FIM CEV Repsol International Championship
Algarve Circuit, Portimao, Portugal
November 2, 2014
Provisional Superbike Race One Results:
1. Carmelo Morales, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, 17 laps, 30:14.909
2. Kenny Noyes, USA (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, -2.316 seconds
3. Ivan Silva, Spain (BMW S1000RR), Michelin, -3.393
4. Roberto Pietri, Venezeula (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, -3.411
5. Santiago Barragan, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, -17.302
6. Dani Rivas, Spain (BMW S1000RR), Dunlop, -31.872
7. Axel Maurin, France (Kaw ZX-10R), Pirelli, -33.233
8. Francisco Alviz, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Pirelli, -33.288
9. Alejandro Martinez, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Dunlop, -35.495
10. Eeki Kuparinen, Finland (BMW S1000RR), Pirelli, -46.275
Provisional Superbike Race Two Results:
1. Carmelo Morales, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, 17 laps, 30:15.666
2. Ivan Silva, Spain (BMW S1000RR), Michelin, -4.209 seconds
3. Kenny Noyes, USA (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, -5.835
4. Dani Rivas, Spain (BMW S1000RR), Dunlop, -10.789
5. Angel Rodriguez, Spain (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, -17.091
6. Alejandro Martinez, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Dunlop, -21.441
7. Francisco Alviz, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Pirelli, -26.365
8. Axel Maurin, France (Kaw ZX-10R), Pirelli, -26.973
9. Santiago Barragan, Spain (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, -34.408
10. Eeki Kuparinen, Finland (BMW S1000RR), Pirelli, -47.276
25. Roberto Pietri, Venezeula (Kaw ZX-10R), Michelin, -4 laps, DNF, mechanical
Championship Point Standings (after 9 of 10 races):
1. Silva, 144 points
2. Noyes, 140
3. Barragan, 123
4. Morales, 120
5. Pietri, 109
6. Rivas, 105
7. Rodriguez, 60
8. Enrique Ferrer, 58
9. Kuparinen, 44
10. Esteban, 43
American Melissa Paris DNF 600cc Superstock Race One and finished fourth in Race Two on her Team Stratos Kawasaki ZX-6R.
More, from a press release issued by FIM CEV Repsol Press Office:
Quartararo and Raffin, Moto3 and Moto2 champions. Morales, double winner in Superbike
There were celebrations today at the Algarve International Circuit on the sixth anniversary of the opening of the Portuguese track: Quartararo in Moto3™, Alt and Pons in Moto2™ and Morales twice in the Superbike category took victories in front of seven thousand fans, with Fabio Quartararo in Moto3 and Jesko Raffin in Moto2 being crowned FIM CEV Repsol 2014 Champions.
In Moto3, Fabio Quartararo (FRA-Honda) went to the front right from the start and quickly established his position as undisputed leader. Behind came a group of four riders – Nicolo Bulega (ITA-KTM), Remy Gardner (AUS-KTM), Marcos Ramírez (SPA-Ioada-Honda) and Gabriel Rodrigo (ARG-KTM) – who competed fiercely for the remaining podium positions and delighted the crowd with some spectacular passing moves. On lap 13 the Argentine rider went down, putting him out of the leading places. The remaining three riders of the leading group faced the final lap with everything to fight for, each looking for a good slipstream to get them onto the podium. Completed the 16 laps, Quartararo took the win, earning the “A year’s free Repsol fuel” prize, with Bulega and Ramírez taking the remaining honours in second and third positions.
Two races were held today in Moto2. The first opened the day’s program, with Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex) taking the lead, followed closely by Florian Alt (GER-Kalex), Steven Odendaal (RSA-Speedup) and Xavi Vierge (SPA-Tech 3) as the main protagonists in the early laps of the 17-lap race. With the race leader changing, the riders pushed on and opened up a good gap over their pursuers, until two laps from the end the South African rider was forced to retire when his rear suspension failed. With the leading four tussling things out at the front, Jesko Raffin (SWI-Kalex) preferred to take things easy and not risk his chances of the championship. In the end, Stylobike rider Florian Alt (GER-Kalex), Vierge (SPA-Tech 3) and Pons (SPA-Kalex) took the chequered flag in that order.
Three hours later, the second Moto2 race started. Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex) took the lead and held on firmly, though Odendaal (RSA Speedup) briefly took the lead at the halfway point of the race. With Pons back in control, Xavi Vierge (SPA-Tech 3) and Odendaal were left to fight for second position, with Florian Alt (GER-Kalex) coming up strongly. Just two laps from the end, Pons lost ground as Alt and Vierge fought a fierce battle for the lead, which ended up with them clashing and both going down. With his two main rivals out of action, the Ponsracing rider had the race sewn up, and Jesko Raffin – with Florian Alt out of the points – was proclaimed FIM CEV Repsol Moto2 2014 champion. Odendaal nabbed the second step of the podium, and Alan Techer (FRA-Tech 3) took third position. Best Superstock 600 rider was Bertin Thibaut (FRA) in both races.
