Michael Ruben Rinaldi marked his debut season as ARUBA.IT Ducati rider having a sensational Superpole Race wins at WorldSBK.
Riding onboard the Panigale V4 R, an italian man , rider secured Ducati first win of year in front of 5,000 fans at Misano.
Rinaldi finished ahead of Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu in the Superpole Race as the 6th time WorldSBK champion, Jonathan Rea, claimed third place.
The 25-year old rider then completed an amazing weekend by placing second in Race 2, this time around behind Razgatlioglu.
Jonathan Rea continues his championship leads with 149 points, followed by Razgatlioglu with 129pts and Redding with 104pts meanwhile Rinaldi sit fifth with 82pts, just six points shy of Alex Lowes with 88pts.
“I'm very happy with this particular weekend: we simply missed the icing around the cake. However i must admit that in Race 2 Toprak and also the Yamaha were much better than us and that’s why I wish to congratulate them.
“I gave my favorite trying to chase the victory, however in the final laps, I took a high risk and then I made a decision to bring home this extremely important second place. It’s a very important advance,” said Rinaldi.
Fellow ARUBA.IT Ducati rider, Scott Redding, struggled to keep up the pace against his teammate but managed to place 4th both in races.
“It had been a very difficult weekend for me personally. Today we were in a position to improve a bit the feeling using the bike compared to yesterday, but it was not enough so that you can reach the podium.
“honestly, within the first laps from the Superpole Race, I thought I possibly could fight with Jonny (Rea) in an incisive way, during Race-2 I felt I'd no grip with the front tire. The growing season, however, continues to be long and that i aspire to considerably more competitive in Donington,” he said.
Redding have a opportunity to redeem himself in the next round at Donington Park in July.
