Superstock 1000 straight back to business at The Cathedral
With so many potential winners and unpredictable weather, expect fireworks…
After an incident-filled opener in Aragon last weekend, the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup now rocks on into The Netherlands and Assen.
Roberto Tamburini clinched his first race victory in Spain, as the Team MotoxRacing BMW rider blasted into the class in style. He fought off 2014 championship runner-up Lorenzo Savadori of New M2 Racing Aprilia, with the latter having been overtaken at the last corner. Third on the Aragon rostrum was Scotland’s Kev Coghlan, signalling a strong start to the new campaign for the Team MRS Yamaha crew.
Last year’s Assen race was very much weather-oriented, with home rider Kevin Valk (MTM – Kawasaki HS) making the most of his track knowledge in the testing conditions. However, to do that again he will be required to fend off challenges from the likes of Raffaele de Rosa, Ondrej Jezek and Bryan Staring who were all fighting for top five positions in Aragon.
Further back in the pack, riders will be looking to avoid drama after the Aragon race witnessed a multiple first corner collision which meant no less than nine failed to make the end of the first lap.
