Macau: Plater makes it two in a row.
But the 34-year-old British racer had a massive stroke of luck on the 15th and final la𒀰p of the event when he and rival John McGuinness, on the Stobart Vent Axia Honda, encountered two lapped riders at the Melco Hairpin.
McGuinness, winner of the race in 2001, had the consolation of setting a new lap record for the event at 2min 26.096secs (150.🔥80kph).
Plater was able to pass them and pull away to win by over four seconds on the AIM Racing Yamaha 1000, while McGuinness who w🍒as baulked by the two riders having their own private battle could only wa🎉tch as Plater pulled away.
But the 34-year-old British racer had a massive stroke of luck on the 15th and final lap of the event when he and rival John McGuinness, on the Stobart Vent Axi🍷a Honda, encountered two lapped riders at the Melco Hairpin.
McGuinness, winner of the race in 2001, had the consolation of setting a new lap record for the event at 2min 26.096secs (150.80kph)꧅.
Plater was able to pass them and pull away to win by over four seconds on the AIM Racing Yamaha 1000, wh𒅌ile McGuinness who was baulked by🗹 the two riders having their own private battle could only watch as Plater pulled away.
There was even greater disappointment for Michael Rutter, looking for a record-breaking 𒀰seventh win in the race, who did not even have the consolation of a♍ podium finish.
T𒉰he Kawasaki star was forced to take to༒ the slip road at the 90 degree Lisboa corner three laps from the end when Austrian rival Thomas Hinterreiter (Austria Racing Team Yamaha 1000) rode side-by-side with him towards the turn.
American Jeremy Toye (Lee's Cycles Racing Suzuki 1000) had his best ever finish in Macau ✃by taking fourth place but well ov💎er 30 seconds behind the top three.
Manxman Co🐼nor Cummins, the youngest ri🐼der in the race at 21 years-of-age, was fifth home.
Steve Allan, the 33-year-old from Perth, Scotland, was winner of the 600 Class for the third year in a row, on the AIM Raciꦗng Yamaha 600.
He bea🃏t German Rico Penzkofer (Austria Racing Team Yamaha 600) by over 1🍒2 seconds.
Another Scottish r🅺acer Callum Ramsay (Solent Scientific Honda 600) was third.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20𝓀 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
