Lowes wins his first and sends British crowd wild
Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:30 GMT
Lowes wins his first and sends British crowd wild
In winning his first ever WSS race British rider Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) became the fifth different winner in five races this season and the third in a row on a Honda machine. Having struggled on with a stomach bug of some kind since Friday, and suffering a serious finger injury in a fall on Saturday, Lowes had to work hard to resist a late push from eventual second place finisher, Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini).
The English rider came within 0.003 seconds of setting a new lap record in his efforts to keep the Turkish rider behind him on the penultimate lap. Lowes is now only six points from Sofuoglu in the championship. Third place today was taken by third ranked rider overall, Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda).
