The 4.554km Chang International Circuit proved to be straightforward in layout if not in the action that unfolded on it, with Sofuoglu taking the lead for the first three laps, only to lose it to long-time leader Jules Cluzel. The Frenchman was to stop with a technical issue leaving local rider Ratthapark Wilairot to the win while Jacobsen and Sofuoglu contested second and third places into the last corner of the last lap.
 
Kenan was to come out on top and also move himself into second place in the championship fight with 30 points after the first two rounds of the season have been completed.
 
Jacobsen was just behind Sofuoglu over the line and took his first podium of the year in third, leaving Thailand fourth in the championship overall.
 
Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) placed fourth in the race at Chang International Circuit, taking his first points of the season.
 
Full season WSS rookie Faccani was in top form as he more than met his pre-race target of a top ten, finishing seventh.
 
Team Go Eleven Kawasaki riders Christian Gamarino and Dominic Schmitter scored 13^th and 15^th places respectively, earning points in the process.
 
The next round will take place on 12^th April, at the impressive Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain.
 
Kenan Sofuoglu: “We got the podium we wanted but I cannot say I am completely happy with it. I am pleased to score 20 points but I am not so happy with our pace in the race. Our main problem was that the temperatures went up and the track grip changed, which meant we were around a second slower than yesterday. My gearbox was set up for a faster corner speed so in the race I felt like I could not accelerate quickly out of the corners where you need full acceleration. In some parts of the track I was faster than other riders but out of the last corner and the first corner I lost too much. But we still took 20 points and the championship is still open. This was a very hard race for us but the coming races will not be like this one for me.”
 
PJ Jacobsen: “We had a lack of side grip towards the end because I used my tyre up in the middle of the race trying to catch Cluzel and Wilairot. I think the last three laps the heat was also not playing so well with me. I was thinking too much and Sofuoglu got by me in the last corner. That is a mistake I need to go back and fix for the next time. That said, if we could get a podium every weekend it would be great and we have regrouped after Phillip Island by putting it on the box here.”
 
Marco Faccani: “I am so happy because my target was a top ten, so seventh is a good race result for me. I was maybe too slow in the first laps but at the end of the race I attacked more. I lost one position to Roby Rolfo at the very end, so I am disappointed for that, but otherwise all is OK for me. We got a result well inside our target and the bike felt good.”