Win for Roberts at Nürbergring
Australian Brendan Roberts took a stunning win at round
four of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup at Nürbergring, Germany.
Roberts on the Ducati 1098R gained the full hat-trick over
the weekend with Pole Position, fastest lap/new lap record,
(with it being a new circuit) and also the race win, his second
of the season. This places the youngster in second place in
the overall Championship standings.
Roberts riding for the Ducati Xerox Junior Team looked extremely
strong throughout the weekend at the 5.1-km circuit. After
a number of changes were made to the circuit he was eager
to make an impression and did just that throughout the weekend.
A strong start from the Australian saw him sitting in second
place into the tight first corner and he was led by Davide
Giugliano and was being hunted down by Championship leader
Xavier Simeon. The trio were dicing with each other throughout
the 11-lap race were swapping positions at various stages
through the race.
Roberts set a fastest lap time on lap five of 1:59.970, making
him the only rider in the Superstock class to go under the
two minutes time over the entire weekend. He managed to bridge
a gap from the hounding pair on lap six but they were soon
back on his tail and fighting hard for the race victory. By
lap nine Roberts had once again pushed through to the front
after dropping to third place momentarily and he was eager
to secure his second win of the season. Battling hard Roberts
fought off the pressure from Giugliano and Simeon and gained
a fantastic win by only 0.3 from Giugliano.
A delighted Roberts said "I'm really pleased to have
taken the win today, things have gone really well throughout
the weekend and the team worked very hard to make sure everything
was right and went to plan. I needed to win this for the team
and also to keep my Championship hopes alive. We're back on
track now and hopefully the bike gremlins that we had at the
last round are behind us and things will continue going like
this for the rest of the season. My next stop is Misano so
it'd be good to go for another win or a podium there, fingers
crossed."
Race results:
1. Brendan Roberts Ducati 1098R Xerox Junior Team
2. D.Giugliano Suzuki
3. X.Simeon Suzuki
4. M.Pirro Yamaha
Championship Standings:
1. X.Simeon 73 points;
2. Brendan Roberts 63;
3. D.Giugliano 48;
4. M.Berger 43;
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