Sam Lowes wins 2013 World Supersport championship

Kenan Sofuoglu (Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki) won the race at the French round, but a runner-up finish for Lowes was good enough to secure the title with one round remaining.

The 23-year-old from Lincoln only needed to finish in the points, but rode a superb race to finish on the podium.

The race itself was red-flagged during the final lap following the crash suffered by Christian Iddon (ParkinGO MV Agusta Corse), who high-sided while running in third place. The English rider was able to make it back to the pits within the time limit to still claim the third place finish (his maiden podium in the Supersport series), as final results were based on the previous lap.

Behind Lowes, Sofuoglu and Iddon, Fabien Foret (Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki) triumphed out of a 5-way fight that also involved Sheridan Morais (Team Go Eleven Kawasaki), Pata Honda riders Michael van der Mark and Lorenzo Zanetti, and Roberto Tamburini (Team Honda Lorini).

Zanetti, along with another two riders - Matthieu Lagrive (Intermoto Ponyexpres Kawasaki) and Lee Johnston (PTR Honda) - had a crash on the final lap, but rode back, to claim seventh.

Race Results - Rd12 Magny Cours - 20 laps
1. Kenan SOFUOGLU (Kawasaki) 88.220 km in 34'07.601 (average 155.104 kph)
2. Sam LOWES (Yamaha) +0.299
3. Christian IDDON (MV Agusta) +0.622
4. Fabien FORET (Kawasaki) +13.168
5. Sheridan MORAIS (Kawasaki) +13.483
6. Michael VAN DER MARK (Honda) +13.900
7. Lorenzo ZANETTI (Honda) +14.363
8. Roberto TAMBURINI (Honda) +14.748
9. Vladimir LEONOV (Yamaha) +24.989
10. Alex BALDOLINI (Suzuki) +27.754
11. Jack KENNEDY (Honda) +32.396
12. Raffaele DE ROSA (Honda) +32.977

Championship Standings - after 12 of 13 rounds
1. Lowes 225 - World Champion
2. Sofuoglu 181
3. Foret 134
4. Vd Mark 117
5. Zanetti 108
6. Kennedy 76
7. Scassa 75
8. Coghlan 62
8. Rolfo 62
10. Leonov 56