Hannes Soomer (MPM WILSport Racedays) finished today in Imola, Italy, in the Supersport class. World Championship in Imola, Italy, with a 9th place and 7 World Championship points.
"From this It was hard to hope for a better weekend," said Soomer. "I finished, I was in the top ten and I brought the points home and I scored. valuable information, but that's not the job I'm here to do. I would want to do."
A large part of Finland The weekend was spent solving technical problems and. very little time was left for training, which he said gave him in the race. For the race, a zig-zag in a satisfactory condition. The set-up was managed to be such that it improved the cornering speed, which had previously been a weak point. However, one of the strengths saving the tyre until the end of the race was not successful today: "So I've never had a worn rear tyre at the finish this year."
The weather in Imola today was cool, with only 14 degrees warm and promising rain - for example in Warm-Up. all the Supersport riders wore rain tyres, as the asphalt was wet. was wet and had one dry lane. In the race, all were all the rally drivers were in slicks, as it was drizzling a bit, but it still rained. but it didn't rain.
The starting position of the Finn was 11th, he lost two places at the start, then moved up to 12th and after the front runners Jules Cluel, Thomas Gradinger and Lucas Mahias. on lap 10, he finished 9th. Watch the race on Mahias, who had returned to the race, was unable to fend off the attack, but Peter Sebestyeni held off the red flag momentarily on the last lap of the race. at the last lap. "Today I didn't beat Sebestyen single-handed, as I have done with other Honda riders in previous stages," admitted Soomer.
The fifth stage was won by in a thrilling duel with teammate and home rider Federico Caricasulo (Bardahl Evan Bros. WORLDSSP Team), however, it was the Swiss Randy Krummenacher, who overtook Caricasulo in the final corner. Krummenacher also leads the championship with 115 points, Soomer is 13th. He is in 15th place with 13 points.
Next World Championship stage will take place on 6 June in Jerez, Spain.
