The MFR Cup - Final stage

The fifth competition in the frames of The Russian Cup took place last weekend. This time only one pilot of “Yakhnich Motorsport” applied for this race. Nadezda Yakhnich had to miss the final competition on account of her health condition.

According to the qualification results Nataliya Lyubimova took the second position on the start grid. She couldn’t finish the race either because of some technical problems.

Nataliya: ”The bike didn’t start on the grid before the warm lap. Then after start it became clear in the first turn already that the bike was out of order and couldn’t rev up. I still hoped that it might have been some little disrepair. But stop at the pit-lane and quick check-up of the bike by the mechanics couldn’t help to ride any more lap. I had to stop…”

Three victories in five in her individual rating let Nataliya Lyubimova become the Winner of The Russian Motorcycle Federation Cup 2009. Nataliya repeated her success of the last season and became a twice champion!

Before the final race journalists always forecast the final podium winners. By the fifth competition the final outcome in STK women had been still vague. Lyubimova – 75 points, Yakhnich – 60 points, Semenova – 52 points, Korkina – 45 points.

Lubimova Natalya had only to finish in order to become a winner. Otherwise the lead would have been taken by Nadezhda Yakhnich. Natalya didn’t finish but Nadja didn’t take part in the race.

Nadezhda Yakhnich raced in three competitions too. Nadja missed the first race because she and her team-mate were having practice in Europe at that time. The final competition was missed by her on account of the health condition. Finally Nadezhda took the fourth place in Superstock women and yielded the place on the podium to the other participants.

The season continues…