New recruit Kevin Calia was onboard the #33 Kawasaki when he was caught out in wet conditions heading to La Source hairpin and crashed.
Although the Italian was uninjured and sprinted to his stranded bike, a blown engine resulted instant retirement, much to the extreme disappointment for Calia, team-mates Christian Gamarino and Simone Saltarelli and the entire Team 33 Louit April Moto.