Andrew Pitt – 6th
The red flags didn’t exactly come out at the right time for me. I’d been in a good battle with West and Aitchison and had just got past them and was making a bit of a break when they stopped the race. We still have some problems with stability entering the turns and the rear trying to push the bike straight on. Because of that, I was struggling to match the pace of the guys up front but the bike is still a heap better than it was a few races back.

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2009 World Supersport championship, round 13 – Magny-Cours, France (4.41km, 19 laps) results:

1 Joan Lascorz (ESP) Kawasaki 32’21.660s
2 Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha +0.937s
3 Kenan Sofuoglu (TUR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +5.910
4 Anthony West (AUS) Honda +20.797
5 Mark Aitchison (AUS) Honda +20.992
6 Andrew Pitt (AUS) Hannspree ten Kate Honda +21.232


Championship points after 13 of 14 rounds:
Crutchlow 230, Eugene Laverty (IRL) Honda 211, Sofuoglu 169, Lascorz 163, West 117, Fabien Foret (FRA) Yamaha 115, Pitt 114.

Next round: Portimao, Portugal – 23-25 October