In Superbike there was everything to play for. In the first race, right from the off, Robertino Pietri (VEN-Kawasaki), Kenny Noyes (USA-Kawasaki), Iván Silva (SPA-BMW) and Carmelo Morales (SPA-Kawasaki) exchanged positions without anyone dominating. A determined Ángel Rodríguez (SPA-Suzuki) stayed with them until he crashed out. With so much movement it was impossible to predict a victory until with five laps to go, Team Calvo rider Morales snatched first position and held it to the line. In second and third place came Noyes and Silva. Best privateer rider was Axel Maurin (FRA-Kawasaki).
With Kenny Noyes (USA-Kawasaki) and Ivan Silva (SPA-BMW) level on points in the overall standings, the second Superbike race began. Targobank Motorsport rider Silva took off like a rocket from third place on the grid to hold the lead lap after lap. Carmelo Morales (SPA-Kawasaki) and Robertido Pietri (VEN-Kawasaki) were close behind, until mid-race Morales took the lead. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan rider was forced to enter the pits a few laps from the end, leaving the way clear for Kenny Noyes (USA-Kawasaki). Finally Morales celebrated his second win; second and third positions went to Silva and Noyes, keeping them in the hunt for the title. Alejandro Martínez (SPA-Kawasaki) was the winner in the privateers’ class.
The next round of the FIM CEV Repsol will take place at Valencia Circuit on 15th and 16th November, where the last meeting of the season will be held.
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More, from a press release issued by Palmeto PL Racing:
FIM CEV Repsol International SBK
Noyes Second and 4 Points Back After Double Podium in Portugal
It will all go down to the final race of the season in Valencia on November 16.
American Kenny Noyes (Palmeto PL Kawasaki) equaled Ivan Silva (Targobank BMW), his chief rival in the FIM CEV Repsol International Superbike Championship. Both riders took a second and a third at The Circuit of the Algarve, Portimao, Portugal, and that moved the American into second place in the points standings, only four points back of Silva with a single race to go. Unlike the two men who went into Portugal ahead of him in the points table, Silva and Santiago Barragan (Stratos Kawasaki), Noyes had never raced on the challenging Portuguese circuit.
Race one was won by former CEV Champion Carmelo Morales who finally pulled clear of a scrap with Noyes,Silva and Noyes´ team mate, Venezuelan Robertino Pietri. All four riders exchanged the lead several times with Noyes moving from fourth to second on the last lap.
Noyes jumped quickly into the lead coming off the second row in race two, but realized after a lap that the set up that had worked so well in race one (raising ride-height front and rear) was now causing the bike to run wide on the final corner due to increased side wind.
Noyes was losing three to four tenths a lap in the final corner and gradually dropping back from Morales, Silva and Pietri. Pietri was pushing Silva as Morales inched away when the Venezuelan´s Kawasaki struck gear selection problems, forcing him to retire, his first DNF of the season. This stroke of bad luck eliminated him from the title chase.
Although the title looks to be between Silva and Noyes, both Barragan (trailing by 21 points) and Morales (trailing by 24) conserve remote mathematical options to the title with 25 points still in play at Valencia on November 16.
Results:
Race One: Morales, Noyes, Silva, Pietri, Barragan
Race Two: Morales, Silva, Noyes, Rivas, Rodriguez
Championship Points: Silva 144 (1 win), Noyes 140 (3 wins), Barragan 123, Morales 120 (4 wins), Pietri 109.
Kenny Noyes. 2º/3º
“This is the hardest weekend we have had all year. On Friday we were off the pace and I wasn´t comfortable with the bike or this new roller-coaster of a track. The team really worked for me. They pulled me through and Michelin helped me understand what we needed to do to get drive.
Everything we did worked in race one and I was able to make a big move at the end to move up from fourth to second. I was feeling that in race two I might be able to win, but then the wind came up. I was running the bike very high and the wind started pushing me wide and leaving me with no feel in the front. It was really hard for me to accept that I had to back it off, but if I hadn´t, I think I would have crashed.
Robertino was really fast today in the second race and if he hadn´t had that little problem, I think he would have had Silva in race two.
Now it all goes down to just one day…kinda reminds me of the AMA Dirt Track Amateur Nationals where it’s all on the line in a single race.
Valencia is not my favorite track, but it is a great place for a showdown. This is what you race for, to be where we are with a single race to go. I won the Bancaja Superstock championship there on the last day of the season in a situation just like this one a few years back, but both Morales and Silva have won there too, so it will be a real dogfight. “
Robertino Pietri. 4º/DNF
“It was a good weekend until half way through the second race. We were strong in all practice sessions and the races and this shows that we are now right there with the best riders in the championship.
Unfortunately in race two we had a technical problem. The gears just wouldn´t go in and we had to pull out, and that cost us a podium and third place in the championship. Now we are concentrating on Valencia where we will give it our best. We have taken a big step forward and its an honor to finally be on the pace at the front of this very tough championship.
I want to thank the team for their hard work and Michelin for their support. Now we are looking to the next race where we will continue to push hard.”