Third Consecutive Win for Yamaha ParkinGO Team

Yamaha ParkinGO Team rider Chaz Davies took his maiden victory in the World Supersport Championship today on the historic Dutch track in Assen.


The Brit didn’t hesitate to take the lead right off the grid and ride his YZF-R6 to cross the chequered flag with over seven seconds ahead of his competitors. Davies put in a spectacular performance, keeping the leading throughout the entire race and providing the Yamaha ParkinGO WSS Team with their third consecutive race win of the 2011 season.


  Team-mate Luca Scassa had a less fortunate race day, crashing out mid race. The Italian rider got off to a less than perfect start from his pole position on the grid, falling back to fourth. He immediately regained a steady race pace and on attempting to jump up to third he collided with Marino, sitting just ahead of him. As a minor compensation for the disappointing race today in Assen, Scassa claimed the fastest race lap with a lap time of 1’39.019, showing his true potential and that of his YZF- R6 machine.


  Plenty of drama was on display as the race was red flagged twice. On both occasions Scassa and Davies, had gotten perfect starts off the grid from pole and eighth position and were sitting comfortably in first and second places respectively before a series of riders crashed out, causing the race to be red flagged.


  Scassa heads to his home round in Monza still leading the championship on 50 points. Davies is now just 5 points behind, sitting in third position with a total of 45 points, while Yamaha is comfortably leading the Manufacturers Championship by 14 points.
 



Chaz Davies

Yamaha ParkinGO Team - 1st, 1'39.007


“Finally! I think that sums up how long I have waited for today to come. It’s often a case of luck and I feel it has rarely been on my side in the last few years and so far this season. The bike is doing really well. After yesterday’s accident in qualifying, the team had to work really hard all night to rebuild the bike and I think I managed to repay them for it. I’m looking forward to Monza now that I am officially back in the hunt!”



Luca Scassa
  Yamaha ParkinGO Team - DNF


“Today was very stressful due to the three race starts. Everything was under control in first two races, I was sitting nicely in the lead before we were red flagged. Unfortunately the third time around I didn’t get off to a very good start. I had difficulty overtaking and when Marino seemed to slow down, I just lost control of the bike. I’ve learnt a lesson and hopefully it won’t happen again. I have to be tougher from the start and get my head down and just go. I’ll make up for it in Monza!”
 



2011 World Supersport Netherlands
Assen 17/04/2011    21 Laps


race I


1    Chaz Davies Yamaha GBR    26'37.029
2    Fabien Foret    Honda    FRA    0'07.236
3    Broc Parkes    Kawasaki    AUS    0'08.084
4    Robbin Harms    Honda    DNK    0'08.191
5    David Salom    Kawasaki    ESP    0'09.122
6    Massimo Roccoli    Kawasaki    ITA    0'09.222
7    James Ellison    Honda    GBR    0'14.616
8    Miguel Praia    Honda    POR    0'32.623
9    Vladimir Ivanov    Honda    RUS    0'40.668
10    Balazs Nemeth    Honda    HUN    0'40.727
11    Imre Toth    Honda    HUN    0'41.439
12    Pawel Szkopek    Honda    POL    0'54.039
13    Bastien Chesaux    Honda    CHE    0'56.749
14    Danilo Dell'omo    Triumph    ITA    0'57.345
15    Robert Muresan    Triumph    ROM    1'03.893
17    Yves Polzer    Yamaha    AUT    1'15.031

Best Lap   Luca Scassa Yamaha ITA    1'39.019



  World Supersport World Standing
Rider Standings    After Race 3 of 13
   
1.    Luca Scassa Yamaha ITA    50
2.    Broc Parkes    Kawasaki    AUS    31
3.    Robbin Harms    Honda    DNK    24
4.    David Salom    Kawasaki    ESP    23
5.    Chaz Davies Yamaha GBR    20
6.    Florian Marino    Honda    FRA    17
7.    Gino Rea    Honda    GBR    16
8.    Sam Lowes    Honda    GBR    16
9.    Vittorio Iannuzzo    Kawasaki    ITA    15
10.    Alexander Lundh    Honda    SWE    13
11.    James Ellison    Honda    GBR    10
12.    Massimo Roccoli    Kawasaki    ITA    9
13.    Ondrej Jezek    Honda    CZE    7
14.    Danilo Dell'omo    Triumph    ITA    6
15.    Ronan Quarmby    Triumph    RSA    5
16.    Miguel Praia    Honda    POR    5
17.    Roberto Tamburini    Yamaha    ITA    4
         



Circuit Length:4555
Crowd:71,500
Weather:Sunny
Lap Record:1'38.608 (Kenan Sofuoglu, 1/1/2010)
Fastest Lap Ever:1'37.908 (Kenan Sofuoglu, 4/26/2010)



  Manufacturer Standings 17/04/2011

1    Yamaha 50
2    Honda    32
3    Kawasaki    31
4    Triumph    6



         
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