Turkey WSS: Lowes leads the way on day one

A fast early start from Supersport World Championship leader Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Yamaha) placed him in the overnight pole spot at the Istanbul Park Circuit in Turkey.

At the home race of his great rival Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Mahi Racing Team India) Lowes was 0.678 seconds ahead of him, setting a bizarre best time of 2’00.000 – all the zeros.

Florian Marini (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) placed third, with the second best British rider proving to be Nürburgring podium rider Kevin Coghlan (DMC-Lorenzini).

Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto Hondas) was 16th, Christian Iddon (ParkinGO MV Agusta) 18th and Danny Webb (PTR Honda) 19th.

1. Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 2’00.000
2. Kenan Sofuoglu (MAHI Racing Team India) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’00.678
3. Florian Marino (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’00.798
4. Roberto Tamburini (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 2’00.802
5. David Salom (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’00.834
6. Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport) Honda CBR600RR 2’00.872
7. Raffaele De Rosa (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 2’00.982
8. Michael Vd Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) Honda CBR600RR 2’01.147
9. Kev Coghlan (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’01.156
10. Luca Scassa (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’01.165
11. Roberto Rolfo (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse) MV Agusta F3 675 2’01.258
12. Fabio Menghi (VFT Racing) Yamaha YZF R6 2’01.273
13. Ronan Quarmby (Prorace) Honda CBR600RR 2’01.376
14. Alex Baldolini (Suriano Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R600 2’01.454
15. Fabien Foret (MAHI Racing Team India) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’01.491
16. Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto) Honda CBR600RR 2’01.566
17. Mathew Scholtz (Suriano Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R600 2’01.722
18. Christian Iddon (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse) MV Agusta F3 675 2’01.770
19. Danny Webb (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2’01.837
20. Massimo Roccoli (Team Pata by Martini) Yamaha YZF R6 2’01.892
21. Sheridan Morais (Team Goeleven) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’02.100
22. Imre Toth (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 2’02.377
23. Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 2’02.478
24. Luca Marconi (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 2’02.497
25. Balazs Nemeth (Complus SMS Racing) Honda CBR600RR 2’03.035
26. Nacho Calero Perez (Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 2’03.755
27. Damian Cudlin (Team Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 2’03.892
28. Alexey Ivanov (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2’04.575
29. Theodosios Sinioris (Sinioris Racing Team) Honda CBR600RR 2’04.614
30. Alex Schacht (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 2’05.745
31. Eduard Blokhin (Rivamoto) Honda CBR600RR 2’06.670
32. David McFadden (Team Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 2’06.808
33. Baris Tok (GoPro BT Racing Team) Yamaha YZF R6 2’06.946
34. Cagri Coskun (Pacific Racing Team) Honda CBR600RR 2’08.835
35. Mert Aytug (GoPro BT Racing Team) Yamaha YZF R6 2’09.906