HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Andrew Pitt put in a great performance today and put his CBR600RR on top of the podium. Pitt had a good start in the start of the race and came through in 1st, however, a red flag situation caused by a German wild card rider halted the race.  

After another good start in the second part of the race the Australian rider collected the win after a determined chase on Broc Parkes. Pitt had another good start but it was fellow Australian Broc Parkes who was leading the field for most of the race with an impressive pace. By overtaking Broc Parkes in the ultimate rounds of the 19-lap race Pitt claimed his third victory of the season and placed himself in the lead of the Championship.

Team mate Jonathan Rea made an impressive start from fourth row in the first part of the race and came through in third place. He was relegated to 11th in the second part of the race after an imperfect star, but forcefully pushed his way forward and gained 7th position by lap 9. He then managed to put pressure on Lascorz and took home 6th place after the Spaniard crashed out in the 15th lap.


Andrew Pitt, 1st:

"The pace we had today was amazing, I was quicker then I was in qualifying for pretty much half the race. I was doing everything I could to catch up with Broc Parkes but couldn't make an impression on him. When he started to look down at the end I thought he might have some problems and took my chance to pass him and stayed in front."

"I didn't have much tire left in the end, but managed to bring the bike back home fine. My mechanics gave me a good package to work with this weekend. We got the job done and are back in the front of the Championship where we should be." 

Ronald ten Kate, Team manager;

"It was very nice to see Andrew winning again here today. He had to put in a lot of work this weekend and surely didn't get this one for free. In the race he had to hang on firmly to Broc Parkes who was setting an incredible pace. Towards the end of the race we had an advantage of what I believe to be a better race set up and were able to take the win. I jokingly told Andrew before the start of the race to make sure I could wear my happy face today and he did." [...]



Results:
1 A. PITT
2 J. BROOKES 0.387
3 B. PARKES 1.379
4 F. FORET 10.279
5 C. JONES 11.624
6 J. REA 19.211