By Backing up the form that saw him vault to Qualifying success on Saturday, Vincent Lonbois powered to IRRC Superbike Race 1 victory at Circuit De Chimay.
Just over 2.3 seconds ahead of the chasing pack at the finalisation of lap one, by lap three Lonbois enjoyed an advantage exceeding 4.5 seconds.
His final race winning advantage stood at 3.42 seconds over MTP Racing’s David Datzer.
Datzer who retained the IRRC Superbike Championship lead, had steadily increased his pace throughout and on lap nine set the fastest lap of the race, lapping at 1 minute 38.069 seconds.
Erno Kostamo completed the podium finishers alongside Datzer, Lonbois after a gritty, tenacious performance.
Third within last evening’s BeNeCup Superbike race, Sweden’s Markus Karlsson took fourth ahead of top Kawasaki runner Lukas Maurer with Didier Grams completing the top six.
Eddy Ferre bagged seventh whilst places eighth to tenth were occupied by Laurent Hoffmann, Patrick Hoff and leading event wildcard Gabriel Pons.
IRRC Chimay – Superbike Race 1 Result:
1st – Vincent Lonbois
2nd – David Datzer
3rd – Erno Kostamo
4th – Markus Karlsson
5th – Lukas Maurer
6th – Didier Grams
7th – Eddy Ferre
8th – Laurent Hoffmann
9th – Patrick Hoff
10th – Gabriel Pons
11th – Thijs Peeters
12th – Amalric Blanc
13th – Davy Maes
14th – Marcel Elsner
15th – Virgil Amber Bloemhard
16th – Christopher Lequeux
17th – Joey Den Besten
18th – Nico Muller
19th – Ilja Caljouw
20th – Jean Pierre Polet
21st – Koen Brusten
22nd – John Ross Billega
23rd – Antoine Brault
24th – Andreas Jochum
25th – Pontus Roestlinger
26th – Stephane Bednarek
27th – Martin Riedl
28th – Reinhard Strack
29th – Patrick Van Der Eecken
30th – Emil Krchnavy
31st – Rob Van Eijs
32nd – Hanno Brandenburger
33rd – Mike Ceuppens
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
