Mixed Weekend For Coghlan and the YZF-R1M at Misano

STK1000 SAN MARINO - ROUND 8     Marco Simoncelli, San Marino STK1000 Race Report - 21/06/2015 Mixed Weekend For Coghlan and the YZF-R1M at Misano Kev Coghlan (MRS Yamaha) was a challenger for the win in the Superstock 100 FIM Cup race at Misano until a minor technical issue dropped him from potential winner to fifth place. After qualifying fifth on Saturday Coghlan was in the leading mix for the first ten laps of the race today, holding a position behind the leader and waiting for his chance to pass in the final laps. The majority of the 15-lap race was proof that the recent improvements made on the new YZF-R1M had worked well in race conditions, with Coghlan looking controlled and comfortable in the front group. The Briton finished top Yamaha rider today, only 4.388 seconds from the win, and he scored 11 valuable championship points. He maintained his fifth place ranking in the championship, with two rounds of the series left to run after a long summer break. MRS Yamaha team regular Florian Marino was unable to compete at Misano after a big crash in practice worsening his existing left forearm injury. Behind Coghlan, Jeremy Guarnoni (Team Trasimeno Yamaha) finished a strong sixth and Christoffer Bergman (MG Competition Yamaha) took seventh place. There now follows a long summer break for the Superstock classes, with the next round not taking place until September 20th, as Jerez in Spain. Kev Coghlan 5th / +4.388/ 15 laps "We were strong there, the strongest we have been all year. I managed to make a couple of moves up to second place. It did not feel like I was much stronger than the leader, but I though I could just sit there until the last lap and make a move into turn 14, as I was strong into there. That was the plan, but then I was slowed down by some difficulties while shifting gear. It was not to be today but we have a break now and we can move things forward a little bit more. The bike is really not far off the pace. It's strong, especially in corner entry. I feel I can choose my lines a little bit more than the others and with the electronics we are getting a bit closer every race. We are moving in the right direction." Adrian Morillas – MRS Yamaha Team Manager "Kev said he had a minor problem, but we are still very pleased with today's performance. The bike has improved a lot over the last two races and we are now at the level of our main competitor that won the race. This means the level of the Yamaha is good enough to win races. We will go out to try and win the last two of the season after the summer break. Florian has a problem now with his forearm that stopped him from riding but he will have time to come back fully fit at Jerez." 2015 STK1000 San Marino Marco Simoncelli, San Marino 21/06/2015 race I 1 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia ITA 24'31.034  2 Raffaele De Rosa Ducati ITA 0'00.589  3 Roberto Tamburini BMW ITA 0'00.826  4 Kevin Calia Aprilia ITA 0'00.926  5 Kev Coghlan Yamaha GBR 0'04.388  6 Jeremy Guarnoni Yamaha FRA 0'06.232  7 Christoffer Bergman Yamaha SWE 0'11.016  8 Ondrej Jezek Ducati CZE 0'13.844  9 Bryan Staring Kawasaki AUS 0'16.119  10 Fabio Massei Ducati ITA 0'23.807  11 Luca Marconi Yamaha ITA 0'24.720  12 Marc Moser Ducati DE 0'25.914  13 Matthieu Lussiana BMW FRA 0'26.223  14 David McFadden Suzuki ZAF 0'30.395  15 Robert Muresan BMW ROM 0'31.244  STK1000 World Standing Rider Standings After Race 8 of 8 1. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia ITA 140 2. Roberto Tamburini BMW ITA 106 3. Raffaele De Rosa Ducati ITA 85 4. Ondrej Jezek Ducati CZE 74 5. Kev Coghlan Yamaha GBR 72 6. Jeremy Guarnoni Yamaha FRA 55 7. Kevin Calia Aprilia ITA 43 8. Fabio Massei Ducati ITA 41 9. Bryan Staring Kawasaki AUS 39 10. Christoffer Bergman Yamaha SWE 32 11. Florian Marino Yamaha FRA 23 12. Tony Coveña Ducati NLD 21 13. Sylvain Barrier Yamaha FRA 17 14. Luca Salvadori Ducati ITA 16 15. Marc Moser Ducati DE 15 16. Luca Marconi Yamaha ITA 14 25. Michele Magnoni Yamaha ITA 2 29. Danny De Boer Yamaha NLD 0 Circuit Length: 4226 Weather: Dry No standings found!

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