Jonathan Rea Racks Up A Double At Misano

Reigning FIM Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea came out on top again today in race 2  at Misano. Rea and team-mate Tom Sykes replicated Saturday’s race result of Jonathan first and Tom second, albeit in a different kind of race. Rea’s latest win puts him 66 points ahead of his official Ninja ZX-10R team-mate in the championship table, with just one more round at Laguna Seca to come before the long summer break begins.

 

The Kawasaki pairing had the field to themselves almost from the start once again after taking a clear 1-2 on Saturday but this time it was Sykes who did the front running. His lead lasted until lap 17, when Rea put in a pass entering the first corner and held the line on the way out of the chicane.

 

Rea pushed on to take the win in the 21-lap contest around the 2.226km circuit on Italy’s Adriatic coast. This was his seventh win of the year, and the 36th of his career. He remains the fourth most successful WorldSBK rider in history in terms of race wins.

 

The second race was held in cooler conditions than Saturday’s opening event, with Rea making a tyre option change that he later said was an important part of his race two winning strategy - particularly when added to chassis set-up modifications that also helped his Sunday cause.

 

Rea has now scored seven wins this year, and has a total of 343 points to Sykes’ 277. Five rounds and ten individual races remain, starting at Laguna Seca between 8th and 10th July 2016. Before then, the KRT squad will undertake a day of testing at Misano tomorrow, Monday 20th June.

 

Jonathan Rea, stated: “My pre-race target was achieved so I am super-happy. For many reasons I really wanted to win here and to make it a double is incredible. I love racing here; it is where I had my first career WorldSBK race win. Approaching the mid part of the season I had said many times just how important the next two races would be before the summer break, so to make it count this weekend is really good. Race two was a little bit of a different strategy. I set off so fast yesterday but today we used the 377 rear tyre and I think that made the difference. I want to say big thanks to Pirelli because they also brought the 375 tyre, the one we used in race one for the first time this weekend - and the 377, which we won race two with. That was the same tyre we used in Donington, so it is working in cooler and hotter conditions, which is big credit to them. Also credit to my crew because compared to race one we changed the bike quite a lot and we were able to conserve our tyre a little bit better.”

Pole position : Tom Sykes - 1m 34.037 - 161.783 km/h
Fastest lap : Alex Lowes - 1m 35.165 - 159.865 km/h
Circuit record lap : 2015 Jonathan Rea - 1m 34.720 - 160.620 km/h
Circuit Best Lap : 2016 Tom Sykes - 1m 34.037 - 161.780 km/h
Crowd : 65736
Temperature : Air 22°C / Track 38°C
Humidity : 59%

Event results - Round 8 - Race 1
1 Jonathan Rea 33m 38.497 - 158.279 km/h GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Tom Sykes 2.963 GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
3 Davide Giugliano 6.356 ITA DUCATI Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Superbike Team
4 Xavi Fores 11.691 ESP DUCATI BARNI Racing Team
5 Lorenzo Savadori 15.164 ITA APRILIA IodaRacing Team
6 Nicky Hayden 15.248 USA HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
7 Jordi Torres 15.587 ESP BMW Althea BMW Racing Team
8 Alex Lowes 17.276 GBR SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
9 Niccolo Canepa 20.082 ITA EBR Team Hero EBR
10 Michael van der Mark 23.832 NED HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
11 Anthony West 25.004 AUS KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
12 Roman Ramos 28.020 ESP KAWASAKI Team Go Eleven
13 Alex De Angelis 29.703 RSM APRILIA IodaRacing Team
14 Joshua Brookes 40.695 AUS BMW Milwaukee BMW
15 Karel Abraham 56.679 CZE BMW Milwaukee BMW
16 Dominic Schmitter 1m 03.741 SUI KAWASAKI Grillini SBK Team
17 Fabio Menghi 1m 10.624 ITA DUCATI VFT Racing
18 Peter Sebestyen 1m 13.063 HUN YAMAHA Team Toth
19 Saeed Al Sulaiti 1m 22.765 QAR KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
20 Pawel Szkopek 1m 59.149 POL YAMAHA Szkopek POLand Position
21 Gianluca Vizziello DNF ITA KAWASAKI Grillini SBK Team
22 Leon Camier DNF GBR MV AGUSTA MV Agusta Reparto Corse
23 Chaz Davies DNF GBR DUCATI Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Superbike Team
24 Markus Reiterberber DNF GER BMW Althea BMW Racing Team
Championship standings
1 Jonathan Rea 343 pts GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Tom Sykes 277 pts GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
3 Chaz Davies 244 pts GBR DUCATI Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Superbike Team
4 Davide Giugliano 165 pts ITA DUCATI Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Superbike Team
5 Michael van der Mark 163 pts NED HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
6 Nicky Hayden 146 pts USA HONDA Honda World Superbike Team
7 Jordi Torres 137 pts ESP BMW Althea BMW Racing Team
8 Leon Camier 105 pts GBR MV AGUSTA MV Agusta Reparto Corse
9 Lorenzo Savadori 96 pts ITA APRILIA IodaRacing Team
10 Alex Lowes 81 pts GBR SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
11 Xavi Fores 75 pts ESP DUCATI BARNI Racing Team
12 Markus Reiterberber 68 pts GER BMW Althea BMW Racing Team
13 Sylvain Guintoli 58 pts FRA YAMAHA Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
14 Joshua Brookes 55 pts AUS BMW Milwaukee BMW
15 Roman Ramos 53 pts ESP KAWASAKI Team Go Eleven
16 Alex De Angelis 49 pts RSM APRILIA IodaRacing Team
17 Anthony West 39 pts AUS KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
18 Karel Abraham 26 pts CZE BMW Milwaukee BMW
19 Niccolo Canepa 16 pts ITA EBR Team Hero EBR
20 Matteo Baiocco 12 pts ITA DUCATI VFT Racing
21 Lucas Mahias 9 pts FRA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
22 Cameron Beaubier 6 pts USA YAMAHA Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
23 Luca Scassa 3 pts ITA DUCATI VFT Racing
24 Dominic Schmitter 2 pts SUI KAWASAKI Grillini SBK Team
25 Sylvain Barrier 2 pts FRA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
26 Mike Jones 2 pts AUS DUCATI Desmo Sport Ducati
27 Josh Hook 2 pts AUS KAWASAKI Grillini SBK Team
28 Matthieu Lussiana 1 pts FRA BMW Team ASPI
29 Anucha Nakcharoensri 0 pts THA YAMAHA Yamaha Thailand Racing Team
30 Sahustchai Kaewjaturapom 0 pts THA KAWASAKI Grillini SBK Team
31 Saeed Al Sulaiti 0 pts QAR KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
32 Peter Sebestyen 0 pts HUN YAMAHA Team Toth
33 Pawel Szkopek 0 pts POL YAMAHA Szkopek POLand Position
34 Imre Toth 0 pts HUN YAMAHA Team Toth
35 Gianluca Vizziello 0 pts ITA KAWASAKI Grillini SBK Team
36 Fabio Menghi 0 pts ITA DUCATI VFT Racing