Sofuoglu penalty hands victory to Lowes

Sam Lowes inherits victory after Kenan Sofuoglu is dropped from first to fifth for an unexplained confrontation involving Fabien Foret during the race.
Lowes, Spanish WSS 2012
Lowes, Spanish WSS 2012
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Sam Lowes has taken his second World Supersport Championship win of the season at Motorland Aragon after first-on-the-road Kenan Sofuoglu was demoteܫd 🌳from first to fifth by a penalty for a bizarre mid-race confrontation with Fabien Foret.

A confusing conclusion to an otherwise 🗹enjoyable five-way scrap for victory, Lowes had recovered from a poor start to work his way back into contention, but while he led for much of the race's second-half, he would opt to give second-best to Sofuoglu in the knowledge that the Kawasaki rider wouldn't be permitted to keep the win.

Indeed, the story of the race was undoubtedly the fracas between Sofuoglu and Foret on lap 13 when the Turk pulled alongside down the back straight and appeared to jerk his head and his b🌸ike directly towards♏ his fellow Kawasaki rider.

Though they didn't make conᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtact, the bizarre reaction - for which the reason isn't clear - caught the attention of ra💯ce direction, who quickly administered a penalty that stipulated Sofuoglu must drop back three positions.

However, with just four laps remaining, Sofuoglu, now ahead of Foret in second place, continued his march up the order and moved back into the lead, where he would remain to the chequered flag. Proceeding to celebra💃te his 'win' 𒅌before riding into the winners' enclosure, the results were officially declared with Sofuoglu in fifth place, which represented the three place drop from the second place he held at the time of the penalty.

Sofuoglu's demotion thus elevated Lowes into first position, the skirmish behind him overshadowing what was an impressive ride up the order from a low of eighth in the opening stages, the Briton giving hꦉis title hopes a boost with his second victory ඣof the year.

A somewhat bemused Foret, who declined to comment much on the affair in the post-race press conference, held on for second position, the Frenchman jusꦗt resisting the feisty Sheridan Morais, who inherited a well-deserved maiden podium result. Even so, the South African, who claimed the fastest lap, will rue his error of running wide at the hairpin on lap ♛12 whilst in the midst of the victory battle.

Broc Parkes took fourth having tailed the lead group without making much of an imp🐼ression on it, ahead of Sofuoglu, w✨hose fifth place means he retains a 16 point advantage in the standings, now over Lowes.

Indeed, Sofuoglu always stood to benefit in the race after his erstwhile closest challenger Jules Cluzel crashed out of second place on lap three, the pole sitte🃏r losing the front ofꦑ his PTR Honda at turn 14.

Behind the contentious top five battle, Ronan Quarmby got the better oꦅf Vittorio Iannuzzo after a race-long battle for si⛄xth position, while Jed Metcher consolidated his strong qualifying performance to cross the line in eighth as the top Yamaha rider.

Making impressive gains in only his second 🥃World Supersport rac🙈e, Gabor Talmacsi was ninth, while Josh Day completed his first top ten finish of the season on the GoEleven Kawasaki.

A race of high attrition, just 16 riders finished on the lead lap, w✨ith Romain Lanusse, Luca Marconi, Raffaele de Rosa, Fabio Menghi and Roberto Tamburini making up the remaining point scorers.

Elsewhere, there was disappointment for Misano podium winner Alex Baldolini, who saw his perfect scoring record ended by a fall, while Andr♑ea Antonelli also suffered a🍸 spectacular crash from his Bike Service Yamaha.

The race had to be restarted after original start saw Mathew Scholtz fail to🍰 get off the line, the unsighted South African proceedꦜing to be collected at considerable speed Yves Polzer. Though Scholtz was able to walk away, Polzer has been taken to the medical centre for checks.

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