Imola WSBK: Davies sweeps weekend with dominant win
Chaz Davies sealed his second World Superbike double victory in three rounds by taking another dominating win at Imola in Race 2.
Chaz Davies, Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Team
Starting from pole, Welshman Davies was leading by six tenths already after the opening lap and the gap was stretched to almost four seconds during the first half of the race.
Jonathan Rea was unable to keep up with the Ducat rider, and spent the early stages holding off the closely following Tom Sykes instead.
The championship leader started to match the pace of Davies, but twice he lost several seconds and was forced to settle for second, just ahead of teammate Sykes.
Similarly to Race 1, Davide Giugliano found himself behind the Kawasakis as well as Lorenzo Savadori's Aprilia after the start.
He overtook Savadori to salvage fourth, but was more than 13 seconds adrift Davies as he took the chequered flag.
Soon after losing fourth, local rookie Savadori lost several other places and was set to take eighth, only to drop back to 11th on the final lap.
British duo Leon Camier (MV Agusta) and Alex Lowes (Yamaha) took fifth and sixth respectively, the latter gaining six places after the start.
Althea BMW's Jordi Torres and Barni Ducati rider Xavi Fores took seventh and 10th respectively, sandwiching the struggling Hondas in the order of Nicky Hayden and Michael van der Mark.
Full results
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chaz Davies | Ducati Panigale R | |
2 | Jonathan Rea | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 4.262s |
3 | Tom Sykes | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 4.604s |
4 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati Panigale R | 13.093s |
5 | Leon Camier | MV Agusta 1000 F4 | 16.250s |
6 | Alex Lowes | Yamaha YZF R1 | 20.078s |
7 | Jordi Torres | BMW S1000 RR | 23.622s |
8 | Nicky Hayden | Honda CBR1000RR SP | 26.803s |
9 | Michael van der Mark | Honda CBR1000RR SP | 28.577s |
10 | Xavi Fores | Ducati Panigale R | 32.630s |
11 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia RSV4 RF | 34.669s |
12 | Markus Reiterberger | BMW S1000 RR | 38.244s |
13 | Joshua Brookes | BMW S1000 RR | 41.100s |
14 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia RSV4 RF | 1m12.823s |
15 | Dominic Schmitter | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m55.258s |
16 | Saeed Al Suaiti | Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1 LAP |
17 | Pawel Szkopek | Yamaha YZF R1 | +1 LAP |
RT | Matteo Baiocco | Ducati Panigale R | +8 LAPS |
RT | Karel Abraham | BMW S1000 RR | +18 LAPS |
RT | Gianluca Vizziello | Kawasaki ZX-10R | +18 LAPS |
RT | Josh Hook | Kawasaki ZX-10R | +18 LAPS |
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