Pata European Junior Cup Championship Powered by Honda Racing
Jerez Circuit, Spain
September 8, 2014
Race Results (all on Honda CBR500Rs and Pirelli tires):
1. Josh HARLAND, UK, 10 laps, 20:28.184
2. Angelo LICCIARDI, Belgium, -0.014 second
3. Illan FERNANDEZ, Spain, -0.061
4. Javier ORELLANA, Spain, -0.252
5. Mika PEREZ, Spain, -0.252
6. Augusto FERNANDEZ, Spain, -0.527
7. Mario LUJAN SOTO, Mexico, -0.567
8. Sam WILFORD, UK, -0.577
9. Hannes SOOMER, Estonia, -1.292 seconds
10. Jamie VAN SIKKELERUS, Netherlands, -1.705
16. Alex WISDOM, USA, -31.442 seconds
Championship Point Standings (after 7 of 8 races):
1. Augusto Fernandez, 139 points
2. Orellana, 115
3. Licciardi, 79
4. Illan Fernandez, 79
5. Harland, 72
6. Marc Miralles, 62
7. Perez, 61
8. Jesper Hubner, 51
9. Soomer, 49
10. Paolo Grassia, 35
13. Wisdom, 26
More, from a press release issued by European Junior Cup Press Office:
European Junior Cup set up for thrilling finale
The Pata European Junior Cup powered by Honda Racing delivered yet another thrilling finish at Jerez in Spain today to tee up a spectacular finale when the series draws to a conclusion at Magny-Cours in Spain on 5 October.
Today’s winner, Britain’s Josh Harland, took victory over Belgian rider Angelo Licciardi by just 0.014s after ten laps of the 4.423km Jerez circuit on identical Honda CBR500R machines.
Licciardi in turn beat Illan Fernandez from Spain into third place by a further 0.061s, meaning the three podium finishers were covered by just seven hundredths of a second.
The thrilling race, in which series leader August Fernandez, also from Spain, could finish only in sixth place, means that the final round will come down to a fight between him and his compatriot Javier Orellana, who was fourth today.
The advantage is with Fernandez, who holds a 24-point and lead and needs to score only one championship point to secure this year’s European Junior Cup title, but no-one will bet against this one going down to the wire.
Josh Harland – winner
It’s great to get back on the podium here at Jerez and I’m really happy to do it with my first win in the European Junior Cup. It was a really amazing fight with the other two guys on the podium today. Now I want to take this momentum into the final round and do the best that I can there.
More, from a press release issued by Michael Hill Promotions:
Mistake Costs Wisdom A Spanish Points Finish
Alex Wisdom (CADS Racing) raced hard in the penultimate round of the PATA European Junior Cup at Jerez this afternoon and was rewarded with a 16th place finish at the end of 10 exciting laps that saw save what looked like being a huge high-side crash on the final lap, dropping him out of the points.
After qualifying 18th Alex was a little disappointed, but an evening of studying data, circuit sector times and a few small changes to his CBR500cc machine soon had the determined young American moving forward.
From the start he slotted into 14th before a race long dual with a number of his rivals ensued.
As the riders began their final lap it looked as though Alex was destined for another point scoring finishing but after almost crashing on the final half of the lap he would eventually finish 16th.
The final round of the series is in France at the Magny-Cours circuit in 3 weeks.
Alex Wisdom: “I don’t like to make excuses but I still wasn’t 100% happy with the bike. Nevertheless I dug deep and despite being so far back on the grid I was soon in a point scoring position. I managed to pull a small gap but I made a mistake and almost crashed. I lost two places as I tried recover but by that time the chance of scoring points had gone. That’s racing and on the up side I am happy that we went a lot faster in the race than I managed yesterday. With one race to go I want to end the year back in the points and I will be giving it everything in France. Thanks to my dad, to CADS Racing and to everyone that is supporting me.”