Buriram WSBK: Rea wins red-flagged Race 2 as Davies falls

Having finished fourth in Race 1, it was Marco Melandri starting from pole ahead of the Yamaha duo of Michael van der Mark and Alex Lowes.

While the Ducati rider had a strong start, he had his teammate Davies and the Kawasaki of Rea, the duo starting eighth and ninth respectively, right behind him by the end of the opening lap.

Davies immediately put pressure on Melandri, but an overly optimistic braking attempt caused him to crash, and the Welshman dropped to last.

Rea claimed the lead two laps later, soon before the race was red-flagged following a high-side crash from Lorenzo Savadori, which appeared to leave oil on track.

While Melandri temporarily took first when the racing resumed, Rea was back ahead by the end of the restart lap.

Melandri and Tom Sykes closely followed him for a handful of laps before the championship leader started to pull away to eventually win by four seconds.

Like on Saturday, Melandri came under pressure from Sykes late in the race and in a repeat of the previous race, the Briton snuck past on the final lap.

Alex Lowes (Yamaha) spent the race alone in fourth, with Althea BMW's Jordi Torres holding off the recovering Davies for fifth.

Davies gained eighth places at the restart and spent most of the race in the lower reaches of the top 10. He took advantage of a crash from Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) and a bike failure from Leon Camier (MV Agusta) to minimise his losses in sixth.

Nicky Hayden finished seventh, the best result of the new Honda Fireblade this season, as his teammate Stefan Bradl crashed out.

The top 10 was completed by Xavi Fores (Barni Ducati), Roman Ramos (Kawasaki Go Eleven) and Markus Reiterberger (Althea BMW).

Front row starter van der Mark was another rider to retire, as he failed to continue the race after the restart due to issues with his Yamaha.

Race 2 results

Cla	Driver	Bike	Time/Gap
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	-
2	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	4.078
3	Marco Melandri	Ducati	4.195
4	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	10.005
5	Jordi Torres	BMW	14.733
6	Chaz Davies	Ducati	16.972
7	Nicky Hayden	Honda	20.543
8	Xavi Forés	Ducati	24.283
9	Roman Ramos	Kawasaki	24.864
10	Markus Reiterberger	BMW	26.008
11	Alex de Angelis	Kawasaki	27.599
12	Riccardo Russo	Yamaha	34.800
13	Ondrej Jezek	Kawasaki	47.090
14	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki	47.695
15	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	1 lap
Ret	Leon Camier	MV Agusta
Ret	Randy Krummenacher	Kawasaki
Ret	Stefan Bradl	Honda
Ret	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha