triumph. The second place result for Marino, meanwhile, keeps him in the title fight going into the final round at Jerez in three weeks’ time.

In third place Sandi was followed across the line by fourth placed Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team), who started the race on pole.

Illia Mykhalchyk (TripleM Racing), Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team), Sebastien Suchet (Berclaz Racing Team), Luca Vitali (Nuova M2 Racing), Maximilian Scheib (Nuova M2 Racing) and Michael Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team) completed the top ten. Rinaldi holds the lead in the standings, eight points ahead of Marino with one round to go.

Championship contender Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) missed the race due to injury (right shoulder dislocation) after a crash in FP3 on Saturday and he now trails Rinaldi by 14 points in the championship.