Comunicados de Prensa - DTWS Recap weeks 7-8

DTWS Recap weeks 7-8

Misano

The first qualification on the Italian track was very tight, with 5 riders in just 1/10th of a second. Del Ragno won the pole, followed by Miller Jr. and Kokkonen. A race with overtaking for the first time in a long time, highlighting the overtaking of Apdzinejs who ended up on the last step of the podium and Kokkonen to win the race, Del Ragno was second.
In the second classification led Del Ragno with only 0.015 of Miller Jr. and Kokkonen. Kokkonen managed to overtake Miller Jr. on the first lap and, along with a good pit stop strategy, managed to finish first, followed by Del Ragno and Miller Jr.


Nürburgring

Again the qualification with 6 drivers in 1 tenth and this time it is taken by Kokkonen, followed by Nebesky ml. and Strojnik. The race was once again full of overtaking, but with few variations in the classification. Strojnik made a double overtaking in the first lap to lead the race but in lap 9 Kokkonen overtook him and put himself back in the lead, 3 laps later they exchanged positions to put Strojnik back in the lead. Strojnik's early stop puts Kokkonen back in the lead and makes him climb back up to finally finish 2nd, 3rd was Nebesky.

Miller took the pole for the second race, followed by Kokkonen and Nebesky. Strojnik made a double overtake on the first lap to move into second position and, two laps later, overtook Miller to take the lead. Kokkonen lost 4 positions in 5 laps to take 6th place. Strojnik ended up winning and there was a battle for second position between Nebesky, Miller and Del Ragno which was won by Nebesky, followed by Miller.

Standings after day 56
1. Kokkonen 326 puntos
2. Del Ragno 265 puntos
3. Miller Jr. 245 puntos
4. Strojnik 193 puntos
5. Apdzinejs 172 puntos