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Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) extended his championship lead to a massive 58 points after a superb front-running display at Monza. After overcoming a first corner melee that had him down in fourth place, after his third pole position in a row in qualifying, Sofuoglu hit the front on lap three and pushed hard to gain a significant lead by half race distance. He had the luxury of easing off to win by almost fours seconds, from the man second to him in the championship fight, Fabien Foret. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, Honda now leads by 48 points.
Katsuaki Fujiwara (Althea Honda Team CBR600RR) was one of the riders to run on at the first chicane on lap one and had a major recovery job on his hands when he found himself 11th after that first lap. He had been third in qualifying, finished the race an eventual sixth, and is still third overall in the championship standings, on 53 points.
Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) once more looked on course for a podium1 finish but he faded from the leading trio and then fell on lap 14, at Ascari, without injury.
