Gino Rea 6th at Brno
26-07-2009
Gino Rea and Ten Kate Honda battled hard today at Brno but did not come away with the podium result they wanted. From P2 on the grid Gino started well and entered the first corner in the lead. A battle then ensued for first place through the race, with the top six tightly bunched including Championship leader Petrucci. Gino held 2nd and 3rd places for most of the race before regaining the lead three laps from the end. Unfortunately on the penultimate lap Gino got caught through a series of corners pushing Gino back to 5th place in the bunch going into the last lap. A last lap push from Gino looked to be succeeding but the bike ran onto the grass at the edge of the track and Gino was not able to make his push stick finishing the race 6th.
Gino will have wanted a higher position from the race but the 6th place points keep him well in the running for the championship in 3rd place. For the Championship top ten and the full results from the race today, please click here.
Photos from today are in the gallery here.
The next race is at Nurburgring, Germany after the summer break on 6th Sept.
Sponsors
Team StoneBaker.
For 2009 StoneBaker Racing is sponsoring four riders. Dan Linfoot, Gino Rea, Christian Iddon and Pat McDougall.
Dan Linfoot has joined premier BSB team Rob Mac Racing Yamaha to compete in the British Supersport Championship.
Gino Rea has joined leading WSBK team Ten Kate Honda to compete in the WSBK Superstock 600 Championship.
Christian Iddon competes in the Supermoto World Championship with factory supported Team Motoracing KTM.
Pat McDougall competes in the BSB Superstock 600 Championship in privateer team Beowulf Racing.
