2014 Aragon World Supersport Results
Three-time World Champion Kenan Sofuoglu took his first win of the 2014 World Supersport season this past weekend at Motorland Aragon in Spain.
The Kawasaki Mahi Racing Team India ZX-6R pilot took the win after two of his main rivals – Jules Cluzel and Kev Coghlan – crashed ahead of him, allowing him to ride to victory alone.
Sofuoglu, who suffered a DNF in the Phillip Island opener, was joined on the podium by Pata Honda World Supersport’s Michael van der Mark and Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres pilot Florian Marino, respectively.
When the race began, six riders swapped places with MV Agusta RC – Yakhnich Motorsport’s Cluzel, the winner at Phillip Island. En route, Cluzel also claimed the a new lap record at Aragon.
As the race continued the leading group split with van der Mark, Sofuoglu, and Cluzel joining Coghlan (DMC Panavto-Yamaha) battling for victory.
Cluzel and Coghlan collided with each other at the back straight on lap 12, giving the lead to Sofuoglu. Cluzel was suffered a DNF, but Coghlan would remount and finish fifth.
This allowed Coghlan to keep the World Supersport points lead; the British rider has 31 points, just two ahead of Marino, and five ahead of Raffaele De Rosa (CIA Insurance Honda), who finished sixth at Aragon. Tied with 25 points in fourth and fifth is Sofuoglu and Cluzel.
The series now breaks for two weeks before heading to Assen in The Netherlands.
Attached above are video highlights of Aragon World Supersport.
2014 Aragon World Supersport Results:
| 1 | Kenan Sofuoglu | 30m43.276s | TUR | KAWASAKI | MAHI Racing Team India |
| 2 | Michael van der Mark | 0.869 | NED | HONDA | Pata Honda |
| 3 | Florian Marino | 9.091 | FRA | KAWASAKI | Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres |
| 4 | Lorenzo Zanetti | 10.475 | ITA | HONDA | Pata Honda |
| 5 | Kev Coghlan | 15.194 | GBR | YAMAHA | DMC Panavto-Yamaha |
| 6 | Raffaele De Rosa | 18.579 | ITA | HONDA | Core PTR Honda |
| 7 | Roberto Tamburini | 19.059 | ITA | KAWASAKI | San Carlo Puccetti Racing |
| 8 | Vladimir Leonov | 19.666 | RUS | MV AGUSTA | MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport |
| 9 | Christian Gamarino | 19.846 | ITA | KAWASAKI | Team GO ELEVEN |
| 10 | Ratthapark Wilairot | 20.077 | THA | HONDA | Core PTR Honda |
| 11 | Jack Kennedy | 24.569 | IRL | HONDA | CIA Insurance Honda |
| 12 | Roberto Rolfo | 25.187 | ITA | KAWASAKI | Team GO ELEVEN |
| 13 | Dominic Schmitter | 25.535 | SUI | YAMAHA | HAGN-SKM Racing Team |
| 14 | Patrick Jacobsen | 28.843 | USA | KAWASAKI | Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres |
| 15 | Fabio Menghi | 28.904 | ITA | YAMAHA | VFT Racing |
| 16 | Marco Bussolotti | 33.148 | ITA | HONDA | Team Lorini |
| 17 | Tony Covena | 43.243 | NED | KAWASAKI | Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres |
| 18 | Fraser Rogers | 56.196 | GBR | HONDA | Com Plus South Tyneside College |
| 19 | Alexey Ivanov | 56.460 | RUS | YAMAHA | DMC Panavto-Yamaha |
| 20 | Nacho Calero | 1’11.373 | ESP | HONDA | CIA Insurance Honda |
| 21 | Jules Cluzel | DNF | FRA | MV AGUSTA | MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport |
| 22 | Alessandro Nocco | DNF | ITA | KAWASAKI | San Carlo Puccetti Racing |
| 23 | Riccardo Russo | DNF | ITA | HONDA | Team Lorini |
| 24 | Kevin Wahr | DNF | GER | YAMAHA | Team Wahr by Kraus Racing |
2014 World Supersport Point Standings:
| 1 | Kev Coghlan | 31 pts | GBR | YAMAHA | DMC Panavto-Yamaha |
| 2 | Florian Marino | 29 pts | FRA | KAWASAKI | Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres |
| 3 | Raffaele De Rosa | 26 pts | ITA | HONDA | Core PTR Honda |
| 4 | Kenan Sofuoglu | 25 pts | TUR | KAWASAKI | MAHI Racing Team India |
| 5 | Jules Cluzel | 25 pts | FRA | MV AGUSTA | MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport |
| 6 | Roberto Tamburini | 20 pts | ITA | KAWASAKI | San Carlo Puccetti Racing |
| 7 | Michael van der Mark | 20 pts | NED | HONDA | Pata Honda |
| 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | 13 pts | ITA | HONDA | Pata Honda |
| 9 | Christian Gamarino | 13 pts | ITA | KAWASAKI | Team GO ELEVEN |
| 10 | Kevin Wahr | 10 pts | GER | YAMAHA | Team Wahr by Kraus Racing |
| 11 | Roberto Rolfo | 9 pts | ITA | KAWASAKI | Team GO ELEVEN |
| 12 | Graeme Gowland | 9 pts | GBR | TRIUMPH | Smiths Triumph |
| 13 | Vladimir Leonov | 8 pts | RUS | MV AGUSTA | MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport |
| 14 | Riccardo Russo | 8 pts | ITA | HONDA | Team Lorini |
| 15 | Fabio Menghi | 8 pts | ITA | YAMAHA | VFT Racing |
| 16 | Ratthapark Wilairot | 6 pts | THA | HONDA | Core PTR Honda |
| 17 | Jack Kennedy | 5 pts | IRL | HONDA | CIA Insurance Honda |
| 18 | Tony Covena | 4 pts | NED | KAWASAKI | Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres |
| 19 | Nacho Calero | 3 pts | ESP | HONDA | CIA Insurance Honda |
| 20 | Patrick Jacobsen | 2 pts | USA | KAWASAKI | Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres |
| 21 | Marco Bussolotti | 2 pts | ITA | HONDA | Team Lorini |
| 22 | Fraser Rogers | 1 pts | GBR | HONDA | Com Plus South Tyneside College |
| 23 | R Taylor | 0 pts | AUS | YAMAHA | OZ Wildcard Racing |
| 24 | Alexey Ivanov | 0 pts | RUS | YAMAHA | DMC Panavto-Yamaha |
