Lucas Mahias had his best overall weekend since joining the WorldSBK class in Misano with two 11th place finishes🌄. 

While there were positiv🧜es in achieving those results for the French rider, Mahias was unable to capitalise on a top ten qualifying position as was the case in Estoril. 

During the two weekends Mahias shadowed fellow Kawasaki rider and six-time series champion Jonathan Rea - he൩lped him to qualify seventh in Misano. 

However, Mahias slowly dropped back in race one and finished 11th, while a crash in the Superpole race cost the six-year WorldSSP rider a chance at a top ten꧙.   

Mahias did fight back from the rear of꧃ the grid to claim a second 11th place in race two, but that quiꦫckly turned into a ‘what if’ situation, as Mahias was running ninth at the time of his sprint race fall - a position he would have started race two in had he remained there.

🐈When summing up his weekend, Mahias said: "It’s been a difficult Sunday, but an importa꧒nt and constructive one. In warm-up, and in cooler temperatures, the bike was behaving very well. 

"In the Superpole Race I was doing well and fighting for ninth when unfortunately I crashed at turn 6. I’m really disappointed 𒊎because I was unable to conclude what could have been a good race. 

"In Race 2, I battled to reach the top ten and finished 𓂃11th. I improved both my lap times and my feeling with the bike and I’m very pleased about that. 

"I want to thank my team as, after this morning’s crash, they did a great job to sort my bike and are helping me 🅠to understand how to exploit the potential of our Ninja"