Van Der Mark back on Supersport podium at Aragon

Dutch rider Michael van der Mark scored another rostrum finish in the second round World Supersport race at Motorland Aragon in Spain his second successive podium, following his World Supersport debut in Australia seven weeks ago.Todays 18-lap race around the 5.344km Spanish circuit was won by veteran French rider Fabien Foret as 20-year-old van der Mark put in another mature and considered race-long performance in his rookie world championship season.His Pata Honda team-mate, Lorenzo Zanetti, stepped up his own performance, finishing sixth today to follow his eighth place in Australia. The 25-year-old Italian is also in his rookie World Supersport year on Hondas CBR600RR machine.Michael van der Mark 2ndI made a really good start and passed the fastest guys and I tried to push but I had not such a good feeling with the bike today. It was very different to how it was in practice and its a shame we could not have done a little bit more. I tried to stay with Fabien (Foret) and Sam (Lowes) when they passed me but it was too risky. I saw that the guy behind wasnt catching me so, although I kept pushing, I wasnt on the limit because I felt that another podium would be a good result. Im really happy to be back on the podium and to be in second place in the championship. The guys have done a really good job all weekend and now Im really looking forward to Assen.Lorenzo Zanetti 6thIm happy for the step we made today because we improved a lot today compared to what we had before the race, thanks to the team for a good job. Another part of me is not so happy because I see that the podium is so close. I had some good pace in the first half of the race, similar to Mikey (van der Mark), and maybe enough to fight for the podium. But when the tyre went down I lost some time so I think I need to change the style a little more. I improved on my target of seventh and finished two seconds from the podium so for this Im happy. Im also happy for the team and congratulations to Mikey for his good result.Pieter Breddels technical co-ordinatorAnother fantastic podium for Michael! He had a really good start and managed to stay at the front and finished second. Hes also second in the championship, and we dont know what to say. Its amazing, actually. Yes, some of our competitors had some bad luck but were still very, very happy. We must keep calm now and see what we can do in Assen, but I think we can do good things there. Lorenzo also had a very good race, fighting right to the end, aggressive, out-braking people, and we are also very happy for him. The team is two guys its not all about Michael so well done to him for his sixth place and were very happy with that.2013 World Supersport championship, round twoMotorland Aragon, Spain 5.344km, 18 lapsRace result:1 Fabien Foret (FRA) Kawasaki 2 Michael van der Mark (NED) Pata Honda 3 Luca Scassa (ITA) Kawasaki 4 A Antonelli (ITA) Kawasaki 6 Lorenzo Zanetti (ITA) Pata HondaChampionship points after two rounds:1 Foret 38, 2 van der Mark 36, 3 Scassa 26, 4 Kenan Sofuoglu (TUR) Kawasaki 25, 5 Antonelli 22, 6 Sam Lowes (GBR) Yamaha, 7 Zanetti 18.Next round: TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands 26-28 April

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