Foret Gran Vitesse back on the victory trail
"How to contain my joy after this victory?" exclaimed Foret after his win. "A special victory, on a track I particularly like, on my team's track and on which I have many memories. I already won here in the past, with another team, with another manufacturer, but I also experienced injury here. I really chased this victory, the second of the season after the first one in Imola."
When the race was stopped during lap 15 following a nasty high-side involving Ronan Quarmby (PTR Honda), Foret had just been overtaken by Sofuoglu. But the regulation states that when the red flags come out to halt the race, the final standings are drawn up on the basis of countback to the previous lap completed by all the riders, in this case lap 13.
"I concentrated on the race and we determined a strategy with my technical director, Andrew Stone. I meticulously followed this strategy from the beginning of the race, being as incisive as possible. I was able to stay ahead of the others most of the race. Then Kenan Sofuoglu came back and overtook me at three laps of the finish line. I stayed behind. I had a good rhythm, and then the race got interrupted. The red flag came out less than one lap after Kenan passed me; therefore I was declared the winner of the race. It's a happy ending, also a little revenge on fate which wasn't always in my favor this season."
