Andrea Locatelli debuts with victory in Supersport while Manu González finishes eighth

2023 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 02:44

Andrea Locatelli has taken the victory in his debut in the Supersport World Championship. The Italian rider has escaped from the first lap, giving a real display on his debut. It seems clear that Locatelli is the strongest driver in the category at the moment, the great contender for the title.

Other than He made his debut in the category has been the Spanish Manu González, and his performance has been fantastic. Eighth position for the Supersport 300 champion, the best Spaniard given that Isaac Viñales was penalized and finished tenth. The race was shorter than normal, with only 16 laps and a pit stop.

Champion Krummenacher ended up on the floor

The great key to Locatelli's simple triumph, in addition to his career pace, has been a problem of the champion, Randy Krummenacher, at the start. The Swiss driver was stuck, losing all positions, and to top it off he crashed in the first corner. An absolute disaster for the champion.

From there, Locatelli has had a free pass and has left alone from the first meters. The fight remained for the second position and there Raffaele De Rosa has won. The Italian MV Augusta entered almost six seconds behind Locatelli and one second ahead of Jules Cluzel, who completed the podium.

The Frenchman had a small penalty of 80 thousandths after passing through the pits, but nothing compared to the almost ten seconds that have fallen to the Spanish Isaac Viñales. Thus, he has fallen to tenth place, in a weekend to forget in which he started far behind and had to come back.

All these penalties have been taken advantage of by Manu González to climb positions after the race and finish in eighth position, completing an excellent debut. Another of the heavyweights of the category, Lucas Mahías, has also started with a different foot. He has only been fifth, losing the battle with Corentin Perolari.