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Superbike Racer Begins Celebrating Too Soon, Ends Up Losing Race. Watch Superbike Racer Begins Celebrating Too Soon, Ends Up Losing Race. Watch Andre Verissimo was all set to cinch the first place when he took his hands off the throttle.
Andre Verissimo took his hands off the throttle to celebrate his victory a bit prematurely.
A superbike racer in Brazil was left mortified after he began celebrating prematurely and ended up finishing in third place instead of first. Andre Verissimo was all set to cinch the first place at the Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna in the city of Goiana, reports Ladbible, when he turned around to see his two closest competitors way behind him.
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Verissimo had to make do with third place as rivals Osvaldo Filho and Marcelo Skaf went by him in the final seconds of the Superbike Brazil race.
The gaffe occurred on the eighth and last race of the championship.
Footage of the remarkable incident showed Verissimo looking behind him after going round the final bend with a comfortable margin over his rivals and then standing up on his bike and raising his arms in the air.
The second time he turned round to double-check on the men behind him, he obviously realised he had made a grave miscalculation and got immediately back into race mode by sitting back down again on his motorbike and accelerating as fast as he could.
A motorcyclist who celebrated winning a race too early has said he feared becoming a meme after two opponents soared past him.
Andre Verissimo was well ahead in a SuperBike Evolution race as he rounded the final curve at the Ayrton Senna International Autodrome in Goiania,
Thinking he was bound to win, he stood up on his footrests and waved his arms in the air. Image: Andre Verissimo (left) was beaten to the line. Pic: SuperBike Brasil
He had only been on his feet for a couple of seconds, however, when he looked over his shoulder and saw his opponents gaining on him.
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