Thursday, November 13, 2014

FIM World Superbike Round 11: Qatar (season finale) & 2014 series champions

In the season finale of the 2014 FIM World Superbike Championship, Sylvain Guintoli and Aprilia, swept both races.  Kawasaki team mates Loris Baz (departing for MotoGP next year), and Tom Sykes, finished on the podium in race one, while in race two, Johnny Rea came in second, with Sykes, third.  Tom Sykes is already a two-time FIM World Superbike champion.

In the World Supersport season finale at Losail, it was Dutchman Michael van der Mark, winning yet another race ahead of Thailand's Ratthapark Wilairot, and, Jules Cluzel of France.

World Superbike race 1: #50 Sylvain Guintoli     FRA.      Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory

World Superbike race 2: #50 Sylvain Guintoli     FRA.      Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory

World Supersport race: #60 Michael van der Mark  NLD.  PATA Honda World Supersport Team
                                                                                              Honda CBR600RR

Champions have also been crowned, now that the season has indeed come to a close.  Sylvain Guintoli takes the FIM World Superbike Championship, (his first), from Tom Sykes, by a mere six points.  Michael van der Mark is FIM World Supersport champion... a first, for the Dutchman, just as it's a first for Guintoli in Superbike.  Ducati mounted Argentinian Leonardo Mercado, is Superstock 1000 champion.  Marco Faccani, of Italy, riding a Kawasaki ZX-6-R- is champion in the Superstock 600 division.

That's a wrap of the 2014 FIM World Superbike Championship.  We'll see you next year, in 2015, for more exciting racing, with race reports, from every round of the championship.  So long, for now, fans.





             




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