Superstock regular Baz makes British debut
Competing for the Motorpoint Yamaha team, in place of injured rider Andrew Pitt, the 2008 season European Superstock 600 champion qualified eighth on the grid.
Loris went on to secure seventh in race one, only to crash late in the second race, after a fight back from a first corner collision with an old Superbike World Championship rider, Yukio Kagayama.
Baz, who is currently sixth on the hotly contested Superstock 1000 series, said of his cross-channel adventure, "This was an incredible weekend for me. The crowds, the pace, the riders, the whole atmosphere was amazing. The first race couldn't have gone better for me but in the second race I got hit by Kagayama and nearly fell off the bike. Thankfully I stayed onboard and fought my way through to 13th position but then I pushed too hard at the slow corner and crashed. I am sorry for the team for the crash. I wanted to get a good result for them but tried a little too much."
Baz will be back in Superstock action for his MRS Racing Yamaha team at Imola, on September 26th.
