Imola WSBK: Another double win for Rea

Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea took another double World Superbiek win at Imola this afternoon, leading the race from lights to flag with only team-mate Tom Sykes able to challenge the championship leader.

Rea has taken his tally to eight wins from ten starts and race two was the Isle of Man resident’s 150th WorldSBK race but it was disaster for title rivals Chaz Davies and Leon Haslam.

Ducati’s Davies ground to a halt with a problem as he did in race one while Haslam crashed which means that Rea extends his championship lead to 62 points.

Hometown hero Davide Giugliano completed an impressive return to racing with 4th after the Italian was once again the top Italian rider, just behind Haslam’s team-mate Jordi Torres, who bagged his first WSBK podiu,.

Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) backed up his impressive race one result with a strong 5th position, with Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing) and Roman Ramos (Team Go Eleven) finishing 6th and 7th.

Eighth and ninth positions were lonely rides for Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing) and Michel Fabrizio (Althea Racing) both collecting their second top ten finishes of the day with Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) completing the top ten.

Santiago Barragan (Grillini SBK Team), and the BMW Team Toth pairing of Imre Toth and Gabor Rizmayer were the final riders to finish, claiming 11th to 13th positions.

Sylvain Guintoli and his Pata Honda team-mate Michael van der Mark both crashed out before half distance. Leon Camier also retired with what looked like another engine problem.

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