Niki Tuuli was unstoppable once ahead in the final MotoE race of the season as he held off Mike Di Meglio at every turn, but the day belonged to Jordi Torres who did what he needed to back down the order to secure the MotoE cup title in the season finale at Le Mans.
Jordi Torres took his first win since his Superbike riding days as he held off a rapidly approaching Mike Di Meglio in the penultimate MotoE race in Le Mans.
With the MotoE class not having raced at Le Mans before, experience proved vital and Jordi Torres used his to claim E-Pole ahead of the first of two races to decide the title in France.
Avintia replacement rider Jordi Torres underwent surgery in Barcelona on Tuesday, following a hand injury sustained during practice for the Malaysian MotoGP.
After ‘riding in a programmed way’ Jordi Torres has continued to make key progress as stand-in rider at Avintia Ducati taking 19 th place and finishing just two seconds behind team-mate Xavier Simeon using the older Ducati.
Jordi Torres is to part company with the MV Agusta WorldSBK team due to his ongoing substitute rides in MotoGP. The Spaniard stepped in to replace the injured Tito Rabat last time at Aragon and will make his second premier-class appearance for Avintia Ducati this weekend in Thailand.
After the Christophe Ponsson controversy, Reale Avintia Ducati must have been relieved by the competitive pace of Jordi Torres during the Aragon weekend. 'To sum it up, he did a great job,' declared the team's post-race press release.
Jordi Torres will make his MotoGP debut with the Reale Avintia Team at next weekend's Aragon round. The Spaniard, a race winner in Moto2 (2013) and WorldSBK (2015), has been called up as the latest replacement for the injured Tito Rabat.
The 2018 World Superbike championship entry list has now been formally confirmed. Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Tom Sykes Aruba.it Ducati Marco Melandri Chaz Davies
After losing the first race by the finest of margins, Chaz Davies romps to his first World Superbike win for Ducati ahead of Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam while Tom Sykes spectacularly crashes out