Laverty wins by clear margin
Date published : 28 Feb 2010 - 04:16:51
Eugene Laverty won the opening race of the year for Honda with a masterful display of front running, heading up the official Kawasaki of pole man Joan Lascorz and the Honda of Kenan Sofuoglu.Laverty also set the race's fastest lap, 1'35.204 on lap six.
The Irish rider was leading the first race start, before that was red flagged due to oil being dropped on the track, and a complete-restart was called.
The subsequent 21-lap race saw Laverty lead from the early stages again. Behind Laverty, Lascorz and Sofuoglu Triumph rider David Salom was fourth, and the privateer Kawasaki of Fabien Foret got into the top five also.