Pata Honda World Superbike riders Leon Haslam and Michel Fabrizio left France empty-handed this evening after a frustrating 13th-round event at Magny-Cours in France.

With rain affecting much of the practice sessions at the 4.411km circuit, dry track time had been limited over the weekend, but the rain was kept at bay for race one. Starting from 15th on the grid after crashing during yesterday’s Superpole, Haslam finished in eighth position, one place behind his team-mate.

Both riders were forced to retire from race two with technical problems as series leader Tom Sykes took his second win of the day.

Michel Fabrizio – 7th and DNF

There have been some positives this weekend and I was able to understand a little more the engine brake characteristics of the CBR. I was happy with a second row start after qualifying yesterday and the first race was not so bad, although I found it difficult to turn the bike when the grip levels dropped. Race two was disappointing but we don’t yet know what happened to make the bike stop.

Leon Haslam – 8th and DNF

Yes, we had a technical problem in race but I’m actually really, really happy that we’ve found an important aspect of the bike that has been wrong for many races. We changed that part for race two and it transformed the bike. It turned properly and did everything that it should have been doing for the last few rounds. It took a lot of inconsistency out of the bike as well. Starting from 15th wasn’t ideal but, even though our setting didn’t suit the big change we made, I was quickly able to get up to seventh and was catching the guys in front.

Event results - Round 13 - Race 1

1 Tom Sykes 29m38.830s GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Sylvain Guintoli 2.146 FRA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
3 Eugene Laverty 10.643 IRL APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
4 Davide Giugliano 15.687 ITA APRILIA Althea Racing
5 Marco Melandri 23.573 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team
6 Michele Pirro 33.848 ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
7 Michel Fabrizio 37.599 ITA HONDA Pata Honda
8 Leon Haslam 37.903 GBR HONDA Pata Honda
9 Ayrton Badovini 38.181 ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
10 Lorenzo Lanzi 51.604 ITA DUCATI Mesaroli Transports A.S.
11 David Salom 54.742 ESP KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
12 Federico Sandi 1'03.442 ITA KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
13 Vincent Philippe 1'07.176 FRA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
14 Fabrizio Lai 1'24.850 FRA KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
15 Vittorio Iannuzzo 2 Laps ITA BMW Team Grillini Dentalmatic
16 Mark Aitchinson DNF AUS DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
17 Toni Elias DNF SPA APRILIA Red Devils Roma
18 Jules Cluzel DNF FRA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
19 Chaz Davies DNF GBR BMW BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team

Event results - Round 13 - Race 2

1 Tom Sykes 34m36.149s GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Eugene Laverty 11.091 IRL APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
3 Sylvain Guintoli 11.337 FRA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
4 Davide Giugliano 23.008 ITA APRILIA Althea Racing
5 Chaz Davies 25.724 GBR BMW BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team
6 Vincent Philippe 34.762 FRA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
7 Marco Melandri 36.219 ITA BMW BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team
8 Toni Elias 40.957 SPA APRILIA Red Devils Roma
9 Lorenzo Lanzi 43.713 ITA DUCATI Mesaroli Transports A.S.
10 Ayrton Badovini 53.188 ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
11 David Salom 56.251 ESP KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
12 Mark Aitchinson 1'04.048 AUS DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
13 Federico Sandi 1'04.243 ITA KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
14 Jules Cluzel 1'10.346 FRA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
15 Fabrizio Lai 1'29.441 FRA KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
16 Michel Fabrizio DNF ITA HONDA Pata Honda
17 Vittorio Iannuzzo DNF ITA BMW Team Grillini Dentalmatic
18 Leon Haslam DNF GBR HONDA Pata Honda
19 Michele Pirro DNF ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare

Championship standings

1 Tom Sykes 411 pts GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Eugene Laverty 374 pts IRL APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
3 Sylvain Guintoli 373 pts FRA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
4 Marco Melandri 339 pts ITA BMW BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team
5 Chaz Davies 270 pts GBR BMW BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team
6 Davide Giugliano 195 pts ITA APRILIA Althea Racing
7 Michel Fabrizio 186 pts ITA HONDA Pata Honda
8 Loris Baz 180 pts FRA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
9 Jonathan Rea 176 pts GBR HONDA Pata Honda
10 Jules Cluzel 162 pts FRA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
11 Ayrton Badovini 127 pts ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
12 Leon Camier 114 pts GBR SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
13 Leon Haslam 91 pts GBR HONDA Pata Honda
14 Max Neukirchner 84 pts GER DUCATI MR-Racing
15 Carlos Checa 80 pts SPA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
16 Federico Sandi 54 pts ITA KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
17 Toni Elias 46 pts SPA APRILIA Red Devils Roma
18 Mark Aitchinson 33 pts AUS DUCATI Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
19 Vittorio Iannuzzo 27 pts ITA BMW Team Grillini Dentalmatic
20 David Salom 22 pts ESP KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
21 Ivan Clementi 18 pts ITA BMW HTM Racing
22 Vincent Philippe 13 pts FRA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
23 Lorenzo Lanzi 13 pts ITA DUCATI Mesaroli Transports A.S.
24 Niccolo Canepa 12 pts ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
25 Fabrizio Lai 11 pts FRA KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
26 Michele Pirro 10 pts ITA DUCATI Team Ducati Alstare
27 Alexander Lundh 10 pts SWE KAWASAKI Pedercini Team
28 Roger Lee Hayden 8 pts USA SUZUKI (Michael Jordan Motorsports)
29 Blake Young 8 pts USA SUZUKI Fixi Crescent Suzuki
30 Markus Reiterberger 7 pts GER BMW Vanzon-Remeha-BMW
31 Glen Allerton 6 pts AUS BMW Next Gen Motorsports
32 Tolga Uprak 5 pts TUR KAWASAKI CMS-Eypbike Racing Team
33 Matej Smrz 4 pts GER YAMAHA Yamaha Motor Deutschland
34 Jamie Stauffer 4 pts AUS HONDA Team Honda Racing
35 Yunus Ercelik 3 pts TUR BMW Sampiyon 169 Team
36 Noriyuki Haga 2 pts JPN BMW Team Grillini Dentalmatic
37 Kosuke Akiyoshi 2 pts JPN HONDA Pata Honda
38 Danny Eslick 2 pts USA SUZUKI (Michael Jordan Motorsports)

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