'I am pretty lucky that he wasn't fully fit as that race could have been even more difficult so fair play to him and that is why he is champion' - Alex Lowes
'Assen is done and makes no difference; I am still feeling confident because we have shown the pace of the Samsung Honda at the past three rounds' - Alex Lowes
Sylvain Guintoli comes good on his promise to push hard for the 2013 World Superbike Championship as he claims his first pole position of the season at Laguna Seca.
Alex Lowes is disqualified from the results of the second MCE British Superbike Championship race following his collision with main title rival Shane Byrne.
In the final practice at Pocono Raceway before Sunday's race, Marco Andretti once again topped the times in race trim but there were also encouraging signs from the Honda camp.