The 7th round of the Superstock 600 European Championship series and the 8th round of the KTM European Junior Cup were run today in Silverstone (Great Britain). Both races were delayed due to the rainy weather and both races were shortened with 2 laps.
In the Superstock 600 race, during the 2nd lap four riders crashed and the race was stopped by the Red Flag. The restarted race gave four riders in a group and they stayed all the race rather close together, where Gauthier Duwelz had the lead. But in the last part of the final lap, he crashed and Italian Riccardo Russo (Yamaha), Dutch Michael Van der Mark (Honda) and British Lee Jackson (Kawasaki) finished in this order.
In the provisional rankings, the points gap between the first two riders in the Championship is only 3 (Russo and Van der Mark), but between the third placed rider (Duwelz) are 66 points.
The KTM Junior Cup round, despite the wet track, was an exciting race with several groups of riders. The French Jean Francois Demoulin, who was 2 laps on the lead, crashed and that made the opening for British Jamie Patterson, British Connor Parkhill and US Brandon Kyee who finished in this order.
In the Championship approximately 8 riders are able to win the Cup. The first placed rider, Austrian Lukas Wimmer, has 70 points and the 8th rider has 43.
The next round of the two series will take place on the 8th and 9th of September at Nürburgring (Germany).
