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may 13, 2018 - Ducati
WorldSBK - The Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team on the podium at Imola with Melandri (3rd), Davies 4th after a strong comeback
The Aruba.it #racing - Ducati team took yet another podium at #imola (Italy), home of the fifth round of the 2018 #worldsbk Championship, with #marcomelandri 3rd in Race 1. The Italian, fourth during Superpole, got off to a strong start and fought in the chasing group early on, then pulled away thanks to a progressively better pace, taking his fourth podium of the year.
Chaz Davies faced a uphill race as, after taking first row during Superpole, he was penalized by a difficult start and a brief run-off during lap 2. The Welshman did not surrender and showed a pace worthy of the front, climbing back from 8th to 4th. Davies will thus start Race 2 from pole position.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi fought for the virtual podium until half-way through, then he was forced to drop the pace a bit and finished in seventh position with the Aruba.it #racing - Junior Team. The Aruba.it #racing - Ducati team and the Aruba.it #racing - Junior Team will resume action on May 13th at 09:35 for a warm-up session ahead of Race 2, scheduled to start at 13:00 local time.
Marco Melandri (Aruba.it #racing - Ducati #33) – 3rd
"All in all, we can be happy because I couldn't have done more today. It was a hard race, and early on I was struggling with a full fuel tank and I couldn't keep up with the Kawasakis. I tried everything I could, and I made a couple of mistakes as I was on the limit. From lap 10 onwards we've been really fast, so we need to analyze the data to restart from there in Race 2 tomorrow. I want to thank the home crowd for their support, the atmosphere is always incredible here and this podium is for all of them."
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melandri r5 imola day1 p02 UC65794 High
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