Giorgio Barbier, Racing Director, Pirelli Moto, had this to say about the Brno race weekend: "The scorching heat of the Automotodrom Brno presented a suitable challenge for Pirelli's race tyre solutions, with asphalt temperatures reaching as much as 57°C (135°F) during Race 2. The majority of the grid adopted the reference medium-soft ‘B' front along with a new soft ‘A' rear performance solution developed in testing sessions just two weeks ago."
"This combination was notably successful in Superbike Race 1 for Suzuki rider Sylvain Guintoli, who tied his best result of the year (4th - Australia), while BMW rider Ruben Xaus had his best result ever on the S1000RR with a fifth place. A third win of the year for Jonathan Rea (Honda) and a return to the podium for Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) gave additional testimony to the new soft solution compound, even considering the incredible heat. A new Superpole time of 1'58.018 was set by Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) in the final session, a blazing pace which was duplicated again in Race 2 of SBK when he set a new lap record of 1'59.291."
"An incredible battle between Sofuoglu (Honda) and Lascorz (Kawasaki) offered an excellent demonstration of the new ‘A' soft compound Diablo Supercorsa, with Lascorz recording the fastest time on lap 16 of 20, crossing the finish line just 0.1 secs behind the new championship leader."
"The 4,200 Pirelli tyres supplied for the weekend consisted of 4 front and 4 rear Diablo Superbike solutions in the SBK class, three of which are new for Brno, along with 3 front and 2 rear Diablo Supercorsa solutions in the Supersport class."
Pirelli Performance Awards:
Superbike
Race 1 - Pirelli BEST LAP: Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) 1'59.964 (Lap 3)
Race 2 - Pirelli BEST LAP: Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) 1'59.291 (Lap 12)
Total BEST LAP: Checa (Althea Racing) 6; Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) 4; Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 3; Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) 2; Haslam (Suzuki Alstare), Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare), Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1
Supersport
Pirelli BEST LAP: Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) 2'03.998 (Lap 16)
Total BEST LAP: Sofuoglu (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 4; Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) & Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) 2; Pirro (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 1
Superstock 1000
Pirelli BEST JUMP FORWARD: Beretta (BMW Motorrad Italia STK) from 18th to 4th (14 positions)
Superstock 600
Pirelli BEST JUMP FORWARD: De Tourney (ASPI Yamaha) from 17th to 10th (7 positions)
Source: http://www.worldsbk.com/
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